Phyrexian Altar

Artifact

Sacrifice a creature: Add one mana of any colour.

Combos

• Blood Artist + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar
• Nim Deathmantle + Phyrexian Altar + Su-Chi
• Diregraf Captain + Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar
• Phyrexian Altar + Woodfall Primus + Zameck Guildmage
• Golgari Germination + Nether Traitor + Phyrexian Altar
• Kamahl, Fist of Krosa + Phyrexian Altar
• Endless Cockroaches + Phyrexian Altar
• Glen Elendra Archmage + Phyrexian Altar + Spark Double
• Karmic Guide + Phyrexian Altar + Saffi Eriksdotter
• Phyrexian Altar + Renata, Called to the Hunt + Woodfall Primus

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	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
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

cerbervs on Heliod Stax

3 months ago

First play revealed that I need more ways to find Heliod. Also, a way to draw more, and eventually shuffle on command (fetch lands will be a later round of purchases). Here is the solution for now, will update when I've had a chance to play it. Going all in on Heliod, Sun-Crowned + Walking Ballista so I am dropping the Karmic Guide + Phyrexian Altar + Reveillark as there's no outlet besides Ballista anyway

Going out:

• Phyrexian Altar
• Karmic Guide
• Reveillark
• Suppression Field

Coming in:

• Idyllic Tutor - Find Heliod
• Search for Glory - Find Heliod
• March of Otherworldly Light - Destroy artis (helpful against opponents and combo timing)
• Trouble in Pairs - Dig faster

capwner on An Old-School Nightmare

3 months ago

All oldschool EDH is the coolest. I have never had the chance to actually play this format but did try making a concept list for a Sunastian Falconer ramp deck and it was super fun working with the more limited card pool and getting to incorporate more spicy/janky older cards. Do you get to play this a lot? Do you play mostly against other oldschool decks or mostly regular decks? Love the list you have got tons of cool old cards, Hypnox is crazy I've had this used on me before lol. What do you think of Mindslicer? And if somebody gave you a free Phyrexian Altar would you run it? :P

Crow_Umbra on Need Help: Does anyone have …

5 months ago

Something I was thinking of earlier in context to Conviction counters for the activated ability would be the need for "free" sac outlets. Of course there's the likes of Viscera Seer & Umbral Collar Zealot, but once you get to the mana producers like Warren Soultrader or Phyrexian Altar (Ashnod's Altar too, I guess), then the mana production doesn't feel as needed, or feels weirdly redundant to those effects.

I agree with legendofa that this feels like an Uncommon legend, especially in comparison to Warren Soultrader or Phyrexian Altar. I think if you wanted to "scale up" your power a bit, you could compare to those effects.

A slightly different suggestion, if Culling is a theme, could the activated ability instead be removal focused? Still impactful and differentiates itself from other aristocrats mana production staples. Maybe destroy up to X target creatures, where X is the number of Conviction counters on Skelly

PhotogenicParasympathetic on Card creation challenge

5 months ago

Svogthos, the Tomb Awoken

Legendary Land Creature - Elder Zombie

Svogthos, the Tomb Awoken enters tapped with 7 stun counters on it.

{T}: Add {BG}{BG}

Whenever a creature you control dies, or a creature enters the battlefield from your graveyard, untap this permanent.

Whenever Svogthos attacks, exile target card from an opponent's graveyard. If it was a creature, you may cast it for as long as it remains exiled.

7/7

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Make a free sacrifice outlet (ex: Phyrexian Altar, Ashnod's Altar, Viscera Seer)

capwner on "Darth Marth" (Retired)

6 months ago

Oh yeah I totally forgot they made Naya Ulasht, the Hate Seed! Seems like a bunch of Ulasht staples like Mana Echoes might go pretty nuts in this. Skullclamp and Basilisk Collar also seem obligatory. If you have mana sac outlets like Ashnod's Altar/Phyrexian Altar plus your Ivy Lane/Blade of the Bloodchief this is a simple way of infing out, Ashnod's Altar seems especially good here since you net mana and Marath can already target players, if you have a counter doubler or mana filter it's an instant kill. One thing Ulasht has on Marath though is the ability to employ the all powerful Utopia Mycon :) Also Kamahl, Fist of Krosa animate all their lands and snipe them with Marath/Goblin Sharpshooter is pretty funny

legendofa on What exactly is the hard …

7 months ago

For the Archon's Glory combo, I'm going agree with your opponent and the bystander. As I understand, ramp shouldn't be included in the turn calculation. The intent is to prevent Tainted Pact + Thassa's OracleGC, Helm of Obedience + Leyline of the Void , that sort of combo, where the cards can be played on a normal curve and lead directly to a kill effect before turn 6. There are ways to drag someone down from a trillion life, or just bypass life totals, so I don't consider that a lockout (but I might concede if someone did that, depending on the matchup).

But I would not consider Sol Ring as part of the combo, because it's such a loose requirement. I'd compare it to something like Gravecrawler + Phyrexian Altar. Technically, you need a third effect and another Zombie for this to mean anything. But that's so easy to get to, it doesn't even really need a dedicated deck. Yes, you need a token, enchantment, or artifact to sacrifice, but that can happen incidentally during normal play. If a combo needs a third card, but that card can be any (insert category here) or a basic land, it shouldn't count toward the combo requirements.

Ultimately, my call is that this was a lucky play with a combo that's legal in Bracket 3.

OberstHati on Bracket 3 Sephiroth

7 months ago

Glad you Like this build clayperce, i Chose Tergrid to keep this deck fair for Bracket 3, swapping her out for a Tutor makes The Deck a Bit too strong. Besides she is fun in combination with Grave Pact, No Mercy, Blasphemous Edict, Soul Shatter, Accursed Marauder and The likes, giving you what others sac,… The Sideboard is meant to make The deck more consistent, search for Gravecrawler, Forsaken Miner, Warren Soultrader or Phyrexian Altar or a „everybody sacrifices a Creature“ Card to combo and win fast.

clayperce on

8 months ago

theNeroTurtle -
Thinking about this a little more, and wondering if there are any Angel-focused combos worth adding. Please take this as brainstorming though, not an actual suggestion, as I'm not sure if it would help or harm the deck! :-D

Unfortunately, the only "pure" Angel combo I know of is Giada, Font of Hope + Twilight Shepherd + an artifact-based sac' outlet (e.g., Phyrexian Altar or Blasting Station).

There are others, based around Karmic Guide, Restoration Angel, and Archangel of Thune, but I'm not sure any of those can be accomplished without pulling in other creature types :-/

Cheers!