Ojutai's Command

Instant

Choose two —

• Return target creature with converted mana cost of 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.
• You gain 4 life.
• Counter target creature spell.
• Draw a card.

Discussion (49)

CaptSillva on Taxorius Poker

3 weeks ago

Hey, put together a little short list of cards I think may improve your deck Ojutai's Command , Swan Song , Insidious Will , Mystic Confluence , Supreme Verdict , Wrath of God , Path to Exile , Grasp of Fate , Torrential Gearhulk , Snapcaster Mage , Solemn Simulacrum Thought Vessel , and Azorius Signet .

As far as what cards you could cut, well Hindering Light is far too narrow. Hard to hold up mana long enough for it to come up, and even when it does, the pay off is only alright. Single target bounce effects like Unsummon, Vapor Snag, and Boomerang are also kind of weak in commander. This is because you're usually playing a four player game and thus you want to be generating card advantage. These types of cards just can't do that. So more flexible cards like Mystic Confluence tend to be better.

After that, the list is fairly solid baring some odd includes. Mainly Lodestone Golem and Vryn Wingmare. I understand why they're in the deck since it is kind of the whole theme, but this deck isn't really build to support them. With so few creatures and artifacts they will hurt you just as much. At the very least more mana rocks could be included to help improve this.

APPLE01DOJ on budget W/U control thought exercise

2 months ago

As someone who plays both Rock & U/W Control in paper I'd say that match is about 50/50 and really comes down to who is on the play game 1. They typically have better SB options against you then you do against them though.

Tron should be fairly easy for you but I strongly suggest Vendilion Clique or Nimble Obstructionist in your 75 for it. You need to be able to deal damage before they start hard casting Ulamog.

If you're short on Cryptics then Spell Queller and Cyclonic Rift could be decent filler. Contradict and Ojutai's Command are other options. In my experience Contradict is too slow but the command works well with snappy.

CaptSillva on Bears in Cars

2 months ago

A little surprised to not see any of these in the deck Consulate Dreadnought, Aethersphere Harvester, and Peacewalker Colossus. Especially the Peacewalker that thing is super good.

I also find it a bit odd that you're running with Grand Arbiter in such an artifact focused deck. I feel like Hanna, Ship's Navigator or Raff Capashen, Ship's Mage would make a bit more sense. You could even make a case for Lavinia of the Tenth since you seem to want to lock down your opponent with this deck and she could do that. Though her ability won't trigger while you have an orb effect out.

Other random cards you could consider art Ojutai's Command, Ensoul Artifact, Narset Transcendent, Wrath of God, Path to Exile, Ghostly Prison, Baird, Steward of Argive, Propaganda, and Windborn Muse.

governor52 on 2018 Gwafa Hazid

3 months ago

Consecrated Sphinx

Clever Impersonator

Void Winnower

Cloudblazer

Reality Shift

Ojutai's Command

Terminus

solarbeam on Three Color Midrange/Life gain Deck

3 months ago

Alright, awesome! I don't know your meta, so let me know if these suggestions aren't right for you and your playgroup(s).

First off, this is straight up Midrange. A couple counters and removal/control magic cards doesn't make it control.

Secondly, I would focus first on your mana base. The distribution of your lands will depend on the end result of the deck, as in how many black/blue/white symbols are on the card adn how early they appear. Some cheaper lands for esper are Fetid Pools, Irrigated Farmland, Sunken Hollow, and Prairie Stream. These are great choices as they have the basic land types and are able to be fetched with fetchlands, and the cycle effect on the first too can be really hand late game. I'd go with one or the other though, and those also turn on lands like Isolated Chapel, Glacial Fortress, and Drowned Catacomb. If your group plays lands that can be troublesome, cards like Ghost Quarter and Field of Ruin are some great ones that aren't straight up land destruction. I would heavily suggest Field of Ruin over Ghost Quarter though, as it doesn't set YOU back on mana. I would also strongly recommend playing at least 8 basic land cards and at least 25 lands with the amount of high cost cards you have as well.

This kind of deck really does not need Expedition Map, and Elixir of Immortality is really only good if there is an opponent on mill, there are better options if you need life gain. Cards like Wall of Omens, Ruin Raider, Twilight Prophet, Dusk Legion Zealot, Phyrexian Rager, Thassa, God of the Sea or Kefnet the Mindful are all great creatures that can help you draw cards and lands if needed. Spells like Preordain, Serum Visions, Impulse, Painful Truths, Discovery / Dispersal (which can act as removal as well, if need be), and Esper Charm are all well and dandy. If you choose to run any of these, with the kind of deck you're on, I would recommend choosing one of the 1 or 2 cost ones and running four, then run two copies of the 3-cost ones at max.

