Goldmeadow Dodger

Creature — Kithkin Rogue

Goldmeadow Dodger can't be blocked by creatures with power 4 or greater.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (4)

king0fclubs on Steal From the Rich, Give to the Poor

3 years ago

Things I like:

I think it is a good idea that you have a good number of things to dissuade being attacked. Propaganda effects will be big for keeping people off your back.

The Sabotage section seems solid and you should be able to put the pressure on the problem player as needed.

Treasure Nabber is a great ramp card for this deck and with the bonus of being able redistribute afterward, should be solid.

Starke of Rath-I've always been curious to see him at work and he will be interesting here. Might need to be careful how you use him, but as far as removal goes, the guy is going to kill a fair bit of stuff, should be fun.

Smothering Tithe-great way to get tokens to give away and perfectly on theme! Only shame is they go away once used so it won't help your permanent count too much, but people are probably only going to use them when they really need them so who knows.

Humble Defector-Great card draw especially if you can work out a deal with whoever you give it to. Overall, I think you are going to be able dig pretty deep into your deck which is always nice.

Things I'd replace:

Pride Guardian-likely only going to get you 3 health and die, not particularly worth a slot

Viridian Longbow-a good card in a combo deck but i don't think you will get much from it here, a lot of man to equip makes it tough to use well

Goldmeadow Dodger-not likely going to impact things much

Longbow Archer-not likely going to impact things much

Reckless Cohort-this guy is gonna get himself killed or get someone mad at you

Somberwald Vigilante-not likely going to impact things much

Felidar Sovereign-Sovereign is interesting, I haven't seen it ever win someone the game, but I have seen it turn everyone at the table against the player. The other side (and this is probaby personal preference) is it might feel a little anticlimactic winning this way, but again I've never seen it. I'd say try it out and see how you feel though, it is 100% a legitimate way to win especially in a Zedruu deck

Sword of Vengeance-Not sure on this one. The stats it gives are good, but I don't think there are ton of creatures in your deck that will use it super effectively. The highest power you have right now is 3 I think, so at most they are going to be 5 power, which isn't bad but compared to some of the things they will be up against. However it is hard to know what things you are going to be taking, so maybe it will come in handy. Might need to playtest.

Suggestions:

Sol Ring-it is too good to ignore. Between Zedruu eating 3 mana with that ability and some of your cards hitting 7 CMC you are going to want this extra 2 mana.

Illusionist's Bracers-when equipped to Zedruu you can give away double the stuff. Also works with Bazaar Trader, Humble Defector (you get 2 cards when your opponent uses it too!), Starke of Rath

Chromatic Lantern-having the right colors will be important to using zedruu's abilities and this will free you up from having to worry about that too much

Cultural Exchange-a pretty quick way to re-balance the board, pricey manawise but pretty worth it, especially if you use it give your opponent a ton of things you own (for the same amount of mana Zedruu can only give away two things. If you do this for even 3 creatures are being more effecient and it is a decent jump up for your next Zedruu draw/lifegain)

Well of Lost Dreams-Double the number of cards you get on your Zedruu upkeep effect.

Cradle of Vitality-Put the lifegain to work to make your creatures increasingly large each turn.

Debt of Loyalty-not the best way to take control of things but not a terrible one either especially for only 3 mana.

Blatant Thievery-expensive but you get the best stuff the table has

Chamber of Manipulation-I like this on because for the cost of one mana you can take a creature and then have Zedruu give it away permanently (it won't be given back because Zedruu's ability overwrites that part of the Chamber's ability). At 4 mana total and the ability to continually do this each turn I think this is the most consistent and cheap way to steal stuff and give it away

Ajani, Caller of the Pride/Ajani Goldmane/Ajani, Adversary of Tyrants-Potential Little John? Quarterstaff weilding A-John-i is in line with your lifegain strategy and suitably strong for being your right hand man(cat)

Generally, I'd also say take a look at more tokening effects:

Elspeth Tirel/Elspeth, Knight-Errant-Another potential Maid Marian? I like Elspeth since she gives you tokens which you can give away, and she is can potentially win you the game if she sticks around. Livinia is comparatively not as useful in this deck (it shuts down Rakdos, Lord of Riots, but that is about it in our meta I think?)

