Helm of Awakening

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Discussion (51)

MurderForBrunch on Kykar Will's Fury

1 week ago

Hi! It looks like a pretty interesting list. I have a couple of straight suggestions, and some comments/questions.

The first comment is that I see that this deck is pretty much a cEDH deck, it looks pretty consistent and pretty fast when it gets going. In that regard, I don't like Leave / Chance. If it's there for the Chance part, I would recommend more like Ponder, Preordain and Brainstorm. I mean, I recommend those three cards regardless! They're really efficient. On the other hand, if the Leave part is relevant, there's always Paradoxical Outcome which is bonkers good! Or even Rebuild which also returns opponents' stuff.

Another card I don't like is Ugin, the Ineffable. I mean, it's a really good card, but also very expensive. As I understand, it's there to discount artifacts, in that sense there's Cloud Key and Semblance Anvil which also do that and they're not creatures. Or even Helm of Awakening (this one reduces all costs, but to everyone). Although, artifact combo doesn't really look like the main strategy, in which sense I would just cut Ugin, and add other stuff. Most of your artifacts are very cheap anyway.

Now, one of the comments/questions I have is the following. The main Win-Con is Aetherflux Reservoir, isn't it? It's a really good win-con but still, some other win-cons are always good. In order to make the deck more resilient I would add additional finishers, like Walking Ballista when you have infinite mana, or maybe even a Jace, Wielder of Mysteries with so many Wheel effects! Oh! Another cool line is Wheel of Fortune and Lion's Eye Diamond with Underworld Breach! You can draw your whole deck, cast Jace and win on the spot! You can also switch the Wheel with Brain Freeze! :D

In general I like the deck! It seems really cool! :D I'll keep an eye on it!

Whirlwind_2100 on The Ur-Dragon

1 month ago

Uh... Im not sure you know what your commander does based on your creature pool. On a scale of 1-10, i would rate this a 1.5, but i'll help you with that. You might as well be running Golos, Tireless Pilgrim. You have a small number of Dragons in the deck, and I noticed a bunch of useless non-dragon creatures in the deck.

32 lands is wayyyy to few, and you have an awful mana base, even on a budget, having only 1 tri-land and a random af arrangement of shock and gain lands.

You have little ramp, if any, which will slow you down greatly in a format such as commander Another concern is your lack of mana rocks. Why only one signet?

Your removal is pathetic, to be honest, with only one murder. Removal is IMPORTANT in commander, being used at both utility and a rich bargaining tool in the political side of the format.

But enough with flaming the deck, here is what I would put it.

First off, let's talk about your commander. It supports a heavy dragon tribal theme, and you want nearly all of your creatures creatures that either add to this theme or ramp you to get him out earlier. If you are to be running a non dragon creature, make sure it is a utility creature such as Reclamation Sage that can either ramp you or get rid of problems on the board.

Here is what I would cut if i was building him:

Creatures:

Ajani's Pridemate - No lifegain synergy and bad creature in EDH

Brineborn Cutthroat - A 2/2 with flash wont cut it in Ur

Corpse Knight - No sacrifice theme

Dreadmalkin - cmon, really?

Empyrean Eagle - Other cards do this a lot more efficiently

Exava, Rakdos Blood Witch - No madness or counter theme

Faerie Vandal - just no

Garenbrig Carver - bad in general

Gravedigger - not a dragon

Grumgully, the Generous - not efficent

Hackrobat

Kronch Wrangler

Law-Rune Enforcer

Leafkin Druid

Lightning Stormkin

Loxodon Sergeant

Meddling Mage

Nimble Birdsticker

Nyxborn Marauder

Shepherd of the Flock

Spectral Sailor

Squee, Goblin Nabob

Wandermare

Venerable Knight - no synergy in deck

Instant:

Gift of Strength

Infuriate

Murder

Scorching Dragonfire

Soul Manipulation

Artifact:

Manalith - You can keep it in, but it isn't very good

Helm of Awakening

Crystal Shard

Sorcery:

Compelling Argument - 0 MILL THEME!!!

Enchantment:

Moldervine Reclamation

Here is what I would add:

Creature:

Dryad of the Ilysian Grove - Can ramp you AND fix your mana

Lathliss, Dragon Queen

Utvara Hellkite

Silumgar, the Drifting Death

Scalelord Reckoner

Scourge of Valkas

Dragonspeaker Shaman - cuts down mana cost drastically

Dragonlord Kolaghan - Haste enabler and good beater

Dragonlord Dromoka - game winning lockdown effect

Ramos, Dragon Engine

Drakuseth, Maw of Flames

Deathbringer Regent

Balefire Dragon

Nicol Bolas, the Ravager  ^Flip

Hellkite Tyrant

Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund - haste enabler

Kokusho, the Evening Star - good beater with amazing ability

Birds of Paradise - great mana dork

Scourge of the Throne

Dragon Broodmother

Dragonlord's Servant

Removal

Swords to Plowshares

Path to Exile

Assassin's Trophy

Anguished Unmaking

Utter End

Beast Within

Putrefy

Terminate

Krosan Grip

Decimate

Ramp:

Kodama's Reach

Farseek

Cultivate

Explosive Vegetation

Skyshroud Claim

Circuitous Route

Mana Rocks

Sol Ring

Mind Stone

Commander's Sphere

Arcane Signet

Darksteel Ingot

ALL the signets (Emphasis on ALL)

Lands:

All tri-lands from Tarkir and Alara

Haven of the Spirit Dragon

Exotic Orchard

Terramorphic Expanse

Try to get all 10 fetch and shock lands if at all possible

City of Brass

Reflecting Pool

Fabled Passage

Temple of the False God

Utility lands:

Bojuka Bog

Reliquary Tower

Maze of Ith

Rogue's Passage

Planeswalkers:

Sarkhan, Fireblood

Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner

Anthems:

Metallic Mimic

Icon of Ancestry

Urza's Incubator

Coat of Arms

Vanquisher's Banner

This is just a few thing I think the deck could need, obviously it needs ore board wipes and wincons, however this is a good place to start. I want to be clear, I dont hate the deck, but I Think it needs improvements to become and 8. For your first commander deck, it's just fine. Thanks for reading. Cheers

lonesentinel on Sram jets

1 month ago

Approach for that 'instant win' still requires 14 mana in 1 turn (or 7+7 mana over 2 turns). Something which is hard to do in mono-white.

I suggest removing

• Panharmonicon dont have alot of ETB
• Nyx Lotus too slow
• Helm of the Host too slow, unless you're going for grindy games
• Strata Scythe too slow
• Stonehewer Giant is kinda slow. You already have 3x 1-2 cmc tutors. It should be more efficient to cycle through your deck with sram with that 7 mana that you invested into Stonehewer + 1 activation
• Whispersilk Cloak high cmc
• Godsend high cmc, requires colored mana
• Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite high cmc, would prefer cheaper cmc boardwipes.
• Mentor of the Meek this isnt a reliable engine in your build, because your number of 2-attack minions are very low. also a nonbo with Elesh Norn

adding in

• Path to Exile spot removal
• Wrath of God / Day of Judgment just efficient boardwipes
• more ramp. e.g. Mind Stone / Arcane Signet / Coldsteel Heart / Fellwar Stone / Prismatic Lens.
• Land Tax easy 1-drop, also thins the deck
• Cloud Key / Helm of Awakening / Semblance Anvil cost reducers for the storm turn
• Skullclamp cheap equip, draw engine if you need it
• Conqueror's Flail equip with the Grand Abolisher effect, to protect your storm turn
• Teferi's Protection against Vandalblast / Austere Command
• Generous Gift catch-all removal, even hits pesky land like Field of the Dead

One-Shoe on Meek Eggs

1 month ago

This deck looks like a lot of fun to play. I love these kind of tinker toys decks. Helm of Awakening is a card I've used to great success in a similar type of deck. Really helps when you're trying to storm off.

jaymc1130 on Inception! (aka Thrymception) [cEDH Primer]

1 month ago

Infinite was a poor choice of words, what I intended was that Angel's Grace lets you get all the way down to zero life without losing the game. Typically by the time you've gotten to 1 life you've found a fetch land for forests or the Cabin outright, sometimes a Nature's Claim to spend some of that massive amount of mana on for life gain, ideally not the Elixir of Immortality as that can get super complicated to work with, something drawn or tutored off the stockpiled mana acquired from draining down to 0. I've never had that fail, but it's also extremely rare to get down to 0, or even to have to use the Citadel for Bloom Combo purposes. 99 times in 100 you'll have the lands needed for the combo already, but just in case Bolas's Citadel offers a way to jump start things without the proper pieces hanging around. The "play from library" effect isn't in the list due to how it facilitates a niche side line for the Bloom combo. It can do that, which can sometimes be handy in a pinch, but that effect is in there for the Top combo lines and Bolas's Citadel is the only piece that can start that process with just the Top without a cost reducer. You'll notice Helm of Awakening is still in at the moment, but that's because of how it works with Ad Nas lines to help ensure playing some infinite combo after drawing the whole deck with limited or no mana available and needing to play the remaining rocks to get a functional combo on line as well as the Thrasios side line of the Bloom Combo where Summer Bloom costs one less to play to net positive mana returns without a sac+draw land. Finding out how often which niche side lines are relevant is why the "play from library" effects are all getting good looks for 20 or 30 games.

Gaea's Cradle was one of the lands considered for a slot, but it's never needed. Any random land that produces to go with Sanctuary and sac+draw land works with the standard combo and running the Cradle decreases opening hand consistency. There are some more complicated and less competitive iterations of the Bloom combo that do require the Cradle (or a land that produces at least 2 mana when tapped), but these versions also don't run Blue as a color and make use of Lotus Cobra, Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar, and a bounce land like Darigaaz's Caldera (along with some other pieces, janky and not really competitive).

cubemaster123 on The Dumbest Combo: Ratswarm

2 months ago

To streamline the combo: Demonic Tutor, Sidisi, Undead Vizier, Vampiric Tutor (not budget), Beseech the Queen, Buried Alive, Jet Medallion, Zulaport Cutthroat, Blood Artist, Helm of Awakening, Herald's Horn.

oo7x7oo on Elsha of the Infinite

2 months ago

They are actually liable win cons with Sensei's Divining Top + Kykar, Wind's Fury or Helm of Awakening. If you add enough mana rocks and Isochron Scepter + Dramatic Reversal combo, then Perpetual Timepiece you mill all your deck (I prefer Codex Shredder because it is cheaper and can mess opponents' library too)

MLGDolphinStudios on Jeskai Elsha Eggs

3 months ago

I think you could make some use from cost reducers so you aren't so reliant on Krark-Clan Ironworks. Helm of Awakening, Jhoira's Familiar, Foundry Inspector, Herald of Kozilek, and Etherium Sculptor are all fairly good.