Tezzeret's Gambit
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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
Planar Constructed Legal
Planechase Legal
PreDH Legal
Quest Magic Legal
Vanguard Legal
Vintage Legal

Tezzeret's Gambit

Sorcery

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Draw two cards, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)

trippy_mcfly on Cumly Cube

3 months ago

Introducing Cumly Cube 1.4! Two months ago, Cumly Cube was updated to Cumly Cube 1.3, which was touted as balanced and without any notable flaws. There is no more insidious poison than hubris! Many cards remained that were too strong, or close to unplayable. Many archetypes existed in the cube but had too little support to ever be worth drafting. Many cards failed to fit the ethos of Cumly Cube. With 89 more cuts and adds, I am now pleased to announce that, this time, Cumly Cube has reached a final form! Perhaps a few cards are still too strong, too weak, or out of place, but the vast majority of the draft pool is now in an acceptable state. Any further changes to Cumly Cube 1 will exist as minor updates, swapping out only a few cards at a time. This means that there will never be a Cumly Cube 1.5, only 1.4.1, 1.4.2, etc.

Here are the changes, provided with brief justifications:

REMOVED:

ARTIFACT

  1. Basilisk Collar: equipment is not part of Cumly Cube 1
  2. Hedron Archivefoil: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  3. Mox Diamond: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  4. Mox Opal: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  5. Mox Tantalite: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  6. Sensei's Divining Top:cut to weaken the artifact archetype

CREATURE

  1. Academy Manufactor: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  2. Archfiend of Spite: madness is not part of Cumly Cube 1
  3. Arsenal Thresher: too weak
  4. Augmenting Automaton: too weak
  5. Autonomous Assembler: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
  6. Baleful Force: too weak
  7. Battleground Geist: cut for a better Spirit card
  8. Belligerent Hatchling: too weak
  9. Bloodpyre Elemental: too generic of a red card
  10. Bloom Hulk: there are better proliferate engines available in Cumly Cube
  11. Copperhorn Scout: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  12. Crosis, the Purger: too annoying to play against
  13. Deathrite Shaman: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  14. Deus of Calamity: too weak
  15. Dutiful Replicator: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
  16. Dwynen's Elite: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  17. Emperor's Vanguard: cut to weaken green
  18. Farhaven Elf: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  19. Fear of Exposure: cut to weaken green
  20. Fertilid: cut to weaken green
  21. Galazeth Prismari: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  22. Geyserfield Stalker: too weak
  23. Greater Gargadon: suspend is not part of Cumly Cube 1
  24. Hallowed Priest: cut for an identical card to support the Cat creature type
  25. Heedless One: cut for a similar card to better support the Elf creature type
  26. Hematite Golem: too weak
  27. Hunted Horror: too weak
  28. Impetuous Devils: too generic of a red card
  29. Jeskai Student: too weak
  30. Junktroller: too weak
  31. Lashweed Lurker: emerge is not part of Cumly Cube 1
  32. Llanowar Visionary: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  33. Lodestone Golem: we have seen enough of this card in other formats
  34. Lunar Avenger: too weak
  35. Maze Behemoth: cut to weaken green
  36. Mishra's Self-Replicator: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
  37. Morselhoarder: too weak
  38. Night Incarnate: too generic of a black card
  39. Omnath, Locus of the Roil: cut to weaken the Elemental creature type
  40. Phantom Nishoba: too weak
  41. Quirion Ranger: cut to weaken the Elf creature type
  42. Scalding Devil: cut to make room for more interesting Devil creatures
  43. Self-Assembler: Assembly-Workers have been cut from Cumly Cube 1
  44. Seton, Krosan Protector: cut to weaken green
  45. Soul of Zendikar: cut to weaken green
  46. Teferi's Sentinel: too weak
  47. Thought Monitor: cut to weaken the artifact archetype
  48. Torbran, Thane of Red Fell: too generic of a red card
  49. Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre: cut to make room for more balanced Eldrazi creatures
  50. Walking Ballista: cut to remove an infinite combo payoff accessible from the Cumly Zone

