Ride Down

Instant

Destroy target blocking creature. Creatures that were blocked by that creature this combat gain trample until end of turn.

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
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (46)

Yogie on Vampire Deatheaters

2 years ago

lhetrick13 - I'm with you on that, some of M:tG's rules feel almost illogical. But I'm not sure if the alternative would be any better. It's the same thing if you kill a blocker with a spell; your creature remains blocked and you need something like Ride Down to get through. Crash Through is a good trample card, I think I played it in a Boros Dinosaur deck I built in the past. This deck does have other ways of getting through defences though. One is indirect damage from Sanguine Bond/Vito, Thorn of the Dusk Rose. Another is by effectively killing stuff. Anowon, the Ruin Sage was incredible last I played and the evil deathtouch + first strike combo really forces your opponents to choose between taking damage or losing a creature. Not to mention destroy spells.

The cost of some land cards can really annoy me more than it should. You can have two lands with the same effect, but due to different colour combinations, and when they were last printed one land may cost 5 or even 10 times as much as another which is essentially mechanically identical. That said, dual is my favourite, but I have friends that prefer both mono- and tri-colour decks more.

Yes, I have three decks that I plan on making small tweaks on, this being one of them. I can tag you once I've done them :) Like you, I've been really busy and the changes only exist in my mind thus far :p

MindAblaze on New options for red/white

4 years ago

I think there are a lot of existing red-white, combat-centric, instants and sorceries that would make super fun and interesting affixes strapped to an aristocrat permanent.

Ride Down

Deflecting Palm

Or the obvious Lightning Helix and variants.

Rise of the Hobgoblins could be interesting if you sac a creature instead of paying mana for first strike, maybe on a legendary creature even. A hobgoblin lord?

Hobgoblin King 1RW

Creature - goblin noble

Attacking creatures you control have “sacrifice a creature: red and white creatures you control get +1/+1 and gain first strike until end of turn”

2/2

sometimes that’s all it takes to start the smash, smash song

beets on

5 years ago

may be an unpopular opinion but i think paying 3 for one mana and one card isn't really that great? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

or maybe Curse of Opulence or Shiny Impetus? i actually like these cards but how have they seemed to work out for you?

while i'm here i might as well also suggest my personal favorite combat trick, Ride Down!

great looking deck! :)

KENeticNRG on Snapdax, Apex of Mutation

5 years ago

I would look at some of the commons and try some of these. Gurmag Swiftwing Brutal Hordechief Wingmate Roc Ankle Shanker Butcher of the Horde Garna, the Bloodflame Ride Down Mardu Charm Primevals' Glorious Rebirth

Gleeock on Bxbx

5 years ago

I totally wanna see a combat trick Marisi deck if you ever build one. I picture a world in which Ride Down is a thing again. & Return of the Wildspeaker with Feather, the Redeemed (part of the 99) is a serious threat

Boza on Can you block a Creature …

5 years ago

Yes, once a block is declared in thew beginning of the declare blockers step, regardless of what happens later with the blocking creature, the attacker will remain blocked.

The only case I can think of where it can matter whether a blocker has been removed from play or not is trample - if the attacking creature has trample and was blocked by creature that was later removed from combat, the attacker can deal all its damage to the defending player. This interaction is exemplified by the card Ride Down .

DragonSliver09 on Pioneering a tribal deck

5 years ago

Drakorya: i'd recommend cutting down to 3 colors. i'd start with green of course, but then if you add black you get Abrupt Decay and Assassin's Trophy . the choice of colors may depend on your choice of removal. Mortify , Ride Down , and Bedevil come to mind.

Gleeock on Marisi combat fun

5 years ago

Ride Down , Glory , Lumbering Satyr , Oath of Druids -which is the funnest 2 cmc enchantment ever... Radically shifts player's focus, especially if you have evasion and Marisi around.