Metastatic Evangel

Creature — Phyrexian Human Cleric

Whenever another nontoken creature enters the battlefield under your control, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	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
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (18)

DemonDragonJ on Flux Channeler or Lulu, Stern …

2 months ago

DreadKhan, I do not have a sufficient number of non-creature spells in that deck to synergize with Flux Channeler, so I shall replace her with Lulu, and I very dearly would like to put Magistrate's Scepter into that deck, but I know that my opponents would never allow me to use it, so I would prefer to not make myself a target. Metastatic Evangel is nice, but I do not believe that this deck has a sufficient number of creatures, or ways to recast those creatures, to justify including it, either, but I certainly do appreciate your feedback.

DreadKhan on Flux Channeler or Lulu, Stern …

2 months ago

I think Lulu might be a better card, especially if you would rather move away from dependence on non-creatures, but it might depend; if you're really good at drawing cards you have lots of non-creature spells in your deck, so it might be easy to get multiple Proliferate triggers from Flux Channeler while gaining value from casting spells. I'd say Lulu is also more of a combo piece; I'm not certain what combos would want a Proliferate source, but one that can go infinite for only 4 mana seems like it might attract some attention, depending on your bracket/meta. I guess Magistrate's Scepter could be fun with her?

BTW if you wish to lean more into creatures, there is Metastatic Evangel, it's a budget proliferate source that can be triggered many times in a turn, and can even be used as part of combos involving creature ETBs.

Mortlocke on The Song of Phyresis

3 months ago

Venum,

Thanks for the quick reply! The downside indeed is having to deal combat damage with the equipped creature. I've been thinking on this and of the 22 Phyrexians in the deck, only 8 do not have any form of evasion. The previously mentioned 8 all typically have some form of utility function - like Phyrexian Censor or Metastatic Evangel which aren't dedicated attackers. I'm counting on that built in evasion with the majority of my creatures combined with the added p/t and protection to increase the odds of me damaging an appointment.

Brokers Ascendancy did ping across my radar. It's a good passive effect, just a shame that it only triggers during the end step. I'm not really sold on it though, given Wizards' proclivities i'm hoping they'll create another card with similar effects to Innkeeper's Talent. That card felt like a perfect inclusion. I don't want to pursue a token subtheme in the deck as it would require more changes with the deck.

austintayshus on Commodore Guff is sexy af

4 months ago

enraged Unfortunately Metastatic Evangel only triggers for nontoken creatures and I've only got 5. I've had some fun times with Chandra, Acolyte of Flame on Arena. I think the first ability would be good for the deck but I don't get much out of the other two.

Thanks for the suggestions!

enraged on Commodore Guff is sexy af

4 months ago

Cool build! Check out my Monowhite Walker's build Walkin' Planes see if it inspires you at all!

I think Metastatic Evangel could be good if youre making enough tokens with your walkers. I also like Chandra, Acolyte of Flame seems way good in a walkers build!

DreadKhan on

7 months ago

After taking a look, I think I've found some cards that can have issues that you might want to switch out:

Re: Lands, Ancient Den is an artifact, which means it dies to stuff like Vandalblast or Austere Command, IMHO if you want any artifact lands you should look at Indestructible ones like your Bridge. There are also 'pain' lands, such as Adarkar Wastes or Brushland, but it's a complete cycle of 10 lands. Similarly I'd cut Public Thoroughfare and Temple of the False God, I sometimes run Temple but you really want more than 31 lands for it to work. I'd personally run closer to 36 lands in here, but your land count can vary based on your deck's average MV and how much ramp you run. If you run 36 lands you could keep Temple more safely, but I feel like it won't work all the time and it will feel really bad when it doesn't.

Re: Creatures, I don't think Esper Stormblade is a good fit in Commander (you'd want something like Baleful Strix IMHO), Fortress Kin-Guard feels meh, and I'm not sure if you have enough Modular creatures for Arcbound Overseer. Metastatic Evangel can be good if you've got a lot of counter synergy, and it's weirdly cheap for a card with that high of a ceiling. Evolution Witness similarly will play well with counter sources.

