My opponent is going to use Nahiri, the Harbinger to fetch Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. My best bet is to get rid of Nahiri before that happens, but let's assume that I failed to do that for some reason, and Emrakul has just been put on the battlefield. We move to combat. What are my options in Modern to stop Emrakul (and her Annihilator ability)?
Stasis Snare, though I want to avoid this because if Statis Snare leaves, Emrakul is back on the battlefield instead of in my opponent's hand (as Nahiri's ability would make happen). Master Warcraft to prevent Emrakul from being declared as an attacker. Crackling Doom to get the opponent to sacrifice her.
Does Summary Dismissal work? (Does "Emrakul can't be countered" mean her abilities as well?)
Pithing Needle or Grafdigger's Cage are good options to pre-emptively stop Nahiri's -8. Cage is especially good because it stops Snapcaster Mage and can be boarded in against other decks too.
Hallowed moonlight and shadow of doubt are good.
Otherwise, any way to tap or kill emrakul that aren't targeting colored spells, or ways to preemptively stop nahiri are good.
thats right let him ult nahiri and just wait for him to attack and let an evil laugh go, youll still have to sac 5 permanent but he will take 15 to the face so if you dealt him 5 damage erlier its GG.
i love this card and cant take it out of my sideboard since it made me won countless time against nahiri's deck and i will forever remember that fatefull game at an fnm where i was 3-0 and faced infect in the last match up, it was 1-1 and i was at 8 infect counter and he had a noble hierarch in play and a blighted agent so if he just attacks he wins, instead he cast mutagenic growth and become immense and attacks with his 10/10 infect unblockable, talk about overkill so i deflected palm his agent and won, it dealt 10 infect to him and everyone who was watching our games started screaming xD. try it out best anti emrakul cards out there in my opinion
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thats right let him ult nahiri and just wait for him to attack and let an evil laugh go, youll still have to sac 5 permanent but he will take 15 to the face so if you dealt him 5 damage erlier its GG.
i love this card and cant take it out of my sideboard since it made me won countless time against nahiri's deck and i will forever remember that fatefull game at an fnm where i was 3-0 and faced infect in the last match up, it was 1-1 and i was at 8 infect counter and he had a noble hierarch in play and a blighted agent so if he just attacks he wins, instead he cast mutagenic growth and become immense and attacks with his 10/10 infect unblockable, talk about overkill so i deflected palm his agent and won, it dealt 10 infect to him and everyone who was watching our games started screaming xD. try it out best anti emrakul cards out there in my opinion
I agree about Deflecting Palm as it is a great card not only against Emrakul but also Infect/Zooicide/Bloo (and Bogles).
However, Deflecting Palm can't deal infect damage so in the situation you've described it would've been 10 regular damage.
really? we ask the guy there who is the kinda ''judge''and he checked it out on the internet and said i won....
Well your "judge" there was flat wrong. Deflecting Palm isn't literally flinging back the damage it prevents. It prevents the damage, then creates it's own damage equal to what was prevented.
Deflecting Palm absolutely does not deal Infect damage, even if the source of damage it was preventing had Infect. The card would need to have Infect on it itself, but since it doesn't, you would need to somehow give it Infect (which I can't think of how you could even do that with it being an Instant). Using it to prevent Infect Damage doesn't magically give it Infect.
Unless the guy could have died from 10 regular damage, that game would have rightfully been his to win.
With all that said, I absolutely love Deflecting Palm. That card was my secret weapon in my URw Twin Deck last year and it seriously won me games by itself. In most cases, I do agree that Deflecting Palm on an Emrakul probably means you win.
My opponent is going to use Nahiri, the Harbinger to fetch Emrakul, the Aeons Torn. My best bet is to get rid of Nahiri before that happens, but let's assume that I failed to do that for some reason, and Emrakul has just been put on the battlefield. We move to combat. What are my options in Modern to stop Emrakul (and her Annihilator ability)?
Stasis Snare, though I want to avoid this because if Statis Snare leaves, Emrakul is back on the battlefield instead of in my opponent's hand (as Nahiri's ability would make happen). Master Warcraft to prevent Emrakul from being declared as an attacker. Crackling Doom to get the opponent to sacrifice her.
Does Summary Dismissal work? (Does "Emrakul can't be countered" mean her abilities as well?)
What are some other options I have?
If we knew what colors you ran it may help narrow the list. But Grafdigger's Cage, Shadow of Doubt, Pithing Needle on Nahiri, Hallowed Moonlight, Maelstrom Pulse on Nahiri, Detention Sphere on Nahiri, Crackling Doom, Cryptic Command, Deflecting Palm, etc. Emrakul has protection from all colors so she can't be targeted, but you can get around it.
Overall I'd say Grafdigger's Cage is a good universal hate card because it comes down for 1 colorless mana and also hits coco, chord, snapcaster mage, griselshoal, dredge.
Out of Eldrazi decks Eldrazi Displacer can keep tapping down Emmy. That and any other effect on a creature such as Fiend Hunter, or even Oblivion Ring will work to stall.
If you're looking for creatures then Thalia, heretic cathar or Aven Mindcensor are your best bet, otherwise I'd go with Pithing Needle as it has multiple applications and is hard to remove.
