Siren's Ruse
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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
Freeform Legal
Gladiator Legal
Highlander Legal
Historic Legal
Historic Brawl Legal
Legacy Legal
Leviathan Legal
Limited Legal
Modern Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons Legal
Oathbreaker Legal
Pauper Legal
Pauper Duel Commander Legal
Pauper EDH Legal
Pioneer Legal
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Tiny Leaders Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Siren's Ruse

Instant

Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. If a Pirate was exiled this way, draw a card.

trippy_mcfly on Cumly Cube

2 months ago

Introducing Cumly Cube 1.4! Two months ago, Cumly Cube was updated to Cumly Cube 1.3, which was touted as balanced and without any notable flaws. There is no more insidious poison than hubris! Many cards remained that were too strong, or close to unplayable. Many archetypes existed in the cube but had too little support to ever be worth drafting. Many cards failed to fit the ethos of Cumly Cube. With 89 more cuts and adds, I am now pleased to announce that, this time, Cumly Cube has reached a final form! Perhaps a few cards are still too strong, too weak, or out of place, but the vast majority of the draft pool is now in an acceptable state. Any further changes to Cumly Cube 1 will exist as minor updates, swapping out only a few cards at a time. This means that there will never be a Cumly Cube 1.5, only 1.4.1, 1.4.2, etc.

Here are the changes, provided with brief justifications:

REMOVED:

ARTIFACT

  1. Basilisk Collar: equipment is not part of Cumly Cube 1
  2. Hedron Archivefoil: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  3. Mox Diamond: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  4. Mox Opal: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  5. Mox Tantalite: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  6. Sensei's Divining Top:cut to weaken the artifact archetype

CREATURE

  1. Academy Manufactor: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  2. Archfiend of Spite: madness is not part of Cumly Cube 1
  3. Arsenal Thresher: too weak
  4. Augmenting Automaton: too weak
  5. Autonomous Assembler: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
  6. Baleful Force: too weak
  7. Battleground Geist: cut for a better Spirit card
  8. Belligerent Hatchling: too weak
  9. Bloodpyre Elemental: too generic of a red card
  10. Bloom Hulk: there are better proliferate engines available in Cumly Cube
  11. Copperhorn Scout: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  12. Crosis, the Purger: too annoying to play against
  13. Deathrite Shaman: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  14. Deus of Calamity: too weak
  15. Dutiful Replicator: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
  16. Dwynen's Elite: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  17. Emperor's Vanguard: cut to weaken green
  18. Farhaven Elf: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  19. Fear of Exposure: cut to weaken green
  20. Fertilid: cut to weaken green
  21. Galazeth Prismari: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  22. Geyserfield Stalker: too weak
  23. Greater Gargadon: suspend is not part of Cumly Cube 1
  24. Hallowed Priest: cut for an identical card to support the Cat creature type
  25. Heedless One: cut for a similar card to better support the Elf creature type
  26. Hematite Golem: too weak
  27. Hunted Horror: too weak
  28. Impetuous Devils: too generic of a red card
  29. Jeskai Student: too weak
  30. Junktroller: too weak
  31. Lashweed Lurker: emerge is not part of Cumly Cube 1
  32. Llanowar Visionary: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  33. Lodestone Golem: we have seen enough of this card in other formats
  34. Lunar Avenger: too weak
  35. Maze Behemoth: cut to weaken green
  36. Mishra's Self-Replicator: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
  37. Morselhoarder: too weak
  38. Night Incarnate: too generic of a black card
  39. Omnath, Locus of the Roil: cut to weaken the Elemental creature type
  40. Phantom Nishoba: too weak
  41. Quirion Ranger: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  42. Scalding Devil: cut to make room for more interesting Devil creatures
  43. Self-Assembler: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
  44. Seton, Krosan Protector: cut to weaken green
  45. Soul of Zendikar: cut to weaken green
  46. Teferi's Sentinel: too weak
  47. Thought Monitor: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  48. Torbran, Thane of Red Fell: too generic of a red card
  49. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre: cut to make room for more balanced Eldrazi creatures
  50. Walking Ballista: cut to remove an infinite combo payoff accessible from the Cumly Zone

