Embalmer's Tools

Artifact

Activated abilities of creature cards in your graveyard cost {1} less to activate.

Tap an untapped Zombie you control: Target player puts the top card of his or her library into his or her graveyard.

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 (48)

Massacar on Help pick legendary creatures for …

1 year ago

Hello all,

I'm currently tinkering with an idea for a deck built around the newly announced

This is the current work in progress

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Grandma Sliver's: Home is Where the Hive is

Commander / EDH* Massacar

SCORE: 1 | 41 VIEWS | IN 1 FOLDER

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My current gameplan is to have cards such as Ashes of the Fallen/Conspiracy to ensure that anything that ends up in my graveyard is a sliver. Then I can use the Gravemother's encore ability to make multiple tokens of each creature to great effect. And since everything should be a sliver, they can then have the building tribal effects that slivers are known for. I have included Embalmer's Tools and Convergence of Dominion to help lower the encore activation costs, so if there's another card that does this specifically please let me know.

I've included several tutors to use to fetch my Conspiracy effects or powerful pieces so we can try to abuse the definition of "sliver."

I'm still in the early exploratory phase of operation so I'll take any and all recommendations. If you feel like there's a critically important sliver I missed let me know, but mostly I am hoping for suggestions for legendary creatures to make into adopted slivers.

Ultimately I am looking to make this deck a 7-8 in terms of power, as I want it to be fun and ideally effective, without trying to force this thing into peak efficiency.

Coward_Token on March of the Machine

2 years ago

First Look

Update: Story is on, first chapter here

Update2: Where to Find previews

Update3: Image Gallery

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Jin-Gitaxias: Use proliferate to turbo trough the chapters; there's probably some combo to be had. Actually kinda dissapointed that it doesn't bounce Phyrexians? It makes it randomly bad vs some opponents, and you could just recast your own Phyrexians with the third chapter anyway. (Also, the Saga side isn't Legendary.)

Breach the Multiverse: Not super exciting, but I like that black is getting more utilitarian mill, especially for the purpose of stealing stuff.

Ghalta and Mavren: Doesn't have to attack to trigger. Maybe take a page out of OG Ghalta's book and use cards like Fungal Sprouting and Miming Slime?

Heliod: No noncreature devotion shenanigans or indestructible! Guess he hasn't quite recovered from his Punishment. At least compleation gives +2 toughness. Anyway in EDH, Teferi's Puzzle Box sound pretty fun although continously paying the transform cost in addition to commander tax feels rough. Note that it's the sum total of the cards all opponents have drawn! (Also, I expect Daxos to take over as sun god, even if he's a whole lot more boring.)

Omnath: IDK why they made red center in the art while black just another hand, but whatever. As I understand it, it doesn't need it to be three or more different mana symbols, so you'll probably want to lean heavily black? Honestly, while the flavor is good, this card is kinda dissapointing seeing it's been effectively anticipated since 2015; mostly a fancy Phyrexian Arena that sometimes ramps.

Goro-Goro and Satoru: A french vanilla token or three doesn't excite me, but it's still more interesting than Ardoz as far as haste tribal goes.

Katilda and Lier: I have quite a bit to write about this, going to have to go in its own post.

Slimefoot and Squee: You know, the whole point of the last Squee story is that he gave up on respawning. Anyway, let's be grateful that Food Chain exiles instead of sacrifices, especially with Embalmer's Tools around.

Wheel and Deal: Seeing as New Capenna is a modern times-ish plane, I don't get why they didn't have the art feature actual playing cards.

The flavor sure rides the ongoing multiverse trend, but can't really blame MtG of all franchies for doing it.

Gitmog eating phyrexians seems like a fast track to compleation, but maybe Thalia's angelic spear provides immunity? Can't say the same for various other miscelanous beasties who rely on biting and such.

I'm guessing the various "Invasion of..."-art is for Battles? IDK about the wider dimensions though. (Also, Esper seems to be joining the other shards on the defense, you'd think they'd welcome their new metal overlords.)

The set symbol + the art for Collector Boosters seems to indicate that Elspeth will get Godsend back? Maybe fused with Luxior?

Judging from the art for the Commander Deck Growing Threat ({B}{W}), it seems Brimaz got compleated.

Oh no, Ragavan reprint

king-saproling on Omelette du Fromage

2 years ago

Sure thing shadowjules. Since every creature in the deck (aside from Pulmonic Sliver) is a changeling, they are all both Eggs and Slivers. So if you sacrifice the egg Atla makes, or just any changeling, you will reveal cards from your deck via Atla's ability to get either: 1) another changeling or 2) Pulmonic Sliver. If you get another changeling, just sacrifice it and repeat until you get Pulmonic Sliver. Once the Sliver is out, when you sacrifice a changeling you can stack your triggers so that the Sliver's ability resolves first putting the sacked changeling on top of your deck, then Atla's ability resolves to put that changeling right back into play, letting you loop the changeling forever.

This loop does nothing on its own, but any one of the following cards allow you to win from looping changelings:

Dragon Tempest
Goblin Bombardment
Impact Tremors
Altar of Dementia
Embalmer's Tools
Relic Vial
Blasting Station
Vigilante Justice
Kyren Negotiations
Outpost Siege
Where Ancients Tread
Warstorm Surge

SomethingWiked on Tormod and Esior - Endless Ranks (v1.2)

2 years ago

Embalmer's Tools Might make a good addition! I love the idea

Yesterday on Heartstone and creatures in graveyards

3 years ago

Afraid not. When a card refers to a "creature", it means a creature permanent on the battlefield. Off the battlefield, it's a "creature card". That's why the wording of Animate Dead is so wonky.

Embalmer's Tools would reduce to cost the activate that Phoenix. Zirda, the Dawnwaker would as well, because it doesn't specify a source type.

Lines82 on Sidisi Synergy Tyrant

3 years ago

Adding Embalmer's Tools I like, but then what card to cut for it..?

McFerrin on Sidisi Synergy Tyrant

3 years ago

Hi! I really like your list! Don't know if you're looking for recommendations, but I'd still suggest adding Embalmer's Tools. By tapping all your zombies before your turn, it allows you to generate a considerable board presence very quickly. With Sidisi out, any zombie you make by tapping the ones you already had can be used to keep the loop going since the tool's ability doesn't care about summoning sickness. Again, great list!

Chats on When Hel freezes over (27/12/22 major update)

4 years ago

Phion,

To your point, I definitely appreciate that you're going "budget" with it. That's the very reason why I built it. Our playgroup is trying to stay with $200-400 deck prices.

So this deck was a perfect starting point that I could buff up just a bit (it was already really strong and overhwhelming with tokens!).

Honestly, I just dont know what I would take out and replace.

So far I'm cutting: Arguel's Blood Fast  ^Flip , Embalmer's Tools , Discovery / Dispersal , Gray Merchant of Asphodel , Forbidden Alchemy

The additions: Dictate of Erebos , Winter Orb , Cryptic Command , Vampiric Tutor , Demonic Tutor , Thoughseize, Feast of Dreams , Hymn to Tourach

Any ideas on what else I could cut to make room for the last few additions? Thanks!