Viridian Longbow

Artifact — Equipment

Equipped creature has "{T}: This creature deals 1 damage to target creature, player or planeswalker."

Equip {3} ({3}: Attach to target creature you control. Equip only as a sorcery. This card enters the battlefield unattached and stays on the battlefield if the creature this card is attached to leaves the battlefield.)

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
Gladiator	Legal
Highlander	Legal
Historic	Legal
Historic Brawl	Legal
Legacy	Legal
Leviathan	Legal
Limited	Legal
Modern	Legal
Modern Beyond Horizons	Legal
Oathbreaker	Legal
Pauper	Legal
Pauper Duel Commander	Legal
Pauper EDH	Legal
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (49)

Czarnian90 on Arachnophobia, Webs of Fear (Shelob)

1 week ago

seshiro_of_the_orochi: Thanks for your comment – and for the +1 on Hellegion! :)

Honestly, I’m not quite sure what a spider holding a bow would look like… maybe with one of its legs? Haha. But Vraska? She’d have no trouble at all. Jokes aside, you actually pointed me toward a simple combo I had completely missed – poisoned shots at opponents. Viridian Longbow plus Infect or Fynn, the Fangbearer is a really cool idea.

To be honest, I’ve been thinking more and more about building another deck – a Gorgon/Snake tribal with Vraska, Aphellia, Damia, and similar characters. The only thing that holds me back is figuring out what direction this current spider deck would go in then, because I wouldn’t want to run the same cards and strategies in both.

As for the infinite mana and board wipe combo – it’s a brilliant idea. I’m just a bit worried my playgroup might not be so nice to me for the rest of the evening. But hey, why not try it at least once, right?

Cards that protect Shelob are very welcome. I’ve already tried to include a few similar effects, and thanks to you I now see even more possibilities. Appreciate it!

seshiro_of_the_orochi on Arachnophobia, Webs of Fear (Shelob)

1 week ago

I've had a deck around Shelob for a while. It has since made room for Ygra, Eater of All, but Shelob can definitely do some rather unique things.

First, there is neat tech when having a commander with Ward. Including a number of spells like Snakeskin Veil, Fake Your Own Death and Not Dead After All always make fir great "Gotcha"s when an opponent tries to remove your commander.

Cards like Viridian Longbow are powerful for deathtouchers in general, and for Shelob, it can be easy removal. For even more shenanigans, Thornbite Staff with Longbow can be a one-sided boardwipe.

Finally, Shelob goes infinite with Devoted Druid. Just kill the druid with a spider to get an artifact that untaps infinitely to get infinite {G}. I don't know if this works for your playgroup, but it's quite powerful. Protean Hulk can do similar things, the only problem lies within it being 7 mana to get out.

I wish you all the fun with the deck!

Venum on Poison Counters go Brrrrr

1 month ago

I really like Fynn because you have a lot of cheap options to make that deck really strong.

• Viridian Longbow help you target a player without having to attack and then you can proliferate with Contagion Clasp afterward to pump the poison counter every turn.

• Ohran Frostfang + Toski, Bearer of Secrets for extra draw

• kill other creatures with some Fights mechanic such as Bite Down , Infectious Bite or Smell Fear

• As for creature, i really like some Toxic that help your other creature and poison counter up Bloated Contaminator, Contaminant Grafter, Phyrexian Swarmlord and Venerated Rotpriest

capwner on Poppin' My Collar

2 months ago

Vapor Snag and Electrolyze with the snappys sure takes me back. Yeah you could run other stuff to optimize this idea more like Urza's Saga+Viridian Longbow, but as it stands this list is--I believe the kids call it swag?

ErebusX on House of Flying Poop Knives

3 months ago

Also, consider Viridian Longbow or Hunter's Bow. The longbow is somewhat repeatable creature destruction at instant speed, while the bow helps protect your creatures and takes out a creature as it enters.

Craeter on Deathtouch Abuse

8 months ago

The Viridian Longbow + Thornbite Staff + deathtouch creature board wipe combo is just like the Goblin Sharpshooter + Basilisk Collar one. Pretty cool to see this again, especially with the colorless options.

Nice work with this one, the overall price of the deck is impressive too as Thornbite is not a cheap card.

Caran_Lyg on Oxyuranus Microlepidotus

8 months ago

Hey Balaam__. Finally added Viridian Longbow after 3 years. I got a hold of 3 copies from a coworker. He gave me a whole bunch of cards that he said he don’t need since I told him I don’t play Magic and have no cards. He was teaching me the basics of building decks and the rules and saw this card. I got excited but I had to control myself so I would look like I really have no clue.

Nicolbolas1990 on Commander think tank

11 months ago

My default commander is muldratha and inturn I've collected tons of graveyard/etb/recursion effects to compliment. From Time Sieve with several enablers Pentavus Myr Battlesphere Thopter Assembly Encroaching Mycosynth & Unctus, Grand Metatect, Horseshoe Crab, Paradise Mantle, Viridian Longbow but I'd include combos like gitrog and Dakmor Salvage because they enable strong combos and can work in combination with other peices like Crystal Vein or Dryad Arbor . Slime foot was also one of my original homebrew ing commander's finding a handful of cheeky combos that allowed him to swing well above his projected power level as well being a utility peice for mid and drawn out games. Plus has become a wincon on its own on occasion. Beledros is listed mainly cause of his ability would just make him a automatic solid choice.