Daggerback Basilisk

Creature — Basilisk

Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough to destroy it.)

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
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (3)

IQuarent on P O I S O N O U S

2 years ago

Why not have any cards that draw off playing creatures if you're playing so many creatures? Not even Beast Whisperer? There's also Primordial Sage, Soul of the Harvest, and Zendikar Resurgent for that. I also think you could really use Toski, Bearer of Secrets and Ohran Frostfang as well, the frostfang being especially good because it gives your creatures deathtouch, so you can cut as many of the deathtouch creatures as possible, such as Daggerback Basilisk, which is an awful card. Saryth, the Viper's Fang and Bow of Nylea are also good ways to give your creatures deathtouch without having to commit so many slots to creatures with that ability that do literally nothing else for you. If you're not concerned with budget, there's also Concordant Crossroads, The Great Henge, and Glimpse of Nature which would be great additions.

DrukenReaps on MagicalHacker - List of All Pillow Fort

5 years ago

I dunno if you guys play much pillow fort but I've found Maze of Ith is every bit as important as Ghostly Prison and it really comes down to what you need to stop at the time. A good voltron deck will pummel you while paying for that prison but just might fold to the maze. A good swarm deck laughs at the maze but can fold to that prison. And then there are cards like Glacial Chasm which work wonders against both of those forms of attack.

I wouldn't just start throwing every deathtoucher on the list though. Ones like Archetype of Finality are great but Daggerback Basilisk clearly doesn't do enough. You could argue that daggerback stops or slows an attacker or two but it is also too easy to just trample over.

Radford on Support the Hero

7 years ago

I would suggest replacing Daggerback Basilisk with Hardened Scales. Really get those counters going. It's not terribly expensive, but not really cheap either.