Plains

Basic Land — Plains

{T}: Add {W}.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	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
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Unformat	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (41)

Balaam__ on MONO WHITE ENCHANTMENTS

1 week ago

Land count looks better. You might also try running a playset of Flagstones of Trokair in place of 4x Plains. Running 4 copies specifically allows you to manipulate things in your favor: The first copy plays as usual. Drawing and playing a second will send the first Flagstones to the graveyard per the Legendary rule, but will net you a free Plains in the process. This can be repeated a further 2 times to get ‘bonus land’ and thin the deck for better subsequent draws.

Speaking of Legendaries, my comment on Pearl-Ear, Imperial Advisor may have been misunderstood. He’s Legendary, yes, so only one can be in play at any one time—but that won’t matter if you don’t draw him. It isn’t about having multiples in play; 4 copies simply increases the odds of drawing into him. There are other cards that function like Pearl-Ear too, so you may want to spread the field and add some of those instead of 4 Pearl-Ear. Starfield Mystic, Transcendent Envoy, Cloud Key etc all operate in the same wheelhouse (and you already run Starnheim Courser which is another option), but as I mentioned cards like that affect only the generic mana costs of a spell and not the colored portion, therefore they can only do so much. But now that your manabase is more robust, things should function more smoothly.

Balaam__ on Mono White Knights

4 weeks ago

You could try the old deck thinning Flagstones of Trokair trick. Drop 4x Plains and run the full playset, grabbing the Plains you need (works on Snow-Covered Plains too) and increasing the odds of drawing into something better next. It’s kind of pricey, and that’s all it accomplishes, but it’s one of those little adjustments that can increase performance.

legendofa on Cats White and Green

1 month ago

Welcome to the club, Puppyroni!

This is pretty good for a first deck, but there's still some points to consider.

First of all, 20 lands isn't enough to support anything but the absolute fastest tournament-level Modern decks. 23-24 lands will make this deck much more reliable at hitting its top-end cards. I would say even the deck that inspired this one is short on lands.

Related to that, A Realm Reborn probably won't do too much here. Since your only mana sources are lands until then, it's going to be very slow to come out. By the time it does, you're either going to be so far ahead that it's unnecessary, or so far behind that you can't use it. ARR is a good card in the right deck, but I don't think this is the place for it. Similar thoughts for G'raha Tia. If your group is super casual, it's not too bad. But usually when you get to 5+ mana in Modern, you should be pushing to win the game, not gathering more resources. If a card costs more than 4 mana in Modern and doesn't directly and immediately help you win, it's probably not worth it. Regal Caracal might be an exception for this deck, but I recommend trimming it down to 1-2 copies.

Third, a Modern sideboard is allowed to have 15 cards, not 20. This is also a note for antagon1st's deck.

I like the green splash for Feline Sovereign. Feral Prowler is a little awkward--with higher toughness and a lot of buffs, it's not going to be a useful death trigger too much. Overrun is the right idea, but having three {G} pips in a mostly white deck will make it hard to cast. This would need a mana base with lots of dual lands to cast reliably. Look for cards with a similar effect but more balanced/less {G} heavy cost.

Again, related to that, balance the basic lands based on pip proportions. You have a lot more {W} cards than {G} cards, so using equal numbers of Plains and Forests will end up with extra {G} and not enough {W} to cast your cats.

Finally, try to get full playsets of some of your 2-ofs. Generally, you want to have more copies of fewer cards, to get the most reliable and consistent results. Pick your favorite buffs and get four copies of those, and trim down the cards that don't seem to be doing as much for you.

After all that, the most important thing is that you build the deck you want to play. If my suggestions make the deck less interesting for you (which of course I hope they don't), then do what makes it more interesting. Above all, have fun!

Optimator on 5 color summons

1 month ago

Scholar of New Horizons can remove counters too, but you'll run out of Plains quick in a five-color deck.

I think there's a blue zombie wizard from the War of the Spark block that can remove counters for value too

sergiodelrio on Bounce

2 months ago

Try this:

Replace 2x Hallowed Fountain with 2x Breeding Pool.

Replace 4x Misty Rainforest with 2x Flooded Strand and 2x Windswept Heath.

Replace 1x Island and 1x Plains with 2x Forest.

I know why you did what you did, but give my setup a shot for a few playtests.

The problem with your manabase is that it's quite scattered, even if the numbers seem to check out in the pie chart. You need lots of green pips, and lots of isolated pips in general, so you can't even out on fetches and shocks.

Draw forests more naturally. Get dorks online. Fetch pips you didn't draw. Minimize lands like Hallowed Fountain that can't pay for your multicolored spells in a deck with more than 2 colors. What I mean by that is, those are UW in your deck, so hallowed fountain sucks, since you're gonna need another land anyway to pay for multis, but you need green too. Possibly get rid of the fountains alltogether.

Hope this makes sense. Source: trust me xD

Cheers!

Voodoo_Gremlin on Terra the Infinite Esper

2 months ago

Because you're playing Scholar of New Horizons you may want to remove one Plains and replace it with a Sacred Foundry, Elegant Parlor or Jetmir's Garden. That way you can have access to both of your commander's colours if you're missing one and Scholar of New Horizons is your only land search.

Since you're playing a few fetches you'd probably benefit from a single triome or surveil land in general. In my experience playing more than one of either is asking for trouble.

gzusvictory on Halvar, Divine Voltron

2 months ago

Pro: This alone can uniquely return to hand two equipment in one go, which can be a solid play in the late game. It’s a white source rather than a colorless one. It’s a sorcery and then a land, which means it’s two cards in one? Pretty good value since it can become a land that “drew” you two cards.

Con: Sorcery side seems a bit costly at 5 mana. The land side always enters tapped and will not add to the plains count. What would we cut? Possibly a land like Abstergo Entertainment, Mistveil Plains or a basic Plains? Or maybe our current cheaper/equippable/tutorable/recurrable recursion Restoration Specialist? It’s a tough time cutting cards sometimes.

Idoneity on Oh Jackdaw Sing Arrogance

3 months ago

Austin_Smith_of_Cards — Oooh! Thank you kindly for the suggestions. I'll pore through them one-by-one.

That Thalia is a lovely card and I do enjoy some taxes in competitive formats, but I do consider it a little too pesky for commander gameplay.

Thalia, Heretic Cathar, however, is one of my favourite cards. I am frankly surprised she did not find a home already. What to cut, I wonder...

Eiganjo, Seat of the Empire is certainly a strong card, and I will probably include it over a Swamp if I can ever find my spare. I am currently at the minimum number possible Plains.

To rack a few out of the way quickly Swords to Plowshares isn't my thing, as I don't like liminal kill spells all too much. Same goes for Path to Exile. I didn't want this to be a sac deck, so I avoided effects like Elas il-Kor and Nasty End. Primevals' Glorious Rebirth is a little grandiose for the "little guys" game plan I wanted to hone. And Teysa Karlov is only so good in this list, as only so many cards are dedicated to tokens.

As for the gleaming diamonds in this bunch, Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle might be simply too good to pass up. It synergies far too efficiently for me to exclude, so it will be the next card in. Secondarily, you are correct that this list struggles against noncreature strategies, so Kambal, Consul of Allocation slots in nicely.

Thank you for your feedback and have an excellent day!