Masako the Humorless

Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

Flash

Tapped creatures you control can block as though they were untapped.

Discussion (49)

rdean14 on Card creation challenge

3 months ago

I think I'll combine those challenges:

I'll make Giraffes mono-white and give them a unique mechanic!

Also, I love Masako the Humorless :

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Dalisay, Lady of Mt. Quisa

Legendary Creature - Giraffe Noble

Horizon View - Whenever Dalisay, Lady of Mt. Quisa or another Giraffe you control attacks, if an opponent controls more creatures than you, it attacks as thought it had vigilance.

Untapped creatures you control have lifelink.

Tapped creatures you control can block as though they were untapped and have reach.

2/6

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The giraffe ability/mechanic is

Horizon View - "Whenever [this Giraffe/ a Giraffe] (does something), if an opponent controls more creatures than you, (payoff)"

I think it does a good job of reflecting Giraffe's bird's eye type view, as well as their small family structure (the heard can be semi-large 10-50, but actually meaningful ties are just nuclear family)

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I'd like to see another card with Horizon View (also very open to renaming, honestly)

PeriodicalFits on Marchesa's Samurai

5 months ago

Hey! I love this, I started my main commander deck as a samurai tribal with Queen Marchesa As the commander, too! As far as Creatures go, adding Masako the Humorless Or Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker can help with some defense control. If you want to keep your creatures dense with samurai, I would suggest Opal-Eye, Konda's Yojimbo. If you want a Shapeshifter, I would replace your Taurean Mauler with a Mirror Entity. For enchantments and artifacts, I would suggest Ghostly Prison for defense purposes, and Coat of Arms for tribal synergy. When playing commander, I always try to run some neat lands in order to make sure I use up my card space efficiently. I would suggest taking out some basic lands and adding Eiganjo Castle , Shinka, the Bloodsoaked Keep , And Shizo, Death's Storehouse. These lands tap for colored mana, don't come in tapped, and give you an extra little something. Those lands have helped me win a few stressful games, and are a few of my favorite cards. Feel free to check out my samurai standard deck, or my Queen Marchesa commander deck for more ideas!! Good luck!!

Peoni on 01 - Wimpy White

9 months ago

Never considered this your commander before but they seem pretty fun. There's honestly not much I would change, this is a pretty solid list. Just for the hell of it though here are some cards you may or may not like:

Ajani's Pridemate, Alms Collector, Boon Reflection, Drannith Magistrate, Masako the Humorless, Rebuff the Wicked, Speaker of the Heavens, Suture Priest, Weathered Bodyguards.

I recognize this next bit is by no means a budget option, but Extraplanar Lens coupled with snow lands in mono decks offers some pretty killer asymmetrical ramp, assuming nobody else is running the same snows as you.

I like your deck! Hope this is of some use to you.

Crow-Umbra on

10 months ago

This deck list looks pretty good! I do have a few suggestions, but take them as you want.

I'm personally a little iffy on Mangara, the Diplomat. It can definitely make games a bit tougher for go-wide & spell-slinger decks.

If you want to lean more into your aggro elements, especially going wide with tokens, check out Masako the Humorless. Some additional token makers, Mogg War Marshal, Krenko, Tin Street Kingpin, Seasoned Pyromancer, and Hanweir Garrison. Garrison doesn't trigger when you recur it with Alesha's ability though. Pyromancer can help fill your yard for Alesha, but can be a dead card if you don't have anything you would want to dump.

Chompythebeast on Queen Marchesa

1 year ago

Demonic Tutor and Vampiric Tutor are must-runs in black, but maybe belong on your "Sideboard" for now. Diabolic Intent is also super good with tokens and might be cheap enough to run outright. Enlightened Tutor has enough targets in your deck also.

Other general bombs: Catastrophe (an incredible wipe in general, often slept upon), Axis of Mortality (wtf why does nobody run this, you should exercise your queenly authority and tell people that their life total now belongs to the crown), Solemn Simulacrum (ramp in non-green, though sadly in the same slot as your gen at 4 mana), Vedalken Orrery (surprise! always good), Exquisite Blood (biiiig time lifegain, can be a ridiculous difference maker)

Nobles: Falkenrath Aristocrat, King Macar, the Gold-Cursed, Torbran, Thane of Red Fell. I dunno though. At least the Aristocrat is a hawt mamma.

