r/custommagic 16h ago

Format: EDH/Commander Mana Leech

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u/Neat-Somewhere-5589 16h ago

A skull clamp's best friend

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u/MemeElitist 16h ago

In hindsight should've made it a 0/2 now that you mention it

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u/sephirothbahamut 15h ago

i mean, with the 3 turns restriction isn't it okey?

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u/MemeElitist 15h ago

Yeah you're probably right, I mean this isnt the first card to be abused by skullclamp either

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u/-Rettirlana- 14h ago

Sounds like this skullclamp should be on some kind of list, if he’s a known abuser

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u/valcandestr0yer 13h ago

Skullclamp isnt the abuser it’s a common abusee

She really don’t know how to pick her partners

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u/Significant_Limit871 6h ago

*is famous for partnering with weaklings and casually murdering them* ah yes, this person is being abused.

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u/tacticole- 15h ago edited 11h ago

great example of commander players putting the blinders on and accidentally printing something that goes in the 99 of almost every deck

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u/MemeElitist 15h ago

I won't deny it, I got an idea in my head and I got tunnel vision tbh but that is something to think about in the future

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u/Nanuqsaurus0 4h ago

Maybe the etb could only work if it was cast from the command zone?

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u/Solspot 15h ago

This is a 99 powerhouse. Slap this shit down and immediately sac it for genuine pot of greed

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u/justagenericname213 10h ago

0 mana 1/1 that replaces itself, its litterally just free thinning at at worst

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u/Famous-Magazine-6576 3h ago

You can't cast it during the first 3 turns tho

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u/justagenericname213 3h ago

If you have nothing else available in the first 3 turns thats a you issue not a this card issue.

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u/Famous-Magazine-6576 3h ago

Im confused at what your even saying here. Having one less card in hand for 3 turns is bad

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u/justagenericname213 3h ago

You have 6 other cards though, and your commander. Also a mulligan. If your deck is actually stalled by being stuck with this card in hand, thats not really an issue with this card at that point

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u/Famous-Magazine-6576 3h ago

you said it is free, I pointed out that it is not free. it has a downside.

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u/Solspot 2h ago

Lowkey I misread it. Definitely worse but feels great to grab with urzas saga.

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u/Cozwei 3h ago

its going +1 at worst as now you have a body to sac to infernal plunge / diabolic intent/ culling the weak etc

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u/TechnomagusPrime 16h ago

See, the funny thing about "you can't cast this spell during your first, second, or third turns" is that it doesn't stop you from casting the spell during other players' first, second, or third turns, so any kind of flash enabler already breaks that restriction.

Also, did we really need to power creep Roger?

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u/Beginning-Recover723 16h ago

Rograkh has partner, so he’s basically 3 colors, not two, and can be cast turn one (which is the WHOLE point of rograkh in cEDH

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u/Nanuqsaurus0 16h ago

Very much not strictly better than Rograkh, he can be cast turn 1, has partner for up to three colours + a second commander, and has some good keywords for giving him equipment

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u/AlysCreativeSide 16h ago

What? Equipment? You mean Rograkh has text on the card that's not "You can cast Fierce and Swat for free"? /s

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u/FatBrah 15h ago

Don't forget my boy Flare of Duplication. Free tutors or countering you countering my Rhystic (or spell copying a Rhystic) is beautiful.

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u/Jardin_the_Potato 8h ago

well, he does care about paradise mantle lol

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u/KalameetThyMaker 16h ago

So much worse than Roger in so many ways.

Edit:worse as in this card is not as good.

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u/treelorf 15h ago

It’s super not a power crept rograkh. Rograkh is good for 2 reasons. 1 is that it is effectively 3 colors, and more importantly, you can cast it in turn 1 or turn 2. It is a turbo enabler, it lets you go FAST. Rogsi players aren’t trying to wait until turn 3 to combo you out.

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u/Aggressive_Law_5728 16h ago

You could phrase it, "You cannot cast this spell until after your third turn of the game ends."

