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 »
Too-Specific Top 10 - Mono-Black Burn
October 28, 2022 by
DougY 
Burn is just a red archetype, right? Not quite!
#anvil of bogardan, #blood pact, #caress of phyrexia, #damnable pact, #dark deal, #Eldritch Pact, #fell stinger, #foreboding fruit, #memory jar, #nights whisper, #Pact of the Serpent, #painful lesson, #peer into the abyss, #phyrexian arena, #pointed discussion, #rankle master of pranks, #read the bones, #sheoldred, #Sheoldred the Apocalypse, #sign in blood, #teferis puzzle box, #wretched confluence Read More »
The Art of Playtesting Commander Decks | EDHRECast 224
August 5, 2022 by
Community Spotlight 
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 […]
#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 »
Commanders that Hate EDH Staples | EDHRECast 211
April 29, 2022 by
Community Spotlight
Sol Ring? Nah! Cyclonic Rift? Who needs it! These commanders intentionally avoid the most popular staples in EDH. 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 […]
#adeliz the cinder wind, #admiral beckett brass, #batwing brume, #beast within, #chaos warp, #Codie Vociferous Codex, #command tower, #counterspell, #cultivate, #cyclonic rift, #demonic tutor, #demonlord belzenlok, #EDHRECast, #estrid the masked, #eternal witness, #Gavi nest warden, #heroic intervention, #hinata dawn crowned, #hogaak arisen necropolis, #Imoti Celebrant of Bounty, #jirina kudro, #kadena slinking sorcerer, #kestia the cultivator, #kodamas reach, #kozilek butcher of truth, #kresh the bloodbraided, #Lier Disciple of the Drowned, #lightning greaves, #lord windgrace, #maelstrom wanderer, #muldrotha the gravetide, #nekusar the mindrazer, #nikya of the old ways, #niv-mizzet reborn, #obuun mul daya ancestor, #path to exile, #Phylath World Sculptor, #phyrexian arena, #rayami first of the fallen, #rhystic study, #rienne angel of rebirth, #sakura-tribe elder, #silvar devourer of the free, #smothering tithe, #sol ring, #swords to plowshares, #teferi's protection, #teneb the harvester, #toxic deluge, #trynn champion of freedom, #uril the miststalker, #vaevictis asmadi the dire, #yidris maelstrom wielder, #yorion sky nomad Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - Unscheduled Maintenance
September 3, 2021 by
DougY
Double or nothing! These cards love additional upkeep steps.
#abhorrent overlord, #bitterblossom, #bottomless pit, #colossal majesty, #dance of the dead, #dark confidant, #deep forest hermit, #forgotten creation, #glacial chasm, #herald's horn, #inventors fair, #kataki wars wage, #land tax, #lifecrafters bestiary, #mana crypt, #mechanized production, #mogg war marshal, #mystic remora, #outpost siege, #paradox haze, #phyrexian arena, #sanctum of all, #sheoldred whispering one, #sphinx of the second sun, #stasis, #tangle wire Read More »
Reconstruct History — Phyrexian Arena
September 2, 2021 by
Trent Trombley 
How have black's traditional card draw options held up in EDH?
