Oubliette

Enchantment

When Oubliette enters the battlefield, target creature phases out until Oubliette leaves the battlefield. Tap that creature as it phases in this way. (Auras and Equipment phase out with it. While permanents are phased out, they're treated as though they don't exist.)

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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

DreadKhan on Even The Demon Slayer Corps Fear This Deck

3 months ago

I was going to suggest pulling Warstorm Surge until I decided that it's good either on it's own (serving as a backup Commander for your deck, incase people use Oubliette type effects) while also stacking if they're out together (and your Commander ETBing benefits from it). Depending on how cutthroat your opponents are you might want a more stable permanent type (Enchantment) as back up, so I figured it was worth keeping in, if nobody runs anti-Commander cards then maybe you could pull it for something lower to the ground. If you really want to pull it I feel like I'd run Sakashima of a Thousand Faces or Sakashima the Impostor, I especially like The Imposter because he can technically bounce himself, letting you recast him to get another trigger if you're low on cards. The main use would be copying your Commander (or other Legendary creature), so if it's really hard to keep them alive maybe not a great solution!

I think since your deck needs a lot of mana to be working correctly you probably want some of the 'bigger' mana rocks, in your colours you don't have Green ramp, but you can try Relic of Sauron and/or Gilded Lotus, Lotus is a bit clunky at 5 mana but it entering untapped and tapping for 3 is surprisingly useful in practice, and Relic is never dead since it can also be used to draw stuff. If you want another 2 mana rock you could look at Fellwar Stone maybe? Most 2 mana rocks either make colourless (which won't help with fixing) or make a single colour (like The Soul Stone (which I think sucks and isn't worth $20, let alone $100) and Coldsteel Heart).

If you're concerned with life loss you could consider some Lifelink sources, Mask of Griselbrand and Basilisk Collar are both very good at what they do, I think Mask might be better since it can be used to draw cards if people kill your Commander, but tbh an Anthem effect like Whip of Erebos or Raphael is probably more helpful, the only one I could find was Ardyn, the Usurper, which also gives your boys Haste AND can make a 5/5 Demon for you each turn, though 8 mana is QUITE high I feel the synergy of Haste, Lifelink AND a free 5/5 Demon each turn, even if they aren't personally a Demon. FWIW Flying and Menace makes most Demons effectively unblockable, or close enough to not matter.

For lands I usually like stuff like Rakdos Carnarium, Izzet Boilerworks, and/or Dimir Aqueduct, they're especially handy if you are trying to run less total lands (34 doesn't seem that high for a 6 mana Commander), or have some MDFCs that can be returned to hand to use the spell side. They're a bit clunky, but depending on how many ETB tapped lands you run you can get away with a few (bounce lands are TERRIBLE if you only have ETB tapped lands to bounce and replay).

After taking another look these are cards you'll miss the least IMHO: Rune-scarred Demon (this is a lot of mana for the effect in my experience, and it's better in decks that win via combos), Burning Rune Demon (same as the above, but I like this card a bit more because it's 1 less mana), Patriarch's Bidding (this can be unplayable some games depending on the opponent's deck, and unless I'm missing something you don't have self-mill to make the card better), Kardur Doomscourge (I like this card a lot, but if you need to make space he seems pretty low synergy, also plays poorly with Propaganda effects on an opponent's board), and maybe Rite of Replication (I really love this card, but I feel like it's usually too much mana to 'do the thing', I also feel like you have a decent number of Legendary stuff that can't be copied usefully, I could see this being a pet card).

Asder on Kaervek, the Enchantress

7 months ago

I'm not sure how many of these are pet cards that you wanna play no matter what, but if you're taking suggestions, there's quite a few staples you could be playing over stuff like Raiding Party. Phyrexian Arena and Black Market Connections are the first that come to mind, but you could totally to some boardwipes in the form of The Meathook Massacre and Spiteful Banditry. Curse of Opulence is always a fun way to get some politics started. Painful Quandary is a card I always consider running when im in black.

I'm just going to quick fire some more: Blood Moon No Mercy Sunbird's Invocation Powerbalance Unholy Annex / Ritual Chamber Polluted Bonds Oubliette Grave Betrayal Possibility Storm Necrodominance Burning Earth Hopeless Nightmare Case of the Stashed Skeleton Smoke

Sorry if thats too much lol

DreadKhan on Lord Xander & Scarab God Counter

8 months ago

Is something like Traumatize too slow for you? The idea is you'd usually target yourself to feed your Commander, but you could always pick on an opponent instead. I also like Mesmeric Orb, you don't suffer as much as other people from the effects of serious mill.

