@zaga Sounds like you got a really bad hand. Too bad. Anyways, thanks for the +1

Surgical Extraction takes shadowborn out of your hand as well as Extirpate.

@JPODS0717 Surgical Extraction says "any number", so you can simply fail to find the ones in your hand, but still grab the ones from your library.

This is my favorite deck. ever. I think i might try this out, but with more land and polymorph+1

i think you ment relentless rats

@TARDISMasterMC Glad you like the concept. The only issue with adding more cards is that you will have to cut some Shadowborn Apostles, that could bring the deck size after Surgical Extraction to over 20 cards, negating Shelldock Isle. Still, if you throw me a link after putting it up on tappedout, I'd be happy to look at it.

@leospartan2000 You are correct. I'll fix that right away.

Great idea! Good use of Shadowborn Apostle.

Love it!+1

@griz024 Glad you like the deck. Thanks for the +1

Featured. awesome job +1 thank you for your mindful building.

@hateindigital Thank you very much! Glad that you like the deck

Seems like you'd probably also benefit from Thoughtseize and Inquisition of Kozilek to backdoor discard an apostle on the first one, then hit them on the subsequent ones.

Cool idea, I love decks that are a little bit different or new. +1

Seems pretty good, it would be rough to not have a Surgical Extraction, but with the secondary option it makes up for it! +1

@AcexSpades If I didn't run the transformative sideboard, then Inquisition of Kozilek would be one of the first things I would be adding. However, it would also decrease the consistency of the deck for the main deck. Thanks for the comment though!

@Khaosknight Glad you like the deck. Thanks for the +1.

@Hades_Shadow It is kinda rough, but we have Serum Powder and casting six Shadowborn Apostles to make up for it. So it can work nicely. Thanks for the +1

I'm new to MTG, so excuse my ignorance. How do you discard Shadowborn Apostle on turn one as your post suggested?

you don't play a land, which causes you to have 8 cards in hand, so you have to discard down to 7.

@Byronyk Minelia5's post is correct. You choose to go second or lose the die roll, thus allowing you to draw first. You draw and then end your turn, discarding down to 7. You can then use Surgical Extraction whenever necessary.

Awesome idea, but am I missing something? What is the blue mana for? Why not swamps?

@hannibal6 Our way to cast Emrakul, the Aeons Torn is Shelldock Isle. It requires a blue to activate, so that is why we are using dual lands.

Remember when a card tells you to search for cards with a specific quality you don't have to find any or all of them, including in a hidden zone, so even with Extirpate you can fail to find apostles in your hand. Source:

701.15b If a player is searching a hidden zone for cards with a stated quality, such as a card with a certain card type or color, that player isnt required to find some or all of those cards even if theyre present in that zone.

kettchup Hmmm, I just checked the rules and it would appear that you are correct. Well then, that makes Extirpate much better than I originally thought. Thank you for mentioning that.

The only time you have to get exactly as many cards as it says is when they don't have descriptors defining what kinds of cards you're finding. If you cast Diabolic Revelation for X=3, for instance, you have to get exactly 3 cards.

@kettchup Yes, I understand. I was originally mistaken since Extirpate had the word "all", I assumed it would be cheating to fail to find copies. Anyways, thank you for clearing that up.

Awesome Deck! I will defnetly try this out as soon as i get enough Apostels ;)

+1 for sure!

@RemzZz It's hard to find that many, just slowly get them and soon enough it'll be fine. Thanks for the +1!