Re: Ephara, God of the Polis - Flash & Taxes
Posted: Mon Nov 08, 2021 8:22 pm
Huh. Lots of interesting stuff this commander set.
Storm of Souls is a pretty nice bomb. Haunted Library is a really powerful enabler if you can the the volume of instant speed destruction high enough, and very cheap and muddleable. Neat stuff.
Sudden Salvation is another step in the Cosmic Intervention ramp strategy that actually goes infinite with Phyrexian Altar and Archaeomancer and something that makes tokens which is kinda cool. You could chain it each turn cycle too.
The really nice thing about it as a fetchland ramp strategy is that it lets you crack 3 fetches then cast it, which is very powerful. White as fetchland ramp is getting kinda legit.
Disorder in the Court and Occult Epiphany are both pretty interesting playable cards. Not sure I would want either one but playable.
Ethereal Investigator is kinda interesting. It's got a pretty high mana cost but you could chain Ephara around the table cracking clues, so that's kinda neat. Lots of potential angles there for Ephara triggering too.
Breath of the Sleepless is really strong for a spirits build for sure.
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Of the stuff spoiled thus far I think I might play Sudden Salvation, but I'd be more inclined toward it if I were running a more sac outlet driven build that wants a lot of Brought Back effects with various altars. It's a shame that there is no real replacement for Phyrexian Altar at enabling those, so it becomes a kind of choke point. Ashnod's Altar and Altar of Dementia both do things but get quite mana intensive.
I could definitely see an Ephara build focused around trying to set up a 'loop' effect with stuff like Yorion, Sky Nomad and Eerie Interlude with all that stuff.
Overall, nothing slam dunk in there for me, especially since I'm contemplating such major changes to support Hullbreaker Horror.
Storm of Souls is a pretty nice bomb. Haunted Library is a really powerful enabler if you can the the volume of instant speed destruction high enough, and very cheap and muddleable. Neat stuff.
Sudden Salvation is another step in the Cosmic Intervention ramp strategy that actually goes infinite with Phyrexian Altar and Archaeomancer and something that makes tokens which is kinda cool. You could chain it each turn cycle too.
The really nice thing about it as a fetchland ramp strategy is that it lets you crack 3 fetches then cast it, which is very powerful. White as fetchland ramp is getting kinda legit.
Disorder in the Court and Occult Epiphany are both pretty interesting playable cards. Not sure I would want either one but playable.
Ethereal Investigator is kinda interesting. It's got a pretty high mana cost but you could chain Ephara around the table cracking clues, so that's kinda neat. Lots of potential angles there for Ephara triggering too.
Breath of the Sleepless is really strong for a spirits build for sure.
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Of the stuff spoiled thus far I think I might play Sudden Salvation, but I'd be more inclined toward it if I were running a more sac outlet driven build that wants a lot of Brought Back effects with various altars. It's a shame that there is no real replacement for Phyrexian Altar at enabling those, so it becomes a kind of choke point. Ashnod's Altar and Altar of Dementia both do things but get quite mana intensive.
I could definitely see an Ephara build focused around trying to set up a 'loop' effect with stuff like Yorion, Sky Nomad and Eerie Interlude with all that stuff.
Overall, nothing slam dunk in there for me, especially since I'm contemplating such major changes to support Hullbreaker Horror.