Re: Instants, Assert Authority seems awful, maybe just run Dispersal Shield? Cancel/Sinister Sabotage aren't very good cards, and they are mono-colour to boot, maybe try something like Absorb, Render Silent, or another counter that is 2 or 3 colours?

Re: Sorceries, Lingering Souls/Spectral Procession aren't great in Commander. Maybe Visions of Glory (it's only 4 mana to Flashback with your Commander) or if you've got some extra money Farmer Cotton is really good when I've used him.

The rest seems more reasonable for your budget/power level. Hope this helps!

DreadKhan on Help with my Warrior Deck

10 months ago

Things you might want to look at switching out: Bleeding Effect, Sisay's Ring (this is an awful, awful card in a deck that has access to Green ramp IMHO), Worn Powerstone (this is a better card than Sisay's Ring, but not by very much), Candlekeep Sage, Tales of Master Seshiro, Inspiring Roar (this is a very bad card), Silverflame Ritual (see Roar), Lifecrafter's Gift (see Roar), Skyrider Elf, Ogre Sentry, Oakgnarl Warrior, and Abzan Kin-Guard.

Things you might consider to pulling (these are better cards, but there are often much better options): Font of Fortune (just play Night's Whisper please?), Leyline of Abundance (do you have enough mana dorks to justify this?), Omen of the Sea (see Font), Reality Twist (this card is maximum fun but probably does nothing in lots of situations, people are running less and less Basic lands), Basri's Solidarity (maybe play Metastatic Evangel?), arguably all of the 4 mana land ramp spells are kinda risky in here, I feel like you need more veggies like Rampant Growth and Sakura-Tribe Elder to help with early mana, Artifcer's Epiphany (please run Painful Truths over this), Tarkir Doomshaper, Maulfist Revolutionary, and Kin-Tree Warden.

I mentioned a few things worth looking at, but you also might like Najeela, the Blade-Blossom, she's probably the single best Warrior syngery piece. Najeela is VERY GOOD with Derevi, Empyrial Tactician, not sure if Derevi would be 'too good'. I'm sure you've heard of them both, but Karn's Bastion and Gavony Township are great in a counters list, as is good old Atraxa, Praetors' Voice. Finally, you could try Evolution Sage, it's good if you've got a few counters out already. It's in crazy-town, but if you end up using some Proliferate stuff and have lots of creature tokens you might like City of Shadows, I usually lose one or two creatures to it in order to get some decent ramp in a Selesnya deck.

I would look into more Proliferate if you find your deck is already pretty good at getting that first counter on your creatures, especially repeatable Proliferate stuff.

Arsienic on BUG - Modular Historic - Arena build

11 months ago

You are absolutely right, The creatures are a huge part of the deck and protecting them is a something I'm realizing I lack. On the other hand, Do I need to protect All of them? in this deck (as I'm sure anyone looking at it is aware) a strong source of power is creatures dying and multiplying their counters on to other creatures, often to get a close win. With this in mind, I have a couple of thoughts:

• First adding more/any mass protection. The suggestion to add Teferi's Protection is amazing at this, ensuring to make sure that nothing dies as a result of my opponents actions and putting the control of when/how they die in my control. I can definitely see this helping, but I think I can do more.

• My second line of thinking is, if I want my things to die and my opponent is doing the work of killing them for me, can I use specific creature protection to turn board wipes into net positive interactions. (I.e. using Fight as One to only protect Hangarback Walker and maybe Metastatic Evangel ensuring that the board wipe will only stand to make walker an even bigger threat). I do see that this plan is very ineffective against exile based wipes, and teferi's is, again, a great option I'm going to add!

I think somewhere between these two thoughts of protect everything, and charge the win-con with my opponent's removal is the base of what's going to become my sideboard. I really want cards I can use to protect my creatures into game ending resets, but I also want cards that can, for low mana, protect a single target.

again, thanks for the feedback! and any card suggestions, especially with all the new stuff out, are appreciated!