Predator's Rapport

Instant

Choose target creature you control. You gain life equal to that creature's power plus its toughness.

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
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (46)

DungeonMimic1993 on Smiles!

2 weeks ago

Garruk, Primal Hunter Return of the Wildspeaker Rishkar's Expertise Dina, Soul Steeper Dying Wish Essence Harvest Feed the Clan Fog of War Hardy Outlander Inscription of Abundance Predator's Rapport Rite of Consumption Tend the Pests Donno the pricess on those but I'm sure some of them will fit

TypicalTimmy on Should Green's Lifegain Rely Upon …

2 years ago

Well, Harmonize was the color-shift from Concentrate from Planer Chaos. Predator's Rapport would have been a better selection for your inquiry over Dawnglow Infusion, but seeing as both of these are among my favorite cards in the game, I'll forgive you <3

Really, Dawnglow Infusion is a bit of a bend for both colors, really. They both focus on creatures, not how much mana you can spend into something.

As for your actual question... what else would it be based around? Green is the big-stompy-boi color. Landfall could work, sure. Or perhaps "X life for each land" or something. But, realistically speaking, what else would you be looking toward? In a lot of ways, green and white are in the same boat here; Green focuses more so on large, singular creatures while white focuses on tokens. But at the end of the day, a creature is a creature.

I understand what you mean though. Black focuses on when creatures die is when you get life.

Red... kind of doesn't? Now that I think about it, nor does blue? Huh, neat.

I believe white also looks at enchantments to gain some life. I think, perhaps, a nice alternative for gaining life could be green looking at things such as total number of lands on the battlefield, revealing the top X cards and you get life equal to the highest power among creature cards revealed... things like that.

wallisface on Simic ramp-new

2 years ago

Some thoughts:

• Mu Yanling isn’t modern-legal.

• lifegain is probably the weakest mechanic in magic, and it’s never usually worth running cards that only gain life - i’d ditch Predator's Rapport.

• you need waay more lands imo. Typical modern ramp decks will be running anywhere from 28-33 lands. 20 is far too low, especially when cards like Elvish Pioneer and Eureka Moment are depending on a high land count.

• ramp decks usually want all their cards to either be ramping you, or providing some massive payoff for all your mana. In that sense, I don’t think Scythe Leopard has any reasonable place here.

• some of your big “payoff” cards also feel skeptical to me. Nessian Boar is just giving your opponent card advantage. Snapping Sailback doesn’t feel particularly intimidating for its mana cost. Body of Research is interesting, but is still just a big vanilla creature with no abilities.

TypicalTimmy on Crazy Damage Story

2 years ago

When I first started playing MTG, I had a deck that ran Heroes' Bane whom I had ETB with 4x +1/+1 counters, who I then subsequently doubled 18 times to turn it into a 1,048,576/1,048,576.

And then I cast a Predator's Rapport.

LordsofChaos115 on aggro growth animar

2 years ago

here are some recommendations Desolation Twin, Giant Adephage, Omnath, Locus of Rage, Quartzwood CrasherShaman of Forgotten Ways, Zhur-Taa Druid, Hammer of Purphoros, Idol of Oblivion, Divination, Predator's Rapport, Evolution Vat, Farseek, Explore, Cultivate, Colossal Majesty,Simic Ascendancy,Sarkhan Vol, Decimate, Relentless Assault, Fellwar Stone, Sol Ring, Arcane Signet, Gift of Paradise, Domri, Chaos Bringer, Song of Freyalise, Gyre Sage, Nimbus Swimmer,Simic Sky Swallower, Kiora, the Crashing Wave, Simic Growth Chamber, Hinterland Harbor, Whelming Wave, The Locust God, Arixmethes, Slumbering Isle

Coelacanth710 on

2 years ago

Good deck idea. I honestly think using green for big creatures to gain life off of is one of the more effective life gain strategies out there. I first began playing Magic during the Return to Ravnica block, and for some reason one of the first cards that struck me as a very good card was Predator's Rapport. I think it would synergize well with your strategy. God bless :)

TypicalTimmy on Personal Play moments you are …

3 years ago

Gaining 2,097,152 life in a single turn is pretty based, also.

• Be me, Naya Ramp
• Heroes' Bane
• Produce around 80 mana
• Sink into Bane 18x (72 total mana)
• 1,048,575 / 1,048,576
• Predator's Rapport
• kek

keltis on Chorus of Wurms

3 years ago

Seeing the deck laid out, a couple of things come to mind. — These cards fit with the Wurm + Token Theme . Symbiotic Wurm (not wurm tokens, but still a good boy.) Roar of the Wurm Wurmweaver Coil Second Harvest

— Treat things that generate Token Wurms as functional "creatures". That way, you don't have to slot in vanilla wurms, and can instead run a few more populate cards, or token mechanic cards.

— On Populate, easy replacement could be swapping Naturalize with Sundering Growth

— Predator's Rapport ... in your BEST case scenario, 30 life isn't anything to sneeze at. HOWEVER: if you aren't building around life-gain, it's not a great card on its own. Try Rootborn Defenses , which is super versatile on offense and on defense, and grows your army.