It is the only legal "wish" card in modern, and wishes are powerful. It's a demonic tutor for multicolored cards - and you dont even need to run them in your maindeck.
But I was wondering if there was a powerful combo whose pieces were both themselves multicolor, unlike the Ad nauseam combo. Does anything come to mind?
So Jeskai Ascendancy combo was born to break this card, but it turned out that a straight Jeskai list was just stronger. Maybe look there with the new cards from the last few years?
Jeskai ascendancy is unplayably bad with Git Probe banned. I would look at glittering wish scapeshift if I were you. Glittering wish for Bring to Light for Scapeshift. You don't mind that it costs 7 mana because you need 7 lands to do it anyway. It gives you access to hella sideboard tech in game one. Overall pretty great. You just have to be super careful to put your mainboard and sideboard back properly after each game and match. I would suggest always having a picture on your phone of your decklist if you ever play glittering wish at competitive REL
122pablo still puts up results on MTGO occasionally with Jeskai Ascendancy.
It was always very fragile, but could squeak through wins with it's consistency + speed. Banning Probe removed many of the turn 3 kills, so now it's just fragile and consistent without the speed.
At the same time, there's been an increase in the amount of Thoughtseize and IoK in the format, which the deck is very weak to. Note the 4 Leyline of Sanctity in 122pablo's sideboard.
Barring that deck, it could be tried in a 4c Saheeli build.
There is alot of talk of glittering Wish being powerful in the Ascendancy combo. But I was thinking, what about a Glittering Wish control deck that is 3-4 colors and has a suite of answers to shutdown opponent strategies (I'm just coming up with a list off the top of the head):
I think its definitely worth a try in a control based shell.
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Yeah, it started out as -50 cards but Frank Karsten did a bunch of analysis based off the traumatized into splendid reclamation plan and determined that 120 was the right number.
I have played glittering wish in lotus cobra bring to light decks. The idea being cobra puts you on 5 mana t3 which is btl mana or wish for a 3cmc card mana. Or you just wish for a btl or 5cmc power card to cast later.
Targets: fiery justice, finks, kolaghans command, anafenza the foremost, rakdos charm, slaughter games, fracturing gust, wheel of sun and moon, nahiri/ajani, keranos, sigarda, and of course bring to light itself.
The only card that felt worth the trouble was game one slaughter games vs combo decks like ad nauseum.
I have also seen it suggested that abzan midrange splash red and run gwish to access things like slaughter games for their bad matchups. Never tried it myself.
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Modern
* Esper Draw-Go
* Tezzeret Whir
* Blue Tron
Historically Glitter Wish has only ever found 2 homes in modern. The first was Jeskai Ascendancy, which ended up being so good of a deck (broken) that it didnt even need wish to work at 100%. The card was good in the deck. The deck just simply didnt need it.
The second was midrange value decks. We've seen it in some gifts decks and azban decks. They like having the game long and finding the exact card to excute the key card against whatever deck.
It is the only legal "wish" card in modern, and wishes are powerful. It's a demonic tutor for multicolored cards - and you dont even need to run them in your maindeck.
Right now I am using it in Ad Nauseam to grab Wargate, Bring to Light, or cards that can be used in specific situations.
But I was wondering if there was a powerful combo whose pieces were both themselves multicolor, unlike the Ad nauseam combo. Does anything come to mind?
Marath, Will of the Wild Tokens!! / Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund Dragons! / Muzzio, Visionary Architect / Brago, King Eternal / Daretti, Scrap Savant / Narset, Enlightened Master / Alesha, Who Smiles at Death / Bruna, Light of Alabaster / Marchesa, the Black Rose / Iroas, God of Victory / Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury / Omnath, Locus of rage / Titania, Protector of Argoth / Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Modern
Elves / Titanshift / Merfolk
It was always very fragile, but could squeak through wins with it's consistency + speed. Banning Probe removed many of the turn 3 kills, so now it's just fragile and consistent without the speed.
At the same time, there's been an increase in the amount of Thoughtseize and IoK in the format, which the deck is very weak to. Note the 4 Leyline of Sanctity in 122pablo's sideboard.
Barring that deck, it could be tried in a 4c Saheeli build.
Also, it's not the only wish in modern.
1) Supreme Verdict/Fiery Justice => for sweepers
2) Fulminator Mage => for land hate
3) Kolaghan's Command => for artifact hate
4) Cruel Ultimatum/ Nicol Bolas god-pharaoh => Finisher
5) Meddling Mage => Anti combo
I think its definitely worth a try in a control based shell.
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Marath, Will of the Wild Tokens!! / Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund Dragons! / Muzzio, Visionary Architect / Brago, King Eternal / Daretti, Scrap Savant / Narset, Enlightened Master / Alesha, Who Smiles at Death / Bruna, Light of Alabaster / Marchesa, the Black Rose / Iroas, God of Victory / Freyalise, Llanowar's Fury / Omnath, Locus of rage / Titania, Protector of Argoth / Kozilek, the Great Distortion
Modern
Elves / Titanshift / Merfolk
Targets: fiery justice, finks, kolaghans command, anafenza the foremost, rakdos charm, slaughter games, fracturing gust, wheel of sun and moon, nahiri/ajani, keranos, sigarda, and of course bring to light itself.
The only card that felt worth the trouble was game one slaughter games vs combo decks like ad nauseum.
I have also seen it suggested that abzan midrange splash red and run gwish to access things like slaughter games for their bad matchups. Never tried it myself.
* Esper Draw-Go
* Tezzeret Whir
* Blue Tron
The second was midrange value decks. We've seen it in some gifts decks and azban decks. They like having the game long and finding the exact card to excute the key card against whatever deck.