I really wish its drawback reads "Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, counter that spell unless you discard a card.", so you could build a creatureless deck. Now you have to balance between noncreature spells and creature spells. Or you can fill the deck with noncreature token spells, but you always have to cast some of them before the funnel, and if someone uses some mass removal spell you're in serious trouble...
Maybe a WB deck with Belfry Spirit, Icatian Crier and/or Twilight Drover... Spectral Procession can be nice, too...
3/5, because it's a little too specific in its requirement...
Posted By:
leomistico
(9/15/2011 7:11:26 AM)
I say Bloodghast and/or Epochrasite, as both can resurrect themselves with little effort.
As for noncreature spells to have fun with being cheaper...Army Of The Damned, turn 3 Head Games or turn 3 Monomania or a turn 3 Painful Quandary, and of course a cheaper Sorin's Vengeance/Sins Of The Past combo.
Posted By:
Splizer
(11/25/2011 9:34:46 AM)
I love Boseiju, Who Shelters All and Blood Funnel.
Effectively, you turn 2 life into 2 mana when playing instants and sorceries. It's not a great combo, but in a multiplayer game, you can use Boseiju, Who Shelters All with Dovescape and Blood Funnel for lots of cheap, token-making fun. Your uncounterable instants and sorceries will generate bird tokens while doing useful things, and they cost two less mana to cast at the cost of either a bird or 2 life. (Note: You will have to sack a creature to cast Dovescape with Blood Funnel since Boseiju, Who Shelters All only protects instants and sorceries. For the same reason, you can't land a Blood Funnel after you play Dovescape.)
Posted By:
LordZogar
(1/23/2012 11:21:35 AM)
Sigarda, Host of Herons
Hahaha Oh wait.
Yeah. Screw Blood Funnel.
Not even Sigarda can fix it.
Posted By:
BorosGeneral
(6/21/2012 1:25:44 AM)
Blood Funnel + Guile + Tendrils of Agony Free storm! You wont even need to sac Guile, since the storm stacks would keep building up AND casting as your Funnel counters the original.
Posted By:
Pigger
(6/22/2012 9:57:03 AM)
Yay a use for Mishra, Artificer Prodigy in EDH! Cast a non-creature artifact for {2} less, Mishra's ability goes on the stack, put this on the stack above it. Your spell gets countered but you can then get it back from the graveyard thanks to Mishra. Of course, its a pretty convoluted combo just to make non-creature artifacts cost {2} less and this card is pretty bad without Mishra out and in EDH Mishra's pretty bad without this out, but still.
Posted By:
EvilDarkVoid
(6/24/2013 5:54:38 PM)
Out of curiosity, if you used this to cast a noncreature spell that can't be countered, would that negate the countering effect? Simply put, could this build a Jund Deck involving Slaughter Games and Wreak Havoc?
Furthermore, what about Banefire and Boseiju, Who Shelters All?
And of course, finish it all off with Obliterate.
Posted By:
Krysto
(6/30/2013 9:01:45 PM)
Endrek Sahr and this go well together, as you almost never run out of things to sacrifice so long as you continue to play a few creatures now and then.
Posted By:
N03y3D33R
(10/12/2013 9:23:31 PM)
Guys.... Guys.... GUYS!
Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
That is all.
Posted By:
Lazrbeams
(2/22/2014 8:12:21 PM)