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Cradle to Grave
Instant
Destroy target nonblack creature that came into play this turn.
legendofa on What is Your Opinion of …
3 years ago
My thoughts on every independent color's counterspell potential:
can unconditionally counter anything.
taxes and delays all types of spells. At higher rarities, I can see something like "Counter target enchantment spell. Its controller creates a 1/1 Soldier token." or something, but that would be very occasional.
can maybe counter creatures or be prevented by a payment. I'm looking at cards like Cradle to Grave, Dash Hopes, and Force of Despair as variations of this, but Planar Chaos shouldn't really be a precedent for anything and two of those aren't really counterspells.
explicitly shouldn't counter its own stuff, it should be more like a randomizing effect, and it should only appear at higher rarities. If Tibalt's Trickery said "Counter target spell an opponent controls." it would work. This isn't just to cut down on combo abuse, but doesn't really have that kind of subtle, what-are-you-planning approach that would lead to knowingly setting something up to fail. Red self-sabotages haphazardly, not deliberately.
counters and spells that target its creatures. Specifically. That's all it should get, and even that could be pared down.
abby315 on
“The Year 2020” (COVID-19 THEMED)
5 years ago
The "Mask" relics got me, lol
Though Cradle to Grave is a extremely dark @_@
Crazyjala on
The Scarab God's Mental attack
7 years ago
AsphyxiateCradle to GraveDark BanishingDevour in ShadowEssence VortexHero's DemiseTerror
SteelSentry on Strictly better list
7 years ago
I'm not sure this is feasable. Doom Blade, for example, is better than Hand of Death, Cradle to Grave, Dark Banishing, Terror, etc.
entheogeneral on
GhoulCaller Gisa (First EDH Deck)
8 years ago
I agree with most of the above suggestions but I also want to add to your removal.Doom Blade and Cradle to Grave are awful in EDH, try something fun like Dismember, Hero's Downfall, and maybe even a Tragic Slip to fight Eldrazi. It's up to you but I personally would run different removal, if that's all you have then that's fine but still. And welcome to the best format of all time!
Nintendows on
life is Forfeit
8 years ago
19 creatures in an athreos deck isn't going to use your commander much. You also don't have many other permanents that can provide devotion if you want to get on the beat down plan.
Some things have just too little impact, I think. I'd suggest cutting these to make room for more creatures and permanents:
- Guardians' Pledge, Grotesque Mutation, Spidersilk Net, Angelic Benediction, Divine Favor, Marked by Honor, and Show of Valor and narrow pump effects. Rarely do they make a difference in EDH.
- Executioner's Swing, Cradle to Grave, Smite the Monstrous, Pharika's Cure, and Essence Extraction are all narrow removal that costs a lot of mana.
- Alms of the Vein in a format where your opponents have 40 life, 3 life once is almost nothing.
- Chaplain's Blessing You gaining 5 life isn't going to make much of a difference when people are swining at you for 20+ damage in a single turn.
- Purge the Profane and Mind Rot is too targeted (and you have two of them)
There are more, but this is a good start. Got any other creatures in your collection? Throw them in!
JerichoDarkstar on
Immediately (2nd deck)
8 years ago
Hey Goldleaf166!
So, your deck is tagged as Standard, but a lot of cards you have are not in that format.
If you are wanting this deck to be in Standard, you'd have to take out those cards. If you are wanting this deck to just be a casual, "play with friends" deck, you'll need to change the tag.
Either way, I'd love to give you suggestions, but I need to know which format you're shooting for before I can.
orzhov_is_relatively_okay819 on
Untap untill you die.
8 years ago
Just a question:
Why are you running Cradle to Grave instead of Doom Blade?