Just how useful are cards that only affect opponents playing a specific color?
Solve the Equation - The Odds on Color-Hosers
November 14, 2022 by
Benjamin Nicol 
#acid rain, #blue elemental blast, #boil, #carpet of flowers, #choke, #color hate, #color hoser, #Deekah Fractal Theorist, #dromar the banisher, #elephant grass, #faithless looting, #frantic search, #insight, #major teroh, #omen of fire, #reap, #talrand sky summoner, #teferis moat, #thrill of possibility, #tsunami, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #veil of summer, #wash out, #yavimaya cradle of growth 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 »
Reconstruct History — Temple of the False God
August 19, 2021 by
Trent Trombley
Temple of the False God is a divisive land. What does the data show us about its popularity?
#ancient tomb, #chromatic lantern, #dryad of the ilysian grove, #fellwar stone, #shrine of the forsaken gods, #temple of the false god, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth Read More »
Which Commanders Use the Most (or Least) Rares? | EDHRECast 175
August 13, 2021 by
Community Spotlight 
How many rares do Commander decks usually play? Which commanders use the most rares, and which commanders are fine with just commons and uncommons? Time for a very RARE data dive! Support the cast on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/edhrecast Check out our new custom altersleeves at https://www.altersleeves.com/content-creator/edhrecast EDHREC is sponsored by CardKingdom, TCGPlayer.com, and altersleeves.com. Use the […]
#academy rector, #angus mackenzie, #approach of the second sun, #Archmage Emeritus, #atarka world render, #atraxa praetors voice, #avacyn angel of hope, #batterskull, #bident of thassa, #blackblade reforged, #bronze guardian, #brudiclad telchor engineer, #captain sisay, #crux of fate, #demonic embrace, #desecrated tomb, #djeru with eyes open, #docent of perfection, #doubling season, #dragon's hoard, #EDHRECast, #elesh norn grand cenobite, #Esika God of the Tree, #grim haruspex, #grunn the lonely king, #kethis the hidden hand, #lashwrithe, #Linvala Shield of Sea Gate, #mosswort bridge, #Nissa Who Shakes the World, #peacekeeper, #primevals glorious rebirth, #questing beast, #reki the history of kamigawa, #return of the wildspeaker, #runaway steam-kin, #scion of the ur-dragon, #seedborn muse, #shimmer dragon, #shirei shizos caretaker, #sphinx of the second sun, #sword of feast and famine, #Sword of Hearth and Home, #talrand sky summoner, #tamiyo field researcher, #teferi master of time, #teferi temporal archmage, #the chain veil, #the prismatic brudge, #tiamat, #twinflame, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #utvara hellkite, #vampiric tutor, #Vorinclex Monstrous Raider, #yargle glutton of urborg, #zada hedron grinder Read More »
How Many Utility Lands Should You Play in Commander? | EDHRECast 162
May 14, 2021 by
Community Spotlight
It's free real estate! Utility lands can provide players with free value, but how many is to many? We've collected the data for the most popular utility lands in the game, and checked some decks to see how many players tend to use, to find out when and why those numbers go too far. Support […]
#academy ruins, #access tunnel, #alchemists refuge, #ancient tomb, #back to basics, #blood moon, #bojuka bog, #braids cabal minion, #cabal coffers, #cabal stronghold, #deserted temple, #dust bowl, #EDHRECast, #Field of the Dead, #gaeas cradle, #gavony township, #ghost quarter, #ghost town, #glacial chasm, #hall of heliod's generosity, #homeward path, #karns bastion, #kessig wolf run, #kor haven, #magus of the moon, #maze of ith, #mazes end, #mosswort bridge, #mystic sanctuary, #nykthos shrine to nyx, #price of progress, #primal order, #Reliquary Tower, #rogues passage, #Scavenger Grounds, #Serra's Sanctum, #tectonic edge, #temple of the false god, #thespians stage, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #valakut the molten pinnacle, #vesuva, #volraths stronghold, #war room, #wasteland 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 »
Evasive Maneuvers — Landwalking
January 21, 2021 by
Trent Trombley
Is landwalk all that good for evasion? Trent does the math to find out!
