<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh" href="#" target="_blank">Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESWwFYJrphYnYIXQQoWKygfx1OFzFwN3wtH7-kPp6ihhoUXeoMW6nnrI6vVbOKebEHYya3DAco_dyVLnar1Q-rNDJAAuhCUnZq9GWpurWLlUSPyg1LKoh6TU4mlKI=" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Seaman</a> | <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Silas Renn, Seeker Adept" href="#" target="_blank">Silas Renn, Seeker Adept</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.google.com/goto?url=CAESXAFYJrphVWfPH7iNmT2Qaqm2tIQXSVJY3nTd7Urv5AA5u50Ch9Q3siYaDiLzU_56MbEySIeM7ONWD1OvEMzcUi0l1562GNo4uyS_g6GBSvoG97A7Lbi-vd2yGzSP" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joseph Meehan</a></em></p>
<p>Do you like to play fast and aggressive? Do you enjoy casting spells with risk? Is your favorite thing about <em>Magic</em> ending the game just as quickly as it began? Well then, look no further. RogSi, the partner pair of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh" href="#" target="_blank">Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Silas Renn, Seeker Adept" href="#" target="_blank">Silas Renn, Seeker Adept</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, is the go-to <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/edhrec-guide-to-cedh-turbo/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">turbo deck in cEDH</a>, and this deck tech is going to teach you all about it.</p>
<p>Let's jump in.</p>
<h2>What Do <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh" href="#" target="_blank">Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Silas Renn, Seeker Adept" href="#" target="_blank">Silas Renn, Seeker Adept</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> Do?</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh"></div></div>
<p>Starting off with the commander that you'll actually end up casting in each of your games, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh" href="#" target="_blank">Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a red 0/1 legendary Kobold creature with first strike, menace, trample, and partner that costs <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-0" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>.</p>
<p>So, other than adding red to your color identity, what's the point of running Rograkh? Creature/commander-conditional spells.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Culling the Weak" href="#" target="_blank">Culling the Weak</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mox Amber" href="#" target="_blank">Mox Amber</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fierce Guardianship" href="#" target="_blank">Fierce Guardianship</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> - many of cEDH's best early-game plays are all conditioned on controlling a creature, in one way or another. Culling the Weak requires a sacrifice, Mox Amber only adds mana if you control a legendary creature (or planeswalker), and Fierce Guardianship is only free if you control your commander.</p>
<p>Rograkh may not do anything in this deck on its own, but it does guarantee you access to some of the meta's best cards ridiculously early thank to that <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-0" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> cost.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Silas Renn, Seeker Adept"></div></div>
<p>Speaking of commanders that don't really do anything on their own, let's look at Silas Renn. For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Silas Renn, Seeker Adept is a 2/2 legendary Human artifact creature with deathtouch, partner, and "Whenever Silas Renn, Seeker Adept deals combat damage to a player, choose target artifact card in your graveyard. You may cast that card this turn."</p>
<p>Technically speaking, Silas Renn does a whole lot more than Rograkh does when evaluated as an individual card. However, since it costs three mana and doesn't really do anything strong enough to justify that cost (especially in a deck as fast as RogSi), the only real contribution this commander makes is to add blue and black to the overall color identity.</p>
<p>Certainly a critical addition when you look at the rest of the deck, but not one that requires you to ever actually cast Silas.</p>
<h2>Key Cards for RogSi</h2>
<h3>Rograkh Synergy</h3>
<p>I mentioned these cards earlier on, but it really can't be overstated just how central the explosivity of Rograkh as a consistent zero-mana commander is to this deck's plan.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Culling the Weak"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mox Amber"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Fierce Guardianship"></div></div>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Culling the Weak" href="#" target="_blank">Culling the Weak</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Infernal Plunge" href="#" target="_blank">Infernal Plunge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are a better <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dark Ritual" href="#" target="_blank">Dark Ritual</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and a color-shifted Dark Ritual in this deck, respectively, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Diabolic Intent" href="#" target="_blank">Diabolic Intent</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a second copy of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Demonic Tutor" href="#" target="_blank">Demonic Tutor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fierce Guardianship" href="#" target="_blank">Fierce Guardianship</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Deflecting Swat" href="#" target="_blank">Deflecting Swat</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are always live...the list goes on.</p>
