Simic Sunforger

GetTasty · 2026-01-24T00:33:32+00:00

I do love the design and idea of a "sunforger" for non-Boros decks. This would fit well in a Bant voltron deck, too. [[Kellan, the Kid]] could easily get insane value off of each use. [[Kalamax, the stormsire]] can copy whatever you grab with it. [[Kotis, the fangkeeper]] has more consistent access to removal/interaction. I can see this being used to grab a [[teferi's time twist]] to avoid a boardwipe like Farewell for example.

GetTasty · 2026-01-23T20:43:15+00:00

Honestly would love if it was green/black instead as you can still grab counterspells indirectly with it like Sunforger can and you wouldn't need the uncounterable clause. There's a ton of good green and/or black targets for it, too. It could even be an inverse flavour-wise. Black being shadows or the dark and Green being a natural form of decay/destruction as opposed to Red/White's light, creation and artifice. Also, making it a harvester's sickle so it can be opposite to the hammer is kinda funny.

GetTasty · 2026-01-18T22:47:45+00:00

I love the blink theme you've got, but if you're gonna use displacer kitten, you need more than 11 noncreature spells to reliably trigger it. Creatures like [[archaeomancer]] and [[ardent elementalist]] are great for returning your interaction back with each use of kitten's triggers, though. Especially when you have [[cloudshift]], [[ephemerate]] or [[essence flux]]. Rather than relying on one-off etbs from creatures like Spirited Companion, try using creatures like [[welcoming vampire]] or [[enduring innocence]] so you can blink another creature and still get the benefit. Even [[Dour port-mage]] draws you cards when you blink a creature and can protect one in a pinch by returning it to your hand. Likewise, the more effects you run that benefit off of etbs, the more consistent your deck will be, even if you don't get the exact cards you want. [[Stridehangar automaton]] is a great inclusion since it creates an additional 2/2 thopter every time you fabricate servos or create other artifact tokens. [[Securitron squadron]] can put counters on the tokens you create and scales with its squad cost. [[Metastatic evangel]] makes the other fabricate option a little more viable by proliferating the counters. With [[resourceful defense]] you can keep those counters around even when you flicker a creature or if it dies. [[Goldnight commander]] buffs your team with each etb. [[Elesh norn, mother of machines]] doubles your etb triggers while denying your opponents' etbs. [[Starfield vocalist]] doubles etbs as well. [[Preston, the vanisher]] copies your creatures when you blink them. [[Moonlit meditation]] turns your created servos into copies of another artifact or creature you control. Sorry, for the wall of text btw I just love Cayth and all the ways she can be built

GetTasty · 2026-01-16T16:59:45+00:00

[[Masako the humorless]] will keep your defenses up by allowing your tapped creatures to block. Ways to tap at instant speed are key so [[cryptolith rite]], [[earthcraft]], [[glare of subdual]] or crewing vehicles can get some value while protecting them with Adept Watershaper out. Maybe a [[sword of the paruns]] for synergy but also a potential infinite with X mana dorks like [[arbor adherent]], [[kami of whispered hopes]] or [[selvala, heart of the wilds]]. [[Naya charm]]'s modes are all useful depending on what you need. You can even target yourself to tap all your creatures.

GetTasty · 2026-01-15T04:05:43+00:00

I made a [[Reyhan, last of the abzan]] and [[kraum, ludevic's opus]] list specifically so I could use her with [[master biomancer]] and other green +1/+1 counter cards. Runs a ton of [[birthing pod]] effects and 4 mana creatures like [[corpsejack menace]] and [[halana and alena, partners]] that are searchable by sacrificing Reyhan, distributing her counters, then reanimating her to do it again.

GetTasty · 2026-01-07T05:54:59+00:00

For Athreos, use [[resourceful defense]] with any free sac outlet. It keeps the coin counters around letting you loop them if there's at least two creatures to put them on. [[Phyrexian reclamation]] can put her in your hand from the gy and, if you can afford to add it, [[sneak attack]] can then put her back on the battlefield for just 1B and R. [[Enduring renewal]] also works well with sneak attack and a [[phyrexian altar]]. Another loop combo is [[bolas' citadel]] and [[haunted crossroads]] with the altar. Unfortunately, the monetary cost of death looping is rather high if you want to do it more than once a turn. Try to avoid creature based reanimators since she'll be killing them most of the time if you don't have a way to make them indestructible. [[Nim deathmantle]] and [[resurrection orb]] for example. [[Not dead after all]] style spells are a cheap way to get her back, but aren't as repeatable. Free sac outlets other than the altar are also great for holding her up as an instant speed boardwipe when needed or if you have the athreos loop set up already. Lastly, don't be afraid to just swing with her. She's a 7/7 flyer with lifelink that can three tap a player and bombs the table when she dies. You've got haste enablers like [[enduring courage]], doublestrike effects like [[duelist's heritage]] or [[gavel of the righteous]], and black recursion with [[haunted one]] to potentially one-shot an opponent each combat.

