Rishkar's Expertise

Sorcery

Draw cards equal to the greatest power among creatures you control.

You may cast a card with mana value 5 or less from your hand without paying its mana cost.

Combos

• Earthquake Dragon + Rishkar's Expertise + Thrakkus the Butcher

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	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
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Belfore on Mo' Counters, Mo' Mana, Mo' Monsters! *Help

3 weeks ago

I would drop the lands that aren't allowed in his deck for lands like War Room, Karn's Bastion, Boseiju, Who Endures, Scavenger Grounds, Opal Palace, Myriad Landscape, and Blighted Woodland. And for the ones that aren't allowed you can drop for just basic forests. Land count is pretty strong. For draw along with war room there is Garruk's Uprising, Guardian Project, Stocking the Pantry, Greater Good, Lifecrafter's Bestiary, Rishkar's Expertise (which feels like a flavor win), Return of the Wildspeaker, Beast Whisperer, and I would say Toski, Bearer of Secrets is surprisingly useful depending on how often you get through.

YouDontKnowMu on BlinkLantza

1 month ago

I'll definitely look into Communal Brewing that seems wild without any "big" drawbacks

I have Legion's Initiative in my maybeboard, but did'nt saw the blink as defensive option, I'm going to switch for Legion's Initiative instead of Another Round

I updated the list to integrate :

• Invasion of Ikoria  ^Flip instead of Parting Gust -> Didn't had many tutors nor revival from Graveyard + good transofrmation. Parting Gust seemed to tricky to play with 2 whites needed and I fell like I already have enough blink.

• Silverback Elder Instead of Hulking Raptor -> more control, since Hulking doesn't discover that much + was discoverable with pantlaza, didn't feel like a card I wanted to get with Discoveries

• Guardian Project instead of Rishkar's Expertise -> more draw on the long run, discoverable by Pantlaza, and don't need to already have a big Dino to work

• Bonders' Enclave instead of Temple of the False God -> less slow + draw engine

Considering to add :

• Warstorm Surge -> big damages if I blink all my board... and lots of control anyway Maybe instead of Lightning Greaves

• Heroic Intervention -> fore more protection, but I don't see what to cut.. Maybe a land, as you said

PuritanPuree on Dionus? You Barely Know Us!

2 months ago

Profet93 Thanks for the feedback!

Elixir should absolutely be in the deck. I own a few copies and I still always forget it exists.

Incubator's effect hasn't been needed. The deck can produce such a ludicrous amount of mana that the cost reduction hasn't been necessary.

Price of Earthcraft aside (which I know is a little rich considering I have Gaae's Cradle in the deck, but I've had that thing for years), I think I prefer the creature-based ways to tap my dudes without tap abilities such as Heritage Druid. If it could untap any land, I could easily see it being an auto-include. Probably something I'd proxy up and test out.

Glimpse is absolutely a contender, I think I just need to get some more actual reps in with the deck to figure out if I'd rather have it or something like Rishkar's Expertise in the deck.

Warden is super solid, I just like having access to the ability to shut off certain things that Elvish Hunter provides. Might chalk this one up to "I need more reps" to see if Hunter's ability is super necessary.

Craeter on

3 months ago

This list looks pretty solid. The one thing I wonder is if it could benefit from some creatures with power / toughness equal to the number of lands like Greensleeves, Maro-Sorcerer

Also is there enough Draw? Maybe Rishkar's Expertise or Shamanic Revelation

Craeter on The Conjunction of the Spheres

3 months ago

Profet93 Yup The Magic Mirror gets cheated out with the Commander, the discount is ignored here. It takes a few turns to start really driving the value, but the no max hand size is also nice.

Rishkar's Expertise is an interesting suggestion. It would probably result in discarded cards going over the max hand size. But that doesn't usually matter with 100 card libraries. So having the extra options could definitely be a boon. Not a whole lot of 5 cost things to cheat out, but there is some.

This deck sometimes runs out of steam depending on the draw. So I'll find something to cut for Riahkar's and see if it performs even better from the added draw.

Thanks for the suggestion!

Profet93 on The Conjunction of the Spheres

3 months ago

Craeter

How is The Magic Mirror playing for you? I know having only 11 instants/sorceries isn't too relevant given you're going to cheat it out with your commander. I wonder how impactful it is for draw. Why not add something like Rishkar's Expertise to give you immediate value + tempo?

I understand it is creature reliant, but the payoff is so huge potentially, especially since it doesn't target.

amarthaler on EDH Jorn, God of Winter

3 months ago

Update!

Out: Eternal Witness... The Cruelty of Gix... Sunstone... Viridian Revel... Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath

In: Rishkar's Expertise... Lhurgoyf... Koskun Falls... Heidar, Rimewind Master... Rimehorn Aurochs

KongMing on Loot em if ya got em ( Loot, Exuberant Explorer )

4 months ago

How about Genesis Wave instead of Rishkar's Expertise? The Wave is more beneficial in decks with a lot of permanents like yours, and will trigger a lot of Landfalls.