Scarscale Ritual

Sorcery

As an additional cost to play Scarscale Ritual, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.

Draw two cards.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

wallisface on -1/-1 Counters

1 year ago

Interesting brew. I've been playing -1/-1 counters for a long time now (deck here), so with that in mind, some thoughts:

• I think you want as many cards as possible either applying -1/-1 counters, or profiting from -1/-1 counters. In that vein, I'm not convinced Ayara, First of Locthwain is worth it at all here.

• I'm also skeptical of Village Rites, as you want your creatures to be in play, and you already have card draw via Scarscale Ritual.

• 19 lands feels waaay too low, even with your various mana-ramp dorks. I'd think you'd need at least 22-23 lands.

• Grind / Dust would probably serve you a lot better than Go for the Throat. You don't need to bother with white to cast is secondary effect, but if you are able to splash white it can be quite useful.

• You have too many cards being run as 1-ofs and 2-ofs - try playing more things as playsets to get your deck feeling a bit more consistent.

xignited on Double Negative

3 years ago

Scarscale Ritual is a sweet inclusion. you could also go Village Rites if you want more card draw.

CommandOmega on Scars

3 years ago

I'm sorry to say that your combo might not work. Illness in the Ranks seems to provide an anthem effect that doesn't actually put counters on creatures. It only reduces their power and toughness, which just hurts your own efforts. I think that you might want to take out some other cards as well so you can put some better ones in. Here are my suggestions:

• Remove 4x Weirding Wood for 4x Utopia Sprawl

• Remove 4x Juvenile Gloomwidow for 4x Devoted Druid

• Remove 4x Illness in the Ranks for 4x Ammit Eternal

• Remove 4x Scarscale Ritual for 4x Unearth

• Remove 3x Defiant Greatmaw for 3x Dusk Urchins

• Remove 4x Jungle Hollow for 2x Castle Locthwain and 2x Castle Garenbrig

Dusk Urchins and Castle Locthwain draws you more cards, and you can cast Unearth on it to bring it back as well as a bunch of other things. Devoted Druid is good for getting you more mana, and Utopia Sprawl is more efficient than Weirding Wood. Ammit Eternal is pretty good as well, as it gets you tons of value from your Hapatra, Vizier of Poisons and Nest of Scarabs. I recommend putting Scarscale Ritual into your sideboard since you don't have one right now. I get the feeling that you're trying to go for a budget build, but you might want to try to put in 4 copies of Overgrown Tomb in place of 2 Swamps and 2 Forests. If you don't want to spend the money on those, I suggest that you put in 4 Zagoth Triomes instead. You might also want to take a look at on Scryfall to check out other possibilities.

yobonyo on Snakes on a Kamigawa Plane (Casual)

3 years ago

Some suggestions:

increase Brainstorm to 4x, Tezzeret's Gambit to 4x, and drop Chart a Course entirely. Brainstorm is a FAR better card, especially in this deck.

But if it is really important that you net cards from the spell, consider Scarscale Ritual instead of Chart a Course. With all the +1/+1 counters you'll be getting, you can afford a -1/-1 counter, which will get cancelled out anyway, and you'll consistently net a card w/o having to attack first.

Replace the 4 Sakura-Tribe Elders with Coiling Oracle. It works great with the top-deck manipulation of brainstorm.

Find room for Sage of Fables. I know it is not a snake, but it pairs incredibly well with Lorescale Coatl. Remove a counter, draw a card, and put the counter right back on (and it is a kind-of snakey-looking merfolk, so maybe that counts for something :P). I'd probably take out the Bioshifts for this.

The_Biking_Viking on Skeleton Party Boat

3 years ago

Scarscale Ritual

Ouroboros_47 on Nope

4 years ago

Obelisk Spider , Scarscale Ritual , Fume Spitter , Contagion Clasp , Crocodile of the Crossing , and The Scorpion God

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Modern Crocodiles

4 years ago

Snakes are pretty powerful when build properly.

This list seems interesting, but a liitle crowded creature-wise. In this very aggressive approach, I'd actually cut Hapatra and go deeper on either card draw or removal. Scarscale Ritual is a card I'm still considering for my crocs.

PhthisisClock on Any love for Bankrupt In …

5 years ago

Altar's Reap does look a little tastier... my build does produce massive amounts of tokens (hit for 60 last night, for example, in a grindy midrange golgari matchup) but I like the instant speed. Plus, I already run Scarscale Ritual , so maybe I can do without the 3rd card that Bankrupt provides.