Traverse the Outlands

Sorcery

Search your library for up to X basic land cards, where X is the greatest power among creatures you control. Put those lands onto the battlefield tapped, then shuffle your library.

Discussion (50)

king-saproling on Legal Abuse

2 days ago

No Sanctum of Eternity ? You might like these too: Temur Sabertooth , Cloudstone Curio , Mirari's Wake , Mana Reflection , Zendikar Resurgent , Regal Behemoth , Zhur-Taa Ancient , Shared Summons , Traverse the Outlands , Pir's Whim , Reap and Sow , Sylvan Scrying , Impact Tremors , Purphoros, God of the Forge , Aetherflux Reservoir

BiggRedd54 on 5 Colour Dragons

2 weeks ago

Hey fellow sky swarmer,

I feel it is necessary for you to upgrade your dragon arsenal. Some of your dragons are pretty weak (Immirsturn and Steel Hellkite ). Also, no need for Esika, God of the Tree  ^Flip and probably no need for Niv-Mizzet Reborn . It’s cool to play them, but they don’t help your strategy.

You should be focusing on creating value by ramping as much as possible, then playing sky swellers AKA dragons, hopefully doubling up on permanents in the process. Consider Traverse the Outlands as a major improvement, or even something big like Boundless Realms . If nothing else you can always cast your commander.

Dragon's Hoard < Commander's Sphere . No doubt about that.

I’d drop that irrelevant Aurelia instant spell for a Boros Charm to protect your investments or maybe give doublestrike.

DevoMelvminster on The Power of Draw

1 month ago

MLS91 Yeah, I get that it can draw a card, but there are tons of 1 and 2 cmc ramp in the deck that can be dropped after playing Skyshroud Claim and paying the same cmc for tapped mana doesn’t seem worth the ability to cycle it to me.

Used to run Nissa, Who Shakes the World and just cut her because once i’m at 5+ mana I want to be playing big bois, not more ramp. That being said I do run Traverse the Outlands and that is just because it’s pretty easy to just grab ALL of my basics with it... that and it’s a power matters deck and I wanted to put every “equal to the greatest power” kind of card in I could. Either way, she’s always in and out of rotation. I’ll slot her into the maybe board to represent that.

Priest of Titania is great, but both Karametra's Acolyte , and Selvala, Heart of the Wilds get me huge mana more reliably. Don’t really need another big mana dork.

Protean Hulk is basically for grabbing Loaming Shaman to shuffle my graveyard back in. With an instant speed sac outlet ( Momentous Fall , Greater Good , etc.) I can do it whenever I need to keep from decking myself. It can also grab any of the big mana dorks and removal ( Reclamation Sage , Kogla, the Titan Ape ). Last but not least it can grab various win cons (most notably Mossbridge Troll ) while also just being big enough that it doesn’t feel dead outside of those uses.

As for the rest, I have all of those in a competitive green deck I am working on and didn’t want to buy em all again, nor did i want to have too many tutors when I can just draw through my deck instead. That’s way more fun!

Thanks for the ideas! Some are certainly worth it if you want to tune the deck up a bit.

wolfsack on Dino Buddies

1 month ago

• Wilderness Reclamation
• Bear Umbra
• Gift of Paradise
• Dawn's Reflection
• Brash Taunter
• Early Harvest
• Silence
• Soul's Majesty
• Dictate of Karametra
• Overgrowth
• Trace of Abundance
• Fertile Ground
• Nylea's Intervention
• Traverse the Outlands
• Boundless Realms
• Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
• Nylea, Keen-Eyed
• Otepec Huntmaster
• Voyaging Satyr
• Blossom Dryad
• Krosan Restorer
• Chandra's Ignition

king-saproling on Mananath

3 months ago

You might like these: Patron of the Orochi, Awakening, Extraplanar Lens, Caged Sun, Doubling Cube, Keeper of Progenitus, Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Traverse the Outlands, Llanowar Elves, Birds of Paradise, Wild Growth, Arbor Elf, Squallmonger, Basilisk Collar, Bear Umbra, Wilderness Reclamation

Optimator on Giant's Deck

5 months ago

Potential Non-Boros Commanders: Show

If you did want to use a different commander for more colors, here are the ones I would recommend:

Five-Color:

I love the idea of being able to include any Giant that you want. Budget five-color mana bases are easy.

