Heartstone

Artifact

Activated abilities of creatures cost {1} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the amount of mana an ability costs to activate to less than one mana.

Combos

• Basal Sliver + Heartstone + Sliver Queen
• Heartstone + Illusionist's Bracers + Training Grounds

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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (51)

Profet93 on Skeletons

8 minutes ago

smoothjonny69

While your avg cmc is very low, have you considered Urza's Incubator for ramp or Skullclamp for draw?

Contamination is fun with reassembling skeleton and Infernal Darkness is a nicer version.

Deserted Temple - To untap coffers or be a political tool.

Thespian's Stage - To copy coffer or opposing utility lands.

Arcane Signet > Felwar stone

Feed the Swarm - Easiest answer to RIP.

Heartstone - Might be worth it with all ur activated abilities

king-saproling on Urza's Rocking Rugs

6 months ago

Ha great concept. What do you think of these? Luck Bobblehead, Powerstone Shard, Heartstone, Five Hundred Year Diary, Victory Chimes, Lithoform Engine, Adric, Mathematical Genius, Drift of Phantasms

Craeter on

8 months ago

Creature cheats always fun. Heartstone would br amazing in here with this commander. Agatha of the Vile Cauldron as well, especially if she can be buffed. Tutoring for these cards would also be a big plus.

Profet93 on Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist

1 year ago

mantix +1

I'll take a closer look later but how about Heartstone?

Profet93 on Visions of Erebos

1 year ago

Sheoldred, the Apocalypse - Offsets commander lifeloss, great against blue/draw decks. Deathtouch is nice. Synergy with Peer into the Abyss (which also goes well with underworld dreams).

MAYBE Heartstone? - I'm unsure if this works with your commander only if he's a creature or even if he's just an enchantment.

Cabal Coffers - Ramp. Cabal Stronghold is more budget.

Deserted Temple - Untap coffers + politics

MAYBE Rings of Brighthearth - Copy commander ability without paying life. Also Coffers + Deserted temple + rings = {INFINITY}{B}. Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth - Makes you need less swamps but is not budget (or needed, but helpful).

Imp's Mischief - "Counter" counterspells while redirecting targeted removal, extra turns and draw.

Necropotence - Draw

I am unsure what your wincon is, beatdown? You lose a lot of life with your commander's ability. Perhaps a The Meathook Massacre could help as a wipe + lifegain effect?

Diabolic Tutor/Beseech the Queen/Beseech the Mirror. Tutors are black's biggest strength, utilize it for consistency.

Alhammarret's Archive - Extra draw

Black's 3rd biggest strength is massive mana. Aside from coffers, Crypt Ghast, Nirkana Revenant, Caged Sun, Gauntlet of Power

Once you determine your wincon, you can start to mold the deck to achieving that goal.

EDIT: Removed the non-budget options

Nixcron on Scepter Shenanigans

1 year ago

Thran Dynamo + Unwinding Clock untap your Iso's and their power supply's. As I don't see a Sol Ring anywhere im thinking your local group does not run them. Use a Thran instead as a single copy will power all 3 Scepters if your running Heartstone.

Pbudz75 on Satoru Umezawa, the green ninja

1 year ago

GoodGuyAlex Training Grounds and even Heartstone don’t work with the ability unfortunately

Rhadamanthus on Interaction between Animar, Soul of …

2 years ago

Some additional notes: To determine the total cost to cast a spell (or activate an ability), you start with the base mana cost after making all the necessary decisions (modes, targets, value of X, etc.), consider the effects of any additional costs (kicker etc.) or alternative costs (flashback, overload etc.), add the effects of any cost increases (Sphere of Resistance etc.) and then subtract the effects of any cost reducers (Animar etc.) and finally apply Trinisphere if needed (yes, it has a special rule all of its own).

The rules of the game do allow for a cost to be reduced to {0} this way. If an effect only allows reduction to some minimum amount it will specifically say so (e.g. Heartstone).