Banisher Priest

Creature — Human Cleric

When Banisher Priest enters the battlefield, exile target creature an opponent controls until Banisher Priest leaves the battlefield. (That creature returns under its owner's control.)

Discussion (47)

Coward_Token on Innistrad: Midnight Hunt and Crimson …

3 weeks ago

Beloved Beggar // Generous Soul: This is cute... although the concept of a senior (and homeless?) beggar is pretty sad in hindsight. Anyway, disturb is a neat design, seems reminiscent of Eternalize.

Allied pseudo-Battle Lands: I prefer Fast Lands but these are still a welcome budget alternative.

Jadar: Is decay the token drawback mechanic? Basically Ball Lightning keyworded; kinda odd that it's tied to something that's mainly black-flavored.

Tovolar: Awoo~. More human and less magic-y than I imagined, but I'm not going to complain too loudly. I think we've all seen some variation of this as a custom card before, including the generic tribal rewards, but even though it's not super revolutionary it's liberating to finally see it happen. With the leak of the day/night mechanic I was a little worried they weren't going to introduce backwards compatible support for the old Werewolf cards for EDH, so I'm quite happy to be proven wrong in that. Finally: tribal Kessig Wolf Run.

Sigarda: Kinda unexciting for EDH Human tribal at least.

Secrets of the Key: Lonis, Cryptozoologist is obviously happy about investigate's return, tho honestly I'm kinda confused why Clues need a keyword tied to them anyway (not like we have "cook" or "dig" for its sister tokens).

Brutal Cathar // Moonrage Brute: While it's a bit insulting that one of the beter Werewolves isn't gruul-legal, I do like this design for boros. You dared force night to turn into day? Fuck you, Banisher Priest more of your stuff.

Tavern Ruffian: I mean no offense, but the art seems to feature the least female-coded female human figure yet in Magic, unless there's a key signifier I'm missing. I'd be curious to see if the art description specifically asked for that to be more diversive.

Avacyn's Memorial: Meh, seems overcosted, esp. since it only covers legends.

"Visions" mechanic: I like that this helps make costlier commanders better, even if e.g. Ghalta, Primal Hunger will be smooching of it. Also, Gitrog!

Coward_Token on Adventures in the Forgotten Realms …

2 months ago

Guardian of Faith: Wooo, it's almost Teferi's Protection on legs! Neat for tokens decks in EDH, and another way to at least mitigate Cyclonic Rift . I'm hopeful this means that we're getting more white phasing, as I prefer it to exile for both Eerie Interlude and Banisher Priest effects

Minimus Containment: I wish this was just Song of the Dryads so that it could hit lands, but it's nice that white is getting more removal.

Demilich: Big Blue Dreadhorde Arcanist , kinda. Note that you don't get to cast the spells for free.

Wizard's Spellbook: I don't know about this design; both the cost and the graveyard interaction means this will take a while before it's cast, yet the 20 result wants you to exile lots of cards. Build-around with cheating, self-mill, and untapping?

Power of Persuasion: Note that it doesn't get haste with the 20 result, so it can actually be worse than the other two

Bag of Holding: quite possibly the only nonbasic reprint

Bananaasablade on Rick Steadfast leader

5 months ago

Land Tax , Avacyn's Collar , Gallows at Willow Hill , Harmonious Archon , Herald of War , Repel the Abominable , Slayer's Plate , Thalia's Lieutenant , Thraben Doomsayer , Abzan Falconer , Abzan Battle Priest , Apostle of Purifying Light , Archetype of Courage , Avacynian Missionaries  ^Flip, Avenging Huntbonder , Banisher Priest , Cathars' Crusade , Crusader of Odric , Elite Inquisitor , Elite Scaleguard , Fencing Ace , Fiend Hunter , Fiendslayer Paladin , Frontline Medic , Hedron-Field Purists , Intrepid Hero , Keeper of the Accord , Kwende, Pride of Femeref , Lavabrink Venturer , Luminarch Aspirant , Mentor of the Meek , Mikaeus, the Lunarch , Mirran Crusader , Odric, Lunarch Marshal , Odric, Master Tactician , Selfless Squire , Soldier of the Pantheon , Soul's Attendant , Victory's Envoy , Archangel of Thune , Cradle of Vitality , Felidar Retreat , Unbreakable Formation

