Due to the nature of Ephemerate decks, there are a couple interactions that aren’t completely obvious, but can be used to great effect
Ephemerate + Grief
during opponents draw step before main phase: allows you to strip whatever card they just drew from their hand before they can play it in main phase. Only out they have is if it is an instant, which they can play in response. Solid way to keep an opponent locked out for an additional turn.
Ephemerate + Stoneforge Mystic
: activate stoneforge mystic, and respond with trigger on the stack with ephemerate. Allows you to get another equipment into hand before resolution of the ability. Very useful against discard, or if your first equipment was dealt with.
Charming Prince + Solitude
(only works with one prince on field and a second in hand): play prince, and on ETB target the other prince, exiling it until end of turn. When it re enters, exile the solitude instead, so it enters on the beginning of your opponents end step. Not a common line, but it is helpful if you urgently need to preserve tempo. Works with skyclave apparition as well
Grief works best on the play, and wants ephemerate as it’s turn one enabler.
Solitude works best on the draw, and wants undying evil as its turn one enabler.
Maul can be used in conjunction with Stoneforge Mystic as a combat trick.
When evoking the elementals, order triggers so etb resolves first, followed by the evoke sacrifice, especially in the case of grief.
In the case of grief, this allows you to strip any removal they have in hand that would risk disrupting the combo, and respond to their removal with the save spell if they cast it before trigger resolves.
For solitude, this allows you to deal with any LTB effects from your target.
Stoneforge tutoring: generally speaking, Stoneforge etb will be searching for either Kaldra to apply pressure to close out games quickly, or to preserve life total while balancing out the field. However, swords are common tutor targets in matches against interactive blue/white/red decks. Avoid tutoring maul unless there are flyers that need to be dealt with.