This reminded me of a game I recently witnessed of a mardu control mirror where one guy was sitting with a nahiri on about 14 loyalty and the opponent had a Olivia Voldaren in play with 10+ mana, threatening to ping and then control the Emrakul if the other guy went for it. The game ended with the player controlling Olivia playing a Batterskull and attaching it to Olivia the next turn so it could attack without getting exiled by nahiri. Needless to say, it was pretty sweet to watch.
Pithing Needle is my favourite one because it deals with Nahiri as a whole but you have other options too (Grafdigger's Cage-although this one prevents only Emrakul but other abilities of Nahiri can still be used).
I`m with you on that one, Needle is great. 1 mana is easy to sneak past counters, it shuts off Nahiri`s -2 as well, and you can name their manland if you draw your second one.
With my Esper Draw-Go deck I once softened the annihilator blow by casting Secure the Wastes for 3, sacrificing the tokens, followed by a Blessed Alliance, making my opponent sac their Emrakul. Not optimal, but it gave me a fighting chance that match after the Nahiri ult.
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Thank you all for the great ideas! This was just what I needed. I know that I can work some of these into the handful of decks that I sometimes bring to FNM.
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Stasis Snare, though I want to avoid this because if Statis Snare leaves, Emrakul is back on the battlefield instead of in my opponent's hand (as Nahiri's ability would make happen).
Master Warcraft to prevent Emrakul from being declared as an attacker.
Crackling Doom to get the opponent to sacrifice her.
Does Summary Dismissal work? (Does "Emrakul can't be countered" mean her abilities as well?)
What are some other options I have?
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Summary Dismissal works, but you should cast it to counter Nahiri's -8 ability. Squelch, Trickbind and Voidslime work similarly.
Pithing Needle or Grafdigger's Cage are good options to pre-emptively stop Nahiri's -8. Cage is especially good because it stops Snapcaster Mage and can be boarded in against other decks too.
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Otherwise, any way to tap or kill emrakul that aren't targeting colored spells, or ways to preemptively stop nahiri are good.
RGTron
UGInfect
URStorm
WUBRAd Nauseam
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Also, if you happen to be running Aether Vial, you have a lot of options, particularly with ETB tap/bounce effects.
Stay reasonable, be mindful of your expectations and don't feed the trolls.
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deflecting palm
thats right let him ult nahiri and just wait for him to attack and let an evil laugh go, youll still have to sac 5 permanent but he will take 15 to the face so if you dealt him 5 damage erlier its GG.
i love this card and cant take it out of my sideboard since it made me won countless time against nahiri's deck and i will forever remember that fatefull game at an fnm where i was 3-0 and faced infect in the last match up, it was 1-1 and i was at 8 infect counter and he had a noble hierarch in play and a blighted agent so if he just attacks he wins, instead he cast mutagenic growth and become immense and attacks with his 10/10 infect unblockable, talk about overkill so i deflected palm his agent and won, it dealt 10 infect to him and everyone who was watching our games started screaming xD. try it out best anti emrakul cards out there in my opinion
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I agree about Deflecting Palm as it is a great card not only against Emrakul but also Infect/Zooicide/Bloo (and Bogles).
However, Deflecting Palm can't deal infect damage so in the situation you've described it would've been 10 regular damage.
Another card that can kill Emrakul (but not prevent the Annihilator ability) is Blessed Alliance (unless they attack with another creature in addition to Emrakul).
Less splashable options are: Geth's Verdict, Hit // Run and Tribute to Hunger/To the Slaughter (Devour Flesh would be bad).
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Well your "judge" there was flat wrong. Deflecting Palm isn't literally flinging back the damage it prevents. It prevents the damage, then creates it's own damage equal to what was prevented.
Deflecting Palm absolutely does not deal Infect damage, even if the source of damage it was preventing had Infect. The card would need to have Infect on it itself, but since it doesn't, you would need to somehow give it Infect (which I can't think of how you could even do that with it being an Instant). Using it to prevent Infect Damage doesn't magically give it Infect.
Unless the guy could have died from 10 regular damage, that game would have rightfully been his to win.
With all that said, I absolutely love Deflecting Palm. That card was my secret weapon in my URw Twin Deck last year and it seriously won me games by itself. In most cases, I do agree that Deflecting Palm on an Emrakul probably means you win.
Overall I'd say Grafdigger's Cage is a good universal hate card because it comes down for 1 colorless mana and also hits coco, chord, snapcaster mage, griselshoal, dredge.
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This reminded me of a game I recently witnessed of a mardu control mirror where one guy was sitting with a nahiri on about 14 loyalty and the opponent had a Olivia Voldaren in play with 10+ mana, threatening to ping and then control the Emrakul if the other guy went for it. The game ended with the player controlling Olivia playing a Batterskull and attaching it to Olivia the next turn so it could attack without getting exiled by nahiri. Needless to say, it was pretty sweet to watch.
Preferable Slaughter Games if you`re in the right colors, because they do have plenty of counters for a slow sorcery.
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with blessed alliance, you still get attacked and have to sacrifice but emrakul dies
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