Deathreap Ritual

Enchantment

Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, you may draw a card. (Dying is being put into the graveyard from the battlefield. Tokens enter the graveyard before they cease to exist.)

Combos

• Deathreap Ritual + Rite of the Raging Storm

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	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
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

DemonDragonJ on Death and Rebirth

6 months ago

I have replaced Deathreap Ritual with Morbid Opportunist, which reduced the average converted mana cost of this deck from 3.15 to 3.13, because the opportunist can attack, block, and be sacrificed and also because I do not need to wait until the end step of the current turn to gain the benefit of its ability; as a side note, I am very displeased that the ability of Wardens of the Cycle triggers only during the end step of its controller, or else, I most certainly would have put them into this deck.

DemonDragonJ on Foundations Speculation and Discussion

6 months ago

I am very surprised to see that there is no thread yet for discussing the upcoming Foundations set, so I am making such a thread.

I shall not write and elaborate introduction, but there are many cards in that set in which I am very interested; High Fae Trickster is very powerful, and I intend to put it into nearly all of my EDH decks that contain the color blue (Tidal Barracuda and Leyline of Anticipation are still good, in certain decks); I simply must find a way to put perforating artist into my decks that contain the colors red and black; and Scrawling Crawler is an obvious inclusion for my Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck. Is Firespitter Whelp worth the 1 additional mana over Kessig Flamebreather for it to have flying?

Two cards that could have been good, if not for very minor and ridiculous drawbacks, are ravenous amulet and wardens of the cycle; in the case of the wardens, I undersand that WotC had their ability trigger only on their controller's end step, to avoid rendering Deathreap Ritual completely obsolete, but why is the first ability of the amulet usable only as a sorcery, when the second ability can be used as an instant? That severely limits its utility.

What does everyone else here say about this set? Are you excited for Foundations? What are you hoping to see, from it? I am very eager to begin discussion of this set!

scottbaker91 on Budget Meren Eldrazi spawn

1 year ago

I think Hand of Emrakul, Decimator of the Provinces, Kozilek, the Great Distortion, and Pathrazer of Ulamog are too expensive to cast / commander ability for what they do. Some replacement examples would be: Terastodon, Void Winnower, Fleshbag Marauder, Noxious Gearhulk, Ravenous Chupacabra, Plaguecrafter, Eternal Witness, It That Betrays, Woodfall Primus, Acidic Slime, Ob Nixilis, Unshackled, Sepulchral Primordial, Overseer of the Damned, etc.

cards like Dalek Squadron with a sac outlet will get you a lot of Meren counters quickly. cards like Greater Good are great at filling your graveyard and your hand. cards like Oversold Cemetery are great for your low mana creatures and late game expensive creatures. Tragic Slip isn't a very good card for multiplayer commander, unless you are using something like Isochron Scepter

I think your deck is a little heavy on creature token generators, especially your creatures. I know they are there to build up tokens on Meren and to generate mana, in the early game, but they aren't doing much in the mid to late game. Maybe replace a few with some faster reanimator spells like: Living Death, Lifeline (a personal favorite), Necromancy, Animate Dead, Victimize, Rescue from the Underworld, Beacon of Unrest, etc.

Other cards I would consider cutting: Skullbriar, the Walking Grave (too slow imo unless he is your commander), Blisterpod (needs to die to get the token), Pawn of Ulamog, Vorapede, Village Rites, Gray Merchant of Asphodel (starts to shine with lots of reanimator stuff), Woe Strider, Scion Summoner, Brood Monitor, Deathreap Ritual, Commander's Sphere

It's tough to suggest cards for a budget deck. A card that I might consider to be absolutely necessary could require cheaper options in other parts of the deck to make it fit.

scottbaker91 on Budget Meren Eldrazi spawn

1 year ago

Some cards I would consider, in no particular order. IMO, you need more board control. Birthing Pod, Skullclamp, Parallel Lives, Doubling Season, Whisper, Blood Liturgist, Ghoulcaller Gisa, Infernal Genesis, Chatterfang, Squirrel General, Dauthi Voidwalker, Opposition Agent Tombstone Stairwell, Scroll Rack, Sadistic Hypnotist, Living Death, Grave Pact, Dictate of Erebos, Toxic Deluge, Fleshbag Marauder, Attrition, Survival of the Fittest (expensive), Pernicious Deed, Defense of the Heart

Deathreap Ritual ---> Moldervine Reclamation

Theasus7 on Why be Passive, when You can get Massive

1 year ago

I love the idea! This would really shake things up with my normal play group haha.

My suggestion is more card draw. This deck is gonna kill everyone’s creatures off pretty well including your own. Whoever has card advantage will will because they can keep playing creatures.

Deathreap Ritual and Morbid Opportunist are really great. But you need more

GodzSoldier on An Innate Penchant for Sacrifice

2 years ago

Hey! Thanks for the upvote! I couldn't help but notice you like Golgari too, and thought I'd point a thing or two. I know it's a bit of an expensive enchantment, but Moldervine Reclamation but could be a great source of card draw and some good life gain to counter act se of the life loss from sacrificing. Also Deathreap Ritual is an option too since you're good at making other sacrifice. I also recommend using Regrowth instead of Treasured Find as it requires an extra colour, and it exiles itself. It may sound picky, but sometimes it will bite you. In my experience at least. GL with the deck and finding that best mono black commander!

daxton001 on kresh the best

2 years ago

Yargle and Multani Zopandrel, Drivnod, Fleshbag Marauder if you can give him trample or another creature trample ram through, Mandate of Abaddon Merciless executioner Lagomos ziatora, reyhan last of abzan, stalking vengeance, viscera seer mycoloth dragon brood mother, butcher of malakir, OG sheoldred lightning skelemental, harvester of souls, yahenni, braids arisen nightmare, meren, sprouting thrynax, sek'kuar, korvold, blood artist,

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DeinoStinkus on Windgrace

2 years ago

Treasures are usually a lot more useful as they're essentially storable mana that count as token artifact permanents and trigger sacrifice cards.

As far as removable cards, Whiptongue Hydra really sticks out to me, as well as Deathreap Ritual and Into the Wilds.