Takenuma, Abandoned Mire

Legendary Land

{T}: Add {B}.

Channel — {3}{B}, Discard this: Mill three cards, then return a creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to your hand. This ability costs {1} less to activate for each legendary creature you control.

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Arena	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	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (37)

PhyrexianPraetor on Black Devotion V2/// Modern

6 months ago

Saturn999

The changes I am suggesting are not absolutes and are only recommendations of what I would do.

I like what you have here, but I feel that your build is too reliant on certain cards or can benefit from lowering the mana curve.

What I would start with is your “threats”. I would ultimately run either Obliterator or Bloodletter, not both. Both are very good aggressive finishers that force your opponent to remove them and they both add to your devotion count rather decently. The sad truth is that Obliterator requires you to run nothing but coloured mana sources, even with Urborg in the deck you will find that you will rely too heavily on needing Urborg to reliably cast Obliterator. This is what sets Bloodletter apart from Obliterator. Bloodletter may not hit as hard as Obliterator on it’s own, but it can lead to Gary outright ending your opponent and it is slightly easier to cast which will allow you to run utility lands.

If you cut one of them I would run a full set of the one you keep. Whichever one you cut can also let you add in a cheaper creature option. You might want to consider cutting one Voidwalker as well and look at running cards like Emperor of Bones or Pack Rat as mana sinks. Emperor kind of functions like Voidwalker, but can be a 4/4. Rat is a good option when paired with Necrodominance and will more often than not require your opponent to take immediate action against it. You could also look at running Gatekeeper of Malakir since it can be a removal spell. I would also look at running two copies of Gary since it is five mana.

Now for the lands. I would look at removing the fetches and running a 2/2 split of Silent Clearing and Nurturing Peatland in their place. With Urborg you can use them without losing life and they can be sacrificed at any moment to trigger revolt with Push or to simply draw a card when needed, you also can consider white and green cards for the side-board. I would also remove one copy of Demolition Field for one copy of Ifnir Deadlands since it can be used to weaken an opponent’s threat or remove a small creature that may be a problem. The issue is that it can only be used at sorcery speed. I also would only recommend running two copies of Nykthos. Lastly, I would consider running two copies of both Takenuma, Abandoned Mire and Castle Locthwain by replacing two swamps and filling the last two slots made by the above changes. This way you can get back Sheoldred if needed (of course when Necrodominance isn’t in play) and draw cards when you are top decking.

For your removal I would cut one copy of Meathook along with Bile Blight. Instead I would increase both Necrodominance and Bitter Triumph to three copies each.

Finally, your side board will need some tweaking. I would remove one copy of Damping Sphere, all three copies of Phyrexian Crusader, one copy of Break the Ice and two copies of Leyline. Instead I would add in one copy of Nowhere to Run, three copie of Fulminator Mage, one copy of Ashiok, Dream Render, one copy of Meathook Massacre and add another copy of Feed the Swarm.

Below is what the changes would look like if you implemented all of them.

Main-board: 60 4: Obliterator/Bloodletter 2: Gary 3: Sheoldred 3: Voidwalker 4: Emperor/Rat/Gatekeeper 3: Bitter Triumph 1: Dismember 3: Fatal Push 4: Soul Spike 3: Necrodominance 1: Meathook 3: Inquisition of Kozilek 3: Thoughtseize 2: Silent Clearing 2: Nurturing Peatland 2: Takenuma, Abandoned Mire 9: Swamps 1: Demolition Field 2: Castle Locthwain 1: Ifnir Deadlands 2: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth 2: Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx

Side-board: 15 1: Damping Sphere 1: Nowhere to Run 3: Feed the Swarm 3: Fulminator Mage 1: Meathook Massacre 2: Leyline of the Void 2: Pithing Needle 1: Break the Ice 1: Ashiok, Dream Render

enraged on Ratica Apocalyptica

1 year ago

Rad Rat Build yooo. I think some cheap graveyard pieces like Reanimate and Takenuma, Abandoned Mire would just help the deck feel good to play. Withering Torment or Feed the Swarm are useful and unique in mono black,