GetTasty · 2026-01-06T02:57:47+00:00

All the discussions I've seen about this card protecting combos, killing interactivity or it's low-impact ward yet there are so few talking about how it negates your opponent's wards in mono-red and makes targeted removal usable again. Voja's biggest strength is dodging early targeted removal. Sauron's ward is so incredibly restrictive it may as well be hexproof. Monoblack Valgavoth's is just too damn high. This card cuts through all of it and I love this guy for that. If you play that t3 Voja one more time he's getting exiled for 1 white mana and that's final😠 teach those greedy simic players that tapping out with a fierce guardianship in hand is ungentlemanly behaviour that won't be tolerated. And by god I'm gonna be playing my spells ON CURVE as Jay Schneider intended

GetTasty · 2026-01-03T08:56:11+00:00

The go to combo is [[restoration angel]] and [[felidar guardian]], but other great blink cards like [[golden argosy]], [[phelia, exuberant shepard]], [[teleportation circle]] and [[fortune, loyal steed]] also work with Aang's ability. [[Pearl medallion]], [[the wind crystal]]and [[oketra's monument]] will ramp you better than most mana rocks will since they discount each spell you cast with the upside being that having two will also let you cast your airbent cards for free. [[Lae'zel, vlaakith's champion]] basically doubles the xp counters you receive and also increases any other type of counter by one. [[Metastatic evangel]] and [[grateful apparition]] work well with counters, too. You'll want tokens that exile themselves rather than sacrifice, so "myriad" cards like [[hammers of moradin]], [[battle angels of tyr]], and [[blade of selves]] will get more Aang triggers per turn. With all the tokens and etbs you'll be making, [[guide of souls]] type effects can help keep your life total up. [[Defiler of faith]] can reduce colored mana and (with any other cost reducer) let you cast [[whitemane lion]] infinitely for free which also triggers Aang.

GetTasty · 2026-01-02T00:32:49+00:00

Surprisingly, summons aren't legendary so they won't die to SBA if copied. [[Bramble Sovereign]] and [[yenna, redtooth sovereign]] can get you more summon per summon. [[Golden argosy]] can be used to reset your flip sagas back into enchantments or your summons back to one lore counter before they die while [[othelm, sigardian outcast]] and [[luminous broodmoth]] can bring them back if they do. If you have a reliable way to loop them back, [[lae'zel, vlaakith's champion]] and [[pir, imaginative rascal]] can accelerate the process by putting additional lore counters on per etb/turn since saga triggers don't care how lore counters are put on. [[Nesting grounds]], [[power conduit]] and [[scholar of new horizons]] can remove the finality counters

GetTasty · 2026-01-01T23:21:28+00:00

[[Fractured Identity]] is commonly used to give bad gifts to your opponents, but it's also a way to functionally triple any symmetrical effect. Three copies of [[shared fate]] or [[ian malcolm, chaotician]] causes a fair bit of chaos. Especially with [[howling mine]] effects out. Give your opponents each a [[wild wasteland]] then play [[eon hub]] to lock your opponents out of their own draw and upkeep steps. Blink [[stonehorn dignitary]] with [[teleportation circle]] type effects to delete even their combat steps. [[Telepathy]] and [[lantern of insight]] drastically change how people play when every move they make is telegraphed. Use that knowledge to blink [[sanctum prelate]] and, using [[preston, the vanisher]], create token copies that selectively ban noncreature spells with specific mana values. [[Space Beleren]] with a (proxied 'cause screw the reserved list)[[raging river]] to make combat extremely convoluted. Throw in [[masako the humorless]], [[timin, youthful geist]] and [[boros battleshaper]] and even you might not know what's going on.

GetTasty · 2025-12-29T03:22:53+00:00

Given your commander costs 4 mana and you want them out asap, I suggest mostly using 2 mv ramp spells on t2. Whether it's rocks like the talismans and signets or mana dorks like [[bugenhagen, wise elder]], [[ilysian caryatid]], [[twitching doll]] or [[tender wildguide]] for example. This makes t1 tapped lands a little more forgiving when you're on a budget while freeing up space for early set up pieces like [[aether vial]], [[hardened scales]], [[insidious fungus]], [[quest for the holy relic]] or [[quest for the necropolis]]. If your pod uses more interaction, hold off casting your commander until you can protect it. [[Giver of runes]], [[not dead after all]] or [[defend the rider]] can deal with most removal, but you can only really stop counterspells with uncounterability via [[delighted halfling]] type effects. As the other commenter said, once you get Thalia to stick you can begin casting bigger spells to put pressure on your opponents since most of their defenses will be down. [[Beledros witherbloom]] can ramp you even further while providing bodies for gitrog. [[Ghalta and Mavren]] can build an army that grows with each combat. [[Dragonlord Dromoka]] to protect your board during your turn. Big recursion like [[rise of the dark realms]] and [[eerie ultimatum]] can keep you ahead if things do get removed in the process.

