Tide of War

Enchantment

Whenever one or more creatures blocks, flip a coin. If you win the flip, each blocking creature is sacrificed by its controller. Otherwise, each blocked creature is sacrificed by its controller.

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 (23)

FauxFaux on Crazy Cards to add

3 years ago

Goblin Game? Tide of War? Whims of the Fates? Impulsive Maneuvers?

Any of those fit the criteria?

poorpinkus on Evening the Odds - An actual decent coin flip deck

5 years ago

BMHKain Looks like it'll work pretty well so far! Seems like a higher-budget version of this deck.

Some things that you could change: Tide of War personally was never worth it, since it discourages attacking and puts a target on your head for 6 mana, and usually you'll want people to attack for cards like Desperate Gambit and Impulsive Maneuvers (and you don't want Okaum dying with a huge amount of P/T either). Two-Headed Giant is on-flavour, but he doesn't actually work with your commanders. Skyclaw Thrash and Mijae Djinn tend to not have a big effect on the board since the biggest wincon is usually either Chance Encounter or Okaum (although I understand if he gets hated out a lot). If you're going for a higher-power deck, you could probably remove even more coin flip cards like Crooked Scales, Mogg Assassin and Volatile Rig, replacing them with mass removal, unblockable enablers or different on-theme cards like Chaos Warp or Stitch in Time. I definitely think that Lightning Greaves and Chandra's Ignition are huge cards for my deck, so I'd really suggest using them, and if you are looking to go on the more control side with Zndrsplt, Planar Chaos would be a good addition. Maybe even Laboratory Maniac depending on how many cards you're getting from the additional draw engines (with Impulsive Maneuvers it's easy to draw a ton of cards, and you have Frenetic Efreet which lets you flip as many coins as you want, not to mention Krark's Thumb), although I didn't go for that angle since my deck focuses more on killing with Okaum.

As for positives, I like the idea of Sunbird's Invocation, Tyrant of Discord and Etali, Primal Storm! They fit the flavour of the deck while adding more value. I think in general you have a good spread of card advantage and wincons. It looks like you're going for more general value with Zndrsplt and a splash of unblockable for Okaum, which seems like a good take on the deck since Okaum is a wincon without much extra effort. The cheeky Drift of Phantasms is a great way to find Frenetic Efreet or Fabricate (for Krark's Thumb) as well, and I actually meant to include Muddle the Mixture but forgot, that's a great card for the deck!

SynergyBuild on

5 years ago

Sorry! I have been off since the 22nd until today, so here is a Christmas Present!

I think I actually showed you these drops:

Tide of War, Scrambleverse, Warp World, Risky Move, Grip of Chaos, Savage Beating, Chandra's Ignition, Mystic Retrieval, Wild Ricochet, Fury Storm, Wild Wurm, Molten Sentry, Ral Zarek, Helm of the Host, Bottle of Suleiman, Crooked Scales, Sorcerer's Strongbox, Fatespinner, Search for Azcanta  ^Flip, Twincast, Reverberate, Reshape, Counterflux, Squee's Revenge, Chaos Wand, Goblin Lyre, Fling, Chaotic Strike, Aleatory, Winter Sky, Fighting Chance.

DrkNinja on

5 years ago

Look I think you need to commit to the coin flipping or to being competitive, I don't think you can do both here. With that in mind...

• Fiery Gambit
• Stitch in Time
• Chance Encounter
• Karplusan Minotaur
• Planar Chaos
• Squee's Revenge
• Game of Chaos
• Boompile
• Tide of War
• Goblin Bomb
• Desperate Gambit
• Fighting Chance
• Mana Clash
• Winter Sky
• Disrupt Decorum
• Two-Headed Giant
• Goblin Kaboomist

And if you really just want PURE chaos... Like possibly not winning you the game type chaos, Grip of Chaos

SynergyBuild on

5 years ago

Hey if you are playing casually, it doesn't really matter.

Drops for casual fun:

Tide of War, Scrambleverse, Warp World, Risky Move, Grip of Chaos, Savage Beating, Chandra's Ignition, Mystic Retrieval, Wild Ricochet, Fury Storm, Wild Wurm, Molten Sentry, Ral Zarek, Helm of the Host, Bottle of Suleiman, Crooked Scales, Sorcerer's Strongbox, Fatespinner, Search for Azcanta  ^Flip, Twincast, Reverberate, Reshape, Counterflux, Squee's Revenge, Chaos Wand, Goblin Lyre, Fling, Chaotic Strike, Aleatory, Winter Sky, Fighting Chance, Mana Clash.

SynergyBuild on Chaos!

5 years ago

Knowledge Pool, Starke of Rath, Scrambleverse, Warp World, Confusion in the Ranks, Thieves' Auction, Grip of Chaos, Wild Evocation, Eye of the Storm, Hive Mind, Teferi's Puzzle Box, Whims of the Fates, Planar Chaos, Tyrant of Discord, Capricious Efreet, Braids, Conjurer Adept, Humble Defector, Karplusan Minotaur, Perplexing Chimera, Puppet's Verdict, Illicit Auction, Goblin Game, Fiery Gambit, Game of Chaos, Timesifter, Boompile, Gate to the AEther, Tide of War, Risky Move, Puca's Mischief, Shared Fate, Conjured Currency, Psychic Battle, Curse of Echoes, Impulsive Maneuvers, Pandemonium, and Witch Hunt are my favorites that I run.

poorpinkus on Evening the Odds - An actual decent coin flip deck

5 years ago

moysturizer Yeah, thumb is awesome lol, looking at your deck, I also used a lot of the other coin flip cards that you are using, but Two-Headed Giant and Mana Clash both don't work with them. I also got rid of most cards that required you to pay some form of tax or do something to be able to flip a coin (like Sorcerer's Strongbox and the creatures that flip when they attack/block) and replaced them with more chaos-ey cards because most of the time the other cards end up being dead, so I could stay on theme while still having.

I do like the deck though! You are running some chaos-ey cards that my playgroup dislikes such as Planar Chaos, Hive Mind and Tide of War, so I'd imagine that you have a larger effect on the gamestate with the drawback of drawing more attention to yourself. It's an interesting version of the deck!

WhichKing on I want to build a …

5 years ago

Keranos, God of Storms is a good resilient commander that people usually won't/can't remove. He'll net you plenty of value while you do your shenanigans!

For chaos cards, Izzet gives you loads of options. In red you have Wild Evocation, Tide of War, Possibility Storm, Mana Cache... For Blue you have mainly Hive Mind, you can check out this list sorted by colour.