Stroke of Genius

Instant

Target player draws X cards.

Combos

• Jace, Wielder of Mysteries + Stroke of Genius
• Stroke of Genius + Thassa's Oracle
• Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter + Stroke of Genius

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
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

legendofa on Tyranid Upgrade

9 months ago

Welcome to the club, bitis!

I'm not an expert Commander player, I mostly make gimmicky casual decks, but for your cards you're trying to add, my suggestions are:

Counterspell replaces Cancel: same effect, lower cost.

Temur Ascendancy and Rhythm of the Wild replace Invigorating Hot Spring and Stroke of Genius: more reliable for haste, counters, and card draw.

Swiftfoot Boots replaces Thrill of Possibility: you have a lot of draw and card filtering already, and this deck doesn't really take advantage of discarding.

Profet93 on Budget Urzanomics

1 year ago

I'm not too familiar with the blue cEDH aspect of Thassa Oracle. I understand you use ambassador to mill yourself and/or opponents with infinite mana, then use oracle to win the game.

Why not swap out Ambassador with Blue Sun's Zenith or Stroke of Genius? They can also be used as oracle wincon while drawing you cards if needed. Meaning, they are not dead cards and are less susceptible to removal as well. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding something.

dramaege on Saheeli's 3D printer side hustle [Primer]

2 years ago

ArantirTheDestroyer excellent point! My main reasoning is sadly you can't activate planeswalker abilities on other people's turns, so if you activate the spell on a separate turn you lose the advantage of saheeli and will only be able to cast it normally for an x cost of 2-5 while basically holding up your mana, and usually it's a lot more worth it to draw 10+ cards and see if you can't pull together a win or a dominant board state.

However I constantly think about Stroke of Genius if nothing because it actually becomes a win condition or player kill when you go infinite or if a player gets too greedy with their drawing

ArantirTheDestroyer on Saheeli's 3D printer side hustle [Primer]

2 years ago

Query: Why Mind Spring when there are instant-speed options like Pull from Tomorrow, Stroke of Genius, or Blue Sun's Zenith? I run Blue Sun's in my own Izzet artifact deck, Assembling the Legacy (Which, to be perfectly fair, I'm currently in the process of redesigning, so...)

Either way, I love the deck, always like to see other artifact players floating around the Interwebs! One card I would suggest is Saheeli's Directive, which should've come in the Saheeli precon (It's literally the reason I bought that precon!).

Suspence89 on Winter's Cold

2 years ago

Marit Lage's Slumber is fun Dead of Winter Is kinda busted for its cost and sometimes your big dudes will outsize the negative Kruphix, God of Horizons and Horizon Stone Doubling Cube to help bank your excess mana you'll be making Cultivate and Kodama's Reach because there isn't a better ramp spell Heroic Intervention Big Bois Hydra Broodmaster Neverwinter Hydra Corpsejack Menace to enable Zaxara, the Exemplary Polukranos, World Eater Primordial Hydra Altered Ego Tervigon Termagant Swarm Drawing Cards Blue Sun's Zenith Pull from Tomorrow Inspiring Call also doubles as a board protector Stroke of Genius Return of the Wildspeaker Rishkar's Expertise Soul's Majesty Momentous Fall Cut of the Profits Life's Legacy

Arrzarrina on Roon Shenanigans

2 years ago

Planned Land Changes

• Treetop Village -> Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• Vesuva -> Spara's Headquarters
• Dryad Arbor -> Seaside Citadel

Planned Flicker Changes

• Green Sun's Zenith -> Wall of Omens
• Threats Undetected -> Wall of Blossoms
• Gilded Lotus -> Farhaven Elf
• Yavimaya Elder -> Wood Elves
• Explore -> Mystical Tutor
• Turnabout -> Preston, the Vanisher
• Stroke of Genius -> Solemn Simulacrum
• Angel of Serenity -> Sun Titan
• Turnabout -> Emiel the Blessed
• Acidic Slime -> Reclamation Sage
These changes are intended to streamline the deck by reducing the overall average cmc of the deck or reducing coloured pips in low cost spells. There's also a shift towards more ETB creatures rather than instants or sorceries for bread and butter effects.

Arrzarrina on Roon Shenanigans

2 years ago

Planned Land Changes

• Treetop Village -> Branchloft Pathway  ^Flip
• Vesuva -> Spara's Headquarters
• Dryad Arbor -> Seaside Citadel

Planned Flicker Changes

• Green Sun's Zenith -> Wall of Omens
• Threats Undetected -> Wall of Blossoms
• Gilded Lotus -> Farhaven Elf
• Yavimaya Elder -> Wood Elves
• Explore -> Mystical Tutor
• Turnabout -> Preston, the Vanisher
• Stroke of Genius -> Sun Titan
• Angel of Serenity -> Sun Titan
• Blue Sun's Zenith -> Solemn Simulacrum
• Turnabout -> Emiel the Blessed
• Acidic Slime -> Reclamation Sage
These changes are intended to streamline the deck by reducing the

MilesHiles on Send Nids.

2 years ago

Hey Lol_counterspell! I appreciate the suggestions(?) As you'll notice, the deck is Nids tribal and not a specific X deck. To that effect, no, I didn't put in Rosheen Meanderer. However, when I considered something to that effect, it was Thran Dynamo since for the same cost and 1 less mana given, it's not as easy of a target for removal, I can use it the same turn I play it, and I can use it for anything. Genesis Wave doesn't provide any Ravenous triggers when I hit Nids so that was also out. I kept Starstorm over Comet Storm. Finally, I will probably be adding a Stroke of Genius but don't have a foil one yet. I also went back and forth over it since the nature of Nids is card draw on Ravenous but having the extra draw source also doesn't seem bad.