What I'm suggesting is more of a focus on the +1/+1 counters and the slight life gain that can go along with it. Sit behind a wide army of little guys until you can slowly stack them up high. Any blink effect, like coudshift or eerie interlude can also work well, and bigger/better wraths, Austere Command , Cleansing Nova , End Hostilities , Mass Calcify , Planar Cleansing , Rout , Slash the Ranks ,

Drcfan on Devotion to White Angels

8 months ago

@Gloglok

• Gideon of the Trials is a very versatile card on its own but i had to swap it out because Runed Halo has no synergy with any planeswalkers. Runed Halo showed to be just too good to be swapped out. (It only struggles if you always play against new brew decks)

• Skyclave Apparition is an option i'm testing at the moment (Works quite good). It would fit way better if it were an Angel or Human though (for Caverns and Deck flavor). You would have to swap out Wall of Omens for Charming Prince then for the additional interaction.

• Linvala, Keeper of Silence I keep her in here because i have someone who plays Slivers in my playgroup with a value combo Dormant Sliver and later Necrotic Sliver. If she enters the battlefield, it's game. Lyra Dawnbringer is really nice but its ability need a lot of Angels on the battlefield. She works way better if the Angels are cheap, like 2 - 3 mana drops. I've not seen a non lifegain Angel that low except maybe Serra Avenger

• Giver of Runes is insane and would be a great addition, because i cannot deal with Path to Exile myself. I tried it with Ranger-Captain of Eos a while ago but somehow the deck got slow i lost one match after the other. Not sure how i could include Giver of Runes at the moment. I have a Eight-and-a-Half-Tails Sideboard against control which you can fetch.

• Emeria, Shattered Skyclave is a must include for this deck even if you cannot fetch it. Every white deck i own has it now. Ondu Skyruins is not really needed, i included it because i play a lot of multiplayer at the moment.

• Secluded Steppe + Mistveil Plains gives Weathered Wayfarer the ability to tap and draw a card for 4 mana (Activating Mistveil Plains cost 1 mana. At least some card draw engine, you can try Arch of Orazca if you like it more. I like the land fetch ability more XD).

What i really need for this deck is 3 drop removal better than Oblivion Ring. Grasp of Fate is strictly better but not modern. Banisher Priest and Fiend Hunter die easily to removal. I hope some day a set will bring something printed on an Angel

Kind Regards -Drcfan

Twist35 on Animar 2: Elephant Boogaloo

9 months ago

I'm loving the counters synergies, but I think this deck is a little too "all in" for muy tastes. I think you could really benefit from a couple more mana rocks, disruption, and boardwipe protection. It seems like it will be really hard for this deck to rebuild after a single Wrath of God. If you really don't want to move away from the super heavy creature "spell creature" cards like Reclamation Sage and Banisher Priest can help provide some interaction.

LitchOubliette on Commander Staples Cube

10 months ago

Changelog (22/11/2020)

White

• +Abeyance
• +Academy Rector
• +Alseid of Life's Bounty
• +Eldrazi Displacer
• +Emeria's Call  ^Flip
• +Felidar Retreat
• +Generous Gift
• +Giver of Runes
• +Leonin Arbiter
• +Mentor of the Meek
• +Mother of Runes
• +Order of the Sacred Torch
• +Sanctum Prelate
• +Skyclave Apparition
• +Unexpectedly Absent

• +Whitemane Lion

• -Argivian Find

• -Banisher Priest
• -Benevolent Bodyguard
• -False Dawn
• -Flawless Maneuver
• -Kataki, War's Wage
• -Not Forgotten
• -Oblation
• -Oblivion Ring
• -Parallax Wave
• -Promise of Bunrei
• -Sublime Exhalation
• -Sun Titan
• -Suppression Field
• -Terminus
• -Treasure Hunter

Blue

• +Curiosity
• +Hullbreacher
• +Sea Gate Restoration  ^Flip
• +Submerge
• +Teferi, Master of Time
• +Training Grounds

• +Unsubstantiate

• -Careful Study

• -Fact or Fiction
• -Into the Roil
• -Time Spiral
• -Pongify
• -Sleight of Hand
• -Reality Shift

