#neheb

[bestfurryhusbandpoll]

Neheb (Magic: The Gathering) vs. Larc (Legend Of Mana)

Neheb

Larc

Voting ended onFeb 5

[art-of-mtg]

Neheb, Dreadhorde Champion (War of the Spark) - Igor Kieryluk

[magicjudge]

Timing question on new Neheb's mana: Is that mana still available to cast a Madness spell I discard to hand size during cleanup?

Yes, the mana will still be available for use.

When you go to your cleanup step, you first discard to hand size and then end any “this turn” and “until end of turn” effects, including Neheb’s which stops his mana from emptying, but the mana has already floated into this step and so it’s safe until we pass into the next cleanup step.

Yes, there will be a next cleanup step since something is triggering in this one and giving players priority. Once everything is cleaned up, the madness trigger goes on the stack and then resolves as normal, allowing you to cast the Fiery Temper or whatever with Neheb’s mana. Just don’t try to repeat this trick in the next cleanup step since Neheb’s mana will be gone.

[xantchaslegacy]

This has got to be some record for the number of legendary cards for a character that showed up for one fight...wasn’t he destroyed?

Still way cool!!! :D

[keranos-god-of-storm-crows]

New OTP. I call it Zombaes.

[commandertheory]

Neheb, the Eternal

Neheb is a pretty powerful mana engine and a good reason to play Flame Rift and other burn spells that are normally too inefficient for a 40-life format. The list I’ve developed for Neheb can be divided into mana acceleration (to get Neheb on the board ASAP), haste granters (so Neheb and other creatures can generate mana for you on the turn you cast them), burn spells (which essentially serve as rituals when Neheb’s on the board), card draw and other mana sinks (to ensure you have enough things to spend your mana on), and extra combat steps (thankfully, Neheb does not specify which postcombat main phase gets the mana, so all of them do).

Mana Acceleration

Cryptolith Fragment: Lets Neheb come down a turn early and generate an extra three mana the same turn (and every turn thereafter).

Generator Servant: Gives you a hasty Neheb as early as turn 3.

Chandra, Torch of Defiance: It’s a little hard to categorize Chandra in this deck since she serves so many purposes. She can give your mana a boost to help you cast Neheb initially, she can dome your opponents to generate even more mana when Neheb’s on the field, or she can let you see an extra card every turn when you’re searching for gas.

Seething Song

Sol Ring

Mana Crypt

Mana Vault

Grim Monolith

Basalt Monolith

Worn Powerstone

Coalition Relic

Thran Dynamo

Treasonous Ogre

Haste Granters

Obsidian Battle-Axe: Might as well take advantage of Neheb’s type line to help ensure he swings earlier and hits harder.

Hall of the Bandit Lord

Lightning Greaves

Hanweir Battlements

Flamekin Village

Burn Spells

Heartless Hidetsugu: Produces truly absurd amounts of mana. When combined with an Earthquake effect, you can easily tie the game if you feel like it.

Fiery Confluence: Kills mana dorks or mana rocks when you need it to, but defaults to doming your opponents for 6 each.

Acidic Soil

Price of Progress

Flame Rift

Lightning Bolt: A Dark Ritual that can kill a utility creature in a pinch.

Earthquake/Fault Line/Rolling Earthquake/Molten Disaster: Thanks to Neheb’s high toughness, you can wipe away most of the board while you hit your opponents for 5 damage apiece, which Neheb will use to generate huge amounts of mana.

Chandra’s Ignition

Card Draw/Mana Sinks

Knollspine Dragon: Worst-case scenario, you’re drawing three off of Neheb’s Afflict. Best-case scenario is, uh....

Wheel of Fortune

Commune with Lava

Reforge the Soul

Act on Impulse

Faithless Looting

Chandra, Flamecaller: In addition to showing you a ton of cards every turn, she can always hit an opponent for six to help out with your mana generation.

Cathartic Reunion

Memory Jar

Dream Pillager

Emrakul, the Promised End

Kozilek, Butcher of Truth

Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre

Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger

Past in Flames/Recoup/Mizzix’s Mastery: These give you extra shots at your card draw and extra combat effects.

Extra Combat Steps

These all work great with Neheb, as the damage dealt in each combat step stacks, so Neheb will generate more and more mana in each new postcombat main phase.

Aggravated Assault: Generates infinite combat steps (and infinite mana, if the combat steps aren’t enough to win) when combined with our commander. Naturally, it’s the best card in the deck and a frequent target for our Gambles.

Relentless Assault

Seize the Day

World at War

Fury of the Horde

Combat Celebrant

Mana Denial

Destructive Force/Wildfire: Neheb’s high toughness makes it so that he’ll live through these board wipes and his mana generation will break the symmetry on the land destruction. These are easily the best cards to ramp into during the early game.

Blood Moon

Ruination

Wrapping Up

You can check out the whole decklist and give it a few goldfishes here. Initial testing makes the deck seem like a pretty consistent combo deck and an interesting new option for monored players.

Please let me know if you have any tech or if there were any significant cards I missed when building my list. Thanks for reading!

[incorrectmtgquotes]

I live! I die! I live again!

Neheb the Eternal

[unicorntribal]

I didn’t realize when i first saw it, but the minotaur in Mirage Mirror’s art is Neheb. Now that he’s got a before and after version it’s an especially powerful image! (The lazotep eternal pictured by the mirror is slightly different than his appearance in reality on the Eternal card; like the shoulder armor for instance, but that’s because the mirror is just showing a potential outcome. There are bound to be little nuanced differences.)

Pretty cool!