Jesse shows us the power of Village Rites and its fellow ritualistic black draw spells.
Singleton Shmingleton - Village Rites
August 5, 2024 by
Jesse Barker Plotkin 
Achievement Unlocked: Building a Theft Deck
November 17, 2023 by
Benjamin Nicol 
Plunder your opponents' creatures with a Pirate typal deck build all around theft.
#admiral beckett brass, #amphin mutineer, #blatant thievery, #breeches brazen plunderer, #captivating crew, #coercive recruiter, #Corsair Captain, #deadly dispute, #dire fleet neckbreaker, #domineering will, #Don Andres the Renegade, #fling, #Haunting Voyage, #hostage taker, #insurrection, #kazuul's fury, #kindred dominance, #mass manipulation, #Port Razer, #Ramirez DePietro Pillager, #village rites, #zara renegade recruiter 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Kaldheim Set Review - Black
January 26, 2021 by
DougY
Drive carefully, Kaldheim. Watch out for black ice... and the black set review!
#blood on the snow, #Burning-Rune Demon, #crippling fear, #draugr necromancer, #dream devourer, #egon god of death, #elderfang disciple, #eradicator valkyrie, #Haunting Voyage, #Kaldheim, #priest of the haunted edge, #rise of the dread marn, #set review, #skemfar avenger, #skemfar shadowmage, #tergrid, #tergrid god of fright, #tergrid's shadow, #tergrids lantern, #throne of death, #varragoth bloodsky sire, #village rites Read More »
The Top 10 Cards of 2020
December 31, 2020 by
Andrew Cummings 
EDHREC's writers compile a list of their top 10 cards of 2020!
#aesi tyrant of gyre strait, #akiri fearless voyager, #amareth the lustrous, #Anowon the Ruin Thief, #Araumi of the Dead Tide, #ashaya soul of the wild, #bala ged recovery, #branching evolution, #brash taunter, #Bruvac the Grandiloquent, #call the coppercoats, #charix the raging isle, #dismantling wave, #elder gargaroth, #feed the swarm, #felidar retreat, #fierce guardianship, #fiery emancipation, #geode rager, #ghen arcanum weaver, #Ghostly Pilferer, #guildless commons, #gyruda doom of depths, #Hellkite Courser, #hullbreacher, #jeska's will, #jeweled lotus, #klothys god of destiny, #liesa shroud of dusk, #lukka coppercoat outcast, #Malakir Rebirth, #manascape refractor, #mangara the diplomat, #Neyith of the Dire Hunt, #obeka brute chronologist, #omnath locus of creation, #Ormos Archive Keeper, #oubliette, #peer into the abyss, #Radha Heart of Keld, #ram through, #rejuvenating springs, #rograkh son of rohgahh, #sakashima of a thousand faces, #sanctum of all, #shadowspear, #shark typhoon, #soul-guide lantern, #species specialist, #spectator seating, #sphinx of the second sun, #sublime epiphany, #terror of the peaks, #the ozolith, #thieving skydiver, #titan's nest, #training center, #undergrowth stadium, #underworld breach, #Unleash Fury, #Vadrok Apex of Thunder, #valakut exploration, #vault of champions, #village rites, #war room Read More »
Challenge the Stats – Queen Marchesa
November 24, 2020 by
Jevin Lortie 
Let's sift through the data to find improvements for her royal highness!
#brutal hordechief, #coercive portal, #etchings of the chosen, #fanatical devotion, #intrepid hero, #irencrag pyromancer, #mob rule, #nights whisper, #orzhov advokist, #painful truths, #queen marchesa, #read the bones, #royal assassin, #village rites Read More »
EDHRECast 118: Is Core 2021 the Best Core Set Ever?
July 3, 2020 by
Community Spotlight
Core 2021 is here, and in Joey's own words, it's a ding-dang doozy! Time to see which new cards will have the biggest impact on the EDH format! Follow the cast on Twitter: @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @danaroach @mathimus55 https://edhrec.com/ Interested in writing for EDHREC? Send us your pitch at edhrec.com/apply or send us an email at […]
#alesha who smiles at death, #altars reap, #azusa lost but seeking, #Barrin Tolarian Archmage, #blackblade reforged, #brash taunter, #chainer nightmare adept, #chromatic orrery, #containment priest, #Core 2021, #Costly Plunder, #disciple of bolas, #Discontinuity, #double vision, #EDHRECast, #fabled passage, #fiery emancipation, #firesong and sunspeaker, #gadrak the crown-scourge, #garruk's uprising, #grim tutor, #heroic intervention, #honden of cleansing fire, #honden of lifes web, #honden of nights reach, #hooded blightfang, #idol of endurance, #inalla archmage ritualist, #invigorating surge, #jolrael mwonvuli recluse, #lathliss dragon queen, #light of promise, #liliana's standard bearer, #m21, #mangara the diplomat, #massacre wurm, #Niambi Esteemed Speaker, #peer into the abyss, #pir imaginative rascal, #Radha Heart of Keld, #Rin and Seri Inseparable, #rubblehulk, #sanctum of all, #Sanctum of Calm Waters, #sanctum of fruitful harvest, #Sanctum of Shattered Heights, #sanctum of stone fangs, #sanctum of tranquil light, #sarkhan unbroken, #selfless savior, #stuffy doll, #Subira Tulzidi Caravanner, #sublime epiphany, #sunbond, #sundial of the infinite, #teferi master of time, #Teferi's Ageless Insight, #terror of the peaks, #time stop, #ugin the spirit dragon, #uleash fury, #village rites, #vito thorn of the dusk rose Read More »