Even more than the cards you bring to light, the way to you look at them to find the less obvious lines of play is what I enjoy. Watching your vids has changed the way I evaluate cards. Congrats on ep 50!
Plague Boiler is criminally underrated. Its potential as an instant speed board wipe alone makes it worth using. And watching opponents play around it can be remarkably impactful.
I put perilous forays in a katilda deck, just kinda as board wipe protection, tap and sac all your humans so you can start back after the wipe way ahead on lands.. didn’t realize it will combo with maja to get all your lands!
Some things with Piracy: Players can only activate mana abilities when they have priority (or when paying for a spell or some other instruction to pay mana). When you cast Piracy, they can react to it by tapping their lands. Once it resolves, you'll have priority, so the next spell you cast you can use what lands they have untapped. They won't be able to tap their lands for mana while you're going through this process.
2:00 that was FIRE in my Fungus deck alongside Followed Step :D and now, with Extravagant Replication, I've built an Azorious "enchantress" Replicating Ring deck :D 15:50 since we are in Golgari, Eldrazi Monument will help you make a constant board-wipe :D
I should tell you guys this About Perilous Forays its very very important almost everybody misses this the wording is beyond confusing but you can actually get shocklands/OG dual lands/Nonbasic lands with land types with Perilous Forays its literally a rule for the card.
Yeah, was going to comment the same thing as I have it in my Yasova Dragonclaw deck as both ramp and sac outlet. I can grab my triome and duels with it; as well it works great with field of the dead in a similar way to any landfall tokenmakers.
When I saw it, it reminded me of the new green channel land from Kamigawa, which also has that wording. The opponent can fetch a land with a "basic land type" which is relevant!
Loves these videos. My favorite card with Piracy is Price of Glory because it leads to tough decisions. Keep the land or let the other guy get my mana. Perilous Forays is nice too. Very good with "Threaten" commanders like Yasova. Also when paired with Roil Elemental it is brutal. Sac a creature, get a land, steal a creature to rinse and repeat for however much mana you got. Other people mentioned Amulet of Vigor and Lotus Cobra to help Perilous Forays. Very fun stuff.
Paradox Haze isn't the only card that does what it does. Sphinx of the Second Sun does the same thing (well, it grants an additional beginning phase, which includes an upkeep). Both are also auto-includes in a Braids, Conjurer Adept deck.
Perilous Forays also grabs duals. its worded awkwardly but it can grab any dual land or triome because they have a basic land /type/. when i had it in my tokens deck, i had to check gatherer a couple time to make sure i was doing it right lol
On the topic of piracy, drain power is a version that gets around the “tap in response” because it takes all the unspent mana in the opponents mana pool so it’s a still functional version of that kind of card
Just wanting to point out, if someone has a consecrated Sphinx, you can draw half your deck on your draw step with plagiarize the same way you could with notion thief. Just cast it at the end of your upkeep and when you draw your first card, they’ll draw two. So you’ll draw 2, they draw 4, you draw 4, 8, 8, and so on. It’s a good way to kill that one player who gets cocky and thinks they’ve won the game already. Combine psychic spiral on an opponents next turn and it’s a 2 card double knockout.
I use Perilous Forays in my Yedora, Grave Gardener deck. It's mostly based around combo shenanigans that occur with her ability when you have something like Living Lands in play. (When your Forest creatures dies, she brings them back...as Forest creatures). I can tap a creature for mana, then sacrifice it to pay the price, in order to get another land to thin the deck-all without losing anything, save the sacrificed land-creature is now summoning sick.
I like gifts ungiven too. I build my Grazilaxx commander deck entirely around situations that let players have the interesting interaction you described.
I always loved Piracy, the politics to get an extra mana to get a spell to help people out to do some big and silly is neat. And if that doesn't work and everyone taps there lands. Just skip phases so the mana fades. It becomes 2 mana tap all opponents lands.
Here’s some interesting cards you could include in a video: Avoid Fate (1 mana mono green counterspell), Rebuff the Wicked (1 mana mono white counterspell), Promise of Loyalty (interesting mono white board wipe), Lapse of certainly (mono white counterspell for 3 mana), oketras last mercy( resets your life total to 40 for 3 mana, nuts in a Lathiel Deck), Thoughtleech (when opponents tap an island you gain 1 life), Roots of Life (3 mana green enchantment that you Choose islands or swamps, when they tap those lands you gain 1 life. Dumb with urborg in play to make everything a swamp for massive life gain), Sanctimony (opponent taps a mountain, you gain 1 life).
