Malachite Talisman is an odd little card that I have seen be pretty devastating in the right decks. When I last saw it, it was used in a green devotion deck with big mana creatures to make some pretty nutty things happen.
Malachite Talisman is an odd little card that I have seen be pretty devastating in the right decks. When I last saw it, it was used in a green devotion deck with big mana creatures to make some pretty nutty things happen.
it doesn't even have to be you casting the spell, just anyone. The black one - Onyx Talisman loves untapping Cabal Coffers.
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I'm going to try this out now since I really like the idea of casting this in response to an Eldrazi shuffle trigger or something like Rise of the Dark Realms. The cantrip makes it so much better than it should be.
Survivor of the Unseen has potential with haste, untap effects, and effects that care about the top card of your library. It's one of the few ways to put any card from your hand on top of your library. I played one in my Intet, the Dreamer Dragons deck, which I plan to rebuild, and I'm considering it for a Merieke Ri Berit deck that focuses on untap shenanigans and activated abilities.
Survivor of the Unseen has potential with haste, untap effects, and effects that care about the top card of your library. It's one of the few ways to put any card from your hand on top of your library. I played one in my Intet, the Dreamer Dragons deck, which I plan to rebuild, and I'm considering it for a Merieke Ri Berit deck that focuses on untap shenanigans and activated abilities.
(For those who don't understand, you get a net card draw of +3 and get to put a card on top of your library.)
Interestingly enough, the ability references a very famous and oft-played here card originally from Ice Age, Brainstorm.
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Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
For Instants that cost only U and replace themselves I'm surprised more decks don't use them. Peek is generally better early on if you need to throw it away to find a land, but I actually like holding onto Clair later in case someone Wheels or Time Spirals so I get +1 card next upkeep. The advantage of knowing someones hand is really strong, and I like the dynamic that it can sometimes bring, if they have a god hand everyone at the table might immediately prepare to deal with his broken cards, otherwise if they know their hand is harmless sometimes the player will just go "sure, here's my hand" and show everyone.
Definitely hidden but probably not a gem. Amazing if you cast it with stocked yards after resolving Yawgmoth's Will or something but it'll be a dead card so much of the time.
The more I think about it, the more the Ramos cycle (Tooth of Ramos, Eye of Ramos, Skull of Ramos, Heart of Ramos, Horn of Ramos) feels like they would be an excellent addition to a Sun Titan package, if you're in one or two colors. They cost 1 more than a diamond, but don't ETB tapped, and you can sac them for one more colored mana in a pinch.
Only one or two, because in three colors, a monocolored mana rock doesn't go that far.
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Card advantage is not the same thing as card draw. Something for 2B cannot be strictly worse than something for BBB or 3BB. If you're taking out Swords to Plowshares for Plummet, you're a fool. Stop doing these things!
Not sure if it counts as a hidden gem or not but this thread hasn't seen much love the past year... basically ever since Aether Revolt came out I've thrown Rishkar's Expertise in pretty much every green deck I've built.
Will someone please explain why this card is so terrible? f I am reading the card correctly, isn't this a Yawgmoth's Will except only to play other player's graveyards instead of yours? How is this bad? Is there some funky rules thing where it doesn't function as a Yawgmoth's Will for other player's graveyards? If it works the way I am wanting it to, I am going to play the crap out of this card.
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Will someone please explain why this card is so terrible? f I am reading the card correctly, isn't this a Yawgmoth's Will except only to play other player's graveyards instead of yours? How is this bad? Is there some funky rules thing where it doesn't function as a Yawgmoth's Will for other player's graveyards? If it works the way I am wanting it to, I am going to play the crap out of this card.
You can play cards in other people's graveyards as though they were in your graveyard. You still need a way to play cards from your graveyard unless they have stuff with flashback and the like.
Whatever the token theme, any is tailor made for Nullmage Shepherd. As soon as she resolves, you can unleash so much destruction. I've ravaged my group with her for years. I also use Aura Shards, but she is still a fierce resource bane.
Fight or Flight: This seems like an interesting way to disrupt combat, although it may make you a target simply by virtue of directly interfering in your opponents' plans. I've had some success in the past with Boros Battleshaper, another hidden gem. Has anyone experimented with Fight or Flight?
And why hasn't anyone posted in this thread for five months?
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You cannot outrun the beast within.
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I'm going to try this out now since I really like the idea of casting this in response to an Eldrazi shuffle trigger or something like Rise of the Dark Realms. The cantrip makes it so much better than it should be.
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Alhammarret's Archive/Thought Reflection also likes that ability, come to think of it.
(For those who don't understand, you get a net card draw of +3 and get to put a card on top of your library.)
Interestingly enough, the ability references a very famous and oft-played here card originally from Ice Age, Brainstorm.
On phasing:
That's because back in the day the sharpshooter was a staple not a hidden gem. How the mighty have fallen.
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For Instants that cost only U and replace themselves I'm surprised more decks don't use them. Peek is generally better early on if you need to throw it away to find a land, but I actually like holding onto Clair later in case someone Wheels or Time Spirals so I get +1 card next upkeep. The advantage of knowing someones hand is really strong, and I like the dynamic that it can sometimes bring, if they have a god hand everyone at the table might immediately prepare to deal with his broken cards, otherwise if they know their hand is harmless sometimes the player will just go "sure, here's my hand" and show everyone.
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Not sure if anyone mentioned it yet, but it wasn't on the OP. It's such a great card for tribal decks.
Though I suppose it may not be much of a "hidden" gem since it was reprinted in Commander 2015.
http://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/commander-edh/760752-kaho-minamo-historian-the-best-all-purpose-tutor
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this will trigger like bananas in edh
to show what im talking about look at the following cards in the link if the opponent has one of these out your going to get a lot of draw
http://magiccards.info/query?q=ct:deals ct:1 ct:damage ct:to ct:that ct:player is:permanent&v=card&s=cname
and basicly makes weenie decks (bunch of 1/1) chicken out from attacking you because they know you might end up getting the card you need.
the only problems is very high power creatures and draw is not based on how much damage you take.
As a hidden gem? Really? Mangara is basically a white staple in the format.
Definitely hidden but probably not a gem. Amazing if you cast it with stocked yards after resolving Yawgmoth's Will or something but it'll be a dead card so much of the time.
Only one or two, because in three colors, a monocolored mana rock doesn't go that far.
On phasing:
Will someone please explain why this card is so terrible? f I am reading the card correctly, isn't this a Yawgmoth's Will except only to play other player's graveyards instead of yours? How is this bad? Is there some funky rules thing where it doesn't function as a Yawgmoth's Will for other player's graveyards? If it works the way I am wanting it to, I am going to play the crap out of this card.
You can play cards in other people's graveyards as though they were in your graveyard. You still need a way to play cards from your graveyard unless they have stuff with flashback and the like.
And that's Siege dragon
It destory's all the wall creatures which barely ever gets in
But here's the kicker everybody diden't realize he throws a pyroclasm at the opponent he attacks damage all the creatures sweeping the tokens
Which Basicly means this is secretly a budget balefire dragon
And why hasn't anyone posted in this thread for five months?