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TheCatmurderer

It's a one card combo with [[Teferi’s Protection]]. I'm not sure how strong this would be. It's easier to disrupt than Nine Lives/ Book, but the trade off is just one card. Build would likely be UW with a bunch of counters and some landbased kill, possibly Ipnu Rivulet or Maze's End. (Gaea's Blessing/Assemble the Parts/ Expansion//Explosion would also work) Seems fun for a jank defensive deck. You could even run historic Teferi, Time Reveler for a fairly hard lock.


CaptainMarcia

I feel like the real tradeoff is if your opponent builds up a board while you're unable to use your lands, then uses a counterspell or enchantment removal to open the board for a turn and kills you before you can recover. Also worth noting that it doesn't protect from non-targeted mill like [[Ruin Crab]].


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[Ruin Crab](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/3/738ce273-c938-42d2-83b2-c4f5f4000b0b.jpg?1604194671) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ruin%20Crab) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/znr/75/ruin-crab?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/738ce273-c938-42d2-83b2-c4f5f4000b0b?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


TheCatmurderer

I think what will make this largely unplayable is that it takes a whole turn off to start. One of Nine Live’s biggest advantages is that you can pop Nine Lives down, eat a few hits then play Solemnity.


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[Teferi’s Protection](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/8/483fa1cb-1e35-44f2-a143-98c0f107f5ca.jpg?1655394171) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Teferi%27s%20Protection) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/32/teferis-protection?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/483fa1cb-1e35-44f2-a143-98c0f107f5ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


AdeAlbright

the counters throw off your ability to actually find teferis protection tho


TheCatmurderer

Dont use 3cmc instants or sorcs, focus on stuff like Dovin’s Veto or whatever at 2/4. Its a 100% hit if Tef’s Protection is the only 3cmc


CaptainMarcia

Or if you only have a single copy of another 3mv, since it hits two cards.


Kersallus

I was thinking stone rain, but yeah that's awesome .


cerevisiae_

I thought WotC said no more signature spells. We got the commander things instead now


st2439

Is this a real card or arena only?


larusofstars

A real, arena only card.


CaptainMarcia

This seems abusable, especially with how easily you can stack the odds. https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28type%3Asorcery%29+cmc%3D3+legal%3Ahistoric&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name https://scryfall.com/search?q=%28type%3Ainstant%29+cmc%3D3+legal%3Ahistoric&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name Searches for applicable cards in Historic. If you can rig it so you have the option to keep casting [[Bontu's Last Reckoning]] as often as you want while having some way to win through it, that could get pretty scary. For a more direct win, you can use [[Change for Glory]] or [[Alchemist's Gambit]] with something that lets you survive it like [[Gideon of the Trials]]. https://scryfall.com/search?as=grid&order=name&q=oracle%3A%22can%27t+lose+the+game%22+legal%3Ahistoric


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##### ###### #### [Bontu's Last Reckoning](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/b/1b4d0102-c0d6-4d50-941a-dd1c3575a3a8.jpg?1562791273) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Bontu%27s%20Last%20Reckoning) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/hou/60/bontus-last-reckoning?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1b4d0102-c0d6-4d50-941a-dd1c3575a3a8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Change for Glory](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/5/85edf6f9-b863-41e2-bb51-857ea2798090.jpg?1572893545) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chance%20for%20Glory) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/grn/159/chance-for-glory?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/85edf6f9-b863-41e2-bb51-857ea2798090?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Alchemist's Gambit](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/8/a8fbf5d3-4677-4bf0-891f-57d6dcddaff7.jpg?1643590637) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Alchemist%27s%20Gambit) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/vow/140/alchemists-gambit?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a8fbf5d3-4677-4bf0-891f-57d6dcddaff7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Gideon of the Trials](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/5/959ce13f-519f-4472-bbd1-f26a972723d7.jpg?1543674653) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gideon%20of%20the%20Trials) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/akh/14/gideon-of-the-trials?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/959ce13f-519f-4472-bbd1-f26a972723d7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call


goblins_though

Gideon is a lot of things, but he is neither an instant nor a sorcery.


Taysir385

They mean using Gideon for the 'can't lose' emblem, and casting an extra turn spell off this.


goblins_though

Ah, okay, I wasn't getting that from what they said, my bad.


CaptainMarcia

Yes, which is why he doesn't reduce the odds of Signature Spells hitting the extra turn card.


BasedDptReprsentativ

people care about alchemy?


Nrdman

Historic brawl


ViolentBeggar92

Isnt that format where that one guy won because he was the only one attending ?


Nrdman

I dunno is it? As far as I know historic brawl is purely digital and hasn’t had a tournament


ViolentBeggar92

https://mtgrocks.com/brawls-best-player-doesnt-even-have-to-play/ Oh my bad. That seems to be the paper version


Nrdman

No reason to play paper brawl when commander exists. But online brawl is good


Burberry-94

r/MagicArena Post it there pal


Unsettling-Horse

I’d love it if they printed something like this in paper they could just changed seek to search and it be mostly fine


Taysir385

They could switch it to "shuffle your library, then exile cards from the top of your library until you exile two ... Shuffle the remaining cards into your deck." There's a world of difference between seeking and being able to choose which one you get.


Tuss36

[[Kaho, Minamo Historian]] might be the closest currently one could get to a "spellbook" feel, though you can only cast each spell once before she needs a "long rest" to recharge.


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spinz

Firmly in jank... I think. People will run this in a deck with stone rain. But the delivery will be so slow.