Spawning Breath

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Format Legality
1v1 Commander Legal
Archenemy Legal
Block Constructed 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
Modern Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Pauper Duel Commander Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Spawning Breath

Instant

Spawning Breath deals 1 damage to target creature or player. Put a 0/1 colorless Eldrazi Spawn creature token onto the battlefield. It has "Sacrifice this creature: Add {{1}} to your mana pool."

thesilentpyro on Pervasive Footprints

1 year ago

Out: Twisted Image

In: Luxurious Libation

  • Luxurious Libation is the first 1-mana targeted token maker, and it's an instant to boot. The cut for this one was hard, but Twisted Image got the axe because it has a chance of killing a number of creatures with Spawning Breath making 0/1s and Fleeting Distraction and Startle (and technically Dizzy Spell) reducing power, plus it has anti-synergy with power boosting effects like Fists of Flame. It's very possible the cut should have been Mythos of Illuna (as the most expensive token maker) instead of a draw spell, but ultimately creature count is what makes the deck go and Mythos is versatile, so I decided to cut what I think is the worst draw spell instead and we'll see how it plays.

Johnny_Subway on Breaking Rules and Grinding Fools

2 years ago

Sudden Breakthrough is a pump spell that also creates a treasure for each creature you control. Storm-Kiln Artist , although it costs more, is even better in that is does the same thing whenever you cast any single-target spell. Also — Maybe Spawning Breath ? It will likely kill a lot of your tokens, but it replaces them with Eldrazi spawn at instant speed.

Guerric on Feather Token Storm

2 years ago
Spawning Breath OUT Sudden Breakthrough IN

Spawning Breath doesn't do much in this build other than to store mana for a later time. If I were focused on tokens it would be better, but in my build Sudden Breakthrough is a strictly better upgrade in that it pumps Feather while also storing mana for another time.

Reckless Charge OUT Deflecting Palm IN

I'm generally underwhelmed with cards that only work at sorcery speed in this deck, and with the addition of Sudden Breakthrough I've already added one back in. Deflecting Palm has always been a great Boros card, and gives me the option to send direct or infect damage right back into my opponents' faces. Comeuppance creates some epic moments and commander, so why not have a few more of them!

Renegade Tactics OUT Birgi, God of Storytelling  Flip IN

Tactics is sorcery speed, making it a pretty bad draw spell compared to my other cantrips, and otherwise useless. Birgi is a great ramp engine. My opponents tried in vain to remove her four times the other night because of the practically limitless mana refund she provides, though all those attempts were in vain!

Smothering Tithe OUT Storm-Kiln Artist IN

Tithe is an amazing card but as Control_Train has observed, it is really suited better to slower, grindier control decks. I've taken it out, and it will find a great new home in my upcoming Ranar the Ever-Watchful deck. Storm-Kiln Artist , on the other hand, can spew out treasure tokens in this deck like you've hit the jackpot on a slot machine, and is a great new addition from Strixhaven.

Snap157 on Korvold, Fae King, ruler of Eldrazi

3 years ago

This is so cool! Have you considered Rapacious One instead of Essence Feed? Maybe Ashnod's Altar? I feel like the altar would be able to net you twice the mana from your eldrazi spawn and can also provide on-demand death to your creatures, and a hit from Rapacious One can easily advance your board state towards something powerful and repeatable.

As backups, I would consider Quicksilver Amulet or Elvish Piper in case you can't get enough mana eldrazi.

Your land base looks good, however Korvold especially benefits from lands that can sacrifice themselves. Fetch lands like Wooded Foothills, Verdant Catacombs, Bloodstained Mire, Windswept Heath, Misty Rainforest,Prismatic Vista, Scalding Tarn and Polluted Delta could really speed up your mana base and let you draw cards at the same time! I get that they may be out of budget- proxies are always an option if your playgroup is cool with them. Additional lands like Spawning Bed, Lotus Field, Jund Panorama, Blighted Woodland and Fabled Passage work well too.

