Red/blue mana ramps
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Posted on April 15, 2014, 9:18 a.m. by MountainMan817
Just looking to discuss the best mana ramping cards in standard (selfishly i want to know red and blue). Gotta love the keyrunes for draft but what else is there for constructed?
Magiclover318 says... #3
Well Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx is mana ramp kind of, I know it isn't what you might want, but in your colors haha it's tricky.
April 15, 2014 9:46 a.m.
When I ramp in UR, it's with card draw and land drops.
April 15, 2014 2:14 p.m.
Depends on the deck type...
As mentioned Goblin Electromancer can assist.
Ral Zarek is interesting. I've used in in American Control, and was using it to get Elspeth, Sun's Champion out a turn earlier.
Artifacts, such as the key runes, and Chromatic Lantern should be obvious for all colors wanting ramp.
One of my favourite cards can be used for ramping in the right deck. - Hidden Strings ... It can untap the land used to cast it right away, and if what you are casting is Instant speed, you can tap land in response to it's cipher triggering, untap that land, and tap it again to cast something during your combat phase.
I used to play - T1: One-drop, into T2: Hidden Strings , attack, get 4 mana, and Flash in Notion Thief .
It also works well with Goblin Electromancer , as it only costs 1 to untap 2 land when you cast it, then when you attack and untap, you get the 2 extra mana... if what you are casting is an Instant, you have it reduced by Goblin Electromancer . - I've done a few T3 Opportunity with this.
Also, in Journey into Nyx, some spells will be reduced by Battlefield Thaumaturge . - Will be real good for U/R burn, with spells that have multiple targets. ( Flames of the Firebrand )
Servo_Token says... #2
outside of Keyrunes (Azorius Keyrune ) and Cluestones (Azorius Cluestone ), you really don't have much option. Burnished Hart is one, and i'm sure there's another artifact that i'm forgetting about, but you have severely limited options for ramp outside of green.
April 15, 2014 9:34 a.m.