Cathedral of War

Land

This enters tapped.

Exalted (Whenever a creature you control attacks alone, that creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.)

{T}: Add {C}.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

End_Of_The_Line on "I know you. Ghost of Sparta." (Need Help Badly)

3 months ago

NV_1980, thank you, I have put Smoke, Uphill Battle, Disrupt Decorum, Icy Manipulator, Hylda's Crown of Winter, & Komainu Battle Armor into my main deck at the time of writing this. I definitely will consider Silent Arbiter, but I don't think I will add Ensnaring Bridge because it doesn't play well with cards like Granite Grip & the other buff cards considering Kratos, God of War third textbox, since I do want to be attacking with & buffing Kratos every chance I get. Defenitely read my third response please for more info.

austintayshus, thank you, I added Blasphemous Act & Cathedral of War, and I will also definitely consider Humble Defector. Definitely read my third response please for more info

DragonMaster420, thank you, first I am wary of adding any creatures because of Kratos, God of War third text box (I would hate to lose a valuable creature ((or valuable creatures)) like Silent Arbiter because they blocked it with a power 5 or 5+ creature.) Second, I thought it would be thematic if Kratos is the only creature in the deck for old GOW reasons, wants revenge on the gods of Olympus and brought Olympus as well as the gods down practically himself, hence him being the only creature. But If I need too I will definitely add those creatures if need be. Also, how would Magus of the Moon & Blood Moon work? I am confused how that would effect/be harmful to, my opponents (if at all, other than their non basic lands are mountains.)

P.S. to NV_1980, austintayshus, & DragonMaster420: First, do you know of any equipment cards that would be at least look-alike accurate to Kratos's weapons/equipment in the first GOW? Second, do any of you know any mono-red counter spell or counter-spell-like cards? I'm remembering at the time of writing this the Eldrazi deck definitely has All is Dust (and that would ruin me lol.)

austintayshus on "I know you. Ghost of Sparta." (Need Help Badly)

3 months ago

If you're going creature-less in mono-red, you might want a Cathedral of War.

Bonfire of the Damned could be fun.

Can't go wrong with Blasphemous Act.

I def agree that you should consider Silent Arbiter. Maybe also Humble Defector.

Cool idea!

legendofa on EEOE

10 months ago

I saw your question about Inkmoth Nexus and Cathedral of War, and the short answer is that promos cards and bonus sheet cards don't usually change legality. So even though they're in EOE packs, they're not Standard-legal. They can be used in Limited formats, but that's pretty much it.

Galbrush on Official missing/incorrect card/token thread

10 months ago

I've built an EOE deck (EEOE) and used two of the land cards, Cathedral of War and Inkmoth Nexus, and the deckbuilder is saying they're illegal for standard play. I understand they're remakes of older cards, but I think the new ones should be legal, right? they were in the packs, right?

Idoneity on Mass Land Destruction (on a budget!)

1 year ago

Ooooh! I like this thing. I might buy this thing. This is very very neat.

May I recommend Cathedral of War? It allows you to cast those pesky 6-drops that eternally evade the boi.

amarthaler on EDH Skithiryx, the Blighted Dragon

1 year ago

Update!

Out: Cathedral of War

In: Cabal Coffers

Crow_Umbra on Samurai Tribal

2 years ago

Thank you for checking out my Isshin deck, I appreciate it. In taking a look at yours, I have a few ideas for some potential additions:

• Cathedral of War could be a decent utility land to add, especially to tie in with your other Exalted effects.

• Vault of the Archangel can be used offensively or defensively as needed.

• Reconnaissance and Dolmen Gate are both helpful protection effects, and I think would be that much more important in an Exalted/single attacker leaning strat. In case you aren't familiar with the timing on Reconnaissance, this EDHREC article can help explain it a bit better. Basically, your creatures are considered attackers until the end of combat, so you can utilize Reconnaissance to untap and save your attackers at any point during combat, even after they've dealt combat damage.

• Clever Concealment could be a banger for board protection since most of your creatures will stay untapped.

• Although they aren't Samurai, Tiamat's Fanatics and/or Warchief Giant could fit in with your creatures that also care about solo attacking Warriors. These would still work with Exalted since the Myriad tokens are never declared as attackers.

• Along kind of similar lines, Inquisitorial Rosette can be helpful to get some additional token attackers, and an equipment that provides an evasion anthem.

Hope these suggestions are helpful. Hopefully we won't have to wait for another return to Kamigawa to get more Samurai

Rasaru on BANE! (Maraxus voltron)

3 years ago

How has the deck been playing recently? Any weaknesses to note?

I absolutely love this deck list, but have a couple of questions and/or suggestions for you.

A. It looks like you have a total of 16 instants/sorceries. Do you ever have an issue with producing treasures with Storm-Kiln Artist? It's an excellent card, but I'm unsure (since I haven't played this list) that you would get enough value here. In it's place you could play something fun like Kazuul's Toll Collector or something that helps you cheat equip costs like Brass Squire. Imagine paying only 3 mana to play a creature, then immediately attaching 3-4 equipment to it for free! lol

B. Although I've played my share of Nettlecyst, I think you have some better options here. It has the opportunity to pump your commmander a great deal, if you're able to take advantage of your treasure generation and get some equipment on the battlefield. But what happens when you play this after all your artifacts get destroyed or exiled? I think in the long term, you'd get more value out of Sword of Forge and Frontier and/or The Reaver Cleaver. The sword costs the same, provides protection, card advantage and has the ability to pump your commander by playing additional lands. While the Reaver Cleaver is not only on theme, but helps put treasures back onto the battlefield, pumping your commander and progressing your Hellkite Tyrant alt win-con strategy.

C. I have some suggestions on your landbase

Great Furnace -> Snow-Covered Mountain - "2008-04-01: A permanent that’s more than one of these types (such as an artifact creature) counts only once." So an artifact land would only pump Bane by 1/1. Ditch this land for another snow-covered mountain to increase your chances of utilizing Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle in the mid/end game.

Darksteel Citadel -> Snow-Covered Mountain - See above comment

Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance -> Snow-Covered Mountain - I appreciate that this can make blockers (Bane should be the only attacker you care about), but cards like Bedlam make them irrelevant. Let's add a snow-mountain to continue to improve our Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle potential.

Cathedral of War -> Command Beacon - Bane is going to be a target. Why bust treasures, when you can just send him to your hand and cast him for way less.

Bonders' Enclave -> Valakut Awakening  ^Flip - besides your commander (who is going to be a major target), you only have 4 other creatures with 4+ power. You don't want to have to spend mana to equip something, just so you can turn around and spend 4 more mana, to draw a card. This mdfc offers at least 1 card, for 1 less (floor), which is already better.

D. While, Endless Atlas can stick around for awhile, I think (maybe) you might get more immediate value from Seize the Spoils. It's only once, and yes it's sorcery speed, but you get 2 cards immediately, 2 treasures to pump Bane, and can feed your graveyard, giving Goblin Engineer and Goblin Welder more targets.

E. A fun card you could consider, and is a pet card of mine, is Surestrike Trident. It's so fun to watch people's faces when this hits the battlefield and they read what it does :D