Devouring Light

Instant

Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for {1} or one mana of that creature's colour.)

Exile target attacking or blocking creature.

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
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

Breakaway on Mono White Vigilance

9 months ago

Thanks for the recommendations, BioProfDude. I tried to keep it Human-centric to maximize the number of instant speed payoffs, one of which was Sanctuary Lockdown. I especially like the recommendation of Reidane, God of the Worthy  ^Flip and Cave of the Frost Dragon. They make me want to build around a flying theme to take advantage of Miner's Guidewing, Segovian Angel (in Modern) and Swooping Lookout. Another payoff would be Rally of Wings which would allow you to pump and "ramp" on turn 3: untap with 3 1-drops and 2 open mana, Convoke a Cut Short on a tapped creature, cast Rally of Wings to double pump the team, swing for 9 and untap leaving up Ephemeral Shields for protection or Cut Short / Devouring Light as removal. not the most busted thing, but a fun budget deck that can cheat a bit.

kamarupa on Token Welcome

1 year ago

Thanks for the +1 and suggestions! Lingering Souls is limited to sorcery speed and not as repeatable or cheap to cast as Speaker of the Heavens. As this deck is intended as multiplayer deck, generating tokens on opponent's turns nets us a lot more card draws from Tocasia's Welcome. Thus, like Lingering Souls, Hero of Bladehold isn't a versatile as the spells I've already included, as it's limited to making tokens only during my own combat phase. I'd consider Devouring Light if it worked on any creature instead of only attacking/blocking. There are just too many creatures that are threats without attacking or blocking.

Dead_Blue_ on Token Welcome

1 year ago

Devouring Light could be better than Path to Exile in this deck.

Hero of Bladehold should be an auto include as well as Lingering Souls

wallisface on [Feedback Wanted] Competitive Gideon

1 year ago

Some thoughts:

• You’ve labelled this as “Competitive” but there are a bunch of really weak cards here that should be upgraded if that is the case. Namely Devouring Light, and Kabira Takedown  ^Flip are both really terrible removal spells.

• Your mana curve is too slow. Aggro creature-based decks want the vast majority of their cards costing 1-2 mana. You’re too heavily weighted towards 3-mana, which is going to lead to some really clumsy plays. Given your current land count, and wanting to play aggressively, i would suggest not running more than 6 cards costing 3 mana.

• I’m not convinced Gideon Blackblade does anything useful for you here. Likewise Luxior, Giada's Gift seems pointless.

• This deck really needs a playset of Aether Vial imo.

Max_Hammer on These silly hoomans - Need Help

1 year ago

Well hello there! I had way too much time on my hands, so here’s this. By the way, it’s all ordered best to worst. (:

Ramp

Pay less to play more.

• Circle of Dreams Druid is going to drop loads of mana, assuming you can pay the three green.
• Fallaji Wayfarer is going to give all of your stuff (including your commander) convoke! Not all, but a lot.
• Hamza, Guardian of Arashin is going to make a lot of your creatures cost a lot less.
• Herald of War makes all of your humans dirt cheap if he gets counters. But, oh, what’s that? This deck loves making counters for creatures? Perfect.
• Nissa's Expedition is just Cultivate but it potentially costs a lot less.
• Gaea's Cradle is perfect if you have a small fortune laying around and you’re in need of mana.

Draw

I need more! More!!!

• Bennie Bracks, Zoologist every time you make a token? So every turn? Alright, sick.
• Ulvenwald Mysteries lets you investigate the murder of your entire army. A board wipe kills this deck, but this (plus loads of mana) could help bring it back.
• Season of Growth lets you scry a lot, letting you look for pretty much whatever and just pull it out.

Removal

No, you’re not allowed to have that! Because I said so! Exile it! Now!

• Devouring Light, Conclave Tribunal, Hour of Reckoning are all removal spells but if you’re on a mana budget with a lot of 1/1’s.
• Elspeth Tirel is a board wipe, if you manage to keep her around for long enough. If that’s not what you need, though, she’s got plenty of utility otherwise.
• Coordinated Barrage, Kabira Takedown  ^Flip, and Outflank aren’t super powerful, but can destroy pretty much anything that comes your way. If it’s not hexproofed, shrouded, or indestructible, it will be killed.
• Devout Chaplain says “The power of Christ compels you! Begone!” but this time it actually works.
• Sanctuary Lockdown lets you say “Not this combat phase, Satan,” and if you have enough mana, you can do that again and again and again. Plus, if you decide you can’t, then it’s still a big boy.
• Kamahl's Will will destroy just about anything in sight and can give you extra attacking force, if you can manage a way to keep all of your lands safe.

