Tezzeret's Gambit

Sorcery

( can be paid with either or 2 life.)

Draw two cards, then proliferate. (You choose any number of permanents and/or players with counters on them, then give each another counter of a kind already there.)

Discussion (51)

zapyourtumor on Flesh and the Power it holds

1 month ago

yeah I was gonna say if you switch out blue for black the only card thats a big loss would be Stubborn Denial, since you can replace cloudfin with Experiment One, Pongify with push, and Contentious Plan with Tezzeret's Gambit or something idk

Master_Keeby on Card creation challenge

1 month ago

The Devil

Tarot

Each player draws four cards, then loses half their life, rounded up.

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Okay, so from the looks of it, adding the tarot cards is an alternate way to play a game of four-player commander, so the strategy is knowing whether to dig through the tarot deck for a certain, powerful card, or hold off until the right moment to seize it. interesting!

make a card that has a bland effect and flips a new tarot from the deck, sort of like Crush Dissent or Tezzeret's Gambit.

sooper88 on Mizzix EDH (No Infinite Combos)

3 months ago

Just a headsup, because you said Steady Progress is a top player in this deck, Tezzeret's Gambit is almost strictly better, so you might like that even more.

El_Tigre_1987 on Tamiyo Tribal

7 months ago

What do you think of using Tezzeret's Gambit for the signature spell? One more Mana, easier to cast, twice the cards?

Gattison on The Spell-Slinging Slasher

7 months ago

I could come up with a few ideas, yeah. Browbeat, for one. Maybe Foresee, Rain of Revelation or Sift. Secrets of the Golden City? Tezzeret's Gambit?

swaretappedout on Simic Hydra commander

9 months ago

You have a cool flavorful concept with Vorel of the Hull Clade . If I may suggest a great resource for starting out in commander, the Command Zone has a great video for this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ6m_3J1hjI

The general ratios they suggest like 10 ramp, 10 card draw, 5 single target removal etc are pretty good to go by in EDH.

Looking at your decklist, you may want to lean more into green's natural strength of land-based ramp as opposed to artifacts like Simic Cluestone or Manalith . Cards like Rampant Growth , Farseek , and Cultivate are format staples as they are some of the most efficient ways of ramping/fixing mana, and your mana dorks like ( Llanowar Elves are susceptible to a creature wrath/board-wipe like Wrath of God . As well, if you are looking to synergize with Vorel of the Hull Clade , cards like Pyramid of the Pantheon or Astral Cornucopia fulfill dual purpose of matching the theme and ramping out your big hydras.

For card draw, your list seems to be a little on the light side, however luckily since you are in blue, you have the best options available to you. Going along with the +1/+1 counter theme with Hydras, a card like Tezzeret's Gambit may serve you well by both drawing cards and enhancing the creatures you have on board. Since your list includes so many big creatures, a card like Rishkar's Expertise or Soul's Majesty will be overperformers, drawing you 5 cards or more at a time.

You do have a healthy number of Mana dorks, but even still your curve is a little on the high-side, as most of your hydras will actually be cast for 5+ mana. I would bring up your land count to 37 or 38, and some great lands that could fill those slots are Hinterland Harbor , Yavimaya Coast , Oran-Rief, the Vastwood , and Blast Zone . If you have the budget for it, Breeding Pool is always nice, and can be fetched with Farseek directly into play.

With regards to cards to cut to make room for these, The Chain Veil is one of the first I question being on the list. It is fairly overpriced and doesn't interact with your hydra theme. A card like Open the Gates is the perfect card to replace with Rampant Growth or Farseek as in EDH, a land directly to the battlefield will be better at most parts of the game.

Overall, I'm not sure what your meta is like with regard to competetiveness or what your background in Magic is like, but I think the suggestions above will enhance your list. Definitely do your research and I'm sure you will find cards that are better than the ones i've suggested.

I hope I didn't come off as overly-critical as that wasn't my intent. Welcome to the format! And happy brewing!

SideBae on Ezuri! Casual 20/20 in turn 4?

