[mtgnexus] Random Card of the Day - Rishkar, Peema Renegade

[DirkGently]

Put it on a Hissing Quagmire. Then, idk, make it indestructible somehow.

I think I played it briefly in my Sorrow's Path deck. Pretty solid with enrage, but off-colour for dinos.

[TheGildedGoose]

Plague Spitter is way cooler.

[Dunadain]

Put it on a Hissing Quagmire. Then, idk, make it indestructible somehow.

Meh, if I'm gonna jump through hoops, I'm gonna put it on a basic land and put a deathtouch counter on it with Nesting Grounds.

[3drinks]

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023; Anathemancer

That's a helluva ETB to loop.

[Dunadain]

That's a helluva ETB to loop.

Is it though? Price of Progress can be game-winning, but this only hits one player and it's only one damage per nonbasic, so it's functionally 1/6 the damage.

[TheAmericanSpirit]

It's pretty cool that you can melt someone twice, once early and once late, but I think the format acceleration is working against this guy. Hitting for 10 or so is great, hitting for 5 is barely worth the mana.

[Serenade]

In Obosh, the Preypiercer, even against a single player, I feel like it has only been okay.

[PrimevalCommander]

If I am looking for a 3 drop creature that hates on lands, I'm probably looking at Fulminator Mage. I know they are different cards, but I would need to be heavy on the burn plan and in a meta that likes nonbasics a lot. This card would be GREAT against me, but poor against most others in my meta. Murderous Redcap also is a good loop-able creature with more flexibility. Though now I'm wondering if there is a commander that might want all 3 as just a aristocrats-ish deck looping Ravenous Chupacabra and small burn creatures just eating creatures and life totals. I'm sure there are several commanders that could do this, but maybe not at a very powerful level. Lyzolda, the Blood Witch throwback deck maybe?

edit: now I'm contemplating a budget Lyzolda aristocrat deck where every creature shocks and draws. Sounds mana hungry, but treasure support is so rampant maybe there is a strategy there. Not sure how I would win though beyond linear life drain engines or Exsanguinate + mana.

[NZB2323]

I've never played it but considering all the sacrifice and reanimation Rakdos has, it seems like a playable zombie, especially if we get a zombie commander that has red.

[yeti1069]

If I am looking for a 3 drop creature that hates on lands, I'm probably looking at Fulminator Mage. I know they are different cards, but I would need to be heavy on the burn plan and in a meta that likes nonbasics a lot. This card would be GREAT against me, but poor against most others in my meta. Murderous Redcap also is a good loop-able creature with more flexibility. Though now I'm wondering if there is a commander that might want all 3 as just a aristocrats-ish deck looping Ravenous Chupacabra and small burn creatures just eating creatures and life totals. I'm sure there are several commanders that could do this, but maybe not at a very powerful level. Lyzolda, the Blood Witch throwback deck maybe?

edit: now I'm contemplating a budget Lyzolda aristocrat deck where every creature shocks and draws. Sounds mana hungry, but treasure support is so rampant maybe there is a strategy there. Not sure how I would win though beyond linear life drain engines or Exsanguinate + mana.

Marchesa, the Black Rose can make good use of all of these. I'd had Anathemancer in mine for a little while, but ended up dropping it, because I too often didn't have opponents with enough nonbasics for it to be worth it. Redcap is a frequently played combo piece in other Marchesa decks, but I'm not leaning into combo that much, and I'd considered Fulminator as well, though at the time I was building the deck, it was more money than I was looking to spend.

[Treamayne]

Seems like a prime Blade of Selves wielder, if your gameplan is already headed in this direction. . .

I've never played it but considering all the sacrifice and reanimation Rakdos has, it seems like a playable zombie, especially if we get a zombie commander that has red.

You mean like Lord of Tresserhorn?

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Card Name: Lord of Tresserhorn
Mana Cost: 1UBR
Converted Mana Cost: 4
Types: Legendary Creature — Zombie
Card Text:
When Lord of Tresserhorn enters the battlefield, you lose 2 life, you sacrifice two creatures, and target opponent draws two cards.
Black: Regenerate Lord of Tresserhorn.

Or Bladewing the Risen, Thraximundar, Boris Devilboon, Sedris, the Traitor King, and Tymaret, the Murder King?

Or, do you mean a Zombie Lord General in BRx?

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Wednesday, October 4th, 2023; Mwonvuli Acid-Moss

[TheAmericanSpirit]

Wednesday, October 4th, 2023; Mwonvuli Acid-Moss

The moss is a key piece of Pauper Ponza lists. In edh, I think it's probably just okay. Reap and Sow is more flexible if you really want this effect.