#ayumi the last visitor, #convincing mirage, #desert nomads, #dryad, #forestwalk, #islandwalk, #livonya silone, #momir vig simic visionary, #mountainwalk, #myr landshaper, #plainswalk, #rime dryad, #silhana ledgewalker, #swampwalk, #tanglewalker, #trailblazers boots, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #vedalken plotter, #yavimaya dryad, #zombie musher Read More »
Too-Specific Top 10 - Format Foundations
July 3, 2020 by
DougY 
Core Sets have released some truly fascinating legends... let's look at the most popular ones!
#ajani caller of the pride, #ajani steadfast, #Ajani strength of the Pride, #akromas memorial, #alhammarrets archive, #arcades the strategist, #arcanis the omnipotent, #azusa lost but seeking, #chandra acolyte of flame, #chandra awakened inferno, #chandra fire of kaladesh, #chandra pyromaster, #drakuseth master of flames, #dwynen gilt-leaf daen, #gargos vicious watcher, #garruk apex predator, #garruk caller of the beasts, #garruk primal hunter, #garruk wildspeaker, #golos tireless pilgrim, #goreclaw terror of qal sisma, #jace beleren, #jace memory adept, #jace vryns prodigy, #kethis the hidden hand, #kothoped soul hoarder, #krenko mob boss, #kykar wind's fury, #lathliss dragon queen, #liliana heretical healer, #liliana of the dark realms, #liliana untouched by death, #liliana vess, #nicol bolas the ravager, #nissa vastwood seer, #nissa worldwaker, #ob nixilis unshackled, #odric master tactician, #omnath locus of the roil, #pia and kiran nalaar, #pyromancers goggles, #sai master thopterist, #sarkhan fireblood, #sephara sky's blade, #sliver hivelord, #sword of the animist, #talrand sky summoner, #tezzeret artifice master, #the chain veil, #ugin the spirit dragon, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #vaevictis asmadi the dire, #vilis broker of blood, #vivien reid, #yarok the desecrated, #yeva natures herald, #yisan the wanderer bard Read More »
Monomania - All Things Considered: Black
May 4, 2020 by
Steven Vincent 
Taking a deep dive into mono-black's most powerful offerings!
#black market, #blood artist, #bloodchief ascension, #bubbling muck, #cabal coffers, #Costly Plunder, #crypt ghast, #dregs of sorrow, #expedition map, #exquisite blood, #exsanguinate, #gonti lord of luxury, #gray merchant of asphodel, #greed, #herald of leshrac, #K'rrik Son of Yawgmoth, #kokusho the evening star, #magus of the coffers, #minions murmurs, #necropotence, #oversold cemetery, #phyrexian etchings, #phyrexian reclamation, #rise of the dark realms, #sanguine bond, #skithiryx the blight dragon, #smothering abomination, #soldevi adnate, #spoils of evil, #syphon mind, #syr konrad the grim, #torment of hailfire, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #vampiric rites, #vilis broker of blood Read More »
Ranking Every Land with EDHREC – Part 33: You’re Looking Fetching Today
April 6, 2020 by
Joseph Megill 
Ranking every land in EDH using EDHREC... the penultimate episode!
#ancient tomb, #arid mesa, #blood crypt, #bloodstained mire, #breeding pool, #city of brass, #godless shrine, #hallowed fountain, #mana confluence, #marsh flats, #misty rainforest, #nykthos shrine to nyx, #overgrown tomb, #path of ancestry, #polluted delta windswept heath, #sacred foundry, #scalding tarn, #steam vents, #stopping ground, #strip mine, #temple garden, #urborg tomb of yawgmoth, #verdant catacombs, #watery grave, #wooded foothills Read More »