Enhanced Awareness

Instant

Draw three cards, then discard a card.

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
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (4)

Deadpoo111 on $10 Fistful of Dollars

5 years ago

Okay so I've got some time, let's get into this...

1) I think Shu-Yun is an interesting choice for a budget commander because he relies on killing opponents quickly, but with budget decks, you're going to be winning much later in the game. He's also interesting because he focuses on quick combat instead of really building up a boardstate. I think the first thing to do would be to abolish the idea of a turn 4-6 win, decks like ours are going to try and grind out the game with cheap removal and synergy, waiting for the right time to strike. Maybe the problem is that the deck wants to win too fast and the budget can't compensate for that, just my idea.

2)You should probably cut the uncommons, things like Invert/Invent, Jace's Ingenuity , Rush of Blood (even though this card is super cool and I'm going to put in one of my other decks), Concentrate , Rise from the Tides , Butcher's Cleaver , Hero's Blade , Inquisitor's Flail , Vessel of Endless Rest , Illusory Ambusher , Smelt-Ward Minotaur , and Whirler Rogue . While these cards are awesome in the deck, they're a huge deficit to your budget and cutting them is 12 less cards. I've found that with a budget like this, it's best to cut to $0.15 commons. Will it be as fast? No. Will it be $10 or under? Yes.

3)Have you considered building from the bottom up? Instead of adjusting my previous commanders, I usually just pull out a fresh sheet of paper and start from there. I feel that it opens up more gateways for deckbuilding and instead of having to cut expensive cards, you can decide which cards to add one at a time. Cutting is also just kind of negative and personally I feel a lot happier seeing: "this card is so sweet for $0.15!" Instead of: "Ugh I can't run this card because it's over budget." This could just be me of course.

4) As for specific cuts, here's what I'd take out(excluding the uncommons I pointed out earlier): Artificer's Epiphany : There are better draw spells out there; Contradict : Again, there are better spells; Depths of Desire : Generally, I dislike bounce, even in Red/Blue but this spell just isn't good, especially when you want to cast Shu Yun on turn 3; Enhanced Awareness : Way too expensive for the effect; Leave in the Dust : From your comments, it seems like you want to win faster, so I would cut these mana-intensive bounce spells so you can run cantrips, also Unsummon is $0.15 on SCG; Prying Eyes : yeah this card is just objectively bad in my opinion, even for a $10 deck; Repulse : Same thing I said before about bounce spells, the card draw isn't worth paying more mana; Scatter Arc : I feel like a lot of the bounce/counterspells are in this deck because they say "Draw a card" paying 2 more mana for a negate that draws you a card is not with it, you could do more with that two extra mana. Sweep Away : Yeah this is way too conditional to actually work out; Aether Tunnel : Yes I know you said you wanted to keep this, but playing it makes Shu Yun a huge target and it's budget intensive. Skygames : This enchantment is okay, but It's definitely not great, especially when compared to your other auras; Highland Lake and Izzet Boilerworks : Yes I know it's important to have mana, but running basics gives you more choices. That's pretty much all I've got for now on cuts.

I wish you the best of luck, but I'm about to pass out so goodnight, I hope this made sense!

darleen on Slow and Painful.

7 years ago

You need about 12 more basic lands, to make room I advise you cut the following cards:

Aegis Angel, Captain of the Watch, Azor's Elocutors, Whispersilk Cloak, Grasp of the Hieromancer, Remove Soul, Solemn Offering, Confirm Suspicions, Demystify, Dispel, Contradict, Learn from the Past, Enhanced Awareness

tardisauce on Prowess/Rebound/Surge

8 years ago

When it comes to prowess, you want to be able to cast a lot of cheap noncreature spells, and then swing in for massive damage. You should consider some fliers like Cunning Breezedancer Riverwheel Aerialists Jeskai Windscout or Lotus Path Djinn. If you're going for a more aggro build, consider taking out an Archangel of Tithes or Seeker of the Way to make room. For more control, you could definitely use more counterspells. Stratus Dancer is a good one. Card draw is always nice to have as well, so some things to consider are Coastal Discovery Dragonlord's Prerogative Enhanced Awareness Treasure Cruise or, if you want to pay a little less mana, Refocus Defiant Strike or Angelic Gift.

Your mana color ratio is a little off, so you might want to fix that. Some other cards that are just generally useful here are Bone to Ash Contradict Profound Journey Jhessian Thief Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip and Ojutai's Command. I'm not sure if surge works well here, but prowess is a solid mechanic and I think this deck could definitely win some games.

ajstorey456 on Millz So Hard FNM 1st place

8 years ago

Treasure Cruise Might not be worth it for how much it costs, and how you gotta exile your graveyard when Jace, Telepath Unbound can return your spells for you. I would recommend Weave Fate in it's place, and Enhanced Awareness might go well too.