ENCHANTMENT

  1. Aura Shards: too powerful
  2. Blood Moon: we have seen enough of this card in other formats
  3. Impending Disaster: too weak
  4. In Bolas's Clutches: cut for a similar but more expensive version of this effect
  5. Night Soil: cut due to the presence of two other very similar cards
  6. Revel in Riches: too powerful
  7. Urban Utopia: cut to weaken green

LAND

  1. Ancient Tomb: too powerful
  2. Flagstones of Trokair: too weak
  3. Mishra's Workshop: too powerful
  4. Urza's Saga: too powerful

INSTANT

  1. Accelerate: too generic of a red card
  2. Bedevil: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  3. Fading Hope: too generic of a blue card
  4. Fissure: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  5. Fracture: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  6. Frazzle: too generic of a blue card
  7. Inside Out: too weak
  8. Lens Flare: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  9. Schismotivate: too weak
  10. Seize the Initiative: too weak
  11. Volt Charge: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences

PLANESWALKER

  1. Karn Liberated: too generic and powerful of a draft pick
  2. Nissa of Shadowed Boughs: animating lands is not part of Cumly Cube 1

SORCERY

  1. Broken Bond: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  2. Chain Reaction: too generic of a red card
  3. False Dawn: too weak
  4. Grim Tutor: too powerful
  5. Ice Storm: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  6. Lava Flow: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  7. Sinkhole: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  8. Tezzeret's Gambit: too powerful
  9. Wildfire: too generic of a red card

ADDED:

ARTIFACT

  1. Banner of Kinship: encourages building around creature types
  2. Conduit of Worlds: supports graveyard synergies
  3. Pillar of Origins: encourages building around creature types

CREATURE

  1. Aetherjacket: supports the Thopter creature type
  2. Ajani's Pridemate: replaces Hallowed Priest to support the Cat creature type and lifegain synergies
  3. Akroan Conscriptor: supports spellslinger synergies
  4. Alibou, Ancient Witness: supports the Golem creature type and other artifact decks
  5. Ancient Cellarspawn: supports the Demon, Horror, and Nightmare creature types
  6. Angelic Aberration: supports the Angel and Eldrazi creature types
  7. Axgard Artisan: supports the Dwarf creature type
  8. Bloodwater Entity: supports spellslinger synergies
  9. Brass Herald: supports the Golem creature type and encourages building around creature types
  10. Campus Guide: supports the Golem creature type
  11. Chief of the Foundry: supports the Construct creature type and other artifact decks
  12. Chrome Courier: supports the Thopter creature type
  13. Cursed Wombat: supports the Nightmare creature type and +1/+1 counter decks
  14. Darksteel Colossus: supports the Golem creature type
  15. Duergar Hedge-Mage: supports the Dwarf creature type
  16. Eidolon of Blossoms: supports the enchantment archetype
  17. Endbringer: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  18. Essence Depleter: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  19. Gimli, Mournful Avenger: supports the Dwarf creature type
  20. Gishath, Sun's Avatar: supports the Dinosaur creature type
  21. Herald of Slaanesh: supports the Demon creature type
  22. Hunting Velociraptor: supports the Dinosaur creature type
  23. Immaculate Magistrate: replaces Heedless One to support the Elf creature type
  24. It That Heralds the End: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  25. Kozilek's Channeler: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  26. Mayhem Devil: supports the Devil creature type
  27. Patrician Geist: replaces Battleground Geist to support the Spirit creature type
  28. Petravark: supports the Beast creature type
  29. Pillardrop Warden: supports the Dwarf and Spirit creature types
  30. Precursor Golem: supports the Golem creature type
  31. Prosperous Pirates: supports the Pirate creature type
  32. Quandrix Pledgemage: supports the Merfolk creature type and spellslinger synergies
  33. Roaming Throne: supports the Golem creature type and encourages building around creature types
  34. Rootwater Hunter: supports the Merfolk creature type
  35. Shambling Suit: supports the Construct creature type and other artifact decks as well as enchantment decks
  36. Shantotto, Tactician Magician: supports the Dwarf creature type and spellslinger synergies
  37. Smokebraider: supports the Elemental creature type
  38. Solarion: supports the Construct creature type
  39. Species Specialist: encourages building around creature types
  40. Squealing Devil: supports the Devil creature type
  41. Tayam, Luminous Enigma: supports the Beast and Nightmare creature types
  42. The Balrog of Moria: supports the Demon creature type
  43. The Lady of Otaria: supports the Dwarf creature type
  44. Three Tree Mascot: adds mana fixing and encourages building around creature types
  45. Titans' Vanguard: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  46. Torch Fiend: supports the Devil creature type
  47. Ulamog's Dreadsire: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  48. Vengeful Devil: supports the Devil creature type
  49. Venomcrawler: supports the Demon creature type
  50. Wavecrash Triton: supports the Merfolk creature type and spellslinger synergies
  51. Zara, Renegade Recruiter: supports the Pirate creature type

