Harsh Mentor

Creature — Human Cleric

Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability this deals 2 damage to that player

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
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

capwner on Gleeful Reveler 2024 dec

4 months ago

Looks like a fun list with some spice. I love Shrapnel Blast and Gleeful Demolition. Haven't played this archetype enough to have much real advice so I'll trust you know what you're doing. I just know the convoke creatures like Venerated Loxodon are really good and I lost to them all the time when people played the boros version of this deck more. I also don't really see the point of Leyline of Combustion since I think you should be a lot more worried about sweepers than targeted removal on your 1/1 goblins. Harsh Mentor seems like another good sideboard card possibly. +1 from me always love to see a unique modern deck

9-lives on burn deck help to refurbish

1 year ago

legendofa I haven't played with this deck much, only against a few people. What I did find out is that lifegain decks are the hardest to win against. I'd love to have help with how to defeat that with a burn deck, considering they are diametric opposites. I have Ash Zealot and Harsh Mentor in my sideboard for graveyard usage or creature abilities. I'm sure I'll need something to prevent counterspells in my sideboard. Rip Apart is useful for those artifact and enchantment decks, but could do with more help for that as well. Keeping boros colors if possible...

NV_1980 on burn

1 year ago

This looks ok, for the most part. I play-tested it a few times to see how it would run. Based on that, I think it needs some more lands or some more (cheap) mana rocks (or both). I had to mulligan quite often in order to get a good starting hand of cards. Also, the deck needs some more card-advantage resources. Maybe Mind's Eye or War Room could help out on this front.

Other additions worth considering would be Firebrand Archer, Harsh Mentor and definitely Chandra's Incinerator.

legendofa on Creatures that do Damage Over …

2 years ago

Nice looking deck! As a couple of points to keep in mind, life loss isn't the same as damage, so Fiery Emancipation and friends won't affect, say, Kambal. Second, the description mentions that tapping lands for mana will trigger cards like Harsh Mentor. Harsh Mentor, and most cards like it, specifically don't trigger off mana abilities (abilities that generate mana).

FormOverFunction on Creatures that do Damage Over …

2 years ago

Came here to say Harsh Mentor. Also- if you’ve got room for some artifacts or enchantments: Copper Tablet, Razor Pendulum, and Enslave.

legendofa on Creatures that do Damage Over …

2 years ago

After looking a bit deeper, there's Kambal, Consul of Allocation, Ob Nixilis, Unshackled, Fate Unraveler, and Harsh Mentor, which covers a pretty good mana value spread.

Daveslab2022 on Harsh Mentor interaction

2 years ago

No, Harsh Mentor only affects activated abilities like Scavenging Ooze or Scalding Tarn.

An ETB effect is a triggered ability, not an activated ability.

9-lives on Harsh Mentor interaction

2 years ago

If I have Harsh Mentor on the battlefield, if someone triggers an ETB effect, or any card effect that isn't tapping or using mana, would Harsh Mentor cause damage to that player?