Wargate

Sorcery

Search your library for a permanent card with converted mana cost X or less, put it onto the battlefield, then shuffle your library.

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
Planar Constructed	Legal
Planechase	Legal
Quest Magic	Legal
Tiny Leaders	Legal
Vanguard	Legal
Vintage	Legal

Discussion (47)

Rekt_Angles on The Extra Spicy Splicers

1 week ago

In that case, might I suggest running some tutors to grab the Pod?

Fabricate is the most straightforward, but Reshape can sac a golem to get whatever artifact you want as long as you can pay for it and Arcum Dagsson can do that repeatedly. You're in bant, so you can run Wargate to get whatever you want out of your deck, including Birthing Ritual. Enlightened TutorGC puts it on top of your library but may be worth considering. Whir of Invention has improvise, so it can possibly read "UUU get any artifact you want out of your deck"

Another misc card I like a lot in my token decks is Idol of Oblivion as a draw engine.

I hope these suggestions help!

FadingReality on Dragons, Dragons, Dragons

1 month ago

A couple ramp options that are all either land ramp (the best) or ramp that isn't artifact or creature based.

1.) Wild Growth

2.) Three Visits

2.) Wargate. Wargate gets any land in the game untapped; a very rare effect at any mana range (much less 3 mana). It is {W}{U}{G} as opposed to {3} but aside from that it's superior to even Darksteel Ingot. 3 mana to get an untapped Command Tower is strictly better than 3 mana to get even an indestructible artifact (artifact can still be exiled). This card also gets utility lands that even fetches can't get. On top of all that, Wargate also gives you the additional option of making X be more than 0. If you do that, you can tutor any permanent in your deck directly onto the battlefield. Very useful late game in that regard. So there's a ton of utility in this card for the same price as a 3 mana rock that just gives any color. Lastly, the blue pip in the casting cost gets you closer to being able to run Force of WillGC.

3.) Archdruid's Charm. Currently the only other card in the whole game besides Wargate that can get any land in the game for 3 mana. {G}{G}{G} could be tricky, but your mana base can handle it honeslty. Although the land you get with it does come in tapped, Archdruid makes up for this by being instant speed! What really makes this card shine is its utility. It is ramp, removal for artifacts, creatures, and enchantments, AND it is a creature tutor. Again, compare this to a 3 mana rock that just gives any color. This gives any LAND instead of a rock, also tutors, and is also removal. This card is nuts.

Lastly, this card isn't ramp per se, but The World Tree can give you a Chromatic Lantern effect and doesn't take up a deck slot. It can be tutored with wargate or archdruid's charm. Just something to keep in mind if you do cut Chromatic Lantern. I'd try to implement all 3 of the land ramp recommendations and then add wild growth if you still need more ramp. Alternatively, you could cut Delighted Halfling for wild growth. Wild growth gives you colored mana for any spell (not just legendaries like halfling), survives WAY more boardwipes and removal, and is also slightly faster since enchanting an untapped land with wild growth allows you to use its mana immediately. Halfling will never tap for mana same turn unless it has haste.

TheForsakenOne on Omnath, locus of all

5 months ago

You need a lot more cards that trigger Omnath, ideally you want to be hitting it every single turn but with lands that's already not going to happen. You barely have 6 cards in the deck that he'll trigger on, and while he will still draw you a card each turn you want to be adding that free mana. If you want a more goodstuff commander I'd recommend switching to Kenrith, the Returned King as a card that has more general value.

You seem to have a lot of just bad cards in here, giving the impression that you built this out of the cards you have lying around. Everyone has to start there, I did the same when I was starting out, but a lot of these go straight to the cutting floor. Aegis Turtle, Campus Guide, Sanguine Syphoner, Gutless Plunderer, Scytheclaw Raptor, Stromkirk Bloodthief, Hoverstone Pilgrim, Misleading Motes, Pilfer, Navigation Orb, Prophetic Prism, Tithing Blade  ^Flip, and Clawing Torment are all on this list.