Hey Demo, I think you undervalued Perilous Forays. It doesn’t say basic land, it says land with a basic land type. This means you can search out shocks, triomes, duals, etc. It’s a lot better than you initially read it for!
Thinking about putting piracy in my Elsha deck. If I can get it on the top of my library, like with brainstorm, I could use it to tap down an opponents lands during their upkeep
I think the reason Pendlehaven Elder doesn't a lot of play is because there are plenty of better ways to buff your tokens. 1) She only buffs 1/1 creatures, so that's pretty limiting. 2) it isn't a constant buff. I get that you'd hold her ability when you're blocking. I just think there's plenty of better buff cards and those aren't limited to 1/1s
Piracy is actually very good in a Sen Triplets deck. The player you chose on your upkeep can't activate abilities that turn, including mana abilities, so they can't tap their lands in response. This means you get to use THEIR lands to cast THEIR spells. Truly evil, but super fun.
Well if it resolves you have priority, so unless every single opponent decides to tap out their lands in response to this card being cast then you will get to tap out everyone's lands for mana.
@@fallendeus That's what people do though. There's literally no reason for an opponent to NOT do that now that mana burn isn't a thing. Piracy is only really playable in Sen Triplets for this reason.
Drain power is straight up better than piracy, I run it in a mono blue deck for when I face mono green omnath, my highlight of notion thief was when I had mirror March and the opponent had 3 counters on magic mirror, u can imagine how that went
aCtCHualLy, you suggested 504 cards since you had the Oaths in episode 48... lol and in bugged me for some reason... Anyway to be honnest you're already at letter "P" and I'm scared about the "what then..?" "No more 10 cards !?" ;)
Piracy looks great in a Lier deck, specially 'cause it's repeatable there. And you can use your op's lands to play your sorceries while leaving your mana open to cast your instants
back in the day (2011) plauge boiler was a great card, but unless your meta is pretty slow its time has defiantly past, that said Pernicious deeds is still a house that doesn't see as much play anymore
I made 54 2/2 Apes last night with Warpworld and a "Monkey Cage". Never seen anyone else play the card and you have to be clever with timing, but it could be good with mass- polymorph, blink, or reanimation. Check a look.
Demo always has the spice I'm looking for. I would love to pick his brain with my decks in mind. I've fallen way behind from my playgroup and could use it.
I had no idea Piracy existed. As a Zaxara player, this card makes me salivate. "Why yes, I'll tap down all of your lands to cast Torment of Hailfire for 25 and make a 25/25 hydra token. Thank you!"
Alchemist’s Refuge and Piracy can really mess up your opponent’s turn so I’d go with that combo. As long as you can delay them it doesn’t really matter.
Perilous Forays + Bloodghast+ Amulet of Vigor= Get all of your basic lands out of your deck at once. If you are feeling mean, play Plagerize when aTeferi's Puzzle Box trigger is on the stack.
The problem with the elder, as someone who used to play her, is that she completely nonbos with other anthems. So you end up with a mediocre anthem with summoning sickness, that can only be used on one turn in a turn cycle. And because of its interaction with other anthems its not even a card you can include because you want more of an effect. Speaking from experience, its not a good include.
I picked up a Pedantic Learning not too long ago. Got it in my Grolnok deck and works great. Also if you can get out Skirk Familiar and have a Golgri Grave Troll you could go infinite and mill your deck, maybe good for Muldrotha.
In a 2hg game "Piracy" would not function like you think because your partner is not an opponent thereby not being able to use your partner's lands for mana!
He literally stated what the fucking oracle text says "Until end of turn, you may tap lands you don't control for mana. Spend this mana only to cast spells." That is the cards effect, it has been changed with oracle text.
Why would anyone ever play Phyrexian Portal? 6 mana for 1 card. Most likely a card you don't want. The 2nd time you activate this ability, you've effectively paid 9 mana. Sooo bad
Even more than the cards you bring to light, the way to you look at them to find the less obvious lines of play is what I enjoy. Watching your vids has changed the way I evaluate cards. Congrats on ep 50!
Here here!!
Congratulations on 50 episodes of this! Takes commitment and we all appreciate it!
