Congregation at Dawn

Instant

Search your library for up to three creature cards and reveal them. Shuffle your library, then put those cards on top of it in any order.

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
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

lhetrick13 on Gishath Spared No Expense!!!

1 month ago

Mortlocke - "Interesting philosphy regarding your commander getting combat damage - instead of trying to sneak by, you just hit them harder." Yes, that summarizes my play style very well, lol. I am not to much for gimmicks or shenanigans...I just love a good ol' beatdown!

In terms of card draw/tutoring, ya, the Naya colors are not great at it and I could definitely add in things like Trouble in PairsGC to get more draw or Smothering TitheGC for arguable some of the best ramp out there, but nominally, I am not playing to much from my hand once I get Gishath out as she is tutoring creatures for me. The deck is kinda centered around having 50+ either lands, ramp, or cards I deem an accelerate like Hunting Velociraptor so pretty much every other card in the deck helps get Gishath out fast. From that point on, it is more focused on protection of my boardstate. I am running Forerunner of the Empire, Savage Order, and Congregation at Dawn for creature tutors. So they are in there but jsut not some of the classic ones you would expect. I like the flexability those provide over Worldly Tutor. Finale of Devastation is a beast of a card but since I am not running Ghalta, Primal Hunger, the card kinda loses some of its flair with this decklist. Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip I actually dropped for Welcome to ...  ^Flip! Very similar cards and I just like the Jurassic Park cards soooo much. Hard not to add those in!

I am working on the Gaea's CradleGC! Hard to justify dropping pretty much 6 months of my monthly MTG budget on a single card but hoping some of my side hustles this summer will let me pick that up. It is not phenominal in this deck like it would be in something like Chatterfang, but it would still be more effective than some of the other lands/cards I have in the decklist!

Thanks for all the thoughts you are posting, I do greatly appreciate the questions and recommendations! It has been about 5 months since I played this deck so I need to sit down and take a look at it again and ask some of the hard questions about why I included some things and why I dropped others.

Lordeh on Dinosaurs go Rawr!

1 year ago

Afraid I already have Mirari's Wake and looking to source a Congregation at Dawn, it is already in my maybeboard. Afraid the GF has already claimed it!

that_dude33 on Dinosaurs go Rawr!

1 year ago

More mana rocks, Mirari's Wake, Congregation at Dawn

Ps if this is a gift for a friend? Can I be your friend?

Grends27 on Dinosaurs go Rawr!

1 year ago

Lordeh even better - play Congregation at Dawn after blockers are assigned and place all 3 on top of your deck so that Gishath cheats them all out when damage is calculated

kouzios on

1 year ago

Going to list a bunch of cards you probably don't want in your deck for fun

Shalai, Voice of Plenty, decent protection and mana sink

Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea, you only have like 3-4 hits for the untap so meh

Akroma's Will killer card, and it's instant speed

The Weatherseed Treaty is... cute? one less land than kodama's reach, but it then makes a token, then it gives a creature like +2/+2... Ok not amazing, but it does give trample too?

Congregation at Dawn cute tutor

Angel of Grace is a lot of mana to hold up when your opponent will likely just combo for an alt win con but it's also based

Rosie Cotton of South Lane doesn't do a ton for you but it's cute. And it combos with Herd Baloth or Scurry Oak if you're into that.

Farmer Cotton not flash unfortunately, but it is an X token creator and it makes food too which is cute?

The Battle of Bywater is also cute, although you don't care about food, and your alternatives give you other benefit like having a side castable in the graveyard

Broodhatch Nantuko cute blocker, otherwise trash. Same with similar card Druid's Call

Mosswort Bridge feels decent when you know for sure your commander has that 10 power condition satisfied.

Traverse the Outlands based card, can be sad when your big creature is removed in response, but it's based so...

Strionic Resonator is honestly decent, you have a decent number of triggered abilities. I guess Lithoform Engine is also valid there

Jett2112 on Dino Town

2 years ago

Not much of a comment but here's some stuff to consider based on edhrec and my dragons deck. Once we playtest this a bit I'll have more for ya. Ancient Tomb Atzocan Seer Boseiju, Who Endures Chaos Warp Commune with Dinosaurs Congregation at Dawn Finale of Devastation Goring Ceratops Kodama's Reach Marauding Raptor Pyrohemia Ranging Raptors Return of the Wildspeaker Rhythm of the Wild Shadow in the Warp Temple of the False God The World Tree Trapjaw Tyrant Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth Elvish Mystic Fyndhorn Elves Llanowar Elves Realmwalker Selvala, Heart of the Wilds Shaman of Forgotten Ways Avacyn's Pilgrim

SoulSkullker on Atla Palani, Nest Tender - (Egg cheats)

2 years ago

LandoLRodriguez Thank you for the feedback!!! Congregation at Dawn is a card that I planned on adding to the deck, but it got lost along the way to making it what it is now. I tried my best to build the deck over time to afford to add more expensive cards like the Eldrazi and add what cards I thought would go well from what I've learned into the deck. Funny enough, I recognized your deck name and had taken inspiration from it and a few others during the early stages of my deck's life because I still wasn't sure what would fit well in it yet. Wheel of Sun and Moon is a card that I found out about a few days before I had ordered the deck IRL and it had given me a lot of aid in over-the-table matches and matches I play on Tabletop sim and in a few cases allowed me to go infinite. I plan on returning to the deck and tinkering with it as time goes on, but for now, I've moved on to another project, but the more feedback I get here the better because I am still relatively new to the deck-building process. This being said, thank you for the comment and I will definitely return to your deck and see what I might try to learn/add from it to my own. As for the tutor and Seedborn muse, those will definitely be finding a spot in the deck when the time comes. (PS: Sorry for the lack of card links/deck links, still trying to get adjusted to the UI)

LandoLRodriguez on Atla Palani, Nest Tender - (Egg cheats)

2 years ago

I made an Atla Palani, Nest Tender deck recently myself! Mine includes a sort of enrage subtheme where I try to both poke my dinosaurs and kill my eggs with damage at the same time, whereas what you have here is a lot more creatures and more straightforward sac outlets like Ashnod's Altar and several of your enchantments.

Something that I think every Atla deck needs is Seedborn Muse. Even if having it only means Atla gets to make an egg during each players' turn it's worth it, but it does so much more than that. It essentially gives all your creatures vigilance and means you have all your mana open every turn to use activated abilities (I'm looking at you, Zacama). I would also strongly recommend both Worldly Tutor and Congregation at Dawn. Getting to go pick exactly which creature or creatures you want for an egg trigger is a wonderful thing to be able to do.

Something I've found playing Atla is that is it entirely possible to get too many creatures out too fast (especially with Seedborn Muse). I've had games where I get nearly all of my scariest creatures out at once, only for a board wipe to leave me suddenly way behind and out of gas in my deck. I wonder if trying the Maskwood Nexus approach and getting triggers from every creature puts you in even more danger of doing this. While playing that way means a board wipe with Atla out means it would just refill your board even though she dies, if someone picks her off first then you get nothing. You would probably be alight given the sheer volume of creatures you're running, and I love Wheel of Sun and Moon as a solution to that problem. I hadn't come across that and saw it here and I'm definitely gonna try to find a slot for it. So thanks for that!

Feel free to check out my list Atla's Angry Omelettes, you may find something there you might like as well!