10 months ago

My first suggestion is you include the big three xerox spells: Ponder , Preordain and Brainstorm . They may not look like much, but superior card-selection for one blue is hard to argue with. I run them in every blue deck, though I think you'll need more shuffle effects to make Brainstorm good. Though I don't recommend them, you can also consider second-class cantrips like Serum Visions , Sleight of Hand and Opt .

My second suggestion is that you include the one-mana mana-dorks. I see you have Elvish Mystic , but running Birds of Paradise and Arbor Elf can be very helpful too. Utopia Sprawl works really well with Arbor Elf .

I think some of the two-mana ramp spells could be improved; I've never been a fan of Rampant Growth . Consider Nature's Lore (or its $100 cousin, Three Visits ) and/or Farseek . These can get non-basics, like your Breeding Pool , and Nature's Lore etbs untapped.

Evolution Sage is a card that MAY be good, but I'm not sure. Not having an immediate board-impact is a major downer, but its ability may be good enough to make it worth including. Playtesting can help.

Windfall is an excellent card-draw spell if you're down on cards. I suggest running Narset, Parter of Veils to act as a stax piece that is particularly abusive with Windfall . (Note that if you do end up with proliferate effects, you can proliferate her and get extra activations.) Other good card-draw spells include Fact or Fiction , Concentrate , Tezzeret's Gambit , Harmonize ...

Mystic Remora is a GREAT card. I personally think it's better than Rhystic Study , but I'm sure that'll raise a lot of hell (I also think Griselbrand should be unbanned, so I'm used to getting yelled at).

Wirewood Symbiote is a card you may want to consider. It words well with cards like your Reclamation Sage and can protect your guys from getting Toxic Deluge -d, and can buy you more triggers with your mana elf etbs for your general.

Depending on how many creatures you tend to have out, Slate of Ancestry could be a powerhouse. If you don't want to use that, running something like Collector Ouphe to fetch off Green Sun's Zenith can raise your decks chances against storm and the like significantly.

Opposition is a card I've been seeing more and more in powerful EDH decks these days. If you pair it with tokens and Seedborn Muse , Opposition can win the game on the spot. Adding something like Winter Orb to the mix can yield even more fun.

You can get more 'at the beginning of combat' triggers by having more combat steps. Consider extra-turn spells, like Temporal Trespass , Temporal Manipulation , Expropriate , Karn's Temporal Sundering , Nexus of Fate ...

Finally, counter magic is a good thing. Idk what the budget for the deck is, but the best counters are Force of Will and Mana Drain . More affordable cards that are still REALLY good are Spell Snare , Arcane Denial , Negate , Fuel for the Cause and the like. Counter-counters (I call them 'second-order counters,' since it makes me feel smart) are also good. Veil of Summer is the best right now, but Autumn's Veil and Dispel are also really good.

Right. That's all I got. Good luck!

abbatromebone on

10 months ago

• So I dont know what you are playing against, but zoo isnt something thats very "meta" but if that your play group then build to it. The main probelm with your deck is the build.
• For fog effects you have: a total of 8. One of which is CMC 3+ you should run more. Turbo Karn This is my (very memey) version of Turbo fog. Which is running effectively 12 fogs. Which are a lower CMC as well.
• Proliferate isn't that amazing in your deck you need to stall to get your 4 of planeswalker (which might be to many). Also getting to that win condition is fairly difficult. A great turbofog deck can stall forever and seal up a game.
• I will say for deck building a CMC 4 means you win the game basically. CMC 5 is basically unheard of. Silent Arbiter is CMC 4 but doesnt exactly win you the game I would remove it. Same with Steady Progress Gilder Bairn Karn's Bastion Doubling Season and Tezzeret's Gambit
• If you are going to have creatures you want cards like Wall of Blossoms Drawing cards means you have more fogs, can play lands on time, and you are digging for your win condition.
• Remand stalls out a spell for a turn, and the if you cant answer it gets cast, and doesnt solve the problem. There aren't many decks i recommend this card in, let alone 4 of. There are better counterspells at the same budget.