SufferFromEDHD on International Justice League of Super Aquaintances

1 year ago

Savor the Moment Planeswalker tech

Luxior, Giada's Gift Planeswalkers become beaters

Honor-Worn Shaku Planeswalkers become mana rocks

Solemnity only Planeswalkers can have counters

Equipoise board control. If you want to get even meaner Humility

Takenuma, Abandoned Mire cheap recursion

jamochawoke on Uurg eats everything

2 years ago

This is a super fun little combo deck! But it can get shut down pretty easily. I'd suggest putting some key Commander pieces in that you're missing... and thankfully there's a TON of things that work with a land-based deck archetype like this in those colors.

First off, you need to complete your Cultivator combo with Splendid Reclamation for getting all those lands out of your own yard in a very big way (Cultivator probably becomes the biggest thing in your game at this point)!

Centaur Vinecrasher or Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar are superb alternate or additional beatsticks for Cultivator with tons of synergy with your commander that also dig themselves out of the graveyard after they get immediately removed like in my games!

Terravore is nice if you never hit Cultivator in your games (or it gets hated out).

Constant Mists basically you get eternal fog in a deck like this whenever you want if it doesn't get countered.

Entish Restoration, Dig Up, and Beseech the Queen for synergistic tutors.

Kagha, Shadow Archdruid, Elvish Reclaimer, Grisly Salvage, World Shaper, Circle of the Land Druid, Stinkweed Imp, Winding Way, Life from the Loam, Scapeshift, and Satyr Wayfinder for digging through the deck faster while also rotating lands. Life From the Loam is ESPECIALLY GOOD for its dredge ability in this deck so you can keep casting it. Scapeshift is the single most powerful cycler you could run but it's very $$$ and doesn't synergize completely with this deck (it's more for landfall decks, but it can still work with this too).

The utility lands Witch's Cottage, Mortuary Mire, Memorial to Folly can help get your creatures back out of the 'yard.

The utility lands Witch's Clinic, Rogue's Passage, Ghost Quarter, Strip Mine, Wasteland, Field of the Dead, Thespian's Stage, Restless Cottage, Boseiju, Who Endures, and Takenuma, Abandoned Mire would all help your deck's overall resilience and ability to deal with threats.

Either Abundance or Rishkar's Expertise could be a game-ending bomb for you. Rishkar's is great if your commander has enough power. You can draw a ton of your deck, likely hit a tutor you cast for free, then if your hand is flooded with lands you discard down to 7 putting all those lands in your 'yard making your commander even bigger! Abundance isn't as synergistic, but is basically a creature tutor spell for Cultivator Colossus if you decide to not run any other beaters or utility creatures.

Assassin's Trophy for instant-cast targeted removal of EVERYTHING.

Tear Asunder and Abrupt Decay are less-good Assassin's Trophy but at least Decay can't be countered.

Casualties of War for when you need to get rid of a lot of different pests that turn.

Return to Nature for instant-cast targeted removal of Enchantment/Artifact or Graveyard card.

Drown in Filth for a land-synergistic targeted removal that gets around indestructible.

Terror Tide for land-synergistic boardwipe that also gets around indestructible.

Nurgle's Conscription, Froghemoth, and Bojuka Bog for some enemy graveyard hate.

Rain of Filth for a MASSIVE spike in mana for that turn.

Worm Harvest for generating a TON of tokens off of the lands in your 'yard.

Titania, Protector of Argoth or Rampaging Baloths for much, much bigger tokens.

Gitrog, Horror of Zhava and The Gitrog Monster for super frog-land-pseudocycling synergy!

Brawn since you're putting things in your 'yard anyways you might as well give your commander and other beatsticks Trample for free! Trample has saved me so many times in games. No reason not to run it in this deck tbh.

