MTG Salvation

Hey all,

Looking for some things to Goryo's Vengeance or Shallow Grave into people's faces. The two remaining Eldrazi titans obviously have triggers that could ruin someone's day. What other creatures have triggers that could be really brutal if dropped on someone early game / out of nowhere?

Thanks!

The Eldrazi titans won't ever sit in your yard for those to effect them, but you still get the other big eldrazi to play with, plus dudes like Grave Titan(and the rest if its not mono black), also mauybe consider the forced discard on damage guys whos names escape me.

Master of Cruelties comes to mind. Lord of the Void, Mindleech Mass and Silent-Blade Oni are great fun and give you a permanent advantage when they hit, even after they themselves get exiled at the end of turn. Later in the game, Wrexial, the Risen Deep can be fantastic.

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The Eldrazi titans won't ever sit in your yard for those to effect them, but you still get the other big eldrazi to play with, plus dudes like Grave Titan(and the rest if its not mono black), also mauybe consider the forced discard on damage guys whos names escape me.

You can actually in cast those spells in response to the shuffle trigger since its not a replacement effect. Also at the OP: it depends on which colors you have access to.

Ah, i missed that those 2 were instant speed.

Medomai, the ageless

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Also at the OP: it depends on which colors you have access to.

I'm thinking of going Grixis. Nicol Bolas has a pretty sweet "deals damage" trigger, and you get all the looting and reanimation effects in those colors.

Well adding red gets... my favourite dragon.

Scourge of the throne.

plus his buddies, Ultrava Hellkite and The 7 mana extra attack step dragon whoes name escapes me.

In theory Lord of the Void, Silent-Blade Oni, and Mindleech Mass look great.

How suicidal are you? Ebonblade Reaper if you're disturbed between the ears. Or running Stifle. But if we're also running Stifle and have suicidal tendencies, why not Phage the Untouchable while we're at it?

Balefire Dragon if you enjoy the screams of your enemies, and the lamentations of their board state.

Steel Hellkite if you have other mana to selectively sweep with.

Tornado Elemental because blocking is for chumps, and flying critters are annoying.

Hydra Omnivore because it's not fair to only attack one player.

Giant Adephage because why not get another creature out?

Godsire if you're playing 5 color, why not make an 8/8 after attacking with one

Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni isn't non-legendary, but has a great trigger if you plan on filling your own yard intentionally.

I just want to come here and plug one of my favorite cards of this type: Corpse Dance.

That said, I've often had fun with Charnelhoard Wurm.

Eternal Witness + Cauldron Dance is a great engine of this type.

Hellkite Tyrant seems like a neat way to steal all of someone's manarocks.

Grave Titan leaves 8 power behind on the board after a Shallow Grave.

Looking specifically at cards that can be targeted by Goryo's...

Arcanis the Omnipotent doesn't have an on-attack or damage trigger, but can draw you three cards and bounce to your hand without being exiled.
Bladewing the Risen can reanimate a non-legendary dragon that you want.
Crosis, the Purger can wipe out a player's hand, but less effectively than Bolas unfortunately.
Feldon of the Third Path can also turn your Goryo's into a better Shallow Grave.
Godo, Bandit Warlord can fetch any swords you are playing and gives you another combat.
Griselbrand is banned. Sorry.
Malfegor can act as a pseudo-Plague Wind, depending.
Niv-Mizzet, Dracogenius draws you a card.... yeah. Can draw you more cards, though.
Rakdos, Lord of Riots lets you chain other creatures off a Goryo's... and gets around the cast requirement if you reanimate.
Sidisi, Undead Vizier.. okay, no real cast or damage trigger, but if you're playing Corpse Dance, the interaction is too good to pass up.

Also, I'd consider Sedris, the Traitor King as your Commander and simply include Bolas in the 99, as Unearth is pretty much exactly what you're doing with the other cards. Minus the Eldrazi interaction.

Also, Dragon Mage.

hellcarver demon can be quite a beast, especially if you use a couple of top-of-library-tutors.

hellkite charger helps add attacking phases if you happen to have the mana for it. and if you happen to have a couple of extra R, dragon tyrant could just kill a player in 1 hit.

and since the remove-from-the-game trigger happens at the end of turn, you could just aim for DEN and blink it out before the end of turn.

I personally went with Nin, the Pain Artist with haste matters. Nin is a cheap commander who can enable powerful draw to keep you going which I liked. Empress Galina is a fun card with haste as she can steal gods and walkers which I really like.