Primal Command vs Summoners Pact
Modern Deck Help forum
Posted on May 23, 2018, 8 a.m. by Kyln
i'm building a titanshift deck, and it seems like [summoners pact] ends up costing me 8 mana b/c i don't play a ramp spell on my turn and then it costs me another four on my upkeep. [Primal Command] on the other hand only costs me 5 mana, I search for the titan, and I get a second ability. can someone tell me why i should run two pacts over two commands?
Couple quick formatting tips--it takes double brackets to link cards, and you have to get the name exactly right ("Summoner's Pact" with the apostrophe).
I am not sure I understand what you mean by "don't play a ramp spell on my turn." What makes Pact a useful card is that you can do precisely that.
You safely cast Pacts even if your lands are 100% tapped out--remember, the untap step happens before upkeep. So, if you tap 3 lands on turn 3 to fetch a fourth land (which enters tapped), all four lands will untap on turn 4, then you'll be allowed to pay for Summoner's pact.
Ultimately, you're only paying 4 mana and are provided some flexibility as to when you cast the card. Hence why Pact is generally used.
May 23, 2018 10:02 a.m.
Primal Command and Summoner's Pact.
One costs 5 mana at sorcery speed and can do a bit more than find you a creature. The other can find you a creature at instant speed and delay the payment of its 4 mana cost until your next upkeep. In a deck such as Amulet Titan, the latter is much preferable - you rarely have use for the extra abilities provided by Command.
Additionally, if you cast Pact during your main phase, you can play titan if you have six mana available. To do the same with Command, you need 11 mana. This is the main reason Pact is preffered - it is essentially 4 extra copies of Titan at no extra cost.
Rhadamanthus says... #2
The Rules Q&A section is intended to be for questions regarding game rules, tournament rules, and the results of specific card interactions. Your topic is more of a strategy/deckbuilding question, so it's been moved to the Modern Deck Help forum.
May 23, 2018 9:59 a.m. Edited.