Read the Bones
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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

Read the Bones

Sorcery

Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)

Snap157 on Budget Meren

1 week ago

Meren as a commander really pushes you to build with a high density of creatures-which are currently only a third of your deck. In this case I would cut most of your non-creature ramp for cheap mana dorks (Somberwald Sage, Arbor Elf, Fyndhorn Elves, maybe even Viridian Emissary, Solemn Simulacrum or Springbloom Druid).

I would also do the same with your other critical deck areas such as removal, draw, boardwipes, sac outlets. I would cut Alesha's Legacy, Overwhelming Remorse, and Putrefy in favor of Merciless Executioner, Insidious Fungus, Grist, the Hunger Tide, Foundation Breaker, and Acidic Slime. Also with more creatures gives us better tutor options: Fauna Shaman is worth the money here, and Jarad's Orders is super efficient. Mausoleum Secrets is kinda cool but it only grabs black creatures which I don't like- up to you if you want to keep it.

Drawing cards is overrated in this deck- your hand IS your graveyard. I would lose the Village Rites, Read the Bones, Sign in Blood, Bastion of Remembrance and Disciple of Bolas to bring in cards like Golgari Thug, Stitcher's Supplier, Skull Prophet, or Satyr Wayfinder. Nyx Weaver and Golgari Grave-Troll are an absolute must.

Not sure terastadon belongs here, as much as I love it. It's nice as a reanimation target but meren will have trouble bringing it back and the deck isn't ramp heavy enough to reliably have the mana to cast it. Instead, maybe a Skullwinder or Junji, the Midnight Sky to give you some added recursion.

You may want to also add in about 5 cheap nonbasics. Temple of Malady, Woodland Cemetery, Dakmor Salvage, Tainted Wood, Twilight Mire, Viridescent Bog, Necroblossom Snarl are all very solid choices. Lands entering tapped won't be a super large issue if you stick to 5 or so but you will definitely notice the mana smoothing and appreciate it.

Hope this helps!

EchoSpice on (Curse)d spirit manipulation

3 weeks ago

SufferFromEDHD all great pieces of tech! definitely gonna find a slot for Read the Runes. thought I had it in already, but I misread it as Read the Bones XD

Edit, I already did have it XD shows how well I know my own decks lmao

Profet93 on Obby’s Mono Black Landstorm

1 month ago

KayneMarco +1

Swap half of your swamps with snow covered swamps to more easily trigger field of the dead.

Personally, Ugin, the Ineffable > Introduction to Annihilation - Costs 1 more but can draw, ramp, create blockers and can even remove some artifacts and enchantments.

Panharmonicon - Might be worth considering even all your landfall and ETB triggers. Perhaps over seer's sundial or endless atlass? Both cards are a relatively weak form of draw. If you want draw, why not just add in Syphon Mind, Necropotence or Read the Bones?

You need some more ramp IMO, how has your deck been playing with your current ramp package? Your average cmc is low enough, you got enough lands, appear to have enough draw with all the group hug land going on. Perhaps something like a Mind Stone over a land? I love having lots of lands, especially in land based builds. I do occasionally find myself needing more. What's your experience been like?

Profet93 on Toshiro Umezawa

2 months ago

ChocolatePuma +1 for your name alone.

Seems like you have a lot of wincons. How has your deck been functioning as a result of your various wincons, do you feel if you were to remove 1-2 you might be able to streamline the deck? What kind of suggestions are you looking for?

I agree with the user saying you need draw. I count about 4-5 pieces of draw. An effective budget option like Syphon Mind is worth considering given you draw 3, each opponent discard 1. Another option is Read the Bones

Murderous Rider/Hero's Downfall and Spreading Plague are good removal to consider as well.

Balaam__ on Balaam__

4 months ago

Had a minute to comb through the Theros block legendofa, here’s what I found. A couple definites, a bunch of probably-not’s. I checked against your list, but ignore any duplicates I missed.

Definites:

•Read the Bones

•Mortal's Ardor

•Searing Blood

Possibles, but probably not:

•Polis Crusher I think it’s intended to be 1st person for effect, but no hands or any visible body parts.

•Satyr Piper maybe we’re looking through the eyes of one of the spearholders, but probably not.

•Staunch-Hearted Warrior is definitely FPP, but no hands, only shadow.

•Viper's Kiss I think the angle is too far from what could be a potential FPP.

•Witches' Eye could be 1st person, but the angle is pretty wide.

•Kragma Butcher I don’t think we’re seeing this from the perspective of those people at the bottom, but I’m not 100%.

•Dictate of Erebos is potentially FPP, but which agonized fellow reflected in his eyes are we seeing this from? I’m skeptical.

•Font of Return since I don’t know the game lore and I’m rusty on actual Hellenistic mythology, I don’t know if we’re seeing the reflection of the Minotaur type monster through his own eyes, or if he’s actually trapped in the bowl.

•Spiteful Blow I’m in favor of this one. I think it’s a perspective that is entirely possible, as if the giant is on one knee smashing his fist down in front of him and watching himself do it. The angle is odd though, so up to you.

•Supply-Line Cranes maybe we’re looking from the viewpoint of one of those hands, but doubtful.

That’s what I found. If you’re tired of getting these posts, just let me know. I don’t mind, but I don’t want to overstay my welcome, ha

multimedia on Liesa but Angels

5 months ago

Hey, good WIP for Angels, nice Avacyn and Tithe.

When you break it down to the very basics of what you need for Angels it's three things: Angels, ramp and draw. Angels because you want to cast/attack with Angels, ramp because you want to be able to consistently cast your higher mana cost (4+ CMC) Angels and repeatable draw because you want to keep having Angels in your hand to cast. The better Angels you want to attack with, including Liesa, have a high mana cost, without more ramp you'll have a more difficult time casting them. Consider more lower mana cost (1-3 CMC) ramp and more repeatable draw sources?

In my opinion, a good rule for casual Commander deck building is having at least 10 sources of draw and at least 10 sources of ramp, allocate deck room for these. These are the most important two effects to have for smoother gameplay. Better overall gameplay makes playing Commander more fun since you'll get less frustrated with how your deck is running. Consider cutting a few of the lesser power cards compared to other cards here for more ramp and draw?

Add:

Cut:

Some land upgrades to consider that are within the budget for the manabase: Caves of Koilos, Fetid Heath, Shineshadow Snarl, Great Hall of Starnheim, Tyrite Sanctum, Vault of the Archangel, Soulstone Sanctuary, Path of Ancestry

I hope this advice is helpful and I offer more if you're interested, about the potential adds/cuts I've suggested.

TheMadRocketeer on Aww Rats!

6 months ago

I'm considering the fiollowing swaps. Too many of my current cards require me to make sacrifices, which can make it tough to get the rat count up as quickly as I need.

Swap Out:

Swap In:

Profet93 on Maha EDH

9 months ago

Beseech the Mirror and Beseech the Queenfoil are additional tutors that might interest you to help you with consistency. More card draw in the form of Syphon Mind and Read the Bones are useful as well to maintain gas and help you get what you need. Dead of Winter might fit well for this deck as another wipe given your snow lands.

Regarding non-creature based decks, what is your meta looking like in terms of that? Is it a lot of blue players? If so, some hand hate in the form of Mind Twist (note, it says random!) as counterbait or Thought Distortion for something as a silver bullet.

Given your commander deck is heavily based on your commander, you should find additional ways to protect it. Whether it's something simple like lightning greaves or swiftfoot boots, or something more generally helpful such as Necropotence to give you additional draw to help with your ward.

I can give you ideas for cuts if you want.

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