Seer's Lantern

Artifact

{T}: Add {C}. ({C} represents colourless mana.)

{2}, {T}: Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom of your library.)

Legality

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

Discussion (51)

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Kenessos, Priest of Thassa

11 months ago

Going mono seems legit, but let me throw in another way:

If I counted correctly, you have 21 sources of Scry in here. 13 of them are small numbers on instants or sorceries. The remaining 9 are more or less repeatedable effects on permanents. My suggestions is to cut most of the one-shot scry effects. Valid exceptions are interaction spells that aren't overcosted (looking at Sea God's Revenge). You'll propably end up somewhere slightly below 100 cards that way. Fill that up with more repeatable scry effects and you're basically fine.

To end my comment, here are some ideas for repeatable scry effects:

Castle Vantress

Crystal Ball

Eyes Everywhere

Geist of the Archives

Hedron Alignment

In Search of Greatness

Isolated Watchtower

Lifecrafter's Bestiary

Psychic Impetus

Quandrix Campus

Seer's Lantern

Btw, Call of the Wild exists. Maybe give it a shot?

Metroid_Hybrid on Wastes, over-easy

1 year ago

legendofa: Good catches..

I have been meaning to replace Seer's Lantern with the new Pauper-legal(izing) printing of Unstable Obelisk.

However, I was unaware of, or forgot about the Goblin Firebomb. What do you think I should trade-out for it?

Jelatinator on Kumano EDH

2 years ago

Updates:

-1 Artisan of Kozilek, -1 Fall of the Titans, -1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx, -1 Seer's Lantern, -1 Sulfuric Vortex

+1 Arcane Lighthouse, +1 Arcane Signet, +1 Fire Diamond, +1 Fires of Invention, +1 Torbran, Thane of Red Fell

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Variants of Crystal Ball

2 years ago

In case you want to play Sphere of True Seeing, Soothsaying is very close, though I do realize that it's ability is worse than scrying.

Regarding OG Crystal Ball, it might be a good card, but I feel like the opportunity cost is quite high with it. Sure, Scry 2 is powerful, and in some decks, like Eligeth, Crossroads Augur, it is straight up obscene. But for the most part, it is a three-drop that smoothes out your draws. That's fine, and I'd usually want such a card in most decks, but I wouldn't want too many cards that do just that and nothing else. Seer's Lantern for example is a similar card for that only scrys for one, but also doubles as a mana rock. I'd prefer this in many cases when I'm not hellbent for the scry 2.

Am I underestimating scry 2? I'm always open for new knowledge.

5colourchaos on Riku of Two Reflections - Wizard Duplication

3 years ago

Thank you both very much for you input! I went to my local card shop and made a few more changes to my deck. I had Neoform already, and took it out cause I didn't think it would gel, I appreciate you pointing that out to me.

These are all the changes I made:

Glimpse of Freedom ---> Brainstorm

Armory of Iroas ---> Solemn Simulacrum

Gruul Guildgate ---> Cragcrown Pathway  ^Flip

Khalni Garden ---> Riverglide Pathway  ^Flip

Rugged Highlands ---> Barkchannel Pathway  ^Flip

Hamletback Goliath ---> Mana Reflection

Temple of the False God ---> Glasspool Mimic  ^Flip

Seer's Lantern ---> Kodama's Reach

Wall of Runes ---> Llanowar Elves

Neoform ---> Burnished Hart

Replacing Burnished Hart is more so because it's a very curvy holo that sticks out in my deck too much, and drives me crazy lol.

MagicMarc on Manaless and Bananaless

3 years ago

You could add cards that you can scry with to bury uncastable things at the top of your library

Mystic Speculation would be a good one since it's repeatable with buyback and adds counters to the bone wand or the reservoir. Or simple straightforward scry card like Crystal Ball

Also, there are various other artifacts to do it with too: Sunset Pyramid, Treasure Map  ^Flip, Seer's Lantern, and Mazemind Tome.

Or scry with legs like Contraband Kingpin, Sigiled Starfish, and Watchful Automaton.

Finally, there are a couple of Jaces; Jace, Mirror Mage or Jace, Unraveler of Secrets.

Snips500 on ~PDH~ Danitha Mono-White Voltron

3 years ago

griffstick- I do like the idea of Blight Sickle. I'll see what I can cut. I'll have to think about Seer's Lantern. As I'm mono-white I can't scoff at any card selection but its also a 3 cmc rock that I can pay 2 to scry which feels super bad.

SirQuixano- Thank you for the many suggestions. Pacifism is a strong maybe, I don't like the idea of only getting rid of an attacker/blocker. A lot of the time I want to get rid of a creature because of a passive or activated ability. But getting rid of an annoying blocker is also something this deck wants to do.

I am good on ramp for the most part. I already have Mind Stone and Everflowing Chalice is too slow. Most of the time I would play it with 1 counter because next turn I want to play Danitha Capashen, Paragon and the turn after play and equip many equipments, and there Arcane Signet is just better. The only rocks I have are ones that I can cash in for a card later in the game when I don't need the mana. Orazca Relic, Bonder's Ornament, and Magnifying Glass are therefor viable but their draw is all very expensive. I think ill add Bonder's Ornament because it is a repeated draw and also creates colored mana. Magnifying Glass is 6 mana to draw a card and only creates colorless mana. Orazca Relic is interesting but is cmc 3 and is only 1 time draw with cities blessing and only creates colorless mana.

As for the fetches, first off, things like Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse would be better but I also really dont want the slow mana. I had Scaretiller in at one point but by the time I had cast it and it started to ramp me I did not need the ramp anymore. Radiant Fountain is probably not necessary because my commander has liflink so my life total is not much of a problem. I was considering Quicksand while building the deck and am on the fence about it.

griffstick on ~PDH~ Danitha Mono-White Voltron

3 years ago

Dont forget Seer's Lantern