<p>Rograkh's role as a guaranteed creature makes niche cards playable, good cards excellent, and excellent cards broken.</p>
<h3>Wheels</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Wheel of Fortune"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Wheel of Misfortune"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Timetwister"></div></div>
<p>The second unique twist that RogSi brings to an otherwise classic good stuff Grixis (<span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>) pile is its high density of wheel effects (cards that make you discard or shuffle your hand away in exchange for drawing a fresh hand). The reason, while risky, is pretty simple: this deck empties its hand so quickly - between the rituals, cheap artifacts, and flurries of interaction - that it can't afford to pass up on cheap ways to restock.</p>
<p>Sure, you might draw your opponents into some valuable cards they want to play as soon as the game gets to their turns, but if you win before that happens then those cards are of little concern...right?</p>
<h2>How Does RogSi Win in cEDH?</h2>
<h3>The Combos</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Thassa&#039;s Oracle"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Underworld Breach"></div></div>
<p>RogSi is essentially the best of what Grixis has to offer, supported by the fastest cards in the meta. To that end, the deck plays <a href="https://edhrec.com/articles/edhrec-guide-to-combos-in-cedh" target="_blank" rel="noopener">two of the best combos</a>: Tainted Fish and Underworld Breach.</p>
<p>Tainted Fish is compact and straightforward. Cast <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Thassa&#039;s Oracle" href="#" target="_blank">Thassa&#039;s Oracle</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, hold priority in response to the enters trigger, and cast either <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Demonic Consultation" href="#" target="_blank">Demonic Consultation</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tainted Pact" href="#" target="_blank">Tainted Pact</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. You'll empty your deck, and the Thassa's Oracle trigger will win you the game as a result.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Underworld Breach" href="#" target="_blank">Underworld Breach</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> combo is a bit more flexible here, as some cards are modular and the closing sequence can vary from game to game (depending on if Thassa's Oracle has been exiled earlier on somehow), but at its core it works as follows:</p>
<ol>
<li>Resolve Underworld Breach and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond" href="#" target="_blank">Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</li>
<li>Sacrifice Lion's Eye Diamond, adding <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> and discarding your hand.</li>
<li>From your graveyard, escape <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brain Freeze" href="#" target="_blank">Brain Freeze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. You'll have <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> left over. Target yourself with the Brain Freeze and its storm copies.</li>
<li>From your graveyard, escape Lion's Eye Diamond, then sacrifice it for another <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>. Proceed to re-escape Brain Freeze, repeating until you have milled your entire deck and added an arbitrarily large amount of <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-u" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>.</li>
<li>Escape Thassa's Oracle from your graveyard.</li>
</ol>
<p>Alternatively, if for some reason Thassa's Oracle is not an option, you can end this combo line by targeting your opponents with Brain Freeze, milling them out so they die the next time they go to draw.</p>
<h3>How It Gets There</h3>
<p>Beyond just tutoring for the combo pieces, RogSi is also a dedicated <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ad Nauseam" href="#" target="_blank">Ad Nauseam</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Necropotence" href="#" target="_blank">Necropotence</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> deck, complete with all the low-cost spells, accelerants, and flash enablers required to make the most of these two game-breaking sources of burst card advantage, both of which are pretty easily cast as early as turn one thanks to the deck's explosive mana output.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Necropotence"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ad Nauseam"></div></div>
<p>Looking at these cards individually, Necropotence takes a bit more work to get going, as it goes from broken to <em>absurdly</em> broken once you introduce something like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Borne Upon a Wind" href="#" target="_blank">Borne Upon a Wind</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to the mix, but the floor on this card is still a pretty solid draw-ten (or so), then draw another twenty (or so) on your next turn.</p>
<p>Ad Nauseam, meanwhile, is an all-or-nothing gambit whenever you cast it, but the flexibility that this spell brings purely by its nature as an instant puts it in a league of its own as far as burst draw is concerned.</p>
<h2>RogSi cEDH Deck List</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="RogSi (Updated Post &lt;em&gt;TMNT&lt;/em&gt;)" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh
*1 Silas Renn, Seeker Adept
[/Commander]
[Instants]
*1 Ad Nauseam
*1 An Offer You Can&#039;t Refuse
*1 Borne Upon a Wind
*1 Brain Freeze