ENCHANTMENT

  1. Aura Shards: too powerful
  2. Blood Moon: we have seen enough of this card in other formats
  3. Impending Disaster: too weak
  4. In Bolas's Clutches: cut for a similar but more expensive version of this effect
  5. Night Soil: cut due to the presence of two other very similar cards
  6. Revel in Riches: too powerful
  7. Urban Utopia: cut to weaken green

LAND

  1. Ancient Tomb: too powerful
  2. Flagstones of Trokair: too weak
  3. Mishra's Workshop: too powerful
  4. Urza's Saga: too powerful

INSTANT

  1. Accelerate: too generic of a red card
  2. Bedevil: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  3. Fading Hope: too generic of a blue card
  4. Fissure: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  5. Fracture: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  6. Frazzle: too generic of a blue card
  7. Inside Out: too weak
  8. Lens Flare: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  9. Schismotivate: too weak
  10. Seize the Initiative: too weak
  11. Volt Charge: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences

PLANESWALKER

  1. Karn Liberated: too generic and powerful of a draft pick
  2. Nissa of Shadowed Boughs: animating lands is not part of Cumly Cube 1

SORCERY

  1. Broken Bond: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  2. Chain Reaction: too generic of a red card
  3. False Dawn: too weak
  4. Grim Tutor: too powerful
  5. Ice Storm: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  6. Lava Flow: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  7. Sinkhole: spot removal has been removed in favor of removal found in commands, charms, and confluences
  8. Tezzeret's Gambit: too powerful
  9. Wildfire: too generic of a red card

ADDED:

ARTIFACT

  1. Banner of Kinship: encourages building around creature types
  2. Conduit of Worlds: supports graveyard synergies
  3. Pillar of Origins: encourages building around creature types

CREATURE

  1. Aetherjacket: supports the Thopter creature type
  2. Ajani's Pridemate: replaces Hallowed Priest to support the Cat creature type and lifegain synergies
  3. Akroan Conscriptor: supports spellslinger synergies
  4. Alibou, Ancient Witness: supports the Golem creature type and other artifact decks
  5. Ancient Cellarspawn: supports the Demon, Horror, and Nightmare creature types
  6. Angelic Aberration: supports the Angel and Eldrazi creature types
  7. Axgard Artisan: supports the Dwarf creature type
  8. Bloodwater Entity: supports spellslinger synergies
  9. Brass Herald: supports the Golem creature type and encourages building around creature types
  10. Campus Guide: supports the Golem creature type
  11. Chief of the Foundry: supports the Construct creature type and other artifact decks
  12. Chrome Courier: supports the Thopter creature type
  13. Cursed Wombat: supports the Nightmare creature type and +1/+1 counter decks
  14. Darksteel Colossus: supports the Golem creature type
  15. Duergar Hedge-Mage: supports the Dwarf creature type
  16. Eidolon of Blossoms: supports the enchantment archetype
  17. Endbringer: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  18. Essence Depleter: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  19. Gimli, Mournful Avenger: supports the Dwarf creature type
  20. Gishath, Sun's Avatar: supports the Dinosaur creature type
  21. Herald of Slaanesh: supports the Demon creature type
  22. Hunting Velociraptor: supports the Dinosaur creature type
  23. Immaculate Magistrate: replaces Heedless One to support the Elf creature type
  24. It That Heralds the End: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  25. Kozilek's Channeler: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  26. Mayhem Devil: supports the Devil creature type
  27. Patrician Geist: replaces Battleground Geist to support the Spirit creature type
  28. Petravark: supports the Beast creature type
  29. Pillardrop Warden: supports the Dwarf and Spirit creature types
  30. Precursor Golem: supports the Golem creature type
  31. Prosperous Pirates: supports the Pirate creature type
  32. Quandrix Pledgemage: supports the Merfolk creature type and spellslinger synergies
  33. Roaming Throne: supports the Golem creature type and encourages building around creature types
  34. Rootwater Hunter: supports the Merfolk creature type
  35. Shambling Suit: supports the Construct creature type and other artifact decks as well as enchantment decks
  36. Shantotto, Tactician Magician: supports the Dwarf creature type and spellslinger synergies
  37. Smokebraider: supports the Elemental creature type
  38. Solarion: supports the Construct creature type
  39. Species Specialist: encourages building around creature types
  40. Squealing Devil: supports the Devil creature type
  41. Tayam, Luminous Enigma: supports the Beast and Nightmare creature types
  42. The Balrog of Moria: supports the Demon creature type
  43. The Lady of Otaria: supports the Dwarf creature type
  44. Three Tree Mascot: adds mana fixing and encourages building around creature types
  45. Titans' Vanguard: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  46. Torch Fiend: supports the Devil creature type
  47. Ulamog's Dreadsire: supports the Eldrazi creature type
  48. Vengeful Devil: supports the Devil creature type
  49. Venomcrawler: supports the Demon creature type
  50. Wavecrash Triton: supports the Merfolk creature type and spellslinger synergies
  51. Zara, Renegade Recruiter: supports the Pirate creature type

