Crackdown

Enchantment

Nonwhite creatures with power 3 or greater don't untap during their controllers' untap steps.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Last_Laugh on Aurelia, the Warleader

1 month ago

Not a bad start but there are a few easy upgrades to be made. Boros Signet, Talisman of Conviction, and Arcane Signet replace Keystone and Fire/Marble diamonds. Sol Ring is a low hanging fruit, but assuming it's not included on purpose, it needs a spot.

I love the inclusion of Crackdown, but there's a few cards like Jaya Ballard, Hoard-Smelter Dragon, and Inferno Titan that won't untap. I'd suggest finding replacements that include white or are small enough to untap still. The Unicorn suggested above and Reconnaissance are good includes as well (recon allows you to untap after damage is dealt for pseudo vigilance... ignore that 20+ year old reminder text).

DreadKhan on Need help ruining a combo players day

2 months ago

Thorn of Amethyst, Glowrider, Sphere of Resistance, Vryn Wingmare, and Eidolon of Rhetoric all exist, but I'm guessing they didn't make the cut?

Retribution of the Meek might be a reasonable wipe with so many smaller creatures, ditto Elspeth, Sun's Champion. If a wipe is one sided it's not just resetting the board, not sure how many of these you're willing to run. Elspeth makes a small army, much better at blocking than the Samurai from Wanderer fwiw, but Wanderer is really strong too. Smothering Tithe is great with Stasis out, Brago, King Eternal might be fun too. If people are running obnoxious stuff, you could run Enlightened Tutor to find your Stasis/Tithe cards as needed, Muddle the Mixture can find both Stasis or Brave the Sands, while also being a counterspell. If you like Stasis, you could also try Static Orb, Meekstone, Crackdown or even Winter Orb/Rising Waters, not sure how hostile you want to be but Stasis is harsher than these. How often do you cast Approach of the Second Sun in here? I ask because there are a lot of tax effects, but if it's not trouble have you thought about running some tutors to find it? The best ones I can think of are Mystical Tutor, Personal Tutor, and Solve the Equation, they can also find other cards as needed, handy if you need removal, a wipe or a counter.

As for alternatives that can do similar things, you might look at either Zur the Enchanter or Hinata, Dawn-Crowned as alternatives that offer more offensive punch while still offering a solid route to shutting the table down. Zur can dig out enchantments like Rule of Law, Stasis (and Black Market Connections) and various ways to fairly quickly win the game, all while being able to hold up lots of mana for interaction, be it counters or removal. Hinata is another tax effect, but you get access to Red as well, and Red has some interesting additions to the Stax department, you'd definitely want Grand Arbiter in your Hinata deck, and you'd run most of the same cards, but you also have the option of running a bunch of cards that care about Hinata's discount, Hinata makes interaction better, especially if it has multiple targets, the annoying thing for both is that they're much harder to cast than Grand Arbiter, so you'd have to raise your budget to have the same consistency. The big problem with Zur is protecting him. If there are literally specific players you know are a problem you can run either Baral, Chief of Compliance or Talrand, Sky Summoner, Baral is better at playing 'Counter Everything' but Talrand can be just offensively good vs a specific player since he also is generating evasive bodies while interacting with that player's win attempts. The nice thing about he mono-Blue approach is you can just brutalize a player or two while letting the others play a smaller (but more normal) game.

Oh, if those players run specific colours (and nobody else likes them as much) there are old school colour hosers, cards like Karma can make life extremely hard. They exist for all colours, and they were so staggeringly unpopular that the developer stopped printing cards like it.

mlequesne on Power ≤ 2 Tribal

2 months ago

I love your deck, the idea is great. In my opinion you lack some control, so I would suggest some one sided board wipes like Retribution of the Meek and the new The Battle of Bywater. There are other options like Crackdown, Elspeth, Sun's Champion or Dusk / Dawn

see you friend :)

DreadKhan on Trying to maximize the power …

3 months ago

Have you ever thought about Witch's Clinic or Devoted Caretaker? Not quite sure what constitutes an '8', but Crackdown is pretty neat in mono-White, few people run big White creatures, it's probably a better defense than Ghostly Prison or Norn's Annex, but it might paint a target on your back. I think at a power level of 8 you can run something like Drannith Magistrate, that might be worth a look.

Wipes are very important as your power level goes up, people's decks get 'out of hand' both quicker and to a greater extreme, even 'fair' decks might have a much scarier board than you. Even in cEDH I hear about people using wipes these days, Promise of Loyalty is one I like, this will clear out even wide boards and force people to go after each other. The Eternal Wanderer is also interesting, but she is 6 mana for a pretty fun wipe in Voltron decks. There is also Single Combat, I suppose if you keep your Commander who cares if you can't summon any new creatures?

If your power level is reasonably high you can almost count on someone drawing quite a few more cards than you, maybe Wedding Ring would be worth it?

Azoth2099 on Sen Triplets - Esper Control (Seeking Help)

3 months ago

Iraeus

Oh man, other Stax pieces like Mana Maze, Crackdown & Ensnaring Bridge could also be great here! As could Control Magic effects lol. Can't lose to your bud's Commander if it's under your control!

carpecanum on Fast Bnuy

4 months ago

Your creatures are low power so maybe Meekstone, Citywide Bust or Fell the Mighty. Crackdown maybe.

Black Vise if your opponents start getting big hands.

Illusionist's Gambit and Reins of Power can make aggro decks take each other out instead of you.

Last_Laugh on Mangara, Diplomat of Control 2

6 months ago

Crackdown deserves a spot.

smack80 on Just tap it in, just give it a lil tap

1 year ago

Where is your Tangle Wire?

I would go hard on Crackdown: keep them tapped.

Frost Titan and Sleep come to mind.

Elspeth, Sun's Champion is great fuel for Opposition, as is Adeline, Resplendent Cathar