Crystal Ball or Soothsaying?
Commander Deck Help forum
Posted on Aug. 15, 2021, 11:16 p.m. by DemonDragonJ
I have a copy of Scroll Rack in my Nekusar, the Mindrazer EDH deck, because I believe that it is a very awesome card, but, without a way to put cards from the top of my library elsewhere in it, I will simply draw again cards that I put away with the rack, a task that I am currently using Crystal Ball to perform, but I wonder if Soothsaying would be better for that task. Currently, with the ball, I can optimally exchange a maximum of two cards in my hand for cards from the top my library, but, with Soothsaying, I can exchange my entire hand, provided that I can afford the cost of the enchantment's first ability. Therefore, I am contemplating replacing the artifact with the enchantment, but I wish to ask for everyone's opinion before I make any decisions on this matter.
What does everyone else say about this? Should I replace Crystal Ball with Soothsaying, or keep the current card?
Necrosis24 says... #3
I would run Soothsaying if there are three or more cards you want to bottom consistently. Or if the number of cards you want to bottom is very inconsistent then soothsaying is also preferred.
Otherwise if on average your only need to bottom one to two cards Crystal Ball has the better mana rate.
August 16, 2021 10:19 a.m.
personally i like to run Mindmoil with Scroll Rack stashing combo peaces into the rack, but if the options are Crystal Ball vs Soothsaying i would choose Soothsaying and then put it on my to be cut list for a Sensei's Divining Top
August 16, 2021 1:37 p.m.
Monomanamaniac says... #5
Scroll Rack works best with tutors, searching your library, and shuffling it. Soothsaying could be really good, but only if you can reliably pay 5 mana to shuffle your library. If you don't have a mana combo (I'd suggest Dramatic Reversal + Isochron Scepter and you can get infinite untaps and mana) then Crystal Ball is much less of an investment mana wise.
August 21, 2021 10:41 p.m.
Monomanamaniac says... #6
You could also use Expedition Map type effects to get lands and let you shuffle. Also suggest Windfall, because it can kill out the table. Could also suggest maybe Narset, Parter of Veils as a stop button in case your commander gets killed (also very good with scroll rack). Psychosis Crawler could Also be very useful. Maybe Torbran, Thane of Red Fell would speed up your Clock. Those are not directly related to what you asked originally, but they're things to consider. Hope it helps
August 21, 2021 11:41 p.m.
DemonDragonJ says... #7
Monomanamaniac, I certainly appreciate your suggestions, as it is always good to consider new ideas when building a new deck or seeking to improve an existing deck.
griffstick says... #2
You need fetch lands
August 16, 2021 8:41 a.m.