Benjamin uses templates to help explore the viability of a brand new deck archetype!
Solve the Equation – How to Tell if a Strategy Has Enough Support by Using Deck Templates
September 13, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol 
#anointed procession, #azusa lost but seeking, #crop rotation, #deserts, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #edge of autumn, #felidar retreat, #Hazezon Shaper of Sand, #hazezon tamar, #Hour of Promise, #Jinnie Fay Jetmir's Second, #knight of new alara, #lovisa coldeyes, #nahiri's lithoforming, #oracle of mul daya, #purphoros god of the forge, #ruin ghost, #scapeshift, #Scavenger Grounds, #scute swarm, #shefet monitor Read More »
Solve the Equation – Finding Creature Type Diversity for Volo Decks
August 10, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
A quick guide to the Guide of Monsters!
#acidic slime, #burnished hart, #craterhoof behemoth, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #mind flayer, #mulldrifter, #ornithopter of paradise, #pathbreaker ibex, #reef worm, #regal behemoth, #scute swarm, #spark double, #sylvan caryatid, #volo guide to monsters, #Volo Itinerant Scholar, #wandering archaic Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - On Your Mark, Jet Set, Go!
May 13, 2022 by
DougY 
Looking to fill the board? This Top 10 helps Jetmir get the party started!
#Adeline Resplendent Cathar, #artifact mutation, #avenger of zendikar, #beetleback chief, #call the coppercoats, #chasm skulker, #decree of justice, #diregraf colossus, #dragon fodder, #dragonmaster outcast, #elspeth suns champion, #empty the warrens, #ezuris predation, #feldon of the third path, #Finale of Glory, #goblin instigator, #grave titan, #hangarback walker, #hordeling outburst, #hornet queen, #imperious perfect, #increasing devotion, #jetmir, #Jetmir Nexus of Revels, #krenko, #krenko mob boss, #krenko tin street kingpin, #krenkos command, #legion warboss, #loyal apprentice, #marionette master, #martial coup, #mogg war marshall, #mycoloth, #myr battlesphere, #pashalik mons, #scute swarm, #secure the wastes, #siege-gang commander, #storm herd, #twinflame, #white suns zenith, #young pyromancer Read More »
Solve the Equation – Token-Making Ratios
April 26, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol
Looking to revel? Benjamin does the math to find Jetmir's best token-makers.
#Adeline Resplendent Cathar, #avenger of zendikar, #brood monitor, #cloudgoat ranger, #creature tokens, #deep forest hermit, #deranged hermit, #dragonlair spider, #felidar retreat, #geist-honored monk, #go wide, #Jetmir Nexus of Revels, #krenko tin street kingpin, #Myojin of Blooming Dawn, #scute swarm, #secure the wastes, #tendershoot dryad, #trostani discordant Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - Clone High
March 18, 2022 by
DougY
In need of self-cloning creatures? Doug says, "Copy that!"
#aeve progenitor ooze, #amphin mutineer, #biowaste blob, #clever impersonator, #clone, #coastline marauders, #elvish dreadlord, #giant adephage, #glasspool mimic, #mist syndicate naga, #ochre jelly, #pack rat, #phantasmal image, #phyrexian metamorph, #phyrexian triniform, #polyraptor, #progenitor mimic, #rakshasa debaser, #sakashima of a thousand faces, #sakashima the impostor, #scute swarm, #spark double, #stunt double 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 »
Too-Specific Top 10 - "Landfall"
October 8, 2021 by
DougY
They don't SAY Landfall... but they're totally Landfall.
#aesi tyrant of gyre strait, #ankh of mishra, #archaeomancer's map, #avenger of zendikar, #courser of kruphix, #curse of the relentless dead, #druid class, #embodiment of insight, #Evolution Sage, #geode ranger, #lifegift, #nesting dragon, #nissa vastwood seer, #nissa vital force, #omnath locus of rage, #omnath locus of the roil, #polluted bonds, #rampaging baloths, #scute swarm, #seed the land, #serpentine, #shattered angel, #sporemound, #stone-seeder hierophant, #tatyova benthic druid, #tectonic instability, #Tireless Provisioner, #tireless tracker, #tunnel ignus, #zo-zu the punisher Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - Monster Guide
July 30, 2021 by
DougY
Looking for creatures Volo can duplicate? Doug breaks down the creature type popularities.
#acidic slime, #akroan horse, #amphin mutineer, #artisan of kozilek, #avenger of zendikar, #Beanstalk Giant, #biomancers familiar, #birds of paradise, #bloodspore thrinax, #burnished hart, #cloud of faeries, #collector ouphe, #consecrated sphinx, #Course of Kruphix, #crashing drawbridge, #curious homunculus, #darksteel juggernaut, #deepglow skate, #diluvian primordial, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #end-raze forerunners, #etherium sculptor, #filigree familiar, #gemhide sliver, #Glowstone Recluse, #golgari grave-troll, #great oak guardian, #hedron crab, #kioras follower, #llanowar elves, #looter il-kor, #loyal guardian, #man-o-war, #managorger hydra, #mycoloth, #myr retriever, #ornithopter, #pathbreaker ibex, #peregrine drake, #perplexing chimera, #phyrexian metamorph, #pili-pala, #platinum angel, #psychosis crawler, #rampaging baloths, #Ramunap Excavator, #reef worm, #sakura-tribe elder, #satyr wayfinder, #scourge of fleets, #scute swarm, #sea-dasher octopus, #seedborn muse, #solemn simulacrum, #spark double, #spore frog, #steel hellkite, #stormtide leviathan, #sylvan caryatid, #temur sabertooth, #Terstodon, #tidespout tyrant, #walking ballista, #wayward swordtooth, #wonder, #wurmcoil engine Read More »
Commander Backups & Substitutes | EDHRECast 155
March 26, 2021 by
Community Spotlight 
If your commander is offline... can your deck still win? This week, we're examining cards in the 99 that help substitute a commander's abilities, and why some archetypes have more backups than others. 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 […]
#aesi tyrant of gyre strait, #animate dead, #anje falkenrath, #ankh of mishra, #athreos shroud-veiled, #avenger of zendikar, #brago king eternal, #chasm skulker, #conjurers closet, #EDHRECast, #eerie interlude, #Emiel the Blessed, #eternal witness, #forgotten ancient, #fumiko the lowblood, #ghostway, #glimpse of nature, #goblin spymaster, #guardian project, #havoc festival, #hullbreacher, #ishai ojutai dragonspeaker, #journey to eternity, #kardur doomscourge, #karma, #kenrith the returned king, #kor spiritdancer, #living death, #manabarbs, #managorger hydra, #meren of clan nel toth, #mogis god of slaughter, #painful quandary, #panharmonicon, #pestilence, #psychosis crawler, #rafiq of the many, #rampaging baloths, #reki the history of kamigawa, #reyhan last of the abzan, #rielle the everwise, #scute swarm, #sheoldred whispering one, #sram senior edificer, #tatyova benthic druid, #Teferi's Ageless Insight, #thassa deep-dwelling, #the great henge, #the locust god, #the ozolith, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #uril the miststalker, #valduk keeper of the flame, #victimize, #xyris the writhing storm, #zendikars roil, #zo-zu the punisher 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 »