Experiment with a Simic deck where you cheat out big spells while keeping the deck friendly.
Eat Your Heart Out, Keruga
September 15, 2023 by
DougY 
#ancient stone idol, #battle mammoth, #blessings of nature, #decimator of the provinces, #deep-sea kraken, #devastation tide, #dig through time, #Dreamtail Heron, #earthquake dragon, #emerge, #emrakul the promised end, #force of will, #foretell, #ghalta primal hunger, #impervious greatwurm, #junk winder, #keruga, #keruga the macrosage, #metalwork colossus, #miracle, #misdirection, #mockery of nature, #mulldrifter, #mutate, #Octavia Living Thesis, #pouncing shoreshark, #sage of the beyond, #sawtusk demolisher, #spectral deluge, #temporal mastery, #the great henge, #Thought Monitor, #thoughtcast, #treasure cruise, #troyan, #Troyan Gutsy Explorer, #vexing scuttler Read More »
Singleton Shmingleton - Braingeyser
August 28, 2023 by
Jesse Barker Plotkin 
Jesse turns mana into as much card draw as possible, with X spells, big creature payoffs and combos!
#basal thrull, #blue suns zenith, #bog witch, #braingeyser, #force of will, #singleton shmingleton, #soldevi adnate, #stroke of genius, #sultai, #zaxara the exemplary Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - Expensive Counterspells
July 15, 2022 by
DougY
Efficient counterspells are nice, but the more expensive counterspells have a LOT of fun & flashy benefits!
#access denied, #cryptic command, #desertion, #foil, #force of will, #fuel for the cause, #insidious will, #mystic confluence, #ojutais command, #overwhelming intellect, #plasm capture, #proliferate, #reinterpret, #rewind, #spell swindle, #sublime epiphany, #thwart Read More »
Staple Remover – Counterspell
June 16, 2021 by
Jaelyn Rosenquist 
Need some alternatives to the typical Counterspell? Jaelyn has some ideas!
#counterspell, #daze, #deprive, #familiars ruse, #fierce guardianship, #forbid, #force of negation, #force of will, #glen elendra archmage, #insidious will, #keep safe, #mana drain, #null brooch, #omnath locus of the roil, #pact of negation, #rebuff the wicked, #rewind, #siren stormtamer, #swan song, #tale's end, #turn aside, #unwind Read More »
Power Creep by the Numbers | EDHRECast 148
February 5, 2021 by
Community Spotlight 
How many cards does an average Commander deck play from the year 1993? Or from the year 2006? Or from 2001? Now, how about 2020? This week, we're looking at the data behind the power creep! Support the cast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/edhrecast Check out the EDH Wiki! https://edhwiki.com/wiki/Main_Page Follow the cast on Twitter: @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz […]
#angus mackenzie, #arcane signet, #arid mesa, #azorius signet, #badlands, #bala ged recovery, #bayou, #blood crypt, #bloodstained mire, #boros signet, #breeding pool, #coiling oracle, #command tower, #cultivate, #defense of the heart, #deflecting swat, #dimir signet, #dockside extortionist, #EDHRECast, #embercleave, #emry lurker of the loch, #evolving wilds, #farseek, #Field of the Dead, #fierce guardianship, #flooded strand, #force of will, #forest, #gaeas cradle, #generous gift, #godless shrine, #golgari signet, #gruul signet, #guardian project, #hallowed fountain, #hullbreacher, #island, #izzet signet, #jegantha the wellspring, #kodamas reach, #mana drain, #manalith, #marsh flats, #misty rainforest, #mortify, #mountain, #muzzio visionary architect, #oko thief of crowns, #orzhov signet, #overgrown tomb, #pattern of rebirth, #plains, #plateau, #polluted delta, #putrefy, #questing beast, #rakdos signet, #rampant growth, #replenish, #return of the wildspeaker, #sacred foundry, #sasaya orochi ascendant, #savannah, #scalding tarn, #scrubland, #selesnya signet, #Serra's Sanctum, #simic signet, #smothering tithe, #sol ring, #steam vents, #stomping ground, #swamp, #syr konrad the grim, #taiga, #Talisman of conviction, #talisman of creativity, #Talisman of curiosity, #talisman of dominance, #talisman of hierarchy, #talisman of impulse, #talisman of indulgence, #talisman of progress, #talisman of resilience, #talisman of unity, #temple garden, #terramorphic expanse, #the great henge, #timetwister, #tropical island, #tubdra, #underground sea, #urza lord high artificer, #verdant catacombs, #village rites, #volcanic island, #watery grave, #windswept heath, #Winged Words, #wooded foothills, #yawgmoths will Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - Don't Go Chasing Cascades
November 27, 2020 by
DougY
They're hard to Cascade into, but not hard to cast!
