Stone of Erech

Legendary Artifact

If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.

{2}, {T}, Sacrifice Stone of Erech: Exile target player's graveyard. Draw a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	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
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (2)

CandiedRats on White Heroic deck

5 months ago

It looks like you’re going for a budget deck. A budget upgrade would be replacing x4 Plains with x4 Flagstones of Trokair These will help thin your deck out in mid to late game.

Fabled Hero also seems a little slow to run as a 4 of. A little more pricey upgrade would be replacing it with x4 Kor Spiritdancer adding card advantage from cast triggers of auras. She’s not heroic, but her ability feels similar.

Livewire Lash is another cut. I think the “shock” effect can be useful, but cards like Hyena Umbra, Sentinel's Eyes, Ethereal Armor would all be choice upgrades as a x1, x2, or x3 of any combination in its place.

Past that a sideboard can be extremely useful in modern. A fairly standard sideboard for the current meta that is fairly budget is.

4x Mana Tithe 4x Pithing Needle 4x Damping Sphere 3x Tormod's Crypt Or 3x Stone of Erech

Hope any of these suggestions helped!

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM! (better mana)

9 months ago

Hmm, The One Ring seems like a decent option, since it basically reads as a temporary fog / anti-discard effect, with draw 4 you lose 3 life tacked on (also resets land drops and untaps lands) against most decks.

I’ll have to play around a bit, since that 4 mana “I haven’t won yet” card is always something the deck has been looking for (have been looking at stabilizing green creatures for ages).

I also like Stone of Erech since replacement effects are the best form of gravehate, but it only hits things coming from the battlefield, so it is a little narrower.