Soulless Jailer

Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Golem

Permanent cards in graveyards can't enter the battlefield.

Players can't cast noncreature spells from graveyards or exile.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Brawl	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
Pre-release	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (8)

SomeDipshit on Deliberate Denial of Death to the Dead

3 months ago

Bitterblossom Yeah if I was good at this game I'd probably run that for all the times Shirei gets sent to the impound lot.

Infernal Darkness I cannot ramp hard enough to support it usually but yeah its a good card.

Soulless Jailer -- ha ha! It is asymmetrical! Simply don't sacrifice him on your opponents turns! His ability is not active while he is a card in the graveyard, only when he is a creature, so it works quite well. As for "is your meta cursed?" yeah its hell. I play with like, cobblepot tier degenerates most of the time. Maelstrom Wanderer and Karador are common. One guy has a Chainer deck its nuts lmao.

Profet93 on Deliberate Denial of Death to the Dead

3 months ago

SomeDipshit +1

Bitterblossom - Synergy with contamination, token fodder for smoke stack, attrition, blocker, etc....

Your wincon is commander reliant. Have you considered an additional, versatile form of protection for it such as Imp's Mischief? It "counters" counterspells and redirects targeted removal, draw and extra turns! Conqueror's flail is a solid, repeatable option but it's more mana and easily telegraphed.

Infernal Darkness - Contaminations cousin. It can easily stall for a turn or 2 without creatures, and doesn't affect your coffers, Phyrexian Tower, Lake of the Dead or ancient tomb.

I don't understand Soulless Jailer, as it seems completely counterintuitive to your gameplan. Is your meta filled with so many graveyard decks that you require symmetrical grave hate? I get that you can sacrifice it, but it seems unnecessary. What has been your experience playing with it for about a year? Have you considered swapping it out with something asymmetrical such as Soul-Guide Lantern?

Kavle on Jester's Knowledge

5 months ago

So I probably should of mentioned some of the problems with the deck lol.

1. Ok, yes Knowledge Pool is a cast trigger, so it wouldn't trigger if the spell is already cast. This is a problem with specifically Knowledge Pool and Prototype Portal. In order do both in 1 turn would cost 10 mana and would only happen as fast as turn 4 if you have Tron active with 2 towers. So more than likely you would be getting this combo if portal was under a pool to begin with or beyond turn 4.

2. This would still be a lock then, either cast Bronze Bombshell and take 7 or let your spell be ate by the pool.

3. This is true, but my other modern deck right now is Izzit Coin Flip, so I'll take that chance. :P

4. Now I forgot about Boseiju, Who Endures. And Shattering Spree may still go under the pool, but it's replicated copies would be a problem. As you said will need to find solutions for this. Spellskite would work I guess. Oh yeah and to fit the theme, Jester's Cap could hit 3 Boseiju lol (I don't this this is good). And Pithing Needle can stop Boseiju also since it's an activated ability. This is just off the top of my head.

5. I just wanna lol

I'm trying to go through and see other things that are problems and if I would have to choose one it would be that Mystifying Maze only hits attacking creatures that the OP has, so I can't use it to temporarily get rid of Soulless Jailer so I can cast noncreature spells. The only thing that comes to head atm is Endless Sands, but I don't like that. Will be looking for something for that as well.

keitterman on "You've Heard of Chaos Theory?"

6 months ago

I personally don't like to give people too much of a leg up while I'm trying to get a leg up, so I'd consider Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir, or Soulless Jailer. I know that's probably against the spirit of the deck, in which you're looking to see interactions with crossing people's decks, but still.

Mousemke on Mono W Taxation

1 year ago

mostly what wallisface said but

Soulless Jailer is cute but i think i'd rather just use rest in peace. harder to remove and ends all graveyard nonsense.

Against All Odds seems expensive but also worth noting, it being a sorcery instead of an instant is a big deal

Ossification is a but interesting but too narrow. for creatures i would rather use On Thin Ice or Skyclave Apparition. Other than that March of Otherworldly Light would be my go to more general removal

wallisface on Mono W Taxation

1 year ago

I’ve playtested Soulless Jailer a bit in my own taxes shell and it feels… awkward. It does stop some things the opponent can do but not everything you’d expect (they can still cast Gravecrawler or Kroxa, Titan of Death's Hunger from the graveyard, for example). Personally I was disappointed by this card - there’s better things we can do for 2 mana.

Against All Odds looks terrible/unplayable just due to its mana cost.

Ossification likewise just feels a bit weak when On Thin Ice exists

IHATENAMES on Mono W Taxation

1 year ago

Was looking at new cards. What do you think about these.

Ossification What are your thoughts on this new removal option?

Soulless Jailer new hate piece

Against All Odds small reanimation and blink. Potentially good

Kiyomei on 京 An illusion? What are you hiding? (cEDH-$T4KS) 京

1 year ago

Yes, it is. In the past few sets, nothing quite worthwhile was released Stax-wise though. the new Elesh is definitely interesting, but updates will happen when something that is a must for the list gets printed. Right now the Elesh is a solid flex pick. And the Jailer is okay in foodchain-heavy meta but that's about it

the list is currently what I have in place now but cards do go in and out for testing all the time.

Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines

Soulless Jailer

The green sun is a card that's interesting too.

Green Sun's Twilight