Pulse of the Tangle

Sorcery

Put a 3/3 green Beast creature token into play. Then if an opponent controls more creatures than you, return Pulse of the Tangle to its owner's hand.

Tokens

• Beast 3/3 G

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
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (16)

trippy_mcfly on Cumly Cube

5 months ago

Introducing Cumly Cube 1.4.2! 4 months ago, Cumly Cube 1.4.1 was released. This was the first minor update. As promised, minor tweaks would continue, both to fix any remaining imbalances and keep the card pool fresh. The following 36 swaps were made to remove two strategies that never found a home in Cumly Cube -- enchantments matter and Centaurs. Instead of trying to make them work, it was easier to remove them. On the other end of the spectrum, a few problematic cards were removed for being too powerful or annoying to play against. Some new cards bolster tribal synergies, while others search for specific planeswalkers, providing an interesting dynamic to look out for while drafting.

Here are the changes, provided with brief justifications:

REMOVED:

1. Aether Vial: too powerful
2. Ajani's Chosen: enchantment matters cards are no longer part of Cumly Cube
3. Baral's Expertise: too powerful
4. Captivating Unicorn: enchantment matters cards are no longer part of Cumly Cube
5. Centaur Battlemaster: Centaurs are no longer part of Cumly Cube
6. Centaur Rootcaster: Centaurs are no longer part of Cumly Cube
7. Chronicler of Heroes: Centaurs are no longer part of Cumly Cube
8. Conclave Cavalier: Centaurs are no longer part of Cumly Cube
9. Conclave Mentor: Centaurs are no longer part of Cumly Cube
10. Dawn's Reflection: too much general utility
11. Dawnhart Geist: enchantment matters cards are no longer part of Cumly Cube
12. Duergar Hedge-Mage: too obvious a choice of Cumly
13. Eidolon of Blossoms: enchantment matters cards are no longer part of Cumly Cube
14. Garruk, Apex Predator: cut to make room for another planeswalker
15. Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea: too powerful
16. Hedonist's Trove: too weak
17. Herald of the Pantheon: enchantment matters cards are no longer part of Cumly Cube
18. Humble Naturalist: too obvious a choice of Cumly
19. Imi Statue: too weak
20. Kataki, War's Wage: too strong against artifact decks
21. Kindred Discovery: too weak (in the event where it fits a deck very well, you run a high risk of decking yourself)
22. Lagonna-Band Trailblazer: Centaurs are no longer part of Cumly Cube
23. Many Partings: too much general utility
24. Marwyn, the Nurturer: elves are too commonly known for making mana, but they serve other roles in Cumly Cube!
25. Mayhem Devil: too powerful
26. Moldervine Reclamation: too weak
27. Nikya of the Old Ways: Centaurs are no longer part of Cumly Cube
28. Pheres-Band Raiders: Centaurs are no longer part of Cumly Cube
29. Recoil: too powerful
30. Serra's SanctumGC: enchantment matters cards are no longer part of Cumly Cube
31. Sludge Monster: received complaints about unfun gameplay patterns
32. Teferi, Master of Time: cut to make room for another planeswalker
33. Tireless Provisioner: too powerful
34. Trace of Abundance: too much general utility
35. Tuvasa the Sunlit: enchantment matters cards are no longer part of Cumly Cube
36. Verdant Haven: too much general utility

ADDED:

1. Basri's Aegis: searches for a specific planeswalker
2. Batterhorn: supports the Beast creature type
3. Brightmare: supports the Unicorn creature type
4. Changeling Wayfinder: supports tribal synergies
5. Dance with Devils: supports the Devil creature type
6. Dissension in the Ranks: a fun and unique red card
7. Domri's Nodorog: supports the Beast creature type
8. Dovin's Dismissal: searches for a specific planeswalker
9. Eldrazi Obligator: supports the Eldrazi creature type
10. Emberwilde Captain: supports the Pirate creature type and is another monarch card
11. Flock Impostor: supports tribal synergies
12. Footlight Fiend: supports the Devil creature type
13. Frondland Felidar: supports the Beast creature type
14. Gathering Stone: supports tribal synergies
15. Ghor-Clan Rampager: supports the Beast creature type
16. Grasping Current: searches for a specific planeswalker
17. Havoc Jester: supports the Devil creature type
18. Huatli, Dinosaur Knight: supports the Dinosaur creature type and is searchable by a specific card added to Cumly Cube 1.4.2
19. Infernal Captor: supports the Devil creature type
20. Jace's Ruse: searches for a specific planeswalker
21. Krosan Warchief: supports the Beast creature type
22. Leaf-Crowned Visionary: supports the Elf creature type
23. Liberating Combustion: searches for a specific planeswalker
24. Living Lightning: supports the Elemental creature type and instant/sorcery synergies
25. Medicine Runner: supports the Elf creature type
26. Niambi, Faithful Healer: searches for a specific planeswalker and supports the Human creature type
27. Oko's Hospitality: searches for a specific planeswalker
28. Pulse of the Tangle: supports the Beast creature type
29. Selesnya Evangel: supports the Elf creature type and the Saproling creature type
30. Splendor Mare: supports the Unicorn creature type
31. Sun-Blessed Mount: supports the Dinosaur creature type
32. Teferi, Timeless Voyager: is searchable by a specific card added to Cumly Cube 1.4.2
33. Teferi's Wavecaster: searches for a specific planeswalker and supports the Merfolk creature type
34. Triassic Egg: a slow but powerful artifact to be used in reanimator decks or other strategies
35. Unknown Shores: offers colorless mana for Eldrazi cards and bad mana fixing for decks that need help
36. Yanling's Harbinger: searches for a specific planeswalker and supports the Bird creature type

jdogz32 on Mono green beasts

3 years ago

I don't see much purpose for the Roaring Primadox + Thragtusk combo. It's too slow to be any efficient at all. As for cards I'd add I'd add Leatherback Baloth is still a beast but has high power and only a 3 converted Mana cost. I'd also add Garruk Wildspeaker over Garruk, Primal Hunter unless you shift your focus away from big creatures and straight to beast tokens. If that's the case you could add Feral Incarnation instead and cards like Pulse of the Tangle hope this helps.

lagotripha on Beasts on a Budget GRW

8 years ago

I'd consider Evolving Wilds/Terramorphic Expanse over Blossoming Sands, as it fixes all colours and dodges Blood Moon if you crack them before turn 3. Naya Panorama is also interesting, but less amazing in such a colour-intensive deck. Brushland, Karplusan Forest, Battlefield Forge exist, but only one has been printed recently enough to smoothly slot into budget lists.

Radiant Destiny- compared to Always Watching its more expensive beacause its in standard, while more difficult to turn on, so I'd consider a switch. Beastmaster Ascension is on-theme and slightly cheaper, and my personal preference. Mayael's Aria can also be fun.

Beast Within is on-theme premium removal.

Garruk Wildspeaker's various incarnations all make beast tokens, which can work well.

Pulse of the Tangle is a good card advantage tool in more midrange lists featuring Thragtusk and Obstinate Baloth maindeck.

Good luck, and I hope that you get that streamlined deck of your dreams. Its always good to see more weird tribal lists around.

lagotripha on Copycat Craziness

8 years ago

Give this a try Copycat Craziness copy- it still reliably drops creatures on the board in that repeating way, it just has cards to stop you dying quickly. It should hold up better in most modern metagames- surviving to set up that production line is the thing. Pulse of the Tangle does a lot to keep creatures on the board and reliably gets a t3 token with more later.

lagotripha on Copycat Craziness

8 years ago

Jam more Thragtusk. More Beast Within. Disruption, tokens, lifegain. Interacting with your opponent doesn't sound as good as an infinitely scaling threat, but is mostly a stronger option.

