Two-Headed Cerberus

Creature — Dog

Double strike

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 Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (8)

Optimator on

2 years ago

Cards I would cut:

Release the Dogs Igneous Cur Bolt Hound Gratuitous Violence Pounce Prowling Felidar Soul of the Harvest Nacatl War-Pride Keen Sense Esika's Chariot Oketra's Monument Two-Headed Cerberus

king-saproling on Wholesome Doggo's

3 years ago

This is a really neat gift. Sorry to hear about your brother's pups.

You might like these: Hyena Umbra , Jackal Familiar , Isamaru, Hound of Konda , Pack Mastiff , Rambunctious Mutt , Two-Headed Cerberus .

There's also some interesting synergy among Blood Hound , Lava Hounds , and Jackal Pup . Building around those would probably be a whole different deck though haha.

liamk585-mtg on rin and seri

3 years ago

Animal Sanctuary Would be very good. Also, I recommend mainboarding Titanic Ultimatum, Immolating Souleater, Regal Leosaur, Temur Sabertooth, and some creatures with changeling. I would take out Ainok Bond-Kin, Encampment Keeper, and Two-Headed Cerberus, if I were you. I also recommend Anointed Procession, Parallel Lives, and Prowling Serpopard. This should also give you some ideas: https://edhrec.com/commanders/rin-and-seri-inseparable

Making-a-new-account-Hopefully-I-can-get-my-old-Username on My First Deck V2

7 years ago

hey man, welcome to the greatest game, ever :) I sincerely hope this will bring you endless joy.

First off, I wanna back up everything Freezingfist said - those are all some excellent pointers :)

I have a few points of my own: Cards like Welding Sparks are reat, if you're runnin many artifacts, but you're not :) I'd suggest switchin it out with a more regular burnspell like Lightning Strike which can target either players or creatures. Whilst on the subject of artifacts: Ovalchase Daredevil probably won't pull it's weight as much as you'd like.

Two-Headed Cerberus is great because of double strike, but there's a number of reasons I'd save it for another deck: When you're running more than two colours - it's really hard to cast spells with more than one of the same kind of mana symbol in their cost. Also His doublestrike only really shines in a deck where your can consistently boost his power with things like Titan's Strength or Touch of Moonglove, and right now, you don't have a lot of powerboosts :)

Monastery Swiftspear is an amazing card! don't ever part with it :) but - it has prowess, and your deck is currently very creature heavy, so I just don't think you'll get enough out of her in this deck.

I notice a few creatures that mention energy counters. They're cool, but in my experience it's not really worth it to use them, unless you're building the deck around energy counters, and thus have more cards that give or use them. so you could probably find things that fill their spots more efficiently ;)

When gauging the overall value and potential of a creature, I ususally go with the "bear"-rule. "bear" references an old green card that simply was a green 2/2 for 2 mana. It supplies a ration of Power/Toughness to Casting cost of 1:1. This is considered an efficient baseline, and if something breaks this mold in a negative way, it's usually a poor choise to include. Like a 2/1 for 2 mana, or a 3/3 for 4. Abilities like flying, or first strike, and so on mitigate the loss in value - at least in my oppinion, and some abilities are worth more - if they are very powerful :) I bring this up, and I hope it doesn't come off as patronizing, because some of your creatures "underperform" a little :) Like Skyswirl Harrier: 3/4 for 5 mana, ain't good. even with flying added - in my oppinion, that makes it a 4/5 for 5 mana. It's not terrible, don't get me wrong, but you could get something better :)

Sip of Hemlock is rediculously expensive. If you can get your hands on a Murder or even Doomblade i think you'd be better off :)

I really hope this wall of text isn't too much, and that you can find something useful in there :)

Again, I just wanna welcome you to a great game, and a great community :) Stay frosty!

Raging_Squiggle on Mortal's Ardor and double strike

8 years ago

Technically he could, but that would not benefit him whatsoever.

I meant that if the Two-Headed Cerberus was already at 7 power prior to casting Mortal's Ardor, when the opponent does cast it, the creature would get an additional +1/+1 until end of turn, making it have 8 power and thus gaining him 8 life.

At the end of each step and phase (Except untap and cleanup), a round of priority is passed where players may cast spells and activate abilities. At the end of the first combat damage step, the opponent has the ability to cast Mortal's Ardor, but it wouldn't behoove him to, because he would not gain any life from it due to the damage in the regular combat damage step being dealt to nothing.

Raging_Squiggle on Mortal's Ardor and double strike

8 years ago

I fail to see where 7 damage appears anywhere here. Two-Headed Cerberus's power is 1, not 7.

Whenever a creature has a blocked declared against it, that creature is considered blocked for the rest of combat, even if the creature that was blocking it is either removed from combat or leaves the battlefield prior to combat damage.

During the first combat damage step, Two-Headed Cerberus will deal 2 damage to Nyxborn Shieldmate, making your opponent gain 2 life and killing your Nyxborn Shieldmate. Then, in the regular combat damage step, your Two-Headed Cerberus will attempt to deal 2 damage to the creature blocking it. But since that creature already died, there is nothing to deal damage to so no damage is dealt. Your opponent will gain a total of 2 life.

Note that if Two-Headed Cerberus has trample (Perhaps from Archetype of Aggression), that 2 damage in the regular combat damage step will trample over the dead creature to be dealt directly to you. In this case, your opponent would gain a total of 4 life.

Argy on Mortal's Ardor and double strike

8 years ago

My Opponent hits with Two-Headed Cerberus and I block with Nyxborn Shieldmate.

He then plays Mortal's Ardor on the Cerberus, killing my Creature and giving his Lifelink.

Does he gain 7 life, having done 7 damage to my Creature and killing it with that amount, or 14 life due to the Double Strike?

keen_the_crazy on The Finest Flavor Text Comedy (Top 60 of MTG)

8 years ago

and Wirefly Hive, Messenger's Speed, Fists of the Anvil, Signal Pest, Spark Elemental (fifth dawn version) and Two-Headed Cerberus