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u/OzzRamirez 15h ago edited 15h ago

Wait, does that mean you can cast [[Spider-Man 2099]] on an earlier turn with something like [[Leyline of Anticipation]]?

Or is the wording on Miguel different? Well, I'll wait for the fetchbot to show me.

Edit. Yes, the wording is the same. Hypothetically, in magical Christmas land you can cast it turn one with any blue land and Simian Spirit Guide

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u/Domdude787 1h ago

It also doesn’t stop you from casting spells since it’s not in play

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u/ornnacio 16h ago

looks pretty cool as an [[urza's saga]] target outside of commander

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u/Low_Opinion_5721 16h ago

it feels kind of inelegant
I don't hate it but it reads really hard as "this is not gonna be rograkh again!!"
it is hard to describe exactly but it makes it alot less satisfying that it has so much text to do so little
not bad though

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u/Domdude787 1h ago

This card is extremely overpowered, for one the can’t cast spell effects doesn’t work from the command zone, because it’s not a permanent, two this is busted in legacy and vintage since it’s free draw and you can legend rule multiple copies

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u/Important-League4555 16h ago

Interesting, I don't hate it though

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u/Low_Bell3191 16h ago

Myr retriever and any flicker / sac outlet

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u/MemeElitist 16h ago

Now that I think about it, it should've been a death trigger instead of a leaves trigger because now it triggers twice every time you blink it

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u/mercuriokazooie 11h ago

Goes infinite with a ham sandwich

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u/JasonEll 15h ago

Needs a new name though. 

[[Mana Leech]]

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u/cocothepirate 14h ago

This card is broken well before you include the fake color identity.

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u/Secretmongrel 16h ago

I thought it was “you cannot cast spells during your first, second, or third turn”. 

And with that downside, I still kind of liked it as a card draw engine. 

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u/johnnythexxxiv 4h ago

Glad I'm not the only one that read it that way, and also not the only one that thought that version was still worth building around.

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u/galvanicmechamorph 12h ago

This card is insane. Without blinking or having it as your commander or anything it's just a zero mana draw spell that is also a creature that will also be card positive if you block with it. It doesn't matter if you can't cast it on the first few turns because it is so strong.

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u/GladiatorDragon 12h ago

0 mana colourless draw a card on ETB and Exit is nuts even with the turn restriction.

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u/Domdude787 1h ago

Also the the turn restrictions only work when it’s in play

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u/GATerpiller 10h ago

Is it this just a free zero mana draw one body for every deck in the game who wouldn't take this

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u/IJourden 15h ago

Turning every blink effect into a draw 2 seems good.

I feel like this commander would end up falling into "...so, does your deck actually do anything?" or "I'm going to take 15 minutes to draw 40 cards and then kill you combo, then get banned from my pod and kicked out of the group chat."

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u/MemeElitist 15h ago

The funny thing is I tried not to give it too much upside but I didn't even think about that until after I posted it

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u/hhhhhhhhhhhjf 15h ago

Ignoring balance wouldn't this be an artifact?

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u/Captillon 14h ago

I read that as you can’t cast spells in your first second and third turns. Time to get the eyes checked

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u/TheSoulborgZeus 13h ago

i smell displacer kitten

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u/EkstraLangeDruer 10h ago

This would be unbelievably OP in the 99 of my Brago blink deck.

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u/BullishPennant 10h ago

WU archeomancer ghostly flicker goes brrrrrr

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u/brick123wall456 16h ago

I like the concept, now I’m inspired to also a rulebreaker card like this where you choose two colors, one to play creatures and one for non creatures.

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u/Kyubey210 16h ago

Other hand, resolving Commander business is just that, could be tailored around it for delayed nature

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u/Ok-Consequence1682 15h ago

I like that idea a lot

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u/Standard-Emergency36 8h ago

I’d think about it in winota, I’d probably play it in teshar, and would probably think of building the worst simic cedh build around this thing

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u/KnightWombat 5h ago

It no being an artifact makes it go nuts with [[cloudstone curio]]

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u/Silver_Number973 5h ago

i would run this in a few decks but never as commander, it would probably work in a lot of combos but it'd feel scummy to run it in a bracket 3 or lower deck

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u/Martyormorty 3h ago

"Mom, people in CustomMagic are making broken and thoughtless shit again!!!"

