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| Format | Legality |
| 1v1 Commander | Legal |
| Alchemy | 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 |
| Oathbreaker | Legal |
| Planar Constructed | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Elder Brain
Creature — Horror
Menace
Whenever Elder Brain attacks a player, exile all cards from that player's hand, then they draw that many cards. You may play lands and cast spells from among the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it. (You may only play cards from amongst those exiled via this ability.)
TheForsakenOne on
K'rrik, Manipulator of Life (Totals)
1 year ago
This deck seems very .... confused. On one hand you have swamp synergies, on the other sacrifice synergies, and then you have weird cards like Elder Brain that don't fit into either. I'd suggest picking one of the two theme's and sticking to it.
Cards I would suggest cutting:
Withercrown (just not a good card)
Crypt Incursion (Too situational, its going to be dead a lot of the time)
Xathrid Gorgon (Too slow)
Visara the Dreadful (Removal magnet + too slow)
Consume Spirit (There are better mana sinks than this)
Corrupt (Needs too many swamps to be worth the mana)
Liliana's Shade (Also just not a good card)
Elder Brain (just a weird card in general and too inconsistent)
Cards I would suggest adding:
Abhorrent Overlord (Makes a buch of creatures for your sacrifice triggers)
Pontiff of Blight, Thrull Parasite, Basilica Screecher (More extort cards that synergize very well with K'rrik)
Exsanguinate (Better mana sink than consume spirit)
Nirkana Revenant (Another mana doubler for swamps)
Vein Ripper (Very good for this kind of deck, but it just came out and is currently pricey so I'd wait to buy this one)
Bitterblossom, Dreadhorde Invasion (make a creature every turn for your sacrifice outlets)
Viscera Seer the classic free sacrifice outlet. Also see Woe Strider
Ayara, First of Locthwain (Free creature with K'rrik out and pings opponents every time a black creature enters which usually happens a lot with sac decks)
krabNOwl on
Isshin, for Kasper
1 year ago
Have been Removed: Goro-Goro, Disciple of Ryusei Heiko Yamazaki, the General Inferno Titan Ironsoul Enforcer Lizard Blades Mardu Strike Leader Sigiled Sword of Valeron Vault of the Archangel Ajani, Caller of the Pride and some lands. -Added in: Savai Triome Westvale Abbey Flip Riveteers Overlook Cabaretti Courtyard Maestros Theater Inquisitorial Rosette Myrel, Shield of Argive Commissar Severina Raine Mind Stone Sol Ring Elder Brain
Master_J on
Attack Attack!
1 year ago
Out: Elder Brain, Hammer of Purphoros, Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
In: Hellrider, Grave Titan, Revenge of Ravens
Taking out slow, high cost creatures that can be good if left to sit, but otherwise waste my entire turn doing nothing.
Putting in more attack trigger things (you know, the deck theme).
DawnsRayofLight on
Lich King Nekusar
1 year ago
Elder Brain: slow, but could be funny
Sword of War and Peace: could help punish the card draw
you may want to up the number of counterspells to deal with the fact you're helping your opponents dig, combo decks will ruin your day.
Drops
No Mercy or Dissipation Field: probably the board wipes will be enough with only one of these.
I might trade out some of the 3 drop rocks for signets or talismans
It may not be a bad idea to have some other cheap combo line to pull off when playing against combo decks as well since you're digging so much with the draw (Consecrated Sphinx could help here too)
the big worry is needing to speed the deck up which involves somewhat expensive mana rocks:
Cyb3rguerrill0 on
Dude, where are your cards? *WIP*
1 year ago
Looks good! Although I would recommend to try to reduce the CMC a bit an add more lands instead. Mindleech Mass seems too expensive for what it could provide during the late game and still needs the damage enabler. Same goes for Brainstealer Dragon, Arvinox, the Mind Flail or Elder Brain it's very unlikely to ever play these cards during a match with this small manabase AND get 'em alive before any trigger occurs. I would cut out almost everything with a CMC of 6 to gain more speed and focus more on your commanders ability. Just my 2 cents
amarthaler on
EDH Xanathar, Guild Kingpin
2 years ago
Updates!
Out: Elder Brain... Set Adrift
In: Extract Brain... Bribery
Life_autonomous on
Witchy Woman
2 years ago
Housegheist definitely. I'd probably part ways with one of those big splashy spells to slot it in. Gonti has been put in and taken out a few times since I built the deck. Looking at the list, what's an easy cut? My vote would be either Arvinox, the Mind Flail or Elder Brain to drag that average cmc down a bit.