MTG Salvation

Hi,

I'm building a RW aggressive weenies deck and I'm looking for as many "rules bears" as possible.
Rules bears are what I call low CMC creatures (Ideally 3 or less) that impose restrictions on normal gameplay.

For instance

Grand Abolisher is bear sized and bear-costed, and restricts my opponent from playing spells on my turn.
Spirit of the Labyrinth is bear-costed, and restricts drawing.
Aven Mindcensor is neither bear-sized or costed, but is 3 cmc and under and restricts tutoring.

Some more I've found are

• Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
  
• Ethersworn Canonist
  
• Leonin Arbiter
  
• Imposing Sovereign
  
• Phyrexian Revoker
  
• Samurai of the Pale Curtain

Anyone have any more suggestions?

Kor Firewalker gives you life for whatever red spell you or your opponents cast. Suture Priest is a pain for token decks. Then there is Glowrider which is Thalia number 2. Also... i know she is "4 mana" but she cause a road bump for sacrifice happy decks. Angel of Jubilation.

Then you have the red and white Archetypes from BnG. Both 3 mana. The red one makes your opponents lose trample while you gain it. The white one makes them lose first strike while you gain it.

Magus of the Moon and Zo-Zu, the Punisher are kind of right up your alley. True Believer is also there a little, but other than the one's you've mentioned, it's hard to find things that fit your criteria.

Those are usually called "hate bears" and are usually in GWx Decks. There might be some Naya versions out there that will give you some ideas.

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Those are usually called "hate bears" and are usually in GWx Decks. There might be some Naya versions out there that will give you some ideas.

Beat me to it, but I'd also like to point out that there's a good hate bears primer in the modern forum. Gaddock Teeg is one of the big ones missing from OP's list.

Most of the ones people have pointed out so far are white, but Ash Zealot is a red one of a sort. You might also check out Aegis of the Gods from Journey Into Nyx.

Stigma Lasher can throw a monkey wrench in peoples' long-term game plan. Eidolon of Rhetoric and Spirit of the Labyrinth from the new set are decent.

Mother of Runes, Stoneforge Mystic, and Mangara of Corondor are all staples in Legacy D&T.

Although they come in at 4 CMC, Magus of the Tabernacle and Magus of the Disk are worth considering.

Although they don't impose hard restrictions, creatures like Hissing Iguanar, Hellfire Mongrel, Boros Reckoner, and Mindsparker are punisher cards that "encourage" opponents not to do certain things.
Here are some CMC 4 punisher cards, just in case: Tovolar's Magehunter, Lavaborn Muse, and Michiko Konda, Truth Seeker.

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Although they come in at 4 CMC, Magus of the Tabernacle and Magus of the Disk are worth considering.

I'd highly recommend not playing Magus of the Tabernacle in mono-fair creatures.dec, that seems like a good way to lose games.

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Although they come in at 4 CMC, Magus of the Tabernacle and Magus of the Disk are worth considering.

I'd highly recommend not playing Magus of the Tabernacle in mono-fair creatures.dec, that seems like a good way to lose games.

You're probably right on that point. I forgot the OP and was thinking of a midrange D&T/prison deck. Sounds like the OP is building something like Iroas or Tajic.

Auriok Champion, Ashling the Pilgrim, Jötun Grunt, and possibly Serra Avenger come to mind.

Tunnel Ignus is great VS ramp and sounds dirty. Don't forget Manabarbs. Consider Personal Sanctuary. Run Boil and Boiling Seas. When is there not a blue player?

EDIT: Stranglehold is also extremely strong.

Sounds like my sort of deck =)

On the hatebears, you seem to have most of the good ones listed already but I would add: Magus of the Moon, Zo-zu the punisher (I've found him better than ignus),

Not really hatebears but very good: Dwarven Blastminer, Dwarven Miner, and a second on the Stigma Lasher, this card is awesome.

General hate along those lines I would say that Blood Moon, Suppression Field, Burning Earth, From the ashes (Maybe I haven't really tried this one yet[/c], and Ruination are great punishing effects.

Nonbasic land hate is one of the easiest ways to really hurt more competitive decks and those greedy greedy land bases you so often see in edh. Side benefit it also tends to leave the more casual players mostly untouched so playing in casual playgroups with these cards in a deck is not as socially unacceptable.

If you're ever looking for a good GW commander, you can use Chorus of the Conclave is good for a long game-plan. Makes your bears into threats later on. Gaddock Teeg and co. are also good (Sigarda as well).

Jotun Grunt can play the role of a graveyard hoser.