Best commons

[Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth]

I love {Lightning Strike}.

{SEARING SPEAR}!!!!!! Sorry, I just refuse to play {Lightning Strike}.

Anyways....{Hopeful Eidolon}, {Ethereal Armor}, {Duress}, {Gladecover Scout}

[TreeSmoker]

Aspect of hudra

[Wingnut]

I honestly have to say  {Lightning Strike} and  {Ethereal Armor}.  Just awesome.

[lotrwk]

{keening apparition} and {Pacifism}

[TreeSmoker]

{Oppressive rays} is better pacifism

[dbstamper]

All time or certain play?

[Mattao19]

Standard: {Gray Merchant of Asphadel}

Modern: {Goblin Electromancer} or {Gladecover Scout}

Any format: {Island}

[lotrwk]

Oppressive rays is better pacifism

You're joking, right?

[Mattao19]

{Oppressive rays} is better {pacifism}

You're joking, right?

Tbh I agree. It's cheaper, AND stops Activated Abilities!!

[NyghtHawk]

{Delver of Secrets}
{Lightning Bolt}

Hands down.

[Mattao19]

{Delver of Secrets}
{Lightning Bolt}

Hands down.

RtR to Journey but agreed if it was all time!!

[lotrwk]

{Oppressive rays} is better {pacifism}

You're joking, right?

Tbh I agree. It's cheaper, AND stops Activated Abilities!!

It stops them, unless they pay 3. It also stops them from attacking or blocking, unless they pay three. With {pacifism}, you don't have to worry about forgetting that it's there. On a board late in the game where the only creature left has an {oppressive rays}, they can still attack. With {pacifism}, they have just as many creatures that can attack as you. 0.

[Mattao19]

Except not really. Pacifism and O Rays are meant as a stall tactic. If you can't deal with it by the time they can pay you need to fix your deck also early on it can be amazing bc they might devote a turn to just paying 3 to tap!

All in All Oray is debatably better

[lotrwk]

With orays, yeah, you have to use it as a stall tactic. If you can't find a way to deal with the creature once they have nothing else to do with their mana, then it starts to attack. Pacifism however, game one when they usually shouldn't have something to kill it other than dsphere or banishing light, then it's removal by itself. Once they have nothing else to do with their mana, they still can't attack if it has a pacifism on it.

I personally think that pacifism is better game one, then they're both not very good after board

[Splicer]

Guys. For 3 mana, go {Arrest}. It stops both.