Vial Smasher the Fierce

Legendary Creature — Goblin Berserker

Whenever you cast the first spell each turn, Vial Smasher the Fierce deals damage equal to the spell's converted mana cost to an opponent chosen at random.

Partner (You can have two commanders if both have partner.)

Discussion (51)

Gidgetimer on Vial Smasher and Hexproof

2 weeks ago

The only things that target in MTG are spells and abilities that specifically use the word "target" and aura spells on the stack. Vial Smasher the Fierce does not target and therefore does not interact with hexproof.

3n3rgy2 on Vial Smasher and Hexproof

2 weeks ago

I am currently playing a game where I have cast a Vial Smasher the Fierce and my opponent (in a 4 man game) has a Leyline of Sanctity out. Will vial smasher still be able to deal damage to him because it chooses and not target? Will vial smasher just skip that player?

GhostChieftain on Goblins, Brooding

3 weeks ago

You don't have a legal commander for your deck... either that or a legal deck for your commander depending on how you look at it. If your playgroup is cool with that, then great! Otherwise I would suggest playing this as Vial Smasher the Fierce and Sidar Kondo of Jamuraa or getting rid of the non red cards and still playing it as krenko.

deadlift1226 on CEDH Glint-Eye Spellslinger

2 months ago

Infinite Mana Combos:

1. Bloom Tender + ( Freed from the Real OR Pemmin's Aura )
2. Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter + mana rocks/dorks that give at least 3 mana
3. Palinchron + ( High Tide OR Mana Reflection )
4. Dryad Arbor + Utopia Sprawl

Wins:

1. Flash + Protean Hulk = Hermit Druid + Laboratory Maniac
2. Infinite Mana + Exsanguinate
3. Infinite Mana + Torment of Hailfire
4. Infinite Mana + Thrasios, Triton Hero = Draw whole deck and burn people down with Vial Smasher the Fierce and Nexus of Fate OR Blue Sun's Zenith OR Black Sun's Zenith

multimedia on Rakdos Beatdown

2 months ago

Hey, you definitely like high mana cost cards (5 CMC plus). There's 28 here!

How do you expect to be able to cast Rakdos? Consider more cards that make an opponent lose life? This deck will have a difficult time functioning without having Rakdos on the battlefield, being able to reduce the casting cost of creatures. With a 4.9 avg. CMC even being able to cast Rakdos is going to be a problem.

My advice is focus much more on the early game and much less on the late game. You don't need 25 high mana cost creatures for Rakdos, it's overkill.

Cards to consider adding:

• Rakdos Signet
• Talisman of Indulgence
• Cryptolith Fragment  ^Flip
• Spear Spewer
• Thermo-Alchemist
• Sin Prodder
• Nettle Drone
• Vial Smasher the Fierce
• Lobber Crew

In the early game you want to make it easier to cast Rakdos this means mana rocks that can help make mana for his difficult casting cost and repeatable pingers to be able to make your opponents lose at least one life to be able to cast Rakdos.

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Heartless Hidetsugu can reduce a ton of colorless mana with Rakdos with one activation. Use this reduction to free cast Eldrazi (Ulamog and Emrakul). Artisan of Kozilek can be reanimation and Void Winnower is also good. These Eldrazi are really the only high mana cost creatures you need because lets face it there's not a lot of other creatures that can even compare in power level.

Other high mana cost creatures of the ones here to consider keeping are: Ilharg, the Raze-Boar , Sidisi, Undead Vizier , Urabrask the Hidden , Etali, Primal Storm , Archfiend of Despair , Vilis, Broker of Blood , Sheoldred, Whispering One . This is a base to consider:

• Heartless
• LLharg
• Sidisi
• Urabrask
• Eltali
• Archfiend
• Vilis
• Sheoldred
• Ulamog
• Ulamog
• Emrakul
• Artisan
• Winnower

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There's beginnings of a reanimation strategy here with Chainer, Nightmare Adept . Reanimation is a good a backup plan to be able to get big creatures onto the battlefield without Rakdos. Reanimation needs two parts: enablers to get creatures into your graveyard and the actual reanimation to cheat them onto the battlefield. Consider expanding on each of these parts?

• Faithless Looting
• Buried Alive
• Gamble
• Apprentice Necromancer
• Doomed Necromancer : included in Merciless Rage.
• Animate Dead
• Reanimate

The Necromancers are good with Chainer. Discard a big creature than cast one of the Necromancers from your graveyard, it gets haste, sac it to reanimate the big creature you just discarded.

Other cards to consider adding:

• Sol Ring : included in Merciless Rage.
• Graven Cairns
• Dragonskull Summit
• Ash Barrens : included in Merciless Rage.
• Smoldering Marsh
• Eye of Ugin : Eldrazi tutor.
• Anger : haste enabler.
• Rakdos Charm : way to make opponents lose life, can reduce a lot of colorless mana with Rakdos or instant counter an opponents infinite creature and/or graveyard combo.
• Chaos Warp : instant permanent removal, included in Merciless Rage.
• Terminate : instant creature removal.
• Lightning Greaves : haste enabler, protection.

