Pollen Lullaby

Instant

Prevent all combat damage that would be dealt this turn. Clash with an opponent. If you win, creatures that player controls don't untap during the player's next untap step. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of his or her library, then puts that card on the top or bottom. A player wins if his or her card had a higher converted mana cost.)

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (46)

nbarry223 on What is the "best" way …

1 year ago

There was a thread on this topic a few months ago. I've always liked the Isochron Scepter path myself. Things like Pollen Lullaby / Blessed Respite / Dawn Charm where you do more than just the fog effect. You can always run cantrips like Manamorphose as well, to make more value out of your scepters.

https://tappedout.net/mtg-forum/modern/bringing-turbo-fog-to-the-next-level/

nbarry223 on Bringing Turbo Fog to the …

2 years ago

I've always liked fog effects that can be put on Isochron Scepter and give you more than just damage prevention.

Pollen Lullaby can potentially buy 2 turns and is basically a double sided scry for you and your opponent (could be beneficial or detrimental depending on the deck).

Dawn Charm lets you prevent targeted burn damage or curses etc. in addition to the Fog effect if needed.

Blessed Respite just helps to give some recursion, or gravehate if needed.

You can also throw in cantrips like Manamorphose which turn Isochron Scepter into tap to draw a card and manafix.

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM! (better mana)

2 years ago

So I did some math on Judge Unworthy in here, to see if it is worthy (if it wasn't only during the combat phase, I would probably include it simply for the scry 3 with conditional upside).

~39.1% chance to do 5+ damage within the scry 3
~63.9% chance to do 3+ damage within the scry 3

Then, ignoring what's in the scry and revealing whatever was after yields us:

~15% chance to do 5+ damage ~28.3% chance to do 3+ damage ~50% to do no damage

so that is not generally suggested. I think it could be considered for a slot, but it would basically be up against Pollen Lullaby or Dismember, which I think are both better respectively, due to either the flexible casting cost, or ability to stop swarms instead of just one creature.

I did swap out Nurturing Peatland for another Turntimber Symbiosis  ^Flip to help with Pollen Lullaby since I barely needed the card draw aspect and mainly used it for a green mana source. Most of the time, when I did use it for card draw, I was looking for a threat, which Turntimber Symbiosis  ^Flip has tacked onto the back when bounced with any bounceland, so that was a good upgrade.

nbarry223 on Viga-BOOM! (better mana)

2 years ago

With Turntimber Symbiosis  ^Flip being a thing to artificially inflate CMC, Judge Unworthy may finally be worth it. I’ll have to revisit clash cards etc as well, because Pollen Lullaby was great even before I had 7 CMC lands.

Finally finished updating the deck’s description with all my recent swaps. I think the deck is a lot more consistent now as well (finding I mulligan less). I may do a few more land swaps, since there’s a few I find myself not needing.

LunchBox1211 on Card creation challenge

3 years ago

Undergound Secrets

Sorcery

Each player mills 3.

Excavate 2

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How's that? You get 2 cards, but they have to be exiled with CMC 0.

Anyone remember the clash mechanic? See Pollen Lullaby and Paperfin Rascal . Make a card with clash.

VizzerdrixVibes on Wizzardrix (Kwain, Itinerant Meddler)

3 years ago

TotesMcGoats

That is certainly a good idea! Plus it reinforces the Friendly theme of I won’t hurt you. Although I tend to cut most fog effects from decks as I build them.

Maybe figuring out a slot for Dawn Charm might be worthwhile? The modularity of it could come in handy if you need to regenerate Hullbreacher or counter some nasty spell directed at you. Angelsong could be an okayish backup since you could cycle it if needed. I like the idea of Pollen Lullaby, but with the cmc being so low, probably won’t win many clashes.

Eclipse28420 on Urzafacts

4 years ago

I just actually found the deck list. my bad for saying what you're already using on the other post. If Ensnaring Bridge isn't working for all the draw you have, Ghostly Prison or Pollen Lullaby ? I still like Etherium Sculptor here.

hyped1221 on

5 years ago

Ravenrose - Heya! I'll have to think about Gaddock. I love the flavor text and his role in their lore so I'll consider it down the road.

I agree one ramp spell is quite limited. I'll make room for them tonight when I get home and update. Pollen Lullaby is awesome! I've never seen that card. Definitely ordering a copy. I will look to see if I have copies of your other recommendations. They seem like fun (other than Revelation , I like a little mystery lol).

Thanks for the great ideas!