Erinis, Gloom Stalker, Ayula's Influence, and Old Rutstein for more synergy with your commander's ability.

Life / Death for making an army out of your lands or pulling something out of your 'yard.

The planeswalkers Nissa of Shadowed Boughs and Vraska, Golgari Queen can give you alternate win-cons while also being synergistic with your commander.

If you don't need more combo stuff and just need another big beatstick alternate for the Colossus it's hard to go wrong with Yargle and Multani's power (plus the stained glass alt-art is sick!). But unfortunately it doesn't come with the cool yard recovery abilities of the other beatsticks I mentioned and doesn't have trample or evasion, but it does have more power than Emrakul!

Rasaru on Zombies 2.0

2 years ago

Do you want to the deck to stay within a certain budget? How much money are you okay with spending to upgrade? $25, $50, UNLIMITED?! :)

My first thought is to fix up your mana base. You have a LOT of lands that come in tapped no matter what your board state or hand looks like. That's going to slow your game plan down quite a bit. Let's make these simple swaps to start. Then, we I have a better idea of what your budget looks like, I can recommend additional swaps.

Vivid Marsh -> Takenuma, Abandoned Mire Utility lands are excellent because you don't have to play them as lands if your mana flooded AND it doesn't come in tapped

Vivid Creek -> Otawara, Soaring City Same as above

Scoured Barrens -> Godless Shrine Same colors, just has the option of coming in untapped and satisfies your other land requirements you're playing, like Shineshadow Snarl

Dismal Backwater -> Morphic Pool Same colors, comes in untapped 90% of the time in EDH

Jwar Isle Refuge -> Drowned Catacomb Same colors and at least has the opportunity to come in tapped vs ALWAYS coming in tapped

Reliquary Tower -> Raffine's Tower Land comes in tapped, but produces all three colors and can be cycled to draw a card if you're mana flooded.

If those options are too expensive, you could easily justify just swapping them all out for basics. :)

jdogz32 on Modern Rogues

3 years ago

I've seen alot of rogue decks play Ornithopter as a way to get a cheap blocker and then they can easily replay them the same turn. I'd also suggest adding Otawara, Soaring City and Takenuma, Abandoned Mire in place of some basic lands.

amicdeep on

3 years ago

guessing your trying to stay budget so will try to keep that in mind in recommendations

Dauthi Voidwalker unlockable, utilises discarded cards, alows you to steal opponents removal and tempo plays. run 4

Thieves' Guild Enforcer play a couple of rogues and shes a 3/2 deathtouch for 1. ideal 1 drop run 4

Changeling Outcast strictly better than boggart or stinger, run 4

Vampire Cutthroat runs better than boggart or stigger most of the time, use as extra 1drop if needed

Bad Moon you have only one load effect, this doubles your lord run 3-4

lands Castle Locthwain run 2-3 Hive of the Eye Tyrant run 2-3

as your a creature deck sometimes you get wiped an need to rebuild (this is not a budget card) Agadeem's Awakening  ^Flip run 1-2 Takenuma, Abandoned Mire literally no downside and makes the deck slightly better, run 1

if you have a land slot left unused Ifnir Deadlands also exists and is solid removal in the late game.

you ideally need some more and better removal literally anything. a mix of Victim of Night, Eliminate, Infernal Grasp, Bloodchief's Thirst

in an ideal world you'd also run 4 Bitterblossom (if you do run 4 Morsel Theft which you should be running 4 of anyway the 6 life shift on a cantrip for 2 is on of the main reasons to run rogues)

cards to drop. Oona's Prowler, Frogtosser Banneret, Noggin Whack, Defile, Prickly Boggart. all have better options for the slot

i also find that Earwig Squad tends to do much better in the sideboard (its an excellent hate card agaisnt some decks but a bit useless against others)

BioProfDude on Mono Black Devotion Pioneer

3 years ago

Oh, also 1x Takenuma, Abandoned Mire would be great, and probably 1x Hive of the Eye Tyrant.