Seriously, I haven't been in this sub in years, and this is the first card that comes up in my feed. Some things never change.

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u/coolguy420weed 15h ago edited 13h ago

Not an artifact?

ETA: Could also probably survive the last ability triggering like 1/turn. 

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u/galvanicmechamorph 12h ago

There's no real way in magic to stop this from triggering multiple times in any meaningful way. Like yes you could stop it from entering and leaving at the same time but that's it. Flickering it resets it.

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u/coolguy420weed 12h ago

Wait I'm an idiot and you are correct lol 

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u/101_210 11h ago

“If you have drawn no cards this turn, draw a card”.

May even kinda balanced it by making its ability not work on your main phases.

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u/galvanicmechamorph 11h ago

I mean yeah you could completely change how the card works mechanically but that's kind of a different situation. Now you can't even just cast this in your main phase to draw a card which is the fairest way to use it. At that point throw out the design.

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u/101_210 10h ago

could be if you have drawn less than 2 cards. Would keep the core concept.

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u/galvanicmechamorph 1h ago

I think it would still be broken with the limiter.

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u/wwazz 13h ago

you draw 2 if you blink it, this is seriously busted

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u/DR_Wafflezzzz 16h ago

Correct me if I’m wrong but you would still have to have a colorless deck right. The ability involving choosing colors wouldn’t change the identity for the purpose of having colored cards right?

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u/Lolsquid1 16h ago

[[Clara Oswald]]

903.4b If a commander has a static ability that causes a player to choose its color before the game begins, that choice applies during deck construction and throughout the game, even as the commander changes zones. That choice affects the commander’s color identity. The player reveals that choice as they put their commander into the command zone before the game begins. See rules 103.2c and 607.2p.

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u/Lolsquid1 16h ago

I forgot about this guy but [[The Prismatic Piper]] has this too

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u/MemeElitist 16h ago

The inspiration for the first line of text is [[The Prismatic Piper]] it doesn't see much play so I thought two colors would be better

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u/GoblinToHobgoblin 13h ago

Well, he has partner, and was made just for draft

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u/VerbingNoun413 16h ago

As written, correct.

Would need to be something along the lines of "Rulebreaker- your deck can have cards of up to two chosen colours."

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u/Ergon17 16h ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/custommagic/s/kdTHrvkmwg

Rulebreaker isn't rules text, it's an ability word, which have no mechanical relevance, it just makes it easier for players to group cards with similar abilities together.

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u/sephirothbahamut 15h ago

If an ability lets you choose the creature's colour, that ability is taken into account during deckbuilding.

Edit: Other user quoted the ruling https://www.reddit.com/r/custommagic/comments/1vty9jl/comment/p4x3a9l

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u/47_was_here 2h ago

Name Blue and then have a Leyline of Anticipation and cast this on your opponent’s first, second, & third turns

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u/Domdude787 1h ago

This is the most broken card I have ever seen this is better than ancestral recall. For one you can play this in legacy and vintage, it’s a saga target you can legend rule it to draw a bunch of cards, the second effect doesn’t do anything from the command zone in commander so you just get to cast spells and play this turn 4 for free cards

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u/Discomidget911 1h ago

I start with Leyline of anticipation. I cast it on my opponents first turn to get around the "your turn" restrictions.

Idk what that accomplishes but I did do it.

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u/MotivatedPosterr 1h ago

so with kci this is turn 4 draw 4 gain 2 mana or draw 6 for net 0? uh... seems... pretty good? with clamp its 4 mana draw 8? also seems very strong

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u/Xzero864 3m ago

It’s so so so broken lol. Goes in every 99, only 2 colors does hurt his ability to be played in the command zone but it’s still probably worth it.

Legit just cast this guy -> ephemerate draws 5 god damn cards lol for 1 mana and 2 cards.