Varina… but with limited Zombie cards? What could Jevin be thinking?
Popular Cards BANNED In Other Formats | EDHRECast 137

The ban hammer hit them hard! This week we’re discussing popular EDH cards that were BANNED in other formats, and examining what it is that makes them so powerful. Support us 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 […]
#agent of treachery, #bloodstained mire, #chrome mox, #coalition victory, #deathrite shaman, #demonic tutor, #EDHRECast, #escape to the wilds, #felidar guardian, #Field of the Dead, #fires of invention, #flooded strand, #green suns zenith, #iona shield of emeria, #jeweled lotus, #kethis the hidden hand, #lurrus of the dream-den, #mana crypt, #mana vault, #mystical tutor, #nexus of fate, #oko thief of crowns, #Omnath, #omnath locus of creation, #once upon a time, #paradox engine, #polluted delta, #ponder, #preordain, #prophet of kruphix, #senseis divining top, #skullclamp, #smugglers copter, #strip mine, #sway of the stars, #teferi time raveler, #treasure cruise, #underworld breach, #Uro titan of nature's wrath, #vampiric tutor, #veil of summer, #walking ballista, #wilderness reclamation, #windfall, #windswept heath, #winota joiner of forces, #wooded foothills, #worldfire Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 – A Rising Tide

You draw a card! And you draw a card! Everyone draws a card!!!
#dark deal, #dictate of kruphix, #echo of eons, #fevered visions, #folio of fancies, #ghirapur orrery, #group hug, #happily ever after, #howling mine, #jace beleren, #jaces archivist, #kami of the crescent moon, #magus of the wheel, #mikokoro center of the sea, #minds aglow, #phelddagrif, #prosperity, #reforge the soul, #rites of flourishing, #selvala explorer returned, #teferis puzzle box, #temple bell, #universal card draw, #universal draw, #wheel of fate, #wheel of fortune, #wheels, #whispering madness, #windfall Read More »
EDHRECast 121: Start Your Engines!

Start your engines! Which cards propel a deck forward, and which cards help them cross the finish line? Some cards might be an engine in one deck, but the win condition in another! Follow the cast on Twitter: @EDHRECast @JosephMSchultz @danaroach @mathimus55 https://edhrec.com/ We are polling for new Salt Scores! Share your opinion about the […]
#aggravated assault, #akiri line-slinger, #ashnods altar, #brago king eternal, #chandras ignition, #craterhoof behemoth, #doubling season, #Dread Presence, #EDHRECast, #elemental bond, #garruk's uprising, #guardian project, #karmic guide, #kaya's wrath, #krark-clan ironworks, #mind's eye, #muldrotha the gravetide, #mystical tutor, #narset enlightened master, #outpost siege, #penance, #phyrexian altar, #reveillark, #seedborn muse, #smothering tithe, #suture priest, #tendershoot dryad, #time warp, #windfall, #zulaport cutthroat Read More »
EDHRECast 117: Setup and Payoff: Your Deck’s Synergy Ratio

“Synergy” is a very nebulous term, so this week the cast dives into the finer points of the deckbuilding template to examine how many card slots a deck tends to devote to its multi-part strategy. How many cards in your deck should help enable the deck in the first place, and how many do you […]
#aetherflux reservoir, #aminatou the fateshifter, #animate dead, #baral chief of compliance, #boundless realms, #brainstorm, #buried alive, #EDHRECast, #exquisite blood, #felidar sovereign, #Field of the Dead, #font of mythos, #Gavi nest warden, #glint-horn buccaneer, #howling mine, #jin-gitaxias core augur, #karlov of the ghost council, #king macar the gold-cursed, #living death, #lord of extinction, #lord windgrace, #metallurgic summonings, #myriad landscape, #necromancy, #nekusar the mindrazer, #oloro ageless ascetic, #omnath locus of rage, #praetors grasp, #psychosis crawler, #reforge the soul, #retreat to hagra, #sanguine bond, #selenia dark angel, #senseis divining top, #shared animosity, #shark typhoon, #soul warden, #souls attendant, #terastodon, #the locust god, #the mimeoplasm, #titania protector of argoth, #triskaidekaphobia, #warstorm surge, #wastes, #windfall, #winota joiner of forces, #xyris the writhing storm, #yennett cryptic sovereign Read More »
Commander Showdown – Xyris vs Shabraz vs Nekusar

Time to take these wheel decks for a spin!
#brallin skyshark rider, #nekusar the mindrazer, #shabraz the skyshark, #wheels, #whell of fortune, #windfall, #xyris the writhing storm Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 – BANNED

What are the most popular Commander cards that were banned in other formats?
#ancient tomb, #birthing pod, #chrome mox, #dark ritual, #darksteel citadel, #deathrite shaman, #demonic tutor, #dig through time, #enlightened tutor, #fact or fiction, #faithless looting, #fetch lands, #frantic search, #gitaxian probe, #great furnace, #green suns zenith, #land tax, #lotus petal, #mana crypt, #mystical tutor, #oko thief of crowns, #ponder, #preordain, #seat of the synod, #senseis divining top, #skullclamp, #sol ring, #strip mine, #treasure cruise, #vampiric tutor, #windfall Read More »
Superior Numbers – Why is Harmonize So Good?

What makes Harmonize so much more popular than Concentrate?
#blue suns zenith, #brainstorm, #concentrate, #dig through time, #fact or fiction, #harmonize, #lifecrafters bestiary, #mulldrifter, #mystic remora, #ponder, #preordain, #rhystic study, #rishkars expertise, #sylvan library, #treasure cruise, #windfall, #zendikar resurgent Read More »
Superior Numbers – Breaking Down the Top 100

Examining the top 100 most popular cards through an analytical lens yields interesting results
#blasphemous act, #chaos warp, #chromatic lantern, #cyclonic rift, #faithless looting, #heroic intervention, #maelstrom pulse, #mortify, #putrefy, #superior numbers, #sylvan library, #teferi's protection, #terminate, #vandalblast, #windfall Read More »
EDH Political Science — Borderless Lands

Arixmethes and the Borderless World The concept of a borderless world has taken on a lot of steam lately. Political battles ensue globally as well, as the morals of the movement of people is fervently discussed. The status of your nation-state can be intuitive to most modern people. In many parts of the world, children […]
#Arixmathes slumbering isle, #blue, #collective voyage, #fog, #green, #politics, #ramp, #simic, #strategy, #tribal, #windfall Read More »