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| Archenemy | Legal |
| Block Constructed | Legal |
| Canadian Highlander | Legal |
| Casual | Legal |
| Commander: Rule 0 | Legal |
| Custom | Legal |
| Highlander | Legal |
| Leviathan | Legal |
| Limited | Legal |
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Ancestral Recall
Instant
Target player draws three cards.
slvstrChung on
Turtle Power!
2 months ago
Siege-, well, this is a good time to learn. =)
A "format" is basically a set of rules about what cards you can play and how many of them. The formats are mostly gated chronologically -- which is important, because the "older" a format is, the more broken cards it has access to. "Legacy" has a cut-off of, basically, "None, any card ever printed is legal... which means we have access to recent losers like Merfolk of the Depths, sure, but also suuuper-powerful cards that cost four figures (Tropical Island, Ancestral Recall)." And when you say your deck is in the Legacy format, you're saying, "Yeah, I want my deck to be considered alongside decks with those kinds of cards," which... might be misleading. =)
Your deck is Modern-legal, meaning it only uses cards that were printed after the game's first ten years. (Any Modern-legal deck is, by definition, also Legacy-legal, but that still doesn't mean they can compete with each other.) It's also close to being Pioneer-legal (meaning it only uses cards that were printed after the game's first twenty years), though you'd have to give up Treefolk Umbra and I know you're attached to that. You're not required to make it compliant to any format, particularly since you and your friends clearly play using house rules; I'm simply trying to help you understand what claims you're currently making.
Two cards I would advise you: Generous Gift and Growth Spiral. Both would fit in nicely.
SufferFromEDHD on
The Mind-Razing Monarch
7 months ago
Burning Inquiry Nekusars Ancestral Recall!
Perplex this has been surprisingly strong in my build.
Helm of the Ghastlord possibly the best aura for Nekusar?
Breathstealer's Crypt cruel and unusual.
Anvil of Bogardan this should be in the main.
Ummm if you are rocking Timetwister you can figure out a way to fit Echo of Eons
and Time Spiral into this!
Niko9 on Has Anyone Tried a Multi …
1 year ago
jethstriker That is very cool with the shadow and reanimator swap : ) I guess I meant more of trying games in modern or something where both players have 2 decks and they can start with either one or switch between games, but both players know the decklists of their opponent, and maybe with a stipulation that the two decks you are playing can have no nonland cards in common.
I'm just thinking of it as a way to both spice up games by adding a, which deck did the players start with, and how do they switch to counter each other.
It may not be the best solution either, just kinda throwing out ideas, but a problem I see sometimes is that side decking devolves to, make a good proactive deck and side in specific answers, then you win if you draw them or don't if you don't.
The big problem I'm thinking about is how rough it is to actually watch competitive play right now. Between Thoughtseize and Grief and The One Ring being a worse Time Walk plus a slow Ancestral Recall is that interaction feels like it's at an all time low because of hand knowledge, ring loops, and cascade or tron being able to break their playstyles by having tons of ways to stall until they explode.
So, my thought was, what if players had two decks they could switch in, but they also had the limitation of nonland cards can only be in one of the two. Could it create more interaction in games? I really have no idea : ) I'm sure someone has tried it.
legendofa on
Cast And You Shall Reap
1 year ago
As I understand the Commander banlist (and as a very casual Commander player), it's kind of the "default" rule 0 discussion, intended for people who may not play with the same groups regularly. Personally, I'd rather have a default banlist and play a match than spend an hour debating whether or not Fastbond is fair in a deck that's "about a 7" whenever someone new shows up.
Once you have a dedicated and reliable group, it's perfectly acceptable to make your own banlist. If your group's okay with a proxied Ancestral Recall into Erayo's Essence Flip + Arcane Laboratory lock in an otherwise mid-power deck, go for it! Your group, your rules. But two groups' definition of what's reasonable and fair can be completely different (which means a whole new rule 0 discussion from scratch), there has to be some level of compatibility between groups (otherwise it's not a meaningful format), and organized Commander tournament settings shouldn't be purely pay-to-win. The ban list is there to give a little bit of standardization for a format that's notoriously hard to standardize.
Gidgetimer on Mystic Remora or Mind Stone?
1 year ago
In that deck Mind Stone is a better choice. As a matter of fact I would say that you are desperately missing mana ramp just period. Unless I am missing something you have 6 total sources of ramp in a deck with a sky high average MV. Speaking of the average MV, if you are in a meta where the linked deck would thrive, then Mystic Remora is significantly worse than in faster metas. Mystic Remora is great when doing a Ancestral Recall impression because you dropped it on turn 1-2 and it drew you a card on each opponent's turn. it is significantly worse when it is a Weave Fate because you paid the upkeep twice and people just didn't cast many non-creature spells.
Quickspell on Does this Dragon‘s Approach combo …
1 year ago
While playtesting I discovered this combo, allowing me to exile my whole deck and play all Dragon's Approach cards in it. Does it work?
Cards on the battlefield:
- Locket of Yesterdays
- Birgi, God of Storytelling
Flip or Runaway Steam-Kin
- Virtue of Courage
Cards in graveyard:
- Dragon's Approach
- Dragon's Approach
Cards in hand:
- Dragon's Approach
I cast Dragon's Approach for because of the Locket of Yesterdays‘ cost reduction. This causes Birgi, God of Storytelling Flip to produce and Virtue of Courage to exile nine cards. From among those I can play any Dragon’s Approach practically for free as Birgi reimburses any spent. At the end I have my whole library exiled with Virtue, but I only die if I would have to draw a card. So, at the beginning of my next upkeep or instantly to a Ancestral Recall.
But as long as I don’t draw a card, I can cast all Dragon‘s Approaches in my deck.
With Runaway Steam-Kin this should work too, as long as I can repeatedly cast three Dragon‘s Approaches.
Am I missing something?
DreadKhan on
No Holds Barred Magic
1 year ago
If you're going with Show and Tell (I'm pretty sure you want 4 of this, and maybe a Mystical Tutor), why not Omniscience? Once that's out you can just cheat out everything. Also, if you're going for no rules magic you want Ancestral Recall, it's really good. Another option to consider is Eureka.
Hope some of this is helpful!
Balaam__ on
Turbo Budget Competitive Wake Thrasher
1 year ago
Thanks for posting GrimlockVIII, yeah no draw in this one. All the best spells are banned in Legacy anyway, or way out of price range. No Ancestral Recall or Gush etc. Relying on tempo/control to keep things sedated until the pieces are in place. I considered Remand in an earlier draft, not true draw per se but the replacement card was nice.