Plague Boiler is criminally underrated. Its potential as an instant speed board wipe alone makes it worth using. And watching opponents play around it can be remarkably impactful.
I put perilous forays in a katilda deck, just kinda as board wipe protection, tap and sac all your humans so you can start back after the wipe way ahead on lands.. didn’t realize it will combo with maja to get all your lands!
Some things with Piracy: Players can only activate mana abilities when they have priority (or when paying for a spell or some other instruction to pay mana). When you cast Piracy, they can react to it by tapping their lands. Once it resolves, you'll have priority, so the next spell you cast you can use what lands they have untapped. They won't be able to tap their lands for mana while you're going through this process.
Drain Power goes around this Problem
2:00 that was FIRE in my Fungus deck alongside Followed Step :D and now, with Extravagant Replication, I've built an Azorious "enchantress" Replicating Ring deck :D
15:50 since we are in Golgari, Eldrazi Monument will help you make a constant board-wipe :D
I should tell you guys this About Perilous Forays its very very important almost everybody misses this
the wording is beyond confusing but you can actually get shocklands/OG dual lands/Nonbasic lands with land types with Perilous Forays its literally a rule for the card.
Yeah, was going to comment the same thing as I have it in my Yasova Dragonclaw deck as both ramp and sac outlet. I can grab my triome and duels with it; as well it works great with field of the dead in a similar way to any landfall tokenmakers.
When I saw it, it reminded me of the new green channel land from Kamigawa, which also has that wording. The opponent can fetch a land with a "basic land type" which is relevant!
I love you videos demo! I listen to them on the drive to school every morning and I cant wish for anything better!
Another fantastic job you reminded me i forgot to put paradox haze in my zedruu deck. Gratz on episode 50 i always look forward to these videos.
Good mornin'! Happy prelease to everyone out there today :)
Loves these videos.
My favorite card with Piracy is Price of Glory because it leads to tough decisions. Keep the land or let the other guy get my mana.
Perilous Forays is nice too. Very good with "Threaten" commanders like Yasova. Also when paired with Roil Elemental it is brutal. Sac a creature, get a land, steal a creature to rinse and repeat for however much mana you got. Other people mentioned Amulet of Vigor and Lotus Cobra to help Perilous Forays.
Very fun stuff.
Woah the art on Plagiarize is insane. I really like when you comment on the interesting art too, would love a Top 10 Most Bizarre Card Arts Video!
Paradox Haze is especially good with Zedruu because you can enchant yourself and then give it to an opponent.
This made me smarter thank you lol
I came to make this same comment
Paradox Haze isn't the only card that does what it does. Sphinx of the Second Sun does the same thing (well, it grants an additional beginning phase, which includes an upkeep). Both are also auto-includes in a Braids, Conjurer Adept deck.
Sphinx of the second suns is a decent replacement for paradox haze although be aware it is 8 mana
True, especially with xanathar or Sen Triplets due to the mana reset
Perilous Forays also grabs duals. its worded awkwardly but it can grab any dual land or triome because they have a basic land /type/. when i had it in my tokens deck, i had to check gatherer a couple time to make sure i was doing it right lol
I've just finished a deck build around paradox haze and copy spells to get a ton of upkeeps and It's super fun!
Plague Boiler is an awesome include in any Gyome deck, since it can easily grant indestructible to creatures :)
You're my new go-to MTG creator.
On the topic of piracy, drain power is a version that gets around the “tap in response” because it takes all the unspent mana in the opponents mana pool so it’s a still functional version of that kind of card
Haven't seen plague boiler in ages! Congrats demo keep up the good work bro
Just wanting to point out, if someone has a consecrated Sphinx, you can draw half your deck on your draw step with plagiarize the same way you could with notion thief.
Just cast it at the end of your upkeep and when you draw your first card, they’ll draw two. So you’ll draw 2, they draw 4, you draw 4, 8, 8, and so on. It’s a good way to kill that one player who gets cocky and thinks they’ve won the game already. Combine psychic spiral on an opponents next turn and it’s a 2 card double knockout.
Sphynx of the second sun gives an additional beginning phase. Not just an upkeep, but untap and draw!
The best part of Paradox Haze in Zedru is you can give it to anyone, but it still enchants you.
