The Locust God seems like a decent alternative endgame for Zedruu.
Swarm Intelligence I will just put on Jeleva for the potential for absurdity.
Fraying Sanity goes to Wrexial because it can potentially speed-mill someone out. Also because Wrexial runs Traumatize.
Solemnity needs a home, though not sure where... wait, how would it work with Delaying Shield? It can't get counters, but I think the damage would be prevented anyway? Or am I thinking about this wrong?
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I think if I ever build a UR deck, The Locust God will be the commander.
Solemnity is really fun, if a bit narrow. It's a card you want to build around, but having access to only one instance of such an effect (outside of stuff like Copy Enchantment) makes that hard. You'd probably need to find cards that have counters as drawbacks and are already acceptable on their own (like the aforementioned Mystic Remora).
Solemnity is cute but i would prefer a card that removes counters from players. Stopping tour guys from vetting counters is one thing but if they alreadybhave them nothing changes.
Solemnity is going to be a great card to add to most prison decks. Lets you sit behind a Glacial Chasm forever, or draw cards all the time with Mystic Remora, or counter every spell forever with Decree of Silence. All good things.
Activate Mirage Mirror twice, targeting Reactor and Droplet. Let the Droplet copy resolve. Deal 20 damage to yourself (eg, Heartless Hidetsugu), let the Reactor copy resolve, win the game. Or,
Activate Mirage Mirror targeting Droplet in response to a bunch of damage coming your way. At the beginning of the next turn, activate Mirage Mirror targeting Reactor, win the game.
Oh, that's gross. I was planning to put it in my hatebears deck, but that's just gross.
I don't think I have any Wx deck with Mystic Remora, though, and my only Wx deck with Glacial Chasm is Child of Alara, which blows up the world far too regularly to run Solemnity.
Solemnity is going to be a great card to add to most prison decks. Lets you sit behind a Glacial Chasm forever, or draw cards all the time with Mystic Remora, or counter every spell forever with Decree of Silence. All good things.
These are my opinions on facing Solemnity with the cards you mentioned.
Glacial Chasm: As a "Big Stupid Stuff" Player, words can not describe how much facing this would suck... Mystic Remora: Depends on how scary the rest of the deck is (Probably worse than facing Glacial Chasm) Decree of Silence: 0_o ... I... Uh... I may have put you and anyone who liked your post on my Ignored Users list so I don't go insane from any more ideas like this one. I'm going to have nightmares for at least a week. (Just kidding, but this is seriously the most horrifying thing I've ever heard of in this game.)
Decree of Silence: 0_o ... I... Uh... I may have put you and anyone who liked your post on my Ignored Users list so I don't go insane from any more ideas like this one. I'm going to have nightmares for at least a week. (Just kidding, but this is seriously the most horrifying thing I've ever heard of in this game.)
Bwahaha! That's probably the hardest lock I've come up with it, but there are a BUNCH of cards that use counters to in a similar way. Just a matter of finding the ones that best ruin a game. Not sure I'm going to build that deck, but I DO have a Jeskai Possibility Storm deck that it'd slot right in to.
Decree of Silence: 0_o ... I... Uh... I may have put you and anyone who liked your post on my Ignored Users list so I don't go insane from any more ideas like this one. I'm going to have nightmares for at least a week. (Just kidding, but this is seriously the most horrifying thing I've ever heard of in this game.)
Bwahaha! That's probably the hardest lock I've come up with it, but there are a BUNCH of cards that use counters to in a similar way. Just a matter of finding the ones that best ruin a game. Not sure I'm going to build that deck, but I DO have a Jeskai Possibility Storm deck that it'd slot right in to.
Unesh looks like fun, my old Grixis reanimator deck ran a handful of Sphinx as targets, most notably Sphinx of Uthuun to feed my graveyard. The body on this guy isn't as good, but adding a few more sphinxes or shifting it over to a (more boring) Esper reanimator is definitely a thing.
Despair of Driven//Despair is one of the strongest discard effects they've printed in awhile. Sure, you have to have a board, but it's absolutely backbreaking in many common scenarios.
Sooo this new enchantment makes me wanna make a bant deck with pillowfort enchantments / mystic remora / glacial chams / dark depths. Which commander should I pick?
Sooo this new enchantment makes me wanna make a bant deck with pillowfort enchantments / mystic remora / glacial chams / dark depths. Which commander should I pick?
Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is the obvious answer, letting you put in lockdown effects to ensure that you're being the most unfun pillowfort deck imagineable. If that's not your speed, I like Rubinia Soulsinger to help you keep control of the board by always stealing the best target available, though she is clearly the more casual choice.
I think solemnity will get banned. Already the card is broken and it is nt even availble yet.
Several damage immunity combos akin to Pariah + indestructible creature, a Dark Depths combo, and a lockdown combo involving an eight cmc enchantment don't seem banworthy. None of those are unbeatable (despite Decree being close to a hard lock) and the card isn't guaranteed to be impactful on its own. It's a good card with some powerful interactions and you can say that about a lot of cards in this format. Let's at least wait until we have a chance to play with the card before calling for bans?
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I think solemnity will get banned. Already the card is broken and it is nt even availble yet.