ENCHANTMENT

  1. Destructive Flow: offers a land destruction engine that can provide a large advantage in some decks
  2. Efficient Construction: supports the Thopter creature type
  3. Keldon Twilight: offers a creature destruction engine for aggressive decks
  4. Lay Claim: replaces In Bolas's Clutches as a more expensive control spell
  5. Might Makes Right: encourages large creatures and can be used in conjunction with sacrifice synergies as a creature destruction engine
  6. Porphyry Nodes: offers a creature destruction engine for slower decks
  7. Retreat to Kazandu: supports landfall synergies
  8. Shivan Harvest: offers a land destruction engine and supports sacrifice synergies
  9. Sunken Hope: offers a creature bounce engine for slower decks
  10. Whirlwind of Thought: supports spellslinger synergies

LAND

  1. Foundry of the Consuls: supports the Thopter creature type

INSTANT

  1. Atarka's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  2. Aura Mutation: quite similar to Artifact Mutation
  3. Brokers Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  4. Cabaretti Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  5. Dromoka's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  6. Kolaghan's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  7. Lorehold Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  8. Maestros Charm: rounding out the charms in Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  9. Maestros Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  10. Obscura Charm: rounding out the charms in Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  11. Obscura Confluence: confluences have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  12. Ojutai's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  13. Pulse of the Fields: supports lifegain synergies
  14. Quandrix Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  15. Riveteers Charm: rounding out the charms in Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  16. Silumgar's Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  17. Silverquill Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility
  18. Siren's Ruse: supports the Pirate creature type and blink synergies

PLANESWALKER

  1. Saheeli, Filigree Master: supports the Thopter creature type
  2. Vraska, Golgari Queen: supports sacrifice synergies

SORCERY

  1. Renegade Tactics: replaces Accelerate as a less typical red card
  2. Roar of the Crowd: encourages building around creature types
  3. Temporary Insanity: stealing creatures is a small but important part of Cumly Cube
  4. Witherbloom Command: commands have been added to Cumly Cube to provide interaction and versatility

kamarupa on Soul Sisters

7 months ago

Yes, I counted each soul sister as .5 and each Giver as 1.

I think at 36 creatures, you're beyond creature heavy. Cutting 3x for good draw card should make the deck faster, not slower. Since, as you said, the deck relies on speed, draw card should make the deck not only faster, but "better." I didn't bother mentioning Tezzeret's Gambit as the phyrexian mana (that makes casting it a turn faster) works against your lifegain strategy. That, and it's barely card advantage. It is, however, another 'option' so to speak. Anecdotally, I've loved Tocasia's Welcome with 'sisters and repeatable token generators like Thraben Doomsayer, which allows me to draw cards on my opponents' turns in addition to my own. Granted - that's trying to get 2x 3MV spells into play isn't a "fast" strategy, but it does help to gain gobs of life.

