I Am Gishath, Hear Me Roar

Commander / EDH Art-n-Lutherie

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Oops! —Oct. 3, 2019

As PhyrexianWombat pointed out, if you don’t have Warstorm Surge in play the Polyraptor combo will cause the game to end in a draw. With nothing to stop the trigger from continuing you will never be able to close out your combat phase or do anything else because there will always be a trigger on the stack. So it gives the EDH game the proverbial blue screen of death by flooding it with a googolplex of raptors. I personally see no problem with this. LOL!

Like the deck a lot! I've played Gishath myself. Curious though, Polyraptor+Marauding Raptor would cause the game to end in a draw without a way to get rid of the raptor or something like Warstorm Surge to instakill your opponents, no?

September 30, 2019 8:33 p.m.

Art-n-Lutherie says... #2

@PhyrexianWombat omg you’re right! You could never move phases or end your turn because there would be an infinite number of Polyraptor triggers on the stack! LOL! Apparently this is diplomatic EDH where nobody loses (or wins) :D I hadn’t thought about the fact that it isn’t a “may” ability. Would using Swords to Plowshares on Marauding Raptor after, say the 6.022X10^23 trigger stop the cycle or would it keep gathering an infinite number of triggers on top of that preventing swords from ever resolving??

September 30, 2019 8:54 p.m.

Art-n-Lutherie I'm not sure, I'm not exactly a rules expert myself haha. I think you could kill them with damage from Impact Tremors , Warstorm Surge or Purphoros, God of the Forge but I'm not 100% on that either. The stack is a bizarre place!

I think if I'm not mistaken you could at least target the newest Polyraptor copy with the removal spell and the Marauding Raptor trigger would fizzle since there wouldn't be a legal target anymore... Maybe?

Yeah, I've loved Polyraptor since it was revealed, but for the sake of Marauding Raptor and AEther Flash I REALLY wish it said "you may."

October 1, 2019 3:07 a.m.

Homelessguy says... #4

Congregation at Dawn seems to work well with the commander

October 1, 2019 9:54 a.m.

Art-n-Lutherie says... #5

@Homelessguy that’s on my list to include I just haven’t found a copy yet - might have to just order online.

October 1, 2019 3:59 p.m.