Chains of Mephistopheles

Enchantment

If a player would draw a card except the first one he or she draws in his or her draw step each turn, that player discards a card instead. If the player discards a card this way, he or she draws a card. If the player doesn't discard a card this way, he or she puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

Combos

• Chains of Mephistopheles + Teferi's Puzzle Box
• Chains of Mephistopheles + Timetwister

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
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

Necramus on Oh My Gizzard, It's a Zombie Wizard (Nekusar)

2 weeks ago

pyrophyte after staying up half the night to think about it and play out deck scenarios, I think you're right. I don't think it's actually worth. It absolutely can create some excellent value, but, shutting off my ability to wheel for 60 damage in a turn is pretty bad. I'm going to shift Chains of Mephistopheles over to my Konrad deck and use this slot for either Snapcaster Mage or Withering Torment. Leaning on Torment, as of this moment.

Thanks for the feedback! I always appreciate when someone can challenge something I take for granted and make me think. Especially when they use my own reasoning against me! Haha!

pyrophyte on Oh My Gizzard, It's a Zombie Wizard (Nekusar)

2 weeks ago

Nice deck Necramus!

How are you liking Chains of Mephistopheles so far? You'd previously mentioned avoiding cards like Notion Thief and Narset, Parter of Veils due to them shutting off the damage Nekusar and the like would do with wheels. I would think chains would actually be much worse than the others in that department.. As not only are you missing out on the damage from wheels, you're also missing out on the card advantage by leaving the entire table (yourself included) hellbent.

Necramus on Oh My Gizzard, It's a Zombie Wizard (Nekusar)

2 weeks ago

Andramalech Thanks for the love!! He's one of my all-time favorites. I've taken this deck apart on 3 separate occasions, and continue to come back to him. Lol!

So, I didn't appreciate Monument to Endurance at first. But, I realized with Chains of Mephistopheles, Anvil of Bogardan, Liliana of the Veil, Rankle, Master of Pranks, and almost every Wheel making me discard, I can get some great value off this single card investment. Also, I'm not on any Reliquary Tower type effects. So, sometimes I just need to discard to hand size, and I may as well benefit from it!

I'm eager to do some play testing with it to see how it goes. It may not forever live in Nekusar, but I'm willing to give it the good ol' college try. :)

ChaosJester on Need help to make the …

1 month ago

I am about to receive my forth Chains of Mephistopheles and would like to transport that 93/94 Old School archetype to the legacy format and want to adapt it more or less to the current meta without removing the Winds of Change shell from that deck.

The deck does not have to be highly competitive. I just want to play it mostly in my LGS or smaller tournaments for fun.

I would appreciate it, if the Legacy community here could help me by improving this unique deck.

Thank you very much!

This is the deck for now: Legacy Winds of Chains

bjgivesbj on Oh My Gizzard, It's a Zombie Wizard (Nekusar)

2 months ago

This is cool. I can’t believe you just happened upon an Italian Chains of Mephistopheles. It must be fun to read the card out in an exaggerated Italian accent. I like how you marketed in what I presume to be a King Gizzard reference. As for tinybones, I am all for it, because it can make the games more interesting, and for only two mana.

moo1234 on Card creation challenge

3 months ago

Knight of Zhalfir

Legendary creature - Knight {C}

Ghost {3} (you may play this card from your graveyard for it's Ghost cost as long as another creature died this turn)

at the beggining of your endstep sacrifice ~

"I sometimes walk here, and I'm sometimes greeted by flickers of what is now gone"-Teferi

6/1

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I think that counts as spectral enough

make a card as complicated as Chains of Mephistopheles, ok that's fairly imposible.

If your not up to that challenge create a power crept Storm Crow.

Valengeta on Goyf Gulch (Primer)

4 months ago

-nothing- I don't know if you've heard but Dockside Extortionist is now banned in Commander. We will have to replace him. This can open a slot for Chains of Mephistopheles (at least in my deck since I'm not mainboarding it yet), or other stuff. I'm debating between the Chains, Akawalli, the Seething Tower for another cheap beater, the new Winter, Misanthropic Guide for more draw and controlling enemy hands, Cabal Ritual for ramp (since we'll be losing a ramp card), Demonic Counsel which acts as a second Demonic Tutor for us, or another Removal card

DreadKhan on Need Help With A Solitary …

6 months ago

I've fiddled around with Solitary Confinement in another Zur list, that one uses Spirit of the Labyrinth and Teferi's Puzzle Box to get rid of everyone else's hand (I skip mine with Solitary and/or Necropotence), this gives you an awfully long time to win via whatever means you prefer. If you use Chains of Mephistopheles you technically get a Spirit effect that comes with a big upside as it'll mill your opponents, but it's more than $1000, so I mention Spirit. None of this is Casual, but it'd be hard to make a Solitary Confinement list and have it qualify as Casual.