Darksteel Plate

Artifact — Equipment

Darksteel Plate is indestructible.

Equipped creature is indestructible.

Equip

Discussion (49)

MapPsycho on RAMos THE GATE

1 month ago

Love this build! As for protecting Ramos, Timely Ward, Darksteel Plate, Alpha Authority, and Vines of Vastwood are great for creature protection depending on the circumstances. Hope this helps!

dragonstryke58 on Aura Interaction

1 month ago

If you were to enchant Chromatic Lantern with Curator's Ward, only the lantern will have hexproof. Curator's Ward only provides hexproof to the permanent it is enchanted on. If the Curator's Ward is removed, your Chromatic Lantern will no longer have hexproof as the enchantment giving it hexproof is no longer enchanting it.

If Curator's Ward also had hexproof, it would say so on a separate line. To better illustrate, Darksteel Plate itself has indestructible and gives the equipped creature indestructible. Notice how the two effects are on separate lines. Since that is not the case, Curator's Ward only provides hexproof to whatever it is enchanting.

Hexproof only protects something from being targeted. An effect needs to explicitly have the word "target" in its rules text in order for hexproof to protect against it. Hexproof will protect against a Naturalize but not against a Shatterstorm.

702.11b “Hexproof” on a permanent means “This permanent can’t be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.”

Optimator on Giant's Deck

2 months ago

Even though you are primarily Giant-Tribal, you may still want to have a small suite of "Brion" cards.

I have a Feldon of the Third Path and Mimic Vat, both of which are extremely good in Brion decks. I also have a Adarkar Valkyrie, which can be good too.

Gift of Immortality is extremely good with Brion. I don't have one though.

Sigil of the New Dawn isn't the most efficient, but can be good.

I have a Serra Avatar too, which is the best Fling-able creature around. Evra, Halcyon Witness is great too, but I don't have one. It's cheap though. A Stalking Vengeance would double up Brion's damage, but I don't think I have one either. Reya Dawnbringer is way mana-expensive but can be useful with such pricey giants dying left and right.

Flameshadow Conjuring can be good with Brion too. I don't think I have one though.

Phyrexian Processor is one of the craziest pieces of Brion tech around. It's not too expensive--I would totally slide this card in, even if I was doing Giant Tribal. You can get blown out, but the payoff is enormous.

Another piece of Brion tech is Grafted Exoskeleton, if you wanna be dirty.

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Since Brion isn't the center of the strategy, protecting him isn't at such a premium. Cards like Swiftfoot Boots and Lightning Greaves are still good for protecting your big giants though. It may be worth sliding some cards like that in, but since it's a casual deck you may get away with none.

That said, I have Whispersilk Cloak and Mask of Avacyn in my collection.

Another option on a budget is Mirror Shield. Darksteel Plate is pricey but fantastic when you want to stick a huge beater and keep it around.

I have a Cradle of Vitality on-hand. Might be really good!

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If you have any more Threaten-effects, those are functionally creature removal with your commander out. Perhaps a couple of cards like that deserve a slot. Captivating Crew is fun because it's repeatable. Song-Mad Treachery  ^Flip is cool because it's a land too!

I own: Hijack - Grab the Reins - Mass Mutiny - Traitorous Blood - Traitorous Instinct - Portent of Betrayal - Word of Seizing - Harness by Force

There are many more.

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Illusionist's Bracers is very good with Brion, even with less of a focus on him. Probably worth keeping in.

I think Minion Reflector won't be good--too expensive. Seance is decent but probably won't be reliable often enough to make it worth a slot.

jakeyuki12 on Rograkh / Ardenn, Commander legends duo

2 months ago

Flickerform is good as a way to blink your creatures to get enter-the-battlefield effects. I don't think it's that great for protecting creatures, I think equipment like Commander's Plate (particularly on Rograhk since red doesn't do creature removal particularly well) and Darksteel Plate or even stuff like Swiftfoot Boots do a much better job at protection than Flickerform. Copy effects like Fork are never bad, I don't think it's a bad investment.

mitcho78 on Geralt of Rivia

2 months ago

protection Hammer of Nazahn Darksteel Plate Shield of the Oversoul Indestructibility Timely Ward Bastion Protector Boros Charm Heroic Intervention Valorous Stance Inspiring Call Flawless Maneuver Deflecting Swat

wipe boad and boost yourself Subterranean Tremors Storm's Wrath Deafening Clarion Hammerfist Giant Fault Line Warmonger Starstorm Scourge of Kher Ridges Pyrohemia Chain Reaction Ryusei, the Falling Star Lavabrink Floodgates Into the Maw of Hell Shivan Meteor Star of Extinction Blasphemous Act Volcanic Offering

other fun card Coalhauler Swine

fighting for exemple Titanic Brawl Dromoka's Command Khalni Ambush  ^Flip Inscription of Abundance Ulvenwald Tracker

redirection Spitemare Boros Reckoner Rite of Passage Pariah's Shield Pariah

same effect Vigor Retaliator Griffin The Ozolith Phytohydra

get back monarch Soltari Visionary Zealot il-Vec Loyal Apprentice Lieutenant Kirtar Selfless Spirit Blinkmoth Nexus and all flying creature Academy Raider Haunted Cloak Shadowspear get trample Captain's Hook Cobbled Wings Pyreheart Wolf Trailblazer's Boots Frontier Warmonger Court of Ire Regal Behemoth and creature with trigger

boost and finish Pathbreaker Ibex Thunderfoot Baloth

become huge Inquisitor's Flail Solidarity of Heroes Hydra's Growth Invigorating Surge Furnace of Rath Kalonian Hydra Duelist's Heritage on yours creatures and on a creature attacking you

