Victimize

Sorcery

Choose two target creature cards in your graveyard. Sacrifice a creature. If you do, return the chosen cards to the battlefield tapped.

Discussion (50)

Mtg_Mega_Nerds on Innistrad: Midnight Hunt. A Good …

1 week ago

Unless you put only Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Triskelion in the deck, Tutor them into the graveyard with Old Stickfingers then Victimize and win.

Caerwyn on Doesn't Mikaeus And Walking Ballista …

1 week ago

To add one additional step to Rhadamanthus's post, you will also need some way to kill the Walking Ballista the first time to engage the loop and kick off the infinite enter the battlefield effects--Ballista will not have any counters when it enters due to Victimize, so it cannot independently kill itself to begin the loop of undying.

Mtg_Mega_Nerds on None

1 week ago

If both Mikaeus, the Unhallowed and Walking Ballista are in the graveyard, and I return them both with Victimize, doesn't walking ballista enter with 0 +1/+1 counters? So when it returns to the battlefield with a +1/+1 counter from undying, you can just remove that counter, pinging an opponent for 1, and repeating the process?

multimedia on The Undying

1 week ago

Hey, nice casual budget version, but are undying creatures other than Mikaeus and Flayer really worth it?

Consider more enablers to get +1/+1 counters on your creatures?

• Unspeakable Symbol
• Olivia, Mobilized for War
• Sword of Hours
• Fain, the Broker

If you're going for an attacking strategy then consider a few more fliers that have some added value when they die or when they ETB?

• Baleful Strix
• Bloodtracker
• Siren Stormtamer
• Butcher of Malakir

Bloodtracker + Sword of Hours is a nice interaction. Some sac outlets are helpful to sac creatures who have counters to get their die or ETB triggers.

• Carrion Feeder
• Viscera Seer
• Goblin Bombardment

You have several high CMC creatures here, more reanimation and enablers could help.

• Buried Alive
• Apprentice Necromancer
• Victimize
• Faithless Looting

Olivia, Mobilized for War is a +1/+1 counter enabler and an enabler for reanimation.

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Some cards to consider cutting:

• Essence Backlash
• Redirect
• Kumena's Awakening
• Abnormal Endurance
• Pharika's Libation
• Butcher Ghoul
• Invisible Stalker
• Taurean Mauler
• Demonlord of Ashmouth
• Hound of Griselbrand
• Mer-Ek Nightblade
• Falkenrath Marauders
• Thunderblust
• Silumgar, the Drifting Death
• Blood Tyrant
• Sphinx of Magosi

Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on Firja, Judge of Valor Budget EDH

1 month ago

Hey, well done so far on a budget.

Consider the Emeria Shepherd + Pyre of Heroes interaction with basic Plains? Shepherd is an Angel to reanimate because then she along with Plains can reanimate any nonland permanent. The interaction of these two cards comes from being able to sac an Angel to tutor for to cheat another one onto the battlefield and then reanimate the Angel you just saced with Shepherd. Just by playing a land Shepherd can get a nonland permanent into your hand such as Mind Stone to cast to help to trigger Firja.

Angel of the Ruins has a powerful ETB effect and is another nice Angel with Shepherd because any land can return Ruins to your hand to then plainscycle to search for a Plains. Another interaction with Pyre is repeatedly sacing the same Angel such as Angel of Despair and reanimating it with Shepherd as long as you have Plains.

Firja as a five drop starts the chain nicely with Pyre when saced to get a six drop Angel such as Valkyrie Harbinger and then Harbringer the next turn gets Shepherd. From there get back Harbringer with Shepherd and then sac it later on to get Sephara, Sky's Blade.

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Profane Tutor is a budget low CMC tutor that you cast from suspend. Open the Armory is a low CMC tutor to get Mask of Memory or Animate Dead. Dawn of Hope can do a lot when your Commander has lifelink as well as has evasion.

Court of Grace can be repeatable Angels as well as draw from the monarch. Flying Angels especially ones with vigilance can help to defend for you to keep the monarch, not letting your opponents do combat damage to you. Cleric Class is another one mana card that can help to gain life to trigger various effects and the other levels are good too.

Apprentice Necromancer has interaction with Sun Titan to repeatedly reanimate any 3 CMC or less permanent for one black mana. With Titan in your graveyard reanimate him with Necromancer. Titan ETB reanimates Necromancer and Titan has haste thus he attacks reanimates any other 3 CMC or less permanent. At your end step Titan is saced putting him in your graveyard to reanimate again with Necromancer on your next turn and repeat.

