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| 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 |
| Planar Constructed | Legal |
| Planechase | Legal |
| Quest Magic | Legal |
| Vanguard | Legal |
| Vintage | Legal |
Ward of Bones
Artifact
Each opponent who controls more creatures than you can't play creature cards. The same is true for artifacts, enchantments, and lands.
Femme_Fatale on Commander bracket recommendation
1 week ago
It had not been implemented yet as I was asked to try and reduce some of the complexity. I don't think I succeeded.
Tutor:
"search your library for ... card..."
"searches their library for ... card..."
"may search their library for ... card..."
"search target opponent's library for ... card ... you may"
"search target opponent's library for ... card ... that card onto the battlefield under your control"
Exception: Any string that replaces the first elipses that has the words basic, Plains, Forest, Island, Mountain or Swamp.
Exception: Any string that replaces the first elipses that has a period in it.
Exception: Any string that replaces the second elipses that starts with "s named" or " named" or " with the same name"
This should catch instances of multiple cards being tutored. Note the lack of an inclusion of a period at the end for the first three.
All instances of the word "your" can be swapped for "target player" or "each player".
Individual cards: Demonic Consultation, Divining Witch, Emergent Ultimatum, Quiet Speculation, Tunnel Vision
Individual exceptions: AEther Searcher, Boldwyr Heavyweights, Hired Giant
Mass Land Denial:
"sacrifices ... lands"
"return ... lands to their owner's hands."
Exception: If the above ... has "two" or "three" in it for any of them.
"each player ... chooses ... land(s) ... sacrifices the rest."
"lands don't untap"
"players can't untap ... land"
Exception: If the card is instant or sorcery.
All instances of the word "land" dictated as a requirement in the strings above can be swapped for "permanent".
"lands are (land subtype)."
All instances of the word land dictated as a requirement in the strings above can be swapped with "nonbasic land", "Plains", "Forest", "Island", "Mountain" or "Swamp".
All instances of the word "sacrifices" can be swapped for "destroy" or "exile".
All instances of the word "player" can be swapped for "opponent".
A global expection for all Mass Land Denial is made if "nonland" is in any elipses.
Individual cards: Desolation, Equipoise, Hall of Gemstone, Land Equilibrium, Limited Resources, Mana Breach, Mana Vortex, Overburden, Pox, Quicksilver Fountain, Sands of Time, Storm Cauldron, Tangle Wire, Temporal Distortion, Thoughts of Ruin, Wake of Destruction, Ward of Bones, Words of Wind, World Queller
Individual exceptions: Hibernation, Scourglass
Nothing is case sensitive
SufferFromEDHD on
Atraxa super friends
1 year ago
A few of the Vraska planeswalkers seem good in here.
Cut some creatures, the creature tutors and Reanimate.
Profet93 on
Kozilek - cEDH
1 year ago
haki2022 +1
Voltaic + rings + Everflowing Chalice (4 counters) =
Scrap Trawler + Myr Retriever + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Sol Ring + Junk Diver - Combo
Scrap Trawler + Sculpting Steel + Krark-Clan Ironworks + Foundry Inspector - Combo
Blinkmoth Urn = Ramp, add Blinkmoth Well to make this asymmetrical + politics (which also is synergy with winter orb)
Karn, Legacy Reforged - Ramp
Have you thought of swapping out Void Winnower for Emrakul, the Promised End? Given you're in colorless, it can be hard to interact with the board at times. Emmy is a powerhouse which can potential be cheaper to cast that Void, not to mention it's potentially high ceiling. To sweeten the pot, Gerrard's Hourglass Pendant is synergy with it and helpful on it's own given your potential for over-extending (assuming no flash enabler).
Phyrexia's Core > Treasure vault(?) - Core acts as a sac outlet to prevent artifact theft, exile and most importantly, remove The One Ring. Ironworks is the only other card that can remove it. Having another card (a land which can be tutored for) is an additional form of redundancy that you might find more useful than treasure vault if you meta is on the more competitive side.
Potential cuts....
- Blast Zone - Too slow, especially for potential higher powered or cEDH games.
