Ivory Giant

Creature — Giant

When Ivory Giant enters the battlefield, tap all nonwhite creatures.

Suspend 5—{W} (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay {W} and exile it from the game with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a time counter. When the last is removed, cast it without paying its mana cost. It has haste.)

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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (6)

TinkererEDH on God-eternal oketra (angel version)

4 years ago

OmletMojo12 I have some nefarious plans on getting more creatures with return target creature(s) to owners' hands. I went to an edh Facebook page for ways to abuse god-eternal oketra, and they have me several ways. Standard way is to bring in weenies. I'm not a fan of weenies. I will have to rethink for the etb and tokens.

My goal is to get the cost low enough to repeat casting multiple times a turn. I might need a Vedalken Orrery for the flash aspect.

So, here are the planned maybe boards - since I'm going to ETB / casting creature triggers: Ancestral Statue - can actually become free to cast, since it's colorless, return target creature I control to my hand. Emancipation Angel - same as above, except Ivory Giant - taps all non-white creatures. Kor Skyfisher - return target creature I control . Panharmonicon - doubles etb triggers for my creatures - I don't really have artifact ETBs unless they're creatures. Reveillark - graveyard recursion for my weenies - ok. Stormfront Riders - return two creatures, whenever it or another creature is returned to my hand from play, adds at least two tokens into play when it enters the battlefield. Subjugator Angel - tap all creatures my opponents control Sunblast Angel - destroy all tapped creatures. Dust Elemental - flash, return three creatures I control to my hand. Eiganjo Free-Riders - return target creature I control at upkeep Enlightened Ascetic - destroy target enchantment or artifact War Priest of Thune - same as ascetic Thalia's Lancers - legendary creature tutor on a stick Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx - mono-color ramp Possessed Portal - sacrifice a creature? okay. I have lots of tokens. Regal Caracal - more tokens on etb.

Now I need ideas on what to exchange for the above. First thoughts are the two odrics - they're combat focused, not etb or casting focused.

SharpRaptor on Brion Stoutarm (Giants)

5 years ago

Hey :)

So something to immediately note, RW decks do not have a great amount of card draw or mana ramp. So Some of the cut recommendations will be focusing on making our individual card quality quite high, and making sure that our curve is reasonable due to lack of ability to rapidly start dropping high mana creatures quickly.

The recommendations will also be focusing towards the strengths of what our commander gives us. Namely, noncombat based win condition, and reliable lifegain. Meaning we don't have to rely on turning our guys sideways to win, and we can pack our deck with effects that let us draw cards on life gain and similar effects.

Also, I'm sure you are already aware from typing up the decklist, but there are a lot of draft level creatures and other cards in this deck. So there will be a lot of cut recommendations for this one.

Recommended Cuts

Creatures

Bull Cerodon - Its a generic 5/5 for 6. Its not great here.

Fire-Belly Changeling - While it is a giant for our tribal effects, we could do with something with more impact for our two drops.

Firemane Angel - This card is just SO SLOW and SO expensive to get anything going. And the body that all this work gets you is so mediocre that i just don't think this is worth it.

Hearthcage Giant - Second most expensive mana cost card in the deck, and not nearly as powerful as what we want any 8 drops that we play to be.

Hillcomber Giant - 4 mana 3/3 with little upside. We can play better.

Ivory Giant - Suspended on turn 1 this will come down on turn 6. Hard cast it will come down on turn 7. The effect that we get from doing so is not necessarily game changing so we can probably find something thats better for this slot.

Kuldotha Ringleader - Another draft level creature that unfortunately doesn't make the cut in commander.

Lairwatch Giant - Again. too much mana for what it does.

Shatterskull Giant - 4 mana 4/3 with nothing else. Not really good enough

Maybe Creatures

Artisan of Kozilek - This effect is good. But its a lot of mana in a colour pair not known for great ramp. So this is one we will need to re-evaluate once we look at how good our mana is.

Cloudgoat Ranger - While it makes a decent amount of bodies for the cost, its not greatly efficient towards what we are trying to do.

Wandering Graybeard - Ok stats but rather low impact for a 5 drop in commander. Doesn't immediately need replacing but on the short list further down the line.

VraskaTheCursed on $2000 Jund Decks? My Favorite Snack ($75 BUDGET!)

7 years ago

AmazingGrace15,

Thanks for the in-depth comment and suggestions. I definitely feel that combo and control decks are some of the worse match ups for this deck, and those decks often require less than two creatures in the field to win, so I may not add Crawlspace. It's Definitely a sideboard option tho. I'm on the fence about Condemn vs Oblivion Ring at this point, but I'll prob end up adding in both and replacing Journey to Nowhere and another card. I do like Ivory Giant, I will play test him asap!! Ty again.

AmazingGrace15 on $2000 Jund Decks? My Favorite Snack ($75 BUDGET!)

7 years ago

I absolutely LOVE this. I love the concept, it is very intriguing. Great job so far! I'm not huge in the Modern Scene, so my help might not be great, but I'll do my best.

Personally, I see that you took out Oblivion Ring for Journey to Nowhere, but I believe the Ring triumphs the Journey. With Journey you can only exile a creature, but the Ring gives so much versatility in the sense that it allows you exile any target nonland permanent. That's just what I think, but it truly is your decision.

Another idea to consider is playing Ivory Giant. Although he may not fit perfectly, I think he's a good budget card in addition to a possible win condition (I also just get super excited about Ivory Giant when someone plays mono-white).

I see you have Ghostly Prison in your maybeboard. A good budget alternative is Crawlspace. It limits your opponent's attacks to your advantage.

Beacon of Immortality is always fun.

Have fun with this deck, I'm excited to see where it goes.

libraryjoy on Donald Trump's EDH Deck

8 years ago

I dunno about flavor-wise, but Inviolability is great with Wall of Glare and Sunblast Angel is great with Blinding Light or Ivory Giant.

Also - Prison Barricade & Wall of Nets might be good adds.

1empyrean on EtB into battle

8 years ago

In addition to evoke (Ingot Chewer, Glarewielder, Spitebellows), there is suspend (Duskrider Peregrine, Ivory Giant), Convoke, Affinity, Patron of the Akki, and Patron of the Kitsune.

Some of the above might work for you.