

But here it might just be what we’re looking for. Maelstrom Pulse: This is a card that often gets cut right at the last moment in GB decks because the actual utility of it isn’t high enough most of the time. Izzet Staticaster: If we have a way to turn the board into X/1’s we can turn this creature into a board wipe. Evil Twin: Repeatable removal that can also kill of a legendary creature, seems decent. Detention Sphere: An Oblivion Ring for a board wipe seems good. Cylian Sunsinger: While it casts for green, it can only be run in Naya colors, it can be a really good Overrun. Expensive in comparison to other effects we have already seen. Clarion Ultimatum: Massive ramp and a creature tutor. Gold:īiovisionary: Win the game cards are always looking for more ways to activate their triggers. Bifurcate: Another tutor for a creature, only it puts in onto the battlefield. Timberpack Wolf: It’s a really, really, lame Relentless Rats, but in green, so that’s something I guess. If you love to surprise people with being dead, this might be the right card for you. Echoing Courage: Cheap overrun effect at instant speed. Doubling Chant: It’s Pack Hunt, only more expensive and less good. Ok, not really, but still super interesting. Pack Hunt: Three creature tutor, how can we go wrong? Verdant Succession: It’s like Survival of the Fittest and Sneak Attack in one card for the budget minded. Homing Lighting: Mass removal in red for 2RR, there are probably better ways to go about this though. Shadowborn Apostle: If you’ve thought about Relentless Rats, you’ve probably thought about Shadowborn Apostles too. But it could also turn into a board wipe. Sever the Bloodline: A mono black exile effect on creatures. Plague Rats: It’s an older and not quite as good Relentless Rats. Relentless Rats: A classic aggro deck, that would allow us to turn a utility creature into an honorary Relentless Rats. Festering Newt: Probably not good enough, but it is interesting to note that we don’t have to think about using all names, but only specific names. Eradicate: This will shut down games if done right. Echoing Decay: It’s like Bile Blight, but for 1B instead. Probably not good enough most of the time. Retraced Image: It’s Show and Tell, but just for you! Black:īile Blight: -3/-3 to all the non-legendaries. Mimeofacture: It’s cheaper to cast than Dichotomancy, and does basically the same thing. Also, you could end up with eight Spy Kits at the end of the game, that just seems fun. Mechanized Production: A win the game card that also works with bonus value. Faerie Miscreant: It’s like a cantrip! That counts, right? Mask of the Mimic: Creature tutor in blue, that’s pretty sweet. Dichotomancy: We would need more cards to make this work, but this just seems fun to do at least once in your life, right? Echoing Truth: It’s like Cyclonic Rift, only not 5 bucks. Blue:īazaar of Wonders: Much like Cornered Market, shuts down a board when it’s been set up right. Winnow: Targeted removal that replaces itself. Declaration in Stone: Board wipe that turns into card draw. White:Ĭornered Market: This is a nearly unplayable card in Commander in any other context. To help us later, we start by listing the cards by color, and then look to see if there is one color or another that supports the combo better than others. Together we can judge if they are powerful when we go to deck construction. I don't want to judge whether an interaction is simply good, bad, or maybe just misunderstood, but simply evaluate if it does something that I want to do in a game. Naturally I'm looking for interesting interactions. So without further ado, our star of the month, hailing from the plane of Fiora, weighing in at a 2 generic mana:īefore I present a specific deck list, I want to take a step back and see what kind of cards and situation Spy Kit can work with and in. That seems low to me considering what can be done with it. At time of writing, the focal point of the article is listed at 28 decks. Even today I comb through cards and set aside a few for further investigation. I spent a good portion of my youth without a consistent playgroup, which led to me reading cards over and over again, trying to force interesting interactions between cards I owned. This month is a prime example of this situation. Sometimes I see a card that causes me to think, “What can I do with this?” Patrick here, the resident Johnny at EDHREC.
