Triskelion

Artifact Creature — Construct

Triskelion enters the battlefield with three +1/+1 counters on it.

Remove a +1/+1 counter from Triskelion: Triskelion deals 1 damage to any target (creature, player or planeswalker).

Combos

• Mikaeus, the Unhallowed + Triskelion
• Gilder Bairn + Jiang Yanggu, Wildcrafter + Triskelion
• Basilisk Collar + Triskelion

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
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Oldschool 93/94	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Premodern	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (46)

wallisface on Black/Green Green Triskelion Deck - Copy

1 month ago

Sliverguy420 the term ”strictly better” has a very specific definition, which is incorrect to use here. The fact that Triskelion has any uses/applications over Ballista means this comparison simply isn’t true.

Again, i’m not debating that Ballista isn’t almost always the stronger card, i’m simply calling out that the term ”strictly better” is an incorrect statement here.

Sliverguy420 on Black/Green Green Triskelion Deck - Copy

1 month ago

wallisface i don't think it's disingenuous. how much space is a deck going to have for flicker effects when it has to dedicate itself to either a reanimation strategy, or enough ramp to reach 6 mana? might as well just use an infinite mana loop and win with ballista. the best thing a Triskelion can really do is combo with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, and thats another 6 mana card.

wallisface on Black/Green Green Triskelion Deck - Copy

1 month ago

^ on that vein though, if you are trying to build a deck with Triskelion, you probably want to be including a bunch of effects that play to its benefit - i.e. reanimation spells and flicker effects (otherwise, there’s no real point to running it over the beforementioned card).

wallisface on Black/Green Green Triskelion Deck - Copy

1 month ago

Sliverguy420 it’s not ”strictly better” at all. For 6 mana Triskelion is a 4/4, while Ballista is only a 3/3. If you flicker Triskelion you get all its counters back, so can play better into those shenanigans (flickering Ballista will just kill it).

Yes, Ballista is the better card 99% of the time - but these cards still function very differently and it is disingenuous to say one is ”strictly better” than the other, when they behave quite differently.

Sliverguy420 on Black/Green Green Triskelion Deck - Copy

1 month ago

Walking Ballista is a strictly better Triskelion

DreadKhan on EDH NecroPotentence

1 month ago

I have an abiding fondness for Necropotence, and I've always been curious if there isn't some crazy things Asmodeus can do, so thanks for posting!

Good Old Gary is a good life gain source in Black, and technically you can reanimate him. People often use it as a win con, so if you're worried you might play it late game and just kill everyone it's a real concern and may not be your cup of tea if you want a more Commander dependent strategy.

If you want a backup Crypt Rats there is also Thrashing Wumpus, which can be activated a couple times. BTW Crypt Rats REALLY likes Gift of Doom in my experience, B to board wipe can give you a lot of time to fart around, and Gift of Doom is one of the hardest to interact with protection effects if you use it's Morph ability to attach it.

I'm not sure it really matters, but I think Elixir of Immortality is better than Feldon's Cane.

I have done some reading on Necrotic Ooze combos (mostly for Meren decks), you can combine Necrotic Ooze in play with Phyrexian Devourer and something like Triskelion or Walking Ballista to win on the spot... Since those work by similarly only applying the activated ability (and not any Static abilities) your idea should work too to draw cards for very cheap (or free with your Skirge Familiar).

I don't think I've ever used it in an EDH deck yet, but Strands of Night is probably worth a look if you like reanimating stuff. I think the issue is I have no mono-black decks, it's much better in mono-black.

Your Feast of Sanity might like Sickening Dreams?

If you don't mind being in Esper, Zur the Enchanter *f-etch* is a great Necropotence based Commander, probably more powerful than Asmodeus, but more of a 'kill on sight' option as a result.

Cynic14 on Chainer, Dementia Master Commander Deck (2024-12-1

1 month ago

Add Triskelion for the combo with Mikaeus, the Unhallowed.

SaberTech on The Mimeospasm [Reanimator Terminator] - primer

8 months ago

Since you are running Mikaeus, the Unhallowed, Triskelion, and Buried Alive I find that it's helpful to have a couple reanimation spells that can get two creatures out of the graveyard at once. Victimize and Living Death are my usual picks.

With Jarad in the deck, Coffin Queen might be worth considering as a way of repeatedly returning large creatures to the board for sac fodder.

Titanoth Rex could be useful in Mimeoplasm. It's a big body that puts itself into the graveyard for cheap, draws you a card, and can give Mimeoplasm trample if it doesn't already have an evasive ability.

Ghostly Pilferer is another potential card for the deck that functions similar to Psychic Frog and Likeness Looter. Cheap, lets you discard, provides card draw, and gives you an evasion option if you end up copying it as your main creature for Mimeoplasm. I like that it lets you passively draw cards any time an opponent casts their commander from the command zone.