#ancient stone idol, #avatar of woe, #beseech the queen, #blasphemous act, #cascade, #deep-sea kraken, #devastation tide, #dig through time, #echo of eons, #emrakul the promised end, #force of vigor, #force of will, #Ghalta, #ghalta primal hunger, #hour of reckoning, #hour of revelation, #impervoius greatwurm, #metalwork colossus, #mycosynth golem, #reforge the soul, #temporal mastery, #temporal trespass, #the cauldron of eternity, #the great henge, #the magic mirror, #treasure cruise Read More »
Superior Numbers - Do Dollar Duals Denote Domination?
July 8, 2020 by
Dana Roach 
Does the presence of one powerful card imply even more to come?
#cyclonic rift, #demonic tutor, #force of will, #mana crypt, #mana drain, #mystical tutor, #necropotence, #niv-mizzet Parun, #rhystic study, #tatyova benthic druid, #tropical island, #underground sea, #vampiric tutor, #volcanic island, #yuriko the tigers shadow Read More »
EDHRECast 114: The Most Common Expensive Commander Decks
June 5, 2020 by
Community Spotlight
EDHREC has compiled the data for the most common high-roller commanders, and now we're reviewing the results. Which commanders are built most often with a high budget, and which strategies in particular tend to hover around the highest price threshold? Follow the cast on Twitter: @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @danaroach @mathimus55 https://edhrec.com/ Special thanks to @The Command […]
#angus mackenzie, #arcum dagsson, #atraxa praetors voice, #azami lady of scrolls, #azusa lost but seeking, #badlands, #bayou, #brallin skyshark raider, #breya etherium shaper, #bruse tarl boorish herder, #captain sisay, #cazur ruthless stalker, #crucible of worlds, #daretti ingenious iconoclast, #dark depths, #darksteel forge, #derevi empyrial tactician, #doubling season, #EDHRECast, #elsha of the infinite, #exploration, #food chain, #force of will, #general tazri, #golos tireless pilgrim, #grand arbiter augustin iv, #horde of notions, #kaalia of the vast, #karador ghost chieftain, #karn silver golem, #karrthus tyrant of jund, #keranos god of storms, #kess dissident mage, #kinnan bonder prodigy, #korvold fae-cursed king, #kraum ludevic's opus, #kydele chosen of kruphix, #kykar wind's fury, #lord windgrace, #mairsil the pretender, #mana drain, #memnarch, #morophon the boundless, #najeela the blade blossom, #Naru Meha Master Wizard, #nekusar the mindrazer, #nin the pain artist, #oona queen of the fae, #oracle of mul daya, #prossh skyraider of kher, #reaper king, #rielle the everwise, #riftstone portal, #shabraz the skyshark, #sharuum the hegemon, #silas renn seeker adept, #sliver overlord, #sliver queen, #sou channeling, #stasis, #tayam luminous enigma, #teferi temporal archmage, #teferi's time twist, #the gitrog monster, #the mimeoplasm, #the scarab god, #thrasios triton hero, #time twister, #titania protector of argoth, #tropical island, #ukkima stalking shadow, #underground sea, #urza lord high artificer, #volcanic island, #wheel of fortune, #xyris the writhing storm, #yagmoth's will, #yarok the desecrated, #yidris maelstrom wielder, #zirda the dawnwaker Read More »
Superior Numbers - Flash in Fashion?
March 18, 2020 by
Dana Roach
Lookin' at some flashy numbers
#ad nauseam, #cephalid illusionist, #chrome mox, #demonic consultation, #flash, #force of will, #gemstone caverns, #imperial seal, #kenrith the returned king, #mana crypt, #mox diamond, #najeela the blade blossom, #nomads en-kor, #prime speaker vannifar, #protean hulk, #rayami first of the fallen, #superior numbers, #tana the bloodsower, #tasigur the golden fang, #thassa's oracle, #thrasios triton hero, #tymna the weaver Read More »
Superior Numbers - Power Begets Power
January 1, 2020 by
Dana Roach
Do 'more powerful' commanders always run more powerful cards?
#cyclonic rift, #demonic tutor, #exploration, #force of will, #gisa and geralf, #grim monolith, #imperial seal, #intuition, #mana crypt, #mana drain, #mana vault, #mina and denn, #mox opal, #necropotence, #omnath locus of rage, #sol ring, #superior numbers, #sylvan library, #taiga, #the scarab god, #three visits, #underground sea, #vampiric tutor Read More »