Child of Alara

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Trample

When Child of Alara dies, destroy all nonland permanents. They can't be regenerated.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

DoctorMunchiesPHD on Child of Alara GBOGH

2 weeks ago

Child of Alara is thematically one of my favorite cards in MTG, just so unsettling. Unrelated but I also ran mine through the washer a few years back lol RIP atomic fetus.

griffstick on Card creation challenge

1 month ago

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Western One on One {2}

Artifact - Fortification

Whenever fortified land becomes tapped, No more than one creature can attack each combat. No more than one creature can block each combat.

Fortify {3} ({3}: Attach to target land you control. Fortify only as a sorcery. This card enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the land leaves.)

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Make a new Child of Alara

griffstick on Card creation challenge

1 month ago

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Western One on One {2}

Artifact - Fortification

Whenever fortified land becomes tapped, No more than one creature can attack each combat. No more than one creature can block each combat.

Fortify {3} ({3}: Attach to target land you control. Fortify only as a sorcery. This card enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the land leaves.)

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Make a new Child of Alara

FadingReality on Dragons, Dragons, Dragons

7 months ago

Just a short list of other suggestions or swaps

Elemental Bond ------> Garruk's Uprising (Worth noting that it requires 4 power instead of 3. That said, your dragons will have an equally easy time triggering either one since they all have at least 4 power so I think uprising is slighlty better here. Elemental bond is actually an extremely good card that is actually the better option of the two in other decks.)

Nihil Spellbomb ------> Bojuka Bog (I know you're aware of this but this is just to remind you.) The best part of this swap is now you have a free deck slot which is always exciting. Note that if/when you make this swap, you'll actually delete nihil spellbomb, then add bojuka bog, then cut a black mana source because of adding bog.

Darksteel Ingot ------> Skyclave Relic (strictly better upgrade, although as a Child of Alara player I am a fan of both rocks since they are indestructible.)

Mana Geode ------> Honored Heirloom, Lantern of Revealing, Coalition Relic, Darksteel Ingot (assuming you cut it for skyclave relic), or Dragon's Hoard. I listed other mana rocks to let you see other useful options in that mana range, but quite frankly I'd go with dragon's hoard for obvious reasons. Coalition relic does double ramp you tho.)

mtgplayer903 on Somewhere Over the Rainbow

11 months ago

1. Child of Alara instead of Fusion Elemental… Damn thing was a useless 8/8 even back when it could’ve been playable in Conflux Zoo decks.

2. Supreme Verdict instead of Duneblast

3. Medomai the Ageless instead of Primeval Spawn… Works better with the Yore-Tiller Nephilim

4. Circuitous Route instead of Explosive Vegetation. Includes Guildgates (like Gond Gate)

5. Drop Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse for Warped Landscape and Terminal Moraine… I can tell that you may be a fledgling EDH Player… Those lands have since been phased out due to the restriction of being Basic Fetchlands with no net Benefit… The others can act as generic mana producing lands regardless of whether they get cracked… Ash Barrens and/or Krosan Verge, your choice for replacing one of the slow Fetchlands.

FormOverFunction on Salty Commanders!

1 year ago

Gaddock Teeg jumps to mind, as that locks a lot of things down. Child of Alara seems to elicit groans, as does Sen Triplets. Edgar Markov is pretty relentless as well, and puts a pretty big target on the player. I’m interested to see what other recommendations people have!

lcarl3035 on Probably wont work

1 year ago

You could also change your commander to Child of Alara for a repeatable boardwipe with all of the sacrificial lands.

Balaam__ on Gimme a Shamrock Shake with Rainbow Sprinkles

1 year ago

I’d very much disagree Andramalech. I believe yours would boast the higher win ratio were we to pair them for a match, or just in general against whatever matchups these decks would see.

You have a healthy assortment of evasion, removal and countermagic that I simply don’t have access to in mono {G}, and I’m fairly sure that would tip the scales toward a win. If—and that’s a big if—I secured the Child of Alara sacrifice, I think it would be difficult to come back from. But the odds of arriving there are slim.