Courser of Kruphix

Enchantment Creature — Centaur

Play with the top card of your library revealed.

You may play the top card of your library if it's a land card.

Landfall — Whenever a land enters the battlefield under your control, you gain 1 life.

Combos

• Courser of Kruphix + Dryad of the Ilysian Grove

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
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
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM! (Primer + SB Guide)

11 months ago

So as of right now, I am going to be doing these swaps with current spoilers:


Maindeck
+1 Disciple of Freyalise  ^Flip
+1 Urza's Cave
+1 Bojuka Bog
+1 Spelunking

-1 Courser of Kruphix
-1 Explore
-1 Golgari Rot Farm
-1 Arboreal Grazer


Sideboard
+1 Six
+1 Shifting Woodland

-1 Colossal Skyturtle
-1 Khalni Garden


I also really like the idea of having access to Vexing Bauble, so I will probably be trying to make room for that as well, at least to test out.

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM! (Primer + SB Guide)

1 year ago

So as of right now, I am going to be doing these swaps with current spoilers:


Maindeck
+1 Disciple of Freyalise
+1 Urza's Cave
+1 Bojuka Bog
+1 Spelunking

-1 Courser of Kruphix
-2 Explore
-1 Arboreal Grazer


Sideboard
+1 Six
+1 Vexing Bauble

-1 Colossal Skyturtle
-1 Khalni Garden

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM! (Primer + SB Guide)

1 year ago

So Six (MH3) is definitely going in to replace Courser of Kruphix once it is legal provided that is a legitimate spoiler.

fuster on Mana flooding is a good thing?!?!?!

1 year ago

Profet93 I find your analysis of Courser of Kruphix interesting though. You rank them as a tie in your mind, while I think the extra land drop alone makes me prefer Dryad of the Ilysian Grove a lot more and it's not even close for me. I'm pretty curious why you weigh Courser's effects the same as Dryad's.

Profet93 on Mana flooding is a good thing?!?!?!

1 year ago

fuster +1 It's hard to provide meaningful suggestions to a deck so tuned but I'll do my best.

Lands

Yavimaya Hollow - Protection

Maybe Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth - Or do you not need colorfixing/helping opponents?

Castle Garenbrig - Ramp, or is it considered a tap land?

Castle Vantress - Scry, or is it considered a tap land?

Deserted Temple - Untap cradle

Swap half your basic for snow-covered to more easily trigger field of the dead

Non-Lands

Maybe Abundance - Synergy with sylvan library and a decent filter.

Snapcaster Mage - Recursion

Maybe Splendid Reclamation - Although you might not have enough land saccing to justify it's cost/too narrow. Works well with scapeshift and all your fetchlands.

Finale of Devastation - Tutor/alt wincon, especially with avenger and cradle.

Horn of Greed - Or is it too symmetrical?

Tireless Tracker - Or is it too slow/not needed given you draw enough?

Courser of Kruphix > Dryad of the Ilysian Grove ? - Can you explain your thought process behind Dryad > Courser? On the one hand, dryad doesn't reveal your draws, provides an additional land drop and is slightly easier to cast. I don't see any significant benefit to it's other ability. On the other hand, Courser gains you additional life (while not needed), is harder to cast but allows you to cast from the top of your library. It does reveal your cards so perhaps that's the reason? I just assume when I'm against the blue player they always have a counterspell. Been thinking of swapping out Dryad for Courser in my azusa list.

Azoth2099 on Anikthea, Hand of Erebos is Graverobbing

1 year ago

zacktheprogamer

OK here we go lol

Creature cuts: Archon of Sun's Grace, Composer of Spring, Courser of Kruphix, Doomwake Giant, Dryad of the Ilysian Grove, Nessian Wanderer, Nyx Weaver

Artifact cuts: Mesmeric Orb, Whip of Erebos

Enchantment cuts: Battle for Bretagard, Boon of the Spirit Realm, Cast Out, Exploration, Familiar Ground

Sorcery cuts: Extinguish All Hope, Kodama's Reach, Rampant Growth, Skyshroud Claim

Instant cuts: None! Add things like Veil of Summer & Silence, though

I'd recommend that you replace all of those lands ramp spells that cost more than 2 with more mana rocks instead! Your guild signets (Selesnya Signet, Orzhov Signet & Golgari Signet) & talismans (Talisman of Hierarchy, Talisman of Resilience & Talisman of Unity) are all better options since this isn't a Landfall deck.

PrismMTG on The Island Awakened [[Primer]]

1 year ago

@unstable_anomaly

Courser of Kruphix is definitely a card I have considered, but I'm just not quite sure what I would cut for it, as I feel that Oracle of Mul Daya gives better value and I'm not sure if I want a second reveal effect.

Coat of Arms makes sense due to how many Elementals you make, but I play in a pod full of tribal decks, Krenko, Sigarda humans, etc.

I'm personally not really a fan of mana sink cards, so while Genesis Wave is undoubtably a good card, the only slot I would give it would be Awaken the Woods, and Awaken the Woods is better imho.

unstable_anomaly on The Island Awakened [[Primer]]

1 year ago

Very well thought out deck and well written primer. +1

I have a Dina lands deck that plays somewhat similar.

Wanted to recommend a few things but after reading through the comments it looks like you've tried most of them. But here's a few I didn't see...

Courser of Kruphix / Genesis Wave / Coat of Arms

Looks like you cut World Shaper at one point?

Realistically I think Genesis Wave deserves a spot more than anything.