Magus of the Coffers

Creature — Human Wizard

(2), Tap: Add (Black) to your mana pool for each Swamp you control.

Discussion (50)

S1ayerMonkey on K'rrik's devotion to storms

1 week ago

You don't have nearly enough low-cmc spells for a storm deck, and your curve is way off. Storm relies on playing as many spells as possible in a turn and then having a payoff card. In your case that's either Tendrils of Corruption and Aetherflux Reservoir .

Consider finding a way to increase your mana by adding in Cabal Coffers or, if on a budget, Magus of the Coffers + Umbral Mantle . I know Kerrick basically lets you use life instead, but you need a fallback because he's usually target #1 when on the battlefield. Also, the less life you pay, the more spells you can cast with said life. Include mana increasing spells too, like Bubbling Muck and Rain of Filth , for when you storm off, Kerrick or no.

I suggest getting your cmc around 2.00 by increasing your instant and sorcery count. I see you trying to go the devotion rout too, so try cutting out a chunk of those artifacts and putting in some good, low-cmc creatures and enchantments that will both help you with your strategy and be useful when storming off.

Here is a decent one I found here on T/O (not mine):

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K'rrik: Shadow Storm

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Good luck! hope you found something here useful.

mmartak on Kaptain K'rrik

1 month ago

Check on:

• Army of the Damned
• Beseech the Queen
• Black Market
• Bolas's Citadel
• Bontu's Monument
• Burnished Hart
• Cabal Ritual
• Caged Sun
• Command Beacon
• Crypt Ghast
• Culling the Weak
• Diabolic Revelation
• Dictate of Erebos
• Dismember
• Extraplanar Lens
• Font of Agonies
• Gilded Lotus
• Greed
• Increasing Ambition
• Karn's Bastion
• Leechridden Swamp
• Magus of the Coffers
• Massacre Wurm
• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
• Mortuary Mire
• No Mercy
• Read the Bones
• Rise of the Dark Realms
• Scheming Symmetry
• Solemn Simulacrum
• Temporal Extortion
• Thaumatic Compass  ^Flip
• Thran Dynamo
• Toxic Deluge
• Tragic Slip
• Vesuva
• Volrath's Stronghold
• Worn Powerstone

multimedia on The Black Death

1 month ago

Hey, saw your forum topic asking for help.

Cards to consider cutting to make 100:

• Demon of Catastrophes : not worth sacing a creature to cast it.
• Nightmare : not worth 5 mana, 5 of the mana cost can't be paid with Phyrexian mana.
• Xathrid Gorgon : same as Nightmare.
• Magus of the Coffers : Crypt Ghast , Coffers, Nykthos, Stronghold all better.
• Liliana, the Necromancer
• Ancient Craving
• Dregs of Sorrow
• Avatar of Woe
• Demonlord Belzenlok
• Eternity Vessel

In your forum topic you said you're not worried about reducing the high avg. CMC by cutting high CMC creatures because you can pay Phyrexian mana to reduce their cost. This is true to some degree, but you're not always in every game going to have Krrik on the battlefield, access to Phyrexian mana, and the times when this happens then having a lower avg. CMC will allow you to actually play Magic.

The other problem is why play worse high CMC creatures then Vilis, Broker of Blood , Pontiff of Blight , Sheoldred, Whispering One or Reiver Demon ? There's no reason to jam a bunch of other high CMC creatures just because you can. These creatures especially the interaction of Vilis, Pontiff with Krrik are better than all the other high CMC creatures who are within the budget here. You would rather draw them then the others therefore make it easier to draw them and don't include lots of other high CMC creatures?

Pontiff of Blight giving extort to all creatures you control is good especially if you're playing a life gain strategy. Extort can be paid for with Phyrexian mana, that's what makes it busted. Each extort trigger can be paid with 2 life, but if you have three opponents you gain 3 life for each trigger, you gain 1 life per opponents who loss life. This means you extort for free and also gain 1 life after each trigger. Even if you only have two opponents you're still getting to extort for free because of Phyrexian mana.

