Spoils of the Vault

Instant

Choose a card name. Reveal cards from the top of your library until you reveal a card with that name, then put that card into your hand. Exile all other cards revealed this way, and you lose 1 life for each of the exiled cards.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Freeform	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (48)

Balaam__ on A Means to an End

3 weeks ago

@kamarupa It’s great for grabbing a Death's Shadow but I prefer the more controlled method of bringing down my HP through fetchlands, Thoughtseize etc. I’ll maybeboard it but I didnt have much luck with Spoils of the Vault in testing.

kamarupa on A Means to an End

3 weeks ago

Spoils of the Vault?

capwner on Heartless Eons

1 month ago

I brewed heartless summoning once like a decade ago, my list used Myr Retriever to infinitely loop for free, draw the deck with Grim Haruspex or Fecundity and then kill with Simian Spirit Guide -> Grapeshot. Totally different from what you're going for by the looks of it! One list you might check out is mtggoldfish Seth's "Heartless Mom" brew, he uses Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines for double trigs off of stuff like Mulldrifter and Avalanche Riders with everything getting discounted from the summoning. It was a sweet deck but I think just not consistent enough to gain traction because the deck revolves around heartless and has no good way to find it. In my old deck I used stuff like Infernal Tutor and Spoils of the Vault to get the pieces, then Perilous Myr and Necropede were my chumps of choice bc they turned into free removal. Anyways gl with the build! Curious to see how it develops bc heartless summoning is an awesome card and seems like still nobody has reaaally been able to break it yet?

Seth's build here!

capwner on LongLegs

6 months ago

I used to play a Heartless Summoning myr combo deck, and this looks like an actually sweet playable version of that crummy old deck! :D IDK if applicable here but some of the tech I used to play was: Grim Haruspex to draw thru the deck as u went, Spoils of the Vault to YOLO for a combo piece, Infernal Tutor for doubling up on Retrievers, and I actually really liked Necropede and Perilous Myr as defensive cards which could board stall until you hit the Summoning as well as provide removal value post-Summoning. Finally a new card I think would be nice for you is Voice of Victory, just protect your one big spell (curves nice 2->3) + there's a tiny bit of synergy with the mobilize tokens. Great deck Balaam, +'d this earlier but hadn't made it around to commenting!

Balaam__ on Cosmic Charybdis (Retired)

8 months ago

I am very fond of any deck that plays Magic ‘not normally’, i.e. using/abusing zones of play in strange and advantageous ways. I like the mission statement here, but I wince a little when considering the enormous potential life loss Spoils of the Vault and Dark Confidant can incur. There is Scavenging Ooze, but is that enough to offset it? I’m eyeing that Shadowspear in the sideboard and wondering if it should see maindeck use. Then again, if things go according to plan it may not be needed and thus that slot be better occupied by what you currently have. Tough to say without extensive use.

Andramalech on Kuroikage

1 year ago

Cloudy I love the suggestions! Let's take that in stages:

1. Persist is a great recommendation and there's tons of options for that: Return to Action which is comically off-target, Supernatural Stamina, Undying Malice, Not Dead After All, Postmortem Lunge, the list literally goes on.

2. Spoils of the Vault is literally meant to lose me the game. What's winning without risking it all for a hail Mary card? ..and why not? We've played the balancing act up until the last moments of the game.. so why not live (and die) a little?

3. If you want to splash white, there's plenty of options to do so! I think most notably you buy back things like Swords to Plowshares so that you can forego dying up against using Spoils of the Vault , and between better life balancing, and (imo) better protection- you could easily play a much more restrained, conqueroring game with Orzhov ({W}{B}) colors.

Best of luck in the build, and make sure you tag me so I can upvote and see what you've decided on!

Cloudy2024 on Kuroikage

1 year ago

I don't think Spoils of the Vault is that good because you may lose the game if you have really bad luck. I also want to try white in my own version because I think Phyrexian Unlife would really help

capwner on Clockwork Black

1 year ago

Squee_Spirit_Guide Man I haven't thought about that Heartless combo in forever, I tried building that in modern aaaages ago with Infernal Tutor and Spoils of the Vault to dig for the combo cards. Also Grim Haruspex or Fecundity with Simian Spirit Guide and Grapeshot to kill since the Heartless Summoning will remove pretty much all the Blood Artist type pingers. The deck was pretty bad lol but it was fun when it worked.