Spell Pierce

Instant

Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays {2}.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	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
Pre-release	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

Icbrgr on Niv-Mizzet is the chance for a win

3 weeks ago

Dont get me wrong I really like Planar Genesis and use it all the time but I find it to be a better in "I'm looking for a combo piece" situation (land comes into play tapped) where something like Growth Spiral gives sequencing for playing it on turn 2 and possibly playing blue source to have mana open for Spell Pierce so you draw ramp and have counter magic (just feels more powerful imo if I had to choose between the two).

Ominous Seas and Rowan, Scholar of Sparks  ^Flip seem cute but could/should probably be replaced by any combination of Shark Typhoon (it either makes a huge token or becomes a wincon in itself) and Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student  ^Flip is not only powerful (your opponent has to deal with it) but has so much synergy with your card choices like Flame of Anor... Magmatic Channeler is something that I have tried in the past ... it's just okay.

James13 on Izzet Delver

1 month ago

Replaced Spell Pierce and Spell Snare with Mana Leak as a catch all.

DubMC on Aetherflux Solitaire

2 months ago

Balaam__ Do you think adding x4 Counterspell or Swan Song to the mainboard would be a good move? Maybe Spell Pierce?

TheoryCrafter on Bant Erayo-Noon

6 months ago

My suggestion is to commit more heavily to 0 mana value spells including, but not limited to, Darksteel Relic, Everflowing Chalice, Memnite and Ornithopter, in addition to what you already have in your deck and sideboard. Then you can either add any combination of Energy Chamber, Power Conduit and Rise and Shine to boost them up for later in the game. Otherwise, I don't see how you can get Erayo flipped on the turn you bring her out.

I think the important thing to remmber here is just because it needs four spells in a turn to flip, doesn't mean you have to bear the whole load. If you choose not to go the 0 mana value route, my suggestion is to move both of your copies of Chalice of the Void to the Sideboard and replace them and your copies of Reprieve with three copies each of Mana Tithe and Spell Pierce. That way you can cast counter spells on their turn and flip it on their turn. You'll lose out on the card draw a bit but with a full playset of Karn, late game card advantage should be chiefly from your sideboard anyway.

Speaking of Sideboards, I think you may have to rethink it. Unless you are going find a spot for Living Wish in your library, it should be exclusively artifacts. I think it would be important to concentrate in the early game to the Erayo/High Noon combo and then use Karn to bring out Mycosynth Lattice(expensive, money wise, but the only way to end the Karn/ML combo is if someone uses Inspiring Statuary to cast Introduction to Annihilation or Scour from Existence) to target Karn.

Leonin Arbiter is good, but you have at least five fetch lands where paying 1 life and then an additional {2} to search for a land when you can play Rampant Growth for the same function doesn't make a lotta sense. If you insist on fetch lands My suggestion is to replace them with a full playset of Fabled Passage or a combination of Escape Tunnel, Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse so you can have a little more mana flexibility. Otherwise, I'd recommend investing in a full playset of Spara's Headquarters and add Crucible of Worlds to the sideboard. Then, at least, if you choose to keep Boseiju in your sideboard you can play it from the graveyard after using it's Channel ability.

I see the biggest weakness for your deck in the lack of a finisher. Using noncreature artifacts from the sideboard, activating Karn's first loyalty ability and then using Noble Hierarch's exalted ability to pump them up is the best option for this kind of deck. If you consider different cards for your sideboard may I suggest any combination of Encroaching Mycosynth, Mirror Box and Mirror Gallery for using Karn as your finisher?

I'm no expert on Stax, but these are the routes I would consider. I know this was a lot. Thank you for reading me out. I hope it helps. Happy Hunting!

Balaam__ on Blue-Green Deck

11 months ago

It’s coming together. It’s still a bit unfocused imo, with a few cards pulling different directions. Parallel Lives only affects Scute Swarm and Chasm Skulker for instance, and without a better ramp shell you won’t get it into play fast enough for it to even matter. I’d cut Parallel Lives and Chasm Skulker entirely since they don’t contribute toward Landfall in any meaningful way. Same for Foundry Inspector and most of your artifacts. They aren’t necessarily bad cards, but they don’t fit well here. As far as countermagic is concerned, I’d run Spell Pierce and Mana Leak or Remand in place of Narset's Reversal.

