Swords to Plowshares

Instant

Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	Legal
Big Apple Highlander	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 Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (50)

Flarhoon13 on Wolverine, Snikt!!

2 weeks ago

Roast-O-Matic 9000 The "Best There Is" (At Getting Board Wiped) Oh, look. You built Wolverine, Best There Is. How daring. How original. I bet you also have a Punisher logo on your truck and think "Logan" is the only good movie ever made.

You’ve managed to build a deck that is the MTG equivalent of a guy at the gym who only does bicep curls—huge arms, but the second someone asks him to do a squat (or play a game that lasts past turn six), his entire system collapses.

The "I Hope They Don't Have a Removal Spell" Strategy Your entire game plan is:

Cast Logan. Rub your two brain cells together to cast a fight spell. Get a single +1/1 counter. Get absolutely blown out by a 1-mana Swords to Plowshares. You’re running Regenerate as your primary protection. Regenerate. What year is it, 1998? "Oh no, don't destroy my Wolverine!" says the opponent as they casually exile him, bounce him, or just cast Toxic Deluge for -3/-3 and watch your Canadian superhero turn into a puddle of maple syrup.

Notable Inclusions (Or: "I Found These in a Shoebox") Blazing Shoal: You’re playing a two-color deck with like... three high-CMC red cards. What are you exiling to this? A Blasphemous Act? Congratulations, you just 2-for-1'd yourself to make Wolverine a 15/15 that still gets blocked by a 1/1 Goat token. Belt of Giant Strength: You spent a card slot on an equipment that costs TEN MANA to equip unless your commander is already big. If he’s already big, why do you need the belt? It’s like buying a ladder that you can only reach if you’re already standing on the roof.

Inquisitor's Flail: "Double the damage dealt to Wolverine." In a deck where your commander has to survive damage to get counters. You’re literally handing your opponents a Murders-at-Karlov-Manor-themed suicide vest and asking them to pull the pin.

The "Oops, All Sorceries" Interaction You have about twenty "Target creature deals damage" spells. That’s great, except 80% of them are sorcery speed. Your deck is so telegraphed that an opponent could go take a shit, come back, and still have time to realize they should probably hold up mana for a counterspell.

And let's talk about Burning Anger. Five mana for an aura? In a format where everyone and their mother is running Nature's Claim? You’re paying five mana to give your opponents a chance to get a 2-for-1 and a laugh at your expense.

Final Thoughts This deck is a glass cannon made of actual, fragile glass. You’ve got The Ozolith and Hardened Scales, which are the only things keeping this pile from being a Draft chaff leftovers salad. You’re playing Kediss to try and kill the whole table, but let’s be real: you’re going to spend four turns putting counters on Logan, swing once, get him Aetherized, and then spend the rest of the night complaining about "blue players."

It’s a Gruul deck for people who think "strategy" is a word used by nerds who don't have adamantium claws. Go buy some actual protection spells before your playgroup realizes that a single Fog makes you forfeit the game out of pure embarrassment.

clayperce on The Dog Survives

2 weeks ago

Only things I can think of to mention:

• If you find yourself needing just a touch more removal, the Fallout Swords to Plowshares, maybe?
• A buddy of mine runs a very lightly upgraded Scrappy Survivors, and IMO Hammer of Nazahn (in your maybe board) is really good in his deck ... and that's with him running more auras than you. Might be worth teating, especially since it's a 4-drop and so avoids the crowded 3-drop (i.e., competing with Dogmeat) slot.

Cheers!

Idoneity on 06) Birds of a Feather - Kangee, Sky Warden

1 month ago

Oh my God! Birds! I frickin' love birds. I have an old bird deck with him at the helm, existing purely to reference birds in all of the art and text boxes. (Right here!)

As for a suggestion, I have but one. Swords to Plowshares. It's already in there, you say? Nah. The Ice Age version. Look at all those feathered fucks.