If you would like I can give you a list of cards to consider cutting. Good luck with your deck.

saluma on Help with a combo piece

3 months ago

TypicalTimmy and SynergyBuild I want to combo with Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker to get infinite tokens in a Thrasios, Triton Hero and Vial Smasher the Fierce commander build.

Thanks for the list Timmy!

PhyrexianGameplay on Curious Burn bears

3 months ago

curiosity decks only really work if Vial Smasher the Fierce is one of the commanders.

BMHKain on I thought about it. I'll ...

3 months ago

(CAUTION: A Huge List of CMDRS dead ahead. If you can't comply, remember that I apologized for the huge wall.)

Well, I was just told how to do a Folder, but to choose what for decks is another thing entirely. Especially if such decks are either:

A: What Everyone Plays B: Are good, but have since been outdated by a year C: Are Tribal Leaders in a Specific Sense (No Morophon, the Boundless please.) D: Not Underdog CMDRs. E: Other.

Let's Just assume we use that cEDH Deck Tier List One-by-One; but w/ a new rule for Playtesting such decks so none of the cEDH Decks win out of overall ratios ~100% of the time; CHANNELFIREBALL-style. That said, From using the Tier List, I require the following CMDR Decks to not have cEDH Level Power, but are these:

Tier 0:

Thrasios, Triton Hero & Tymna the Weaver Partners

Tier 1:

Kess, Dissident Mage

Kraum, Ludevic's Opus

Najeela, the Blade-Blossom

The First Sliver (Not as a Sliver Tribe Leader)

The Gitrog Monster

Urza, Lord High Artificer

Vial Smasher the Fierce

Yisan, the Wanderer Bard

Zur the Enchanter

(NOTE: Unknown if Kraum, Ludevic's Opus & Vial Smasher the Fierce need to be Parters to be of this level.)

Tier 2:

Animar, Soul of Elements (Morph Decks not allowed.)

Baral, Chief of Compliance (Get your Counterspells Ready!)

Brago, King Eternal

Breya, Etherium Shaper

Circu, Dimir Lobotomist

Derevi, Empyrial Tactician

Edric, Spymaster of Trest

General Tazri (Mandatory Ally Tribe Leader)

Ghave, Guru of Spores

God-Eternal Kefnet

Godo, Bandit Warlord

Golos, Tireless Pilgrim

Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip

Jeleva, Nephalia's Scourge

Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain

Kykar, Wind's Fury

Meren of Clan Nel Toth

Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Momir Vig, Simic Visionary

Narset, Enlightened Master

Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Niv-Mizzet Reborn

Oona, Queen of the Fae

Prime Speaker Vannifar

Prossh, Skyraider of Kher

Ramos, Dragon Engine

Rashmi, Eternities Crafter

Scion of the Ur-Dragon (Possible Dragon Tribe Leader)

Selvala, Heart of the Wilds

Sidisi, Brood Tyrant

Sidisi, Undead Vizier

Sisay, Weatherlight Captain

Taigam, Ojutai Master

Tana, the Bloodsower

Tasigur, the Golden Fang

Teferi, Temporal Archmage

The Mimeoplasm

Varolz, the Scar-Striped

Xantcha, Sleeper Agent

Yarok, the Desecrated

Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder

Tier 3: WIP

But, yeah, you get the picture, right? Since I can't find such decks on my own to put in such a folder for decks worth testing against your own. Rules are as follows though:

1. It needs to be up to date, prior to the Iona, Shield of Emeria & Paradox Engine bans & Painter's Servant unbanning/CMDR 2019's release; or just not include any of those at all.

2. Each deck must not be of cEDH-level power; just imagine how much hell I'd have to playthrough against something just to beat a Thrasios/Tymna Partners deck just to have my claim on this notion nullified.

3. Decks must include CMDRs that are Popular, were Popular as well as Tribal Decks w/ Good Tribe Leaders (For example: The First Sliver & Sliver Queen do not fit this category where Sliver Overlord does fit the Sliver Tribe Leadership. Scion of the Ur-Dragon & The Ur-Dragon can both count as Dragon Tribe CMDRs. Atraxa, Praetors' Voice is actually a bad CMDR to use in Superfriends, but Shines in all Counter Life. Make good use of that instead of making a 4< Color Walkers Deck. The rulings go on...)

I know this is too much for now, but I'm making a folder for Playtesting w/ decks as everyone kept telling me to do so; now I want to hold my end of the Bargain. But I seriously need help from you to do this. If you can find any decks here to add to such a Folder, put it on the comments below.

(& no, It's not like it's a personal thing! Anyone is allowed to use it when it's finished!)