Culling the Weak

Instant

As an additional cost to play Culling the Weak, sacrifice a creature.

Gain {B}{B}{B}{B}.

Combos

• Culling the Weak + Unearth

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
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (44)

Azoth2099 on Disa the restless [high power]

1 week ago

Nice base! But if you want to consistently get a 3-pip 5-drop commander on the board in a reasonable time frame, you're going to need more rocks for sure. Arcane Signet, Fellwar Stone, and your guild Talismans like Talisman of Indulgence will go a long way here. I'd also recommend more rituals like Dark Ritual, Culling the Weak, Burnt Offering & Sacrifice. Tons of value!

Veethevvitch on The apocalypse (Sheoldred)

1 month ago

ShadowMasterNL Thank you for your comment, but I have more questions if you don't mind.

Do you always run 33 to 35 lands on top of all the rituals like : Dark Ritual+ Culling the Weak, dorks like: Crypt Ghast and rocks for extra mana ?

Because I was aiming to add more for fast mana in this case considering my avg cmc is around 2.84 so I wanted to play as much as possible as fast as possible to gain the edge and get ahead of the curve.

Should I consider removing some rocks and add more lands ? Or do you have any suggestions for cuts ?

I am a bit stuck at the moment with what to remove and still keep the deck balanced, asking for a friend lmao. XD

GorramScoundrel on Fuel Injected Suicide Machine

1 month ago

@capwnr Thank you I appreciate it! I can get away with a high curve because everything super expensive I want to throw away and cheat out on turn 4 (or 3 if I’m lucky). But it does really suck when I have Portal to Phyrexia sitting in my hand with no way to discard. Pentad Prism is a good idea, but I absolutely love Culling the Weak, so much synergy!

capwner on Fuel Injected Suicide Machine

1 month ago

Woah, another Oathbreaker player on T/O? Concept is cool, I haven't seen this Daretti built in OB yet. The curve seems a liiiittle high for the format, depending on how competitive your playgroup is anyway, it's definitely a turn 4-ish format at the competitive end. Maybe something like Pentad Prism can help ramp out a 4 drop and then act as sac fodder? Maybe also Culling the Weak?? I was gonna rec Blightsteel but then realized the shuffle effect totally counteracts your strategy lol. Cool list, and even cooler name. +1

Foster_I_Am on Necronomicon | Teysa Karlov | Primer

4 months ago

Hey Masterful - Hope all is well! Wanted to check-in to see how your play testing is going.

Additionally, ever think of running Culling the Weak? Seems like a great card to get some instant ramp.

Would love to hear your thoughts on some of the newer cards and any cuts you made. Cheers!

SufferFromEDHD on Suicide

5 months ago

Frightcrawler solid forgotten common.

Skittering Skirge is Wretched Anurid crossed with Delver of Secrets  ^Flip

Culling the Weak on theme ramp.

Demonic Appetite on theme pump.

capwner on Dream Nauseam ($50⁰ ɕƐðɧ)

6 months ago

Very cool budget list. One thing that I find handy in Dreams combo lists is to include a Lightning Greaves and a Walking Atlas so that you can drop the Chasm the same turn you cast Ad Naus and use your land drop so you can go off a turn earlier. This is easy when you have access to a ton of mana but the budget aspect holds you back here of course. Including one $10 card such as Culling the Weak, or maybe $6 Rain of Filth could help enable this without TOO much extra cost!

Azoth2099 on Sauron, The Dark Lord Commander Deck

6 months ago

Hey dude! So I've tested Sauron quite a bit, let me give you some free game.

The most critical thing about running a 6-drop commander is...having an absolutely absurd amount of mana in the deck, if you can believe that.

I would recommend running 10+ mana rocks alongside a handful of rituals, enough to drop Sauron T3 or T4 consistently. Here's a nice list:

Rocks: Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Fellwar Stone, Thran Dynamo, Basalt Monolith, Talisman of Dominance, Talisman of Creativity, Talisman of Indulgence, Dimir Signet, Izzet Signet, Rakdos Signet & Chromatic Lantern.

Rituals: Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, Culling the Weak, Burnt Offering, Sacrifice, Rite of Flame, Desperate Ritual, Pyretic Ritual & Seething Song.

If you incorporate a good amount of mana generation, you can cut down to 30 lands and be waaay more consistent. And then once you power him out you can slap stuff like Conqueror's Flail on him and smack everybody around like a proper villain!