Dimir ramp options
Commander (EDH) forum
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?
ToolmasterOfBrainerd says... #3
May 31, 2015 12:02 p.m.
Karns_Pyromancer says... #5
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
Besides the near infinite amount of useful mana rocks (Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Grim Monolith, Dimir Signet, Mox Diamond, Chrome Mox, Worn Powerstone, Gilded Lotus, Thran Dynamo, Chromatic Lantern, Lotus Petal, Lion's Eye Diamond)?
U/B doesn't have much else besides rituals (Dark Ritual, Cabal Ritual, Culling the Weak, Bubbling Muck, Rain of Filth, High Tide), sol lands (Ancient Tomb, City of Traitors, Mishra's Workshop, Lake of the Dead, Cabal Coffers, Phyrexian Tower), and maybe a few wonky creatures (like Deranged Assistant).
May 31, 2015 12:08 p.m.
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.
@ 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.
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.
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.
I don't see him listed but Crypt Ghast is more swamp based ramp that also gives you a small sink in extort.
klone13 says... #2
Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, Mana Vault, Grim Monolith, Ancient Tomb, and High Tide/Bubbling Muck (muck is good with Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth). Other options include Basalt Monolith, Chromatic Lantern, Gilded Lotus, and Lotus Petal.
May 31, 2015 12:01 p.m.