Claws of Valakut

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +1/+0 for each Mountain you control and has first strike.

Legality

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

Discussion (26)

zelous666 on Blazing Rush

2 months ago

Those are great suggestions. I'll try out the Excalibur, Sword of Eden and Claws of Valakut for buffs for now and see how they do. I really like Sundering Eruption  ^Flip for that non-flying creatures can't block bit, but i also love that sweet sweet rare hand where i get to roll out a land + Sol Ring + Arcane Signet first turn. Every one of my decks has those two cards in it. So i replaced a mountain instead. I'll play some games and see if I want to go with Blackblade Reforged instead of the sword because I'm not entirely sure if this deck will reliably get the cost of it down far enough, but dang if it ends up being reliable that is one hell of a buff. Thanks.

Optimator on Blazing Rush

2 months ago

Very fun! Simple and clean.

Excalibur, Sword of Eden and Blackblade Reforged are worth noting for having some of the biggest power boosts available. I know you won't get the hugest discount on Excalibur with your current build, but you have some legends and some artifacts; should be fine.

Claws of Valakut and Granite Grip would be worth noting too.

Having some cheap flyers like Loyal Apprentice could make swinging in more reliable.

You may be better served by switching Arcane Signet out for an MDFC like Sundering Eruption  ^Flip or Shatterskull Smashing  ^Flip. Your commander is 3 mana so Arcane Signet doesn't get her out early, and your curve is low enough that getting threats or buffs out on turn 2 would advance your board state more. If you have three lands and Signet and miss a land drop, it is the same on turn 4 as having 4 lands but more resistant to removal.

NTakamura on Help refining aura voltron in …

4 years ago

I added some stronger aura and got rid of Blanchwood Armor and Claws of Valakut. You bring up a good point on these.

bushido_man96 on Help refining aura voltron in …

4 years ago

This seems to be more suited as a value based commander than a Voltron commander. It doesn't have a natural form of evasion, like trample or flying or anything like that. If you really want to go Voltron, you need to look into getting evasion on him, most likely in the form of trample. You've got some good choices in here, like Rancor, for example. A sneaky good evasion card you could run is Dauthi Embrace. I would not avoid equipment, and consider adding Trailblazer's Boots to the mix, as well.

Honestly, there's so much good equipment out there, like Fireshrieker, Sword of the Animist, Lizard Blades, just to name a few, and I'm trying to keep it budget. If you don't have a budget, you can go nuts with high-priced equipment.

I don't really like Blanchwood Armor and Claws of Valakut in here, because you are in three colors and therefore can't really focus on one of these, and you are running a lot of nonbasic lands, making it harder for them to really run up the power for you. I'd like Blanchwood Armor better if you were running Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth. There are some really high CMC auras you could run that would buff him up more, like Colossification and Epic Proportions.

I think you should look into some land recursion, too. Cards like The Mending of Dominaria and Splendid Reclamation.

nathanielhebert on The Lavakin Brawlers — Elemental Tribal

5 years ago

Saccox: Thanks for the suggestions — very interesting!

The "core" of the group Lavakin Brawler / Earth Servant / Claws of Valakut , came from an old casual deck I built from my collection, and I've since been auditioning better elementals to help bolster the original troop.

I'd been leaning on Brighthearth Banneret for ramp, and initially, I had Soulbright Flamekin to provide trample, and thought his ability could produce infinite mana, but it didn't work in practise. The Runaway Steam-Kin seems like it could combo-out a string of mana in the way I was hoping Soulbright might.

I had overlooked Smokebraider too, thinking of her more for mana-fixing, but might have to try her out as well. Coal Stoker looks promising too — with a Brighthearth Banneret in play, he's essentially a "free cast", and I'm always looking to fill up the board to help out the Lavakin Brawler 's fists!

PunkJkr3 on Kediss//Rograkh

5 years ago

I would Trade of Claws of Valakut for a cheaper enchantment as Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh comes with first strike. Maybe Furor of the Bitten or Volcanic Strength . But, I love the deck and been working on one for me too. Us little guys got to stick together

BRAZATO on Last God's last stand

5 years ago

Awesome! Back in Amonkhet I built a EDH Hazoret the Fervent deck, and very similar to yours (without many new cards that didn't existed yet, like Torbran, for example). So difficult to play, so fun at the same time... and sometimes you just wan thanks to your enemies confused treath assesment hahahaha! Nowadays it's dismantled, but man seeing your list and remembering makes me the desire to recover it.

Nice idea with Claws of Valakut and Ferocity of the Wilds , I didn't use them back in the days.

king-saproling on All That Remain

6 years ago

Blades of Velis Vel could be a fun trick for stealing two creatures permanently. Just cast it before Varchild flickers or dies.

These might interest you as well: Angel's Trumpet, Tome of Legends, Bonders' Enclave, Castle Embereth, Arch of Orazca, Throne of the High City, Dingus Staff, Shivan Harvest, Assault Suit, Gauntlet of Power, Fiendish Duo, Claws of Valakut, Curse of Opulence, Mob Mentality, Bravado