Necrologia

Instant

Cast Necrologia only during your end step.

As an additional cost to cast Necrologia, pay X life.

Draw X cards.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	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
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Xtough on *Dumpster Diving Racoon [Primer]

1 month ago

I think slinging spells in other color than izzet is interesting. I would think about Red Rituals and maybe Necrologia and Mizzix's Mastery to get it going maybe a litten later than planen:)

theNeroTurtle on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

2 months ago

SaberTech I feel like Necrologia gives you way more bang for your buck now that you have explained it. More cards with less life loss. Changing those cards out. Thanks.

SaberTech on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

2 months ago

@theNeroTurtle

Yeah, with Necrologia you only get the chance to draw and cast instants before you have to go to your discard phase.

You typically play it when your hand is nearly empty, you are really trying to dig for something specific, or your hand is full of useless cards that you want to get rid of. Similar to Ad NauseamGC, it's a card that teaches you to be ok with tossing away life and currently unneeded cards if it means getting closer to what you want and leaving yourself with a full hand. Necrologia is generally a worse 1-shot Necropotence effect, but it can potentially be better than Ad Nauseam in a deck with more high-cost cards. And unlike Necropotence, it lets you discard cards without exiling them so that can make it more useful in decks that want a full graveyard.

When I play it in commander I generally cast it while giving up 10 to 15 life because out of those cards there are going to be a bunch of unneeded lands and cards that won't be particularly relevant at that point in the game, like extra mana rocks. I'm willing to give up the extra life if it means being able to leave myself with a sculpted hand of relevant cards.

I wish that the card didn't have the restriction of only being cast during the end step but sometimes you just have to work with what you've got.

theNeroTurtle on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

2 months ago

Since Necrologia sasys at the end of my turn, wouldn't I just lose them at my discard phase? Beseech the Queen looks very spicy.

SaberTech

SaberTech on Competitive card Draw in Mono …

2 months ago

I think that the next best options to draw a bunch of cards at once might be Cut of the Profits and Necrologia. If you are having to frequently recover from board wipes then having Grim Haruspex on the board at least lets you draw a card for each other non-token creature that gets wrathed away.

Icon of Ancestry is an anthem and can help dig for more rats. Some less desirable options might be Slate of Ancestry (expensive and doesn't help you recover after a board wipe) or Endless Atlas (probably just not strong enough for the level you are building for).

Instead of more draw spells, another option would be to try to up your tutor count (Beseech the Queen maybe?) and just aim to tutor for Necropotence as often as you can.

Flarhoon13 on Kaervek the Merciless, Vampires & Doomsday Demons

4 months ago

Plus a Necrologia for 10 :-)

CommanderMeanderer on A Taste of the Divine

1 year ago

Love the deck!

Did you mean to add Liesa, Forgotten Archangel over Liesa, Shroud of Dusk? Seems more synergistic when you don't have your commander out and you can sacrifice her if he is out.

I'd also suggest considering Skeletal Scrying over Necrologia. It can still be used to fill your graveyard at your end step if you want, but I find it to be more flexible for times when you want to actually draw cards/leave mana up and draw right before your turn.

Optimator on Goblin Shenanigans (The Secret of Kiki Jiki)

2 years ago

A bunch of card-draw cards you will want to note for any future shake-ups:

Moldervine Reclamation, Dark Prophecy, Species Specialist, Skullclamp, Village Rites, Deadly Dispute, Liliana, Dreadhorde General,

Collective Unconscious, Shamanic Revelation, Ohran Frostfang, Korvold, Fae-Cursed King, Culling Dais

Colossal Majesty, Phyrexian Reclamation, Phyrexian Arena, Slate of Ancestry, Herald's Horn,

Greed, Erebos, God of the Dead,

Mask of Griselbrand, Fecundity, Guardian Project, Idol of Oblivion, Coveted Jewel, The Deck of Many Things

Painful Truths, Harmonize, Night's Whisper, Sign in Blood, Read the Bones, Reforge the Soul, Wheel of Misfortune,

Damnable Pact, Ambition's Cost, Ancient Craving, Syphon Mind, Minions' Murmurs, Necrologia,

Return of the Wildspeaker, Soul's Majesty, Rishkar's Expertise, Peer into the Abyss

I would skew toward permanents (for Kodama) and higher mana values (for Vial-Smasher)