#Audacious Thief, #baleful force, #blanket of night, #bloodgift demon, #crushing disappointment, #dark confidant, #dark tutelage, #demonic lore, #Dread Presence, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #foreboding fruit, #funeral rites, #glint-sleeve siphoner, #graveborn muse, #gravestorm, #necrologia, #necropotence, #nights whisper, #painful lesson, #phyrexian arena, #rankle master of pranks, #read the bones, #Ruin Raider, #sign in blood, #skeletal scrying, #stinging study, #treacherous blessing, #twilight prophet, #underworld connections, #urborg, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth Read More »
Card Draw in Commander: Card Draw, Advantage, & Velocity in the 99 | EDHRECast 163
May 21, 2021 by
Community Spotlight
It's a draw! We're looking through the most popular sources of card draw, card advantage, and card velocity in EDH, including our favorite tips to find the most effective forms of draw in your Commander decks. Support the cast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/edhrecast Check out our new custom altersleeves at altersleeves.com/edhrecast! EDHREC is sponsored by CardKingdom, […]
#argothian enchantress, #beast whisperer, #bident of thassa, #blue suns zenith, #brainstorm, #careful study, #cathartic reunion, #chart a course, #coastal piracy, #consecrated sphinx, #coveted jewel, #decree of pain, #dig through time, #distant melody, #EDHRECast, #endless atlas, #etali primal storm, #fact or fiction, #faithless looting, #greater good, #grim haruspex, #guardian project, #harmonize, #howling mine, #infiltration lens, #inspiring commander, #jeska's will, #kindred discovery, #lifes legacy, #mangara the diplomat, #mask of memory, #mazemind tome, #mentor of the meek, #mesa enchantress, #midnight reaper, #minions murmurs, #moldervine reclamation, #momentous fall, #mystic confluence, #mystic remora, #necropotence, #nezahal primal tide, #nights whisper, #one with the machine, #outpost siege, #painful truths, #phyrexian arena, #ponder, #preordain, #psychic possession, #pull from tomorrow, #puresteel paladin, #read the bones, #reforge the soul, #Reliquary Tower, #return of the wildspeaker, #rhystic study, #rishkars expertise, #sandstone oracle, #secret rendezvous, #Secrets of the Golden City, #serum visions, #shamanic revelation, #sign in blood, #sire of stagnation, #skullclamp, #stinging study, #stroke of genius, #sunbird's invocation, #sylvan library, #temple bell, #the great henge, #the immortal sun, #thirst for knowledge, #thirst for meaning, #thoughtcast, #tome of legends, #treasure cruise, #vanquisher's banner, #verduran enchantress, #wheel of fate, #wheel of fortune, #wheel of misfortune, #windfall, #Winged Words, #zendikar resurgent Read More »
Endurance vs Explosiveness ft. Chase @ManaCurves | EDHRECast 145
January 15, 2021 by
Community Spotlight
Lots of Commander decks use cards that help increase their staying power... but sometimes you just wanna ka-boom the battlefield! This week the cast is joined by the marvelous miss @ManaCurves to discuss her favorite ways to prepare for the One Big Turn that will change the game forever. Find Chase streaming every week at […]
#adeliz the cinder wind, #aetherflux reservoir, #akromas will, #archelos lagoon mystic, #bubbling muck, #caged sun, #chandra awakened inferno, #chandra bold pyromancer, #chandra fire of kaladesh, #chandra's regulator, #constant mists, #craterhoof behemoth, #cultivate, #dark ritual, #darkness, #desperate ritual, #dramatic reversal, #drown in the loch, #EDHRECast, #Emiel the Blessed, #emry lurker of the loch, #expansion, #explosion, #explosive vegetation, #Field of the Dead, #fiery emancipation, #Finale of Devastation, #finale of promise, #fog, #glimpse of nature, #goblin grenade, #guardian project, #high tide, #isochron scepter, #kediss emberclaw familiar, #keldon twilight, #kraum ludevic's opus, #lurking predators, #mana geyser, #marton stromgald, #mentor of the meek, #mind's eye, #nights whisper, #omnath locus of rage, #perilous forays, #Phylath World Sculptor, #phyrexian arena, #pyromancers goggles, #repeated reverberation, #rhystic study, #rograkh son of rohgahh, #sachi daughter of seshiro, #scapeshift, #smothering tithe, #tendershoot dryad, #the locust god, #titania protector of argoth, #torment of hailfire, #valakut exploration, #valakut the molten pinnacle, #yurlok of scorch thrash Read More »
Staple Remover - Phyrexian Arena
December 29, 2020 by
Jaelyn Rosenquist 
EDHRECast Ep97 - The Beginning and the End... Step
February 7, 2020 by
Community Spotlight
Some of the best parts of a Commander game don't occur in the main or combat phases, but right at the start and the end! Joey, Matt, and Dana dig through some of their favorite effects and clever tricks in the beginning and ending phases of the turn, because sometimes the most powerful part of […]
#athreos shroud-veiled, #back to nature, #cumulative upkeep, #EDHRECast, #end step, #feather the redeemed, #feldon of the third path, #glacial chasm, #meren of clan nel toth, #mesmeric orb, #mystic remora, #necropotence, #paradox haze, #phyrexian arena, #purphoros bronze-blooded, #roon of the hidden realm, #seedborn muse, #sundial of the infinite, #sylvan library, #the gitrog monster, #the scarab god, #untap step, #unwinding clock, #upkeep, #zedruu the greathearted Read More »