Ash Barrens

Land

: Gain .

Basic landcycling (, discard this card: Search your library for a basic land card, reveal it, and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.)

Discussion (50)

multimedia on Hahaha dragons go burrrrrrr

6 days ago

Hey, your deck looks good, except the manabase, it looks neglected.

My suggestions are how to improve the manabase on a budget. Some upgrades to consider:

• Exotic Orchard --> Stone Quarry
• Haven of the Spirit Dragon --> Tranquil Expanse
• Battlefield Forge --> Wind-Scarred Crag
• Cinder Glade --> Rugged Highlands
• Canopy Vista --> Temple of Plenty
• Alpine Meadow --> Temple of Triumph
• Game Trail --> Temple of Abandon
• Fortified Village --> 1x Forest
• Furycalm Snarl --> 1x Mountain
• Naya Panorama --> 1x Mountain
• Opal Palace --> 1x Forest
• Ash Barrens --> 1x Plains
• Command Beacon --> 1x Mountain

By adding Glade, Vista and Meadow then Farseek could replace Rampant Growth as a land ramp spell upgrade since Farseek can search for a dual land to help color fixing. Glade and Vista will also make Skyshroud Claim better.

Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on hannah's Ezuri deck

1 week ago

Hey, Shared Summons is an instant speed budget tutor to get Sage and Plaxmanta to protect the combo or any other pair of creatures. Siren Stormtamer is another budget creature who can protect the combo. Vedalken AEthermage instant wizardcycling can get Sage or Fathom or any other Wizard. Neoform is a powerful budget spell, it consistently will not be able to get Sage, but it can tutor for another creature and cheat it onto the battlefield.

By adding Rimewood Falls than Farseek, Lore and Visits have a Simic dual land to search for. Yavimaya Coast , Vineglimmer Snarl , Ash Barrens , Bant Panorama are more budget lands to consider adding especially Coast since it can ETB turn one to cast Birds.

When I build two color decks I allocate much of the budget within reason to lands. If this means I don't play a few expensive price cards such as Arachnogenesis then that's fine. Arachnogenesis is not a bad card, it's actually quite good and can be a blowout against opponents infinite attacking token army, but it isn't worth $34 when budget is a concern. For example, if I was building this deck on the budget you have I would play a Breeding Pool , Flooded Grove and Hinterland Harbor instead of Arachnogenesis.

Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on Ranar the Ever-watchful by Silmeon

1 week ago

Hey, good budget upgrade of the precon.

You're best line of play here is Ranar + Felidar Guardian + Restoration Angel which equals infinite 1/1 Spirits. Guardian and Restoration infinite blink each other and each time one of them blinks it's one instance of exile to trigger Ranar. Because Restoration has flash then you can do this combo at instant speed on your last opponent's turn to create infinite Spirits to then attack with them on your next turn as a win condition.

Flickerwisp also combos with Restoration Angel and this combo is different since it's delayed. At each player's end step Ranar + Flickerwisp + Restoration creates two Spirits. With Flickerwisp in your control blink it with Restoration; Flickerwisp ETB and blinks Restoration. Restoration doesn't return to the battlefield from exile until the next player's end step. At the end step Restoration ETB to blink Flickerwisp, Flickerwisp ETB to blink Restoration and repeat on the next player's end step. At each end step you get two separate exiles for two triggers of Ranar.

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Reconnaissance Mission is good repeatable draw with 1/1 flying Spirits since each one that does combat damage to an opponent you draw a card. Mentor of the Meek can trigger to draw for one mana each time a 1/1 Spirit or 2/2 Spirit is created.

Palace Jailer is powerful repeatable opponent creature exile with blink especially with Soulherder . When Jailer ETB you become the monarch which is at your end step you draw a card. Only one player can be the monarch at one time and how a player becomes the monarch is they do combat damage to the player who's the monarch or they play a card that makes them the monarch.

What makes Jailer powerful with blink is that creatures he exiles don't return to their owners unless you lose the monarch to an opponent. When Jailer leaves the battlefield from being blinked all the creatures he has exiled stay exiled. Then when Jailer ETB you become the monarch which makes it difficult to lose the monarch. 1/1 Spirits are also good flying blockers to help you to keep the monarch as well as Ghostly Prison and other cards like it make it more difficult for an opponent to attack you to do combat damage to you.

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Nimbus Maze , Port Town , Prairie Stream , Skycloud Expanse , Temple of Enlightenment , Irrigated Farmland , Ash Barrens are some budget land upgrades that could replace some basic lands, Azorius Guildgate and Meandering River .

Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on A House of Cards

2 weeks ago

Hey, really well done on a budget.

Lavinia of the Tenth affects all opponents which can detain a lot of aggro creatures. Lavinia wrecks against Krenko, Mob Boss by detaining all Goblin tokens, most Goblins as well as Krenko and having protection from red. Stonehorn Dignitary can deny your aggro opponent from attacking. Knight of the White Orchid 's first strike can help against aggro and it's a two drop source of Plains land ramp to blink.

• Lavinia of the Tenth --> Exclusion Ritual
• Stonehorn Dignitary --> Skybind
• Knight of the White Orchid --> Alirios, Enraptured

For the manabase consider cutting some basic lands for these: Nimbus Maze , Ash Barrens , Bant Panorama , Esper Panorama , Glacial Floodplain

Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on Subjective Reality Upgrade

2 weeks ago

Hey, you're welcome.

