Midnight Charm

Instant

Choose one - Midnight Charm deals 1 damage to target creature and you gain 1 life; or target creature gains first strike until end of turn; or tap target creature.

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
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (22)

mtgchecker on

2 months ago

Thank you very much! I will consider your suggestions. I just had a test run today with a similar deck and the Midnight Charm was really not that useful like you said. I will definitely get the Unearth. Regarding the Killian, Ink Duelist I agree and I will replace him. The same is true for Drana's Emissary.

Thank you for the suggestions!

wallisface on

2 months ago

This seems pretty decent for a budget brew - so good work!

My thoughts on things to improve are:

• Killian, Ink Duelist doesn't feel particularly good to me, just because you're only really getting a 2/2 Menace - the spell-cost-reduction ability is almost never going to be relevant in your deck. Personally i'd replace it with one of Ayli, Eternal Pilgrim, Cruel Celebrant, or Elas il-Kor, Sadistic Pilgrim (You could also probably swap out Drana's Emissary for one of these cards also, as that card isn't doing a lot for its mana cost).

• I'm really not sold on Midnight Charm being useful. I think Unearth might be a better option, or just running more copies of Souls of the Faultless and Vindicate

Apollo_Paladin on

3 months ago

I have an older deck that runs off a very similar theme using many of these same cards. One thing I can see possibly adding in here is a couple copies of Midnight Charm. While its utility in most decks is quite limited, I've found it immensely helpful to be able to self-trigger High Priest of Penance by damaging it at instant speed.

I love the High Priests, but they find themselves frequent targets for destruction and/or bounce-type spells rather than being dealt damage. The charms let you pull value out of them much more frequently (even in response to being destroyed/exiled), and with Edge of the Divinity (which I also run in mine) they don't even die from the damage.

And, for what it's worth, the other 2 modes besides dealing damage on Midnight Charm aren't the worst when you have no High Priests in play, especially the tap ability which can nix a haste creature from attacking or prevent certain abilities from being used.

Either way cheers, welcome back to M:tG, and good luck! +1

Here is a link to one of my similar-themed decks should you want to look over some other picks: Exile Everything! (Triple Teysas)

KablamoBoom on A Grave Ultimatum

2 years ago

Return to Nature is better than Naturalize . Cut Stitcher's Supplier and Guul Draz Assassin. Hapatra and Cheville have no synergy with the rest of the build. If you're running Fetches and Shocks and 4x Thoughtseize I would definitely swap in 4 Death's Shadow and 4 Unearth and go full aggro. But if you are in love with the grindy deathtouch subtheme I would swap out your removal for Driven / Despair and Inscription of Abundance with Midnight Charm in the sideboard for aggro and blitz matchups.

Apollo_Paladin on Dark-Dreams

3 years ago

Nice build! I love Orzhov colors; that's my favorite archetype to construct in.

I have a pretty nice Exile-based deck using Athreos here you can look at if you want some ideas:

Exile Everything! (Triple Teysas)

One thing I would point out is definitely High Priest of Penance who combos amazingly well with Athreos. I use 4 High Priests and 4x Midnight Charms so I can self-activate them at Instant speed, and it's proved to be an extremely devastating and reliable combo.

The High Priest is possibly one of the most evil chump-blockers conceived in my opinion, and he's not a high-dollar card to order singles of in case this is a Physical deck and not an online build of some kind. He's probably my favorite card to complement Athreos in my entire build.

Either way +1 for using my favorite colors and some of my favorite cards from that identity.

OrsettoMorbido on List of Color Pie Breaks/Bends

3 years ago

Some of these might not actually be breaks or bends, but i'll put them here anyway, since they're worth discussing. Thanks for this list btw, i wanted to create a pentacolor break/bend edh list in forever! Ephemeron, Phyrexian Tribute, Broken Visage, Artifact Possession, Curse Artifact, Catacomb Dragon, Grave Robbers, Burden of Greed, Guardian Beast, Haunting Wind, Phyrexian Gremlins, Priest of Yawgmoth, Relic Bane, Soldevi Adnate, Spoils of Evil, Warp Artifact, Xenic Poltergeist, Presence of the Master, Mudslide, Soulflayer, Rishadan Cutpurse, Rishadan Footpad, Rishadan Brigand, Sea Drake, True-Name Nemesis, Serendib Djinn, Parallax Tide, Uktabi Drake, Propaganda, Mirri's Guile, Sylvan Library, Drop of Honey, Elvish Spirit Guide, Jabari's Influence, Barbed Foliage, Storm Front, Recycle, Storm Seeker, Null Profusion, Illusionist's Gambit, Overtaker, Reins of Power, Ray of Command, Prodigal Sorcerer, Instill Energy, Fire and Brimstone, Pallid Mycoderm, Mycologist, Orcish Spy, Killer Bees, Visions, Emerald Dragonfly, Arboria, Demonic Torment, Shade of Trokair, Vivisection, Slith Strider, Midnight Charm, Keen Sense, Simoon, Goblin Spy.

TheCardPool on

3 years ago

5dollarMTG thanks for the thoughts, and I'm glad you enjoy the deck! Undying Evil is an interesting suggestion. Could be a nice combat trick. I'll have to try it out. Originally I ran a version that used Big Game Hunter along with Smallpox to control the board more and take advantage of madness, but I think that might be more of a sideboard plan. Royal Assassin was also in at first and does work well with Midnight Charm, but the reason I ended up with Thrill-Kill Assassin is that I found I needed some more reliable attackers that could actually chip in damage and end games.

And in regards to targeting, most of the spells can actually target Agent of the Fates if you don't mind him dying to Nameless Inversion or Dismember or using a mode of Profane Command on him. But Undying Evil is a nice option there too!

These are all great suggestions though that I'll have to experiment with further!

kingjol on Go to Sleep - Esper Casual

5 years ago

Ah, what a rookie mistake!

That's some good advice, thanks.

I don't want to drop too much cash on this, but Gideon's Avenger and Sunblast Angel from your deck look like they'd be useful.

Deathbringer Liege may work if I chuck in a couple of cheap black instants to support it, like Midnight Charm and Rathi Trapper , or simply Terror . It might be wise to ditch the 2x Frost Titan for the sake of the mana curve and to accommodate black / white creatures instead.

I guess if I wanted to make something based on the Scythe then Deathtouch and forced blocking would be the way to go, and/or creatures that have abilities to deal damage like Jagged-Scar Archers , Femeref Archers , or Tahngarth, Talruum Hero (or any number of red creatures). Totally different deck, but it's something to work on.