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| 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 Duel Commander | Legal |
| Pauper EDH | Legal |
| Pioneer | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Tiny Leaders | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Stern Dismissal
Instant
Return target creature or enchantment an opponent controls to its owner's hand.
mitomeg on Help me Build the ultimate …
11 months ago
Want to build an evil deck with Dark Depths + Vampire Hexmage (no Thespian's Stage).
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I don't know what other 4 cards i can add to reach 60 cards;
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I don't know if 12 tutors are good or bad;
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My opponents will play Blood Moons, maybe cirle of protection and some kind of edict or exile effect;
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I'm also afraid of some flyer 1/1 with protection (mother of runes can provide that);
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Stern Dismissal is here to get rid of something i can't discard in time (probably using basics in some mathcup to beat a sneaked Blood Moon;
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Probably my plan B is using discard + Reanimate and hope to hit something big enough to win if Depths is off.
What do you guys think?
BioProfDude on
Thousand Years of Phoenix
1 year ago
I think Sprite Dragon is just better than Storm-Kiln Artist. With this many instants and sorceries, you should probably run 4 of them. I think also putting something like Essence Scatter into at least the sideboard would be wise as there are sooo many creature decks running around right now in Pioneer. At least a couple of Fading Hopes and/or Stern Dismissals (a great answer for Fable of the Mirror-Breaker Flip).
Cool deck! +1 from me!
Vicarian on
Raffine Metaschemer
1 year ago
Stern Dismissal I wouldn't bother playing too many of. That's highly situational, and could help you get lethal damage through by bouncing a critter. It's also not a counterspell. In a similar vein, Essence Scatter is useless if you're going up against a control player (who play very few, if any creatures, and the ones they do play usually come with the "Can't be countered" ability). See Chromium, the Mutable, Hullbreaker Horror, etc. If your meta is creature heavy, then by all means. Though I do have a preference for counterspells that exile instead of having the spell hit the graveyard. Ertai's Scorn is really useful in matchups against burn, or against fast aggro decks, but again is situational. If Lilly is your bane, then you could consider Negate which is effective against walkers for 2 CMC.
Titus7007 on
Raffine Metaschemer
1 year ago
Vicarian thanks for checking it out.
What do you think of cheaper counter spells like Essence Scatter and Stern Dismissal over Dissipate and Ertai's Scorn?
wallisface on
1 year ago
Grends27 a way to get-around lowering your curve is to drastically increase your ramp. Adding in 8-10 mana dorks like Noble Hierarch, Birds of Paradise, Utopia Sprawl, Llanowar Elves, Elvish Mystic would greatly help your ability to run a higher curve (noting that including them will likely mean having to pull out some of your higher costing cards in the process anyway).
Cards i think specifically aren’t worth it (they’re either too weak, or don’t belong in the deck) include: Teferi, Timeless Voyager (really bad & really expensive mana-wise), Stormwing Entity (is a good card but doesn’t belong here), Teferi's Ageless Insight (just overcomplicating your deck for no reason), Stern Dismissal (card disadvantage), Neutralize and Saw it Coming (3-mana counterspells are bad, but in any case i don’t see this deck ever being able to keep-up mana, as you’ll be almost always spending it all on your turn).
I would also suggest ditching most/all of those creatures requiring 6 mana to mutate - that’s just such a high bar, and none of those creatures strike me as particularly good anyway.
GearhartGGWP on
2 years ago
Stern Dismissal in this list is a great utility card, can remove opponents things or save my own making copies in the process.
Having multiple Orvar's in play and hitting the original with Stern nets me Orvar's while saving me from commander tax to replay it.
Barrin often lets me save my board from board wipes or allows me to clear some blockers to get through with some damage if the game goes long.
Very rarely would I rather have removal over proactive play for this list and more often than not bouncing something is enough to win. Comes with the added benefit mentioned before since it isn't destroying I can use it on my own creatures for added Orvar triggers or protecting from removal.
Ziabo on
2 years ago
What's the reasoning for running Barrin, Master Wizard and Stern Dismissal is your meta pretty creature heavy? Personally I'd run Pongify or Rapid Hybridization over Stern Dismissal if you're wanting to rid of certain creatures
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