- God-Pharaoh's Statue - Unless you ramp into it, it's not that impactful. Given you already have a lot of redundancy, this is your weakest card in the deck IMO. You could potentially swap it out for another control card such as Ward of Bones but you're better off lowering the avg cmc of the deck.
Very solid deck and low avg cmc, great job
Butterking on
Oops all planeswalkers
1 year ago
Ward of Bones and Primal Surge are not planeswalkers so they can not be run due to the deck Companion Umori, the Collector
Mobilized District is a consideration to run tho.
SufferFromEDHD on
Oops all planeswalkers
1 year ago
Ward of Bones worth considering.
Primal Surge play your entire deck.
Mobilized District free manland.
SufferFromEDHD on
Jodahs Super Friendship
2 years ago
Big fan of super gimmicky decks like this.
Oath of Gideon and Oath of Teferi legendary enchantments that Jodah can dig for and speed up your planeswalker strategy.
Luxior, Giada's Gift legendary equipment that Jodah can dig for and turns your planeswalkers into beaters.
Ward of Bones not legendary but it's static ability in this list is LEGENDARY.
Inexorable Tide again not legendary but proliferating for playing planeswalkers just speeds up your clock.
Savor the Moment I have a few Super Friends lists and I squeeze this card into all of them.
carpecanum on
Grismold's Hordes
2 years ago
If you can sac your own tokens pretty regularly a Ward of Bones might be fun. Nobody can play creatures because you gave them a token.
hootsnag on
Oloro White Blue Black Creatureless Control
2 years ago
Glad you enjoy seeing the decks I make. I will answer your questions and give some insight into my decision making. First, I considered Expedition Map a long time ago and decided to go with more normal tutor cards such as Demonic Tutor etc. The map only grabs a land so it is limited in use. Mindslaver is one of those cards that can definitely cause all kinds of chaos but I chose to go for a faster win condition and less of cards like this. It takes too long to set up and get going. Lethal Vapors isn't a card I would run honestly. I would prefer a card like Spreading Plague or The Abyss instead. I chose exile as my main removal in this deck. Doing so counters graveyard strategies somewhat and indestructible. As for Static Orb and Winter Orb, these also interfere with my own win conditions. I'm trying to cast Approach of the Second Sun as fast as possible. This deck is very much control based and not really built to be a stax deck. Lastly, I've been asked before about why I don't run Yawgmoth's Will. I just don't think this particular deck is built to get value from it. It's an amazing card but I just didn't build this deck to support using such a card. Honestly, it would be more of a filler card for me.
Now, for the next set of questions. You are correct when you say that someone can still play one creature with Ward of Bones in play. The idea is to stop people from flooding the board with more than one. It is just a card to stall my opponents until I can draw or tutor my win conditions. This is the same reason why I use Portcullis. It keeps more than two creatures from being on the battlefield. Any creatures played on the battlefield beyond two get exiled until Portcullis leaves the battlefield. Again, I'm just slowing down and stalling my opponents so I can tutor or draw my win conditions. I feel that any creatureless deck should always run Portcullis. The value is just too insane. Energy Field is a card that I use to stall as well. It may last a couple of turns and that may be just enough to survive and tutor/cast my win condition. Null Brooch is such a fantastic card. A colorless artifact ability that just counters a non-creature spell is insane. It also combos crazy good with Ensnaring Bridge so that no creatures can attack because you have zero cards in hand. Witchbane Orb is just nice to have. It prevents a lot of bad things targeting you. It comes in handy more than you realize. You can't die to Grapeshot or other things with it in play. Norn's Annex forces people into a bad decision. They either pay white mana, lose life, or they can't attack you at all. Also, because of the Phyrexian Mana cost, you can play this fast to get value out of it quicker. Remember, if you make someone lose at least 8-10 life just to attack you, they are more vulnerable to other players killing them. The only other card I would put in place of this is No Mercy. Lastly, Mox Tantalite and Lotus Bloom are great for this deck. If I play them early enough, they allow me to cast Approach of the Second Sun very fast. Also, both suspend cards synergize with Tolaria West. Since the cards have a mana value of zero, you can use transmute from Tolaria West to search for them. I hope that shows you some of my reasoning and decision making. If you need to know anything further, feel free to ask.