ENCHANTMENT

  1. Destructive Flow: offers a land destruction engine that can provide a large advantage in some decks
  2. Efficient Construction: supports the Thopter creature type
  3. Keldon Twilight: offers a creature destruction engine for aggressive decks
  4. Lay Claim: replaces In Bolas's Clutches as a more expensive control spell
  5. Might Makes Right: encourages large creatures and can be used in conjunction with sacrifice synergies as a creature destruction engine
  6. Porphyry Nodes: offers a creature destruction engine for slower decks
  7. Retreat to Kazandu: supports landfall synergies
  8. Shivan Harvest: offers a land destruction engine and supports sacrifice synergies
  9. Sunken Hope: offers a creature bounce engine for slower decks
  10. Whirlwind of Thought: supports spellslinger synergies

LAND

  1. Foundry of the Consuls: supports the Thopter creature type

INSTANT

  1. Atarka's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  2. Aura Mutation: quite similar to Artifact Mutation
  3. Brokers Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  4. Cabaretti Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  5. Dromoka's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  6. Kolaghan's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  7. Lorehold Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  8. Maestros Charm: rounding out the charms in Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  9. Maestros Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  10. Obscura Charm: rounding out the charms in Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  11. Obscura Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  12. Ojutai's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  13. Pulse of the Fields: supports lifegain synergies
  14. Quandrix Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  15. Riveteers Charm: rounding out the charms in Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  16. Silumgar's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  17. Silverquill Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  18. Siren's Ruse: supports the Pirate creature type and blink synergies

PLANESWALKER

  1. Saheeli, Filigree Master: supports the Thopter creature type
  2. Vraska, Golgari Queen: supports sacrifice synergies

SORCERY

  1. Renegade Tactics: replaces Accelerate as a less typical red card
  2. Roar of the Crowd: encourages building around creature types
  3. Temporary Insanity: stealing creatures is a small but important part of Cumly Cube
  4. Witherbloom Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility

ShredderPM86 on Niv-Mizzet is your Superfriend!

3 years ago

You could add Ghostly Flicker, Displace, Siren's Ruse, and Deadeye Navigator to bounce Niv to get more cards from your library.

Massacar on Orvar The All Form

4 years ago

Isochron Scepter with something like Crypsis / Mage's Guile / Siren's Ruse could be a fun repeatable way to trigger Orvar, the All-Form by targeting your creatures.

king-saproling on Sedris, the Traitor King

5 years ago

Looks good. Deadeye Navigator would let you keep unearthed creatures. Same with Identity Thief, Thassa, Deep-Dwelling, Essence Flux, Siren's Ruse, Teferi's Time Twist, Ghostly Flicker, Displace, Illusionist's Stratagem, Voidwalk, and Kaya's Ghostform. Changeling Berserker, Faceless Butcher, and Wormfang Drake work similarly and are pretty nice since they can be unearthed themselves.