I don't know if it's too mean for your meta, but Rakdos decks tend to get frustrated if they've built around their Commander and you use something like Imprisoned in the Moon or Oubliette on them. The best part, if they do random into (or even tutor for) Feed the Swarm you can just recast on your next turn since it should be in your graveyard.

lil_cheez on Zur's Horrific Mill

1 year ago

Cool take on Zur! I'd take Kasmina's Transmutation out for a Oubliette. As a transmuted commander can still block, die and go to the czone, but a Oublietted on can only be recovered with enchantment removal

DreadKhan on Katilda WIDE boi

1 year ago

I guess my concern is that if your Commander isn't available (Oubliette and it's ilk can lock a Commander down, and even if you run x10 ways to blow up an enchantment you have to have one available at the right moment or you're not doing much) you lose access to your mana dorks. I think it wouldn't be much fun to get stuck without your Commander in a deck like this, but if you're not running into issues it's probably silly to change!

Just a thing I thought of since you mentioned a possible interest in wipes, I use Fell the Mighty, Tragic Arrogance, and Austere Command in White decks that are trying to wipe mostly (or only) the opponent's creatures. Green isn't great at wiping creatures, so you'll probably want to look at the White options. White has lots of wipes that can kill creatures with power over 3 (or 4), I wasn't sure if those would apply.

Since you like going fairly wide, here are a few anthems I play: Crescendo of War, Felidar Retreat, and if you can find a cheap copy maybe Gavony Township. If you're fairly patient Call for Unity can be impressive (mostly with Proliferate). Crescendo of War is a really weird card, but as long as you tend to have more creatures than other people it will usually be in your favor. It works well with Vigilance as well, since it will always buff your blockers (making you a very unappealing target compared to an unbluffed defender).

Bookrook on What makes a card or …

1 year ago

Does Oubliette fall under the same category as commander theft?

draftdump69 on Mono Black Devotion

2 years ago

Oubliette seems like a good devotion enabler

DreadKhan on lonely goth girl

2 years ago

I'm not sure if Teysa would even want a friend, but Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker is a bit of a kindred, maybe they could hang for tea?

If you want people to attack a lot there is Angel's Trumpet, very handy that your Spirits have flying! Exquisite Blood is a combo piece, but it's also a strong card on it's own, it synergizes with your Commander very powerfully I'd say, if people come at you their creature's die, and if they go at each other then you gain life. Breena, the Demagogue can be used to make your stuff better. Shadrix Silverquill has a really good interaction with your Commander, if you give someone an Inkling and they come at you it dies and you get a 1/1, and if you give your board +1 counters twice than your 1/1s clobber inklings. I would run Transmogrifying Wand over Murder, it's 4 mana for the first creature but only 1 more for the next 2. You could also try something like Reckless Spite. I am a big fan of True Conviction, very good with a big token army.

It's a pretty janky card but I often enjoy using Axis of Mortality in White decks that are trying to stay on budget, you can punish or reward people as you see fit, it's a very strong political effect, and if people are losing creatures to your ability to lower your life total (while giving you evasive attackers) then you're probably gaining ground.

It's up to you obviously if you don't want to run more lands, but have you thought about including some MDFCs? I use Hagra Mauling  ^Flip and am happy to see it now and then, ETB tapped lands aren't great, but if the spell effect is also a playable effect their value is incredible. I'm sure you could find a use for Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip too, though that is less budget.

In the time that I've played Commander I've come to the conclusion that one of the hallmarks of a good deck is card draw, especially low to the ground effects. Stuff like Sign in Blood and Night's Whisper are very good in practice, there are also things like Village Rites, Corrupted Conviction, Plumb the Forbidden, and Reckoner's Bargain, these are all handy with your tokens, but also if you can't protect your Commander and they're getting blown up anyways, this can also prevent effects like Oubliette from working (which can be VERY helpful if your deck depends on your Commander, you might want a couple in the deck in case). If you think your tokens might stay 1/1s, or that you can get them to die with consistency then Skullclamp draws a lot of cards. Stinging Study draws a whopping 7 cards in this deck, for only 5 mana, I'd say that'd be handy late game.