Oath of Nissa

Legendary Enchantment

When Oath of Nissa enters the battlefield, look at the top three cards of your library. you may reveal a creature, land or planeswalker card from among them and put it into your hand. Put the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

You may spend mana as though it were mana of any colour to cast planeswalker spells.

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
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)

TheoryCrafter on 5c Bridge Walkers

5 months ago

Considering you have no basic lands in your deck, having those mana rocks in there is a good move since cards like Blood Moon can hobble your deck. Also, if you choose to add Tezzeret, Master of the Bridge, that would make for extra ramp.

I've noticed you have a lot of mana and draw cards with lifeloss. If this was intentional, I would recommend any combination of Font of Agonies, Vampire Scrivener, and Vilis, Broker of Blood. Otherwise, the lifeloss seems like an unnecessary risk even with all the control you have.

If not, replacing the Talismans with Signets(including, but not limited to, Azorius Signet and Dimir Signet) and replacing some of the other nonland cards with the "Oath of..." Cards (especially Oath of Nissa and Oath of Liliana) would also help to benefit not only from card and mana advantage, but ETB triggers as well.

I hope this helps. Happy Hunting!

Icbrgr on

10 months ago

considering the budget i think this looks pretty solid! some cards that i like in these sorts of builds is Oath of Nissa and Explore

DeinoStinkus on That movie with Jonah Hill and Michael Cera

1 year ago

Oath of Teferi or Oath of Nissa could probably pull some numbers.

Tur on People's Thoughts on Mommy Norn?

2 years ago

I agree with Sheldon to some extent.

First, it's incorrect to compare Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines's abilities to Panharmonicon and Torpor Orb. It's permanents not creatures.

(Nobody should care about the first ability, Yarok, the Desecrated is the second most popular Sultai commander and has been around forever. It's just extra stuff.)

It's the second ability which is problematic. Assume you play Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines. Not only do your permanents prevent your opponents permanents from triggering, it also prevents your opponents permanents from triggering from their own permanents. This is the first card in all of Magic: The Gathering with this effect.

Here are just some examples, I got from scrolling through the most popular commander Atraxa, Praetors' Voice on EDHREC (I do not own an Atraxa deck.) which would be effected by Elesh Norn:

• Lae'zel, Vlaakith's Champion
• Pir, Imaginative Rascal
• Winding Constrictor
• Astral Cornucopia / Everflowing Chalice
• Contagion Engine / Contagion Clasp
• Doubling Season
• Oath of Teferi / Oath of Nissa / Oath of Jace / etc.
• Felidar Retreat
• Saga Enchantments start at Chapter 0.
• Citadel Siege
• Bojuka Bog

Just thinking about all kinds of interactions which are possible gives me a headache.

Honestly, the Painter's Servant interactions are much easier to understand and that was a card which was banned for the interactions being too much.

If Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines had the errata to "Permanents you control entering the battlefield don't cause abilities of permanents your opponents control to trigger" it would be much more manageable.

Dead_Blue_ on need help improving my deck

2 years ago

Oath of Nissa

rwn1971 on Carth, Marching over Planes

2 years ago

Oath of Nissa maybe??

nbarry223 on SlimeFromTheLoam [Modern Heartless Gitrog]

3 years ago

Well, there's also Elvish Reclaimer that could serve as a turn 1 play, since it would help to get out Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth early. There's also Oath of Nissa which doesn't really feed the graveyard, but it does let you place one in your hand. Grisly Salvage isn't quite 1 CMC, but it does what you are looking for. Abundant Harvest is another option for an early play as well.

Darth_Savage on Goryo's

3 years ago

Goryo's decks tend to be in red for Through the Breach or Nahiri, the Harbinger or in green for Oath of Nissa this is something worth considering... In this sort of deck Bloodchief's Thirst should almost certainly be Bone Shards and you might want to consider some number of Obzedat, Ghost Council which can get round the goryo's exile clause because of how the triggers can be stacked. Also you probably want 4 copies of Goryo's Vengeance...

Your sideboard is lacking a plan for graveyard hate, the relatively recent Fracture is a good choice since it can deal with all of the most common forms of graveyard hate, outside of creatures, which you have plenty of other answers to.