Things like Archaeomancer and Peregrine Drake would go nicely with the above mentioned cards too.

multimedia on Yarok's ETB Team

5 years ago

Hey, good start for a causal version of Yarok :)

How are you winning the game with Yarok? Even casual decks need a way to win the game. You may be playing a causal deck, but you're also playing many noncasual cards. I ask this because you should build the rest of your deck around how you want to win. One way is with infinite mana to infinite blink Agent of Treachery to gain control of all your opponents permanents. I suggest this way because Agent is an amazing card to abuse with Yarok and blink.

The main enabler for this is Deadeye Navigator who can blink the creature it's soulbound too. Peregrine Drake soulbound to Deadeye is the enabler to make infinite mana by infinite blinking Drake to tap and untap your lands. When you have infinite mana you can soulbound Deadeye to a win condition creature in this case Agent and then infinite blink Agent.

If you add Deadeye then it's safe to say that you should build the rest of your deck around Deadeye and Agent because they're how you win. Deadeye has interaction with many other creatures not just Agent because it's a repeatable source of blink for the soulbound creature. If you're interested in learning about this combo then I can explain it in more detail in another comment. Would you like to know more?

25 cards that are 5 CMC or higher is a lot. This many is making the avg. CMC of your deck very high at 4.2 meaning that the avg. mana cost of the cards in your deck is four mana. You risk not being able to cast a single card until you have four or more mana which could be all game if you get land screwed. An improvement would be to streamline these 24 cards down to 10 or less to start. Yarok is the five drop you want to cast more than the rest which is something to keep in mind when choosing which ones and the number of other five drops to play.

The best high CMC cards here are: Yarok, Agent of Treachery, Rune-Scarred Demon, Tooth and Nail, Sepulchral Primordial, Diluvian Primordial, Ob Nixilis, the Fallen, Sire of Stagnation, Tatyova, Benthic Druid, Mulldrifter, Conjurer's Closet. All the rest not named could theoretically be cut. If you add Deadeye and Drake then they could replace Nixilis and Stagnation.

Further streamlined example: Yarok, Agent of Treachery, Deadeye Navigator, Peregrine Drake, Rune-Scarred Demon, Tooth and Nail, Mulldrifter. All these cards can help to assemble Deadeye/Drake and then Deadeye/Agent as the win condition. Mulldrifter can soulbound with Deadeye for infinite blink to draw into your deck until you can assemble the combos with protection.

Some cards to consider cutting:

  • Siren's Ruse: worst blink spell, at two mana to blink only one creature and there's only one Pirate.
  • Illusionist's Stratagem: four mana is a lot to only potentially use this spell once.
  • Casualties of War: six mana difficult mana cost and a sorcery is in my opinion not worth it.
  • Deathsprout: four mana and it's difficult casting cost is not worth what you get.
  • Gilded Lotus: can do better than five mana ramp.
  • Ulvenwald Hydra: have lower CMC creatures who can get lands and you don't have a specific very powerful land to tutor for.
  • Duplicant: this conflicts with lots of other cards here since it exiles opponents creatures. Do you want to exile them or gain control of them?
  • Hornet Queen: Myr Battlesphere is more of a threat with the tokens it creates and you could even cut Battlesphere.

Some others:

I have other some suggestions of cards to add which I can make in another comment. Would you like more suggestions?

Good luck with your deck.

Joedragon3 on ExpelliARRRmus

5 years ago

Ay yo, this isnt the best list but it's what i've got being quick about it:

OUT:

IN:

I know there are more INs than OUTs but i didn't want to just try to tell you everything to take out - it's your choices!

bushido_man96 on

6 years ago

Cut Desertion , Hornswoggle , Mindswipe , Siren's Ruse , Cruel Ultimatum , Heartless Pillage , Consulate Dreadnought , Skysovereign, Consul Flagship , Herald's Horn , and Helm of the Host .

jtkruder on PDH - Soulherder flicker fest

6 years ago

I liked Expose to Daylight for the artifact destruction. We have a decent amount of artifacts in our meta. Maybe bouncing the creature is enough? Equipment giving shroud is still difficult to deal with.

I’m going to pair down the flicker effects. Siren's Ruse is one that I can capitalize on the least.

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