Several damage immunity combos akin to Pariah + indestructible creature, a Dark Depths combo, and a lockdown combo involving an eight cmc enchantment don't seem banworthy. None of those are unbeatable (despite Decree being close to a hard lock) and the card isn't guaranteed to be impactful on its own. It's a good card with some powerful interactions and you can say that about a lot of cards in this format. Let's at least wait until we have a chance to play with the card before calling for bans?
its the amount of things Solemnity breaks that i feel it will get banned. The pariah combo, or the dark depths while viable are not as easy to break. We may see a week or two of it legal and ten when the RC sees how broken it can be, they will ban it. (Either that or it will be a T&N debate)
its the amount of things Solemnity breaks that i feel it will get banned. The pariah combo, or the dark depths while viable are not as easy to break. We may see a week or two of it legal and ten when the RC sees how broken it can be, they will ban it. (Either that or it will be a T&N debate)
I'm sure it'll get banned right after they get around to banning As Fortold, Paradox Engine, Panharmonicon and Splendid Reclamation. Sound like a random list of cards? It is, but each of them was called to be banned by multiple posters as soon as they were spoiled. Every set has one of these cards that someone seems to think is ban worthy before the even hits a table. Spoiler, none of them are banned. This isn't either. It's another prison piece, but it's a build around. Unless your deck is built to take advantage of the card, it's not going to do much of anything except randomly hose an opponent (a good thing).
Swarm Intelligence I will just put on Jeleva for the potential for absurdity.
Fraying Sanity goes to Wrexial because it can potentially speed-mill someone out. Also because Wrexial runs Traumatize.
Solemnity needs a home, though not sure where... wait, how would it work with Delaying Shield? It can't get counters, but I think the damage would be prevented anyway? Or am I thinking about this wrong?
Solemnity is really fun, if a bit narrow. It's a card you want to build around, but having access to only one instance of such an effect (outside of stuff like Copy Enchantment) makes that hard. You'd probably need to find cards that have counters as drawbacks and are already acceptable on their own (like the aforementioned Mystic Remora).
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I can['t believe i forgot about that....*facepalm*
Mirage Mirror + Darksteel Reactor + Sun Droplet in play.
Either:
I don't think I have any Wx deck with Mystic Remora, though, and my only Wx deck with Glacial Chasm is Child of Alara, which blows up the world far too regularly to run Solemnity.
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These are my opinions on facing Solemnity with the cards you mentioned.
Glacial Chasm: As a "Big Stupid Stuff" Player, words can not describe how much facing this would suck...
Mystic Remora: Depends on how scary the rest of the deck is (Probably worse than facing Glacial Chasm)
Decree of Silence: 0_o ... I... Uh... I may have put you and anyone who liked your post on my Ignored Users list so I don't go insane from any more ideas like this one. I'm going to have nightmares for at least a week. (Just kidding, but this is seriously the most horrifying thing I've ever heard of in this game.)
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Bwahaha! That's probably the hardest lock I've come up with it, but there are a BUNCH of cards that use counters to in a similar way. Just a matter of finding the ones that best ruin a game. Not sure I'm going to build that deck, but I DO have a Jeskai Possibility Storm deck that it'd slot right in to.
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UG Thrasios & Kydele: Knowledge is Power
RG Borborygmos Enraged: The Breaking of the World
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There are ways to break the lock like using Abrupt Decay or other "can't be countered" abilities like Cavern of Souls or Boseiju, Who Shelters All.
Also you can always go Solemnity + Phyrexian Unlife.
Or you can play it with Mycosynth Lattice or Enchanted Evening to stop your opponents using their planeswalkers.
EDIT: Unesh seems like an okay support card for an Isperia deck (rather than leading a tribal sphinx deck itself).
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Despair of Driven//Despair is one of the strongest discard effects they've printed in awhile. Sure, you have to have a board, but it's absolutely backbreaking in many common scenarios.
I guess then that the interaction of Solemnity + Delaying Shield works as well?
Sooo this new enchantment makes me wanna make a bant deck with pillowfort enchantments / mystic remora / glacial chams / dark depths. Which commander should I pick?
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Derevi, Empyrial Tactician is the obvious answer, letting you put in lockdown effects to ensure that you're being the most unfun pillowfort deck imagineable. If that's not your speed, I like Rubinia Soulsinger to help you keep control of the board by always stealing the best target available, though she is clearly the more casual choice.
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What??? Hyperbole much?
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its the amount of things Solemnity breaks that i feel it will get banned. The pariah combo, or the dark depths while viable are not as easy to break. We may see a week or two of it legal and ten when the RC sees how broken it can be, they will ban it. (Either that or it will be a T&N debate)
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I'm sure it'll get banned right after they get around to banning As Fortold, Paradox Engine, Panharmonicon and Splendid Reclamation. Sound like a random list of cards? It is, but each of them was called to be banned by multiple posters as soon as they were spoiled. Every set has one of these cards that someone seems to think is ban worthy before the even hits a table. Spoiler, none of them are banned. This isn't either. It's another prison piece, but it's a build around. Unless your deck is built to take advantage of the card, it's not going to do much of anything except randomly hose an opponent (a good thing).
R Norin the Wary: I've Got a Bad Feeling About This
UG Thrasios & Kydele: Knowledge is Power
RG Borborygmos Enraged: The Breaking of the World
BG The Gitrog Monster: All Glory to the Hypnotoad
WUR Zedruu the Greathearted: Endless Possibilities, One Outcome
WBG Karador, Ghost Chieftain: What's Dead May Never Die
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