Black

• +Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip
• +Big Game Hunter
• +Bitterblossom
• +Body Snatcher
• +Cabal Therapist
• +Corpse Dance
• +Feed the Swarm
• +Ophiomancer
• +Opposition Agent

• +Songs of the Damned

• -Dark Petition

• -Doom Whisperer
• -Exhume
• -Inquisition of Kozilek
• -Jet Medallion
• -Overeager Apprentice
• -Sickening Dreams
• -Sidisi, Undead Vizier
• -Skirge Familiar
• -Street Wraith

Red

• +Avacyn's Judgment
• +Blasphemous Act
• +By Force
• +Desperate Ritual
• +Goblin Cratermaker
• +Goblin Matron
• +Goblin Recruiter
• +Jeska's Will
• +Lightning Bolt
• +Possibility Storm
• +Ricochet Trap
• +Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip
• +Sneak Attack
• +Sweltering Suns
• +Thunderclap

• +Wheel of Misfortune

• -Anger of the Gods

• -Anje's Ravager
• -Balefire Dragon
• -Bogardan Hellkite
• -Comet Storm
• -Curse of Opulence
• -Daretti, Scrap Savant
• -Dire Fleet Daredevil
• -Dragon Mage
• -Generator Servant
• -Goblin Welder
• -Grapeshot
• -Hellkite Tyrant
• -Impact Tremors
• -Overmaster
• -Pyrokinesis

Green

• +Aluren
• +Hyrax Tower Scout
• +Protean Hulk

• +Shared Summons

• -Caustic Caterpillar

• -Concordant Crossroads
• -Fauna Shaman
• -Riftsweeper

Multicolored

• +Fiend Artisan
• +Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy
• +Lavinia, Azorius Renegade
• +Lurrus of the Dream-Den

• +Tinder Wall

• -Izzet Charm

• -Memory's Journey
• -Supreme Verdict
• -Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
• -Teferi, Time Raveler

Colorless

• +Aether Vial
• +Altar of Dementia
• +Bag of Holding
• +Damping Sphere
• +Jeweled Lotus
• +Lithoform Engine
• +Mirage Mirror
• +Prophetic Prism
• +Smuggler's Copter
• +Tormod's Crypt

• +Uba Mask

• -Cloud Key

• -Crucible of Worlds
• -Krark-Clan Ironworks
• -Memory Jar
• -Metalworker
• -Mystic Forge
• -Painter's Servant
• -Pithing Needle
• -Relic of Progenitus
• -Strionic Resonator
• -Voltaic Key

Mana Fixing

• +Ash Barrens
• +Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• +Brightclimb Pathway  ^Flip
• +Castle Locthwain
• +Clearwater Pathway  ^Flip
• +Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip
• +Darkwater Catacombs
• +Geier Reach Sanitarium
• +Glimmervoid
• +High Market
• +Mishra's Factory
• +Mossfire Valley
• +Needleverge Pathway  ^Flip
• +Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip
• +Shadowblood Ridge
• +Shivan Gorge
• +Skycloud Expanse
• +Sungrass Prairie
• +Volrath's Stronghold

• +War Room

• -Bojuka Bog

• -Canopy Vista
• -Cinder Glade
• -Clifftop Retreat
• -Dakmor Salvage
• -Dragonskull Summit
• -Drowned Catacomb
• -Glacial Fortress
• -Hall of Heliod's Generosity
• -Hashep Oasis
• -Hinterland Harbor
• -Isolated Chapel
• -Prairie Stream
• -Riptide Laboratory
• -Rootbound Crag
• -Smoldering Marsh
• -Sulfur Falls
• -Sunken Hollow
• -Waterlogged Grove
• -Woodland Cemetery

TotesMcGoats on Wizzardrix (Kwain, Itinerant Meddler)

10 months ago

OatmealBear

The Magic Mirror is some pretty INSANE card draw and we'll have a lot of instants and sorceries to get that cost down, but the ever-increasing non-optional card draw gets me worried about decking myself, so I don't think its necessary either. Once you're drawing even 1 or 2 extra cards a turn, you're really no longer concerned with needing more card advantage. That's why I love the consistency of having Kwain in the Command zone to come down on turn 2 every single game.

Shabraz, the Skyshark was another one that I was actually considering running as the commander before Kwain got spoiled because I liked the life gain and card draw. And I liked the vibe of sitting down at a table and intentionally playing partnerless. But Shabraz is a bit expensive at 5 mana and I doubt he'd ever live for long because of how fast he'd end up getting HUGE and scary and threatening with Flying.