Protection

Gotta keep your stuff safe, yeah?

• Loxodon Hierarch is going to save your deck (which is very sensitive to board wipes) from a board wipe, judy once. Use wisely.
• Scapegoat won’t save your tokens, but it will save everyone else, commander included.
• Kindred Boon can slowly but surely make literally every creature you own indestructible.
• Ephemeral Shields is extra protection that can easily be pulled out of your back pocket.
• Basri's Lieutenant isn’t going to save your deck, but it will buy you time or give you a chance next turn at a kill, if the board wiper was low.

Buffs (and +1/+1 Counters)

Make all of your stuff bigger!

• Song of Freyalise is budget, makes every spell into a convoke spell, and then lets your hammer your opponents with the might of ZEUS!!
• Path of Ancestry should go into every tribal deck!! Well, maybe not every, but it’d definitely be good in this one, so there you go.
• Branching Evolution is just perfect for this deck. Double it, yesssss!
• Hydra's Growth would be perfect on your commander, especially since your best protection works just on them.
• Rick, Steadfast Leader is enough to make a human deck cry. This is no longer a democracy, this is a Ricktatorship.
• Crowned Ceratok, Tuskguard Captain, and Bramblewood Paragon all give your big creatures trample. Just yes.

Tokens

Make more stuff! The theme of these suggestions is Give me more, if you couldn’t have guessed.

• Horn of Valhalla can both make a bunch of tokens and then use those tokens to make a big, fuck off 99/99.
• Voice of Resurgence protects you against, or at least discourages the use of, counters and murders on your turn. Why? It makes a big, fuck off 99/99 when someone does.
• Queen Allenal of Ruadach makes more tokens and is a massive body. What’s not to like?
• Hanweir Militia Captain  ^Flip is a mean creature and makes plenty of tokens.
• Primal Vigor, Second Harvest, Anointed Procession, Parallel Lives, and Doubling Season all say “What, you thought I was going to stop at only one million?” Though, I do have a feeling you left these out intentionally. Either they weren’t working or you avoid doubling strategies like these, which totally makes sense.

Might of the Masses

Might of the Masses is always fun in a creature deck, one green for a massive “Fuck you” at instant speed is great. Now here’s a bunch of Might of the Masses style cards.

• Craterhoof Behemoth is, to say the least, a strong card. All of them get trample? And +99/+99? And it has haste? This is a way to turn a game around fast if I’ve ever seen one. The ultimate Might of the Masses creature.
• Might of the Masses is the classic. Instant destruction for just one green. Perfection.
• Seraph of the Masses is a Might of the Masses creature with flying and convoke.
• Shanna, Sisay's Legacy is a Might of the Masses creature with ability hexproof.
• Appeal / Authority is just slow Might of the Masses.
• Huatli, Radiant Champion is Might of the Masses but in Planeswalker form.
• Sigil of the Nayan Gods is Might of the Masses in enchantment form.
• Crusader of Odric is a poor man’s Might of the Masses creature

GIDEON

I was looking for cards with the keyword “Human” and a million Gideon cards came up, so here’s all of the Gideon Planeswalkers. None of them are bad, per se, but all Gideon cards are not made equal.