[Dunadain]

Isn't this much better than Reap and Sow? I mean, getting any tech land is nice, but you're paying for that.

St any rate, both are bad in edh, single target land removal doesn't translate well to a multiplayer format.

[folding_music]

dunno, I'd play a spell which said "Destroy target land named Field of the Dead and search out a Forest" for 4 under some conditions. would play it even harder if it said exile it

[Dunadain]

dunno, I'd play a spell which said "Destroy target land named Field of the Dead and search out a Forest" for 4 under some conditions. would play it even harder if it said exile it

I wouldn't XD

We've got Ghost Quarter, Waste Land, Strip Mine, Demolition Field, Field of Ruin, and Tectonic Edge as low deck-building cost, colorless ways to answer field.

It also falls into the same awkward category as Deathsprout. Even if your deck DOES want ramp and removal, you don't really want them on the same card at 4 mana.

It's not unplayable, I guess, but you'll never catch me playing it in commander.

[NZB2323]

Seems like a prime Blade of Selves wielder, if your gameplan is already headed in this direction. . .

I've never played it but considering all the sacrifice and reanimation Rakdos has, it seems like a playable zombie, especially if we get a zombie commander that has red.

You mean like Lord of Tresserhorn?

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Card Name: Lord of Tresserhorn
Mana Cost: 1UBR
Converted Mana Cost: 4
Types: Legendary Creature — Zombie
Card Text:
When Lord of Tresserhorn enters the battlefield, you lose 2 life, you sacrifice two creatures, and target opponent draws two cards.
Black: Regenerate Lord of Tresserhorn.

Or Bladewing the Risen, Thraximundar, Boris Devilboon, Sedris, the Traitor King, and Tymaret, the Murder King?

Or, do you mean a Zombie Lord General in BRx?

I meant a Zombie tribal commander.

[illakunsaa]

I play ass moss in my Sarulf land destruction deck. Sarulf into Moss is a curve.

[Mookie]

Mwonvuli Acid-Moss seems fine but unexciting. In a vacuum, I think ramping out an extra land for yourself with Explosive Vegetation (or any other ramp spell) is better than denying a land to a single opponent. That changes if your opponents are playing powerful lands like Field of the Dead or Gaea's Cradle, but I would be hesitant to sandbag Mwonvuli Acid-Moss and play it off-curve in the hopes of hitting something relevant. If you're just hitting a dual or bounceland, I don't think it's worth it... and if you do really care about the ability to both ramp and destroy a land, there are options like Pir's Whim → Strip Mine.

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Thursday, October 5th, 2023; Havengul Lich

I remember when this was the boogeyman that everyone wanted.

[TheAmericanSpirit]

Thursday, October 5th, 2023; Havengul Lich

I remember when this was the boogeyman that everyone wanted.

I remember immediately afterward when everyone realized how mediocre this card really is. It's really not bad in any one area: its stats are fine, the ability flexible and cheap, and yet somehow the pieces just don't come together into a cohesive whole. It's awkwardly sized for a utility creature and having to finds ways to pay for colors outside your CI is annoying.

I'm sure there are some Zombie decks out there doing the Lord's work with this weird thing though, good for them.

[TheGildedGoose]

Thursday, October 5th, 2023; Havengul Lich

I remember when this was the boogeyman that everyone wanted.

I remember immediately afterward when everyone realized how mediocre this card really is. It's really not bad in any one area: its stats are fine, the ability flexible and cheap, and yet somehow the pieces just don't come together into a cohesive whole. It's awkwardly sized for a utility creature and having to finds ways to pay for colors outside your CI is annoying.

I'm sure there are some Zombie decks out there doing the Lord's work with this weird thing though, good for them.

Nailed it.

What a world of difference it would make if this card had "legendary" slapped on.

[3drinks]

Legendary and "you may spend mana as though it were mana of any colour to cast creature spells this way."

[Dunadain]

Legendary and "you may spend mana as though it were mana of any colour to cast creature spells this way."

Nah, I want to work for it.

Making a 5-color mana base in a deck with less than 5 color identity is an interesting challenge, I'd recommend giving it a try sometime.

[materpillar]

I've always liked this card and keep jamming it in decks. Then I immediately cut it for something better. Got one at the prerelease, never actually cast it in edh.

Maybe I should jam this in Lazav, the Multifarious just for giggles.