Titan can reanimate Evolving Wilds which is fuel for Emeria Shepherd. Because of Titan For one black mana you could repeatedly trigger Shepherd two times until you run out of Plains or nonland permanents to reanimate/recur. Patriarch's Bidding and Victimize are upgrades for some reanimate spells and Bidding is now a budget card.

Dark Ritual is one mana to help to cast a second spell to trigger Firja or use it to help to cast Firja since she's double black mana cost. Orzhov Signet, Talisman of Hierarchy, Mind Stone are some budget mana rock additions/upgrades. Caves of Koilos, Shineshadow Snarl, Snowfield Sinkhole, Path of Ancestry, Esper Panorama, Ash Barrens are some budget lands to consider adding.

If interested in any of these suggestions then I offer more advice of cuts to consider. Good luck with your deck.

multimedia on Dungeon of Sefris

2 months ago

Hey, you're welcome. Nice updates.

Omniscience + Acererak the Archlich is a neat combo for repeatable venturing and win condition, but Omniscience is going to be difficult to cast. Consider Resurgent Belief as a way to cheat Omniscience onto the battlefield with reanimation after looting it? Get Omniscience into your graveyard with Entomb , Unmarked Grave and Vile Entomber . These cards can also trigger Sefris if you instead get a creature such as Reassembling Skeleton .

Another direction to consider for Omniscience + Acererak combo is an infinite mana combo of Deadeye Navigator + Peregrine Drake which also can be repeatable venturing with any creature who ventures when it ETB since Deadeye can infinite blink it. Could include a card that draws when it ETB such as Baleful Strix that way you could infinite blink Strix to draw Omniscience + Acererak, to cast them with infinite mana to combo. Strix is a creature that's nice with Tortured Existence to recur to cast/draw again/dies again and has deathtouch defense.

Reanimate the Deadeye + Drake combo with Victimize by sacing Reassembling Skeleton .

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One of the advantages Sefris has as Commander is he can be a repeatable source of venturing. Because of this you need less venturing from other cards. Consider cutting some clunky cards that venture and replace them with creatures who loot for more venturing with Sefris?

• Gloom Stalker : even with double strike this guy is lackluster.
• Clattering Skeletons : four drop who has to die to venture is subpar compared to other cards that venture.
• Shortcut Seeker : four drop having only 2 power and no evasion means this guy is going to have trouble doing combat damage to a player.
• Veteran Dungeoneer
• Zombie Ogre

Other cards to consider cutting:

• Temple of the False God : have no land ramp, it will not tap for mana until turn five or six and that's if you make your land drops.
• Calculated Dismissal
• Contact Other Plane
• Martial Coup
• Doom Blade
• Murder

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Consider repeatable loot? Can loot on an opponent's turn to potentially venture with Sefris.

• Compulsion : can activate it to loot on each player's turn.
• Geier Reach Sanitarium
• Jace's Archivist : repeatable Windfall .
• Magus of the Bazaar
• Jace, Vryn's Prodigy  ^Flip
• Obsessive Stitcher

Other loot:

• Windfall
• Frantic Search

Master of Death can be repeatable surveil 2 as well as a creature who can return to your hand at your upkeep. Both these abilities can enable Sefris to trigger more venturing. Master is good with looting since he's a creature to discard to trigger Sefris and he returns to your hand to do it again.

multimedia on varina budget? 100$

2 months ago

Hey, well done on a budget. Missing a few budget staples ( Sol Ring ), but overall interesting version of Varina. If your goal is to have fun then also include your opponents having fun...

Do you want to be become the archenemy every game you play this deck? A Box + Narset lock is not fun. Narset and wheels is not fun. Cut all the ridiculous stax cards for more Zombie synergy ( Undead Augur )?

Instead of stax, build around Wonder and Psychosis Crawler with Zombies and wheels? Include more ways to get Wonder and Crawler into your graveyard ( Vile Entomber ) and more ways to reanimate Crawler ( Victimize )?

Cut Hullbreacher to fix the manabase? Black is the primary color, you need it a lot more than the rest, but there's just as many basic Plains and Islands than Swamps. You risk with this manabase not consistently having black mana. Zombies are black, wheels are blue or black thus build around black and blue and splash white for Varina?

Peoyogon on Premodern dark sacrifice

2 months ago

Hmm, have you considered adding Phyrexian Negator for more fast aggro/sac engine and Victimize for fast, efficient recursion? I'm not sure if it would help against all matchups but it might be worth looking into?