What are the most overrated cards? Can you over-optimize a deck? This week we share our "hot takes" for your EDH edification! 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 […]
Commander Hot Takes | EDHRECast 246
January 13, 2023 by
Community Spotlight 
#archivist of Oghma, #armageddon, #Astarion’s Thirst, #avacyn angel of hope, #breya's apprentice, #Celestine the Living Saint, #crux of fate, #cursed mirror, #deadly rollick, #delgamer, #demonic tutor, #EDHRECast, #glissa the traitor, #gray merchant of asphodel, #heraldic banner, #heroic intervention, #isshin two heavens as one, #korvold fae-cursed king, #lurrus of the dream-den, #midnight clock, #Miirym Sentinel Wyrm, #natures claim, #nylea's colossus, #rhystic study, #rodolf duskbringer, #ruinous ultimatum, #seasoned dungeoneer, #splendid reclamation, #thornbite staff, #true-name nemesis, #winter orb, #wrath of god, #Wulfgar of Icewind Dale, #ziatora the incinerator 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 »
Challenge the Stats – Reclamation Sage
August 3, 2021 by
Jevin Lortie 
We all love an EDHREClamation Sage... but what about the other artifact/enchantment removal effects out there?
#aura shards, #barrier breach, #broken bond, #cindervines, #councils judgment, #deglamer, #devout witness, #dismantling wave, #duergar hedge-mage, #foundation breaker, #gemrazer, #grasp of fate, #heliod's intervention, #klauth's will, #krosan grip, #masked vandal, #natures claim, #nullmage advocate, #nullmage shepherd, #oblivion ring, #pest infestation, #reclamation sage, #return to dust, #Return to Nature, #rip apart, #sultai charm, #unravel the aether Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - Borderline
July 2, 2021 by
DougY 
New cards, old borders! Let's check out those popular cards with retro frames
#arid mesa, #azorius signet, #beast within, #bojuka bog, #boros signet, #counterspell, #demonic tutor, #dimir signet, #elvish mystic, #eternal witness, #fabled passage, #farseek, #generous gift, #izzet signet, #marsh flats, #mind stone, #misty rainforest, #natures claim, #orzhov signet, #path to exile, #ponder, #prismatic vista, #rakdos signet, #rampant growth, #reclamation sage, #scalding tarn, #sol ring, #solemn simulacrum, #swords to plowshares, #temple of the false god, #vandalblast, #verdant catacombs Read More »
Rolebuilding - Drizzt Do'Urden
July 21, 2020 by
Grant Riehm 
The 'D' in ‘EDH’ stands for Drizzt!
#blackblade reforged, #boundless realms, #broken bond, #canopy stalker, #chandras ignition, #dictate of karametra, #embercleave, #exploration, #firebrand ranger, #flamekin village, #game trail, #godo bandit warlord, #hanweir battlements, #haunted cloak, #into the wilds, #jadelight ranger, #kessig wolf run, #kithkin daggerdare, #lukka coppercoat outcast, #marhault elsdragon, #mirris guile, #natures claim, #nylea god of the hunt, #Radha Heart of Keld, #rangers guile, #rangers path, #sakura-tribe scout, #skarrg the rage pits, #skyshroud ranger, #strength of cedars, #swiftfoot boots, #sword of the animist, #sylvan library, #temur battle rage, #torbran thane of red fell, #vivien reid, #xenagos god of revels Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - Uncommon Core
July 17, 2020 by
DougY
The most popular uncommons from core sets? Let’s get counting!
#acidic slime, #animate dead, #arcane denial, #basalt monolith, #broken bond, #buried ruin, #caustic caterpillar, #counterspell, #counterspells, #declaration in stone, #demonic tutor, #dispatch, #elixir of immortality, #force of vigor, #insidious will, #krosan grip, #lightning greaves, #meteor golem, #meteror golem, #natualize, #natures claim, #naturesclaim, #negate, #poison-tip archer, #reclamation sage, #regrowth, #Return to Nature, #seal of primordium, #sol ring, #swiftfoot boots, #swords to plowshares, #thrashing brontodon, #Too Specific Top 10, #top 10 lists, #top ten, #uncommon, #uncommons, #wing shards Read More »
Making the Cut - Reader Submission: Livin' in Enchantment Paradise
March 22, 2019 by
DougY
Kestia helms a Greek mythology deck! What do we cut to make room for more lore?
#archetype of courage, #aura of silence, #blind obedience, #bramble sovereign, #congregation at dawn, #courser of kruphix, #defense of the heart, #dulcet sirens, #Elysium, #enchantress, #Greek Mythology, #holistic wisdom, #kestia the cultivator, #knight of autumn, #natures claim, #oasis ritualist, #prognostic sphinx, #rhystic study, #sphere of safety, #swords to plowshares, #tatyova benthic druid, #tendershoot dryad Read More »
In the Margins — Naturalize
June 29, 2017 by
Dana Roach 
Currently there are 3,339 decks in the EDHREC database running Naturalize, and not a single one of them should have it as part of the 99. Welcome back to In the Margins, a semi-regular column where I’ll be focusing on making marginal upgrades to your Commander deck. Before I go any further regarding Naturalize I probably should […]
#beast within, #deglamer, #krosan grip, #naturalize, #natures claim, #sundering growth, #unravel the aether, #wear away Read More »