You also seem to have a weird sacrifice subtheme with Ravenous Amulet, Vampire Gourmand, Dreg Recycler, Ayara, First of Locthwain, Vein Ripper, and Liliana, Dreadhorde General. The problem with this is that you just don't have good token generators or sacrifice fodder to support this outside of Liliana, not to mention its complete disconnect from the Omnath theme. I'd cut them all except for Liliana and Vein ripper since those are just good cards by themselves.

For other miscellaneous cuts: Rest in Peace is probably unnecessary for the power level you're looking to play at, most of the time it's going to sit dead in your hand. You don't really have enough enter the battlefield effects for Blur to pull its weight. And you don't really seem to be putting out creature numbers necessary for Campaign of Vengeance to be worth the 5 mana. Invasion of Ravnica  ^Flip is a decent card but the flip cares about 2 color pairs which seems out of place in this deck.

And are you sure you want to keep the infinite combo? Your deck is very low power, while that wincon is something more akin to something higher up. People are going to see you pull off the infinite out of nowhere and then have the perception of your deck based off of that when it'll probably only do it once every dozen or so games. I heavily suggest cutting Marauding Blight-Priest to avoid this.

For what you should add:

Pick and choose from the and cycles, those are pretty consistent 3 color spells that trigger Omnath.

Other suggestions: Villainous Wealth lets you turn all that mana into free spells of your opponents deck. A wincon in of itself.

Rienne, Angel of Rebirth if you put in more multicolored legends then this is a godsend, letting you play them over and over.

Maelstrom Nexus triggers Omnath and is just a really good card for casting big things like you want to.

Kodama's Reach is a second cultivate, which you definitely want.

Mirror Room / Fractured Realm copies a creature or doubles the triggers of all your stuff, including your commander.

Conflux tutors you three cards which is just great and with all the mana you should have you can have a nasty turn with this.

Annie Joins Up is removal and doubles your commander trigger. Also triggers Omnath's draw.

Wargate lets you tutor out whatever Permanent you need directly onto the battlefield, and is a good X spell for all your mana. Also see Chord of Calling or Rocco, Cabaretti Caterer for creatures specifically.

Yurlok of Scorch Thrash is great for adding a ton of mana over several turns. Also triggers Omnath

Sphinx's Revelation to turn that mana into a ton of lifegain and card draw.

Victory Chimes nets you 4 mana a turn with Omnath.

Koma, World-Eater is just a big guy that creates a bunch of tokens and is hard to get rid of. Also triggers Omnath.

Faeburrow Elder is another bloom tender that's also a 5/5 for 3 if you have a decent board.

Aragorn, the Uniter loves you casting multicolored spells because he'll trigger multiple times for each.

Zacama, Primal Calamity can be devastating with the amount of mana you can store. You can cripple your opponents with a string of her abilities.

Muldrotha, the Gravetide is great for recursion to spend all that mana. You'll basically never run out of things to play.

From your Maybeboard: Kroxa and Kunoros should be fun, and Polukranos Reborn  ^Flip is just a decent creature that also triggers Omnath. Rebuild the City is decent mega ramp that also creates bodies. If you add enough 3 color stuff Meeting of the Five would be great for a massive turn (I would also suggest Threefold Signal if you hit that level). Everything else I don't think is worth adding, you seem to have ambitions for Battle synergy but most of those don't trigger Omnath, I think that would be better saved for another deck.

Tl;Dr: Add more stuff that triggers Omnath and cut out the bulk. Add more ramp and think long and hard about if you do really want that infinite in a deck that cannot match it's power level and the hate it will bring on you.

DemonDragonJ on Dopplegangbangers - Historic Flash Convoke Copies

1 year ago

Would you consider putting Wargate into this deck, or is that card too expensive?

I know that I asked this question about your other deck, but are you certain that you certain that you can reliably cast all of the spells in this deck, especially considering that it has so few lands and only three mana-generating artifacts? Would you also consider putting Canopy Vista, Prairie Stream, or Spara's Headquarters in this deck?

Local_Hethen on Rafiq, The One Hit Wonder

1 year ago

I also have a Rafiq deck and my pods will absolutely remove him asap if they can.

I do see some protection for him but not much in the way of tutoring for your protective abilities or spells. It looks like you rely more on your draw abilities but that leaves too much to chance in my opinion. Enlightened Tutor, Steelshaper's Gift, Wargate, or something to just find what you need.

