What good ramp spells are there for R/W/U?
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Posted on April 19, 2013, 10:27 a.m. by Dreno33
I need some mana ramp for my R/W/U deck I am building and just can't seem to find any. Is it only G that has them or what?
MagnorCriol says... #4
RWU typically relies on mana rocks to do its ramping - Signets like Izzet Signet , Keyrunes like Azorius Keyrune , colorless rocks like Dreamstone Hedron or Everflowing Chalice , and the inimitable Darksteel Ingot . Chromatic Lantern is an excessively powerful mana fixer, though it might be pricey right now. Coalition Relic is a classic powerful ramp tool.
April 19, 2013 11:52 a.m.
MagnorCriol says... #5
Oh, and from Dragon's Maze, the new Cluestones will also be useful to you.
April 19, 2013 11:52 a.m.
price is not a matter for me. i was thinking of adding some Sol Ring s and Gilded Lotus ? or are there better ones?
April 19, 2013 12:13 p.m.
Battle Hymn , Deranged Assistant , and Infernal Plunge are the only ramp cards in those colors in Standard. Outside of Standard you also have Apprentice Wizard , Benthic Explorers , Braid of Fire , Brightstone Ritual , Desperate Ritual , Energy Tap , Exuberant Firestoker , Geosurge , Grinning Ignus , High Tide , Iceberg , Koth of the Hammer , Krark-Clan Stoker , Mana Drain , Mana Echoes , Mana Flare , Mana Geyser , Pyretic Ritual , Rasputin Dreamweaver , Rite of Flame , Sea Scryer , Seething Song , Simian Spirit Guide , Sisters of the Flame , Skirk Prospector , Soulbright Flamekin , Sunseed Nurturer , and Thermopod . If you want to go the way of Eldrazi Spawn you also have Brood Birthing , Emrakul's Hatcher , Rapacious One , and Spawning Breath . Not all of these are good, and not all of them will be good in your deck. In addition there are a few more ramp cards that provide extra mana but can only be used for specific purposes which I didn't list but you can find them easily with the right Gatherer search. (i.e. For this list I did an advanced search of Color: NOT Green, NOT Black; Type: NOT Artifact, NOT Land; and Text: DOES Add, DOES, Mana, DOES, Pool)
April 19, 2013 2:15 p.m.
MagnorCriol says... #8
Here's the search I'd use to do that. Magiccards.info, search for "Add" and "to your mana pool" in the rules text, white/blue/red color identity, and everything except lands. You can sort that by color or edition, too, to help you look at them better.
I would avoid using "rituals" - the temporary, instant- or sorcery-based mana sources, like Pyretic Ritual or Infernal Plunge - unless you're a combo deck. They're really unreliable and while it's easy to imagine using one to power out an early bomb, 90% of the time they're going to sit in your hand doing nothing, or just get a mediocre thing out a turn sooner because you had nothing better to do with it.
Devonin says... #2
This isn't really a rules question, would be better placed in Deck Help or in the format thread for the format.
That said, it's really impossible to even try to help unless we know more about what this deck is: What format? Casual? Competitive?
April 19, 2013 10:29 a.m.