Scytheclaw

Artifact — Equipment

Living weapon (When this Equipment enters the battlefield, put a 0/0 black Germ creature token onto the battlefield, then attach this to it.)

Equipped creature gets +1/+1.

Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses half his or her life, rounded up.

Equip

Discussion (51)

CavemanlyMan on Cracking Rats - New and Improved

1 week ago

I love random, obscure tribals. My input would be that both Dictate of Erebos and Grave Pact are better than Butcher of Malakir . If you want more death triggers you can consider Blood Artist , Zulaport Cutthroat , Falkenrath Noble , Vindictive Vampire , ect, ect.

Also, Torgaar, Famine Incarnate seems weak when things like Scytheclaw , Quietus Spike , Virtus the Veiled , and other things that half life totals exist.

Sorin_Markov_1947 on The Bane of Playgroups

2 weeks ago

Okay, I have a few cards I question.

Battle Mastery doesn't really seem to fit the deck

Azorius Chancery is just bad

Evolving Wilds can be replaced by Fabled Passage (or add one of both, but if you do that also add Terramorphic Expanse

Convolute could be replaced by any auto-counter that also costs three mana (like

Sinister Sabotage ) unless the goal here is just to make them spend more mana and not to actually stop them. Same with Offering to Asha

Into the Roil is not an effective bounce spell for its cost

And then a few to recommend.

If you like Scytheclaw , Quietus Spike does nearly the same thing.

Icefall Regent is a very good fit for this deck.

Norn's Annex is another thing similar to Ghostly Prison , but can cost your opponent life if they aren't playing white.

Cryptic Command is similar to Ojutai's Command , but be wary of the triple blue cost.

Mystic Confluence and Force of Will are both good counterspells.

And then Mana Drain is just boss.

TheAmazingSteve on *Primer* A Hellish Crusade [Edgy Specter Tribal]

9 months ago

If you are looking for more / better specter cards, there are some that are not technically specter's but still have the discard effect such as Kheru Mind-Eater , Dreamstealer , Liliana's Reaver .

You can also double the triggers with Strionic Resonator , Fireshrieker , and Grappling Hook .

And as long as you are getting in for combat damage, why not run Sword of the Animist , Bloodforged Battleaxe, Mask of Memory , or even Quietus Spike / Scytheclaw ?

Also, Rogue's Passage is a pretty decent land if you can't get in easily.

Finally, Sepulchral Primordial can get some value from those discarded cards.

Stenbeck on Tetsuko Umezawa Unblockables EDH

10 months ago

+1 Nice deck

Thopter Spy Network is cheaper than Coastal Piracy and gives you a few options against those decks that force you to sacrifice creatures...

Teferi's Veil is a good adition. I think the damage resolves before they fade, and you keep them safe from board wipes.

Scytheclaw is a good way to win as it is unblockeable with your commander.

BahGringo on Army of the Minis

11 months ago

Some card Suggestions for you

• -Breath of Fury This, Sidar and a haste source like Lightning Greaves ends the game.
• • Fell the Mighty, Retribution of the Meek and Meekstone Great Board wipes and control for this game style.
• • Ohran Viper Draw and destroy
• • Spawnwrithe If you have Kondo out it can double each combat phase.
• • One with Nature Sword of the Animist can fetch lands each combat
• • Hanweir Battlements haste or meld
• • Quietus Spike or Scytheclaw half damage to opponents through sidar.

hope this helps you out I have a similar deck that I went a different direction with if you're interested it's here https://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/this-is-the-turn-that-never-ends-1/. Enjoy your Games

P.S. I saw this deck off commander replay.

ive-been-degaussed on Temmet's Collection

11 months ago

Quietus Spike? Scytheclaw?

jdreilly95 on Sneks and Bugs

1 year ago

Black sun's zenith is a staple worth owning, but there are tons of cheaper boardwipes that work 90% as well. Crux of Fate, Hex, Deadly Tempest.

Harvest Season will usually be worse than Kodama's unless you run significantly more 1 and 2 drops. I think you could use more ramp cards in general. One with Nature will do some goddamn work in your deck and is a one-drop.

Infect could be nice. People will assume you're running it anyway. Triumph of the Hordes is a good $ option. Otherwise Tainted Strike or Grafted Exoskeleton. You're going wide, so Golari anthem effects could be good 1x Overwhelming Stampede, Pathbreaker Ibex. Beastmaster does it really well and I see you already run it. Is an awesome card to drop when you already have 7 creatures out.

You have a lot of ways to get damage to creatures and players. You might want to add in some equipment like Quietus Spike or Scytheclaw to take advantage of that.

Counting your car draw spells: Generous Patron, Deathreap Ritual, Skullclamp. These are all great because they will likely give recurrent value, but I would triple this overall count.

Reclaim, Regrowth, and especially Creeping Renaissance are some of the best cards you could run. Your creatures will be boardwiped. Being able to grab 100% of your creatures from the graveyard to your hand stwice is amazing.

As far as removal goes, Bane of Progress fits the counters theme while also providing a lot of removal that won't really touch you. Manglehorn is a low CMC body that has removal built in.

passascats on Balan, Felyne Waifu

1 year ago

Masterwork of Ingenuity and Bloodforged Battle-Axe would be good. You might want more effects that let you dig through your deck, Infiltration Lens and Mask of Memory would be good. Also Scytheclaw could end games with double strike. Nice looking deck! Good luck!