I also considered Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer, but he's not actually as political as I wish he was. I wish he only stopped your opponents creatures from attacking you, like a pseudo-goad effect where we bribe their creatures with cards to not attack us. Alas, he basically just acts like a bad Banisher Priest.

As for Dream Trawler, Shabraz, Consecrated Sphinx and some of the other big creatures I mentioned before, you can definitely run them if you want, you just have to politic a little differently. Instead of playing the fun-loving group hug spectator, treat your creatures more like just another way to protect yourself. Save attacking with them as a last resort, or make sure you ally yourself with the rest of the table to fight against whoever is the biggest threat at the table. You just don't ever want to be that person being ganged up by everyone else, and the problem is that a lot of those creatures tend to end up quickly becoming the biggest threat. I'd say make sure to include a Rogue's Passage so that you can make sure to land the final alpha strike when you need to. People will almost assuredly have bigger boards then you, so we need a guaranteed way of getting through. Glaring Spotlight could be a good include to help you get through hexproof when you need to, or sac it when you want to go for the win.

One of my favorite aspects about this deck though is how we're playing on a completely different access from everyone else. We're here to have fun, speed things up, but also stall things out until we can combo off. Staying off everyone's radar until its too late is its biggest strength. Even if your playgroup KNOWS what your win condition is, our job is to let everyone else be bigger threats for them to have to worry about while we bide our time and set up for the win in our hand.

See, the battlefield is all about transparency. Its where most people play the game from, slowly building up boardstates and engines and scrapping back and forth here and there. Everyone can see what's in play, and who they should be concerned about. That's why I try to keep everything we put into play as unconcerning as possible, meanwhile all of our actual threats, removal, counterspells, and our win conditions, sit invisibly in our hand where no one can see them, so they don't know what to be afraid of, but everything on our battlefield tells them they probably have nothing to worry about, especially if they just leave us alone.

Telepathy is a pet card of mine that I always kind of want to find a way to fit back into the deck because it serves this purpose incredibly well. Everyone ELSE plays with their hands revealed, while you get to keep yours secret. Being able to see EXACTLY what your opponents are capable of and what you might want to save a counterspell for is GREAT for us, but its even better for our opponents to be scared of one another when they get to see every card everyone draws except for you. As good as it is for us, its not a very fun card to play against and people tend to get pretty mad about it and try to get rid of it quickly.

There's a similar issue with Zur's Weirding that seems like it COULD be an interesting inclusion with some fun politics involved, but basically every time it ends up playing out more like a STAX card that stops everyone from drawing cards and loses everyone a bunch of life instead. Its pretty unfun to be honest, and it can most likely be used against us to stop us from drawing our important combo cards, so I didn't include it either. Telepathy I'm still on the fence about.

I also tried out Approach of the Second Sun for a bit, but it had the same issue as Jace and Lab Maniac, its not good on its own, its a bit slow and obvious, and its otherwise kind of a dead draw cuz its not very good on its own. Seeing it in your opening hand is just gross. I think the concern over having a backup plan is understandable, but ultimately kind of unnecessary. I don't think I've really expressed it before, but this deck is consistent. We draw through so many cards and have so many ways of protecting ourselves and our combo that this deck tends to win a lot more than the average 25% of the time if I'm being honest. That's why I think its so important that you make sure the games are fun for everyone at the table and let everyone draw tons of cards and actually play their decks. Its why I like this specific combo too. Everyone ends up with almost their entire decks in their hands and it becomes one final ultimate showdown battle where everyone is furiously digging through their massive hand-libraries to try to find a way to stop you, and for you to try to stop them back. And if they do manage to do it, good for them! They deserve it!

philosopher on orzhov eldrazi pioneer

10 months ago

I built a displacer deck around Skyclave Apparition, so you may want to try it instead of your Banisher Priest because when Skyclave Apparition dies, your opponent only gets an X/X token and they do not get their card back, whereas when Banisher Priest dies, your opponent does get their card back. Plus, you can flicker the Skyclave Apparition with your Eldrazi Displacer to exile more of your opponent's nonland permanents.

My displacer deck: https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/eldrazi-displacing-everything/