I'm building a Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire deck. I've seen a lot of different players strategies but when I first saw Vaevictis the first card to leap to mind was Khalni Garden. I feel like this card is kind of perfect of Vaevictis. Avenger of Zendikar is another really good example of this mechanic.
Its a permanent
It enters with an "incidental token" that can be sacked to Vaevictis.
Its something the deck already wants anyway (lands cuz...duh gotta have those)
The Question
I'm having a hard time finding other cards like this even through Scryfall so I thought I'd just poll the community. What do guys think? What cards do you know of that a Vaevictis deck (trying to break symmetry) would want that also provides additional sac fodder without having to sac the actual permanent itself?
I'd really like to avoid including "dead" cards like Sprouting Thrinax. While flipping Thrinax provides tons of fodder the Thrinax by itself is not something I'd normally want to play because by itself its just not good enough. Thrinax is in my initial list but I'm not thrilled about it.
FWIW: I already plan on including cards like From Beyond that produce tokens each turn. I was hoping to find other things that don't require any additional investment in time or mana to get the sac fodder.
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Because you will only be triggering him once a turn, you won't really need any more than 1 token a turn, so I think your most efficient cards are the type you've already identified, From Beyond, Awakening Zone, Bitterblossom, Xenagos, the Reveler.
Another possibility is clue tokens. Tireless Tracker is good and will reward you for doing things you'll be doing anyway (playing lands).
Kher Keep costs mana to activate, but it's a land, same as Springjack Pasture (which is also its own sac outlet, but I don't think your deck wants that). There's also Tendershoot Dryad.
An aside: You might want to find ways to exile your opponents' graveyards, given how graveyards are Hand 2.0 in this format.
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Sarkhan Vol will allow you to steal opponents creatures and sac them for your value. And drops off of the dragon trigger to boot. Other theft permanents work this same way. Conquering Manticore and such.
Plain ETB creatures that serve their usefulness after they hit play are effective.
I'm building a Vaevictis Asmadi, the Dire deck. I've seen a lot of different players strategies but when I first saw Vaevictis the first card to leap to mind was Khalni Garden. I feel like this card is kind of perfect of Vaevictis. Avenger of Zendikar is another really good example of this mechanic.
The Question
I'm having a hard time finding other cards like this even through Scryfall so I thought I'd just poll the community. What do guys think? What cards do you know of that a Vaevictis deck (trying to break symmetry) would want that also provides additional sac fodder without having to sac the actual permanent itself?
I'd really like to avoid including "dead" cards like Sprouting Thrinax. While flipping Thrinax provides tons of fodder the Thrinax by itself is not something I'd normally want to play because by itself its just not good enough. Thrinax is in my initial list but I'm not thrilled about it.
FWIW: I already plan on including cards like From Beyond that produce tokens each turn. I was hoping to find other things that don't require any additional investment in time or mana to get the sac fodder.
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Because you will only be triggering him once a turn, you won't really need any more than 1 token a turn, so I think your most efficient cards are the type you've already identified, From Beyond, Awakening Zone, Bitterblossom, Xenagos, the Reveler.
Another possibility is clue tokens. Tireless Tracker is good and will reward you for doing things you'll be doing anyway (playing lands).
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An aside: You might want to find ways to exile your opponents' graveyards, given how graveyards are Hand 2.0 in this format.
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Sarkhan Vol will allow you to steal opponents creatures and sac them for your value. And drops off of the dragon trigger to boot. Other theft permanents work this same way. Conquering Manticore and such.
Plain ETB creatures that serve their usefulness after they hit play are effective.
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