Rancor

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant creature

Enchanted creature gets +2/+0 and has trample.

When Rancor is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return Rancor to its owner's hand.

Combos

• Auratog + Rancor
• Lotleth Troll + Rancor
• Drove of Elves + Rancor

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	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
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Andramalech on Balaam__

3 weeks ago

Balaam__ I'm gonna let you in on a little secret about the Abbey. In your build (with the Elves) it's most often a Win-More rather than being the main win condition. If you're intent on using the Elves as a means to protect and do the thing, it'll take so much protection from the big cards of the format; namely Path to Exile and adjacent effects. If you are adamant about sticking with one-to-two mana answers for your needs, Rancor, Vines of Vastwood are also fantastic solutions. Noxious Revival as either mainboard or sideboard, all this to digress and say.. I hope you find what you're looking for!

P.s. the Hierarchs Ignoble Hierarch and Noble Hierarch are underrated because they provide an Exalted effect, which is a static +2/+2 if you intend on relying on Ormendahl, Profane Prince  ^Flip as a singularly-swinging, domineering force.

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Raffaaaaq My Opponents I Guess

4 weeks ago

Hey, so I find some time now.

In general, the list looks totally playable. Your mana curve is ok, maybe a little heavy on the 4, considering your commander is a 4-drop itself. I can see you took big parts from the {G}{W}{U} Karlov Manor precon. What you added are many pillowfort cards like Propaganda, which is a good idea considering this is basically a voltron list.

Here's a general overview of what I think you could improve on:

• The deck is really light on both lands and ramp. Having your land count at around 36 would be good to consistently draw enough lands. I counted eight pieces of ramp, and some of them are 4+ mana. Maybe try to get closer to ten pieces, and add in more cheap ones. Exalted wants you to have many cheap creatures, so adding in some mana dorks would work in your favour by synergizing with Sublime Archangel and similar cards. Cultivate and Kodama's Reach never get old, but Rampant Growth, Farseek and the recent Shared Roots would be great here. Btw, to give your clue strategy more versatility, you could add in Inspiring Statuary.

• You are also light on removal, both targeted one and boardwipes. Swords to Plowshares, Path to Exile, Stroke of Midnight, Generous Gift and Beast Within are great spells with tons of reprints, so just get some of them. They are great additions. Regarding wipes, Divine Reckoning and Single Combat are very powerful for a holtron strategy, but even something as simple as Day of Judgment would be a great fit.

• Now to the voltron pieces: The ones you have work fine, but you have few ways to get Rafiq through to deal damage. Aqueous Form and Rancor are easy additions. What's more, you really want to protect Rafiq, so add in some hexproof. Swiftfoot Boots is great here. There are lots of auras like Timely Ward that shield your voltron from death, and even some instant protection would do a fine job for you: Snakeskin Veil, Ranger's Guile and similar cards would be great for that.

Finally, here's a card I like a lot: Angelic Exaltation.

I guess my comment became longer than I planned. If you have questions or don't agree, let me hear it.

GAMEBOY1234 on GO GO DINOSAUR!

1 month ago

DatShepTho,clayperce Thanks for the suggestions, I really needed it. For Almost Perfect and Rancor the goal was to make Gishath, Sun's Avatar more powerful so I can maximize its ability. As for custom sorting I barely figured that out a few weeks ago. I will be sure to add these changes thanks!

DatShepTho on GO GO DINOSAUR!