Ideally you’ll want to hit your land drop each and every turn, and maximize the types of landfall triggers you’re building with. The crabs might not be a good fit if you aren’t geared toward milling out the opponent’s deck, and might be replaced with traditional ‘this creature gets +x/+x whenever a land enters play’ stuff instead.

There are bounce lands to consider too, lands that return a land in play to your hand when they enter. Normally that’s a downside but it can be advantageous in Landfall decks.

Simplify and streamline what you have until it runs like a well-oiled machine. Oh, and this isn’t immediately evident but with the way the site works people won’t see your replies in the deck comments unless you tag then by name. Put the user’s name inside double square brackets and they’ll get a notification they’ve been mentioned. I only saw these new posts because I happened to check back.

zapyourtumor on Mono Blue Delver (Tempo)

1 year ago

Its nice to see old cards being played but sadly there is a lot of outdated tech here.

Consider is better than Opt with snaps

Not running at least 3 CS is probably trolling

Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student  ^Flip is an option, although it definitely slower than delver. So is murktide.

For a tempo deck, you want cheap and efficient interaction, which 3 cryptic notably is not. Probably need 1 mana counters like Spell Snare Spell Pierce Stern Scolding in some split between main and side. Scolding in particular is usually sideboard material however since monoblue has garbage removal its probably good to mainboard 1-2 copies.

Fading Hope is probably? better than snag although I have a soft spot for snag.

I recommend some Subtlety and more FoNs over shoal. And probably extra fons in the side too.

The only advantage of monoblue over izzet or dimir is that Harbinger of the Seas becomes better so I'd put at least 2 in the side. And running fetches for deck thinning is not worth the 1 life.

Probably want more utility lands like Sink into Stupor  ^Flip, Otawara, Soaring City, Castle Vantress. The mdfc lands also pitch to your pitch spells.

What exactly are you siding in Commandeer against? Same with redirect, clique and shackles. And you have zero grave hate in the sideboard. In monoblue you don't have many options, so something like Soul-Guide Lantern, Surgical Extraction, Grafdigger's Cage. the first two are probably better. Hurkyl's Recall is ok vs affinity. Dress Down is good against several decks right now. I have no idea what monoblue should run vs energy and similar decks, there may not be anything better than Engineered Explosives or Ratchet Bomb. Maybe titi is good enough if you can turbo flip it.

Overall a lot of suggestions but I think in general I'd go something like this for the maindeck:

-4 opt -3 cryptic -1 redirect -4 vapor snag -1 disrupting shoal -1 snapcaster mage

+4 consider +2 counterspell +2 fading hope +1 spell snare +2 stern scolding +1 spell pierce +1 force of negation +1 subtlety

-6 fetches

+1 otawara +2 sink into stupor +1 castle vantress +2 island

Icbrgr on bracket 5?!?!?! Yeah Right...

1 year ago

There really isn't a viable solution here... like unless card choices get shown in Red for not having enough supporting data for representation or something... this is where you need to be the judge and have your own insight when browsing "competitive/bracket 5" ect ect...

Take Spell Pierce/Dispel as examples... there was a time where I really thought they were weak cards because Counterspell exists... but in context of a format and what the meta is or even being on the draw or the play only after actually getting in a lot of games/experience did I understand why anyone would ever run those.

Let alone budget choices like for mana base compositions and things of this nature... "get a load of this guy running Temple Gardens instead of Savannahs"

A lot of it really is just splitting hairs... sure you can feel like your being click baited but you as the viewer need to look at a list with critical thinking too.

Fluggleshmuggits on Cube Eternal

1 year ago

IN
Condemn
The Restoration of Eiganjo  ^Flip
Tamiyo, Inquisitive Student  ^Flip
Spell Pierce
Preacher of the Schism
Feldon of the Third Path
Tersa Lightshatter
Scrapshooter
Parallel Lives
Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider

OUT
Kor Skyfisher
Vryn Wingmare
Vapor Snag
Flusterstorm
Avenger of the Fallen
Hordeling Outburst
Legion Warboss
Farseek
Biogenic Ooze
Silvos, Rogue Elemental