Thieving Amalgam

Creature — Ape Snake

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, you manifest the top card of that player's library. (Put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up at any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Whenever a creature you control but don't own is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, its owner loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

Tokens

• Manifest 2/2 C

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Archenemy	Legal
Block Constructed	Legal
Canadian Highlander	Legal
Casual	Legal
Commander / EDH	Legal
Commander: Rule 0	Legal
Custom	Legal
Duel Commander	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (26)

Swebb87 on thieving amalgam and wave goodbye

1 year ago

If I have manifested say 2 cards from the top of all 3 of my opponents' library using Thieving Amalgam and someone casts Wave Goodbye do those cards I manifested go back into their owners' hands? Or do they go to graveyard? Or go to the battlefield if permanents and go to exile if non-permanent?

IHATENAMES on Political Powerhouse

1 year ago

So it looks like you are asking both for the new card and the replacement. I will try but final choices us of course yours. I will also say I have never run this commander so I may be wrong.

I think you need more lands. 33 with some not tapping for mana sometime. Or at all. This is cheating a touch too much. Goal is 5 lands more here is what I suggest.

Volo, Guide to Monsters unless he is your commander he feels like a win more card. And yes I know morphs are morphs as their creature type.

Grazilaxx, Illithid Scholar interesting but might be not worth the effort.

Your high cmc stuff. Its... not nothing but isn't really good. Specifically Thieving Amalgam Ghastly Conscription personally I'd cut both but you have 2 of the normal big mana wincons Exsanguinate and torment. Between the 4. I'd suggest running only 2 think of all the card draw you have with your commander/other creatures. Do you reallyneed this many big mana i win buttons?

I'd also cut 1 of the morph into counterspell effects. I know it seems cool to have it as an option. But 4 mana counterspell that leaves a 1/1 or 2/2 is just bad. I'd suggest Kadena's Silencer

As for what lands. Look up the pain land cycle like Yavimaya Coast those combo* with your Forsaken Monument maybe redo you lands period. Idk how you gonna cast all these colored spells with greedy manabase you got.

I hope this helps. Don't mean to hate too much on your mana but my biggest concern in a game is having fun. You dont have fun when you can't cast your spells.

Soulus101 on Gonna Need A (Myrkul)

1 year ago

Enjoyed my Myrkul deck, yours looks like a higher-powered version though, nice!

Not sure about Sythis in this deck as you only have 15 castable enchantments, but I guess that's not too bad. Devoted Druid is infinite green mana once it becomes an enchantment. A pet card for me in this deck is Thieving Amalgam; when the cards you manifest from your opponents die, you can get an enchantment copy of them with Myrkul (regardless of what they were on the front side).

EchoSpice on Teenybones steels ur tings >:)

1 year ago

KongMing great suggestions! I think ill be good with just the Cabal Coffers in this deck, but Thieving Amalgam is a cool idea!

KongMing on Teenybones steels ur tings >:)

1 year ago

How about Magus of the Coffers to build up more mana? Also, Thieving Amalgam has high CMC, but a great payoff for this kind of stealy deck.

Pheardemons on Mishra's Relentless Horde

2 years ago

Gleeock - First off, thanks for the upvote and comment! Secondly, I am already playing Zariel, Archduke of Avernus. I agree completely that she is completely on them. Thieving Amalgam is a thought. It is mana intensive but stealing cards from my opponents while giving me fodder to attack with is solid. Necrotic Hex is a thing. I'll put that aside for when I playtest. Thank you!

Gleeock on Mishra's Relentless Horde

2 years ago

Necrotic Hex can do surprising work. Zariel, Archduke of Avernus has been effective for me & matches alot of your goals for this deck. Thieving Amalgam does some work (& it's an ape-snake). Alot of these options are not very mana-value friendly, so that will probably be the challenge for you going forward.

legendofa on My first Deck in a while.

2 years ago

Welcome (back) to the club, insideus!

For a couple of suggestions, I think Geth, Lord of the Vault complements Captain N'ghathrod well, with a similar mill-to-steal approach. Arcane Adaptation can turn all your creatures into Horrors for the tribal benefits.

If you want to max out the mill options and are okay with instant win combos, Mindcrank and either Duskmantle Guildmage or Bloodchief Ascension can hand you the game on the spot.

If you like the theft aspect, check out Thieving Amalgam as well.