Sunder

Instant

Return all lands to their owners' hands.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	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
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

fluffyeel on Sen Triplets - Esper Control (Seeking Help)

5 months ago

I would joke about "how can it be a Stax deck without Smokestack", but that's separate, and instead I'll offer up some possibly evil advice:

• Teferi's Puzzle Box or any wheel effect (like Echo of Eons) is obnoxious with Narset, Parter of Veils or Notion Thief. You could also go for Alms Collector for extra obnoxiousness.
• Raffine's Tower is a fetchable tri-land, so highly recommended. Not sure what your budget is, but other handy lands include Reflecting Pool, Field of the Dead (if you can swap out some lands for snow lands), Mana Confluence, Temple of the False God, the Fetches on-color (or even Prismatic Vista or Fabled Passage if you're basic-heavy). If you're basic heavy, maybe go for Back to Basics if you know there are lots of non-basic lands running around...
• In terms of Teferi's Protection comboing, why not Sunder?
• For removal, I highly recommend Vindicate and Anguished Unmaking. Elspeth Conquers Death is pinpoint plus reanimation, which can be handy. Cyclonic Rift is really quite pricey (surprisingly), but an excellent nuke.
• As for stealing opponents' things, I can suggest Commandeer, Desertion, Gonti, Lord of Luxury, Telemin Performance... you could also use things like Silent-Blade Oni, Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni, and Fallen Shinobi for extra stealing fun, but given that they're Ninjas, they don't work as well without a dedicated Ninja strategy.
• Thalia, Heretic Cathar is another fun "Stax" card, as is Authority of the Consuls.
• Tutors are awesome (Demonic Tutor, Vampiric Tutor, Enlightened Tutor, Mystical Tutor, Profane Tutor, Lim-Dul's Vault...), but not sure which ones you have ready access to. I also recommend Expedition Map to help get more lands.
• For some card draw, Teferi, Time Raveler, Sphinx's Revelation, and Fact or Fiction might be worth considering.

fluffyeel on Leeching Cotton: Oloro's Couch

5 months ago

Some thoughts:

• Opposition Agent is a possibly and suitably oppressive card, particularly with tutoring and fetching running rampant. Great fun.
• Raffine's Tower is a fetchable tri-land, which is great early game for color correction.
• Imperial Seal has been reprinted, so it's an extra cheap tutor that might be handy.
• Counterbalance can be delightfully obnoxious, and while it's combo potential with Sensei's Divining Top, you do have Soothsaying as an alternate option. It's countermagic, but it's exceptionally repeatable. Also, in terms of countermagic- and control-like things, I'd say to go for things with benefits, like Commandeer, Desertion, Vindicate (which I say is a must in those colors), Anguished Unmaking, Cyclonic Rift, Sunder, The Meathook Massacre...
• Dream Trawler might be pricey, but it's also very obnoxious to face. You could also think, in terms of creatures and creature-generation, about Sigil of the Empty Throne, Heliod, the Radiant Dawn  ^Flip, Field of the Dead...
• Felidar Sovereign is another alternate win with fewer life required than the Test of Endurance, though Aetherflux Reservoir can be another fun way to ensure your life shoots sky-high and gives you ammo to destroy things. I'm also partial to Kokusho, the Evening Star in any black deck.
• A fun (but slow) way to swipe creatures is Athreos, Shroud-Veiled. Great fun, and it's fairly hard for opponents to deal with if it's not a creature.

4to16characters on Omnath, A Song of Creation and Chaos

1 year ago

Coincidentally, Arzais, I closed out a game not too long ago where I had Wrenn and Seven out and cast Sunder, just to return every land back to my field.

I also had Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle and Field of the Dead out with Temur Ascendancy.

Arzais on Omnath, A Song of Creation and Chaos

1 year ago

Might I recommend swapping Oko, Thief of Crowns or Maelstrom Wanderer for Sunder? Sunder does a few things very good in this deck other than slow your opponents down. The first is replenishes your hand for those sweet sweet landfall plays especially since the deck runs only 35 lands. The second is it works exceptionally well with Cultivator Colossus! Additionally works fantastic with Patron of the Moon as 4to16characters had mentioned.

DaWubber on What strange old commanders do …

1 year ago

Taniwha makes a mean blue control deck when you can leverage a Sunder or Worldslayer without having to worry about your own lands. I don't know if it's old, but I love playing the first legendary creature I ever owned, Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon.

4to16characters on Omnath, A Song of Creation and Chaos

1 year ago

That's solid interaction and I definitely understand using Wandering Archaic  ^Flip! Patron of the Moon is beautiful with Sunder.

Starsky2814 on Omnath, A Song of Creation and Chaos

1 year ago

4to16characters, what a coincidence that you brought Sunder up. I was thinking about adding it over the last couple of days, but I instead pulled the trigger on adding Wandering Archaic  ^Flip over it for now. I have a buddy who loves to abuse extra turn cards, so I figured Wandering Archaic  ^Flip could be fun interaction with that. I’m still considering Sunder for sure, I just feel like I’d need to include Patron of the Moon again, which isn’t a bad thing.

4to16characters on Omnath, A Song of Creation and Chaos

1 year ago

I just added Sunder to my own Omnath deck. Just another (fun) card to add to the maybe list! Plus it's an instant, which may or may not make it even better than other land destruction options.