Dimir ramp options

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Posted on May 31, 2015, 11:57 a.m. by K34

I am sick of being 1 to 3 turns behind my Selesnya counterpart. He has access to green, so I know I can't play faster, but I want to do a better job of keeping up. What is the best ramp available in blue, black, and artifacts?

klone13 says... #2

May 31, 2015 12:01 p.m.

klone13 says... #4

May 31, 2015 12:03 p.m.

Black has a lot of good ramp rituals: Cabal Ritual, Dark Ritual, Bubbling Muck, Burnt Offering, Culling the Weak, Songs of the Damned.

Blue has Apprentice Wizard, High Tide, Dreamscape Artist, Energy Tap and Vedalken Engineer.

Artifacts give you Pili-Pala, so Grand Architect can help you go infinite.

Do you have a decklist I could view and make better suggestions?

May 31, 2015 12:07 p.m.

KillDatBUG says... #6

May 31, 2015 12:08 p.m.

Octrate says... #7

Since most of your options for ramp are going to end up being artifacts, shall I direct you to the Tezzeret? Tezzeret the Seeker is the strongest ramp option between the two, but if you find yourself having an abundance of artifacts, Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas just adds some utility and consistency.

May 31, 2015 12:15 p.m.

K34 says... #8

@ Karns_Pyromancer it is the blue/black decklist on my page called midnight's daughters.

@klone13 Talisman of Dominance is exactly the kind of stuff I'm looking for, thank you.

I have an assortment of Mana rocks to provide myself with colorless Mana, but it's the colored Mana I usually lack. I'm liking the myrs

May 31, 2015 12:29 p.m.

Arvail says... #9

You want to run mana rocks. For Dimir, I'd go with Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, Talisman of Dominance, Dimir Signet, Mind Stone, Darksteel Ingot, and Chromatic Lantern. Those should be enough low costing rocks to ramp some.

May 31, 2015 12:43 p.m.

Ixidron says... #10

May 31, 2015 1:09 p.m.

SimicPower says... #11

May 31, 2015 3:24 p.m.

sonnet666 says... #12

No one's mentioned Teferi, Temporal Archmage? The -1 is awesome and gets better the more mana rocks you have.

There's also a couple of "for artifacts" ramp dorks: Renowned Weaponsmith and Vedalken Engineer.

Cost reducing effects are a thing too: Jet Medallion, Sapphire Medallion, Nightscape Familiar, Stormscape Familiar.

May 31, 2015 11:32 p.m.

meglo03 says... #13

I don't see him listed but Crypt Ghast is more swamp based ramp that also gives you a small sink in extort.

June 19, 2015 6:42 a.m.

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