Tokens: Anger, Filth (combos huge with anyone playing Urborg, or even just any black deck), Archetype of Aggression (Trample combos really well with Deathtouch, since you only need to deal one damage to the creature to be lethal and the rest of the damage tramples over), Archetype of Finality, Street Riot, Berserkers' Onslaught, Rage Reflection, Brave the Sands (Vigilance also combos really well First Strike + Death Touch, as does being able to block multiple creatures—basically a wall effect like Norn's Annex), Eldrazi Monument (very cool with token generation), Goblin War Drums, Intimidation, Mirror Entity, Nahiri, Storm of Stone (cutie Nahiri!), Radiant Destiny, Silverwing Squadron (token time), Grenzo, Havoc Raiser (Goads, pretty damn good card, seems popular in Marchesa decks), Skullclamp (big time card draw for your 1/1 tokens), Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs (another wall/token generator), Anointed Procession (double tokens!)

Other Royal Shit: Dreadhorde Invasion (creates Armies (fun flavor), tokens, Lifelink potential), Mobilized District (makes Citizen land, big flavor), Giant Killer (removal + Peasant + taps), Sengir Autocrat (SERFS!!), Righteous War (wild flavor, pretty solid evasion, gives your general Protection from Black AND White, could actually be a huge sleeper card), Stronghold Assassin (also an Assassin, obviously)

Powerful Women & Bad Bitches: Imposing Sovereign (also a Noble), Linden, the Steadfast Queen (also a noble), Agent of Masks (also an Advisor + "Aristocrats" staple), Diaochan, Artful Beauty (also an Advisor, could be neat with Hexproof lol), Masako the Humorless (also an Advisor, also fucking savage holy shit look at her), Orzhov Advokist (I know you've got it in the Maybelist, but it's so on-theme and it may or may not be better than Norn's Annex), Teysa Karlov (also an Advisor, great for tokens, you already have her other baller version), Etali, Primal Storm (I dunno, Elder, he's good), Zetalpa, Primal Dawn (same as before, also she's probably female so yeah), Massacre Girl (also an Assassin), Avatar of Woe, Silent Assassin (also a sexy Assassin), Thorn of the Black Rose (also an Assassin, themey, weak though, I suppose), Adriana, Captain of the Guard (wild with wide/tokens), angelic field marshall, Dark Impostor (also an Assassin), Danitha Capashen, Paragon, Stoneforge Mystic (big time with equipments, seriously some formats have called for her to be banned she's such a bad girl) Thalia, Heretic Cathar, Twilight Prophet (woah)

Tax/Bones: Kambal, Consul of Allocation (seriously amazing, most Marchesa decks run it, also an Advisor), Sheoldred, Whispering One, Urabrask the Hidden, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Pontiff of Blight (biiig beef, Marchesa controls the church), Wound Reflection (serious finisher, should really consider), Dictate of Erebos, Mogis, God of Slaughter, Fate Unraveler, Ankh of Mishra, Polluted Bonds (Ankh of Mishra on steroids, actually pretty broken card overall, probably should strongly consider it)

Multiplayer Shenanigans: Scandalmonger, Warmonger, and Wishmonger (wild times, probably too wild but they can be game finishers in weird ways); Varchild's War-Riders, Assault Suit, Goblin Assassin (also an Assassin), Embereth Skyblazer

Auras/Equipment: Kusari-Gama (super savage with Deathtouch), Helm of the Host (big theme on the flavor text, also a great card in general), Tenza, Godo's Maul, Angelic Destiny, Argentum Armor, Battle Mastery, Blackblade Reforged (a gen-equiping classic), Blessing of Leeches (Instant-speed free regeneration? This is another sleeper card, and it even has an amazing feminie art), Shadowspear, Colossus Hammer (kinda amazing with your gen), Embercleave, Whispersilk Cloak (you know Marches owns one of these), Fireshrieker (beefer)

ShreddedByCrows on Offenza is the Best Defenza

1 year ago

Lots of subthemes you got there, that's some interesting challenge. All in all, you're running way too many high-costed cards for a Commander that generally revolves around more of an aggressive strategy. I'll further provide you a personalized list of adjustments, trying my best to keep it at the lowest budget as possible.

Very first thing, 37 lands is too much for an Anafenza deck imo. You can easily go down to 35/34 in order to feel more proactive. That being said, the mana base of your decklist is pretty unstable, and you'll need better mana rocks, around 5/6 good rocks should do it helping you stabilizing.

The second thing to bring up is that you play loads and loads of creatures with actually specific abilities that don't always combine altogether well. Like, for example, in which way would Slimefoot, the Stowaway help Anafenza, the Foremost being consistent? My answer, without another kind of appreciation than logic: not any single one. If you need cheap legendary to keep it up with your theme, there are better options, but remind that this was only a little example.

Finally, you lack reactivity because of very few instant/flash spells. It's not as necessary as some think, but still have a way to protect dutifully your creatures is a key for aggro/midrange decks in EDH. Being able to answer what your opponents bring up to the tape is moreover essential, and I don't see enough removals/tricks in there.

