Propaganda

Enchantment

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Discussion (51)

SideBae on Oloro Life A Plenty

1 day ago

I've always liked Oloro, Ageless Ascetic -- he was my first general.

One card I've always liked for Oloro is Zur's Weirding . With the constant life-gain from Oloro, Zur's Weirding can hold down an advantage like nothing else.

I've always thought Path to Exile is way overrated in EDH. Swords to Plowshares , which I see you've included, is better mainly because it doesn't ramp your opponents. In a format filled with people routinely doing mana-intensive things, I think you'll be better off running something like Ashes to Ashes .

Ponder , Preordain and Brainstorm are three REALLY good cards. Like Xerox decks in Vintage, in EDH it is advantageous to replace a part of your mana-base with cantrips. This allows you to dig for lands if you need them, and spells if you don't. Running these three, along with similar cheap card-draw, will allow you to run around thirty-two or so lands. Brainstorm goes from good to great if you have a high number of shuffle effects, from things like the Polluted Delta you're running. Similarly, Sleight of Hand or Serum Visions are good; they should be run only if you're already running the first three and still need more cantrips.

Similar to cantrips, card-positive draw-spells (i.e. Spells that draw more than one card) are also real good. Painful Truths , Fact or Fiction , Thirst for Knowledge , Night's Whisper , Echo of Eons and Windfall are great includes. Windfall and Echo of Eons are especially powerful if you also run Narset, Parter of Veils .

I highly suggest replacing your three-mana rocks with two-mana rocks. Chromatic Lantern , Pristine Talisman and Commander's Sphere are not as good as Talisman of Progress , Talisman of Hierarchy and Talisman of Dominance . Fellwar Stone , Mind Stone and Thought Vessel are also good two-mana rocks; Chrome Mox and Mox Diamond are good, though wildly expensive.

Ashiok, Dream Render is excellent if your format has a lot of fetch lands; it also hoses graveyard decks.

Ancient Tomb is a better Temple of the False God -- if you have access to it, you should run it. 'Enter the battlefield tapped' can be pretty not-good; while cards like Dimir Aqueduct are card advantage in that they produce more mana from the same number of lands, they aren't as good as a standard dual (at least in my opinion). Silent Clearing , City of Brass and Mana Confluence are all better than the Karoo lands. Caves of Koilos , Adarkar Wastes , Underground River , Reflecting Pool , Forbidden Orchard and Exotic Orchard are similar.

Kaya's Guile can be good, depending upon your meta. Same with Kaya, Orzhov Usurper and Rule of Law / Eidolon of Rhetoric effects.

Teferi, Hero of Dominaria is REALLY good, though he is about $30 these days. Pairing him with Stasis can produce an instant win; similarly, Smothering Tithe can pair with Stasis for a similar effect.

I don't think Felidar Sovereign is very good. Typically you cast it during your main phase, and it has to last an entire turn cycle with your life total above 40 (or 38, in Oloro, if you stack your triggers right) before it will win the game. During this time, all of your opponents will be doing all they can to remove it. I think it may be easier to win with a Laboratory Maniac / Jace, Wielder of Mysteries + Demonic Consultation / Doomsday combo. Running Silence can help protect this combo.

Force of Will and Mana Drain are the gold standard in counters, though they'll cost you about the same as a used kidney. Dovin's Veto , Spell Snare , Dispel and Swan Song are all good considerations; if your meta is filled with fat creatures, Exclude can be good, too.

Search for Azcanta  ^Flip is a great card in control-style decks. I advise at least testing it, as well as Counterbalance .

I think you can run either Ghostly Prison or Propaganda -- I don't think both are necessary, especially since you're running Enlightened Tutor already. I advise running Ghostly Prison over Propaganda , as it doesn't die to Pyroblast / Red Elemental Blast .

It's worth replacing Evolving Wilds or Terramorphic Expanse with Prismatic Vista , if you have access to it.

Since it seems Aetherflux Reservoir is your main win condition, you may want to consider running Fabricate and Whir of Invention as tutors. If you want to go real deep, Transmute Artifact is a good card (though, also, REALLY expensive).

If you want to start cutting down on your creature-count, you can run some REAL nice stax pieces. Tainted AEther , Night of Souls' Betrayal and Overburden are good cards.

Necropotence is a good card in life-gain. Aura of Silence is just good, period.

Darksteel Mutation is good removal for an opposing commander, even if it is already indestructible. Imprisoned in the Moon is similar.

