Vine Snare

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn by creatures with power 4 or less.

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 (5)

zahlman on

7 years ago

A couple quick ideas:

• It seems pretty absurd in a "budget" deck to have 3/4 of the cost for a playset of Zen fetches... I know they're good but you could save a ton of money with e.g. Yavimaya Coast, maybe improve some other part of the deck instead.

• As far as Fog effects go, Kaladesh offers Commencement of Festivities as a functional reprint of Defend the Hearth. There's also Vine Snare which should trap most aggro things you're worried about while allowing your big creatures to take a couple things out vs. opponents who are trying to go wide.

GeminiSpartanX on Frontier Fog

7 years ago

I think the Dynavolt Towers and Wildest Dreams could replace the Hunter's Ambush and Vine Snares in the MD. Maybe 1-2 PW's could come in place of a few Authority of the Consuls too. You know I love me some turbo-fog! The only thing that would make this list better would be if Maze's End was legal in this format lol.

Venser_the_Sojoner on U/G Merfolk Tutelage

7 years ago

I made a similar deck You can't deal damage to me :)!, I would recommend adding spells that counter all damage for a turn like Vine Snare,Winds of Qal Sisma,Respite,Tanglesap,or Defend the Hearth.

clayperce on GW Turbo Fog

7 years ago

lukelutman,
Wind is better, but Vine Snare is another Fog effect option, if you ever want lots. And Watcher in the Web kind of is.

clayperce on Grind em good

8 years ago

ivorywang,
On interaction: Yeah, the challenge is there just isn't that much we can do in Gruul except for the traditional "Crush. Burn. Go faster." I have the go faster piece turned up to 11 in my deck, but the other approaches may be better for yours. Some crush options that may work in your deck include Woodland Wanderer, Tajuru Pathwarden, and Grove Rumbler. My favorite burn is probably Exquisite Firecraft and Burn from Within. Fog effects may work too. Revealing Wind and Vine Snare. Watcher in the Web kind of counts there too. Or maybe Treason effects? Act of Treason of course, but also Skin Invasion  ^Flip and Eldrazi Obligator.

On sideboard: You're welcome to mine. Please take with heavy skepticism though, until the meta sorts out a bit. For example if Investigate becomes a thing, I'm going to wish for a bunch more Smash to Smithereens!