Choked Estuary

Land

As Choked Estuary enters the battlefield, you may reveal an Island or Swamp card from your hand. If you don't Choked Estuary enters the battlefield tapped.

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Discussion (50)

triproberts12 on Why have one, when you can have 20?

19 hours ago

Oh, and sorry this is coming in bursts. I'm just noticing one thing at a time. The other thing that will vastly improve this deck is getting some of the tap lands out. Unfortunately, any dual land touching blue is absurdly expensive, so I won't lecture you on how a fetch/shock/ABU dual manabase is always correct. There are some budget options, though:

Shocks were reprinted relatively recently, so investing in Blood Crypt, Steam Vents, and Watery Grave now will improve your deck's speed, and if you run the slow fetches Bad River, Mountain Valley, and Rocky Tar Pit, the mana should be very consistent, as well. Drowned Catacomb, Dragonskull Summit, Choked Estuary, and Foreboding Ruins also like more basic land types. Grixis Panorama and Ash Barrens are nice, because they can come down untapped or fix!

Temple of the False God is garbage. Being stuck on 3 lands and Temple until turn 6 will slow you down. Yep.

As for tapped lands, Temple of Deceit, Temple of Malice, and Temple of Epiphany are in-print now, so they'll be good replacements for whatever vanilla dual lands are left.

Rasaru on Dimir mill

6 days ago

This first thing I want to say is don't get discouraged. A lot of people underestimate the mill mechanic. Sure, you'll have some bad games, but it makes winning soooo much better! For example, I played my Drawing Dead deck today against against my buddy, who ran his mono red dragon deck, and milled all 100 of his cards at the end of my turn 6.. Victory has never tasted so sweet!

Do you want to keep your deck in the Dimir family (black & blue)? If yes, then let's get started!

1. We definitely need to upgrade your land base. Minus your basic land drops, everything else comes in tapped, which puts you at a huge disadvantage. That's almost 50% of your land drops. Upgrading a card like Dimir Guildgate, to a Sunken Hollow can give you an advantage. In this example, there is absolutely no downside. While your Dimir Guildgate will come in tapped no matter what, your Sunken Hollow has the potential to come in untapped, so you can use it immediately. I believe you can find these for about $1 each, at your local card shop. I'd also consider swapping your Dismal Backwater for something like Choked Estuary. While 1 life could make a difference, I bet you'd rather have that playable land more often. I think those come in around $2 ea. Simple fixes for about $8 bucks.

Are you familiar with how to play Dimir Aqueduct "efficiently"?

*NOTE- I wouldn't recommend purchasing any upgrades until you figure out what others upgrades you want! Your mana needs could change based on the other changes you make.

More to come! I need to head to bed!

xaarvaxus on Yuriko Here We Go-Go

2 months ago

Sunken Hollow and Choked Estuary shouldn't be too expensive and both should have a pretty good chance of coming into play untapped as you have a good number of basics. Underground River also isn't too $$ as long as you can get your hands on a more recent printing of it.

multimedia on Alela EDH

3 months ago

Hey, good job for your first Commander deck. Nice Tezzeret the Seeker :)

When on a budget for the manabase it's better to rely on basic lands and dual lands that have interaction with basic lands. These can replace dual lands that will always ETB (enter the battlefield) tapped such as Azorius Guildgate and Dismal Backwater . The Guildgates and Life lands are not better than a basic land.

Lands within the budget to consider adding:

• Caves of Koilos
• Spire of Industry
• Arcane Sanctum
• Ash Barrens
• Sunken Hollow
• Prairie Stream
• Port Town
• Choked Estuary
• Buried Ruin

Land to consider cutting:

• Azorius Guildgate
• Dimir Guildgate
• Dismal Backwater
• Scoured Barrens
• Tranquil Cove
• Jwar Isle Refuge
• Vivid Creek
• Dimir Aqueduct
• Temple of Deceit
• Temple of Silence

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I see too many creatures that don't interact with Alela. Nonartifact/enchantment creatures don't have much interaction with Alela. My advice is cut a lot of these creatures for more artifacts, artifact creatures and enchantments. You have Tezzeret that's a good reason to expand on artifacts.

Lots of mana rocks are good with Alela because they can be used to make ramp to play her faster and then after she's on the battlefield they can create Faeries. I see you have the Signets already which is great, but consider more budget mana rocks?

• Sol Ring
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Talisman of Dominance
• Mind Stone
• Everflowing Chalice
• Prismatic Lens

Three drop mana rocks such as Coalition Relic which you have are fine, but if you can replace a three drop mana rock such as Obelisk of Esper , Mana Geode with a one or two drop mana rock then this will help your deck.

Consider cutting the creature base down to only a few? Keep: Strix, Architect, Shimmer Myr, Simulacrum, Assembly, Master, Seer, Rider, Titan? Can then replace the other creatures with more artifacts/enchantments to make more interaction with Alela.

