MTG Salvation

Here's how I read this card:

Kenrith, the King-Maker 4W

R: Screw up someone's combat math at instant speed.

1G: Screw up someone's combat math at instant speed.

2W: Screw up someone's combat/burn spell math at instant speed.

3U: Who's ur insta-speed sugar daddy?

4B: Screw up someone's combat math at instant speed.

5/5

Quote from Terminus Edge »

It's a shame that all the good keyword soup creatures are white or part white.

Yes, I'm sure it was a very conscious decision to exclude white. Otherwise the deck builds itself in the most obvious ways.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you have a face down creature that dies while Rayami is on the battlefield, the face down creature is exiled face up with a blood counter, and therefore Rayami counts its abilities. Is that right?

For example: Sagu Mauler is face down with Rayami out. The Mauler dies, is exiled face up with a blood counter by Rayami's ability, and grants Rayami trample and hexproof?

If you have Tamiyo, Collector of Tales + hexproof + indestructible, the only thing that can get this creature off the board is a mass non-targeting bounce effect like Cyclonic Rift.

I think this is the commander I'm most excited for out of the 4 decks, because I love the idea of keyword soup. Previously it was Sevinne. We'll see if this legendary creature holds my attention throughout spoiler season.

When the quote about being forgotten is a quote by someone forgotten.

Nice card against planewalkers either to catch them as they're cast or, if you draw this after its been cast, to counter an ultimate ability going off.

I saw the name and thought Stoneforge Mystic. Anyway, this'll go into my Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger EDH.

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Very interesting design. It's also interesting how many legendary-matters cards they've been printing as of late.

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It's like they learned from their Mairsil, the Pretender ambiguous wording.

What's ambiguous about Mairsil?

There was a big ruckus when he was revealed about how his ability should work as written, versus what was intended.

Basically people interpreted it as written as once you copy his abilities (via Quicksilver Elemental, for example), the "once per turn" clause goes away and you can do infinite combos super easy. However as was clarified here, I believe: https://twitter.com/EliShffrn/status/897894399329222656, the once per turn clause is tacked onto each ability of the caged cards. So copying Mairsil's abilities will also copy the "once per turn" clause.

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So the legendary cards that are in the graveyard at the moment the ability that resolve gain that text... but legendary cards that enter the graveyard later don't... but those cards that did, if they leave the graveyard and eventually go back to grave, do they still have that text? Or did the zone change wipe that?

They're new objects when they change zones so they lose the ability. The ability is good for one play per legendary card, basically, you can't (just for example) activate the ability once and then continually replay and sac Saffi Eriksdotter the whole turn.

It's like they learned from their Mairsil, the Pretender ambiguous wording.

Is it just me or does this really hurt mono-red? Chump block all day (or start killing their creatures if you manage to get multiples out), and then safety net against any other spell to the head, excluding Banefire = 5 or greater...?

Also puts a damper on certain discard spells.

D'AWWW

He likes to be flickered too. What a good boy.

Panharmonicon and Yarok, the Desecrated loves this for sure. At first I thought it said "until ~ leaves the battlefield"...but you don't lose control of whatever permanent you steal. Also notably it doesn't say "nonland" either. If you can target it, it's fair game. The card draw on top of that is just gravy.

Zedruu the Greathearted group hug can steal an opponent's permanent with this, and funnel both those cards to another opponent, to help them trigger the draw 3 cards, too.

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Probably the most maindeckable leyline so far. It does create an interesting dynamic for standard where a player wants Nissa, who needs forests, and this which only works with dorks.

Except your lands...become dorks with Nissa, Who Shakes the World. Tap a Forest or Breeding Pool and friends for GGG, anyone?

Edit: Just realized Nissa makes your lands into Elementals, which should be getting some pretty smexy support with M20. Maybe an elemental shell with this Leyline and Nissa for lots of mana?

Also hits red deck killers in Nicol Bolas variants (Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God), and Lyra Dawnbringer

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I have to ask this : Let's say I got Null Profusion and Recycle in play with this legend. I play a Fleshbag Marauder. I have to choose only one ability of those 3 cards to copy again, or every trigger of every of those cards with triggered abilities gonna trigger again at the same time?

Recycle and Null Profusion trigger when you play a land or cast a spell. So playing a land with Yarok out will have you double the trigger. Fleshbag Marauder will trigger the enchantments when you cast it. This is not doubled because FM is still on the stack. When FM resolves, you will double the FM sacrifice trigger.



Yarkok is a great commander for Constellation/enchantress decks. Probably the best enchantment-themed commander in these colours.
Also a pretty good landfall general.
Or an ally general.

Great target for Helm of the Host.

Yarok will not trigger when you play the land because the enchantments say "play a card" versus what Yarok is looking for: "enter(s) the battlefield". When you play a land the enchantments will trigger once each. When you play Fleshbag Marauder, you draw a card for the cast trigger, then when it lands you copy the "enters the battlefield" trigger. Hopefully you have another creature aside from Yarok or else you'd have to sacrifice him to the Marauder's ETB ability.

In contrast to Null Profusion and Recycle, if you have Retreat to Hagra out and you trigger the landfall ability - that will be copied. You can even choose the first mode once and the second mode once for each of the two triggers. Key words are "enter(s) the battlefield".

I feel like I fought against something that looked like this in Kingdom Hearts 3. It's a bit triggering.