Cultist's Staff
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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
Pauper Legal
Pauper Duel Commander Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Cultist's Staff

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature gets +2/+2.

Equip (: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery.)

lonesentinel on Voltron Predator

6 years ago

I've also recently started PDH. I would suggest changing the following for objectively-better versions

Cultist's Staff -> Vulshok Morningstar

Marauder's Axe - > Bonesplitter

other suggestions

Leonin Scimitar , Short Sword alternatives or you can add all 3 as they are just other Honed Khopesh

Skyblinder Staff If you have flying and cant be blocked by flying, you can only be blocked by Reach (which not many PDH players play)

sonnet666 on [List] The MTG Weapons Arsenal

7 years ago

Don't stop now. I believe in you!

mr_funk on Green/White

8 years ago

okay i'm not totally sure what you're going for here. it looks like partially a human tribal deck. if you're trying to play this in modern i would do the following:

take out:

-Grazing Gladehart - isnt a human (fun casual card though. may have potential in the right modern build. not this one)

-Netcaster Spider - nope

-like all of your auras. none of your creatures have hexproof so playing one of these just allows the opportunity to get 2-for-1'd in modern. removal is cheap and instant speed, so the likelihood of resolving even 1 of these before turn 6 is pretty unlikely.

Cultist's Staff - this is not a good card. strictly worse than Vulshok Morningstar and even that card is not worth playing unless you are doing an equipment build. even still, its probably just outclassed by other stuff.

Strength of Arms - youre not using an equipment based build, so this will fall flat as a nearly strictly worse Giant Growth.

Naturalize - its a great card, but should be in the sideboard

Sunlance - ive seen worse, but you should consider Path to Exile as a better option.

Time to Feed - probably better options for removal. i think Prey Upon would be better. the mana cost in a deck where you only have 20 lands makes it difficult to play this and progress your board in the same turn.

put in:

some options here for you include (but not limited to): Champion of the Parish, Thalia's Lieutenant, Mayor of Avabruck  Flip, Path to Exile, Doomed Traveler, Duskwatch Recruiter  Flip, Thalia, Guardian of Thraben, Thalia, Heretic Cathar, Tireless Tracker, Eternal Witness

you definitely need more creatures, just flat out. you're not going to be able to voltron up a non-hexproof creature in modern.

Azuriae on EMN Sealed League

8 years ago

Week 6 + 7: 1-2, then 2-1.
Week 6 had no relevant trades.
Week 7:
+Prey Upon
+Shrill Howler  Flip
-Cultist's Staff
-Smoldering Werewolf  Flip

Cultist's Staff is just not good enough at this point (Costs too much) and Smoldering Werewolf is underperforming; goes to sideboard for token-heavy matchups and the such. Prey Upon is another good removal, and Shrill Howler has been a complete all-star in my games, so the second one is welcome.

GoldGhost012 on Gameplay differences between Prerelease and …

8 years ago

Sealed (the prerelease format) is generally a slower and grinder format than draft. With draft, you're picking cards from every pack that actively contribute to your game plan. Draft decks tend to be much more powerful and synergistic. Sealed decks tend to be more like "what color(s) is the strongest/has the most impactful cards?" With draft decks you're actively working towards a goal, when with sealed decks you're just working with what you have. As such, sealed decks tend to have more lower-impact cards that tend to get shaved from a streamlined draft deck (like Cultist's Staff).

Bovine073 on Gameplay differences between Prerelease and …

8 years ago

So, I (think) I have a fair bit of experience in draft, but could use some tips in prereleases of how it differs from draft (in gameplay, not the actual setup and rules, I know all that).

Anyways, I'm mainly interested in the speed of the prerelease vs. draft format and why some cards are supposedly good in prerelease, but not draft (example: Cultist's Staff?). Along these lines, is it easier/recommended to splash in prerelease or draft more, and any other just general tips and tricks.

Thanks!

StuBi on Oh, the Humanity

8 years ago

There is just the right amount of everything in this deck, at the moment.

Just enough Creatures that the equipment has something to attach to, and most the Creatures have synergy with each other in that they either buff when equipment is around, or they beef up Stoneforge Masterwork.

Just enough equipment to ensure that a couple will hit the field per game, and trigger all the Creature abilities.

Just enough removal spells to interrupt Opponent plans.

I tried moving some things around for Sigarda's Aid by taking out one of each removal spell.

To try to get the most of of the Enchantment I put in Cultist's Staff instead of Stormrider Rig.

This led to a few problems.

I was often holding Sigarda's Aid in hand, when I could really have used a removal spell.

While Sigarda's Aid is useful for an Equipment entering the field, it is useless beyond that point. Unlike Stormrider Rig, which you can continually move around.

I'm always wary of using cards that rely on circumstances to be effective. That is the case with Sigarda's Aid.

It has to hit the deck before an Equipment, and you also have to have a Creature on the field for the Equipment to attach to. You also want the equipment to give as much of a buff to the Creature that it can eg. if you attach True-Faith Censer to Stone Haven Outfitter, and next turn Consul's Lieutenant enters the field, you're going to move the equipment.

That doesn't sound like a lot, but in this kind of deck keeping the right Creatures around can become tricky, and you want to move equipment as little as possible in the early game, due to the cost.

As much as I'd love for Sigarda's Aid to work, in this deck it really doesn't.

Now we come to Thalia, Heretic Cathar.

The most obvious Creature to remove from the deck for her is Knight of the White Orchid, which is primarily in the deck due to its First Strike.

Its land fetching ability is nice, but not essential.

I have enough 2 drop Creatures in the deck that I am able to swap three of them for three 3 drop Thalias. Luckily I cracked three of her at prerelease, so there is no outlay.

I was skeptical about how she would work in this deck, but she proved to be amazing.

In comparison with Knight of the White Orchid:

So she is in and Knight of the White Orchid is out.

So there you go, saberclaw12. Feel free to make the change if you're playing this deck and have the funds.

Modson on Clawin n' Sawin

8 years ago

Have you looked into the new Eldritch Moons cards coming to see if anything looks good, i think Sigardas Blessing that reads (You may cast Aura and Equipment spells as though they had flash. Whenever an Equipment enters the battlefield under your control, you may attach it to target creature you control.) I think it could be amazing in this deck along with Cathar's Shield and Cultist's Staff

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