Block more or become blocked Bloodthirsty Blade and all goad Nemesis Mask Lure Brave the Sands can block 2 creatures with your commander Entangler Goblin Diplomats

juste some exemple, make a choice now :)

meME12 on

2 months ago

nice take on Wyleth, it looks a bit like the precon, and I would recommend taking out seraphic greatsword for Darksteel Plate

snowbener on Comboless Syr Carah Storm (To keep your friends)

2 months ago

Hi there, fellow Syr Carah player! I had a great time tinkering with this deck since it so difficult to make a well oiled machine of a commander deck with mono red that isn't goblins, but also I had a lot of problems with losing momentum when Syr Carah got removed or just being flat out top decking and I actually managed to fix a lot of those problems with some neat enchantments and artifacts that will even make you keep all of your friends!

First of all, I do think it is handy to have some sort of equipment in my deck to keep my girl Carah alive, like Darksteel Plate or Hammer of Nazahn.

For card advantage I run a Ghirapur Orrery and it is the greatest thing ever, it makes you able to ramp and draw card when you are out of them which happens fast since the majority of your deck runs cmc 2 spells. Also I play about 37 lands in my deck with some land value engines, Flame Jab and Tectonic Reformation are awsome for that end in Syr Carah!

And you might not want to play too much storm, but I do play an Ignite Memories for the lulz and it is so much fun to play with a Possibility Storm. If you have one and you don't know where to play it... this is the deck.

I also like to play some grave retrieval aswell so when I am in topdeck mode. There is not a whole lot of stuff to retrieve anything that aren't instants, sorceries and artifacts with so I have a copy of Underworld Breach and also Past in Flames, since you can cast it in the late game from the graveyard, even if you had it miss on one of your exiles.

And Fiery Emancipation, its a high cost card, but everyone is about to get nuked the nest turn, and maybe even that same turn if you have Neheb, the Eternal with you.

Good luck homie, may your opponents be extra crispy!

MrKillStar on Angels Brought The Apocalypse

2 months ago

I really like Angel themed decks, but the only problem is, most angels are just super expensive and looking at your deck list, there is just no ramp, except very few cards... Im just gonna type some cards, maybe you'll like some, most likely not all of them, just so you have some larger pool of cards to choose from. :)

Myriad Landscape/Burnished Hart is alright; Land Tax is just auto-include in most decks; Caged Sun is also good, but you need to ramp into it somehow; Sword of the Animist is ok, but you need to swing with a creature and there are no Haste enablers (not even Lightning Greaves.

First of all, I would cut exile board wipes, since it just hurts mono-white without ramp the most (Play of the Game and Perilous Vault). You could hold priority and cast Teferi's Protection, but.. dont really know about that... :D

Sunscour should have really good place in mono-white deck.
Endless Horizons - is something like budget of Land Tax, but can also help to thin your deck after you get enough mana on board.
Planar Bridge,Planar Portal,Thran Temporal Gateway,Belbe's Portal,Cryptic Gateway - to either search for anything or put big stuff directly on board. Urza's Incubator should be there to reduce mana cost of your big angels.

worldslayer -> protect your creatures and artifacts: Show

If you run Worldslayer, you might run Darksteel Plate aswell to protect any creature equipped with Worldslayer. I use both in my Very angry child to board wipe every turn with Novablast Wurm. More protection for your creatures and artifacts could be Darksteel Forge+Mycosynth Lattice combo, with Nevinyrral's Disk if you want to board wipe opponent's board every turn.
Cards like Rootborn Defenses to give your creatures indestructible.

Card draw in white isnt the best, so using artifacts is really helpful, both for ramp and card draw: Show

Staff of Nin - Might costs , but if you ramp into it, its 1 extra card every turn + 1 damage ping.
Mind Stone - cheap mana ramp and card what when its not needed anymore.
Hedron Archive/Dreamstone Hedron - small and big version of the same card.
Horn of Greed/Font of Mythos - is also decent option, but affects all players.
Solemn Simulacrum - doesnt really fit Angel themed deck, but helps both with ramp and card draw.

Some mana rocks for sure: Show

Everflowing Chalice - could be used for ramp too.
Sol Ring - would definitely play Sol Ring in a greedy full of big stuff.
Arcane Signet - Since it costs only and doesnt ETB tapped, it work mono colored deck just fine. And white needs that too.
Darksteel Ingot / Skyclave Relic - indestructible 3 mana rocks to survive your board wipes without problem.
Mana Geode - is fairly nice mana rock with Scry 1, so it allows you to manipulate your top deck.
Thought Vessel - another nice 2 mana rock with Reliquary Tower on it.
Pearl Medallion - to make all your white spells cheaper.
Marble Diamond - another 2 mana rock that taps for , but comes into play tapped.

Some ramp with white creatures and spells: Show

I took this from my Celestial Crusade, so you might check that :)
Knight of the White Orchid; Oreskos Explorer; Karoo; Gift of Estates
Settle the Wreckage - is really pretty nice, can be either used to exile opponent's attacking creatures or yours (preferably some 1/1 dorks) to ramp you up a lot.