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The Ozolith
Legendary Artifact
Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, if it had counters on it, put those counters on this.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, if there are counters on this, you may move all counters from the this onto target creature.
NV_1980 on
Nick Likes Dank Memes
1 month ago
Hi jakeelephant006,
Awesome looking Marchesa deck! An excellent card-advantage enabler in this deck could be Satoru, the Infiltrator as he synergizes very well with Marchesa's resurrection powers. Also, Mahadi, Emporium Master and Murderous Redcap have done a lot of heavy-lifting in my own version (which I still need to post here). If you want to go a bit more expensive, both The Ozolith (which ensures your +1/+1 counters aren't ever lost) and Agatha's Soul Cauldron (which allows for so much utility use it's ridiculous) can be absolute powerhouses in here.
Cheers!
SyntheticEvil13 on
Gruul Hardened Scales
3 months ago
Yeah, the Ozolith wording is easy to misread. The important part is that The Ozolith does not replace modular. If a modular creature dies, I can still put the modular counters onto another artifact creature, and The Ozolith also gets counters equal to what the creature had when it left. So it effectively lets the deck double dip on counters. With Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp, the modular trigger gets even better because Zabaz adds an extra +1/+1 counter when a modular triggered ability puts counters on one of my creatures. That extra counter does not come from The Ozolith, but it does make the modular side of the exchange stronger. I agree that the Snakeskin Veil / Winding Constrictor / Conclave Mentor line sounds fun, but that feels more like an Abzan counters version of the deck. This build is more focused on artifact/modular lines with Arcbound Ravager, Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp, Walking Ballista, Inkmoth Nexus, Urza's Saga, and The Ozolith. So for this shell, I still like Tamiyo's Safekeeping because it protects any permanent, not just creatures.
This is from Scryfall.
"The Ozolith's first ability doesn't move counters off the creature that's left the battlefield. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter the creature had onto The Ozoloith. Notably, if you somehow control a second The Ozolith, each one will receive the same number and kinds of counters that were on the creature that left the battlefield. Similarly, if the creature has an ability that triggers when it leaves the battlefield that refers to the number of counters it had, that ability will use the number of counters that were on the permanent, even if The Ozolith's first ability resolves first."
wallisface on
Gruul Hardened Scales
3 months ago
Having played a ton of hardened scales in modern before MH3 killed it, I can confirm Tamiyo's Safekeeping is much better than Snakeskin Veil for reasons already stated.
DragonMaster420 counter move-effects in magic are a bit more nuanced - with The Ozolith you effectively double your counter production - i.e if a moduler creature with 2 power dies you can put those 2 counters on another creature, but ALSO onto the Ozolith, effectively doubling your counters. Scales decks can get a LOT of different turn-3 kills this way.
DragonMaster420 on
Gruul Hardened Scales
3 months ago
i've been playing around with a pioneer version of hardened scales, but instead of modular, i made it abzan using Winding Constrictor and Conclave Mentor, with instants that both protect the creatures and add a counter. makes for a fun combat trick when you can use Snakeskin Veil and add 3 counters.
if you use zabaz to destroy your own creature, wouldn't you want to put those counters on another creature, rather than putting them on The Ozolith?
SyntheticEvil13 on
Gruul Hardened Scales
3 months ago
Thank you DragonMaster420! It was late when I entered the info. I thought that I had gone back over everything, but I somehow missed that, lol.
I agree that Snakeskin Veil and Revitalizing Repast are interesting options, especially because +1/+1 counters matter so much in Hardened Scales. That said, I would not automatically call them better than Tamiyo's Safekeeping.
The big advantage of Tamiyo's Safekeeping is that it protects any permanent, not just a creature. That means it can protect cards like Hardened Scales, The Ozolith, Urza's Saga, Inkmoth Nexus, Agatha's Soul Cauldron, or a key creature. That flexibility matters a lot. Snakeskin Veil adding a +1/+1 counter is nice, but being creature only is a real limitation.
The idea of dropping red and moving into black is not crazy in theory, but I think that becomes a different deck. Black gives access to cards like Winding Constrictor, Abrupt Decay, and Assassin's Trophy, which are definitely strong. But red is not only here for Whipflare. Red also gives access to Zabaz, the Glimmerwasp's sacrifice ability, which is very relevant for modular lines, The Ozolith, and moving counters around at the right time.
kamarupa on
All Will Be One
4 months ago
You're right. But... you've already got 6 slots currently devoted to spells that require creatures: Blade of the Bloodchief and Stocking the Pantry. To be honest, I was trying to avoid being too specific about what I think you should do and was just responding to your own idea about adding more removal, but now that I've taken a more serious look at your deck, I do have a lot of very specific advice, if you're interested in that, and Longstalk will definitely be a more effective choice if you do decide to follow my recommendations.
My specific advice is to cut Blade of the Bloodchief - you don't have enough creatures and you don't have any vampire and vampires probably aren't the best tribe for counters anyway. Cut Firebending Lesson - it's not that good and doesn't advance your wincon. Move Fire Magic to the side board. Cut Utopia Sprawl and Arbor Elf. If you're going to ramp, you might as well advance your wincon with it. Space in your deck is premium. No room for any card that doesn't do at least 2 things. Cut Basking Broodscale - we can find creatures that get more than one counter for less and do more. Move Runic Armasaur to the sideboard. That opens up 22 slots, if my quick math is correct.
Add 4xGyre Sage, 2xIncubation Druid, 2xRishkar, Peema Renegade, and 1xChanneler Initiate. That's a bit slower of a ramp package, but it's also more robust on theme, and creates at least one repeatable counter source. That takes up nine of the 22 slots, 13 remaining.
Add 2xEvolution Sage - it's a great spell on theme, but you gotta have stuff with counters on it for it to make a difference.
Add 4xPredator Ooze and 2xPrimordial Hydra. Those can be wincon threats on their own and interact with All Will Be One repeatedly. That's another 6 slots used, 5 remaining.
Add 3xLongstalk Brawl. 2 slots remaining
Add 2xInspiring Call.
Cut 4xForest and 2xMountain. Add 1xYavimaya, Cradle of Growth, 1xKarn's Bastion, and 4xCragcrown Pathway
Add 2xScavenging Ooze to the sideboard.
Add 1xThe Ozolith to the sideboard.
Add 1xHeroic Intervention to the sideboard.
Add 2xBeast Within to the sideboard
Add 1xFog to the sideboard
Add Return to Nature to the sideboard.
Final thoughts: The above recommedations, I think, would put your deck into a slightly slower, but more robust configuration with some protections and some draw card built in. It would be missing a way to get things back from the graveyard, which can be very useful in some matchups and also lacks lifegain, which can also be helpful, especially with grindier midrangers such as this. Lifegain is pretty easy - something like Essence Warden or Weather the Storm maybe? Getting stuff out of the graveyard isn't quite as good with green, but still doable. Bala Ged Recovery, perhaps?
Other spells to consider if space can be made for them: Hardened Scales, Bow of Nylea, Song of Freyalise, Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter, Inscription of Abundance
kamarupa on
Legacy Of the Blessed Soul Sistas
6 months ago
1xThe Ozolith is always nice when lots of creatures can get counters.
With so much lifegain, something like Chalice of Life (Chalice of Death) or Aetherflux Reservoir seems like it would be a great push toward a lot of wins.