Of course - it's your deck and you should definitely do what you like. I'm just speaking from my own experiences, preferences, strategies, etc and only because while I not only like to try to be helpful, I also enjoy chatting about such things (experiences, strategies, preferences, etc) and also like arguing a bit, too ;)

kamarupa on Budget +1/+1 Counter / Proliferate Deck

9 months ago

Thalia's Lieutenant and Champion of the Parish are just so good. Hard to beat the Human tribe when it comes to +1/+1 counters.

Luminarch Aspirant is pretty decent, too.

Tezzeret's Gambit is nice card draw with Proliferate. Especially nice that you don't really need blue at all if you can life with paying 2 life.

You can check out my deck Cocaine which is mono-white Human +1/+1 counter themed. I don't bother with Proliferate except Tezzeret's Gambit because the deck is so fast. I used to play a mono-green +1/+1 counter deck with Hardened Scales, Avatar of the Resolute, and Inspiring Call but I found my mono-white deck was just so much better - faster, cheaper removal, better protection/evasion. So ya, white is where it's at for +1/+1 counters!

Nunu312 on Animar, X creatures and protection

1 year ago

I feel like you are underplaying some of the angles that you can use with Animar.

Because you have a lot of X creatures, proliferate is also going to be quite strong, though you may not want to pivot into it entirely. Even a little with cards like Tezzeret's Gambit can help you do something as well as tack on that extra counter on everything.

Similarly, with Animar, you don't have to always have a steady stream of creatures to draw into, instead you can return your own creatures to your hand and cast them again. Clement, the Worrywort would allow you to repeatedly recast creatures to get those enter battlefield effects, though there are many similar cards.

The final angle that might help is the defilers, Defiler of Dreams Defiler of Instinct and Defiler of Vigor will help you cut back on the one thing Animar doesn't... those coloured mana symbols.

nuperokaso on Help me Man the Lux Cannons!

2 years ago

Back when Scars of Mirrodin was in Standard, I had very similar deck: UG Proliferate . I will explain how my deck worked:

  • The central card of my deck was the Everflowing Chalice. Without it I simply don't have enough mana to play the cards and abilities. As such, I played 4 Trinket Mage, 4 Ancient Stirrings to find them (literally the reason why I played those two cards) and 3 Voltaic Key to untap them for more mana. For me, it was absolutely imperative to find the Chalice, so I believe you should be playing more Trinket Mage.
  • In my original build, I tried Semblance Anvil and Throne of Geth, but removed them as they cause card disadvantage. I had lot of mana, so I preferred expensive artifacts such as Contagion Engine that stay on board rather than cheap one-shot effects such as Ichor Wellspring.
  • Tezzeret's Gambit was phenomenal - it both provides another Proliferate I was missing, and it draws cards, so you won't run out of steam later in the game. The phyrexian mana worked great - at the start of the game, I am willing to pay life, because I need speed. At the end of the game, you have little life but extra mana is good. It's million times better than the Trigon of Thought you are playing.
  • I also played Prototype Portal, but it's actually a weak card. I started with 4, then went down until I played 1. It's slow - basically any game where you have mana and time to activate it three times to get to +1 card out of it was won anyway... However, there's a reason I play one - it enables you to go to stars should the game be locked. Imprinting Voltaic Key enables you to make a copy of Key, which will then untap the Portal. Withing five turns, you have thousands of mana and Keys, which enable repeated activation of all your artifacts.
  • Sphere of the Suns is not best, but a reasonable play. I may have made a mistake to play 0. You don't want to draw multiple, but 1-2 may be a good call. It speeds you up and we both know the deck is slow. Mox Opal would be better if it weren't expensive.
  • Voltaic Key is another really powerful card - it doubles your Everflowing Chalice mana, enables multiple activations of Contagion Clasp, Contagion Engine, Lux Cannon and Tumble Magnet. You can use the Key to untap Elixir of Immortality in response to it's activation to activate it multiple times and gain more life.
  • Tumble Magnet was the "removal" in my deck. Not very good, but made the opponent's equipment useless.
  • Golem Foundry was the win-condition of my deck, but it was simply horrible. I didn't want to play Emrakul, the Aeons Torn and the like, because it I get to 15 mana, I win anyway. If I don't get to that mana, Emrakul is a dead card.
  • Finally I played Necropede, with 2-3 probably a better choice than 1. They provide early blocking against aggro decks, capable of destroying two creatures for just 2 mana. Just proliferate. However, unlike other removal spells, this won't be dead if opponent has nothing on board. If you ever score a hit, you can proliferate your opponent to death.