Harrow instead of Wild Wanderer would fit your sacrifice theme. Pitiless Plunderer would give you double value while Broodwarden only buffs some of your creatures. You're not really winning with spawn, and a lot of your best eldrazi produce scions anyway.

I like your removal package, but I feel like there are some unneeded spells that can also be cut for ramp/removal. Things like Fog, Spawning Breath, Prismatic Omen, and Wave of Vitriol don't really advance your game plan (at least not as much as you'd like them to), and I think things such as Breaker of Armies, Nature's Lore, and Corpsehatch, and Commander's Sphere would work some wonders.

This is a super cool concept and I'm eager to see it in the future. I hope this helps!

McToters on Feather, Jank Redeemed

3 years ago

I would say that Seize the Day I don't seen in every Feather deck. It's won me a few games just because my opponents will gladly take Feather damage at 3 power until they have about 12-14 commander, and then they don't see StD come out of nowhere (and on top of it's clutch flashback it would just go back to my hand since it would target Feather).

Other cards I don't see in every deck or hear people talk about negatively are Assemble the Legion, Backdraft Hellkite and Spawning Breath. AtL is really the only one that I hear get negative feedback a lot but I like it a lot.

TheCardPool on

4 years ago

ZendikariWol Thanks for the list! A lot of what you have are things that didn't make the initial cut for my list, but they're still very much considerations. You're right, I definitely am aiming to punch through with Feather for commander damage voltron-type wins, but I mostly avoided the straight stat-pumping spells in favor of more removal like Soul's Fire and more combo-type cards like Overblaze . My deck is also very much a work in progress, as Feather is such a tricky but rewarding commander to build around. My general philosophy with the deck, because RW is so poor at gaining card advantage, is to run a bunch of cards I wouldn't normally run (like Thaumatic Compass  Flip and Expedition Map ) to make sure I don't get mana screwed and make sure almost all my targeting spells have some kind of built-in advantage (like scry or draw). The ones that don't I just feel very iffy about.

One major difference in our lists is I seem to be going much more into the tokens strategy than yours--I've decided to play into the targeting theme with Zada, Hedron Grinder and Mirrorwing Dragon and have added Young Pyromancer and Spawning Breath to help with that. That's because I worry about running a voltron strategy and getting swamped by creatures I can't deal with. It's possible cutting those cards could lead to a more powerful one-punch strategy, but I also play this deck mostly in a multi-player environment and therefore feel I have to maximize card advantage whenever possible. For the record, this deck has historically proven to be pretty powerful and regularly takes out full tables of opponents. But there's always room for improvement. I'll definitely consider some of your card choices as I continue testing.

Thanks again!

Cloudchaser.Kestrel on Sun-Feather

4 years ago

I would cut:

Insufficiently on theme - these are good cards but don´t take advantage of your commander or what you´re trying to do. Magnetic Theft , Comeuppance , Electrodominance , Lapse of Certainty , Panic , Return to Dust , Teferi's Protection , Temur Battle Rage , Titan's Strength , Wear , Acrobatic Maneuver , Wheel of Fortune , Blasphemous Act , Day of Judgment , Empty the Warrens , Faithless Looting , Gamble , Kari Zev's Expertise , Wrath of God ,

Removal targets: Smothering Tithe , Gisela, Blade of Goldnight

good cards you don´t really have the support for. Aurelia, the Warleader , Avacyn, Angel of Hope , Cloudshift - the only solid target I see is Sun Titan ? same with Eerie Interlude

Paradox Engine was recently banned in commander.

Given that I cut more than the needed 16 I´ll point out a couple feather allstars you´re missing.

Aurelia's Fury - does so much. One damage to one of your creatures and you have repeatable tapping, removal, and combo protection. Intimidation Bolt - repeatable fog when targeting your own creature. Spawning Breath - this is your smothering tithe replacement, mana, creatures for Zada to target, and removal in a pinch all on an instant. Orim's Thunder - kicked is the best repeatable enchantment and artifact removal I´ve found.

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