Crested Sunmare-Gotta give Robin and Co. mounts and it doesn't get much better than a 5/5 indestructible horse

Griffin Aerie-Similar to Sunmare but maybe a little to fantasy for the theme, not sure how you feel

Last notes, I'd say some things to consider would be some of the fancier lands (shock/check lands) to make your colors easier to get, a little more enchant/artifact removal, and a board wipe or two because sometimes it all must go.

All in all, looking good!

Boza on Ability challenge

4 years ago

The competition was very tough this time around!

Mechanic Show

Intrepid is a really interesting word. I literally had to google what it meant, as it is one of those SAT words that never stuck.

Well, given the word, this will be a creature mechanic. The idea is to stick it in Lorwyn for the kithkin, but brought back for a Commander product (prior to them becoming more conniving when they added blue). Inspired by Goldmeadow Dodger .

Intrepid - When ~ attacks, if the defending player controls a legendary creature or a creature with higher power, do X.

I think attacking in the face of a great threat is what intrepid really represents.

3 cards Show

Rouser of spirits
Creature - Kithkin Soldier (common)

Intrepid - When ~ attacks, if the defending player controls a legendary creature or a creature with higher power, up to two other target creatures you control gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

2/2

Goldmeadow Spearhead
Creature - Kithkin Warrior (uncommon)

Intrepid - When ~ attacks, if the defending player controls a legendary creature or a creature with higher power, creatures you control gain first strike until end of turn.

3/2

Sabinne, Field Tactician
Legendary Creature - Kithkin General (Mythic)

Intrepid - When ~ attacks, if the defending player controls a legendary creature or a creature with higher power, choose one:

• Creatures you control gain skulk until end of turn.
• Other creatures you control gain +2/+2 until end of turn.
• Untap ~ and creatures you control gain vigilance until end of turn.

2/5

Yeti_Confetti on budget tribal 2, the electric bugaloo (kithkin)

6 years ago

Maybe Goldmeadow Dodger?

excasteal on UW kithkin

6 years ago

You most definitely need to be playing Hallowed Fountain since you can fetch it with any of your fetchlands, making any fetch fix for either of your colors. Additionally, Flooded Strand is the best fetchland for you to be playing, so if you are only running 4 fetches you should be running those instead of the mistys and the mesas. Ponder is also banned in modern, so maybe try Serum Visions to have a similar effect. Supreme Verdict is a superior Day of Judgment since you are in UW and have a solid enough manabase. Eldrazi Monument is likely to never be cast, and is also just bad for control anyways since you will slowly be diminishing your own board. If you really want an anthem, I'd suggest Always Watching since it will let you attack and still hang back on defense, which is very useful for a control deck. It doesn't give your creatures indestructible, so they will now play poorly with your board wipes, but again the monument is still pretty unplayable.

The deck overall has this awkward split between wanting to be aggro and wanting to be control. You are going wide on creatures yet playing board wipes; you are a control deck with 24 creatures and no cheap removal or counterspells. I'd try to streamline the deck and play an agro-control strategy. Cut the board wipes and add in cheap interraction, like Path to Exile (4x Path can easily replace the 2 board wipes and Oblivion Rings) and then add in some cheap countermagic in place of your Eldrazi Monuments. Remand, Mana Leak, Spell Snare, etc. are where you want to be here. Goldmeadow Harrier is also pretty inefficient, I'd say look into Figure of Destiny or even Goldmeadow Dodger for marginal evasion or Zealous Guardian because flash is generally more useful than the tap ability (though the latter two aren't a large step greater than the harrier). FoD is also great because you could grow him while holding up mana for control - remember, you can always activate his abilities at EoT (end of turn)! Aether Vial is another solid option if you want to mimic fish, but your cmc is all over the place so I wouldn't auto-jam it in.