Shape the Sands

Instant

Target creature gets +0/+5 and gains reach until end of turn. (It can block creatures with flying.)

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
Pauper	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

baddabiiing on Modern Doran Company

1 year ago

wolfhead Thanks for the suggestions! Going into blue is definitely tempting but the one thing I actually own in paper is the abzan mana base, so that would be tough on the wallet. Man Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive seems sweet tho. Shape the Sands and Concealing Curtains  ^Flip both seem sweet, but I'm at a loss on what I could swap them for. Really great suggestions!

wolfhead on Modern Doran Company

1 year ago

Oh man well I gotta bring up Aegis Turtle again, I love that card and blue also gets you Sidisi's Faithful, Contraband Kingpin, and Deputy of Detention,

But Concealing Curtains  ^Flip is sweet, and what feels way back in the day I even ran Disowned Ancestor who was okay in board stalls,

God-Pharaoh's Faithful,

Lagonna-Band Trailblazer is cool with stuff like Shape the Sands,

And hear me out, a card that works great with both tower defense and ensnaring bridge is Ornithopter.

Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive does as well.

Gilded Goose gets sweet as your mana curve gets lower,

Permeating Mass cracks me up if you focus more on assault formation and High Alert, But ive never gotten around to trying it.

And I guess Brokers Initiate is just a strict upgrade to Yoked Ox with her mana sink?

Arboreal grazer is sweet I'd definitely keep him and some harbingers

And I know it's a non-bo with collected company but I gotta make the obligatory statement about how sweet Lingering Souls is with tower defense,

Though is it too slow nowadays even with bridge? Shit I feel old. At least it can chump a giant murktide for a while

xram666 on Arcades the new leadsinger of the Rolling Stones

4 years ago

@ TheLordOfTime: Thanks for the Up-vote and the suggestion. I might try it out but in an older version I played Aegis of the Heavens and to pump only one creature for additional 7 (or in the case of Shape the Sands 5) points of damage isn't worth the card slot.

TheLordOfTime on Arcades the new leadsinger of the Rolling Stones

4 years ago

This is a great deck. I took a hiatus from MTG 4 years ago to start playing D&D. Now some of my D&D friends are wanting to play EDH. One of my favorite decks I ever made was one built around Assault Formation, and seeing Arcades/your deck has really inspired me to start playing again. I see that you're liking Tower Defense in this build, but have you seen Shape the Sands? It doesn't give reach, but it's a fantastic one-drop. It might be nice to have in addition to Tower Defense.

wallisface on Island Crash

4 years ago

I don’t think Hardened Scales is worth it when only Steelbane Hydra benefits by having one more counter... seems weak.

I feel like you need more ramp to get your plan into action quicker. I’d be dropping Shape the Sands (it feels like a win-more card), and the beforementioned Scales, for some mana dorks. Arbor Elf could work great with Utopia Sprawl

ZendikariWol on Huatli Infect (Oathbreaker)

4 years ago

That being said, solid includes in general include Abbey Matron , Brightling , Ensouled Scimitar (probably too slow but hey, +5/5 is wicked), if you're up against someone going wide, Give No Ground could be good, Honor Guard is really not bad, Might of Oaks is wicked, Ornamental Courage is Giant Growth with a free untap, Shape the Sands is super Giant Growth, Shield Mate is a solid bluff, Steady Aim is super Titanic Growth , Thornling , and Abzan Beastmaster ?

DC_Geno on Bant Wall Beat Down

4 years ago

Sylvan Caryatid is important to get mana setup and I believe should be a staple in a bant defender deck. It is a defenders deck's Birds of Paradise . The hexproof makes it hard to remove and it can be targeted by it's controller "unlike creatures with shroud." This means Assault Formation can target it. Other cards that may help your strategy are Shape the Sands , and these four creatures even though they don't have defender Abzan Beastmaster , Benthic Infiltrator , Elusive Krasis and Dragon's Eye Savants .

rdean14 on Mushroom Soup

5 years ago

Hi, this is a very cool deck, I quite like it!

Some suggestions: Tendershoot Dryad would fit amazingly.

You need more removal, I recommend Swords to Plowshares and completing the playset of Sundering Growth

To fight burn: Faith's Shield

To fight aggro: Ethereal Haze, and Niveous Wisps

To fight flying: Aerial Volley/Shape the Sands

To fight storm: Silence or Damping Sphere