Manabond

[Sinis]

Have any of you played Manabond in EDH?

It's very all-or-nothing. For those of you who played it, what kind of deck did it fit in? What were your experiences with it?

[MRHblue]

I have seen it in Muldrotha, but unless you land it T1 with some sort of large number of lands, it seems bad.

[Mookie]

I haven't personally played with Manabond, but I do have one deck that would probably be interested if I found myself with a copy: Tatyova, Benthic Druid. In that deck, I generally draw more lands than I can actually play, and any lands I do play will replace themselves, so discarding my nonland cards isn't a significant downside.

I've also heard of people playing it alongside Damia, Sage of Stone, who can just refill your hand after you discard it. Could also be good in Muldrotha, the Gravetide, since you can play anything you discard out of your graveyard (and if you're replaying lands from your graveyard, then they may be building up in hand).

On the other hand, it has a lot of redundancy with Azusa, Lost but Seeking, Exploration, Burgeoning, and other ways to play extra lands, all of which are a bit easier to use / lower variance than Manabond. Ghirapur Orrery does have some fun interactions though.

[pokken]

I played it in Gitrog and it was pretty hit or miss. Sometimes it was gross.

It's insane with Words of Wind in Damia.

[75chan]

I love it. 72 lands with manabond etc. Don't have a decklist posted, but it's Thrasios&Tymna. It has enough redundancy that it's still playable as a deck, probably, even if I've barely played it so I can't say for sure. I love dropping it early and getting like 5 lands off it. Untapping T2 with 7 lands in play and topdecking Animist's Awakening to get another 5 lans into play has to be the most explosive start I've gotten, ramp-wise, in the format. The deck isn't super great at making use of those lands, so it's still not amazing, but it's a very fun deck.

It's not that bad later either. Treasure Hunt into Manabond have gotten me 13+ lands into play.

I'd probably never run it outside lands.dec though.

[TheAmericanSpirit]

I think it's a surprisingly safe include in ramp decks. The ability is a may, so you only have to use it when you want it. Honestly one of the strongest albeit situational CMC 1 green cards and the closest thing to edh-legal fastbond.

[Rasputin101]

I ran it in my old Muldrotha, the gravetide deck. Great way to stock your yard and ramp super fast

[vandertroll]

Currently trying to make it work in this Tatyova decklist .

[darrenhabib]

Seems a lot better with the Modern Horizon draw lands (Nurturing Peatland, Waterlogged Grove, etc) and Life from the Loam. You can just keep putting 3 lands into play and still get your draw, although because you sacrifice a land you'll only be two lands up. But that's a draw and two additional land drops for the turn.

Omnath, Locus of the Roil, Tatyova, Benthic Druid, The Gitrog Monster, seem like prime candidates.

[xeroxedfool]

You could combine it with Library of Leng. That might be too cute but it is a possibility. Goes well with Damia as mentioned.

[ConstantMists]

I play it in Borborygmos Enraged along with Storm Cauldron . If Borby is on the field, you tap out and fill your hand with ammunition. If not I can put all my lands back in play while my opponents are not so fortunate. I also use it with Zuran Orb to sac all my lands for life then use Creeping Renaissance to put them all back in my hand, and then back on the field.

[umtiger]

I have in my Child of Alara Lands.dec: https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the ... -lands-dec

It's definitely not a good stuff card that you just include. You better have a good plan. The card that I used it together with the most was Ad Nauseam. But there are plenty of other times where I just had a grip full of lands.

[hyalopterouslemur]

I'd say try it. It's a "may", and at worst, you're going to be dumping lands (and cards you want in your graveyard) from your hand once it's all lands.

[Sinis]

Thanks for the feedback everyone. I'm also considering Summer Bloom. It's probably comparable in land heavy (but not like, 60-70) land decks. Maybe I'll play both. We'll see how it all shapes out.

[Skello496]

It would be awesome in a list for that commander that requires 7 lands in hand. Get your 7, flip the commander, then manabond trigger and dump them all into the field.

[Sinis]

It would be awesome in a list for that commander that requires 7 lands in hand. Get your 7, flip the commander, then manabond trigger and dump them all into the field.

Sasaya, Orochi Ascendant is what you're thinking of.

I don't think it's worth it in Sasaya, for the one reason that simple land plays on your turn will probably always be enough. Have 5 Forests in play? You have 25 mana. Getting a bunch of lands out at end of turn isn't really going to make that better. Manabond detracts from the goal of the deck, which is to play the minimum cards necessary to have 7 lands in hand, but play the maximum number of threats in the remaining space. Manabond does neither.

[Skello496]

I mean, I understand what you mean but at the same time I feel like using it to instantly get enough mana for a Helix Pinnacle win is pretty effective. I would still run it there for that purpose.

[NZB2323]

It actually seems good with Captain Sisay because she refills your hand.