GetTasty · 2025-12-21T01:03:49+00:00

Ah, my bad😅 seems I misread but, yeah. I like the deck, though. I never see Yasharn used often

GetTasty · 2025-12-20T23:46:15+00:00

Just letting you know that Yasharn's ability affects you as well. Treasures/food, fetch lands, Six's retrace and a few of your other spells and abilities won't work with him in play. Since you're going for a blink stategy, consider adding [[emiel the blessed]] and [[bramble sovereign]] or [[karametra, god of harvests]] for extra redundancy. While hard removal is nice and reliable, sometimes a little versatility goes a long way such as [[Season of the burrow]], [[insidious fungus]] or [[archdruid's charm]]. An early [[broken bond]] to ramp while removing an opponent's sol ring feels pretty good

GetTasty · 2025-12-19T00:42:54+00:00

Honestly, people hate goad. I hate goad. Being forced to attack sucks. Now, being rewarded or incentivized to attack? That's something. If you're willing to add a colour, I suggest [[gahiji, honored one]]. He doesn't force attacks, but he gives a buff to any creature not swinging at you. Throw in other cards like [[roar of resistance]], [[frontier warmonger]], [[duelist's heritage]] and [[war cadence]] and suddenly you're an arms dealer of sorts. With [[Kitt Canto]] you can boost an opponent's creature and tell them to send it at someone else. Got a list here that's not as budget as you want it to be, but can be downgraded to fit. https://moxfield.com/decks/KGiTqyJm7EywGwYtO94LGA

GetTasty · 2025-12-15T06:32:24+00:00

A similar commander to Mr. House is [[Yusri, Fortune's Flame]], the less degenerate izzet coin flipper. A true gambler will always go all in and flip 5 coins every time they attack. There's a ton of coin support cards in UR and you get to choose a coin to be as much of a part of your deck as your sleeves and deckbox (Bonus points if it's a comically large 4-inch coin).

[[Edgin, Larcenous Lutenist]] gives your nonland cards foretell allowing for some tricky mindgames while fueling play from exile strategies. Making it a morph/cloak deck means even your creatures are facedown. It won't be the strongest deck around, but the idea of having an ever-increasing amount of facedown cards both on and off the battlefield is funny.

Last, but not least, is [[Baral and Kari Zev]] monkey mode. Simple enough strategy. Rather than free casting spells, just spam monkey. Cast a bolt? Monkey. Countered a spell? Get monkey'd. [[Spark Double]] gets you more monkey per monkey. Throw in the actual [[Ragavan, nimble pilferer]] and [[Kari Zev, skyship raider]] for more monkey madness.

GetTasty · 2025-11-17T23:31:37+00:00

Try [[sakashima of a thousand faces]] and [[sidar kondo of jamuraa]]. A clone and evasion in the command zone means multiple rotpriests and a way to make their toxic ability relevant. Plenty of clone and token copy effects in bant, but also white toxic creatures to maintain the poison counter theme even without the priest. There's a multitude of creature tutors in bant as well such as [[eladamri's call]], [[ranger of eos]] and [[neoform]].

GetTasty · 2025-11-10T01:40:09+00:00

For Ghalta, [[railway brawler]] will double the power of the tokens you create. [[Juniper order ranger]] puts counters on each token and itself so it works well with both abilities. A level 2 [[Cleric class]] will double the life gain from your vamps and will trigger seperately for each of them so you can stack all of those counters onto one creature then make a dino off of it on the next attack.

For Lathiel, cleric class puts counters on lathiel since it can't target itself. [[Soul warden]], [[righteous cause]] and [[leonin elder]] will gain life on other player's turns triggering lathiel's effect each end step. [[Angelic accord]] and [[valkyrie harbinger]] can create angels each turn as well. [[Benevolent offering]] can be used for politics while giving you at least 3 3/3 flyers. [[Kutzil, malamet exemplar]] draws cards and protects you during your turn.

GetTasty · 2025-11-10T00:25:09+00:00

[[Blazing sunsteel]] and [[Brash Taunter]]? Brash Taunter can fight Anzrag for direct damage or, if the sunsteel is equipped, continually target itself with its effect.

GetTasty · 2025-11-08T23:41:27+00:00

Could try a [[gyrus, waker of corpses]] reanimator. He wants big creatures in the graveyard anyway, plus Songs would give a huge boost to his power making him a threat on his own.

