What actually makes these mono-black staples so good? Why should you include them in your deck? Let's explore with Nick!
Back to Basics - The 10 Most Played Mono-Black Cards in Commander
March 12, 2024 by
Nick Price 
#black suns zenith, #blood artist, #dark ritual, #demonic tutor, #dismember, #endrek sahr master breeder, #feed the swarm, #languish, #Massacre Girl Known Killer, #phyrexian arena, #reanimate, #teysa karlov, #toxic deluge, #vampiric tutor, #Vein Ripper, #victimize, #yawgmoth thran physician, #zulaport cutthroat Read More »
Solve the Equation – Choosing and Using Your Interaction
August 23, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol 
Benjamin examines when and when NOT to use your removal spells!
#arcane denial, #brainstorm, #chaos warp, #dovin's veto, #feed the swarm, #omnath locus of creation, #path to exile, #ponder, #preordain, #swords to plowshares, #threat assessment, #Uro titan of nature's wrath, #vandalblast Read More »
Shoring Up Your EDH Weaknesses | EDHRECast 207
April 1, 2022 by
Community Spotlight 
Is your deck weak to aggro? Can it handle enchantments? How do you find the 'right' number of answers in your deck? Let's take a look! Want access to exclusive content, the Challenge the Stats spreadsheet, EDHRECast Discord, and more? Support the cast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/edhrecast Want to see the decks we play? Check them […]
#all is dust, #boros charm, #Brilliant Restoration, #EDHRECast, #eerie interlude, #feed the swarm, #ghostway, #grand abolisher, #iona shield of emeria, #keep watch, #liquimetal torque, #mizzix of the izmagnus, #oblivion stone, #scour from existence, #scrap mastery, #smothering tithe, #storm of souls, #unstable obelisk Read More »
Powerhouse Commons | EDHRECast 204
March 11, 2022 by
Community Spotlight
These commons are even more important than some mythic rares! What are the most popular commons? Which commander uses the most commons? Which commons are total powerhouses in EDH? Let's find out! Want access to exclusive content, the Challenge the Stats spreadsheet, EDHRECast Discord, and more? Support the cast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/edhrecast Want to see […]
#abjure, #adeliz the cinder wind, #arcane signet, #ashnods altar, #bioshift, #brainstorm, #broken bond, #cathartic reunion, #counterspell, #cultivate, #dark ritual, #dawn charm, #deadly dispute, #defile, #EDHRECast, #ephemerate, #essence harvest, #faithless looting, #fanatical devotion, #feather the redeemed, #feed the swarm, #fling, #footbottom feast, #forever young, #gravepurge, #gravitic punch, #gray merchant of asphodel, #impact tremors, #impulsive pilferer, #kodamas reach, #lapse of certainty, #mana geyser, #mana tithe, #muddle the mixture, #natures claim, #negate, #ponder, #preordain, #pyroblast, #rampatn growth, #read the bones, #reckless impulse, #red elemental blast, #repository skaab, #rhystic study, #rite of consumption, #sakura-tribe elder, #Seize the Spoils, #shu yun the silent tempest, #snakeskin veil, #soul warden, #souls fire, #spore frog, #stone-seeder hierophant, #teferi's time twist, #thought vessel, #thoughtcast, #thrill of possibility, #tormenting voice, #unexpected windfall, #village rites, #viscera seer, #Winged Words Read More »
Planning Ahead in Commander | EDHRECast 197
January 21, 2022 by
Community Spotlight
Things don't always go the way you want in EDH, so you have to think ahead and add contingency plans during the deckbuilding stage. Today we're discussing some important categories and specific examples where just a few small deckbuilding decisions can totally save your bacon in Commander. Want access to exclusive content, the Challenge the […]
#arachnogenesis, #austere command, #blasphemous act, #Brought back, #cosmic intervention, #crux of fate, #deglamer, #EDHRECast, #eerie interlude, #ezuris predation, #faiths reward, #feed the swarm, #fumigate, #ghostway, #in garrukswake, #lightning greaves, #merciless eviction, #moments peace, #not of this world, #obscuring haze, #ohran frostfang, #path to exile, #patricians scorn, #pest infestation, #primal order, #Scavenger Grounds, #swiftfoot boots, #swords to plowshares, #throne of the god-pharaoh, #tibalt's trickery, #unravel the aether, #whelming wave, #wrath of god Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - (Last) Year In Review
December 31, 2021 by
DougY 
What can 2021 tell us about 2020, and the future of EDH design?
