Sleighs & Gifts Needed
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on Oct. 11, 2020, 5:29 a.m. by Stardragon
So a few days ago I asked for some bad gift commanders and decided to do a 5 color Karona, False God (as she gives herself as a gift) now I need gift ideas (self harming enchantments, creatures, auras, artifacts ect.) and ways to give the gifts to the people (like Donate, Harmless Offering or Zedruu the Greathearted). Here's a link to what I have so far The God that keeps on Giving Bad Gifts... ok so the links not working the heck it's not set to private nor is it prototype (i just shoved a bunch of mountains in for filler thinking that would help) so i do not know why it's not working
Stardragon says... #3
plakjekaas txs for the ideas is the link working for you? I ask because I did put nine lives in the deck and mentioned it.
October 11, 2020 6:42 a.m. Edited.
VampDemigod says... #5
That UW commander from jumpstart would be a great include! Can’t remember the name for the life of me.
October 11, 2020 10:11 a.m.
VampDemigod says... #7
Wait no blind! Tho maybe a bit of dum blonde in here too!
October 11, 2020 10:25 a.m.
EleshNornsFs says... #8
My two favorite bad gifts, though not top tier are Xantcha, Sleeper Agent and Akroan Horse.
October 11, 2020 10:52 a.m.
VampDemigod says... #9
A few cards that haven’t been mentioned yet, and that are relatively budget: Nine Lives Forbidden Crypt Immortal Coil Nefarious Lich Abyssal Persecutor works as a great insurance policy when it’s in the other side of the battlefield, as well as protecting yourself and stopping the opponent from using “win the game” cards. Soul Echo is pretty nice, it only requires a gift effect. Transcendence is similar, but can’t be cast when you’re above 19 life. Stunning Reversal can help save you if you can’t give one of your self-harm spells to your opponent. It’s also a great way to save yourself. Exquisite Archangel works similarly. Demonic Pact Curse of Vengeance gives you a nice boost when you eliminate a player. Shauku, Endbringer is a slower self-harm, which can be used on your side too. If you want, you can also use a Pacifism effect on it and give it to an opponent.
Duplicity is a great card for more co-op builds.
October 11, 2020 12:56 p.m.
VampDemigod says... #10
...gosh darn tappedout not respecting the 10-20 times I hit the enter key....
October 11, 2020 1:24 p.m.
VampDemigod says... #11
Some effects that exile graveyards, again, budget friendly (useful for about 3 of the cards I linked): Burn Away, Hedonist's Trove, Sentinel Totem, Crook of Condemnation, Tormod's Crypt, Agent of Erebos, Nihil Spellbomb, Angel of Finality, Identity Crisis, Kaya's Guile, Remorseful Cleric, Rakdos Charm, Mnemonic Betrayal, Scavenger Grounds, Bojuka Bog, Day's Undoing.
I’d recommend only running 3-6 of these if you run the 3 cards that care about empty graveyards that I mentioned earlier.
October 11, 2020 1:56 p.m.
FormOverFunction says... #12
Jinxed Choker and Jinxed Ring are fun. It seems like I draw at least one of them every time I play my haunted house deck, and they generate some fun...interpersonal scenarios ;p
October 11, 2020 2:46 p.m.
Fractured Identity could be interesting, play something, then give everyone but you a copy of it.
October 11, 2020 3:10 p.m.
Hive Mind for crazy gifting shenanigans when using cards like Role Reversal. You also force everybody to give to their spells to each other
October 11, 2020 4:31 p.m.
VampDemigod says... #15
Confusion in the Ranks to hot-potato around a Nine Lives....
October 11, 2020 5:41 p.m.
Stardragon says... #16
DeinoStinkus- Thxs for the input it is a fun card and may use it
Lanzo493- It is a crazy card but not going to use it as they could just send my gifts back to me and I don't want that it makes me feel like my gifts weren't liked
Unlife- Now this is what I'm looking for great way to give every a great gift!
EleshNornsFs- Thxs for the input I was actually trying to remember Xantcha for my deck but could actually remember the name. As for Akroan Horse I fail to see how it a bad gift. An opponent gets a free creature sure it can't attack but it still a free creature and on each of my upkeeps (it says yours not your opponent's turn or the horses controller) each opponent including the one that got the Horse gets a 1/1 token but not me. It's feels more of group hug card rather than bad gift card.
VampDemigod- Where to begin you gave a lot of ideas some which I already had but many I did not.
To all that helped me don't forget to us the enpc made in the comments as it works (Still don't know why my link isn't working and only for this page all other links from other pages work weird)
October 12, 2020 7:38 p.m.
Stardragon says... #17
FormOverFunction- Thought about the jinxed family but none has the made the cut atm
October 12, 2020 7:45 p.m.
EleshNornsFs says... #18
Akroan Horses ability applies to the controller. On the controller's upkeep, everyone else, including you, the owner, gets the token.
October 12, 2020 9:54 p.m.
VampDemigod says... #19
If it said the cards owner, THEN it would happen on your upkeep. Otherwise, “you” refers to the card’s controller.
October 12, 2020 10:10 p.m.
FormOverFunction says... #20
Stardragon - no sweat! I was just hoping to round out your decision-making with a little theme-heavy jank. If you work that into your process you’ll find something fun sometimes! Can’t wait it to see the deck!
October 13, 2020 9:32 a.m.
Stardragon says... #21
[The God that keeps on Giving Bad Gifts]
Link to my deck gave it a new name hoping the link would work... I still doesn't SIGH i really don't know why it won't work for me
plakjekaas says... #2
Lich's Mastery works like Nine Lives, run some Cleansing Nova-like effects to clear all these "whenever this permanent leaves the battlefield, you lose the game" effects when they're under your opponents' control.
Also, Karona, False God hits hard and hits fast, it's always a good idea to run some Shiny Impetus effects to make sure you don't die to your own commander
October 11, 2020 6:33 a.m.