Need good "BBB" cost permanents, but can't search for them.
Deck Help forum
Posted on Nov. 24, 2014, 8:12 p.m. by Psychonautical
There's some issue with the search function. I sent feedback to the site and posted in the site help forums, but maybe I could just get suggestions from some folks who know of many more cards than I do until it gets resolved. Here's what I sent to tappedout.net:
"Love the site! But I wanted to bring a fairly specific and odd bug or glitch in the card search.
While building a modern black devotion deck, I was looking for cards to fill a 3 CMC permanent slot that cost three black mana. Yet when I search using filters "BBB" as the cost, "creature" and/or "enchantment" as the type, and "Modern" as the format, it returns no results, when cards such as Geralf's Messenger and Dark Prophecy definitely exist that match those parameters.
If I change the cost to "BB" it returns all the creatures and/or enchantments that cost exactly 2 black mana such as Vampire Hexmage, and if I change it to "BBBB", it brings up Phyrexian Obliterator. So I am just wondering why that particular cost gets overlooked.
Thanks!"
So that's it. Until this get taken card of, what are some tournament-worthy suggestions of three-black-mana-costing creatures or enchantments that would make a good addition to a modern black aggro/devotion deck?
(Think Phyrexian Obliterator, Vampire Nighthawk, Bloodghast, Vampire Hexmage, hand destruction, spot removal and Gray Merchant of Asphodel for an easy win on turn five or beyond after wearing them down.)
I'm looking for other general suggestions of good cards for such as well. I have many spots open and am considering two black mana costing cards instead of three, and am looking at Natuko Shade or Wicked Akuba to take advantage of mid-late game flood while keeping with devotion (where Pack Rat doesn't), cards like Kiku, Night's Flower for extra removal power, or possibly just another cheap aggressor such as Black Knight or Knight of Infamy. Thoughts on these options?
All help is much appreciated! Thanks!
why did you post twice? also, look at this
http://magiccards.info/query?q=mana%3DBBB+f%3Amodern&v=card&s=cname
November 24, 2014 8:20 p.m.
Psychonautical says... #5
Yep, still didn't come up for me, I tried several times to make sure I wasn't making any mistakes.
I posted in other forums with more specific headings, but if this double posted here, I apologize. Not sure why it did that.
Thanks for the help! From the look of things, Tappedout seemed like the most comprehensive and user-friendly search option. Glad to know I found my answer on other sites.
I may just go with 3 Vampire Nocturnus since most of my creatures are vampires, but I'd still like to hear thoughts on the two-drops I mentioned above.
November 24, 2014 8:29 p.m.
If you like the vampire theme, Gatekeeper of Malakir is phenomenal.
November 24, 2014 8:36 p.m.
Psychonautical says... #9
Not looking for a Vampire theme per se, they just often have the best creatures for the cost. Hexmage for Planeswalker hate and the rare instance of First Strike in Black, Bloodghast because he comes back to increase Devotion, and Nighthawk for its unparalleled defense.Tried Geralf's Messenger for a while but was too bad defensive-wise. A shame since its more Devotion and harder to get rid of.
vampirelazarus says... #2
Hmm... they're showing up for me, so either it got fixed, or you've got another parameter you've filled by accident.
There may also be a space following something, and I'm not sure if the system chops off the extra white space.
November 24, 2014 8:16 p.m.