Rhonas's Last Stand is the newest interesting thing for the archetype, giving some much needed early power.

Mercy Killing doesn't sound great, but is almost playable. Wolfbriar Elemental is similar.

Then we get to the janky stuff. Call of the Herd or Mouth // Feed, perhaps, Pulse of the Tangle or Cobra Trap. Things to stop you dying to early creature drops. Giantbaiting into Second Harvest is a fun option. It of the Horrid Swarm or Miming Slime exist. Mitotic Slime is obnoxious if you can proc it. Ooze Garden can be a lot of fun. Slime Molding seems interesting alongside song/ Spore Swarm/Sprout Swarm

There are also weird rebuild options like Prototype Portal/Soul Foundry with artifact creatures and golem tokens, elf tribal, Khalni Garden/land token generation builds. Lots of cards, nothing that has shaken the world recently. Good luck with the build.

Thorbogl on Angsty Monkey Monarch

8 years ago

love the theme

some suggestions:

Mossbridge Troll

Chancellor of the Tangle

Craterhoof Behemoth

Liege of the Tangle

Garruk's Horde

Protean Hulk

Rhox

Siege Behemoth

Thragtusk

Nacatl War-Pride

Ghalta, Primal Hunger

Garruk's Packleader

Spearbreaker Behemoth

Krosan Warchief

Fangren Firstborn

Soul of Zendikar

Garruk's Companion

Leatherback Baloth

Kalonian Tusker

Primeval Bounty

Pulse of the Tangle

Shamanic Revelation

Ezuri's Predation

Selvala's Stampede

See the Unwritten

Uncage the Menagerie

Good luck brewing, hope this helps

jrula on The African Wilds (Dual Deck)

9 years ago

See my other comment first!

This deck I was less pleased with when comparing directly with The Poachers. Here's why:

Your description for the deck refers to Africa, like the whole continent. Yet only 16 creatures showed up to the party to band together. I'd really like to see this as a mono-green beast token deck with Garruk Wildspeaker or Soul of Zendikar as the feature card.

Suggestions if you go that route to get you started: Beast Within, Pulse of the Tangle, Thragtusk, Vitality Charm, Ant Queen, Broodhatch Nantuko, Hornet Nest, Keeper of the Beasts, Trial of Strength, Words of Wilding.

I only playtested the decks once but this one feels much stronger than the other one. The Poachers should be answers from hunters and land from the guides. But there is few answers to three copies of Scaled Behemoth unless the opponent has resolved a one-of Glaring Spotlight.

This all said, a few large creatures against a group of hunters would be cool to but then The Poacherswill have to be strengthened.

kobold_koenig on Angel Tribal

9 years ago

This deck is dope. I don't have any super-powerful suggestions but I can think of a couple fun ones that might have a place in your meta, depending on what it is like.

If you're the only one really running a tribal theme (beasts/elves from the looks of things), you might be able to make use of Harsh Mercy, if not to watch your opponents squirm as they decide what to give-up, it can at least make for some fun politics as people declare creature-types of their allies to try and save them. It's a bit weak in that it obviously won't hit the best stuff on the table most of the time, but it's super cheap at only and makes for fun diplomacy.

If you find yourself regularly outnumbered, you could try out Pulse of the Tangle, as it can get more beasts out onto the battlefield for your other synergies while potentially allowing for some great card-mileage.

If you've ever been at the receiving end of a Blasphemous Act, it could be fun to include a Tephraderm into your creature roster. Fun as it is on its own, if you're feeling particularly devilish you could try out a fun little combo using Tephraderm, Darksteel Plate, Druid's Call, and a 'ping' granting ability like Viridian Longbow or Arcane Teachings. Just make sure you have a sac outlet to break the infinite loop! Enjoy your unending tide of squirrels.

Also, consider Totem Speaker for long games.

Anyway, just my two-cents. Keeping reppin' the beasts. +1