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Sword of Light and Shadow
Artifact — Equipment
Equipped creature gets +2/+2 and has protection from white and from black. ((Remember the acronym debt.) Equipped creature can't be damaged, enchanted, equipped, blocked or targeted by anything white or black. Anything white or black attached to equipped creature immediately falls off.)
Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you gain 3 life and you may return up to one target creature card from your graveyard to your hand.
Equip (: Attach this to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature this card is attached to leaves the battlefield.)
legendofa on Esper On Hit
1 month ago
Since you're discarding a lot, Archpriest of Shadows is a solid reanimator option. Woebearer and Sword of Light and Shadow can un-discard cards and support your connives, but one's a 5-cost 2/3 and the other's higher budget, if that matters.
Personally, I like the idea of Daxos of Meletis here.
Since you're avoiding combos, what are you looking at for Bracket 3? You get up to three game changers, so are you planning to include any?
RiotRunner789 on Getting Freaky - Build Mono …
2 months ago
Suture Priest and other white cards from the Phyrexian sets have a black vibe to them.
Ankh of Mishra is similiar to Polluted Bonds.
Blind Obedience and other white sides of Orzhov cards feel a little black.
Specifically for your commander though, I'd ignore the above except for Blind Obedience. I'd consider consider the sword of x and y cards that have black such as Sword of Light and Shadow. Look through equipment cards that both lean into the voltron theme/commander synergy while also playing into blacks themes such as life as a resource and punishing opponents (discard/life loss).
I wouldn't go to far off into the woods (away from commander theme) which would possibly make the deck too janky to be playable. I'll browse EDHREC and post on your list some equipment that stand out that I didn't already mention or allude to.
FadingReality on
volt
3 months ago
Equipment
Apoptosis on
Smile all the way
6 months ago
In: Alesha, Who Laughs at Fate (a solid recursion option), Ali from Cairo (this is a ripcord to pull when you're looking at lethal, I've found myself in this position a few times and since this deck is very good at dialing up answers, I've slotted good 'ol Ali into the deck, Callous Bloodmage (this is a needed answer for decks that also rely on graveyard recursion), Carrion Feeder (I needed a creature based sac-oulet, which would be easier to tutor and would allow infinite combos), Dolmen Gate (chose over Legion's Initiative and Reconnaissance -both of which I love and are good alternatives -I'm testing out the gate to see which one I like more), Goblin Bombardment (free sac outlet, can go infinite), Pinnacle Monk Flip (back into the main and out from the maybe; the one game I didn't have it I found the game stretching with lots of juicy targets accumulating in the graveyard and no way to get them back; I like options), Swamp (up to 5 total, better hitting land drops), Viscera Seer (another more optimal free sac-outlet).
Out: Aether Vial (I love this card and it's done good work mid-game, but I think there is better value), Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit (I decided to remove the infinite combo with Murderous Redcap for more resiliency and interaction potential), Baton of Morale (I really want to showcase the power of banding and think this could be a good way to direct damage to the creatures you want to die/recur, but am testing Dolmen Gate as an alternative way to do it), Cauldron of Souls (good for ETB recursion and wraths but I wanted to bring down the CMC, tough call), Claws of Gix (replaced for better options), Denethor, Ruling Steward (better options), Legion's Initiative (I love this card and it lets me get an extra ETB trigger, but am trying Dolmen Gate as an alternative), Murderous Redcap (took out the infinite damage trigger with Anafeza), Sword of Light and Shadow (I really like swords, but felt there are better options).
ThassaUpYo@ssa on
Angry Birds
7 months ago
Thank you, kindly! This is definitely one of my favorite decks to play, though she has pissed some friends off over the years...
The two extra combat phases are nice, but I just don't know what I'd take out for Full Throttle, and agree on the goofy artwork.
I did throw in Sword of Light and Shadow as I agree pro black & white is a great combination to have, recursion not withstanding.
Do you think 35 lands is enough given the ramp package, or should I throw another 1 or 2 lands in for consistency's sake?
SufferFromEDHD on
Angry Birds
7 months ago
I have a massive collection of 1-ofs. Avoided foils to keep my $anity. A foiled out Kaalia is never going out of fashion: always fun to play, always fun to play against and always nice to look at. Props d00d.
My thoughts on Full Throttle = haha feels like an Unglued card. The artwork is so bad. WOTC needs to do some soul searching. This enchantment definitely belongs in any "combat matters" deck. Will cut Seize the Day in my list when I trade into it.
The only MLD I still run is Cataclysm. Really like the awkward situations it creates. Kaalia math is forever in our favor.
Also running Terror of the Peaks and agree with your points but still agree with Señor Profet assessment in losing atleast a playset of creatures for some gas. Kaalia likes to go faster than Trinity on that Ducati 996.
Sword of Light and Shadow probably the worst sword but the best colors to have protection from + recursion is too juicy to not utilize.
SufferFromEDHD on
Eight and a half tails
1 year ago
Big fan of underutilized commanders. Interesting concept and a great build!
Archon of Absolution is a power creeped Voice of Truth
Etched Champion is great in voltron
Rune of Protection: White half of your commander/half the cost
Sword of Light and Shadow the life gain is meh but you have some great creatures worth returning
DemonDragonJ on Twenty Years of Playing Magic!
1 year ago
Mortlocke, yes, I had copies of the original printings of Sword of Fire and Ice and Sword of Light and Shadow, but I no longer have them, since I had only started playing the game with the release of Eighth Edition, so I did not know how great those cards were, but I am not too upset, since I have newer versions of each of them in some of my decks.
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