So, let's take a closer look from now on. I'll make some different categories starting with the cuts to make it easier to read.

1.) Back to 100 cards:

• Abzan Battle Priest > not bad on its own, fits decently in some casual decks with +1/+1 as their central archetype. It's not a good card to include since you aren't only focusing on this aspect. It's too slow, unreliable.

• Abzan Falconer > same comment

• Mer-Ek Nightblade > still the same / it's even the worst one

• Tuskguard Captain > still and still water

• Spirit of the Hearth > overcosted, overrated, no particular reason to include this card there even if a Cat Spirit feels pretty cool

• Wingmate Roc > not bad but too slow, doesn't synergize well with your themes, in concurrence with just better cards on the spot

• Soul of the Harvest > overcosted card draw outlet, I'll procure you some better option for a cheap price

• Slimefoot, the Stowaway > despite being legendary, doesn't do much

• Reya Dawnbringer > recursion is like... really good, but damn this card is slow and bad. You have to wait one whole turn for it to trigger, with only cards like Shalai, Voice of Plenty in your list to protect it. Yeah, I don't think it'll happen often. Definitively cut.

• Noosegraf Mob > +1/+1 card but without any real synergies. You have better options.

• Mowu, Loyal Companion > a bad Pir, Imaginative Rascal is just bad

• Lena, Selfless Champion > too slow

• Hornet Queen > good card but doesn't fit in there, seems like a weird choice of token generator

• Parhelion II > cool card, poor consistency there

• Quietus Spike > same: cool card, poor consistency

• Kaya, Bane of the Dead > slow removal, pretty bad imo

• Brave the Sands > non-mbo with Anafenza, overrated card

• Abundance > good card, not needed there

• Kin-Tree Invocation > not bad not good, lacks interactions

• Mirari's Wake > same comment as for Abundance

• Leyline of Abundance > not enough interactions

• Panharmonicon > not enough interactions

• Trostani, Selesnya's Voice > not enough interactions

• Sorin, Vengeful Bloodlord > not enough interactions

• Oketra's Monument / Rhonas's Monument > not needed, too slow

• 3 basic lands

2.) Cheap Improvements:

2.1.) Mana Rocks:

• Sol Ring > yeh it's boring to see this card everywhere I know

• Talisman of Unity / Talisman of Hierarchy / Talisman of Resilience > better than the Signet Cycle and affordable since Horizon is a recent expension

• Fellwar Stone > excellent mana rock, tapping for every color most of the time

2.2.) More removals:

• Beast Within

• Krosan Grip

• Swords to Plowshares

Those are the classical ones you surely know. They are easily affordable and would give your deck a small lift at controlling the board state.

2.3.) Better Legendaries:

• Mikaeus, the Lunarch > not the cheapest already, but really effective, almost a staple for your deck style

• Hope of Ghirapur > underrated card, does a lot, insane with recursion to lock down a combo player at low cost

• Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit > certainly a staple / and somewhat a reason to get rid of the token subtheme which is maybe a bit too much

• Syr Faren, the Hengehammer > also certainly a staple / aggressive, good interactions with Anafenza, better than lords already in your deck

• Kethis, the Hidden Hand > Yawgmoth's Will for legendaries? I'll take that. It could also be a nice alternative commander when you face more control-ish decks you're stuck against, enabling you to have an efficient late game on its own once made your commander.

• Mangara of Corondor > Legendary creature which works as a nonsituational removal. Really good. Even if you can't always activate it when it hits the table, your opponents have to get rid of it using their hand resources and you make 1 for 1.

• Masako the Humorless > Underplayed card / can be a game-changer / and it's a legendary creature.

2.4.) Voltron Outlet:

• Swiftfoot Boots / Lightning Greaves > those are staples

• Sword of the Animist > ramp while keeping the pressure on your opponents

• Hero's Blade > certainly a staple there with your legendary subtheme

• Blackblade Reforged > same comment as for Hero's Blade

2.5.) Other cool cards to look at:

• Throne of the God-Pharaoh > feels like a staple / Legendary

• Vivien's Arkbow > cheap tutor / overall excellent

• Vivien, Champion of the Wilds > flash out your creatures for more survivability and tricks

• Primevals' Glorious Rebirth > excellent win condition / recursion

• Kamahl's Druidic Vow > excellent win condition / Genesis wave for legendaries' madmen

• Eladamri's Call > staple / it's cheap now that it's been re-edited in Modern Horizons, I'll try to get a copy of it by trading/buying it if I were you

3.) Medium Budget Improvements:

3.1.) Mana Rocks:

• Nyx Lotus

• Gilded Lotus

3.2.) Even more removals:

• Path to Exile

• Vindicate

• Anguished Unmaking

3.3.) Legendaries' Staples:

• Saffi Eriksdotter > ameliorated Brought Back on a legendary creature

• Rishkar, Peema Renegade > nice ramp, +1/+1 counters, overall really strong

3.4.) Neverending Voltron Outlet:

• Konda's Banner > Yeh, it's a little bit expensive money speaking, but it does everything you're searching for, like a bridge between your Cats, your legends and your Voltron strategy.

