Talon of Pain

Artifact

Whenever a source you control other than Talon of Pain deals damage to an opponent, put a charge counter on Talon of Pain.

{X}, {T}, Remove X charge counters from Talon of Pain: Talon of Pain deals X damage to any target (creature, player or planeswalker).

Legality

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
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (7)

FormOverFunction on X-SPELLS!

3 years ago

I love Talon of Pain, as it just sits off to the side until later when it’s super handy.

king-saproling on Galvanic Compleation

3 years ago

Looks neat. You might like these: Aetherflux Reservoir, Staff of Nin, Angel's Trumpet, Ballista Charger, Talon of Pain, Blasting Station, Transmogrifying Licid, Sunbond, Light of Promise, Heliod, Sun-Crowned, Triskelion, Walking Ballista, Odric, Lunarch Marshal, Leonin Abunas, Dross Scorpion, Pitiless Plunderer

Bababad on Mogis and his Spiky Pillow Fort (Updated)

7 years ago

Talon of Pain thank you random card of the day thread

Valayvis on

7 years ago

I've been eyeing Craterhoof Behemoth a lot, I think it might be an alternative to Talon of Pain if that doesn't work out. Strictly speaking though it completely breaks theme, so do Acidic Slime and Arbor Colossus. The only reason I have them in there is because I needed a strong removal card and something to help me deal with flyers. It doesn't bother me too much to run a few things that break theme though, at least until something in theme is released.

On the topic of removal I'm trying to run at least seven cards which can act as spot removal, Desert Twister is one that I just can't find a viable alternative for so I'm going to keep it in there. I might consider running a strong fight card though since I got a ton of big Eldrazi now.

Oh and I have been seriously considering Bane of Progress, just haven't decided on if I'll put it in yet so I've been using Acidic Slime since it's cheaper and more versatile.

I won't be running any infinite combos though, I used to do that and it really ruined the games I played in with my group.

Thanks by the way for all the suggestions it really means a lot to get some feedback, thank you so much.

MsSysbit on Teferi, Charge Countermage

7 years ago

I love the deck! The only thing that seems outa place is Teferi. Wouldn't someone like Medomai the Ageless just suit the turn gaining strategy better? I don't quite understand why he is the commander of choice in all honesty; care to enlighten? Also Talon of Pain is a nice charge counter recipient if you need burn options!

MsSysbit on Mizzix' burning budget

8 years ago

A few more budget ideas: Fire Servant, Talon of Pain, Akoum Hellkite, and Bogardan Hellkite. Never seen a budget so small look so effective so hats off!

the.beanpole on Horobi's Death Chimes

8 years ago

There are gobs of great options that have additional utility prior to your general's arrival (some are better than others). It seems like you're looking for non-creature permanents though (which makes sense because then they'd be targetable with Harobi out as well), so I'll keep that in mind. There are the tappers/untappers: Puppet Strings, Thousand-Year Elixir, Ice Floe, Icy Manipulator, and Trip Noose, the damage dealers/preventers: Banshee (can also be a finisher), Oasis, Panacea, Sorin Markov, and Talon of Pain, the P/T modifiers: Unspeakable Symbol, Nefashu, Retreat to Hagra, Belbe's Armor, Necropolis Fiend, Island of Wak-Wak, and other assorted target effects: Shadow Alley Denizen, Shizo, Death's Storehouse, Maze of Ith, Power Matrix, Erratic Portal, and Predator, Flagship. Also worth mentioning is that Endless Whispers combos well with Horobi and repeatable targeting effects.

This deck looks really fun. I'm tempted to make a version of it myself! Also, there are toooons more options that you can find with a quick gatherer search.