Mystic Remora is a great card, especially if you're looking for more Rhystic Study effects.

Alright -- I gotta go to bed. Good luck with the deck building!

pdxginger on Teferi and Pals

1 day ago

Possible upgrades for your deck-

Creature: Deepglow Skate , Niblis of Frost , Spark Double , Laboratory Maniac , Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir *, God-Eternal Kefnet , Flux Channeler ,

Instant: Blue Sun's Zenith , Disallow , Engulf the Shore ,

Sorcery: Finale of Revelation ,

Artifact: Caged Sun , Thought Vessel , Extraplanar Lens ,

Enchantment: Back to Basics , Verity Circle , Propaganda ,

Planeswalker: Jace, Wielder of Mysteries , Ugin, the Ineffable , Narset, Parter of Veils *, Tezzeret the Seeker , Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer

Land: Forge of Heroes , Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx , Blast Zone

“*” denotes Cards that your fellow players will not be a fan of...

TypicalTimmy on Kykar, wind's fury?

2 days ago

Planeswalkers that you'd want to run would be the following;

• Dack Fayden : Serious card advantage and allows you to maximize on cards which have Madness / Jump-Start / Retrace / Flashback / Aftermath / Rebound

• Daretti, Scrap Savant : Just as good as Dack, but he also allows you to recur artifacts you may have blown up, such as The Chain Veil

• Jace, Arcane Strategist : He empowers your boardstate and gives you card advantage. Also gives you a free combat wincon if you have enough power and life totals are low enough

• Jaya Ballard : She gives you the mana you need to cast the spells you are going to be casting

• Chandra, Torch of Defiance : Same thing

• Kasmina, Enigmatic Mentor : Planeswalker protection

• Nahiri, the Harbinger : Card advantage with potential wincon if you choose correctly

• Narset, Parter of Veils : Oppression

• Ral, Izzet Viceroy : Card advantage and wincon emblem

• Teferi, Hero of Dominaria : Any self-respecting deck would run him in those colors

• Teferi, Time Raveler : EDH lock

• Tezzeret, Artifice Master : Immense card advantage

• Venser, the Sojourner : An all-around powerful card that should honestly see more play

That's 13x Planeswalkers which should be plenty. If you'd like to add Karn Liberated you can do so but I wouldn't stretch it any further than this. You still need room for your Instants, Sorceries, Lands and Creatures. You mentioned you also want Enchantments? Well, I'd cut down on those except for the basic prisons. Notably:

• Ghostly Prison

• Propaganda

• Norn's Annex

• Monastery Siege

• Leyline of Sanctity

• Stony Silence

• Land Tax

• Etc.

I'd also focus on making it a soft Flying Tribal, to empower your tokens

• Drogskol Captain

• Supreme Phantom

• Twilight Drover

• Favorable Winds

• Thunderclap Wyvern

• Sprite Noble

• Windstorm Drake

• Soulblade Djinn

• Empyrean Eagle

• Gravitational Shift

• Spirit of the Spires

• Archetype of Imagination

• Magus of the Moat

• Moat

All in all, this is 34 cards. If you figure you'll be running the recommended 37 lands + 8 stones, you have a total card base of 79 cards. This leaves you 20 Instant / Sorcery spells.

Given that, you may want to trim down so you have more chances to use your Commander. I'm noticing a general lack of red power in here, so you may want to actually make this an Azorius deck that happens to splash red just to get your Commander out.

Focus on replayable Instants and Sorceries, such as the ones mentioned above. Also, Charmbreaker Devils will be of great asset in this deck.

Hope that helps! :D

TCG-Player on Subjective Reality 2.0

5 days ago

There are a couple cards I would suggest. Some of them are a bit more pricey tho.

Creatures

• Felidar Guardian
• Archeomancer
• Gilded Drake $$
• Gonti, Lord of Luxury
• Hostage Taker
• Perplexing Chimera
• Ravenous Chupacabra
• Reflector Mage
• Spellseeker
• Sun Titan
• Torrential Gearhulk
• Venser, Shaper Savant
• Leonin Relic-Warder
• Glen Elendra Archmage

Sorceries

• Toxic Deluge $
• Supreme Verdict
• Damnation $
• Wrath of God

Instants

• Anguished Unmaking
• Generous Gift
• Path to Exile
• Swords to Plowshares
• Rapid Hybridization
• Pongify
• Reality Shift
• Swan Song
• Counterspell
• Mystical Tutor
• Enlightened Tutor $
• Vampiric Tutor $$
• Eerie Interlude
• Ghostway

Enchantments

• Animate Dead
• Dance of the Dead
• Necromancy
• Imprisoned in the Moon
• Oath of Teferi
• Mystic Remora
• Rhystic Study $
• Smothering Tithe
• Propaganda
• Ghostly Prison

Atrifacts

• Fellwar Stone
• Mind Stone
• Thought Vessel
• Talisman of Dominance
• Talisman of Progress
• Talisman of Hierarchy
• Mana Vault $
• Sensei's Divining Top $

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I hope these suggestions are of some help to you. Many of the cards are simply upgrades of the weaker removal/ramp/draw cards contained in the precon.

