Budget Alternative for Dark Confidant
Modern forum
Posted on Aug. 21, 2016, 6:23 p.m. by The_Redpill
What cards are like Dark Confidant but are very cheap? I don't have the ~$160 to buy a play set now
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #4
Phyrexian Arena is better than dark tutelage, unless black is just a splash. What deck do you want it for?
August 21, 2016 6:54 p.m.
Both of those are awful though.
Dark Confidant is a game changer in deck building. You have a 2 mana advantage engine, that keeps the life totals even by swinging for 2, that you can bolt to save yourself and that changes how you can curve out.
More statistics can be found here http://mtgsalvation.gamepedia.com/Dark_Confidant
If you can't afford the card, don't just replace it and expect the deck to work, cause it won't. Restructure the deck to make it work in a diffrent way. For example, I would be looking at Asylum Visitor in a Life from the Loam, Raven's Crime shell. The fact it says draw lets you keep up an advantage engine in that sense as well as having a good stat line and similar.
August 21, 2016 7:36 p.m.
Pain Seer and Blood Scrivener are creatures with similar effects.
August 21, 2016 7:40 p.m.
The_Redpill says... #8
The deck I want it for is Thopter Depths. I'm not looking for it to be super competitive yet, and Dark Depths is already killing the budget... Phyrexian Arena would probably work in it until I get my hands on some confidants
August 21, 2016 8:18 p.m.
Dark Depths is banned in modern. The deck you linked is Extended, which is now gone.
August 21, 2016 8:29 p.m.
The_Redpill says... #10
I know the deck isn't modern legal, I just put this here for the Confidant since he is more of a modern card than a legacy card.
August 21, 2016 11:02 p.m.
Servo_Token says... #11
But... you're building a legacy deck. Why would you want to limit your card selection if you aren't playing a game that requires those limitations? Unless you're doing like no ban modern.
August 21, 2016 11:44 p.m.
The_Redpill says... #12
DevoidMage I realize that... Don't ask me what my reasoning was for putting it here, because even I don't know. You could think of it as no ban modern.
Ps thanks to everyone who posted
August 21, 2016 11:56 p.m.
APPLE01DOJ says... #13
Phyrexian Arena is the best option. After that it's build dependent but Asylum Visitor Painful Truths and Sign in Blood are good options. None will have the impact of Dark Confidant but Tasigur, the Golden Fang also plays as a budget Tarmogoyf.
August 22, 2016 12:41 a.m.
If you're playing a no-banlist-Modern-type deck, why not just use Skullclamp?
Waaaaaaay better than Dark Confidant and you can grab it with Stoneforge Mystic.
August 22, 2016 6:50 p.m.
The_Redpill says... #15
Thanks APPLE01DOJ and sylvannos, I'll see what I can do...
We can consider this closed, thanks to all who posted
PartyJ says... #2
Dark Tutelage
August 21, 2016 6:25 p.m.