Grim Lavamancer

Creature — Human Wizard

, , Exile two cards from your graveyard: Grim Lavamancer deals 2 damage to target creature, player or planeswalker.

Discussion (51)

EsperControl4Life on I think Eldraine’s Fervent Champion ...

3 weeks ago

I feel like this conversation is kind of null and void as Burn does not want to run any more than the 12 creatures it currently runs (4 Goblin Guide ,4 Monastery Swiftspear , and 4 Eidolon of the Great Revel ) as running more creatures reduces the damage consistency of swiftspear. However on another note I do believe if for budget considerations you can not run GG than I think Fervent Champion may be the best early game creature (not sold on it though) burn can run for the reasons stated by StopShot in the beginning, however this is meta dependent as if you expect games to go past turn 4 Grim Lavamancer gets more total damage through.

StopShot on I think Eldraine’s Fervent Champion ...

3 weeks ago

@Liliana69X, Maybe my thinking is grossly incorrect, but I fail to see how Legion Loyalist or Fanatical Firebrand are better than Fervent Champion when you have yet explain to me how they are.

After some thought I can see how two Grim Lavamancer ’s could work work out well, but I really wonder how often ‘usually fine’ comes up at times as there can be situations where two or more are certainly unwelcome. I’d imagine they work best if you get three lands down by turn three and that your opening hand made it convenient to play them turn 1 out of a lack of other turn 1 creatures to play. If you are stuck with two lands and/or a creature heavy opening hand I would image 2 Lavamancers would feel a bit more awkward to work with.

Liliana69X on I think Eldraine’s Fervent Champion ...

3 weeks ago

there are plenty that are better than Fervent Champion . Legion Loyalist is better. Fanatical Firebrand is better. your evaluation of cards is grossly incorrect in my opinion. and there is no "duplication issue" for Grim Lavamancer . drawing multiples is usually fine.

StopShot on I think Eldraine’s Fervent Champion ...

3 weeks ago

@Liliana69X, Ah yes, well I can assure you I did check every existing one-mana haste creature before constructing this list and I did mention the ones I felt were certainly notable to be mentioned, but I did not find any that were better with except for G-Guide and Swifty which I mentioned in paragraph 1.

That being said while Grim Lavamancer is certainly a good card, but it too suffers from the duplication issue I mentioned earlier in paragraph 3. Grim Lavamancer also suffers from a lot of the same or similar issues I described with Ghitu Lavarunner in paragraph 5, however; I do think Grim Lavamancer is definitely a better card than the Ghitu Lavarunner . While it does provide an excellent source of utility in your deck it loses points in terms of the wait-time to set up given its priority to other cards, and how duplicate Lavamancers can be more detrimental in the early game. I’d run it as a 1 or 2 of, but I would prefer something faster that doesn’t compete for resources (limited mana) in the early game to be useful. I’m sure others would disagree with me, but Lavamancer’s usefulness is probably more fitting with the group of burn players that prefer to run a smaller concentration of creatures than those like myself who prefer running a high concentration of creatures which the latter is the group I’m advocating this creature to.

Liliana69X on I think Eldraine’s Fervent Champion ...

3 weeks ago

and if you remove the "haste" restrictions, theres even more options that are better than Fervent Champion . after Goblin Guide and Monastery Swiftspear , the next best option is Grim Lavamancer .

ArchonBlue on

1 month ago

The deck is coming along, but needs some more work to be competitive. My suggestions: -3 Unclaimed Territory (too many noncreature spells this is actively bad in your deck) -1 Docent of Protection (too slow for Modern) -4 Lightning Stormkin (worse Stormchaser) -2x Warden of Evos Isle (slow and weak) -1x Bedlam Reveler (doesn't fit) -1x Thing in the Ice  ^Flip (doesn't fit) -2x Izzet Charm (super average meh card)

+2 Spirebluff Canal +4 Soul-Scar Mage +2 Grim Lavamancer +2 Archmage's Charm +1 Steam Vents +1 Electrolyze

That should speed up your deck and make it more consistent all at a low cost.

Boza on 1 mana hate creatures

1 month ago

Topplegeist , Deadeye Tracker , Grim Lavamancer , Thoughtpicker Witch , Cabal Therapist , Pilfering Imp

Jelatinator on Kumano EDH

3 months ago

7/17/19 Updates:

-1 Lightning Bolt , -1 Red Sun's Zenith , -1 Fire Servant , -1 Grim Lavamancer , -1 Urza's Mine , -1 Urza's Power Plant , -1 Urza's Tower

+1 Commune with Lava , +1 Dictate of the Twin Gods , +1 Outpost Siege , +1 Silverclad Ferocidons , +1 Spikeshot Elder , +1 Detection Tower , +1 Isolated Watchtower