Morophon, the Boundless - probably the best pick? It gives a substantial discount and is technically a Giant itself. The anthem tacked on is just gravy. I have one for trade!

Golos, Tireless Pilgrim - a bit of ramp, plus his ability is just fucking nuts. Absolutely outrageous. Spewing out giants! An outstanding commander through-and-through.

Kenrith, the Returned King - Grants haste, can bring back dead giants, can grow your army, draws cards. He does everything except be a giant himself. Another outstanding general.

Jodah, Archmage Eternal - Most Jodah decks focus on extremely expensive creatures and spells, so his ability might not be too hot for Giant Tribal. He would work though. Outclassed for sure.

Jegantha, the Wellspring - A bit of ramp in the command zone. Outclassed by the rest, but it IS a giant elk...

Naya:

Naya colors get you Green, which will add some very good giants and significantly improve your options for ramp, utility, and card-draw. By like, a ton.

Samut, Voice of Dissent - grants Haste, which is dope. The untapping ability can surprise opponents maybe. Not a giant though.

Mayael the Anima - A pretty excellent choice for Giant Tribal. Her ability would be great for when you run out of cards, which is awesome to have in the command zone. Mayael's Aria is hilarious.

Gahiji, Honored One - Looks like a giant beast, for what it's worth. Boosts your attacks and may even take some heat off of you. A mediocre choice, but not awful.

Marisi, Breaker of the Coil - some good general value. Would make attacking easier due to taking away blockers. Nothing outstanding though.

Atla Palani, Nest Tender - Hatch giants out of eggs!

Other color combinations:

Saskia the Unyielding - Not sure why you'd want to run four colors when you could do all five, but her ability is no joke. Personally I prefer the Blue giants to the Black ones, but Black has some of the best utility and card-draw in the game.

Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder + Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper - want to run most of the giants and have M A X I M U M life-gain? This pair would make for a profoundly distinct Giant Tribal. A truly unique take. Might be lots of fun! You could even try to squeeze in Felidar Sovereign and Test of Endurance for a laugh; certainly not necessary though.

Ruhan of the Fomori - No Green, but he's a giant himself and Blue utility is as good as any. A decent choice, but if you're stepping out of Boros you may as well run Green cards.

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The stand-outs to me are Golos, Tireless Pilgrim - Morophon, the Boundless - Kenrith, the Returned King - Mayael the Anima - Bruse Tarl, Boorish Herder + Ikra Shidiqi, the Usurper. These are all extremely strong choices.

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Here's some of the fantastic Utility cards that you would gain by stepping into other colors (I'll try to list budget cards):

Rhythm of the Wild - Garruk's Uprising! - Elemental Bond - Colossal Majesty - Beast Within - Temur Ascendancy - Nylea, Keen-Eyed - Nylea, God of the Hunt - Primal Rage - Brawn - Heroic Intervention - Golgari Charm - Wrap in Vigor - Return of the Wildspeaker - Soul's Majesty - Rishkar's Expertise - Sylvan Reclamation - Decimate - Genesis Ultimatum - Eerie Ultimatum - Ruinous Ultimatum - Despark - Descendants' Path - Clever Impersonator - Cyclonic Rift - Call to the Kindred - Swan Song - Greed - Casualties of War

Then there is Green's superior mana ramp. Cultivate - Kodama's Reach - Migration Path - Vastwood Surge - Ranger's Path - Nature's Lore - Rampant Growth - Deathsprout -Traverse the Outlands - Boundless Realms... the list goes on.

As you can see, there's a lot there that Red and White just can't even touch. Green is basically the best color in EDH, especially for big-creature decks. Very much worth considering, even if you're trying to keep the deck casual.

king-saproling on

5 months ago

You might like these: Reckless Fireweaver, Valduk, Keeper of the Flame, Inspiring Statuary, Blinkmoth Urn, Kamahl's Druidic Vow, Genesis Wave, Reshape the Earth, Boundless Realms, Traverse the Outlands, Scapeshift, Mana Seism, World Shaper, Splendid Reclamation, The Mending of Dominaria, Creeping Renaissance, Mina and Denn, Wildborn

griffstick on Kamahl Land help

5 months ago

Rude Awakening comes to mind. You are gonna want to search out all the lands you can. Boundless Realms, and Traverse the Outlands are really good at this.