I use Perilous Forays in my Yedora, Grave Gardener deck. It's mostly based around combo shenanigans that occur with her ability when you have something like Living Lands in play. (When your Forest creatures dies, she brings them back...as Forest creatures). I can tap a creature for mana, then sacrifice it to pay the price, in order to get another land to thin the deck-all without losing anything, save the sacrificed land-creature is now summoning sick.
Do you play titania in there to go wide?
@@kieranheaton4951 No, but come to think of it, I probably should. Thanks for the recomendation!
I like gifts ungiven too. I build my Grazilaxx commander deck entirely around situations that let players have the interesting interaction you described.
I always loved Piracy, the politics to get an extra mana to get a spell to help people out to do some big and silly is neat.
And if that doesn't work and everyone taps there lands. Just skip phases so the mana fades. It becomes 2 mana tap all opponents lands.
Here’s some interesting cards you could include in a video: Avoid Fate (1 mana mono green counterspell), Rebuff the Wicked (1 mana mono white counterspell), Promise of Loyalty (interesting mono white board wipe), Lapse of certainly (mono white counterspell for 3 mana), oketras last mercy( resets your life total to 40 for 3 mana, nuts in a Lathiel Deck), Thoughtleech (when opponents tap an island you gain 1 life), Roots of Life (3 mana green enchantment that you Choose islands or swamps, when they tap those lands you gain 1 life. Dumb with urborg in play to make everything a swamp for massive life gain), Sanctimony (opponent taps a mountain, you gain 1 life).
gather specimens + parallel evolution was in my first EDH deck with Jenara back in ~2010
Piracy also good in a Stax strategy. Tap there lands down, drop a Stasis or Vorinclex or etc.
Perilous Forays let's you search up your triomes and dual lands with the basic land types so it can be used for great mana fixing right?
Hey Demo, I think you undervalued Perilous Forays. It doesn’t say basic land, it says land with a basic land type. This means you can search out shocks, triomes, duals, etc. It’s a lot better than you initially read it for!
Thinking about putting piracy in my Elsha deck. If I can get it on the top of my library, like with brainstorm, I could use it to tap down an opponents lands during their upkeep
I think the reason Pendlehaven Elder doesn't a lot of play is because there are plenty of better ways to buff your tokens. 1) She only buffs 1/1 creatures, so that's pretty limiting. 2) it isn't a constant buff. I get that you'd hold her ability when you're blocking. I just think there's plenty of better buff cards and those aren't limited to 1/1s
Pedantic Learning! My very first Magic card/rare. It's a bit more useful now after 20 years of sets coming and going lol.
I've been running plague boiler in my Muldrotha deck and it's been a staple for me ever since
Paradox Haze + the Courts and Sphinx of the Second Sun is hilarious.
Piracy is actually very good in a Sen Triplets deck. The player you chose on your upkeep can't activate abilities that turn, including mana abilities, so they can't tap their lands in response. This means you get to use THEIR lands to cast THEIR spells. Truly evil, but super fun.
Well if it resolves you have priority, so unless every single opponent decides to tap out their lands in response to this card being cast then you will get to tap out everyone's lands for mana.
@@fallendeus That's what people do though. There's literally no reason for an opponent to NOT do that now that mana burn isn't a thing. Piracy is only really playable in Sen Triplets for this reason.
Piracy seems good for Izzet decks that want to use Mana Geyser to go off on a big turn.
I have Perilous Forays in my beledros deck. Works like a charm
Peace talks is a really cool card for protecting wincons like Lab Maniac
Drain power is straight up better than piracy, I run it in a mono blue deck for when I face mono green omnath, my highlight of notion thief was when I had mirror March and the opponent had 3 counters on magic mirror, u can imagine how that went
I love paradox haze. It took me a while to find a home for it. I put it in an Oloro deck.
aCtCHualLy, you suggested 504 cards since you had the Oaths in episode 48... lol and in bugged me for some reason... Anyway to be honnest you're already at letter "P" and I'm scared about the "what then..?" "No more 10 cards !?" ;)
Piracy looks great in a Lier deck, specially 'cause it's repeatable there. And you can use your op's lands to play your sorceries while leaving your mana open to cast your instants
back in the day (2011) plauge boiler was a great card, but unless your meta is pretty slow its time has defiantly past, that said Pernicious deeds is still a house that doesn't see as much play anymore
Perilous forays combos with lotus cobra to get all of your lands if you have the tokens to sac 😮
Paradox Haze is a must run and must answer when playing with Zedruu. Such a good card
I made 54 2/2 Apes last night with Warpworld and a "Monkey Cage". Never seen anyone else play the card and you have to be clever with timing, but it could be good with mass- polymorph, blink, or reanimation. Check a look.