I would also drop the Colossus Hammer for Eldrazi Conscription.

Think about Steel of the Godhead, Shield of the Oversoul, and Favor of the Overbeing.

legendofa on Oathbreaker deckbuilding challenge

1 year ago

Made_Compleat How about The Masquerade is Over, with Estrid, the Masked and Wargate at the helm? It's far from tuned, but I think it's a respectable first draft--I don't have much Oathbreaker experience. I thought about Sarkhan Unbroken + Genesis Ultimatum, but this one started falling into place.

If I need to issue a challenge, it's to make a really bad deck. Overcosted and useless cards, sabotaging yourself, and generally not able to do anything. Inspired by the Nihilist format I learned about a couple of years ago from 99 Ways to lose (Nihilist), where you make a garbage deck, then switch with your opponent and try to win using the garbage deck they built. Nihilist: Too Angry to Think is my design. Bring that philosophy into Oathbreaker.

MrHighscore on The Dirty Dozen II

1 year ago

Hey DreadKhan, thanks a million for the thorough feedback!

I'm trying to move away from the 5 color theme, to speed up the plan slightly. It's still a bit rough to get the game rolling, and more often than not Atraxa will only be out turn 4.

Good points on the land ramp. I'll see if I can tweak the deck in a 'fetch forest' kind of way, and drop some of the signets. Also, I'm really not sure Smothering Tithe is worth it in this deck. You are right about Wargate, it may be worth it for the flexibility.

Regarding Brago, King Eternal I found him hard to capitalize on in The Dirty Dozen, so I decided to cut him out here.

Regarding Stax'ix effects, I'm having a hard time finding worthy cuts for them to matter. Some of the first cards I decided to cut were Norn's Annex, Crawlspace and Dueling Grounds

DreadKhan on The Dirty Dozen II

1 year ago

I'm not sure if it's really amenable to what you're already doing, but I remember a Sisay deck (I think I found it via ComedIan, it was actually a cEDH list), it used 5C Sisay to dig out a combo to win, and the combo was Planeswalker based. It used Aminatou, the Fateshifter, Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God, and Oath of Teferi to more or less win on the spot, the way it works is you use Oath to get 2 activations each time a Planeswalker ETBs, Aminatou and a copy can juggle one another, and with the other activation you get to do something to impact the board, Bolas can force opponents to exile permanents for example, but iirc this does eventually deck you. IIRC you can also untap stuff, so you can also make mana and do other stuff if you can't win via Bolas and Aminatou. Anyways, you aren't on Red, so you can't use that Bolas, but any method of copying Aminatou will let you juggle as long as you have an extra activation. AFAIK you only would need to add Aminatou to the list to have the option of doing this, since you have ways to copy her already. Without Bolas you'd still need some other piece out to generate advantage from the juggling, but I think that's not a big ask with this many other PWs.

I also noticed that you're on mana rocks over options like Nature's Lore and Three Visits, yes they require Green but you are on Triomes and Duals, which these can find. Land ramp is much more stable than mana rocks in my experience, so I try to use it over artifact sources in Green decks. In your colours I feel like you should look at Wargate, it's both a land ramp spell that can fetch a non-Basic land for only 3 mana, but if you have extra mana it can fetch something out.

It's a bit obnoxious, but Meekstone might be a pretty good fit in here unless I'm missing something, it even ignores your Commander fwiw. If you really want to protect Planeswalkers I would also consider Static Orb, but that's actively terrifying to most playgroups, but I think it would work well enough that I feel I should at least mention it. With your Proliferate theme and general lack of creatures, you might also try Tangle Wire, it does nothing to your Planeswalkers, and if the number is high enough it's very stultifying to the board. In a deck like this I wonder if Mythos of Brokkos would be handy to recur stuff? It's really, really wacky, but have you ever thought about trying out Brago, King Eternal? He can flicker your PWs whenever he connections, meaning you can downtick them, hit someone and then activate them again that turn. If you don't end up cutting back on artifact ramp Brago looks even better.

Good luck with your deck, hopefully something here will help your rework!