Imp's Mischief

Instant

Change the target of target spell with a single target. You lose life equal to that spell's converted mana cost/mana value.

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
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

hootsnag on Varragoth Mono Black Creatueless Combo Win

2 weeks ago

I have Goblin Cannon also with infinite mana for another win condition. The commander ban list doesn't include The One RingGC that I know of. I normally build a lot of stax pieces but decided for faster win conditions with the commander. I was considering Lake of the Dead and probably Exsanguinate. Buried Ruin won't help much because most of my artifacts are just mana rocks to ramp out the commander faster. The idea is to get Doomsday quickly and just win off that if possible. I don't think Yawgmoth's Will fits here. I'm just trying to combo super fast. If I need a lot from my graveyard, I've probably lost already. I decided to avoid Imp's Mischief also because I'm just going for speed without much defense. The amount of tutors is vital to get exactly the cards I need to go faster. I want to optimize my ramp and make my win condition as fast as possible without using creatures like K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth.

Profet93 on Varragoth Mono Black Creatueless Combo Win

2 weeks ago

hootsnag +1

I also run a mono black (almost) creatureless deck. May I recommend Spreading Plague for creature control or is it too high CMC? Works with fountain port to kill blue creatures. On that note, No Mercy and The Abyss are great anti-creature cards.

Imp's Mischief - "Counter" counterspells, redirect targeted removal, draw and extra turns!

What combos r u running? I see aethflux + bolas citadel + top. Rings + basalt + top. What else am I missing?

I thought The One Ring Was Banned, or am I mistaken?

Maybe add some light stax like Torpor Orb or even a Cursed Totem depending on the meta (I know it hurts you but worth noting).

You have a really low avg cmc and a large amount of tutors. You could probably remove 1 land if you wanted. Speaking of lands, while i hate Lake of the Dead, it seems like a good fit for what you wanna do.

While not an entirely serious suggestion, Voltaic Key can untap ur large mana rocks like basalt, grim, mana vault and sol ring. Moreover, it combos with everflowing (4 counters) + rings + voltaic = Infinite mana. Speaking of combos, since rings is a good part of it, having some artifact recursion such as Buried Ruin is nice to have. Moreover, while not a serious suggestion, Crucible of Worlds can go well with your sac lands. Bonus points if you add fetches. Fetches can be used with rings for ramp, shuffle your library (in case top says ur top 3 suck), and with crucible for consistent land drops. Might be a bit too slow for the deck but wanted to share it.

Speaking of recursion, Yawgmoth's Will - Super powerful.

At the risk of being too niche, Corpse Dance is fun to ensure no commander tax + built in haste.

Looking forward to your thoughts.

Cynic14 on Chainer

3 months ago

I can recommend Sudden Spoiling and Imp's Mischief.

Kozelek on Trazyn the infinite combo guy

5 months ago

@Profet93 love the suggestions 1 I had not considered Imp's Mischief but will look to see if I have one if not add it to my wish/to buy list 2 I actually do have a Cabal Coffers I can add 3 I’ve never seen Cabal Stronghold till now and yeah it’s a ghetto coffers and I’ll add it to the to acquire list 4 Bubbling Muck did not make it past the third rounds of cuts along with Feldon's Cane but I’ll add it to the reconsider pile 5 Buried Ruin never crossed my mind because I want 93% of the artifacts IN the graveyard but I forgot about letting my commander go to the grave to then return to hand and recast at cmc not cmc+tax

Profet93 on Trazyn the infinite combo guy

5 months ago

Kozelek +1

Given your deck is commander reliant, Imp's Mischief - redirect targeted removal, draw and extra turns while "countering" counter spells is so sweet.

I don't see a budget listed. I would say cabal coffers and urborg but am going to assume that's a no go. Removing some non basics to add in a Cabal Stronghold might be worth looking at.

Bubbling Muck - Ramp

Buried Ruin - Recursion

capwner on

7 months ago

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Profet93 on The Black Death (Maha Massacre Primer)

8 months ago

SlangNTrees13

Given your deck is commander reliant, some more card draw such as Syphon Mind might be worth considering.

Beseech the Mirror might be worth it only for The One Ring as I don't see anyway to sacrifice it, unless your lifegain is there to mitigate it.

An Imp's Mischief which I see is in your mayeboard should not be overlooked as it can "Counter" counterspells while redirecting targeted removal, draw and extra turns. Allows you to bluff like the blue player for just 2 mana.

Regarding artifact/enchantment removal, it's hard to find good targeted removal aside from Ugin, the Ineffable. I suggest putting in a wipe such as All is Dust, Ugin, the Spirit Dragon or even an Oblivion Stone. You have a lot of cards in the -X/-X category. Perhaps swapping out one of 2 of those a wipe which can target artifacts might be to your benefit.

milohenry13 on "Let them eat worms..."

9 months ago

MistaMint I don't even know where to start with your build. Your build is one dimensional and lacking real teeth.

Obviously, if you look closely, my curve is smoother and my payoffs are more impactful. You don't even run an alter. You don't run mana dorks. You don't run Sanguine Bond. Your instant and removal package has the essence of a C-squad soccer team. You have no Grist, the Hunger Tide *list* no Tevesh Szat, Doom of Fools that actually do the thing you mentioned, a sac outlet and a repeatable body. Those creatures you mentioned don't have a sac outlet attached to them. Persistent Specimen is just a bad card. Your enchantments are bad... No Bitterblossom!? No Fiend Artisan!? No Grave-Shell Scarab?! Grave-shell does EVERYTHING and it. is. Flavor. If our two lists go toe to toe, my list wins most of the time simply because I have quality mana dorks.

Your list is just spamming +1/+1 counters.

I can get damage through, I can passively get aristocrat life-loss/gain through, I make use of Savra's life gain = loss for my opponents, AND I run an infinite damage combo that even SYNERGIZES with Savra.

And lastly... you're running gates?? Go ahead and take another quick look at my land package. I've been building decks since 95. I appreciate your obvious love for the game, but I'm sorry to say that I don't resonate with your overall construction philosophy. As I mentioned before, I think your build is lacking in real impact, an inability to respond to unexpected situations (where is your Imp's Mischief??), easily defeated by targeted removal and blowouts, and a very poor and terrible mana curve.

So... yeah.