If you want to make the deck more competitive, cards like The Chain Veil or Felidar Guardian can outright win the game in combination with Altar of the Brood or Vela the Night-Clad .

Hybrow on Giver of Bad Gifts - Zedruu EDH

5 days ago

Thanks Masyeldarb,

I looked at Grid Monitor , the problem I have is its a 4/6.. thats a bit of a beast to be giving away. I guess if I had some Propaganda or Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs out it might not be that bad. I know I originally discarded it because of the high P/T and because there is almost always a bigger creature on the board so it is easy enough for someone to attack with it just so it will die.

Psychic Possession however is really nice, might have to find a spot for it in here. I have recently been thinking about getting rid of Assault Suit as I dont have good enough creatures to give away. And this might make a nice replacement.

Thanks for the view and thoughts

TCG-Player on What Ends There Shall Once More Begin

6 days ago

First of all, great list! I have been thinking about building around this commander myself for quite some time now as I found this list on Reddit. You were asking for critique/suggestions so here we go:

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The new land Field of the Dead seems like a great utility land for this deck, essentially turning all your infinite mana combos also into infinite creatures. It also seems like a solid target to blink for value.

Animate Dead but neither Dance of the Dead nor Necromancy ? If you don't want that many recurion spells I personally would opt to run Necromancy . It costs 1 mana more than Animate Dead , but it can be played at instant speed, if needed.

I know, it's a bit boring, but how about Rhystic Study ? Also maybe Smothering Tithe ?

Propaganda but no Ghostly Prison ?

Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver seems way less optimal than the new Ashiok . He also can infinitely mill your opponents, while providing graveyard hate instead of a mediocre creature steal ability.

Dark Confidant is a great card overall, but I wonder why he is in this deck specifically. He is the only creature in the deck that has no synergy with flickering.

Rona, Disciple of Gix seems very inefficient to me.

I get that you only play the Singets and Talismans that make blue mana, but the deck has only very few ramp pieces (I count 7), so I think Orzhov Signet and Talisman of Hierarchy would be great inclusions. Also have you considered cards like Mana Vault ?

No Path to Exile ?

Disenchant seems out of place. I would replace it with something like Leonin Relic-Warder .

Eerie Interlude but no Ghostway ?

You should definitely play Glen Elendra Archmage instead of Negate .

I know it's pricy, but have you considered Vampiric Tutor (or even more extreme: Imperial Seal )?

This deck is quite boardwipe light for a more control oriented strategy that can, on top of it, save some of it's creatures by temorarily exiling them. Terminus seems especially great, other than that just the classics: Wrath of God , Day of Judgment , Damnation .

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These are all my thoughts on the deck, I hope there was something in there that is useful to you ;)

Bigdarch on Nekusar's Infectious Grasp

2 weeks ago

LVL_666 I'm confused. Price of Glory and Propaganda doesn't work together unless someone else controls the Propaganda and is being attacked.

enpc on Azor, the Lawbringer deck types

2 weeks ago

I like combo myself, so that's what I would do. Cards like Ghostly Prison and Propaganda are good if your meta is creature heavy, but I don't think they're auto includes.

The reason I personally wouldn't just go lots of beats effects is that you will end up running out of space in your deck - control generally tends to be rathe slot hungry. You will need card advantage outside of your commander (like an additional 10-15 card slots), control will be a good 25 cards, ramp will be ~15 and we're already at 50-55 cards. That only leaves 10-15 for your win condition. And if you have to assemble multiple bign beats effects to get through your opponent's lines, then that will take even longer than sticking a Runechanter's Pike and turning sideways.

That's my reasoning at least. Don't get me wrong, I would probably include an Elspeth, Sun's Champion and potentially Venser, the Sojourner too, however I wouldn't flood the deck with planeswalkers unless they achieved something outside of just being planeswalkers.