Slightly unorthodox but very inexpensive way to fund this: use Land Tax, and don't play more lands than your opponent. Endless Horizons is more expensive but even better for this.
Ameisenmeister
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
With a second turn Howling Mine and then this you should survive long enough to draw other card drawers like Kami of the Crescent Moon or another mine.
Arglypuff
★★★★☆ (4.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Howling Mine and Kami of the Crescent Moon do not work. Both those cards say "draw a card at the beginning of the draw step.," and Solitary Confinement says "skip your draw step." Therefore, you would not draw cards off of either of these suggestions. What is needed is upkeep card draw, like the Honden of Seeing Winds.
Solitary Confinement is a staple in any enchantment focused deck. Using Sterling Grove for protection, opponent would have trouble penetrating your protection. With an enchantress or more in play, discarding per upkeep is well worth the effect.
Mike-C
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Add an Island Sanctuary to prevent MOST creature attacks by your opponent, throw in a jayemdae tome so you can still draw cards & then step back & marvel at your masterpiece, for you just put a Circle of Protection: EVERYTHING around your half of the table (incl the chair in which you sit). Sick.
Dr.Pingas
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(2 votes)
Love how scars made this card suck. Ichor Rats + ANY proliferate. Dead even with this, no matter how untouchable you are. Bleh.
Mudbutt_on
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This+ Zur the Enchanter EDH general +Necropetence= Nobody wants to play Magic with you anymore.
@Dr Pingas: it's not like you'll do nothing while your opponent is busy proliferating, you know.
On another note, Sun Titan makes discarding a card needless, but at the price of being vulnerable to instants and activated abilities during your upkeep and first main phase.
syrazemyla
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(2 votes)
How to defeat this card: Run "each opponent loses life" cards. That's not damage, and it gets around the shroud.
That or just destroy the enchantment. But what fun is that?
Belz_
★★★★☆ (4.5/5.0)(2 votes)
All you really need is Mesa Enchantress or similar card, and, say, Flickering Ward. You can also use Eon Hub to skip the upkeep part of this card's downside.
Polychromatic
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Odyssey Block was full of cards with Unnecessarily Sexy Art.
Nefarious Lich, along with some way to gain life on command. The Lich fills your hand so you can feed the confinement and gets around the skipped draw step, and Confinement protects you from the Lich's first ability. Just be sure to protect both of them carefully, with Greater Auramancy or something similar.
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I run this beauty in both my Auramancer and Cycling decks.
Ichor Rats + ANY proliferate. Dead even with this, no matter how untouchable you are. Bleh.
On another note, Sun Titan makes discarding a card needless, but at the price of being vulnerable to instants and activated abilities during your upkeep and first main phase.
That or just destroy the enchantment. But what fun is that?
Best combo EVER!!!
So not entirely impenetrable.
My word this game will turn you into a lawyer.
I split more hairs in a single game than I bet actual judges do in a whole trial.
T2: Greater Auramancy
T3: Solitary Confinement
T4: Endless Horizons
T5: giggle at your opponent
T12: and you still don't need to worry
Throw in some Counterspell and Ponder to round it out
Worldslayer
Avacyn
Lich
Stoneforge Mystic
Gisela
Solitary Confinement
Demonic Tutor
Idyllic Tutor
...were ALREADY must-haves for my Kaalia of the Vast EDH Deck
NOW you tell me
Transcendence
Form of the Dragon
Nefarious Lich
Stigma Lasher
Sanguine Bond
Everlasting Torment
Rain of Gore
and Vizkopa Guildmage
are ALL ALSO in Kaalia's Colors as well?! o.o
And Land Tax
And Demonic Hordes
And Jesus Christ Necropotence
Except.
That.
Griselbrand is Necropotence "for 0" in Kaalia o.O
Like.
That's Dumb. xD