[cards discuss] Best equipment in EDH?

[TsumiBand]

I always wanted to build an EDH deck with Gaea's Cradle, Tolarian Academy, Thopter Foundry, Sword of the Meek, Skullclamp, Intuition, Life from the Loam and Worms Harvest. And yes, I really don't care which of those cards are banned by whatever EDH rules and yes, I really don't care that "lol ur genral needz to be wubg and their crappy" argument. First, I'd play it in a pub where Ancestrals Recalls and Time Vaults are legal, second, I used Atogatog and Cromat as my generals cause generaly I don't give a damn about general.
But then I remembered how much I hate the whine-and-bitch-fest called EDH and forgot about the idea. But it'll be lovely.

So my votes goes to Skullclamp, followed by Umezawa's Jitte and Sword of the Meek.

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[TsumiBand]

I'd like to ask about Runechanter's Pike. It looks like a decent way to speed up some wins via Commander damage and/or Infect - in particular, Infect that can't use Black cards or things that count Swamps to bolster p/t - but I've no testing to back that up. As long as your meta doesn't have all that incidental graveyard hate that comes with "aw shucks, we just all maindeck Bojuka Bog because why wouldn't you", it seems strong, and cheap for its effect.

[Davran]

I'd like to ask about Runechanter's Pike. It looks like a decent way to speed up some wins via Commander damage and/or Infect - in particular, Infect that can't use Black cards or things that count Swamps to bolster p/t - but I've no testing to back that up. As long as your meta doesn't have all that incidental graveyard hate that comes with "aw shucks, we just all maindeck Bojuka Bog because why wouldn't you", it seems strong, and cheap for its effect.

I've seen it used in a spell heavy Wydwen, the Biting Gale draw-go style deck with something like 30 spells.

I'm not so sure about infect wins though...your best bet there is generally rocking a Skittles and killing with Lashwrite/Nightmare Lash/Strata Scythe or a quick Hatred. Anything else relies on a bunch of otherwise underpowered dorks and some random pump spells. In that case, you're probably better off with Livewire Lash and/or Wild Defiance than a random Pike.

[TsumiBand]

I've seen it used in a spell heavy Wydwen, the Biting Gale draw-go style deck with something like 30 spells.

I'm not so sure about infect wins though...your best bet there is generally rocking a Skittles and killing with Lashwrite/Nightmare Lash/Strata Scythe or a quick Hatred. Anything else relies on a bunch of otherwise underpowered dorks and some random pump spells. In that case, you're probably better off with Livewire Lash and/or Wild Defiance than a random Pike.

Well yeah, I was talking about non-Black Infect, or at least, non mono-Black Infect. Anything that wouldn't necessarily capitalize off of using "number of Swamps you control" to boost power/toughness.

I also feel like the strongest play in Magic is to play Runechanter's Pike on a Cephalid Constable and just crush all pretenders. Nice Upheaval, fucko.

[kombatkiwi]

Well yeah, I was talking about non-Black Infect, or at least, non mono-Black Infect. Anything that wouldn't necessarily capitalize off of using "number of Swamps you control" to boost power/toughness.

I also feel like the strongest play in Magic is to play Runechanter's Pike on a Cephalid Constable and just crush all pretenders. Nice Upheaval, fucko.

My friend did this to me with Empyrial Plate, Cephalid Constable is quite an underrated card

[TsumiBand]

My friend did this to me with Empyrial Plate, Cephalid Constable is quite an underrated card

Was it in a Rafiq deck? That seems like the most logical home for Cephalid Constable.

[kombatkiwi]

Was it in a Rafiq deck? That seems like the most logical home for Cephalid Constable.

No lol: Lu Xun, Scholar General (the portal ophidian)

[TsumiBand]

No lol: Lu Xun, Scholar General (the portal ophidian)

That... is a $25 Thieving Magpie. Not sure if trolling, but I guess there's something to be said for style.

[mmcgeach]

I've played some voltron decks and the best equipment for an attacking dude is something like:


sword of fire and ice
sword of light and shadow
sword of feast and famine
sword of vengeance
quietus spike


in that order. Cause, really, the first priority is getting card draw/advantage out of your attack step.

These are especially if your dude already has doublestrike. Otherwise, in a deck with dudes that have an "on damage" ability, fireshrieker is pretty strong. And whispersilk cloak.

Sunforger is good in the right deck, but of course its pretty expensive. You probably also want lightning greaves. But in most decks I wouldn't worry about swiftfoot boots. That's just extra more extra of a marginal effect already. While not an equipment, well of lost dreams is one of the best artifacts if you have creatures with lifelink.