Cards within the budget to consider adding:

• Etherium Sculptor
• Foundry Inspector
• Silver Myr
• Sai, Master Thopterist
• Bident of Thassa
• Throne of the God-Pharaoh
• Cranial Plating
• Mirrodin Besieged
• Mirrormade
• Scrap Trawler
• Junk Diver
• Sharuum the Hegemon
• Nihil Spellbomb
• Wayfarer's Bauble
• Conjurer's Bauble
• Manifold Key

Etherium Sculptor and Foundry Inspector are good as low mana cost artifacts that reduce the mana cost of all other artifacts you cast. CMC artifacts are free for you to cast with one of these on the battlefield which can help to chain cast artifacts and make a lot of Faeries. Casting two drop mana rocks for is also good. Sai, Master Thopterist and Mirrodin Besieged are three drops that any artifact you cast after creates an artifact creature token.

If you're wanting to attack with a large Faerie/Thopter army then Bident of Thassa and Cranial Plating are cards that you want. Bident can be busted repeatable draw with attacking flying creatures. Cranial is good to equip to Alela since she has flying and the damage she does to a player is Commander damage. Throne of the God-Pharaoh is a deceptively powerful two drop artifact with Faeries. The life loss this can do will add up fast since it's repeatable at your end step making all your opponents lose life not just one.

Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on Scarab God Reanimator and Mill

4 months ago

Hey, well done making this deck with the budget that you have.

Budget cards to consider adding:

• Undead Augur : great Zombie tribal card.
• Zombie Master : makes all your Zombies unblockable with Urborg.
• Skullclamp : busted draw with Gravecrawler.
• Sunken Hollow
• Fetid Pools
• Tainted Isle : Torment(TOR) version is $2.50.
• Choked Estuary
• Wonder : give all Zombies and Scarab flying, works well with Island Swamp dual lands.
• Death Baron : deathtouch for Zombies is powerful.
• Lord of the Accursed : another Zombie lord.
• Carrion Feeder : one drop Zombie sac outlet.
• Dreadhorde Invasion : repeatable source of Zombie.
• Windfall : wheel, draw and great way to get Zombies into your graveyard for Scarab.
• Tomebound Lich
• Victimize

Can add all these card for about $26.

Cards to consider cutting:

• Jwar Isle Refuge
• Terminal Moraine
• Worn Powerstone
• Wight of Precinct Six
• Phyrexian Ghoul
• Skinrender
• Ancient Craving
• Aether Gale
• Ancient Excavation
• Sedraxis Alchemist
• Drunau Corpse Trawler
• Noosegraf Mob
• Army of the Damned

Good luck with your deck.

DemMeowsephs on It was Zur idea

4 months ago

Nice deck name, it's pretty funny. I would suggest some other lands, preferably some of the following: Hallowed Fountain , Irrigated Farmland , Seachrome Coast , Flooded Strand , Mystic Gate , Fetid Pools , Darkslick Shores , Choked Estuary , Sunken Hollow , Polluted Delta , Sunken Ruins , Godless Shrine , Isolated Chapel , Silent Clearing , Fetid Heath , and Marsh Flats . If you find any of these suggestions helpful, I would appreciate it if you upvote my deck: A Deal with the Devil! But nonetheless, nice deck, hope this helps, and have a nice day.

DemMeowsephs on Deadly Forms

4 months ago

I would recommend adding the following lands: Polluted Delta , Watery Grave , Drowned Catacomb , Prismatic Vista , Choked Estuary , Darkslick Shores , and Sunken Hollow . Otherwise, nice deck! If you end up using any of these suggestions I would appreciate if you upvote my deck: A Deal With the Devil EDH. Good luck on your deck, hope this helps, and have a nice day!

DemMeowsephs on The Mishra Corporation

4 months ago

Nice Deck, Mishra is a cool commander! The only suggestion I have regards the lands. Lands are my favorite part of magic as weird as that seems, so I am very specific about them. If I were you I would consider the following types of lands: Fast Lands, Reveal Lands, Filter lands, Shock Lands, Battle Lands, Check Lands, and Fetch lands: These types include but are not limited to the following cards: Darkslick Shores , Choked Estuary , Sunken Hollow , Polluted Delta , Sunken Ruins , Blood Crypt , Dragonskull Summit , Bloodstained Mire , Blackcleave Cliffs , Foreboding Ruins , Smoldering Marsh , Graven Cairns , Steam Vents , Sulfur Falls , Spirebluff Canal , Fiery Islet , Cascade Bluffs , and Scalding Tarn . If you end up finding any of these lands helpful, I would appreciate if you upvote and support my commander deck: A Deal with the Devil! Thanks, good luck on your deck, and hope these cards help!