Pox

Sorcery

Each player loses a third of his or her life, then discards a third of the cards in his or her hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures he or she controls, then sacrifices a third of the lands he or she controls. Round up each time.

Discussion (51)

mlequesne on Control Their Fear

1 month ago

Nice work bro, I can smell the fear while reading your decklist. I'm thinking about massive sacrifice spells that you might wanna try, like Pox or All Is Dust, even if you sacrifice your commander with any of them you still keep your opponents cards.

See you around <3

TriusMalarky on First ever EDH deck... help?

1 month ago

When it comes to EDH, I like to use a 5-point building strategy. This includes

• Lands(largely fixing)

• Ramp(the higher power stuff)

• Card draw

• Win Condition

• Interaction

Every card in your deck should be in one of those 5 slots. Additionally, I consider cards like Fellwar Stone, Signets, Talismans and Arcane Signet to fit largely in the 'land' slot. They're there for ramp, yes, but they're also largely there for color fixing.

Also, your win condition should be fairly compact. You can take a combo route, or you can have a couple specific cards that can win the game on their own or with a little support.

In discard themes . . . you don't get all that much. All the discard payoffs that help in other formats are too slow in EDH.

So I'd take the Pox plan -- use Smallpox, Pox, Hymn to Tourach, Wrench Mind and Vicious Rumors to throttle your opponent's hands. Use spells like Deafening Silence, Rule of Law, Spirit of the Labyrinth, Leonin Arbiter and Aven Mindcensor to prevent your opponents from getting back on their feet. Then, hit them with some win con of your choice. Make it quick, though, because they will eventually get out of your lock and come for your throat.

DrukenReaps on Decks you want to make...

1 month ago

Decks you want to make... But don't because your friends might not play anymore.

Do you have any like that?

Thanks to current spoilers I do. So don't follow this link unless you are ok with a spoiler Tergrid's Orthophobia.

The deck could use a bit of help. Mostly looking for a few decent ways to make infinite black mana, or infinite colorless mana then turn it into black mana. Other suggestions welcome too.

I just don't know if I'm willing to bring a deck that wants Pox so badly to a table, lmao.

exatin on Liesa leeches

2 months ago

Dropped

• Parhelion II
• Primevals' Glorious Rebirth
• Syndicate Enforcer
• Mox Amber

Things I like

• Archfiend of Despair - I like. high cost
• Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose - good include
• Mangara, the Diplomat - I saw, I liked, I forgot

Considering

• Evra, Halcyon Witness - will consider
• Exquisite Blood - good wincon but could also lock game since not "may"
• Witch of the Moors - like, a little high for a non-closer. I like the control aspect.
• Forsaken Wastes - I like, similar to Sanctum of Stone Fangs
• Axis of Mortality - will consider long-term
• Near-Death Experience - interesting "combo" with axis and evra
• Phyrexian Altar - not planning to run unless a few more things to abuse

Probably not...

• Sorin Markov - considered but don't have at the moment
• Bolas's Citadel - always fun
• Dark Ritual - good ramp, can't abuse atm
• Doom Whisperer - with Witch of the Moors it helps but otherwise, the return from bin in the deck is a bit weak
• Necropotence - I don't like to always include
• Gravecrawler && Mutavault are no's
• Pox && Death Cloud - possible as finisher but does impact each player. iirc, active player goes first, not last. So if I need to sac the pieces that trigger on loss of opponent life, it'll whiff

I've played a small set of games with the deck now. It had impact on the game. Majority of creatures cast in the deck didn't feel of consequence when standing alone. I'm investigating more ways to gain life but also add "target player gains life" to abuse Tainted Remedy against non-life gain decks that just ignore it when it hits the field. Spells like Swords to Plowshares.

king-saproling on An Old-School Nightmare

3 months ago

This looks fun! You might like these: Abyssal Gatekeeper, Syphon Mind, Noxious Toad, Cackling Fiend, Mindslicer, Pox, Maddening Imp, Koskun Falls

Mr.Beaver on Toshiro the Vagabond

3 months ago

Love the deck! Pox/Smallpox might be useful to force Toshiro to activate. Dark Ritual could also be cool to recycle- but it might have the same issue as Sol Ring. This is a really cool take on an underrated commander, so great job all around! :)

ghostfire86 on Liesa leeches

3 months ago

For starters, remove

Primevals' Glorious Rebirth

Mox Amber

Parhelion II

Sanctum of Stone Fangs

One Thousand Lashes

Luminarch Ascension

Answered Prayers

Vectis Dominator

Syndicate Enforcer

Agent of Masks

Think about adding in

Gravecrawler, Phyrexian Altar, Mutavault to abuse Hidden Stockpile

Tree of Perdition

Pox

Death Cloud

Archfiend of Despair

Sorin Markov

Bolas's Citadel

Dark Ritual

Evra, Halcyon Witness

Exquisite Blood

Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose

Witch of the Moors

Doom Whisperer

Necropotence

Mangara, the Diplomat

EleshNornsFs on MTG terms for the virus

4 months ago

Pestilence and Pox but there is also Plague Wind or if you are completely ignorant, you might think that Propaganda is appropriate.