1 month ago

This deck is quite the mix, the cards in here that are good are REALLY GOOD like Sylvan Library, Arid Mesa, True Conviction and Etali, Primal Conqueror  ^Flip

But the cards that aren't are complete rubbish, like Manalith, Mirri's Guile and Gigantosaurus (The green mana pips are hard to get reliably in three color and 10/10 with no evasion is rarely helpful in this deck)

And then there are some cards that are fine, but really don't belong in this deck, like Rancor and Almost Perfect

I would also recommend using tags to separate card functions, like your lands, ramp, dino, damage multipliers, card draw, and removal. This will make it easier to see what your deck is lacking. Use the # character in your card editor to tag cards ("# Ramp" for example)

You only have 30 lands, so I would try to get this to 36/38 rather than more ramp spells. The best budget ones you're missing are Sungrass Prairie, Mossfire Valley, Sunscorched Divide, Clifftop Retreat, Rootbound Crag, Sunpetal Grove, Rockfall Vale, Overgrown Farmland, Fortified Village, Game Trail, Fire-Lit Thicket and Furycalm Snarl. There are plenty more I may have missed too.

I think you should try adding a few ways to accrue card advantage, like Rishkar's Expertise, Season of Gathering, Secret Rendezvous, Inspired Tinkering, and Escape to the Wilds. These will help you find more cards once you're running out.

Majestic Genesis is also a cheeky card you might like...

Balaam__ on Jund Infect

1 month ago

Great build. I’ve seen Rancor being run quite often in similar lists, but I’m not necessarily sure it’s better than things you’re already running.

Edit—somehow missed the mention of Rancor in the description; ignore the suggestion, your reasoning makes sense.

Icbrgr on Naya tricks

3 months ago

Auras that comes to mind Rancor and Curse of Opulence, Beastmaster Ascension... creatures that come to mind Sun Titan/Inferno Titan (I know they are high mv but I just love em) but Fear of Missing Out might be a good idea?

Mortlocke on Phyrexian Opera : Atraxa

5 months ago

I do have some ideas in mind when it comes to closing out a game with Poison counters. But you don't have to make it through a couple times - all it takes is once and it's the beginning of the end. Some traditional combo pieces would be:

• Howl from Beyond
• Hatred
• Rancor
• Might of Old Krosa
• Stonewood Invocation

And other spells of that ilk. Another synergy are +1/+1 counters. Forgotten Ancient, Hardened Scales, Branching Evolution, Ozolith, the Shattered Spire and The Ozolith are real powerhouses if you wish to go that route. This synergy does telegraph your moves more and you'd be less explosive.

But what to do when the table goes against you? I recommend stax. Tying up the resources of the table, forcing slower and less impactful turns on your opponents while the clock continues ticking. Cards like Astral Cornucopia and Everflowing Chalice help break parity as you will likely have access to more mana than your opponents while they're being held back. Some oldies but goldies would be:

• Winter Orb
• Static Orb
• Ensnaring Bridge (This has good synergy well with the aforementioned pump spells as you can still attack with low power infect creatures)
• Tangle Wire (A personal Fave as you can proliferate these counters)
• Parallax Wave (A personal Fave as you can proliferate these counters)
• Parallax Tide (A personal Fave as you can proliferate these counters)

Playing pretty much any of these cards will likely earn you some ire - but the idea is to only play these when you have poison counters on your opponents and you can reliably proliferate them at least once or twice a turn. The idea is that you've already got your opponents where you want them, all you'd need to do is simply wait while the Poison counters end them.

Andramalech on Red-Glove Landscaping LLC.

7 months ago

• Profet93 first and foremost, thanks for commenting! Don't forget to hit me with an upvote!

• Tifa had Trample stapled to her- so Rancor and Audacity compete for similar space for similar reasons, and wasn't up to snuff for what I wanted from my one mana slot. To extend another example of my own playstyle, I'd rather handle that issue at two Mana with something like Sphere Grid.

• Vines of Vastwood as well as Giant Growth among many others are all on my radar for buff at one. Need to test play and experiment to understand how much I wanna balance that out.

• Farseek is a long time favorite of mine for the two Mana 'go fetch a land' cards. I'm also experimenting at that value to determine if I need more Beanstalk Wurm type cards, or Springbloom Druid type cards. Does that make sense?

• This idea is SUUUUPER new, so the best and most effective ways to run it will take time to emerge. Cheers for challenging me to think about how I'm tackling this.