Training Grounds

Enchantment

Activated abilities of creatures you control cost up to {2} less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

Combos

• Heartstone + Illusionist's Bracers + Training Grounds
• Codie, Vociferous Codex + Training Grounds + Voltaic Construct

Legality

Format	Legality
1v1 Commander	Legal
Alchemy	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
Pioneer	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Pre-release	Legal
PreDH	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Standard	Legal
Standard Brawl	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Tippycat on X- Secret Agent Group Hug EDH

1 week ago

Did you consider any activated ability cost reducers to make X’s ability more repeatable? Like Heartstone, Thran Turbine or even Training Grounds?

Quicksilver on You know, I'm something of an MTG player myself

2 months ago

I'm still a bit on the fence how soon I'll transform Norman. Getting him out super fast is good practice, the idea of transforming him by turn 3-4, not sure how that will play out, or if it's worth waiting. Burnished Hart has been an auto include in non green EDH decks since I first saw it in Theros. I predicted that card would at one point be worth something ($2 for a brief moment in history.) It's always been a good card to me. Thanks for pointing out the reason Training Grounds isn't worth it is for the one time cost; it's a card better suited to frequent activated ability use.

Quicksilver on You know, I'm something of an MTG player myself

2 months ago

Knew I'd forgotten about Frantic Search and Lorien Revealed. Island cycling is particularly useful for getting out one of the dual lands. Training Grounds is a card I put in as force habit for any commander I use that has colorless mana in it's activated ability, even if it's no good for cards like Garland, Knight of Cornelia  ^Flip. I thought I'd considered Surly Badgersaur, I'll look to see what cards to drop for it. Thanks for the suggestions.

1UpedAngel on The Scarab Reigns Supreme

8 months ago

You need to take out Training Grounds. Hashaton is a triggered ability, not an activated one, so that card essentially reads as a do-nothing card in your deck. I'd say probably add another land or so to the deck to replace it as well; even with a generally low CMC/"casting cost" for Hashaton and some of your other big play-makers, only 32 (as of posting) feels like you'll end up bricking often enough that you might end up floundering late-game.

Flarhoon13 on Imoti and the Dino Hippo--Explosive Fatties

11 months ago

Having completed my quest to play all 52 of my decks, I decided to try getting a win with all of my decks.

Aug 30

Imoti and the Dino Hippo loss Turn 4. Played no spells after a mulligan. Kurtis created infinite Basalt Monolith 1/1 tokens via Urza, Prince of Kroog, which he played Turn 1 via Jeweled Lotus, and Training Grounds. Only this deck's third or fourth loss. 0-4

legendofa on In what color to combo …

1 year ago

Welcome to the club, DndDungeonGeist!

Aside from personal preference, which Crow_Umbra covered nicely, {G}{U} always seems to have several tricks. Training Grounds, Gilder Bairn, and Seedborn Muse are great enablers, and it's almost trivially easy to get infinite mana and/or counters, if that's your thing. Counterspell and Heroic Intervention are pretty typical protective spells. And if budget's a concern, all of these have very inexpensive replacements that work just as well most of the time. Lots of drawing, mana, and stability make this a very solid color pair for combo.

CoryDean on Flicker Deck

1 year ago

Added: Hoarding Broodlord, Tranquil Frillback, Nahiri's Resolve, Training Grounds, Arid Mesa, Raffine's Tower, Farewell

Removed: Gonti, Lord of Luxury, Turn to Mist, Merciless Eviction

Goyfs-R-Us on All Hail The Overlord

1 year ago

DoctorMunchiesPHD Crypt Sliver winds up being more mana efficient in board states without Training Grounds. Love Brood Sliver always have always will. Frenetic Sliver is more a last resort removal protection and more often then not is a blue card to pitch for Force of Will or used to get Dormant Sliver off the board if I need to attack to finish someone. Don't really need mana reduction from Herald's Horn and it winds up not discounting a number of important Slivers in the deck. I'm not the biggest fan of the tutors that put the card on the top of the deck and not in hand, Worldly Tutor was the closest to making the deck among your suggestions but I chose Vampiric Tutor over it, due to the greater versatility and not having to reveal the card.