• Gideon, the Oathsworn just happens to slip and give all of your creatures an absurd number of counters. Not to mention the big body (noticing a pattern yet?) and the one-sided board wipe! He’s got a weird face again, sadly, pass.
• Gideon, Champion of Justice is a board wipe and a big, bad creature all wrapped into one. 7/10, he can dominate me.
• Gideon Jura can goad and destroy stuff. Perfect for removal and instigating fights when you know you’ll win. Not to mention the big scary 6/6 lurking beneath. Also a weird face, pass.
• Gideon of the Trials reads “Fuck your biggest creature, he’s not going to do anything, and also, as long as I’m around, fuck you more.” Nothing crazy, but can definitely make you public enemy #1 for having an effect like that. Pretty normal face, but that ability makes him a dick. 3.4/10
• Kytheon, Hero of Akros  ^Flip is just some kid. Ignore him. This is a child, pass.
• Gideon, Battle-Forged!? Where did you come from? Nothing super interesting here, but for one mana not bad. Weird face, pass.
• Gideon, Martial Paragon can give buffs to all of your stuff, which is definitely not bad at all, and your opponents are automatically dead if he gets that ten ability off. That said, this Gideon can get it. 10/10.
• Gideon Blackblade is eh. He’s okay. He can get it, though. 7/10.
• Gideon, Ally of Zendikar can do some generic Gideon stuff. Make tokens, give buffs, be a 4/4. Eh. 6.7/10.

Too Lazy to Make Another Name, AKA Misc.

This is just stuff I couldn’t find a specific panel for, so yeah.

• Reconnaissance lets you attack with everything and then say “Well, no, actually, I didn’t attack with those.” This is one of those cards in Magic that you just have to believe was invented or inspired by toddler games where they invent the rules as they go along, y’know? Anyway swing at will!
• Peach Garden Oath is one mana for a crazy amount of lifegain. Lets you swing aggressively and pay as much life as you want.
• Kindred Summons gives you the gift of as many humans as you damn please. That said, be careful not to deck yourself.
• Sigarda, Champion of Light is the other Sigarda card you might want to add, since she likes giving you stuff.
• Chord of Calling is just a plain good tutor.
• Flight of Equenauts, Ledev Guardian, Conclave Equenaut, Conclave Phalanx, and Argivian Phalanx, are just free creatures, more or less.

What to Take Out

Your deck is pretty spotless, so unless some of these are direct upgrades or you know what you want to take out, then this is all I have for you here.

Thraben Doomsayer’s first ability can be easily beaten by other cards, and his second ability is mostly useless, since you’re pretty screwed at 5 HP either way.

Heron's Grace Champion Lifelink is cool, but not something you super need. It’d be worth it if it was permanent, but it’s not, so pass.

Maja, Bretagard Protector just feels a little expensive for such a lackluster ability, Idunno.

Max_Hammer on Boros

2 years ago

fszk I can definitely do that!

Step one is deciding on whether you want to make soldier tokens specifically or just any type of creature. It doesn't really matter, they're both good and fun to play, but I'll give you suggestions for both.

• You want to use cards like Assemble the Legion, Skyknight Vanguard, and Outlaws' Merriment to consistently make a tokens. Which, y'know, in Boros token spam you're probably going to want a lot of those.

• Then you're going to want a reason to make so many tokens. Either something to buff them like Honored Crop-Captain and Felidar Retreat or a reward for having so many creatures Halo Fountain (Expensive, but you really only need 2 copies), Seraph of the Masses or Kolaghan Forerunners. You could also use something like Goblin Bombardment, Impact Tremors, or Cavalcade of Calamity. What you pick here is going to change a lot of what you pick for other parts.

• And now for mana! White and red don't have a lot of great mana ramp, but classic artifacts like Boros Signet, Boros Keyrune, or Boros Cluestone. Prosperous Partnership could work well, too. Goblin Trenches could be snazzy if you care to add in white catch-up cards, but I'd stick to Prosperous and Signet.

• Removal is important too! Devouring Light, Lantern Flare, and Mob Justice all work pretty well. Although, Conclave Tribunal is definitely one you'll want in there. Wear / Tear is pretty solid too.

• Three other things to add are Lena, Selfless Champion, Oketra's Monument, and Mentor of the Meek because they're all cool and fresh.

Anyway, uhh, I just said a lot of stuff. That's my definition of some pointers. You don't want to know what a lot of pointers looks like. Good luck and feel free to ask for more assistance. (:

Saccox on Exalted

3 years ago

Hi arpenteur,Gather the Townsfolk,Conclave Tribunal istead of Oblivion Ring,Devouring Light? Very good deck! ^^

Pingu16 on Citadel of Exploration

4 years ago

You might want to add some removal cards to your deck. I personally like Devouring Light