As for your enchantments, Sorin, Solemn Visitor, Sorin, Lord of Innistrad, or Elspeth, Sun's Champion, and Elspeth, Knight-Errant would all be better than True Conviction as they come down much faster (except Sun's Champion), are far easier to cast in a 3-color deck (W-Bla is much easier than WWW), they also give you creatures to flood the board.

The problem with Control Magic, is that it is far easier to get around than regular removal, but if you're adamant on stealing your opponent's toys, Entrancing Melody, Exert Influence for smaller creatures and Connive / Concoct which can double as rebuying a dead creature of yours, or Confiscation Coup paired with cards like Glimmer of Genius, Glint-Sleeve Siphoner, and Aether Hub. I recommend this because Control Magic can be destroyed by enchantment destruction effects adn let your opponent get their things back, especially if you don't have Privileged Position out, speaking of which

I wouldn't run it. Run more counterspells in its place. You don't want to broadcast the whole 'hit me, i'm setting up a hexproof Exquisite-Sanguine combo' and give them targets for their removal. You need to slam those things down and then protect them. Cryptic Command is amazing, and 3 is good enough. Depending on how your playgroup does with counterspells, og Counterspell, Mana Leak, Supreme Will, Ojutai's Command, Silumgar's Command, Negate, Essence Scatter, and Dissolve are all good. Arcane Denial if you want to be nice about it. You want to make them spend the mana on their way to answer your threats and then Dash Hopes (don't play that one, it's funny but not good). With Counterspells, you generally want to spend less mana on it than what you're countering, and they're better in multiplayer games than discard.

If you're playing 1v1 matches, you could go with discard effects over counterspells, but choose one or both. Cards like Duress, Thought Erasure, Divest, Harsh Scrutiny, Persecute, Arterial Flow (bonus points if you're playing with Twilight Prophet and friends with this one), Inquisition of Kozilek, Thoughtseize, Castigate, Blackmail, and Hymn to Tourach. You also have Kitesail Freebooter, Tidehollow Sculler, and Brain Maggot. From what you said with liking how your creatures take control, this is the route I would recommend for you, especially Kitesail Freebooters and Thought Erasures since one is a creature and the other can help fix your next draw step.

Once again, run Counterspells or Discard, and preferably counters in multiplayer. The simple reasoning is with discard you spend mana and resources and they don't spend mana and lose resources, counters you both spend mana and resources with you, preferably, spending less mana and quality of resources, and you don't want to tax your mana and resources doing both.

Don't run Riot Control. Don't do it. Run Eerie Interlude instead of Rootborn Defenses as it will trigger and enter the battlefield effects when your creatures come back and get you advantages that way.

Jace is cool, but run those Sorins and Elspeths I mentioned earlier instead, they fit better in your kind of deck.

Some way better creatures for you are Dragonlord Silumgar, Dragonlord Ojutai, Cloudblazer, Restoration Angel, Ravenous Chupacabra, Isareth the Awakener, Vona, Butcher of Magan, Nightveil Predator, Thalia, Heretic Cathar, Hostage Taker, Regal Caracal, Thraben Inspector, Noxious Gearhulk, Torrential Gearhulk, or Cataclysmic Gearhulk. There are so many options out there, and in the end it's your deck so you can make it however you would like. I hope this was at least a little bit of help.

Also, definitely find some room for Swords to Plowshares and Anguished Unmaking. Life is a resource and don't be afraid to spend a little bit or give your opponent some more if it means not letting them win or letting you win.

elgosu1337 on Wheel of Sunforger and Moon

5 months ago

Hi Weekend_Magic_NC, unfortunately the only card in this deck that can dig creatures out of the graveyard is Ojutai's Command, and it only digs 1 and 2 CMC creatures. Wheel of Sun and Moon would just put those cards back into the library anyway. Do you have any other suggestions or feedback for the deck?

plusARGON on Animate Pummler: A Mediocrity

8 months ago

I would take a look at some infect decks and use some of their pump tech. Pendelhaven, Might of Old Krosa, Vines of Vastwood and Become Immense are all great options. You may also consider running more card draw and selection to get Pummeler faster. Ancient Stirrings is a free include with green and Serum Visions is always good. Rogue Refiner also helps to this end. Ways to protect or recur the Pummeler would also be good. Welding Jar has gained popularity recently and you could play with the colors some and look at Ojutai's Command or Kolaghan's Command.

You don't have a sideboard, yet. But I would look Krosan Grip or other hate for the likes of Stony Silence that just turns this deck off. You may also consider some counter spells, since you're in blue.

ZorrosRage on Jeskai Calm

8 months ago

Some other good control suggestions almost forgot. Logic Knot, Ojutai's Command(pretty good as a 1-2 of),

Thing in the Ice  ^Flip is awesome an awesome creature to block with since that is a concern. one of the best low drop budget control creature

Detention Sphere are also good if you don't want to go the burn route.