40 lands is a lot of lands and you also have ramp sources to help to make mana. You would be fine cutting 2-4 lands and filling those spots with low CMC budget cards that draw such as Omen of the Sea , Wall of Omens and Brainstorm . The idea is more draw that also has interaction with Aminatou could replace some lands because overall these cards are better for gameplay and the draw can potentially help to draw lands. You have a good number of basic lands for budget and the ratio is also on point. With 16 basic lands then budget dual lands that have interaction with basic lands help for them to ETB untapped.

• Exotic Orchard : staple budget land for three or more colored decks in multiplayer Commander.
• Path of Ancestry : can make one color of the three Esper colors.
• Caves of Koilos
• Prairie Stream : is an Island.
• Sunken Hollow : is an Island.
• Shineshadow Snarl
• Ash Barrens : nice as a potential turn one play to landcycle to get a basic land of your choice for your second turn land for color fixing that you need to cast Aminatou.
• Temple of Enlightenment
• Temple of Deceit
• Mystic Sanctuary
• Bojuka Bog

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Ideally, you want most if not all the lands in the manabase to ETB untapped to help gameplay. Since then you can tap the land for mana the turn you play it, but that's impossible when on such a low budget unless playing 30+ basic lands which is not recommended with three colors. The lands that you play that will always ETB tapped should have other uses or be able to make one of any three colors you need. An example is Arcane Sanctum is good, Dimir Guildgate isn't good. If you have to play many lands that always ETB tapped then might as well play the ones that also have bonus interaction with your Commander.

The Scry lands ( Temple of Silence ) and Halimar Depths ETB tapped, but they have interaction with the Aminatou + Guardian + Oath combo. Aminatou can blink a Scry land as the first permanent which lets you scry through the rest of your library to find Strix or another permanent draw source to cast to then draw a win condition to cast. The Gain lands ( Tranquil Cove ) also can be blinked and blinking one of them with the combo gives you infinite life. Consider three of each of Scry lands and Gain lands?

Utility lands such as Mystic Sanctuary give you something when it ETB, can be blinked by Aminatou and be part of the combo. Sanctuary when blinked if you control three other Islands can be a repeatable way to recur an instant or sorcery. It can setup a card with miracle since you recur the card to the top of your library to draw on your next turn or even on an opponent's turn if card with miracle is the first card you draw on opponent's turn.

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Example of an upgraded budget manabase:

• 6x Plains, 6x Island, 4x Swamp
• Command Tower , Exotic Orchard , Path of Ancestry , Arcane Sanctum
• Esper Panorama , Ash Barrens , Evolving Wilds
• Halimar Depths , Temple of Enlightenment , Temple of Silence , Temple of Deceit
• Caves of Koilos , Shineshadow Snarl
• Prairie Stream , Sunken Hollow
• Mystic Sanctuary , Bojuka Bog
• Tranquil Cove , Dismal Backwater , Scoured Barrens

malacai on In the Spirit of Tribal Decks

4 weeks ago

Based on this list I would make the following chnages to Ranar.

Out -> In

• Invocation of Saint Traft -> Cathars' Crusade

• Ash Barrens In a two color deck the basic land cycling isn't needed. -> Adarkar Wastes

• Cryptic Caves You have access to blue for card draw.

• Endless Sands -> Mystic Gate

• Myriad Landscape Unless you need a cheap shuffle effect scroll rack, top, ponder, brain storm the fetch isn't needed in a two color deck. -> Nimbus Maze

• Survivors' Encampment The color fixing at the cost of tapping a creature in a two color deck doesn't seem worth the effrot. My want to keep in if you add in Eldrazi Displacer . -> Reliquary Tower

Cosmos Charger -> Eldrazi Displacer

Drogskol Reaver -> Yorion, Sky Nomad

Drogskol Cavalry -> Thassa, Deep-Dwelling

Empyrean Eagle -> Felidar Guardian

Geist of Saint Traft -> Charming Prince

Radiant Purge -> Path to Exile

Misdirection -> Swords to Plowshares

Rally the Ranks -> Reality Shift

Ichor Wellspring -> Counterspell

Synthetic Destiny -> Dovin's Veto

Grubbernaut on Infection

4 weeks ago

In pauper, I recommend going mono G and subbing Blight Mamba for Blighted Agent . You definitely want Vines of Vastwood , Rancor , and I'm also partial to Land Grant for free thinning. You could also consider Seal of Strength , as you can cast it any time and then use it when needed.

If you're going to stay UG, definitely add Brainstorm , Ponder , and Ash Barrens . Cut all bounce spells; you don't care about your opponent's creatures, especially if you're going with U for unblockable spells like Distortion Strike .

Cheers!

Spell_Slam on Nuclear Alchemy

1 month ago

Lava Dart is excellent for a deck like this. You don't mind the flashback cost usually and it triggers your creatures multiple times for extra damage and picks off annoying faeries like a champ.

Tandem Lookout is a creature I usually see in decks like this and for good reason. If left unchecked, it will allow you to churn through your deck and combo off really quickly.

Keep in mind, Thermo-Alchemist does not in fact hit creatures.

I think a combination of Brainstorm and Ash Barrens would be a lot more effective than Opt.