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Achievement Unlocked - Are Cards Banned in Other Formats Underrated in EDH?

March 13, 2023 by Benjamin Nicol

Benjamin brews an EDH deck made entirely out of Banned cards!

#banned, #banned list, #bonder's ornament, #dig through time, #drannith magistrate, #expressive iteration, #felidar guardian, #Field of the Dead, #galvanic relay, #green suns zenith, #hermit druid, #locus of creation, #mycosynth lattice, #mystic sanctuary, #narset parter of veils, #omanth, #ragavan nimble pilferer, #serra ascendant, #skullclamp, #stoneforge mystic, #strip mine, #thassa's oracle, #underworld breach, #uro, #Uro titan of nature's wrath, #wheel of fortune, #white plume adventurer, #winota joiner of forces Read More »

Superior Numbers - Let's Bounce!

May 4, 2022 by Dana Roach

Is the 'cost' of a bounce land actually an upside?

#bala ged recovery, #bojuka bog, #boseiju who endures, #bounce lands, #coral atol, #dakmor salvage, #golgari grave-troll, #golgari rot farm, #halimar depths, #llanowar reborn, #Malakir Rebirth, #mana drain, #mosswort bridge, #mystic sanctuary, #otawara soaring city, #spinerock knoll, #takenuma abandoned mire, #temur sabertooth, #Tolaria West, #trevas ruins, #valakut awakening, #windbrisk heights, #witch's cottage Read More »

The 'Play More Basics' Debate | EDHRECast 209

April 15, 2022 by Community Spotlight

How many basic lands does your deck play? Can utility lands cause more harm than good? Let's discuss! 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 out here: https://edhrec.com/articles/edhrecast-our-decks/ Check out our new custom […]

#alchemists refuge, #ancient den, #ancient tomb, #back to basics, #blanchwood armor, #blood moon, #boseiju who endures, #defile, #EDHRECast, #emeria's call, #extraplanar lens, #Field of the Dead, #Fiery Islet, #forest, #foundry of the consuls, #hermit druid, #homeward path, #island, #kessig wolf run, #magus of the moon, #Morphic pool, #mountain, #mystic sanctuary, #nykthos shrine to nyx, #plains, #primal order, #rockfall vale, #rustvale bridge, #sea gate restoration, #swamp, #temple garden, #temple of silence, #titania protector of argoth, #vault of the archangel, #zagoth triome Read More »

How Many Utility Lands Should You Play in Commander? | EDHRECast 162

May 14, 2021 by Community Spotlight

It's free real estate! Utility lands can provide players with free value, but how many is to many? We've collected the data for the most popular utility lands in the game, and checked some decks to see how many players tend to use, to find out when and why those numbers go too far. Support […]

#academy ruins, #access tunnel, #alchemists refuge, #ancient tomb, #back to basics, #blood moon, #bojuka bog, #braids cabal minion, #cabal coffers, #cabal stronghold, #deserted temple, #dust bowl, #EDHRECast, #Field of the Dead, #gaeas cradle, #gavony township, #ghost quarter, #ghost town, #glacial chasm, #hall of heliod's generosity, #homeward path, #karns bastion, #kessig wolf run, #kor haven, #magus of the moon, #maze of ith, #mazes end, #mosswort bridge, #mystic sanctuary, #nykthos shrine to nyx, #price of progress, #primal order, #Reliquary Tower, #rogues passage, #Scavenger Grounds, #Serra's Sanctum, #tectonic edge, #temple of the false god, #thespians stage, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #valakut the molten pinnacle, #vesuva, #volraths stronghold, #war room, #wasteland Read More »

Too-Specific Top 10 - I'm Leaving You(r Yard)

April 23, 2021 by DougY

Looking for ways to trigger leave-the-graveyard effects for Quintorius? This Top 10 has you covered.

#adorned pouncer, #animate dead, #auramancer, #bojuka bog, #buried ruin, #cavalier of dawn, #chandra acolyte of flame, #charmbreaker devils, #crucible of worlds, #crystal chimes, #daretti scrap savant, #desecrated tomb, #dreadhorde arcanist, #echo of eons, #elixir of immortality, #emeria shepherd, #emeria the sky ruin, #eternal witness, #faithless looting, #Finale of Devastation, #finale of promise, #fuming effigy, #goblin dark-dwellers, #Goblin Engineer, #goblin welder, #hall of heliod's generosity, #impulsive pilferer, #jaya ballard, #karmic guide, #kozilek butcher of truth, #leaves the graveyard, #metalwork colossus, #mimic vat, #mistveil plains, #myr retriever, #mystic sanctuary, #nim deathmantle, #open the vaults, #past in flames, #phyrexian triniform, #quintorius, #Quintorius Field Historian, #rakdos charm, #Ramunap Excavator, #ranimate, #reckless charge, #relic of progenitus, #replenish, #rest in peace, #restoration specialist, #retether, #reveillark, #sacred cat, #sacred catr, #Scavenger Grounds, #scrap trawler, #seize the day, #sevinne's reclamation, #ship's caretaker, #spine of ish sah, #starfield of nyx, #stonebound mentor, #sun titan, #syr konrad the grim, #throes of chaos, #tiana, #timetwister, #tormod the desecrator, #tormods crypt, #trading post, #ulamog the infinite gyre, #underworld breach, #volcanic vision, #wildfire devils 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 »

Too-Specific Top 10 - Historically Chaff

March 19, 2021 by DougY

These cards are Historic-ally popular!

