(1-17-24) What cards do you run in multiple decks for completely different reasons, and why?

[bleak arrow]

What about those cards makes them paragons of flexibility?

[gaunt marten]

[[Boros Charm]]

[sour locust]

https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/332/boros-charm

Boros Charm <:manar:292901508796645397><:manaw:1007102126813610074>

Instant
Choose one —
• Boros Charm deals 4 damage to target player or planeswalker.
• Permanents you control gain indestructible until end of turn.
• Target creature gains double strike until end of turn.

[gaunt marten]

In some decks I use it as a combat trick. Another uses it to ping off of PW's to kill them or stop an ult

In Gishath I used to run it to protect my board state.

[[LIghtning BOlt]] in red decks for a quick 1 mana ping to kill a creature. In Solphim it can become a 18 damage burn spell for R

[sour locust]

https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/117/lightning-bolt

Lightning Bolt <:manar:292901508796645397>

Instant
Lightning Bolt deals 3 damage to any target.
The sparkmage shrieked, calling on the rage of the storms of his youth. To his surprise, the sky responded with a fierce energy he'd never thought to see again.

[gaunt marten]

[[Thoughtseize]]

[sour locust]

https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/109/thoughtseize

Thoughtseize <:manab:292901508872273920>

Sorcery
Target player reveals their hand. You choose a nonland card from it. That player discards that card. You lose 2 life.
"Any dream is a robust harvest. Still, I prefer the timeworn dreams, heavy with import, that haunt the obsessive mind."

[gaunt marten]

ope not that one.

[[Collective Brutality]]

[sour locust]

https://scryfall.com/card/emn/85/collective-brutality

Collective Brutality <:mana1:292901508373282827><:manab:292901508872273920>

Sorcery
Escalate—Discard a card. (Pay this cost for each mode chosen beyond the first.)
Choose one or more —
• Target opponent reveals their hand. You choose an instant or sorcery card from it. That player discards that card.
• Target creature gets -2/-2 until end of turn.
• Target opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

[gaunt marten]

I've used it in decks as a removal option but in Greasefang it becomes a quick way to just dump cards into my graveyard

[ocean crest]

[[Defiler of Vigor]] serves as a beater and value piece in GW Selvala, but in Kodama of the West Tree it's basically Cathars' Crusade stapled to a 6/6 that can also enable storm turns

[sour locust]

https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/160/defiler-of-vigor

Defiler of Vigor <:mana3:292901508771610624><:manag:292901508654301185><:manag:292901508654301185>

Creature — Phyrexian Wurm
Trample
As an additional cost to cast green permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of green mana you pay.
Whenever you cast a green permanent spell, put a +1/+1 counter on each creature you control.
6/6

[shell kayak]

[[Eternal witness ]] she's just good value, and on curve

[sour locust]

https://scryfall.com/card/cmm/286/eternal-witness

Eternal Witness <:mana1:292901508373282827><:manag:292901508654301185><:manag:292901508654301185>

Creature — Human Shaman
When Eternal Witness enters the battlefield, you may return target card from your graveyard to your hand.
She remembers every word spoken, from the hero's oath to the baby's cry.
2/1

[sterile marlin]

I read “what cards do you run in multiple decks…” and realized I’d have to type a wall of text, then “…for completely different reasons” saved from any typing. 😅

[old berry]

[[Illustrious Wanderglyph]]. An anthem and pressure applier in Urza. A source of tappable bodies for Kitt Kanto.

[sour locust]

https://scryfall.com/card/lcc/9/illustrious-wanderglyph

Illustrious Wanderglyph <:mana4:292901508712890379><:manaw:1007102126813610074>

Artifact Creature — Golem
Ascend (If you control ten or more permanents, you get the city's blessing for the rest of the game.)
Other artifact creatures you control get +2/+2 as long as you have the city's blessing.
At the beginning of each upkeep, create a 1/1 colorless Gnome artifact creature token.
2/2

[blissful bolt]

[[!bitter triumph]]

[sour locust]

https://scryfall.com/card/lci/91/bitter-triumph

Bitter Triumph

[blissful bolt]

I run this in Marchesa because I get to drain my life and remove something, and I run this in Slimefoot and Squee because I get to pitch a fat reanimation target and remove something.

It’s basically two upsides for each ideal application.

[ocean crest]

thanks for mentioning this, I looked through my ixalan stuff and found one, replaced go for the throat in Oloro

[sour locust]

https://scryfall.com/card/c21/41/incarnation-technique

Incarnation Technique <:mana4:292901508712890379><:manab:292901508872273920>

Sorcery
Demonstrate (When you cast this spell, you may copy it. If you do, choose an opponent to also copy it.)
Mill five cards, then return a creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
"Draw out your fear, but don't let it control you. You're in charge now."