Scholarship Sponsor

Creature — Human Advisor

When this enters the battlefield, each player who controls fewer lands than the player who controls the most lands searches their library for a number of basic land cards less than or equal to the difference, puts those cards onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffles their library.

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
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (6)

Amphorix on Inkling token

8 months ago

Hi, the deck looks awesome, super flavourful!

If you don’t mind the question, why Scholarship Sponsor ?

I’m new to Magic, but it seems like you either got ahead on lands and let your opponents catch up, or one opponent got ahead and you equalise the playing field, but still don’t give yourself much of an advantage. I guess I’m wondering what the ideal time to play the card is, and how it’s worth the potential drawbacks of letting three other players put lands into play.

Thanks!

Rhadamanthus on Does Scholarship Sponsor force all …

2 years ago

They have to shuffle. Scholarship Sponsor's ability is written in a way that makes the search mandatory (there's no "may" in the instruction), and the shuffle isn't dependent on whether the player found anything.

Rcodes10 on Does Scholarship Sponsor force all …

2 years ago

When Scholarship Sponsor enters the battlefield does it force each player with less lands than the most to shuffle regardless of if they searched for lands? Meaning if someone would Vampiric Tutor and I trigger Scholarship Sponsor's ability before their draw (and for example they have 2 fewer lands than the player with the most) and they choose to search for 0, does that player still have to shuffle due to the wording of Scholarship Sponsor?

eliakimras on Breena - Silverquill Statement Upgrade

3 years ago

Hey, me again! I really like Breena, the Demagogue's premise. I want to build her in the future, since I'm cultivating a combat metagame. But I have some ideas that can make your deck funnier and stronger:

I imagine you're trying to keep the idea of giving gifts to your opponents for them to killing each other, while reaping benefits to you.

One way is to force combat. You might want to put Martial Impetus and Parasitic Impetus back to deflect attacks and get draws off Breena. (Too bad goad is a blue-red thing - come on Wizards, give us on other colors). Otherwise, they buff Breena to hit harder.

Another thing you should consider is protection for your creatures:

• Sejiri Shelter  ^Flip and Malakir Rebirth  ^Flip can be slotted as lands.
• Lightning Greaves, Swiftfoot Boots, Whispersilk Cloak, Darksteel Plate and Hammer of Nazahn are great utility artifacts.
• Timely Ward has flash.
• Dawn Charm doubles as a fog.
• Valorous Stance doubles as a removal spell.

How about protection to you?

• No Mercy, Dread, Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker and Teysa, Envoy of Ghosts deter attackers.
• Koskun Falls is a second Ghostly Prison if you can pay its upkeep cost. Solitary Confinement is even more efficient, as long as you can keep up with its cost.
• No one will mess with you again once you cast Hellish Rebuke. Darien, King of Kjeldor also shows them why attacking you is not advisable.
• If you prefer the way of taxing opponents, Sphere of Safety synergize with your other pillowfort enchantments.

About recursion:

• You run a lot of permanents that might die. How about getting them back with Sun Titan or Emeria Shepherd?
• Mistveil Plains has good synergy with tutors.
• Liesa, Forgotten Archangel also acts as graveyard hate.

About card draw:

• Breena costs 3 mana and it is easy to recast, but you can't rely on your opponents wanting (or being able) to attack each other. Sign in Blood, Night's Whisper, Read the Bones, Treacherous Blessing, War Room and Castle Locthwain can be great options (it is good to lower your life total to trigger Breena). Erebos, God of the Dead can also act as a blocker and life-gain hater.
• Skullclamp is good if you can reliably generate X/1 tokens.
• Syphon Mind is a favorite of mine.
• Mangara, the Diplomat... The name says it all. #bffBreena
• Shadrix Silverquill is not only on-theme, but on-school aswell.
• Endless Atlas and Dread Presence require many basic lands.
• The cards above can replace Ambition's Cost, Ancient Craving and Secret Rendezvous (if they want free cards, may they attack each other).

About your ramp:

• I see you run cards that ramp you if an opponent has more lands than you, a la Knight of the White Orchid. Your Lotus Field is great for setting that up. You might also consider putting Orzhov Basilica back for the same effect.
• Loyal Warhound, Verge Rangers, Weathered Wayfarer, Archaeomancer's Map and Isolated Watchtower also capitalize on opponents ramping. I recommend replacing Boreas Charger (if you can't kill it easily), Scholarship Sponsor (not advisable to give ramp AND card draw to your opponents) and Oreskos Explorer (it is better to get lands on the battlefield instead of on hand, unless it is an unrestricted tutor like Weathered Wayfarer).
• If you ramp using the cards above, you will have a lot of Plains on the battlefield. Emeria, The Sky Ruin is free recursion on a land - enjoy ;-)
• You might also consider Fellwar Stone and Dowsing Dagger  ^Flip as ramp options. Breena has flying, so it is easy to transform the artifact.

Sorry for not commenting on your whole deck. Since I have not played her myself, I could only suggest more general things. I hope the suggestions have inspired you somehow. As always, have fun with the Demagogue!

mi37516 on Rampant Lifegain with Mangara, The Diplomat

3 years ago

Solitude replaces Scholarship Sponsor as Scholarship Sponsor was fun when it added 8 lands to the other 3 players who were not playing landfall, but I ended up losing to the others as the ramp for them was just as bad. Solitude adds back removal and is on lifegain theme

mi37516 on Rampant Lifegain with Mangara, The Diplomat

3 years ago

Cards I've removed as they were upgraded or didn't perform well

Future Adds:

Modern Horizons 2:

• Nykthos Paragon replaces Test of Endurance as Nykthos Paragon is on synergy with this deck. Test of Endurance was a dead draw too many times
• Esper Sentinel replaces Speaker of the Heavens as Speaker of the Heavens wasn't making much impact and Esper Sentinel may be the best white card draw ever
• Heliod, Sun-Crowned - Not from set, but adding it in. Replaces Settle the Wreckage as this card was cute but a dead card far too often. Heliod, Sun-Crowned may do wonders in this deck.

Strixhaven Updates / Commander 2021:

Considering these new cards!

• Archaeomancer's Map replaces Oblation as this is card draw and ramp in favor of single target removal
• Monologue Tax replaces Grasp of Fate as this is ramp in favor of removal
• Scholarship Sponsor replaces Darksteel Mutation as ramp in favor of single target removal