Cephalid Looter

Creature — Cephalid Rogue

Tap: Target player draws a card, then discards a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (7)

fearphage on Kefnet Miracles

4 years ago

Chain of Vapor seems dangerous. You don't want people bouncing Scepter, a multi-countered As Foretold , B2B, or Kefnet. Maybe Blink of an Eye is another good bounce spell instead?

In my experience, Primal Amulet  ^Flip always feels a little to slow and expensive.

I see High Tide and Dramatic Scepter combo but not much to do with a ton of/infinite mana. Blue Sun's Zenith and Capsize seem like good outlets. BSZ lets you draw your and kill everyone with infinite mana.

Seeker of Insight could be Deal Broker or Cephalid Looter . Neither of them have limitations on when it can be used.

Karn, the Great Creator feels a bit out of place.

tlk_lone_knight on Screw your Cards - Gwendlyn di Corci

6 years ago

@K4m4r0

in regards to the Breathstealer's Crypt forcing a player to draw a card or them naturally drawing a card triggers the effect. They MUST reveal the card and if it is a creature they MUST pay 3 life or discard it. using Cephalid Looter would cause them to draw, reveal said drawn card, if a creature pay the life/discard, then discard a card from hand.

I was incorrect with Chains of Mephistopheles unfortunately it has not been reprinted and does cost around 400$ because i believe it sees legacy play

Instead of Jace's Archivist maybe playing Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur would be better if you intend to be so low on cards. Huge card advantage but also a high CMC which is normally very doable in EDH.

K4m4r0 on Screw your Cards - Gwendlyn di Corci

6 years ago

tlk_lone_knight Thank you for your suggestions and the +1!

Breathstealer's Crypt looks very interesting, I will check how it works with abilities like Cephalid Looter.

Chains of Mephistopheles is a brutal card I have not seen before. But it is also really expensive. Where did it get reprinted?

Wound Reflection has a high CMC but it should be awesome in this Deck. I will definitely give it a try. Thank you for that.

Dragon Mage could be tricky, would probably fit better in a wheel Deck. I don't know if it would stay long on the stack.

Consuming Aberration and Library of Leng were both in an earlier version of this Deck. It could be an alternate Wincon but I think wheel decks would benefit a lot more.

Jace's Archivist is great but in most cases me and my opponent both have almost no handcards. Would be a little bit better if you could draw a fix amount of cards.

Ziembski on Nekusar: Death by Hand Job

6 years ago

Any reason to not include Chasm Skulker?? You might cut Cephalid Looter as it seems underwhelming.

Lanzo493 on

7 years ago

You can remove Cephalid Looter for Forgotten Creation. It works better for your commander.

Cards I suggest to remove:

Rewind. Most likely, you'll play this during your opponent's turn. What will you do with that extra 4 mana? Nothing.

Entangler. You kill your opponents before they kill you. Plus, you don't have many vigilance enchantments to use this well.

Forced Worship. This card only stops other voltron decks, which you should be faster than.

Inviolability. Your commander should be big enough that it can tank any hit.

Murder Investigation. Bad enchantment. There are so many more powerful cards that you could be using instead, like Open the Armory.

Ordeal of Thassa. Ordeal of Heliod. They're cute, but not good.

War Tax. It only works against decks with a lot of creatures, or not a lot of ramp.

Sun Titan. Fantastic card, but your commander can already reanimate everything you need. If your group runs land destruction than you can keep him.

Day of Judgment. This card will get your commander killed. It would be better to run boardwipes that work with the deck better. Maybe cut Wrath of God too.

Here is my final suggestion. I feel like you're deck is trying to do too many things. You're going to draw and quarter yourself. If you like the control aspect of the deck, then keep it, but not at the cost of the consistency of the deck. Tokens, control, and voltron are 3 very different strategies with little crossover. Narrow your strategy down, and then you can refine it.

Zigen on Niv Mizzet, Handcycling/Abuse

8 years ago

I just remembered I made two decks with a similar style. I used black as a basis for dealing the damage. So I pulled the cards that were not black that could aid you with a different twist on a mechanic.

Cephalid Broker, Cephalid Looter, Reforge the Soul, Shocker, Barbed Shocker, Fire Whip, Viridian Longbow

The Cephalids are just for card swapping, the other two are the meat and potatoes. attach fire whip/Viridian Longbow to Shocker/Barbed Shocker and sit back and watch the hate from the other side of the table.

X_Durko_X on Cthulhu Flavor help

8 years ago

Aww someone already beat me to it but yes definitely Nemesis of Reason. Maybe even a few Cephalids, Cephalid Broker or Cephalid Looter just to help dig a bit and Llawan, Cephalid Empress if you just wanna be mean to anyone else playing blue. Beyond that everyone already posted what came to mind.