*1 Cabal Ritual
*1 Chain of Vapor
*1 Culling the Weak
*1 Dark Ritual
*1 Daze
*1 Deadly Rollick
*1 Deflecting Swat
*1 Demonic Consultation
*1 Fierce Guardianship
*1 Final Fortune
*1 Flare of Duplication
*1 Flusterstorm
*1 Force of Will
*1 Into the Flood Maw
*1 Mental Misstep
*1 Mystical Tutor
*1 Pact of Negation
*1 Pyroblast
*1 Red Elemental Blast
*1 Slaughter Pact
*1 Swan Song
*1 Tainted Pact
*1 Vampiric Tutor
[/Instants]
[Artifacts]
*1 Arcane Signet
*1 Chrome Mox
*1 Defense Grid
*1 Grim Monolith
*1 Lion&#039;s Eye Diamond
*1 Lotus Petal
*1 Mana Vault
*1 Mox Amber
*1 Mox Diamond
*1 Mox Opal
*1 Paradise Mantle
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Springleaf Drum
*1 Talisman of Creativity
*1 Talisman of Dominance
*1 Talisman of Indulgence
*1 Wishclaw Talisman
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Beseech the Mirror
*1 Demonic Tutor
*1 Diabolic Intent
*1 Gamble
*1 Gitaxian Probe
*1 Imperial Seal
*1 Infernal Plunge
*1 Jeska&#039;s Will
*1 Last Chance
*1 Mnemonic Betrayal
*1 Praetor&#039;s Grasp
*1 Rite of Flame
*1 Splinter&#039;s Technique
*1 Timetwister
*1 Wheel of Fortune
*1 Wheel of Misfortune
*1 Windfall
*1 Yawgmoth&#039;s Will
[/Sorceries]
[Creatures]
*1 Birgi, God of Storytelling // Harnfel, Horn of Bounty
*1 Hexing Squelcher
*1 Orcish Bowmasters
*1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer
*1 Simian Spirit Guide
*1 Thassa&#039;s Oracle
*1 Valley Floodcaller
[/Creatures]
[Enchantments]
*1 Guild Artisan
*1 Mystic Remora
*1 Necropotence
*1 Rhystic Study
*1 Underworld Breach
[/Enchantments]
[Lands]
*1 Ancient Tomb
*1 Arid Mesa
*1 Badlands
*1 Blood Crypt
*1 Bloodstained Mire
*1 City of Brass
*1 City of Traitors
*1 Command Tower
*1 Flooded Strand
*1 Gemstone Caverns
*1 Mana Confluence
*1 Marsh Flats
*1 Mistrise Village
*1 Misty Rainforest
*1 Otawara, Soaring City
*1 Phyrexian Tower
*1 Polluted Delta
*1 Scalding Tarn
*1 Undercity Sewers
*1 Underground Sea
*1 Verdant Catacombs
*1 Volcanic Island
*1 Watery Grave
*1 Wooded Foothills
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<h2>Wrap Up</h2>
<p>If you want to play an interactive, blisteringly fast, consistently powerful cEDH deck that readily goes head-to-head with any other deck out there, then RogSi is the one for you. It has certainly earned its prominence after all these years of tournament victories.</p>


Building RogSi (Rograkh and Silas Renn) for cEDH

<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ad Nauseam" href="#" target="_blank">Ad Nauseam</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://jarvisartstudio.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeremy Jarvis</a></em></p>
<p>Black is the cEDH showstopper.</p>
<p>It might not necessarily be the cards that quite literally end the game, but it does an excellent - if not over-the-top - job at helping you get there. Whether it be bursts of mana, individual tutors, or mass card advantage, black's got you covered.</p>
<p>So, what tops off black's contribution to the competitive meta? Let's find out.</p>
<h2>#5 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Orcish Bowmasters" href="#" target="_blank">Orcish Bowmasters</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Orcish Bowmasters"></div></div>
<p>First up on our list is also the newest card here, and that's Orcish Bowmasters.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, this 1/1 Orc Archer with flash does an absolutely brutal job of punishing opponents for even daring to draw more than one card a turn (something which has really come to define cEDH, especially as of late).</p>
<p>Pairing Orcish Bowmasters with a wheel effect, a la <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wheel of Fortune" href="#" target="_blank">Wheel of Fortune</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, either in response to your own or in response to an opponent's, is a way to deal out massive amounts of damage in a blistering instant. But what really makes this card tick is its ability to mow down creatures over the course of long, drawn out games.</p>
<p>Mana dorks, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Esper Sentinel" href="#" target="_blank">Esper Sentinel</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer" href="#" target="_blank">Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, hell, even other Orcish Bowmasters will all die to this thing, assuming there's even a single player trying to get ahead in card advantage. If Orcish Bowmasters was the least bit more proactive (I mean, it already triggers at least once, and all you have to do for that is get this guy to resolve) then it would certainly be higher on our list.</p>
<p>As it stands, the prolonged removal which this Orc provides has confidently earned it the fifth spot.</p>
<h2>#4 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dark Ritual" href="#" target="_blank">Dark Ritual</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dark Ritual"></div></div>
<p>Now we turn from the newest card on our list to something that's tied for oldest - a source of ramp that dates back to the very earliest games of <em>Magic</em>: Dark Ritual!</p>
<p>You know it, you love it, you leapfrog turns ahead by casting it. For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, this instant has just one effect: "Add <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>." So, why is it above something as oppressive as Orcish Bowmasters? Simple - proactive acceleration.</p>
<p>Competitive Commander is all about time. Even in untimed rounds full of card draw engines stalling out the board state, players are constantly looking for a way to get ahead of their opponents in <em>Magic</em>'s primary resource system, mana.</p>