• Skullclamp > staple

3.5.) Cool cards:

• Eternal Witness > best green recursion card

• Green Sun's Zenith > one of the best green tutors

• Scout's Warning > good card overall, cycles when you don't need it

4.) Expensive Improvements:

• Finale of Devastation > tutor, win condition, not a necessity though

• Blade of Selves > good equipment, not a necessity

• Umezawa's Jitte > Core tool of lots of Voltron decks, would be necessary if you want to confront this deck to more competitive ones.

• Swords' package > same comment as for the Jitte

• Mox Amber / Mox Opal > definitively both staples, but really expensive, could be replaced with other suggested mana rocks even if you won't get the same efficiency

• Thalia, Guardian of Thraben > meta-depending staple

• Gaddock Teeg > meta-depending staple

• Liliana, the Last Hope > card-draw/legendary

• Loyal Retainers > staple if you're going more in the legendary archetype

• Heroic Intervention / Teferi's Protection > protect your stuff staples

• Selvala, Heart of the Wilds > card-draw/legendary/ramp

• Reki, the History of Kamigawa > card-draw/legendary

• Captain Sisay > staple / tutor / legendary

5.) Some other cards you could try (which I mostly haven't, or for which I have a doubt about their efficiency):

• Sigil of Distinction > feels Voltron-ish

• Sigiled Sword of Valeron > interacts with Anafenza, creates tokens, Voltron equipment

• Masterwork of Ingenuity > I used it long ago in my Tajic's deck, which was globally a Voltron deck running between 15/20 pieces of equipment. Dunno if it could be of use there but it's a good card for sure.

• Heart of Kiran > good card overall, you can Crew it and buff the creature you used to do so with Anafenza. That being said, I think it may reveal too inconsistent.

• Sensei Golden-Tail > seems funny

• Kunoros, Hound of Athreos > powerful hate-bear with good stats and abilities, certainly really good in a more good-stuff oriented iteration.

• Isamaru, Hound of Konda > Lil' bro' of Kunoros doubtlessly, made for aggressive purposes. Good overall.

• Thalia, Heretic Cathar > also more of a good-stuff card.

• Taranika, Akroan Veteran > I never played her but damn she seems strong af.

• Hua Tuo, Honored Physician > repeatable recursion.

• Pir, Imaginative Rascal > not that I dislike it, however Hardened Scales already was a bad card if I'm honest. Pir is a tad bit better. Certainly better than Corpsejack Menace you're running, and carries more interactions.

SakuraStorm on THE WAR IS ON! [EDH] Basandra, Battle Seraph

1 year ago

@king-saprolingThx for you suggestions!

I already ran Angel's Trumpet , Assault Suit , Sunblast Angel , Crown of Doom , Baird, Steward of Argive and Pariah

, but these were replaced, by imo better options or because they tend to draw aggro, or kill my opponents creatures.

- Master Warcraft i think maybe i should give it another chance, though it's a oneshot.

- Gisela, Blade of Goldnight and Repercussion tend to make me too much of a threat.

- Masako the Humorless is somewhat antisynegetic, as the deck is more about getting the opponents to beat each other up, rather than doing this myself.

- Godsend as tempting as this card seems in terms of rattlesnake, i think this might be more seen as an offensive tool. Also i'm not really equipmentheavy.

- Righteous Fury same as Sunblast Angel , board whiping is mostly a bad idea.

- Lapse of Certainty not really a fan of this one, personel preferance.

- Null Chamber AWESOME! It's another Nevermore and can be used to gang up on people! I'll definetly figure out a spot for this and it's a "World Enchantment" :D

- Bloodthirsty Blade is already ordered, still no clue what to cut for it.

king-saproling on THE WAR IS ON! [EDH] Basandra, Battle Seraph

1 year ago

I think you'll like these: Angel's Trumpet , Masako the Humorless , Assault Suit , Master Warcraft , Godsend , Righteous Fury , Sunblast Angel , Gisela, Blade of Goldnight , Bloodthirsty Blade , Crown of Doom , Repercussion , Baird, Steward of Argive , Null Chamber , Lapse of Certainty , Pariah (enchant an opp's creature, or better yet, Stuffy Doll :P)