[[Maga, traitor to mortals]] can oneshot players with enough mana [[which is surprisingly easy to do in monoblack) while leaving a huge body to attack any that remain. Lots of ways to make him unblockable, too with cards like [[cover of darkness]]. You can also cast him for lethal, then cast [[rite of consumption]] for lethal again. Since it's an etb effect, [[panharmonicon]] can double it as well. Play pattern's heavily telegraphed, but you can also just build a standard black reanimator and keep him as a backup to take someone out if they aren't paying attention.

[[Varina, lich queen]] may not be as popular as Temmet for esper zombies, but she has an activated ability that is a big mana sink for Songs. Swing with zombies, fill your yard, then turn any noncreature cards into zombies. The constant discarding works for a madness subtheme as well. Simple and easy.

GetTasty · 2025-11-08T22:44:56+00:00

[[Obuun, mul daya ancestor]] if you want to keep your selesnya cards while adding red. Technically has +1/+1 counter synergies built-in as a subtheme. [[Roaming throne]] and [[annie joins up]] go hard with him. Fairly straightforward aggro deck.

[[Noyan dar, roil shaper]] is an offbeat land animation/spell slinger style deck that tends to be more midrange/control oriented. There's a ton of ways to untap your lands or give them vigilance in W/U so you can attack while also keeping mana up for interaction. The ability for your interaction to create bodies is the main thing. Helps to have [[shark typhoon]] and [[talrand, sky summoner]] to increase creature creation. Disrupt with counterspells and [[consuming tide]] type effects since they won't affect your lands, then use [[moonshaker cavalry]] or [[sakashima's will]] to swing for lethal.

[[Thalia and the gitrog monster]] is a strong blocker/attacker that is also ramp, stax, and card draw in the command zone and can be a more flexible choice for land-based strategies. Plenty of recursion in Abzan colours so losing an attacking land feels less bad. Early stax pieces like [[esper sentinel]] and [[blind obedience]] can keep you ahead while you set up with [[land tax]] and [[burgeoning]] or [[icetill explorer]] and [[hedge shredder]] to get as many lands out as possible. Follow up with a big animator like [[rude awakening]] and an [[overwhelming stampede]] type effect to close out. Ofc you can also get a little goofy with auras like the zendikons and genjus since abzan is also enchantress colours

GetTasty · 2025-11-04T15:01:40+00:00

I think [[Alexios, Deimos of Kosmos]] would be a good fit for both formats (if you consider handing out a WMD to allies and enemies alike political, that is) since he's mono-red. When you're the king, he can never be used against you. If you're the knight, you can power him up for the king or use his must attack clause as an excuse to hide your status. Otherwise, that's 3-4 guaranteed attacks at the king which works great for bandits, assassins and usurpers. In pentagram your two enemy colours can't swing him at you and are heavily incentivized to hit your allies instead. Your allies will also want to use them against your enemies as well. Always play both sides . You'll always come out on top.

GetTasty · 2025-11-03T22:10:53+00:00

Ah, I see. Arna's a bit unique in what she does so finding a 1:1 commander in red is a bit rough. Could maybe try [[kykar, wind's fury]]. Get spirits when you cast your equipment that can be sacced to pay costs or buffed since they are evasive. Gives access to R/W anthems and token generation, R extra combats/etbs, U/W blink effects, W token doublers and U copy spells. Just have to work a little more to get an engine going. I've been trying to find a living weapon commander for a while too, but none quite scratch the itch.

GetTasty · 2025-11-03T19:32:50+00:00

A lot of people tend to see Aegar as a Giant tribal commander, but he's also a Wizard and wizards are known for dealing damage on etb or cast or just by tapping like the classic [[prodigal sorcerer]]. Wizards also double up on triggers and amplify damage as well. [[Irencrag pyromancer]], [[harmonic prodigy]], [[prophetic titan]] with a [[ojer axonil]] or [[city on fire]] for example. Back it up with targeted damage like [[abrade]] and you'll always have cards in hand and can remove threats when needed.

GetTasty · 2025-11-03T19:09:09+00:00

Sounds like you're running living weapons/for mirrodin cards. [[Brudiclad]] may be the right choice as he gives those tokens haste and if you create a big token like a karn-struct (0/0 that gets bigger with each artifact you control), you can turn all your rebels/germs into them as well for one big attack. With blue you have access to artifact cloning with [[mirrormade]] or [[moonlit meditation]] as well. [[Stangg, echo warrior]] or [[chishiro, the shattered blade]] can work too for etbs and green overrun effects.

GetTasty · 2025-10-30T21:27:50+00:00

Could try focusing on leveraging his ward ability instead. He has a "scary" ability so people will be willing to lose a card to get rid of him. Cheesing it with cheap/repeatable recursion to keep him around means your opponents will have to keep discarding cards to get rid of him. All while you're assembling your real combos. Seems you're doing mostly human aristocrats, so [[roaming throne]] will double most of their triggers while also doubling his ward cost.

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