Nadir Kraken
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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
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Historic Brawl Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Nadir Kraken

Creature — Kraken

Whenever you draw a card, you may pay . If you do, put a +1/+1 counter on this and create a 1/1 blue Tentacle creature token.

guywitharock on These aren't Homemade, They're made in bombfactory

3 months ago

You may want to consider some "mana dorks" for your commander in the way of easy-to-cast, different colored token creatures:

Also, there are some interaction-related convoke spells which are probably worth subbing in over other non-convoke options:

Depending on the direction you want to take, there are some cards which support a swarm strategy:

  • Nadir Kraken pairs nicely with your extra card draw, and generates rare blue creature tokens for blue-color convoke mana.
  • The Locust God god is nice for continual token gen, and again synergizes with your extra card draw while providing uncommon blue creature tokens.
  • Oketra's Monument is nice in decks with a lot of white creatures, like yours, and adds continuous white token generation.
  • Seraph of the Masses becomes a huge body that can just delete opponents without flying/reach blockers.
  • Sublime Archangel can let swarm decks keep up pressure on opponents, even while you ramp. Throw out a random 8/8 token once per turn or whatever, forcing your opponents to deal with it, and it itself can become huge with Flying.
  • Moonshaker Cavalry is basically a white version of Craterhoof Behemoth. One turn swing for the win.
  • Massive Raid is a single-target bomb which uses your army of weenies, but doesn't cost much mana.
  • Arabella, Abandoned Doll is a great bomb once you have a big board of weenies. Build up like 30 tokens or whatever, swing with Arabella and the swarm, kill the table. Or at a minimum deal a bunch of damage and gain a bunch of life.
  • Divine Visitation is a non-bo with Arabella, but the upside is definitely worth it. Upgrade the token army.
  • Angelic Aberration is similar but provides one-time additional ETB triggers if you lean into that more.
  • Molten Gatekeeper is literally a second Witty Roastmaster but with unearth upside.
  • Impact Tremors?? If you're really going that route with other cards, why not?

And here are some misc cards to consider:

  • Jeskai Ascendancy can straight up give you free spells. Tap creatures for a convoke non-creature spell, Jes Asc untaps them on cast.
  • Kykar, Wind's Fury can let you go mana-positive with non creature spells, which you have a lot of. Also pairs nicely with Quintorius, Loremaster which is on your current list.
  • Skullclamp is an obvious draw engine for a token deck.
  • Unstoppable Plan gets the weenies (and all others) back online on your opponents' turns, freeing up for instant-convokes or just blockers.
  • Narset, Enlightened Exile is a cool way to get extra value from non-creature cards that end up in your graveyard.
  • Mentor of the Meek is nice for potentially repeatable card draw in this kind of deck.

greyninja on The Calgary Calvary

5 months ago

Looks fun! Using a removal or counterspell and drawing a card off Marneus Calgar + Talrand, Sky Summoner sounds awesome

I need to add Nadir Kraken to my list. It goes infinite with Calgar and Ashnod's Altar/Phyrexian Altar

You should think about Anointed Procession since it also goes infinite with Calgar and Ashnod's Altar

Please take a minute to check out and upvote my version here! :)

wallisface on Krakens

2 years ago

BurningSparrow my issue with Thing in the Ice  Flip was not how easy/hard it would be to flip - but that flipping it hurts you. It removes all your other creatures from play, none of which are particularly low-costing to cast (and none of which have etbs that would make you want to recast them). Furthermore, it permanently removes all the tokens generated from Nadir Kraken or Ominous Seas. I can see a lot of scenarios where your opponent lets it flip just to reset your own board-state, and then Fatal Pushes it afterwards.

DeifiedExile on Kraken Skulls

2 years ago

Changes 1/1/23

Removed: Belbe's Portal Unwind Nadir Kraken Quicksilver Amulet

Added: Crashing Drawbridge Junk Winder Entomb Vampiric Tutor

Coward_Token on Brother's War Spoilers

2 years ago

Good catch on Symmetry Matrix not just working with nontokens; your combo made me think of Marneus Calgar + Nadir Kraken

PinnedPhoenix on Nadir Kraken

2 years ago

hi!

so first thing: your deck's not Modern legal. not that this should deter you, but basically some cards are printed in sets meant for other formats. if you're wedded to Modern, you'll have to make some substitutions. Counterspell instead of Mana Drain, for example.

that said, I'd encourage you to just call it a Casual deck. there's nothing wrong with it. you're not powergaming; for example, Fishliver Oil isn't a gamebreaking card by any means, but it's fun and whimsical. I don't think you're doing any harm to your playgroup by running the cards you're running here, even if a few like Rhystic Study are quite powerful!

is there a big payoff for cards like Temple of the False God and Spreading Seas? That Spreading Seas is a cantrip certainly works well with Nadir Kraken. But it seems to me you don't have any big "I want to sink a lot of mana here" cards in this build. consider substitutions if you're not particularly attached to them!

lastly, consider running snow lands and some fun cards like Icebreaker Kraken and Marit Lage's Slumber. they're good, fun cards, and they fit the flavor of your deck well.

good luck!

flowersforjane on Kraken Control

2 years ago

wallisface Thank you for the advice! I also posted this deck to Reddit, and the consensus I got was that Nadir Kraken is way too slow to survive in any sort of meta. I definitely can see this, and from feedback I've gotten it seems as if I'd have better luck playing Pioneer, Standard, or Draft starting out. With that said, I'd love to attempt to play my first FNM this week just for the experience, and I've changed some cards around your suggestions/what I have available! If you have any more suggestions I would very very much appreciate it as well.

The only cards I haven't taken out/slightly changed are Artful Dodge and Swiftfoot Boots. The former I swapped with Aqueous Form, because in casual games I've played with my friends, I've often found myself with a 20-21 or higher Nadir Kraken, yet I can't manage to break through chump blockers. The latter, Swiftfoot Boots, I've always tried to play when I have enough mana for it and a counter. I guess both have helped in casual games so far, but if you have pointers as to why either card might not work as well as I thought I'll absolutely remove them.

DukeBazaar on The Spellslinging Slasher

3 years ago

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