Rubinia Soulsinger

Legendary Creature — Faerie

You may choose not to untap Rubinia Soulsinger during your untap step.

{T}: Gain control of target creature for as long as you control Rubinia and Rubinia remains tapped.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Gidgetimer on Take Control

2 months ago

A note because it was mentioned that you could keep the creature "without having to keep Merieke tapped". Unlike Rubinia Soulsinger not untapping Merieke Ri Berit is not optional. Merieke simply doesn't untap. For that reason Freed from the Real is great in Merieke decks. Not only does it allow you to untap Merieke if something flashier comes along that you would like to take control of, but it also is basically "U: destroy target creature" in combination with your commander.

legendofa on BBEG Deck Ideas

6 months ago

For my breakdown here, I'm focusing on characters who are villains in their story arc and characters who don't have much specific backstory. Pretty much any legendary creature can be flavored as a villain in front of the right deck. I'm also not focusing on the Forgotten Realms sets, I'm broadening the net.

What's available:

{C}: Eldrazi or artifacts. Most of the artifacts are either hero-aligned or not an independent threat, like Graaz, Unstoppable Juggernaut. If you want a challenge, Omarthis, Ghostfire Initiate, but I wouldn't, just for lack of depth.

{W}: Villains are oddly centered on Old Kamigawa. Konda, Lord of Eiganjo is a near-immortal emperor and master duelist. Hokori, Dust Drinker is destroying resources and the land. And, of course, there's the apocalyptic, unrelenting evil that is Hazduhr the Abbot.

{U}: Heidar, Rimewind Master is an elementalist fanatic. The manipulations of Orvar, the All-Form or Kami of the Crescent Moon could cause problems, as could a big sea creature like Tromokratis or Charix, the Raging Isle.

{B}: Pretty much everyone. It's easier to count the people who aren't outright villains.

{R}: Relatively few actual villains, but a bunch of manipulators, dragons, and angry people that could fill the role.

{G}: A bunch of wild animals and nature types. No scheming villains, but a good selection of rampaging monsters. Meng Huo, Barbarian King would be a unique choice (if you're willing to.proxy or drop $150+).

{G}{W}: Polukranos Reborn  ^Flip is the most (only?) villainous character in these colors.

{U}{B}: Lots of options, from the behind-the-scenes manipulation of Lazav, Dimir Mastermind to the illithid Captain N'ghathrod, Gisa and Geralf's necromancer army, whatever Umbris, Fear Manifest is, and a lot more.

{G}{U}: A few options, but lots of depth in them. Insane biologist Momir Vig, Simic Visionary and his magnum opus Experiment Kraj, nature's avenger Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath, or maybe Aesi, Tyrant of Gyre Strait is flooding the area.

{B}{R}: A very deep and wide pool for villains. Vampires, demons, dragons, demon dragons, warlords, torturers...

{B}{G}: Grakmaw, Skyclave Ravager joins the ranks of the big scary monsters. A more calculating BBEG would probably be one of the death lords like Jarad, Golgari Lich Lord. Vhati il-Dal or Old Rutstein or probably more storyline villains than BBEG material.

{G}{W}{U}: A very shallow pool. Storvald, Frost Giant Jarl, Rubinia Soulsinger, and maybe Falco Spara, Pactweaver or Katilda and Lier (mostly because of Lier) are the best options for an Archenemy villain. I'd throw Kros, Defense Contractor in, but goading is kind of limited when you're the Archenemy.

{W}{U}{B}: This color set will probably be either a cold, distant, merciless villain or a manipulative puppet master. Raffine, Scheming Seer and Oloro, Ageless Ascetic fall into the first category, and Sen Triplets and The Ever-Changing 'Dane in the second. Varina, Lich Queen is another option for a zombie army.

{B}{R}{G}: Big, angry, and violent, with some good dragons. Xira, the Golden Sting and Vazi, Keen Negotiator break out of this mold, but they strike me as more lieutenant-types, not arc villains by themselves.

{R}{G}{W}: Not much; these tend to be either heroic or big smashy monsters. Uril, the Miststalker could work.

{R}{W}{B}: Queen Marchesa is a classic, as you mentioned, and Edgar Markov is right there, too. Actually, this color set has some good depth and variety for an Archenemy. Some are more overtly villainous, and some are just very martial. My top picks would be Edgar, Licia, Sanguine Tribune, or Tariel, Reckoner of Souls.

{G}{U}{R}: Mostly either weird esotericism or "nature's avenger" types. I don't think any of these are outright villainous in-story, but most of them have loose or vague stories. With the right deck, this could be a unique and interesting villain. Riku of Two Reflections is my top pick.

Four-color sets in general: Any of them would work, except for a couple of the {R}{G}{W}{U}.

{W}{U}{B}{R}{G}: Use this color set if you want a truly apocalyptic feel. saluma mentioned Tiamat, which is a very good choice, and finding a way to get through Progenitus or O-Kagachi, Vengeful Kami is a story of epic scale.

TypicalTimmy on Card creation challenge

1 year ago

I thought you were super excited over my Darksteel Ballista T-T then I actually read your post. Now I am a mixed bag of cat-feelings.

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Simplicity Myr {1}

Artifact Creature - Myr

Sunburst - This creature enters the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter on it for each color of mana spent to cast it.

Myr do not evolve, so much as they improve. Each one learning from the previous generation, rooting out their own flaws to ultimate perfection. However, sometimes subtraction adds far more then multiplication.

1/2

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Turn Rubinia Soulsinger into a Planeswalker.

Lanzo493 on copy amd theft cpmmander ideas

3 years ago

Some of the most popular theft commanders are Sen Triplets , Merieke Ri Berit , Rubinia Soulsinger , Empress Galina , Yasova Dragonclaw , Brion Stoutarm , and Marchesa, the Black Rose . I would say that Marchesa is the strongest one, but if you want to do them all, a good option is Sisay, Weatherlight Captain . She can tutor them all out.

ConsumingKiribo on Pokemon-themed Deck

3 years ago

I'm thinking about making a Pokemon-themed deck where you "capture" your opponent's creature or take control of your opponent's creature.

Just like that, the win con is already muddled.

I also don't have any idea what format it should be in. Probably commander as there are commanders that can take control of your opponent's creatures, such as Rubinia Soulsinger. But otherwise, I have no idea what to do with this deck.

Maybe have it be creature control where you have your opponent's "pokemon" fight the pokemon you "captured", kinda like a "Pokemon Battle".

I have no idea what I'm going to do with this. :|

StopShot on Commander Death-Triggers rule change

3 years ago

“Skullclamp? Really... what commander has 1 toughness and can circumvent the growing command tax in order to exploit Skullclamp? Genuine question here... otherwise I don't see how clamp working on your commander is all that much better than clamp working on the other 16-32 creatures already in your deck...”

@DuTogira, To answer your question, the payout is totally worth it for any commander so long as your general is Empress Galina, Merieke Ri Berit or Rubinia Soulsinger and you have a sac outlet available. I assure you that you’ll hardly notice the command tax at all!

Hexapod on Para Bellum | Arcades, The Strategist

4 years ago

Edits were made, mostly to include fun cards like Oko, Thief of Crowns and Rubinia Soulsinger. I also finally included Wall of Kelp.

chapman.luke27 on This deck has a 100% chance of stealing your girl

4 years ago

If you're going for stealing, have you considered Rubinia Soulsinger ? She'd be a good commander, not just part of the 99.

For stealing things permanently, you could use Conjurer's Closet , it combos well with your cards like Control Magic (also Rubinia).