Im shocked you didnt mention the Prismatic Bridge for Paradox haze
Demo always has the spice I'm looking for. I would love to pick his brain with my decks in mind. I've fallen way behind from my playgroup and could use it.
500 cards! I may have purchased all 500… thanks 😁
Love this series a lot ❤
I had no idea Piracy existed. As a Zaxara player, this card makes me salivate.
"Why yes, I'll tap down all of your lands to cast Torment of Hailfire for 25 and make a 25/25 hydra token. Thank you!"
There is another Paradox Haze... kinda. Sphinx of the Second Sun is a good approximation but it only works on you and not exactly in the same way.
I’m so stoked for prerelease!!
Alchemist’s Refuge and Piracy can really mess up your opponent’s turn so I’d go with that combo. As long as you can delay them it doesn’t really matter.
Perilous Forays + Bloodghast+ Amulet of Vigor= Get all of your basic lands out of your deck at once. If you are feeling mean, play Plagerize when aTeferi's Puzzle Box trigger is on the stack.
Pendelhaven elder may be good in Edric since you have all those 1/1 unblockable creatures
Phyrexian Portal! Best wincon ever. Infinite mana makes it into a near-endless experience similar to Four Horsemen
Paradox Haze + Scarab God + Endless Ranks Of The Dead. Its even more brutal if u flash in the Paradox Haze when everyone's guard is down 🤣
Perilous forays is a house in my Hazezon Tamar deck
Isn't Gift Ungiven on the banlist?
it sure is. still a great card though.
pendalhaven elder is soooo good in a Kamahl deck!
Omnath, Locus of Rage + Perilous Forays + Mana Echoes is an infinite combo.
The problem with Pendlehaven Elder is that it can’t really go in Elf decks, because they have so many Lord effects.
I bought paradox haze for zedruu when it was only a quid
yeah i don't know what happened there. it used to be 2 dollars. desperately needs a reprint.
I love Ghirapur Orrery due to what it does.
did piracy not have a market price?
See I love piracy its super funny to play. Same with the old Drain power because unless they got something to play you get their entire mana pool.
The problem with the elder, as someone who used to play her, is that she completely nonbos with other anthems. So you end up with a mediocre anthem with summoning sickness, that can only be used on one turn in a turn cycle. And because of its interaction with other anthems its not even a card you can include because you want more of an effect. Speaking from experience, its not a good include.
I picked up a Pedantic Learning not too long ago. Got it in my Grolnok deck and works great. Also if you can get out Skirk Familiar and have a Golgri Grave Troll you could go infinite and mill your deck, maybe good for Muldrotha.
I still don't know why mana burn was removed.
I wish there was a way to put Piracy and Pygmy Hippo in a Yurlok deck
Piracy does not even target anymore, just works for each opponent °_°
Phyrexian Portal is like a repeatable Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths
In a 2hg game "Piracy" would not function like you think because your partner is not an opponent
thereby not being able to use your partner's lands for mana!
He literally stated what the fucking oracle text says "Until end of turn, you may tap lands you don't control for mana. Spend this mana only to cast spells." That is the cards effect, it has been changed with oracle text.
Plagiarize would’ve been absolutely incredible when Hullbreacher was still legal
Drain Power is better than Piracy. Both are still fun.
0:46 homie forgot Sphinx of the Second Sun exists
yes homie did.
For Piracy, turn player should have priority. They'd have to tap out as you tried to cast it I think
Piracy will be funny in my political Kenrith deck.
Take drain Power instead of piracy
Grismold and Parallel Evolution is ridiculous
We need more token hate, I can’t remember when you did you a video some token hate but need more to hate all those treasures and clue decks please!
I run plagiarize in Talrand because I can't play Notion Thief
Plagiarize should be illegal......man!
I combine plagiarize with teferis puzzle box and its rude af
gifts ungiven is banned unfortunatly
Why would anyone ever play Phyrexian Portal? 6 mana for 1 card. Most likely a card you don't want. The 2nd time you activate this ability, you've effectively paid 9 mana. Sooo bad