I had a lot of fun with the deck. It was cheap (Contagion Engine cost 50 cents back then), unique, and you had permanently things to do - placing counters was 50% of the game time. It had problems if the opponent played Planeswalkers such as Elspeth Tirel, burn spells or +1/+1 counters (since they cancel the -1/-1 counters and then you can't proliferate to kill enemy creatures).

sprink7 on Toxrill the Corrosive

2 years ago

Some simple swaps I'd recommend which are low budget (I think?). These are things that directly serve the same purpose, but better.

Armilliary Sphere => Thaumatic Compass  Flip Thaumatic Compass serves the purpose you're using the sphere for, probably?, but with the bonus of extending in strength into the mid to late game as it turns into a Maze of Ith.

Sign in Blood => Tezzeret's Gambit 1 more mana, but proliferate and easier mana requirement. Or two more mana and no life cost.

Sisay's Ring => Thran Dynamo Self explanatory.

Fleetfeather Sandels => Swiftfoot Boots Hexproof is usually better than flying. The Equip cost is lower.

Leaden Myr => Dimir Signet Doesn't die to the next field wipe, which could be yours.

Some general cuts that are either working against you, not doing enough, or just to make space for other things. Cuts:

  • Crowded Crypt (Meh mana rock, not stellar token maker)
  • Illness in the Ranks (kills your slugs, could be kept with the right win cons)
  • Infernal Genesis (too expensive, opponents get to use it first)
  • Genesis Chamber (expensive, gives opponents creatures before you)
  • Gifted Aetherborn (too small, low impact)
  • Royal Assassin (Same)
  • Cabal Ritual (-1 card for speed. Gotta get a lot out of this for it to be in deck.)
  • Dark Ritual (Same)
  • Mana Leak (Great early game, but dead draw midway and on usually.)
  • Dispel (Good enough, but I needed to make space)
  • Fuel for the Cause (Same)
  • Dramatic Reversal (I don't see a combo with this in deck)
  • Morbid Opportunist (slow draw)
  • Altar's Reap (I don't see enough excess creatures until commander is in play, so you might as well turn it into a draw engine instead, see below)
  • Village Rites (Same)

Add: 6 lands. Duals are preferable, but basics are just fine as well. Harvester of Souls (draw engine) Vampiric Rites (draw engine) Mass Diminish (wipe) Mirkwood Bats (win con) Zulaport Cutthroat (win con) Bastion of Remembrance (win con) 2+ Mana rocks from list below

Some mana rocks to consider Arcane Signet Talisman of Dominance Mind Stone Worn Powerstone Replicating Ring Astral Cornucopia Everflowing Chalice

Slightly Higher cost stuff that goes really well with what you're doing.

  • Black Sun's Zenith => Infest (It's better usually, even at 3 mana)
  • Massacre Wurm => Vampire Nighthawk (Vampire is good enough, just not pulling weight at this point)
  • Asinine Antics => Grim Affliction (Another Polymorphist's Jest, but permanent)
  • Skullclamp => Slum Reaper (You already kill everything consistently, and this gives a S* load of draw) (Add a Trinket Mage to tutor it)

Helgrind on the cum deck

2 years ago

Preordain, Vivisurgeon's Insight, Into the Story, Witness Protection, Diplomatic Immunity, Experimental Augury, Tezzeret's Gambit, Preordain, Mesmerizing Dose

Max_Hammer on Kadena "Surprise tool for later" …

2 years ago

For those that are curious on the changes I made to the deck

What I'm taking out: Show

What I'm putting in to replace it: Show

I also plan on changing out some other lands, but above are the utility lands only.

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