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Tetravus
Artifact Creature — Construct
Flying
Tetravus enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove any number of +1/+1 counters from Tetravus. If you do, put into play that many 1/1 Tetravite artifact creature tokens with flying and "Tetravite can't be enchanted."
At the beginning of your upkeep, you may remove any number of tokens put into play with Tetravus from the game. If you do, put that many +1/+1 counters on Tetravus.
JodyP on
The Meat Grinder
5 months ago
multimedia Maybe. The hope is to not cast them at all but get them in the yard and then resurrect them, hopefully repeatedly. If it doesn't perform I'll definitely consider your advice. The Tetravus is mainly there for sentimental value, so I might just switch out the Geralf's Mindcrusher for something :)
multimedia on
The Meat Grinder
5 months ago
Consider cutting Tetravus and Geralf's Mindcrusher? Both are too much mana for what you get. Cutting two 6 drops for two 1 drops to reduce your curve.
FormOverFunction on Restrictions to make commanders interesting?
1 year ago
You might have missed, in your absence, the fact that some of the Un-cards are allowed in commander. Captain Rex Nebula is hilarious, and forces you to look at your permanents in a TOTALLY different light. Something like Tetravus, a high CMC with +1/+1 counters as well, is suddenly very very different.
Hi_diddly_ho_neighbor on
Will you forget the head slicing thing!?
2 years ago
Slashdance - Thank you for the supportive comment!
Hooded Hydra is a great call for another 0/0 hydra that has additional utility. I'll have to find a space for that one.
I have never really been a fan of Primal Vigor due to the card's abilities being symmetrical. I've been burned before by it helping my opponents as much as, or more than me in games.
Tetravus is a blast from the past for sure. Not sure if I have room for it or the other iterations of it, but it does have interesting synergy with hydras.
Tocasia's Welcome is great in this deck. First of all, it triggers on creatures with 3 mana value or less, not 3 power or less. Each hydra token I make and each hydra I cast is potential card draw (very rarely will I cast a hydra where X is greater than 0). The "once per turn" clause does limit it's explosiveness compared to the other options I have, but it actually has the widest range among Elemental Bond, Tribute to the World Tree, and Guardian Project in this deck's strategy (I run all of these by the way). Garruk's Uprising is a fantastic card, but I decided to exclude it since most of my creatures come in with less than 4 power.
Slashdance on Advertise your COMMANDER deck!
2 years ago
I love hydras, so thank you for a look at this deck!
Since you're using Cathars' Crusade, I would like to suggest adding Hooded Hydra ... it can really give a nitro boost your other creatures, and can even be death-triggered during an attack if you kill it yourself. Super potent if you have your Doubling Season (or similar) also in play.
Speaking of which, Primal Vigor also plays well with Cathars' Crusade and/or Hooded Hydra.
These cards could really allow a secondary option of going wide when needed.
A bit of a jank suggestion, but it goes well with your hydra theme and everything else I've mentioned, even without being an actual hydra. Tetravus could be a fantastic add to your wonderful deck.
Is Tocasia's Welcome doing much work for you? I assume most of your hydras are coming into play with more than just 3 counters on them, leaving you with only 8 creatures with 3 or less power to trigger the Welcome ... and even some of those may end up not triggering if you have Cathars' Crusade in play. Maybe Garruk's Uprising or better yet Elemental Bond might help to draw cards more often? Doing so would double your potential eligible chances from 8 to 16+, not counting tokens. That said, if you take any of my token advice, like Tetravus, all the card-draw cards start to even out and it's a coin flip.
Thank you and good luck!
Here's my Shalai deck, which is also Hydra based!
Shalai, Full Auto - Primer
Commander / EDH
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sjettm on
Ezuri, Claw of Proliferate
5 years ago
Not sure if you still are working on this deck, but it might be good to include more tokens. For example, Tetravus and Pentavus could help increase the experience counters a lot.
king-saproling on
Heliod's Command
5 years ago
Looks good! You might like these: Scrapyard Recombiner, Cauldron of Souls, Dross Scorpion, Sunbond, Cradle of Vitality, Pentavus, Tetravus, Triskelavus, Workhorse, Cathars' Crusade, Anointed Procession, Divine Visitation, Bishop of Wings, Requiem Angel, Aetherworks Marvel, Angelic Accord
shagreel on
I will kill myself till you die
6 years ago
Section 1 Get +1/+1 counters other than attacking
Arcbound stuff by CMC (some are in other categories): Arcbound Worker, Arcbound Slith, Arcbound Stinger, Arcbound Crusher, Arcbound Hybrid, Arcbound Bruiser, Arcbound Fiend, Arcbound Lancer, Arcbound Overseer
Creature type based: Metallic Mimic
Just because it is an artifact: Steel Overseer
Creatures that already have counters:
Clock work creatures by CMC: Clockwork Beetle, Clockwork Condor, Clockwork Vorrac, Clockwork Hydra, Clockwork Dragon
Sacrifice outlets to consider:
- Culling Dais
- Demonmail Hauberk
- Blasting Station
- Metalwork Colossus
- Phyrexian Vault
- Spawning Pit
- Shivan Harvest
- Arcbound Ravager
Value / payoff cards Ramp Scion tokens:Eldrazi Skyspawner, Drowner of Hope, Incubator Drone
+1/+1 Ramp: Crystalline Crawler, Workhorse
Other cool Ramp Oblivion Sower, Pilgrim's Eye
Token time: Pentavus, Tetravus, Triskelavus
Draw: Matter Reshaper Solemn Simulacrum Filigree Familiar
Other: Control: Wizard Replica
Damage: Flayer Drone, Vulshok Replica, Pierce Strider
Gain Life: Peace Strider
Recur: Scrap Trawler, Myr Retriever, Arcbound Reclaimer
Cheating: Summoner's Egg
Other cards I like
Vela the Night-Clad She makes all your colorless permanents only blockable by an artifact
Scarecrone Recursion
Storm the Vault Mana ramp
Liquimetal Coating some of those creature that are not a artifact... now it is
Phyrexian Scriptures Kill all non-artifact creatures / also places a +1/+1 counter