Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Legendary Land

{T}: Add {C}.

{2}, {T}: Choose a colour. Add an amount of mana of that colour equal to your devotion to that colour. (Your devotion to a colour is the number of mana symbols of that colour in the mana costs of permanents you control.)

Combos

• Argothian Elder + Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx + Wirewood Lodge

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
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Hybrow on Heart of Black Coal - Ayara ETB trigger EDH

3 weeks ago

Hey Profet93, thanks so much for the view and suggestions

Jet Medallion I originally had in deck, but found that the ramp didn’t help in my {B} {B} {B} commander, and quite a few of the spells I play over and over don’t have any colorless costs, so I swapped it out for Bontu's Monument, which had the bonus of doubling my commanders ability.

Bubbling Muck – I don’t love the one-time use of it. Would take the space of something that I can use again and again in this deck.

Cabal Stronghold – I think this is a carryover from before I had a coffers. I could easily swap it out for Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth. I actually have one sitting in a binder not getting used.

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx – Of all the lands, this is the one I like the most. I checked and there isn’t one in my binder, but I do have sitting in a for-fun The Colossal Dreadmaw deck. Would probably swap out Castle Locthwain. The draw is nice but find I don’t generally need it.

Deserted Temple is ok, but I don’t have mana doublers and other than coffers (and I guess now Nythos there isn’t really anything I need to untap.

Thespian's Stage and Vesuva – I am not a huge fan of the copy lands, V in particular enters tapped, which I hate. And they are both dependent on me having something that is worth copying, which isn’t always the case.

Contamination – If I had a different playgroup, this would be an automatic add, but my friend group doesn’t love playing mass land hate. A Strip Mine is fine, but something that shuts down another player completely, we generally don’t play just to keep everyone having fun. Infernal Darkness is kinda the same thing, so going to pass.

Imp's Mischief I just checked, and I do not own one, but am going to have to add it to my next buy list. Mono-coloured decks have some real blind spots and having a quazi-counter available would be great.

Skullclamp is going to go on a sidelist for this deck for a while. My mono-red Purphy relies on it for draw, but so far with Ayara hasn’t really needed the extra draw very much.

Carnival of Souls – I did have this one in an early build of this deck, but with my wincon being Plague of Vermin this wouldn’t work, and I feel like in a 4-player game I am going to lose more life than I can afford.

Thanks again for the suggestions. I have already added the two lands.

Profet93 on Heart of Black Coal - Ayara ETB trigger EDH

3 weeks ago

Hybrow +1, great description.

Jet Medallion - Ramp

Bubbling Muck - Ramp. Given you're not running Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth, this ramp will most liklely be onesided

Im unsure if you have enough basics to warrant cabal stronghold. Best case scenario: Turn 5 you have 4 basic swamps and stronghold to break even. While it's nice to have in the later game, I wonder how impactful it really is at that point. Would you not be better served by another utility land such as Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, Thespian's Stage, Deserted Temple or even a Vesuva? Nykthos seems like an easy ramp choice, stage/vesuva can copy coffer or other utility land, temple can untap coffers or be a political tool. I feel that rather than spreading your "land ramp" between coffers and stronghold, you should just go all in on coffers. It's easier to chase one rabbit than two if you get what I'm saying. How has stronghold been playing for you? I've found it more impactful in primarily budget decks with an overwhelming amount of basic lands.

Contamination - Mild stax (they can use dorks or rocks to bypass it) that shuts off their land mana production, including both sides mass mana producing lands (cradle, nykthos, lake of the dead, serra sanctum, etc...). With all your token generation, it seems like a shoe in. Not to mention it's synergy with reassembling skeleton and other cards that u can recur from ur grave easily. Should contamination be too much/rude, Infernal Darkness is a similar effect that doesn't shut off mass mana producing lands and can be easily kept for 1-2 turns while you get your set up. Both can be probably used to make the blue player float all their mana in an attempt to cast a counterspell during the current phase - aka, counterbait.

Regarding Problem 1/protecting your commander, I would go with the versatile tool, Imp's Mischief - It redirects targeted removal, draw, extra turns and can "counter" counterspells. Most spot removal in EDH is cheap so you probably wont lose much life and with all your lifegain, this potential concern appears heavily mitigated.

You have a lot of token generation, so perhaps Skullclamp might be worth considering. It is nice to use on ur commander as well given it's the lynchpin of your deck.

