Chord of Calling

Instant

Convoke (You may tap your creatures as you cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's colour.)

Search your library for a creature card with converted mana cost/mana value X or less and put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle.

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
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

hyalopterouslemur on Which Mono-Color is the Most …

3 weeks ago

{U} has the best card draw, and as a consequence of early Magic's design philosophy (Basically, every color could do anything but some colors would suck at it; the exception is blue, which could even be demonstrably better at it than the color that's supposed to be best at that thing, e.g. Prodigal Sorcerer existing.) you can find a good card to do just about anything you want.

{G} has all the mana accel. People are surprised by mana dorks being so powerful, but do you doubt Bloom Tender or Devoted Druid or Kami of Whispered Hopes? In addition, green card draw can sometimes be even better than blue; I've drawn ten cards (and gained 12 life) off Shamanic Revelation before. (Which, I suppose I could do with Distant Melody, minus the lifegain.) Green also has the best recursion, and, yeah, green can tutor creatures; Birthing Pod, Chord of Calling and Green Sun's Zenith all exist.

{B} is next. It has the best tutors, including the only universal tutors in the game. (Yes, I know about Prototype Portal. Does anyone use Prototype Portal?) It has some good boardwipes, unlike green and blue. (Just put a Sword of Light and Shadow on one of your creatures and then activate Pestilence over and over.) While black's card draw leaves something to be desired—I still play Phyrexian Arena in Stax decks and practically nowhere else—the ability of black to pay life in exchange for things is at double strength in a 40-life format.

{W} is fourth. Basically, the only thing white has going for it is boardwipes, though experimenting with white card draw is nice; just remember, "once per turn" applies to your turns as well.

{R} is, to be candid, red doesn't really impress me at all. It has some boardwipes. some spot removal, but even when I'm playing multiple colors, it feels like I'm including red only because my Commander is red, and I want to justify having enough mountains to reliably cast from command zone.

plakjekaas on Thinking about how we evaluate …

1 month ago

You can't Chord of Calling or Green Sun's Zenith for a Regrowth. Most green decks are built to leverage The Great Henge more than, say, Whirlwind of Thought. That's why Eternal Witness has become massively more popular in EDH than Regrowth ever could. You can Ephemerate, Reanimate, Heat Shimmer or Clone your Eternal Witness, while Regrowth has a lot less ubiquitous synergy pieces.

Weirdly enough, Snapcaster Mage never became as popular, even though the utility is very similar; a 2/1 human creature that grabs something from your graveyard to reuse. I think if Snapcaster were more popular, Regrowth would be as well.

doc_frank_18 on Aluminum Alloy

3 months ago

Take out Walking Ballista for Patrick's Fabricate...... take out Darksteel Juggernaut for Chord of Calling.... take out Hangarback Walker and put in Endless Atlas..... simplify your lands.....15 forests, 15 islands, command tower, war room, two fetch, two shocks....something like that.

SaberTech on Raggadragga, Goreguts Boss 7 or …

7 months ago

You don't really have many good options for 7+ mana instants in Red or Green. Maybe Kindred Summons if you are running a bunch of elves or Desecrate Reality if you are really wanting an instant spell with a high mana value but there wasn't much else showing up that caught my eye. You are probably better off running some instant speed X cost spells like Comet Storm, Electrodominance, or Chord of Calling instead.

If you run Chord of Calling I think that you have to use actual mana to cast it if you want to trigger Raggadragga though. I don't think it will trigger if you choose for X to be 4 or more mana and then make use of convoke to cast the spell.

DemonDragonJ on Life Springs Eternal

7 months ago

I have replaced Thought Vessel, Decanter of Endless Water, Chromatic Lantern, and Shared Summons with Steward of Valeron, Faeburrow Elder, Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, and Elder Gargaroth, because this deck has a strong emphasis on creatures, and, while it is unfortunate to have one less tutor effect in this deck, I am certain that the newer cards will better suit this deck's theme, and this deck does still contain a tutor in the form of Chord of Calling, as that card is too awesome to remove from this deck.

Kjacobson6800 on Mo' Counters, Mo' Mana, Mo' Monsters! *Help

10 months ago

Looks like a fun budget build, I like what Belfore has to say. That being said, Greens original lifeblood is mana production. I would focus on that a bit more. Cards like Llanowar Elves Elvish Mystic Arbor Elf Wood Elves etc. Assuming you can make Rishkar huge with counters, Rogue's Passage may come in handy for lethal swings with Commander damage. I also really like Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip these days. More proliferate and doubling could really make this thing go off. Maybe take a look at what cards you're willing to squeeze in /spend money on that can double your counters. Chord of Calling is affordable and may be a nice addition. Id definitely grab a Genesis Hydra.... Seems like it would fit the flavor.

Sliverguy420 on Godsiren

11 months ago

since nothing costs more than 3, you could cut some or all of the mana ramp for removal. Chord of Calling could be swapped for Green Sun's Zenith so long as your white/red creatures are also green.

kamarupa on Godsiren

11 months ago

I like it, but I think you're leaning a little too much on ramp and don't have any interaction spells. I suspect it can be more consistent and competitive with a few more lands and some protection and removal spells in the mainboard.

-4xElvish Mystic, +4 Lands (1xHall of Heliod's Generosity)

-3xChord of Calling, +2xHeroic Intervention, +1xWinds of Abandon

-2xLlanowar Elves, +2xPath to Exile