Scoured Barrens

Land

Scoured Barrens enters the battlefield tapped.

When Scoured Barrens enters the battlefield, you gain 1 life.

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Discussion (51)

aaronhusted on KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE

1 week ago

Arcane Sanctum

Dismal Backwater or Jwar Isle Refuge

Scoured Barrens

Sejiri Refuge or Tranquil Cove

Blue_Flame on Pauper: Orzhov Knights

2 weeks ago

I think Irregular Cohort is better than Sunspire Gatekeepers in a deck like this, as you don't need to run Orzhov Guildgate any more to produce the 2/2 it creates. You could probably just run a mix of Scoured Barrens and Orzhov Basilica to replace them.

Also, you kind of need a sideboard, so I'll provide some suggestions for that:

Castigate and Duress : useful for Tron, combo decks, any deck in which you need to tear a card out of your opponent's hand

Crypt Incursion / Relic of Progenitus : Graveyard hate.

Disenchant / Fragmentize : Artifacts. Enchantments.

multimedia on Budget Blackblade

1 month ago

Hey, this is a good start for budget. Consider upgrading the manabase with many budget lands from C19?

• Command Tower
• Exotic Orchard
• Ash Barrens
• Sunken Hollow
• Prairie Stream
• Caves of Koilos
• Irrigated Farmland
• Dimir Aqueduct
• Azorius Chancery
• Orzhov Basilica

Lands to consider cutting:

• Azorius Guildgate
• Dimir Guildgate
• Orzhov Guildgate
• Dismal Backwater
• Tranquil Cove
• Scoured Barrens
• 2x Island
• 1x Swamp
• 1x Plains

Ulaemracosi on The Aminatou Cat-astrophe cEDH

1 month ago

Didn't know that Panharmonicon can make infinite mana with the Guardian and Aminatou, doesn't work as I understand it. The way I make infinite mana is through the Spark Double copying Aminatou and having Oath of Teferi out. First use her -1 to flicker a land, then blink the Double. Then have Double blink a land then back to Aminatou which loops. What's nice is that you can flicker lands like Scoured Barrens or Tranquil Cove for infinite life, drain everyone with a land like Sunscorched Desert or Piranha Marsh , or scry through your deck with a temple like Temple of Silence to find an actual win-con that you then nab with an Aminatou uptick.

Caerwyn on Sorin to victory (orzhov vampires)

1 month ago

At the risk of sounding a bit rude, I don't think this has what it takes to be competitive in Modern, even considering it is a budget deck. Your deck currently has three major problems: (1) the mana base is unplayable in Modern; (2) your curve is way too high; and (3) a lack of viable interaction.

Let's talk about the mana base first. Lands that enter tapped effectively put you a turn behind and are, frankly, unplayable in Modern. We're talking about a format where games are often decided by turn 4--every single turn counts. I would promptly cut both Scoured Barrens and Forsaken Sanctuary and replace them with some combination of the budget-friendly lands of Caves of Koilos , Isolated Chapel , and Concealed Courtyard . That change alone should make for a drastic increase in your win-rate.

Next, let's talk about your curve. I think the following creatures are too low impact for how much they cost to cast:

• Anowon, the Ruin Sage - This card just allows your opponents to sacrifice their worst creature. By the time you can cast Anowon, they almost certainty have something they can just pitch to the graveyard, so he is not really going to hinder your opponents any.

• Sanguine Bond - for the reasons Kjartan already discussed.

Then you also have a large number of four drops--more than you probably need. I think it would be helpful to remove most of those, and focus instead on cards that make a huge difference the turn they're dropped. As I said above, Modern is often known as the "turn 4 format" - your turn 4 plays need to be explosive and have a large impact on the game.

Unfortunately, a number of the better vampires in Modern are not budget friendly (such as the exceptional Bloodghast ). Still, here's some to consider:

• 4x Legion Lieutenant just gives a lot of value for two mana.
• 4x Dusk Legion Zealot is a decent budget card, since it replaces itself in your hand.
• 2x-3x Sanctum Seeker - this is solid, particularly if you add more cards that create vampire tokens. It does something the turn you play it, pinging your opponent for an additional 2-3+ life fairly easily.

I'd cut Sorin's Thirst and add Cast Down instead as a budget removal spell. It's going to hit most of what you want to kill and is a whole lot easier to hit in two colours than . 4x Fatal Push would be a strong upgrade, as it is one of the best removal spells in the game. Fatal Push has dropped in price some since it left Standard, so you might be able to pick up some relatively inexpensively. Eventually you'll want Path to Exile , but that's not the most budget-friendly card.

Murphy77 on Abnormal Vampires (rot. friendly)

1 month ago

I somehow see Gods Willing , Legion's End and Charge as cards that belong in a side-board. Another card that I would want in the side-board is The Elderspell . Knight of the Ebon Legion has a nice effect that is just too slow and too clumsy to be of much use.

If this leaves you 7 cards short, another Icon of Ancestry is a good idea. 3 each of Bladebrand and Aid the Fallen would give you more answers to what your opponent is likely to do. A set of Scoured Barrens will give you some useful life-gain, which could pump up your Bloodthirsty Aerialist quite nicely.

multimedia on Subjective Reality Modded

2 months ago

Hey, nice upgrade of the precon.

My suggestions can help to improve the manabase with some budget lands:

• Caves of Koilos : ETB untapped.
• Exotic Orchard : ETB untapped, $1.
• Underground River : ETB untapped.
• Prairie Stream : $1, good with lots of basic lands.
• Sunken Hollow : $1, good with lots of basic lands.
• Port Town : good with lots of Islands and Plains.
• Choked Estuary : good with lots of Islands and Swamps.
• Irrigated Farmland
• Fetid Pools

Many of the lands suggested prices of them are not being displayed properly for TCGPlayer. They're in fact $1 or less each. These lands in combination with basic lands can help game play giving you more lands that can ETB (enter the battlefield) untapped letting you consistently play spells faster.

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Lands to consider cutting:

• Dismal Backwater
• Forsaken Sanctuary
• Jwar Isle Refuge
• Orzhov Guildgate
• Scoured Barrens
• Sejiri Refuge
• Submerged Boneyard
• Tranquil Cove
• Gateway Plaza

I offer more advice. Good luck with your deck.

hungry000 on Karlove One Another

2 months ago

Oh, and some lands: Shambling Vent , Tainted Field , Starlit Sanctum , Caves of Koilos , Concealed Courtyard , Scoured Barrens , Forsaken Sanctuary