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Before you can do anything with Krrik and Phyrexian mana you have to get him on the battlefield and this means getting four mana (colorless or black). First priority for upgrades to consider is adding more early game ramp that's within the budget:

• Dark Ritual
• Cabal Ritual
• Bubbling Muck
• Blood Pet
• Everflowing Chalice
• Mind Stone
• Fellwar Stone
• Basalt Monolith
• Crystal Vein

The strength of Krrik is Phyrexian mana, but to take advantage of this you want lots of other one mana cards. When you play Krrik you want to right away start giving him counters:

• Blood Celebrant : with Phyrexian mana this is repeatable 3 life to add , which is busted.
• Deathgreeter
• Scheming Symmetry
• Rain of Filth
• Duress
• Inquisition of Kozilek
• Cremate
• Sacrifice
• Aphotic Wisps : can kill an opponent with Commander damage.
• Tainted Strike : can kill an opponent with Infect.

Cremate, Wisps, Tainted are not usually playable cards, but with Krrik they are because they're free to cast and most draw a card. For one mana or free Symmetry can get you Necropotence into your hand.

Two drops are also good, not as good as one drops, but still good value with Phyrexian mana:

• Imp's Mischief : protect Krrik.
• Night's Whisper
• Blood Artist : cares about your opponents' creatures dying too.
• Animate Dead

You could fit Demonic Tutor and Diabolic Intent in here if you wanted by cutting some cards that are by no means as powerful as either because these tutors can get you Necropotence , Bolas's Citadel or Aetherflux Reservoir ; all more impactful cards/game winning cards. Consider cutting these cards to add Demonic/Intent? Most of these cards are high mana cost redundancy which are not needed:

• Phyrexian Arena
• Sower of Discord
• Venser's Journal
• Caged Sun
• Alhammarret's Archive

I offer more advice if you would like. Good luck with your deck.

austintayshus on Grenzo's Demonic Dealings

2 months ago

Very original idea, +1

I think you could use about 4-6 more ramp cards. I'd recomment Charcoal Diamond and Nirkana Revenant and Solemn Simulacrum and Coldsteel Heart and Talisman of Indulgence and Magus of the Coffers .

Also, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth isn't technically ramp, but it can help power up your Crypt Ghast and other swamp-ramp. And Expedition Map can help you find it.

griffstick on Challenge of Budget

2 months ago

Gaea's Cradle for Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip

Asceticism for Steely Resolve

Cabal Coffers for Magus of the Coffers

Dolmen Gate for Loyal Unicorn

Gauntlet of Power for Caged Sun

fearfactor19 on Mikaeus, the Broken EDH

3 months ago

if it weren't for the fact that he is a human Magus of the Coffers would be a cheap addition until a Cabal Coffers presents itself.

austintayshus on Would you kindly do some tutoring?

3 months ago

Magus of the Coffers and Cabal Stronghold and the less budget version Cabal Coffers can help you ramp, especially when paired with your Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth . And you can use Expedition Map to help find the land combo pieces.

Some other cards I'd recommend:

• Wound Reflection , which pairs pretty well with Fraying Omnipotence

• Painful Quandary is another tax-ish effect and just a wonderful pet card of mine

• Black Sun's Zenith is a pretty good board wipe that gets around indestructible.

Hope this helps!

McToters on Selenia, Life Manipulation

3 months ago

That all sounds good!

Yeah it’s good you are weary on putting in high cmc cards, but id still think having 7-9 of those wouldn't be too many, as long as you have good ramp. I’d say you should get your hands on an Emergence Zone stat. Because it gives nonland stuff flash for a turn and that may enable you to be more sneaky flashing in Axis, Sands of Repay in kind. It’s a budget alternative to Vedalken Orrery .

Affordable ways to ramp: Crypt Ghast , Bubbling Muck , Magus of the Coffers . Except Crypt and Coffers are over your $2/card budget.