Gifts Ungiven

Instant

Search your library for up to four cards with different names and reveal them. Target opponent chooses two of those cards. Put the chosen cards into your graveyard and the rest into your hand. Then shuffle your library.

Legality

Format	Legality
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

DemonDragonJ on Why Does Threats Undetected Deviate …

1 year ago

Gifts Ungiven and Realms Uncharted are both instants, but Threats Undetected is a sorcery, which is very weird, as that breaks the pattern from the first two cards, so what does everyone else say about this? Why is Threats Undetected a sorcery, rather than an instant?

Also, since the first two cards search for cards with different names, why does the third member of this group search for creatures with different powers, rather than different names, as well? Even further, why are the chosen cards with Threats Undetected shuffled into their owner's library, rather than going to their owner's graveyard? What does everyone else say about this? Why does Threats Undetected deviate from the previous two cards?

FireMind42 on Hoax Storm v2

1 year ago

sylvannos Oh my god thank you so much! Sorry for the late response, but I really appreciate all the advice. Paradoxical Outcome is absolutely insane now that you mention the Mox synergy, and I have no idea how I missed Tinker in my original deck building phase.

As for your other suggestions, there are two elements of the deck I want to maintain which I forgot mention in the original post.

• I want to keep the deck U/R because when I started playing in RTR I was obsessed with the Izzet. In Highschool I had the chance to draft MM13 for a friend's b-day, and after getting passed multiple copies of Gifts Ungiven,Grapeshot,Peer Through Depths, and Manamorphose, I managed to Grapeshot for lethal in nearly every single game. That was when I fell in love with Magic, and I thought Storm was just the coolest archetype because it fully embodies the absolute chaos that is U/R.

• As for Thassa's Oracle, I have never really liked "you win the game cards," and I prefer to win with damage for flavor reasons. I love the feeling of counting up Storm count before casting lethal, and imagining I am a Planeswalker wielding fire and lightning to blast my opponent to dust (lol). Plus, cards that just end the game immediately tend to make opponents more frustrated than if they were killed by damage. Although that is just my experience haha

I will be experimenting with this build and I am already thinking of ways I can use your recommendations, I've always been a very casual player but I have a big interest in competitive magic so thanks again for the advice. I will be back soon for some more tips! :)

Thanks for the warm welcome, I am VERY excited to be playing such a complex format!

-Ya boi

FireMind

DutchSnake on dragon desolation

1 year ago

Just a friendly heads up, did you know Gifts Ungiven is banned in EDH?

Icbrgr on The One Drop Zoo

1 year ago

@Dragaan Great card choices!

Guttural Response vs Veil of Summer is a meta decision for people that contend with {U} nonsense like Gifts Ungiven/Cryptic Command/Archmage's Charm... its more narrow of a card choice but because its a sideboard card when its brought in the hybrid mana of {RG} can enable the deck to still make aggressive plays while still having appropriate mana available to cast if applicable. I think for a lot of people Veil of summer is probably a better/more rounded choice though and I should definitely mention it and explain this in the primer.

Pelt Collector is another great option that I neglected to mention in my deck description which I will update later on. It feels so so so good to open with and would probably say it is generally a better choice than Kytheon, Hero of Akros  ^Flip; which frankly is a "win more" card when not just being a fancy Elite Vanguard. My only complaint about the card is that it can feel bad to topdeck but otherwise its outstanding!

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM! (better mana)

1 year ago

I do think Threats Undetected has potential in here, but I can't think of a diverse enough threat-base to support the card (mana dork package is viable enough). Since the last choice is in my opponent's hands, I need to be capable of creating lose/lose packages, like you can with a nicely constructed Gifts Ungiven package. They've also learned from past oversights and made it that the 2 cards we aren't getting go into the deck, instead of the graveyard, eliminating the "failure to find" tricks that are possible with Gifts Ungiven.

BadLuke on What ONE card would you …

1 year ago

Primeval Titan or Gifts Ungiven seem to be ok powerlevel wise, considering all the powercreep happening in the past years

lilgigantopithicus on Bazaar Enchantments Reanimater

2 years ago

Man why didn't I think of using Force of Will. I'm so use to brewing green decks that it didn't even cross my mind that blue has free counters. I'm a see what I can take out for it. I feel like Bazaar looting effects are too costly by themselves compared to my other looting options, the reason I keep Bazaar Trademage is his body really ties up delver decks. The other suggestions you made are really interesting, they even open up a lot of new ways I can build my deck. Just looking at Gifts Ungiven, I can see it tutoring up Replenish, Opposition, Noxious Revival, and idk Force of Will. Maybe the Sram card to combo with Belief. Lots of stuff to tinker with thanks duchessCretina

lilgigantopithicus on Bazaar Enchantments Reanimater

2 years ago

Man why didn't I think of using Force of Will. I'm so use to brewing green decks that it didn't even cross my mind that blue has free counters