#aesi tyrant of gyre strait, #Anowon the Ruin Thief, #Araumi of the Dead Tide, #Archmage Emeritus, #ardenn intrepid archaeologist, #bala ged recovery, #bastion of remembrance, #Birgi God of Storytelling, #brallin skyshark rider, #cazur ruthless stalker, #dauthi voidwalker, #deflecting swat, #destiny spinner, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #esper sentinel, #feed the swarm, #fierce guardianship, #garruk's uprising, #Gavi nest warden, #haldan avid arcanist, #heliod, #heliod sun-crowned, #jeska's will, #jeweled lotus, #Kalamax the stormsire, #kathril aspect warper, #kinnan bonder prodigy, #liesa shroud of dusk, #Malakir Rebirth, #nethroi apex of death, #obeka brute chronologist, #obuun mul daya ancestor, #omnath locus of creation, #otrimi the ever-playful, #pako arcane retriever, #Rin and Seri Inseparable, #rograkh son of rohgahh, #scute swarm, #shabraz the skyshark, #shadowspear, #silvar devourer of the free, #solve the equation, #spectator seating, #storm-kiln artist, #tayam luminous enigma, #thassa's oracle, #Toski Bearer of Secrets, #trynn champion of freedom, #ukkima stalking shadow, #urzas saga, #village rites, #wandering archaic, #wheel of misfortune, #winota joiner of forces, #xyris the writhing storm, #yavimaya cradle of growth, #yurlok of scorch thrash, #zaxara the exemplary Read More »
Making Those Last Few Cuts to Your Commander Deck | EDHRECast 181
September 24, 2021 by
Community Spotlight
Those last few cuts to a Commander deck can be tough! How do you go from 105 cards to the final 100? Support the cast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/edhrecast Check out our new custom altersleeves at https://www.altersleeves.com/content-creator/edhrecast EDHREC is sponsored by CardKingdom, TCGPlayer.com, and altersleeves.com. Use the price links on EDHREC or visit http://cardkingdom.com/edhrec and http://www.altersleeves.com/edhrecast […]
#Academy Manufactor, #Augmenter Pugilist, #author of shadows, #berserk, #cloudshift, #counterspell, #crafty cutpurse, #crux of fate, #cut, #cyclonic rift, #damnation, #dockside extortionist, #doomskar, #dramatic reversal, #EDHRECast, #end hostilities, #ephemerate, #exquisite blood, #feed the swarm, #fruit of the first tree, #gorm the great, #hydra's growth, #ishai ojutai dragonspeaker, #isochron scepter, #Juri Master of the Revue, #Karazikar the Eye Tyrant, #lightning greaves, #living death, #maelstrom wanderer, #mask of griselbrand, #mazirek kraul death priest, #meren of clan nel toth, #mirage mirror, #murderous cut, #nights whisper, #pattern of rebirth, #rakdos keyrune, #read the bones, #reyhan last of the abzan, #rishkars expertise, #sanguine bond, #scour from existence, #scroll rack, #second harvest, #senseis divining top, #sepulchral primordial, #sigil of distinction, #sign in blood, #solemnity, #splendid reclamation, #swiftfoot boots, #tragic arrogance, #viridian revel, #virtus the veiled, #whelming wave, #wrath of god Read More »
Sets That Got Better (Or Worse!) Over Time | EDHRECast 156
April 2, 2021 by
Community Spotlight
Don't miss it: this is one of our most epic data dives ever! We're checking out the popularity of different sets & how that popularity aged over time! Which sets grew MORE popular, and which sets shrank down? The results are fascinating! Support the cast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/edhrecast Follow the cast on Twitter: @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz […]
#agent of treachery, #atla palani nest tender, #bala ged recovery, #barkchannel pathway, #branching evolution, #Bruvac the Grandiloquent, #chulane teller of tales, #deflecting swat, #dockside extortionist, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #EDHRECast, #eerie ultimatum, #Esika God of the Tree, #fabled passage, #feather the redeemed, #feed the swarm, #Field of the Dead, #fierce guardianship, #fiery emancipation, #Fiery Islet, #Finale of Devastation, #garruk's uprising, #God Eternal Oketra, #god-eternal bontu, #God-Eternal Rhonas, #golos tireless pilgrim, #heliod sun-crowned, #hogaak arisen necropolis, #hullbreacher, #indatha triome, #jeska's will, #jeweled lotus, #K'rrik Son of Yawgmoth, #Kalamax the stormsire, #ketria triome, #knights' charge, #kodama of the east tree, #korvold fae-cursed king, #mystic sanctuary, #narset parter of veils, #narset's reversal, #Needleverge Pathway, #nethroi apex of death, #Nurturing Peatland, #nyxbloom ancient, #obeka brute chronologist, #omnath locus of creation, #Orvar the All-Form, #raugrin triome, #return of the wildspeaker, #rin and seri inseperable, #rograkh son of rohgahh, #ruinous ultimatum, #sakashima of a thousand faces, #savai triome, #silent clearing, #sunbaked canyon, #Talisman of conviction, #talisman of creativity, #Talisman of curiosity, #talisman of hierarchy, #talisman of resilience, #Teferi's Ageless Insight, #tergrid god of fright, #thassa's oracle, #the great henge, #Tinybones Trinket Thief, #training center, #urza lord high artificer, #waterlogged grove, #yarok the desecrated, #yawgmoth thran physician, #zagoth triome Read More »
The Top 10 Cards of 2020
December 31, 2020 by
Andrew Cummings 
EDHREC's writers compile a list of their top 10 cards of 2020!
