Vines of the Recluse

Instant

Target creature gets +1/+2 and gains reach until end of turn. Untap it. (A creature with reach can block creatures with flying.)

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 (51)

king-saproling on Codies Trainingground

2 years ago

You might like these: Chain Stasis , Cerulean Wisps , Djeru's Resolve , Sudden Spinnerets , Wings of the Cosmos , Vines of the Recluse , Vault Skyward , Past in Flames , Rise from the Tides , Evangelize

king-saproling on The Lesson Plan

3 years ago

You might like these: Chain Stasis , Cerulean Wisps , Supplant Form , Radiate , Call the Coppercoats , Burst of Strength , Djeru's Resolve , Emerald Charm , Stony Strength , Sudden Spinnerets , Vault Skyward , Wings of the Cosmos , Vines of the Recluse , Veteran's Reflexes , Ornamental Courage , Hidden Strings

-Arcanity- on Mirrorwing Wolfpack

4 years ago

I see you're going all in on Silverfur Partisan, running a total of 11 wolves in your deck. Since you're going so deep on one card, I'd play the full four. the ability even stacks when you have multiple on the battlefield!

Now, an issue I see is that if you do not draw either Zada, Silverfur, or Season of Growth, you're left with a bunch of underpowered wolves, which isn't ideal, though I don't think there is a way to fix that as all the more powerful wolves come from original Innistrad block which isn't in pioneer.

Also, I recomend you swap Vines of the Recluse with Invigorated Rampage. Vines is very poor, as this kind of deck simply isn't in the market for a defensive combat trick. Rampage is ideal for this deck as it can target two creatures, thus making two wolves for each Silverfur in play. The extra mana should be manageable (you have 8 ramp sources in the deck, even excluding the Enter the Unknowns).

eatmygender on Tier 1 Pauper Elvish Insanity

5 years ago

Love the deck, but I have some issues with the sideboard choices. Let's start at Naturalize. Considering we're ramping to insanity, why not just run Broken Bond? You lose instant speed yet gain an amazing ramping ability. Tangle isn't really Pauper legal unless you're using MTGO (I will give it that), but Spore Frog does it for less mana (Albeit without the Sleep effect) and manages to be paper legal. Viridian Longbow seems like a bad include here, considering paying 4 to make Fyndhorn Elves a Pinger isn't great. Vines of the Recluse is p deece tho. I might end up building this in paper considering rummaging through a box of assorted Urza Block got me a (heavily played) playset of R̶e̶b̶e̶c̶c̶a̶ ̶G̶u̶a̶y̶ ̶E̶l̶f̶ Priest of Titania ^w^

+1, insanely powerful Elf deck, especially for pauper, no jank deck stands a chance at this.

clayperce on A Thousand Reflections, A Thousand Damage

5 years ago

LOVE this!

I spent a ton of time trying to break Silverfur Partisan + Zada, Hedron Grinder when they were in Standard, and it just was never quite there. So it's awesome to see Zada and Mirrorwing tearing it up in Modern!

I personally like Blossoming Defense over Vines of Vastwood in this deck. Vines is better in Infect, because the extra two points of damage can make all the difference in the world. Maybe in the side though, for matchups when the team needs a little more protection? It also has the really fun edge cases where you can cast it on an opponent's creature so they can't pump/Equip/etc their team :-)

I found myself wanting something for boardwipes, and also something besides Mirrorwing for Flyers ... maybe some Heroic Intervention and Vines of the Recluse (or maybe Arbor Armament) in the sideboard?

Draw well!

MythicMeadow on The Awakening of the Lycans

6 years ago

clayperce, I'm glad you enjoyed this deck!

Depending on your local meta some cards will perform better than others, thus this deck is more focused on my experience. Vines of the Recluse works rather well in dealing with flyers. I might consider using it if I did not play as much multiplayer as I do. The versatility of Atarka's Command (you get to give all your creatures reach plus a bonus effect) made me use that instead.

I mainly use Silverfur Partisan against removal-heavy mach-ups because he fits the theme. He can otherwise often feel a bit high on the mana curve in this, otherwise more aggressively focused, deck. If the deck needs to be more competetive, then Vines of Vastwood/Blossoming Defense would work great, though it will cost the deck some flavor.

As for Isochron Scepter, I did not test it extensively. Just enough to not enjoy this deck as much as I do without it. But if you'd like to use the scepter, then some cards can both be good and bad to replace with it. The more wolves the merrier, thus the scepter might take Neglected Heirloom  ^Flip's place. On the other hand the scepter might make it easier to flip the heirloom if you did not flip it early. But if you already have an Immerwolf in play then it might not flip at all, with probably most humans already transformed.

You could also take out a few Immerwolf and get more value out of Huntmaster of the Fells  ^Flip (only if you plan to use the scepter on the other player's turn, as the ability will count as a spell cast and prevents you from casting more spells on your turn). Or just take out a few huntmasters instead because they clash a bit with the Immerwolves.

Geier Reach Bandit  ^Flip will not be as good as before, because we can make sure to flip the wolves each other turn with Isochron Scepter + Moonmist. It's still a great card in the deck though.

Cards that might be good to add in addition to the scepter could be some artifact recursion or other ways to keep Isochron Scepter in play. Though it might make the deck a bit less aggressive if you add more control cards.

Otherwise you could just pull the card that you'd like to draw the least and just replace it with 1-3 Isochron Scepter.

clayperce on The Awakening of the Lycans

6 years ago

Falte,
Thanks so much for brewing this up; it's just a TON of fun!

FWIW, I've been using Vines of the Recluse in the sideboard to deal with Flyers. The Untap effect is just hilarious.

Not sure yet if I like Silverfur Partisan or something like Vines of Vastwood/Blossoming Defense better for removal-heavy match-ups. Have you tried either?

Finally, what would you pull for an Isochron Scepter build?

Thanks again, and draw well!

cak01vej on Look at my knotty wood

6 years ago

I think you would benefit from streamlining the deck by having fewer one-ofs, so here's some suggestions:

98% of the time Rancor is strictly better than Unnatural Predation, and since it was a common back in Urza's Legacy it's Pauper legal. You might also want to add a third Rancor instead of Wildsize as it is cheaper.

Axebane Guardian is better at Ramp than Vine Trellis, which allows you to get the big creatures out faster to end the game.

I would also remove the Wall of Wood in favour of a playset of Traproot Kami as Kami has much greater potential to the same CMC, and can block flying.

You might also want to remove both Ranger's Guile and Sheltering Word for either Vines of Vastwood, which acts both as protection and buff if kicked, or Withstand Death.

Personally, I would probably run Spider Umbra over Vines of the Recluse, but they both have their advantages.