Greed

Enchantment

{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (41)

hyalopterouslemur on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

1 month ago

NecropotenceGC probably costs too much (It's around $20.), but if you have one, play it. As long as you're drawing at least 2 cards per turn (and a rat deck should be playing at least that many cards per turn), you're getting an advantage. (That said, I don't typically play Necro on turn 3. I typically play it later.)

Skullclamp is another obvious recommendation for typal decks. You're essentially sacrificing a creature to draw two cards.

Night's Whisper, Sign in Blood, Read the Bones...those are some of my favorite "draw X cards". You can throw in Damnable Pact for big plays. I also like Stinging Study, but it's kind of expensive.

Erebos, God of the Dead (a bit expensive) or Greed is useful as well.

Now, a word about Phyrexian Arena: I'm not sure you want it in an aggro strategy. It's great for controlling strategies, especially Stax (decks which essentially make it impossible for most decks to do anything and then do a point or two of damage every turn) and landfall, but aggro? It's still good, but not insanely overpowered. There's also Dark Confidant, which is Phyrexian Arena #2.

capwner on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

1 month ago

Phyrexian Arena and Greed are classic {B} card draw, Insatiable Avarice is decent and I am a big fan of Increasing Ambition though it is a little slower. Peer into the Abyss also slower but basically ad naus #2...these effects are typically paired with a lot of fast mana like Chrome MoxGC Lotus Petal Mox Opal etc. which are cheap and explosive after casting Ad NauseamGC <-- this card usually takes some build around. IDK if that's better here vs. Skullclamp which provides repeatable card draw for cheap. If you have a lot of life loss effects, Sheoldred, the Apocalypse is a good hedge which fits your beatdown strat and hates on opposing card draw. Maybe also Phyrexian Altar and Ashnod's Altar to juice those rat tokens.

EchoSpice on Things Betor Left Undead [Primer]

9 months ago

Cool deck! Maybe Greed to help with life loss triggers and card draw? And youve got quite a bit of black mana pips, Gary might also be good. Gray Merchant of Asphodel

DemonDragonJ on Greed or Lunar Convocation?

9 months ago

I have a copy of Greed in my Liesa, Shroud of Dusk EDH deck, but I am considering replacing it with Lunar Convocation, because that card has additional abilities; yes, the additional mana for the card-drawing ability will add up over time, but the other two abilities are very useful for that deck, so I do believe that the card would be a very nice addition to it.

What does everyone else say, about this? Should I keep Greed in my Liesa deck, or replace it with Lunar Convocation? I certainly am eager to hear your responses, on this subject.

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Greed in …

1 year ago

Noxid05, I shall need to observe how frequently I use Greed, and how other players respond to it, so I shall keep it, in my deck, for the present moment.

Noxid05 on Should I Keep Greed in …

1 year ago

Do you find that you are often needing to use the card draw from Greed? If so it is probably worth keeping it. However, if your Greed is frequently getting destroyed Erebos, God of the Dead would probably be better, especially if life gain decks, or Sanguine Bond combos are frequent in your meta. If you only use your greed occasionally, and it doesn't get destroyed often Lunar Convocation as it has the the most utility imo outside of card draw. Hopefully this helps :)

DemonDragonJ on Should I Keep Greed in …

1 year ago

I have a copy of Greed in my Liesa, Shroud of Dusk EDH deck, because that enchantment is such an amazing resource in that deck, but I am contemplating replacing that card with one of two other cards, so I would like to ask everyone else here, for advice, on this matter.

The first card that I am considering as a replacement for Greed is Erebos, God of the Dead, since he has the exact same mana cost as Greed, as well as being indestructible, preventing my opponents from gaining life, and potentially being a 5/7 creature, but my only concern is that his activated ability costs 1 more mana than does that of Greed, and that additional cost shall add up, over the course of a game.

The second card that I am considering is Lunar Convocation, because that card is less expensive than is Greed, yet has several amazing abilities, but, again, its primary ability costs 1 more mana than does that of Greed, so I am not certain if I can justify replacing the existing enchantment.

What does everyone else say about this? Should I keep Greed in my Liesa deck, or should I replace it with one of the other two cards? Is it worth paying 1 additional mana to draw a card in exchange for the additional abilities? I certainly would appreciate any feedback that anyone here may have to offer.

tom.maxwellmans on Queza Grand Smotherer - On a Budget

1 year ago

If you are looking at getting a "good rate" of turning resources into cards you may want to start looking at ways of turning life into cards, since you have a lot of incidental life gain.

Enchantments like:

Greed Necrodominance Unfulfilled Desires Phyrexian Etchings Yawgmoth's Bargain Nihilistic Glee Lunar Convocation

Are repeatable ways to turn life into cards.

Cards like:

Cut of the Profits Eldritch Pact Peer into the Abyss Sanguimancy Pain's Reward

Will give you a big hit of cards for life.