#aesi tyrant of gyre strait, #akiri fearless voyager, #amareth the lustrous, #Anowon the Ruin Thief, #Araumi of the Dead Tide, #ashaya soul of the wild, #bala ged recovery, #branching evolution, #brash taunter, #Bruvac the Grandiloquent, #call the coppercoats, #charix the raging isle, #dismantling wave, #elder gargaroth, #feed the swarm, #felidar retreat, #fierce guardianship, #fiery emancipation, #geode rager, #ghen arcanum weaver, #Ghostly Pilferer, #guildless commons, #gyruda doom of depths, #Hellkite Courser, #hullbreacher, #jeska's will, #jeweled lotus, #klothys god of destiny, #liesa shroud of dusk, #lukka coppercoat outcast, #Malakir Rebirth, #manascape refractor, #mangara the diplomat, #Neyith of the Dire Hunt, #obeka brute chronologist, #omnath locus of creation, #Ormos Archive Keeper, #oubliette, #peer into the abyss, #Radha Heart of Keld, #ram through, #rejuvenating springs, #rograkh son of rohgahh, #sakashima of a thousand faces, #sanctum of all, #shadowspear, #shark typhoon, #soul-guide lantern, #species specialist, #spectator seating, #sphinx of the second sun, #sublime epiphany, #terror of the peaks, #the ozolith, #thieving skydiver, #titan's nest, #training center, #undergrowth stadium, #underworld breach, #Unleash Fury, #Vadrok Apex of Thunder, #valakut exploration, #vault of champions, #village rites, #war room Read More »
Was the Year of Commander a Success? 2020 Review ft Olivia Gobert-Hicks! | EDHRECast 142
December 18, 2020 by
Community Spotlight
2020 nears its end! We're honored to be joined by CAG member Olivia Gobert-Hicks to help us tackle the timeline of this insane year, figure out the landscape of Magic and Commander after the craziness of 2020, and answer the year's most important question: was the Year of Commander a success? Follow Olivia at https://twitter.com/goberthicks […]
#aesi tyrant of gyre strait, #Anowon the Ruin Thief, #Araumi of the Dead Tide, #arcane signet, #bala ged recovery, #Branchloft Pathway, #Brightclimb Pathway, #chulane teller of tales, #Clearwater Pathway, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #EDHRECast, #eerie ultimatum, #feed the swarm, #fierce guardianship, #gyruda doom of depths, #Hellkite Courser, #hullbreacher, #indatha triome, #jegantha the wellspring, #jeska's will, #jeweled lotus, #kaheera the orphanguard, #Kalamax the stormsire, #keruga the macrosage, #ketria triome, #korvold fae-cursed king, #lurrus of the dream-den, #Lutri the Spellchaser, #Needleverge Pathway, #nethroi apex of death, #obeka brute chronologist, #obosh the preypiercer, #obuun mul daya ancestor, #omnath locus of creation, #opposition agent, #otrimi the ever-playful, #raugrin triome, #rejuvenating springs, #rielle the everwise, #rin and seri inseperable, #Riverglide Pathway, #rograkh son of rohgahh, #ruinous ultimatum, #sakashima of a thousand faces, #sanctum of all, #savai triome, #Siona captain of the Pyleas, #spectator seating, #Thalisse Reverent Medium, #thassa's oracle, #Tinybones Trinket Thief, #training center, #umori the collector, #undergrowth stadium, #vault of champions, #yorion sky nomad, #zagoth triome, #zirda the dawnwaker Read More »