Memory Jar

Artifact

{T}. Sacrifice this: Each player exiles all cards from their hand face down and draws seven cards. At the beginning of the next end step, each player discards their hand and returns to their hand each card they exiled this way.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Affinity for Rubber Chickens (Chiss-Goria EDH)

2 months ago

Idoneity: Thanks for the kudos. The deck is really fun. Which artifact commander was it you were running?

Traveler's Amulet and friends are interesting, but I don't usually like going that low with lands. Then again, I like that idea. I'll have to think about that.

Welding Jar is nice, but a little too low impact.

Spiteful Banditry has the problem of not being an artifact. The nonartifact count can be an actual issue.

Portal to Phyrexia and Memory Jar are both beyong what I'd pay for a single card, but especially portal would be a great addition to the list.

Brass's Tunnel-Grinder  ^Flip and Ruin Grinder both are really cool and will get on my buylist.

In short: Great input, thanks a lot!

Idoneity on Affinity for Rubber Chickens (Chiss-Goria EDH)

2 months ago

Love this list. It's very silly and it's very cool. That's enough for my +1.

However, what sort of commenter would I be if I were to abstain from imparted recommendations? Tribute to the Squeaky Mister.

Imma be mindful of budget. Welding Jar is a fantastic piece of utility that furthers your affinity plan. They do substantially less, but Mishra's Bauble and Ichor Wellspring each act the same in that regard.

It's no artifact, but Spiteful Banditry poops out treasure tokens when and after it wraths.

Something I did in my artifact list to increase artifact count is replace lands with Traveler's Amulet style effects. For the same reason, I also run Wanderer's Twig, Renegade Map, Mycosynth Wellspring, and Expedition Map.

For your big squeakies, I couldn't recommend Ruin Grinder more. It's easy to slot in because it's secretly a Mountain, and it let's you draw in a pinch.

I'm sure you know Portal to Phyrexia, but I figured I'd mention it.

One of the best artifacts in the past few years is Brass's Tunnel-Grinder  ^Flip. It's just good. I've never been displeased with one in hand, as it always minimally replaces itself and card filters.

A final recommendation that forgoes budget concerns is Memory Jar. It's one of the best draw effects an artifact deck can muster. A one-sided, one-turn wheel is as good as it gets, especially when it's cast with affinity.

Of course, all of these suggestions are brought about by a different mind, so employ only what you see fit. You know which squeakies he likes best, so not all of these may be up to snub.

Love the deck! Stay silly!

NoNeedToBragoBoutIt on Captain Howler - Discard Scourge

3 months ago

Thanks for your input SufferFromEDHD,

i was giving Cephalid Coliseum a thought, but i think the deck isn't cut-throat enough to sac a land for a one time loot. If i were to run a looting land i'd rather include Desolate Lighthouse or Geier Reach Sanitarium - they might not be as mana-efficient but their opportunity cost is quite low, since they enter untapped.

So far i haven't had any problems to connect since i focused on evasive creatures quite a lot. In terms of land cycling Tectonic Reformation is more tempting since you can ditch itself, in case you don't need it.

I gave Surly Badgersaur a test run, but my creature count is too low to make use of two of its modes. So i didn't splash the cash.

Memory Jar is such a great card, but my overall playstyle usually tends to do several things a turn instead of a few bigger ones. If i owned one i'd likely run it though, haha.

SufferFromEDHD on Captain Howler - Discard Scourge

3 months ago

Oops... Scratch that Echo of Eons and make it Memory Jar!

SufferFromEDHD on Nekusar, the Mindrazer (EDH)

4 months ago

Snapcaster Mage > Kess, Dissident Mage nice synergy alongside that Riptide Laboratory

Baleful Mastery made for Nekusar

Buried Ruin get that Memory Jar back

Cephalid Coliseum tech

fluffyeel on 50 Shades of Eldrazi

1 year ago

At least formally, Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is not legal for EDH, so it's a strange decision. I would prefer Ulamog, the Defiler, Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger, or Zhulodok, Void Gorger as the commander, given legality issues.

Some other small thoughts:

• Field of the Dead (you can support it), Snow-Covered Wastes, Mikokoro, Center of the Sea, Strip Mine, and Geier Reach Sanitarium are all possibly handy lands.
• Memory Jar, Solemn Simulacrum, Ratchet Bomb, and Everflowing Chalice are possibly handy artifacts. Depending on the playgroup you're in, either Vexing Bauble, Chalice of the Void, and Cursed Totem could also help.

SufferFromEDHD on The apocalypse (Sheoldred)

1 year ago

Memory Jar and Buried Ruin

nuperokaso on Brian Stacks' Anvil (E)

1 year ago

• Fill in the format. I suspect Vintage, since you are playing Demonic Tutor.
• What is the budget? If there is none, go with Badlands, Mox Ruby instead of 1 Simian Spirit Guide
• You are playing just 1 blue card, and it's not that much relevant - Windfall. Throw it away and you can then go two-color with much more stable and less painful mana-base. Remove 4 Aether Hub and 4 City of Brass. Play instead 1 Blood Crypt, 1 Raucous Theater, 1 Graven Cairns, 1 Sulfurous Springs, 4 Blackcleave Cliffs
• Memory Jar is an insane card in this strategy, since it causes your opponent to discard 7 cards while it gives you more cards to play. I would replace it for 1 Howling Mine. Jar may well be a reason to still play blue - for Tinker. In that case also replace a few swamps for Vault of Whispers.