Not a serious suggestion, but I wonder how Carnival of Souls would work with this deck, do note it activates on any creature, not just yours.

indieinside on NevisCF's Mono-Green Mana Ramp

3 weeks ago

I’m not going to go too crazy, because I don’t know what the budget is. But, Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth would allow you to open up to having quite a few more utility lands.

Other Cool Lands:

Strip Mine

Maze of Ith

Rogue's Passage

Deserted Temple – this would let you be able to double either Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or Gaea's CradleGC

Doombeard1984 on Mean Golgari elves machine

4 weeks ago

Thanks for the upvote Lucky_Dutch

I think to be honest, if I had a Gaea's CradleGC I would probably sell it too hahaha. There are a lot of other lands that can give you same effect but at a minimal hoop to jump through. You already have Growing Rites of Itlimoc  ^Flip, and Three Tree City which all really help. If you want more then could include:

• Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx or;
• Evendo, Waking Haven - Not tried this one yet as the "comes into play tapped" stings a little, but Elves should be fine with this.
• Susur Secundi, Void Altar - I am contemplating this for myself as a card draw mechanic. Because a lot of your Elves going to get big, sacrificing a token and drawing 5-10 cards seems real good. Should also mean "stationing" the land should be fine.

I use both the Tyvars, as one is an "ability haste" static effect with untap ability and recursion from graveyard. OG Tyvar also turns all your Elves in {B} mana dorks, and also gives you an untap effect. Mayes your Priest of Titania, Elvish Archdruid et all, all that more mana efficient. Like to just roll the dice on a big old Genesis Wave and see where we end up lol.

I am also a big fan of Nullmage Shepherd as will give you some repeatable Artifact/Enchantment removal. You should have a wide enough board to make this work.

Have fun, and will swing back and see how this evolves :)

indieinside on Red Dragon

4 weeks ago

I think that your secondary Commander “Background” would best be Dragon Cultist. As for the rest of the deck, it really comes down to your budget to be honest. EDH comes down to synergy. GambleGC is a great card, but most people are too weak to consider it.

Strong Cards:

Blood Moon

Faithless Looting

Deflecting SwatGC

Lightning Bolt

Soul's Fire

Chaos Warp

Lands:

Rogue's Passage

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Flamekin Village

Dragons:

Wrathful Red Dragon

Dragon Tempest

Caldera Pyremaw

Planeswalkers:

Koth, Fire of Resistance – first ability

Sarkhan, Dragonsoul – final ability

When I am goofing off with a build, I use a website called EDHREC. Here is the LINK to the site already set with suggestions using Livaan, Cultist of Tiamat and Dragon Cultist as your dual Commanders. The key to Commander is being able to have a balance of mana ramp and removal mixed in.

Also, a lot of EDH is big on comboing out to win the game instantly. Here is a EDHREC LINK to combos that would synergize well in Red for your suggested Commanders.

Balaam__ on MONO WHITE ENCHANTMENTS

1 month ago

@biggruff25 I love cards like Endless Horizons that do things different than the usual way they’re done, but one copy isn’t enough. Besides the fact it’s a Turn 4 play at the earliest, the odds of having your single copy in hand when ready are practically null. That’s really a card you’d want to run a full fat stack of 4x, alongside tutors like Enlightened TutorGC (not Modern legal) or Sterling Grove (not mono {W}). That’s a very specific shell that doesn’t really fit what you’ve got here.

Cards like Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor are another potential solution, but they can only help so much. They’ll only ever reduce costs by generic mana, never by color (and you’re only running 2 copies which isn’t enough).

There’s only one viable answer to the problem and it’s more lands. Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx is something to consider as well; any enchantments with {W} pips in their costs that you do play will help tremendously, and it’s on theme.

indieinside on Mean Golgari elves machine

1 month ago

What are your thoughts on Elvish Piper? That is a super good elf in my opinion. Here are a few lands I suggest... I could suggest a lot, but I don't know your budget. Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth, Yavimaya Hollow, Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx.

The deck looks fun. Thoughts?

koth_of_the_bummer on Akroma, Angel of 21

3 months ago

Thanks for the suggestions SufferFromEDHD!

I'm mono red player at heart, though I played lots for deck variety over the years. Red Akroma is truly a bomb once she goes off. Now regarding with your suggestions:

GambleGC - I'm actually considering this, but I only have one copy and its on my Jund Coram Deck.

Lotus Field / Lotus Vale - yup seriously considering it as a replacement for Gilded Lotus.

Arena of Glory - I'll probably get this over Flamekin Village

Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx / Nyx Lotus - probably no since as you have said, I don't have many permanents with {R} in the deck.