Malefic Scythe

Artifact — Equipment

Malefic Scythe enters the battlefield with a soul counter on it.

Equipped creature gets +1/+1 for each soul counter on Malefic Scythe.

Equip {1} ({1}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (13)

FormOverFunction on Looking for some advice for …

9 months ago

I have learned that I always want to just add enchantments to everything, often to great detriment, so you probably should just stop reading. Having said that, my first thoughts for that specific commander were things like Orcish Oriflamme and Lurking Predators. Otherwise I thought maybe something like Ogre Battledriver would be pretty strong. Another concept that might be nice is some cheap to equip weapons for the (not long for the battlefield) creatures you’ll be slinging around. Some of them even get better every time the creature dies (like Malefic Scythe). All-in-all, though, I think the deck looks like a ton of fun!!

multimedia on Liesa, Liesa, they so flying...

1 year ago

Hey, good latest update, really nice additions of Archivist of Oghma and Bolas's Citadel. Don't forget Caves of Koilos, it's in the precon and an Orzhov dual land that enters the battlefield untapped.

You're right you want more draw and you could cut several lesser creatures for more draw. Use life to get draw by either drawing when you gain life or when you pay life. Well of Lost Dreams is another four drop that like Greed once you get onto the battlefield it can draw a ton of cards because of Liesa's lifelink. Sigarda's Splendor can draw an extra card at your upkeep if your life total changed and it's another source of repeatable life gain from casing white spells.

Dawn of Hope each time you gain life you can pay 2 mana to draw a card. Eye of Vecna draws a card when it enters the battlefield and then it can be repeatable at your upkeep for 2 mana + 2 life.

Fell Stinger can sac itself for it's exploit to have interaction with Liesa, Forgotten Archangel and other reanimation or recursion that you could add such as Sun Titan, Witch of the Moors, Apprentice Necromancer, Priest of Fell Rites. When your Commander has flying then Mask of Memory can be consistent repeatable draw as well as discard to fuel reanimation or recursion.

Court of Grace makes you the monarch for repeatable draw a card at your end step. If you're the monarch at your upkeep then you create a 4/4 Angel or if you're not the monarch a 1/1 Spirit. Palace Jailer makes you the monarch, it also exiles an opponent's creature and that creature never returns to the battlefield unless you lose the monarch which can only happen if an opponent does combat damage to you or plays a card that makes them the monarch.

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Some cards to consider cutting for more draw, reanimation, recursion.

• Killian, Ink Duelist: you have very few cards that have a single target to reduce the mana cost.
• Vampire Outcasts: the lifelink is nice, but that's all it does for a four drop creature, no other abilities, can do better for four mana.
• Dawnhart Geist: there's very few enchantments here and it only triggers for your enchantments, can gain more life from other cards.
• Vampire Scrivener: I know you like this card, but it's too slow and doesn't do anything for five mana. You have Necropolis Regent at one more mana than Scrivener who can put the counters on Liesa the same turn it enters the battlefield. Putting counters on Liesa will do more because she has lifelink.
• Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts: not a fan of this seven drop, could replace it with Sun Titan.

Well of Lost Dreams or Sigarda's Splendor could replace Vampire Outcasts. Dawn of Hope or Eye of Vecna could replace Killian, Ink Duelist. Mask of Memory is a good swap for Malefic Scythe. Mask can give you repeatable draw where as Scythe isn't doing much because it only triggers when equipped creature dies.

Fell Stinger is an easy swap for Dawnhart Geist. Vampire Scrivener could be cut for more reanimation Witch of the Moors, Apprentice Necromancer, Priest of Fell Rites. Sun Titan could replace Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts. Court of Grace or Palace Jailer could replace Heron of Hope. Heron's ability is fine to gain a little more life, but more draw would help more.

Boxfish on Sheoldred, Rising Dead v2

1 year ago

Dark Deal and Unmarked Grave look fantastic! I'll have to see what I could swap them in for. I had considered Blood Pet, as I have a fair few of those around. But regen for a blocker (at least in my limited playtesting) seemed to be more practical, as I've actually not had a mana starved game in 5 or 6 runs now. I did swap out Arcane Signet for Nyx Lotus, as I feel that the extra 2 mana cost is worth the trade off in a mono deck like this. I also swapped the Ghost Quarter for a Myriad Landscape, as I also feel that the potential for using its sacrifice is more likely to come into play than me destroying a land, at least in most scenarios. Other updates I went ahead and made with the cards I already have are removing Dredge and Malefic Scythe and tossing in Maggot Carrier as well as Heirloom Mirror  ^Flip. That last one I'm not as certain about, so I'm considering taking it out in place of something else. Unmarked Grave is for sure top of the list to add soon.

TheNinjaPhoenix on She Came to Me in Whispers

1 year ago

Tubasmitty2 hey thanks for the suggestions. All three land are good shouts and I own a Command Beacon and completely missed that it isn't in here!

I'm less sold on Malefic Scythe as Skithiryx is my main attacker and I don't want him to die frequently!

Hedron Matrix has been tested in the defk before and is very hit and miss. I'll add it back into the Maybeboard and try it out again as the deck has changed since it was last rum here.

Glory to Phyrexia!

Tubasmitty2 on She Came to Me in Whispers

1 year ago

Been wanting to build Skithiryx for a long time, this deck looks sweet!

Malefic Scythe is an underrated equipment, as well as Hedron Matrix.

Some decent utility lands to consider are Command Beacon, War Room, and Rogue's Passage.

Glory to Phyrexia!

Mechanon on Grismold, the Very Moldy Farmer

3 years ago

Poison-Tip Archer , Malefic Scythe , Death Mutation , and Mycoloth might be some useful cards.

SnakeByte77 on Everything you hate and its OP

3 years ago

I know it probably would hinder the battle plan more than help but what about Malefic Scythe ?

Barbarian_Sun_Pope on Kaldheim's Draugrs

3 years ago

Nice deck (+1), do you think Shadowspear or Malefic Scythe would fit here as a one of? The spear definitely has some utility and is cheap enough to be usable. The scythe just looks like something one of your Zombies would wield =).