Sadistic Sacrament

Sorcery

Kicker {{7}} (You may pay an additional {{7}} as you cast this spell.)

Search target player's library for up to three cards, exile them, then that player shuffles his or her library. If Sadistic Sacrament was kicked, instead search that player's library for up to fifteen cards, exile them, then that player shuffles his or her library.

Discussion (42)

griffstick on I need help choosing another …

4 weeks ago

You could just exile it all together with cards like Sadistic Sacrament , Praetor's Grasp , Bitter Ordeal , Extract and Slaughter Games being my favorite ones.

griffstick on Looking for 2-Card Combos with …

1 month ago

Its important to have multiple combos in a combo deck but it's more important to have them come from other cards. If you have 5 combos in the deck and they all use Mycosynth Lattice what's stopping you opponent from adding in Praetor's Grasp to there deck casting it and naming Mycosynth Lattice . You need to have a variety of combos coming from multiple sources or one good combo killing card like Sadistic Sacrament and it's all over. I'm personally not much of a combo guy so I cant be much help there but I hope that this advice was helpful.

Also I'm sure there is some easy combos with Mycosynth Golem that you could do.

Coletrain69 on Grixis Spellslinger EDH

1 month ago

Ponder might not be a bad idea and I have a few of them, Gitaxian Probe is also decent for knowing when to save a counter spell and I think I have one of those as well. Three Wishes is a really interesting card that I think would be a lot more fun in commander; I have a couple. Frantic Search might also be decent if you don't like what's in your hand. Cyclonic Rift is also really good and despite it being expensive I'm pretty sure we own one. Talrand, Sky Summoner is also a classic for this kind of deck, and there's also Murmuring Mystic . One of my favs that I think would work really well is The Locust God . Jace's Archivist is really interesting as well and can help you if you're top decking and hurt everyone else, another great option for the same thing is Whispering Madness . Torrential Gearhulk might be slightly pricey but he matches well with what you're doing. Lim-Dul's Vault is also super handy and can be pretty zaney especially for it being cheap. Disallow is pretty crazy too for blocking activated abilities. Bolas's Citadel is also worth looking at. Cursed Totem is really expensive but would also be CRAZY in this deck. Also check out Propaganda .

As far as removal goes, Go for the Throat is always a good option.There's also Slaughter Pact and Force of Despair . Preemptive removal like Sadistic Sacrament would be a great idea as well. Decree of Pain is good but it's mana cost is kind of high; Life's Finale is an equally viable card. Unsommon is super cheap, Boomerang , Undo , Snap , do more or less the same thing.

MLS91 on Relics of Fear

2 months ago

I really like the suggestion of " Bitter Ordeal ", I see the "gravestorm" (IM VERY INTRIGUED). I feel more more comfortable with the " Sadistic Sacrament ", I guess what I'm seeing is :

3for3/10for15 of Sadistic Sacrament VS. 3for1...maybe more? Bitter Ordeal

Profet93

I got a game in against a casually optimized Torbran.

L2 W1

What I learned

Land count good, need better access to colored mana (would have resulted in a L1 W2 record)

Memory Jar is as quoted " .....devastating, breaking my back..."

the emotions of response I hoped achieved from foes has been realized.

+ Oblivion Sower - Syr Konrad, the Grim

Why: stealing lands from exile seems great, wrks with Memory Jar (rip lands from hand), works with Soul-Guide Lantern

-TO BE DISCUSSED -

CUT - Dreamstealer ADD - Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Why: Dreamstealer felt "cute" not impactful, preforms poorly overall as there are "better things to be doing". Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire on the other hands has a good body, deathtouch, and tutors. seems like a more impactful cards overall. Maybe add Opposition Agent instead?

MLS91 on Relics of Fear

2 months ago

Profet93

Back at it with a small tweak

- Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip for + Dance of the Dead

why: I feel confident with the amount of ramp and lands that i'm playing, Awakening is a little expensive regardless of the versitility. Dance lowers my curve, grants a small buff and haste. (also I still don't have access to Necromancy so the patience continues

cards i've been considering lately, perhaps better to "sideboard" the cut for them, I would like to discuss the viabilty of these cards I have in mind for tuning.

1. Varragoth, Bloodsky Sire

Why:

Varragoth has a good body at 2/3, Deathtouch and the ability to tutor (yes i'm also considering the opposing Opposition Agent ). I'm sure we all agree that "tutoring"is good. I feel like this deck, despite not having yet played it, needs access to it's gameplay quickly.

Political? It can accomplish that. It can be in play as soon as T1 ( Dark Ritual effects, Rocks) which only helps the then shaped draw into T3. I didn't at first realize this says "1(B): "...TARGET PLAYER..." ", however now I do. I think the card has potential, only cut I currently see is Metalworker ...feels bad, maybe Tinybones, Trinket Thief ???

1. Sadistic Sacrament

Why:

RIP combo players

Mcat1999 on X Gon Give It To Ya (Xiahou-Dun Stax Primer)

2 months ago

In addition to Sadistic Sacrament , there is Bitter Ordeal . Assuming you can combo off and cast your commander an infinite number of times with your infinite mana production, you can Gravestorm for 300+, or effectively each opponent's entire library.

The first time you may only land 1 single card. However you'll then land 2 cards on the second casting, then 3, then 4. So on and so forth.

If you cast it 24 times, that will land you 300 cards you exile. More than enough by the time you go off, as each opponent (ideally) opened the game with a 7 card hand, each library started with 99 cards (-1 for Commander) and several turns have passed, meaning several draws. So in reality it may only need to be cast 20 or so times but 24 would be the "safer" bet.

This is because "1+2+3+4 (...) +24" = 300.

So essentially it gives you a second Sadistic Sacrament , in the event the first one fails to land properly, is exiled, or you draw into Bitter Ordeal first.

What this allows is a secondary Sadistic Sacrament , should the first be exiled, such as by a Tormod's Crypt .

ShaDoWz_6677 on Elsha's at Storm Count 58 [[cEDH-Primer]]

3 months ago

Borisdarker the card says you may "CAST" a copy of the imprinted spell without paying its mana cost. All cEDH storm decks run the Isochron combo because of that.

At instant speed, Aetherflux Reservoir Lightning Bolt + Underworld Breach Sorcery speed we have Grapeshot and we have combat as well.

Generally we win by turn 4. If a Sadistic Sacrament or something like Pithing Needle comes up, we can still storm off and rip our opponents with the Underworld Breach, Lightning Bolt. And we can continuously recycle Grapeshot with Underworld Breach. With all the cards that we are drawing and casting, we will always be dumping to our graveyard.

However, I do not have a Sadistic Sacrament in my meta. I see more Praetor's Grasp and stax pieces than anything else.

Reznorboy on Why Does Mono-Black Have So …

4 months ago

Black does have some cards that exile specific cards from the opponent's library though, which is theoretically better.

Bitter Ordeal

Sadistic Sacrament

Surgical Extraction

Extirpate