<p>Think of mana like <em>Magic</em>'s intrinsic clock: Each missed land drop is a turn you might as well have skipped, and each extra mana - even if just from a ritual - is an extra instance you've outpaced your opponents. Viewed that way, Dark Ritual is just the best method to time travel in cEDH, full stop.</p>
<p>Sure, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cabal Ritual" href="#" target="_blank">Cabal Ritual</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rain of Filth" href="#" target="_blank">Rain of Filth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Culling the Weak" href="#" target="_blank">Culling the Weak</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can add more mana than Dark Ritual, but they all require some amount of setup beyond a simple input of <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>.</p>
<h2>#3 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Demonic Tutor" href="#" target="_blank">Demonic Tutor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Demonic Tutor"></div></div>
<p>Next up, we're keeping the classic <em>Magic</em> train going with the game's very first tutor effect: Demonic Tutor.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Demonic Tutor is a sorcery that functionally allows you to search your library for a card, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Read another way, Demonic Tutor is another copy of any card in your deck, it just costs an extra <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> - mana that can be invested before you even need to worry about casting the main spell.</p>
<p>Demonic Tutor, like all tutors, seeks to break the volatility inherent to Commander. As a singleton format, games can swing widely from one round to the next, as the odds of drawing any one specific card are terribly low. Demonic Tutor, however, is the best-in-class when it comes to flexibility and efficiency, giving you an extra way to dig for what you need, when you need it.</p>
<p>Other tutors come and go as <em>Magic</em> keeps on creeping on, but Demonic Tutor remains a bedrock of the format.</p>
<h2>#2 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ad Nauseam" href="#" target="_blank">Ad Nauseam</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ad Nauseam"></div></div>
<p>Now it's time to shift from the glue of cEDH - the rituals and tutors - to the explosive bursts of card draw that lead to spectacular moments in games all across the format. For our penultimate pick, let's dive into Ad Nauseam.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-3" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Ad Nauseam is an instant that allows you to - as many times as you wish - reveal the top card of your library, put that card into your hand, and lose life equal to that card's mana value (each card is a separate instance, the decision to continue is sequential).</p>
<p>Since Ad Nauseam causes you to lose life equal to a card's mana value, dedicated decks which run this card as their closer will necessarily make adjustments in the mana values of their decks in order to maximize the number of cards picked up off of Ad Nauseam.</p>
<p>"Turbo Naus" decks, as they're often named, are singularly dedicated to finding and casting Ad Nauseam as quickly as possible, as the bevy of zero-cost mana rocks, cheap rituals, tutors, and counterspells which Ad Nauseam often reveals will be sufficient to not just win the game, but defend or stop a win attempt as well.</p>
<h2>#1 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Necropotence" href="#" target="_blank">Necropotence</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
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<p>Remember Dark Ritual? Well, a single Dark Ritual can't cast an Ad Nauseam, but it can cast our next pick. That's right, it's time for Necropotence.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-b" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Necropotence is, essentially, Ad Nauseam, but as an enchantment and with some weird timing restrictions baked into how it works. Rather than putting cards into your hand and losing life equal to their mana values, Necropotence has an activated ability that allows you to pay one life to exile a card from the top of your library, which you'll then put into your hand at the beginning of the next end step. Additionally, to make things even more awkward, you skip your draw step, and whenever you discard a card you'll exile that card from your graveyard.</p>
<p>So, with all the awkwardness presented, why is Necropotence above Ad Nauseam? Well, being immediately castable off of Dark Ritual is certainly a plus, but that's not all. Even the best Turbo Naus decks don't usually get an average mana value below the 1.3-1.4 range, meaning that Necropotence causes you to lose an average of 30%+ less life per card put into your hand off of its activations.</p>
<p>Additionally, since these activations are abilities from a permanent, it means that you can split it up however you want; look at seven cards on your first turn, hoping to find a tutor or the like, then dump all your life into Necropotence the next turn, backed up by the flash-enabler you just tutored for so as to make the most of your pre-discard card access in your end step.</p>
<p>Ad Nauseam is definitely the flashier single-spell resolution, but Necropotence can oftentimes show you more cards and in safer fashion - two very appealing qualities of a burst-draw spell.</p>
<h2>Wrap Up</h2>
<p>That wraps up our best-in-class list for black's contributions to cEDH. Rituals, tutors, burst draw - the color really pulls a whole lot of weight in accelerating victories and smoothing out inconsistencies, while also being no stranger to absolutely brutal punishing effects (*cough* Orcish Bowmasters *cough*).</p>
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