Tail Slash

Instant

Target creature you control deals damage equal to its power to target creature you don't control.

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 (40)

trnx14 on Dino Stompy Stomp

3 years ago

I love me some dino decks, but I would swap Tail Slash for Ram Through. Ram Through costs one less and it has the potential to deal a nice chunk of damage, unless you have some reason that you wanna use the red mana. Awesome deck though! Cheers!

HalbrechtHalbrecht on No Blocks

5 years ago

I like decks like this that have themes! I remember trying to make a "steal all your stuff" deck — that was fun. XD

Seismic Stomp alternatives

I have no idea what your meta is like, but a possible card in place of Seismic Stomp would be Destructive Tampering . It's 1 CMC more, but if artifacts become a problem for you, the added flexibility might be worth it. Possible sideboard card?

If you're in a flyer-heavy meta (in which case Stomp isn't very good), some alternatives for Stomp, all at 3 CMC, are: Goblin War Cry (and the creature they choose you can easily deal with), Incite Hysteria if you tend to face more one- to two-color decks, and Ruthless Invasion in an artifact-light meta.

If you want to stick with Seismic Stomp , then consider Falter instead. Same CMC and effect, but it's strictly better as an instant.

Tail Slash alternatives

Fall of the Hammer is 1 CMC less than Tail Slash and Soul's Fire can hit ANY target for the same CMC.

A possible win-con with Zada out would be Chandra's Ignition . You'll kill all your own creatures, too, so it's effectively a boardwipe (though with Otherworldly Outburst it's a one-sided wipe), but who cares when you're Fling ing multiple creatures with power 3 and 4 at your opponents' faces!! Good in multiplayer, if that's your jam. I'd only put in 1-2, since it has 5 CMC.

Other cards for Zada

Rile is amazing for drawing cards! Sure, it'll kill some of your smaller dudes, and the trample doesn't really matter to you. But it basically reads "{R} -- Draw cards equal to the number of creatures you control." For red, that's a good thing, especially to re-fuel in the late game. Maybe 1-2.

Dynacharge and Weapon Surge are easy to Overload if Zada isn't out, but with her out they cost less mana, which can matter quite often. First Strike is less of a big deal if no one can block, so Dynacharge's +2 is better, BUT Surge's overload is cheaper. Possible replacements for Otherworldly Outburst if you find the Overload useful.

Also, imagine casting either of those on the same turn as cards like Fall of the Hammer and Soul's Fire !

hkhssweiss on Raging Dragons

5 years ago

Sunnifoxhollow

The cmc curve of this deck is always going to be quite high, I would recommend adding in some essential ramp spells and ways to cheat in your creatures. I'm assuming that the cards you will consider will be more on the budget side so here might be some cards you can consider. Selvala's Stampede, good way to be threat and able to cheat permanents from hand or flip into big dragons from the deck. Sunbird's Invocation, since you are reducing the spells of your dragon, the 'cascade' trigger will be large and unlikely you will whiff most of the time. Cream of the Crop a pseudo filtering where it synergizes with your big drops so you can fix your draws. Summoning Trap only would use if you face against a lot of counterspell decks. Nature's Lore, Farseek, Rampant Growth, Cultivate, Kodama's Reach, Hour of Promise, and Skyshroud Claim are great ramp spells that are better in the long run. If not all the signets and talismans for mana rocks to accelerate.

I would recommend cutting all the equipments as you don't need that when your dropping big threats already, Door to Nothingness, Doubling Cube, Lich's Mirror, Descent of the Dragons, Traitorous Blood, Gift of Paradise, Prodigious Growth, Command the Storm, Tail Slash, and Holy Day.

Hope that helps! If your not on budget there are other alternative options but the cards are $10+

Ray_F on Swashbucklers of Booty Bay ($50 Budget)

5 years ago

What about Brawl to deal damage to your opponent's creatures and gain control of them because of Admiral Beckett Brass? You could do the same with cards such as Electropotence, Fall of the Hammer, Tail Slash, etc.

witchdoctor on Zada Storm

6 years ago

Unfortunately for both you and Suns_Champion, cards like Tail Slash and Soul's Fire don't work with Zada because it specifies cards that "only target Zada", and those have multiple targets. Also,Chandra's Ignition is a bad card for this deck because after the first Ignition resolves, most likely for a 1/1 Goblin token, all your other goblin tokens will be dead, which means that you will then only have an Ignition for your Zada. A card I don't see enough in Zada though is Arcbond which can be even better than Chandra's Ignition.

ZurbenGnarfnies on Zada Storm

6 years ago

@Suns_Champion: Tail Slash, Soul's Fire and Chandra's Ignition will not work as you may expect. The first two will not copy via Zada, Hedron Grinder, since both have more than one target. Chandra's Ignition will kill off your own creatures before the majority of them has dealt their damage (except if you make them indestructible somehow).

Rogue_Toaster on Floop's Fooglies

6 years ago

Thanks for the suggestions! Tail Slash and Soul's Fire are great ideas, but I'll try to find sorcery versions of these effects so I can grab them with Burning Wish.

Also I have considered Neheb, the Eternal. Honestly this deck can crank out so much mana on its own, and playing a 5 mana non-goblin to make more mana only in post-combat doesn't seem super worth it. But I'll definitely keep him in mind!

Suns_Champion on Grinder?? Dude I barely know her!!

6 years ago

I've been corrected that Tail Slash and Soul's Fire do not work with Zada, as the cards target multiple things, meaning Zada won't trigger for everyone else. My mistake :(

Eldrazi Monument + Chandra's Ignition still works well though. I'd definitely try it.