#Abrade, #all that glitters, #arcades, #arcades the strategist, #arcane signet, #ashiok dream render, #aven mindcensor, #baird steward of argive, #banishing light, #barren moor, #blood artist, #bojuka bog, #bontus monument, #brawl, #by force, #cathartic reunion, #chromium, #chromium the mutable, #circuitous route, #cloudshift, #command tower, #cruel celebrant, #crush contraband, #cultivate, #danitha capashen paragon, #deathsprout, #despark, #disenchant, #dovin's veto, #Evolution Sage, #evolving wilds, #explore, #fertilid, #fierce empath, #forgotten cave, #foundry inspector, #goblin electomancer, #goblin electromancer, #goblin matron, #gray merchant of asphodel, #growth spiral, #guttersnipe, #hedron archive, #herald's horn, #Historic Brawl, #jhoiras familiar, #llanowar elves, #Llanowar Evles, #lonely sandbar, #mana geode, #meteor golem, #mind stone, #mortify, #murmuring mystic, #mystic sanctuary, #narset parter of veils, #negate, #nicol bolas, #nicol bolas the ravager, #opt, #palladia-mors, #palladia-mors the ruiner, #palladium myr, #phyrexian reclamation, #pitiless plunderer, #plaguecrafter, #ravenous chupacabra, #reassembling skeleton, #reclamation sage, #Reliquary Tower, #Return to Nature, #rewind, #rhythm of the wild, #secluded steppe, #skirk prospector, #soul warden, #spell pierce, #syr konrad the grim, #tatyova benthic druid, #terramorphic expanse, #thrill of possibility, #tormenting voice, #tranquil thicket, #trophy mage, #unwind, #vaevictis, #vaevictis asmadi the dire, #young pyromancer Read More »

Biggest Set Popularity Surges in Commander | EDHRECast 153

March 12, 2021 by Community Spotlight

These sets hit the ground running! Which sets had an immediate impact upon Commander as soon as they were released, and why? Support the cast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/edhrecast Follow the cast on Twitter: @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @danaroach @mathimus55 Interested in writing for EDHREC? Send us your pitch at edhrec.com/apply or send us an email at social@edhrec.com […]

#aesi tyrant of gyre strait, #agadeem's awakening, #akromas will, #anje falkenrath, #Anowon the Ruin Thief, #Araumi of the Dead Tide, #arcane signet, #ashiok dream render, #atla palani nest tender, #azusa lost but seeking, #bala ged recovery, #balduvian rage, #barkchannel pathway, #blessed sanctuary, #brokkos apex of forever, #command tower, #cosmic intervention, #court of bounty, #court of grace, #darien king of kjeldor, #darkbore pathway, #deadly rollick, #deflecting swat, #dockside extortionist, #dovin's veto, #EDHRECast, #eerie ultimatum, #elsha of the infinite, #emergent ultimatum, #Emiel the Blessed, #felidar retreat, #fierce guardianship, #fiery emancipation, #Fiery Islet, #Finale of Devastation, #force of despair, #force of vigor, #God Eternal Oketra, #golos tireless pilgrim, #heroic intervention, #hullbreacher, #Idol of Oblivion, #illuna apex of wishes, #jeska's will, #jeweled lotus, #K'rrik Son of Yawgmoth, #Kalamax the stormsire, #kenrith the returned king, #klothys god of destiny, #korvold fae-cursed king, #kroxa titan of death's hunger, #lurrus of the dream-den, #mystic sanctuary, #nethroi apex of death, #Neyith of the Dire Hunt, #Nurturing Peatland, #nyxbloom ancient, #obeka brute chronologist, #obscuring haze, #obuun mul daya ancestor, #omnath locus of creation, #opposition agent, #oracle of mul daya, #Pact of the Serpent, #purphoros bronze-blooded, #rejuvenating springs, #return of the wildspeaker, #rhystic study, #ruinous ultimatum, #sanctum of all, #scute swarm, #sol ring, #spectator seating, #stubborn denial, #sunbaked canyon, #swords to plowshares, #Talisman of conviction, #talisman of creativity, #Talisman of curiosity, #talisman of hierarchy, #talisman of resilience, #teferi time raveler, #temple of epiphany, #temple of malady, #temple of mystery, #temple of silence, #temple of triumph, #thassa's oracle, #the great henge, #tinybones, #Tinybones Trinket Thief, #Uro titan of nature's wrath, #urza lord high artificer, #valduk keeper of the flame, #vampiric tutor, #Vorinclex Monstrous Raider, #war room, #wyleth soul of steel, #yarok the desecrated, #yawgmoth thran physician, #zaxara the exemplary, #Zurzoth Chaos Rider Read More »