What lessons can we learn when playtesting a new deck? What lessons should we AVOID when playtesting a new deck? Which techniques are most helpful, or most misleading? Let's discuss one of the trickiest aspects of the deckbuilding process! Want access to exclusive content, the Challenge the Stats spreadsheet, EDHRECast Discord, and more? Support the […]
The Art of Playtesting Commander Decks | EDHRECast 224
August 5, 2022 by
Community Spotlight 
#Agent of the Iron Throne, #alela artful provocateur, #Baba Lysaga Night Witch, #beastmaster ascension, #coat of arms, #consuming aberration, #Costly Plunder, #deadly dispute, #drowned catacomb, #EDHRECast, #glissa the traitor, #gonti lord of luxury, #greater good, #inspiring leader, #Iymrith desert doom, #Jaheira Friend of the Forest, #journey to eternity, #kaya's ghostform, #lightning greaves, #Miirym Sentinel Wyrm, #mirri weatherlight duelist, #omnath locus of rage, #phyrexian arena, #raggadragga goreguts boss, #reki the history of kamigawa, #rhystic study, #Sarevok Deathbringer, #silumgar the drifting death, #syr konrad the grim, #tainted isle, #tainted wood, #tasha the witch queen, #teysa karlov, #the mimeoplasm, #thunderfoot baloth, #titania protector of argoth, #ukkima stalking shadow, #valduk keeper of the flame, #village rites, #xanathar guild kingpin Read More »
These Cards Do WORK! - Glissa, the Traitor
January 26, 2022 by
Jeremy Rowe 
Glissa may be a traitor, but her deck is so unique that you can't help but love her.
#commanders sphere, #Costly Plunder, #duplicant, #executioners capsule, #glissa the traitor, #horizon spellbomb, #marionette master, #mind stone, #nevinyrrals disk, #revel in riches, #steel hellkite, #sylvok replica, #tormods crypt, #wurmcoil engine Read More »
EDHRECast 118: Is Core 2021 the Best Core Set Ever?
July 3, 2020 by
Community Spotlight
Core 2021 is here, and in Joey's own words, it's a ding-dang doozy! Time to see which new cards will have the biggest impact on the EDH format! Follow the cast on Twitter: @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @danaroach @mathimus55 https://edhrec.com/ Interested in writing for EDHREC? Send us your pitch at edhrec.com/apply or send us an email at […]
#alesha who smiles at death, #altars reap, #azusa lost but seeking, #Barrin Tolarian Archmage, #blackblade reforged, #brash taunter, #chainer nightmare adept, #chromatic orrery, #containment priest, #Core 2021, #Costly Plunder, #disciple of bolas, #Discontinuity, #double vision, #EDHRECast, #fabled passage, #fiery emancipation, #firesong and sunspeaker, #gadrak the crown-scourge, #garruk's uprising, #grim tutor, #heroic intervention, #honden of cleansing fire, #honden of lifes web, #honden of nights reach, #hooded blightfang, #idol of endurance, #inalla archmage ritualist, #invigorating surge, #jolrael mwonvuli recluse, #lathliss dragon queen, #light of promise, #liliana's standard bearer, #m21, #mangara the diplomat, #massacre wurm, #Niambi Esteemed Speaker, #peer into the abyss, #pir imaginative rascal, #Radha Heart of Keld, #Rin and Seri Inseparable, #rubblehulk, #sanctum of all, #Sanctum of Calm Waters, #sanctum of fruitful harvest, #Sanctum of Shattered Heights, #sanctum of stone fangs, #sanctum of tranquil light, #sarkhan unbroken, #selfless savior, #stuffy doll, #Subira Tulzidi Caravanner, #sublime epiphany, #sunbond, #sundial of the infinite, #teferi master of time, #Teferi's Ageless Insight, #terror of the peaks, #time stop, #ugin the spirit dragon, #uleash fury, #village rites, #vito thorn of the dusk rose Read More »
Monomania - All Things Considered: Black
May 4, 2020 by
Steven Vincent 
Taking a deep dive into mono-black's most powerful offerings!
#black market, #blood artist, #bloodchief ascension, #bubbling muck, #cabal coffers, #Costly Plunder, #crypt ghast, #dregs of sorrow, #expedition map, #exquisite blood, #exsanguinate, #gonti lord of luxury, #gray merchant of asphodel, #greed, #herald of leshrac, #K'rrik Son of Yawgmoth, #kokusho the evening star, #magus of the coffers, #minions murmurs, #necropotence, #oversold cemetery, #phyrexian etchings, #phyrexian reclamation, #rise of the dark realms, #sanguine bond, #skithiryx the blight dragon, #smothering abomination, #soldevi adnate, #spoils of evil, #syphon mind, #syr konrad the grim, #torment of hailfire, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #vampiric rites, #vilis broker of blood Read More »
Ixalan EDH Review — Black
September 20, 2017 by
Joseph Schultz 
Vampirates of the Caribbean According to our charts, we'll reach the shores of Ixalan on the 29th of this month. Before we reach our Voyage's End, let us take stock of our crew, and of the bloodthirsty beasts we may encounter upon this Treacherous Terrain. It's time we explore the black cards of Ixalan to deduce […]
#Arguel's Blood Fast, #Bishop of the Bloodstained, #black, #Bloodcrazed Paladin, #Boneyard Parley, #Costly Plunder, #Deadeye Tracker, #Dire Fleet Ravager, #Fathom Fleet Captain, #ixalan, #pirates, #Raiders' Wake, #revel in riches, #Ruin Raider, #Ruthless Knave, #Sanctum Seeker, #Sword-Point Diplomacy, #Temple of Aclazotz, #vampires, #Vicious Conquistador, #Vraska's Contempt, #Walk the Plank, #Wanted Scoundrels Read More »