Happy flying, bird friend.

theNeroTurtle on twar 1

1 month ago

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theNeroTurtle on test

1 month ago

Arcane Denial Basalt Ravager Battle of Frost and Fire Beast Within Blasphemous Act Bonecrusher Giant Chaos Warp Curious Colossus Cyclone Summoner Frost Titan Generous Gift Inferno Titan Path to Exile Rapid Hybridization Realm-Cloaked Giant Return to Nature Sarkhan's Unsealing Stormkeld Vanguard Swords to Plowshares Thundercloud Shaman

theNeroTurtle on test

1 month ago

hello

theNeroTurtle on test

1 month ago

Absolute Virtue

Decree of Silence Nine Lives Rest in Peace Solemnity Web of Inertia

An Offer You Can't Refuse Counterspell Cyclonic RiftGC Dovin's Veto Fierce GuardianshipGC Force of Negation Force of WillGC Mana Drain Oblation Pact of Negation Path to Exile Swords to Plowshares

Lightning Greaves Swiftfoot Boots

Boromir, Warden of the Tower Giver of Runes Grand Arbiter Augustin IVGC Mother of Runes Pippin, Guard of the Citadel Selfless Savior Skrelv, Defector Mite Vexilus Praetor

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Dovin, Grand Arbiter Land Tax Rhystic StudyGC Smothering TitheGC Tithe

Arcane Signet Chrome MoxGC Grim MonolithGC Mana VaultGC Mox Amber Mox DiamondGC Mox Opal Sol Ring

Augur il-Vec Hunted Phantasm Infiltrator il-Kor Invisible Stalker Latch Seeker Looter il-Kor Soltari Champion Soltari Crusader Soltari Foot Soldier Soltari Lancer Soltari Monk Soltari Priest Soltari Trooper Soltari Visionary Spirit en-Dal Thalakos Deceiver Thalakos Dreamsower Thalakos Mistfolk Thalakos Scout Thalakos Seer Thalakos Sentry Zealot il-Vec

Academy Rector Enlightened TutorGC Idyllic Tutor IntuitionGC Mystical TutorGC

theNeroTurtle on

1 month ago

Absolute Virtue

Decree of Silence Nine Lives Rest in Peace Solemnity Web of Inertia

An Offer You Can't Refuse Counterspell Cyclonic RiftGC Dovin's Veto Fierce GuardianshipGC Force of Negation Force of WillGC Mana Drain Oblation Pact of Negation Path to Exile Swords to Plowshares

Lightning Greaves Swiftfoot Boots

Boromir, Warden of the Tower Giver of Runes Grand Arbiter Augustin IVGC Mother of Runes Pippin, Guard of the Citadel Selfless Savior Skrelv, Defector Mite Vexilus Praetor

Academy Ruins Adarkar Wastes Ancient TombGC Command Tower Deserted Beach Flooded Strand Floodfarm Verge Gemstone Caverns Glacial Fortress Hall of Heliod's Generosity Hallowed Fountain Island Kor Haven Mana Confluence Maze of Ith Meteor Crater Mystic Gate Nimbus Maze Plains Prahv, Spires of Order Reflecting Pool Rogue's Passage Sea of Clouds Tundra

Dovin, Grand Arbiter Land Tax Rhystic StudyGC Smothering TitheGC Tithe

Arcane Signet Chrome MoxGC Grim MonolithGC Mana VaultGC Mox Amber Mox DiamondGC Mox Opal Sol Ring

Augur il-Vec Hunted Phantasm Infiltrator il-Kor Invisible Stalker Latch Seeker Looter il-Kor Soltari Champion Soltari Crusader Soltari Foot Soldier Soltari Lancer Soltari Monk Soltari Priest Soltari Trooper Soltari Visionary Spirit en-Dal Thalakos Deceiver Thalakos Dreamsower Thalakos Mistfolk Thalakos Scout Thalakos Seer Thalakos Sentry Zealot il-Vec

Academy Rector Enlightened TutorGC Idyllic Tutor IntuitionGC Mystical TutorGC