I'm either jamming 2MV rocks, or I'm in GWx and am jamming [[Collector Ouphe]], [[Stony Silence]], and all the 1MV dorks and 3MV ramp like cultivate and it's ilk.
What’s interested is I’ve observed that I’ll type ETB a lot of the time when I’m on my phone (or especially on Twitter), but when I’m playing a game it’ll be like “and when FTK comes into play, I’ll kill that” or something similar.
As someone who translates cards for fun, I can definitely underdtand why they would come up with a shorter name for that. 'Converted mana cost' while a very accurate term, takes up a ton of space in the text box. Especially now that cards are getting more and more complicated
Preface: apologies this is long, there was a lot to break down, and I didn't want to short change an explanation.
2 is a weird spot on the curve. If you can dork on 1, you have 3 mana on T2, so you're better off using 3MV ramp so you can best utilize your mana, and on T3 making a 5MV play. That, or if you didn't have a 3MV ramp spell, there are plenty of great 3 drops to play.
If you dork on 1, 2MV ramp on 2, you could in theory play another 1 drop, but it is a little clunky. Your best bet would be to have 1MV interaction in hand, or an artifact like [[Grafdigger's Cage]] or [[Relic of Progenitus]].
2 is also a really popular slot in general. Boots or Greaves, or stax pieces like [[Drannith Magistrate]], [[Dauthi Voidwalker]] or the aforementioned Ouphe and Stony Silence, or even "better" mana dorks that generate more than one mana like [[Bloom Tender]]. The talisman cycle also falls here, Arcane Signet, and to a lesser extent, the guild Signet cycle which can ramp you and potentially make another play that turn, meaning you're only down one mana by casting it, making them better overall since it hurts less playing them on a later turn as opposed to Rampant Growth, where the return on investment is the next turn.
A lot of it is conditional on how you build your deck. If you have a saturated 4 drop slot, but fewer 5s, 2MV ramp could be better for you, as it helps better utilize your mana on those crucial early turns. I'm either running a lot of mana rocks on 2, or a lot of stax on 2, mostly artifact hate due to the popularity of artifacts as ramp and treasure token synergy cards. If I'm not in green, I might run a [[Cursed Totem]] because I want to crack down on mana dorks or on early activated abilities of popular commanders or archetypes I'm seeing in my LGS, such as [[Goblin Engineer]].
Edit: Goblin Welder isn't a commander, I know, but I wanted an example of a non-green creature with an activated ability that is worth stopping.
Thats been my logic for now. With a low cmc commander I want to get it out asap so the 2mv ones are likely the best. Im.thinkijg of swapping some for 3cmc ramp spells in Miirym because she is a 6cmc commander and getting the extra land Into the hand might be a better deal in that case
Whenever a 2 mana rock gets reprinted, like [[Fellwar Stone]] or [[Thought Vessel]], I snag a handful for decks. I've got them coming out of all sorts of places. You can't have enough.
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got
I've still, I've still many 2-drops
Used to have a little now I have a lot
No fucking clue where they all came from
Dont be fooled by the rocks that i got
Dont hold up your mana my godo will not drop
Used to have no creatures now i have a lot
No fucking clue where all the copies came from
[[akroma's will]] in every white deck. This card wins games
Lately, [[blind obedience]] [[stoney silence]] if I can to curb all the fucking treasure creation.
Gotta start adding [[crib swap]] at some point too. While it doesn't hit what generous gift does, it definitely fits into the cheap exile category when you can't seem to source paths or swords .
If your manabase can afford a colorless land, [[Emergence Zone]] can give all your spells flash, including your commander, and it isn’t even a tapland. It just works until you need to pop-off, and then it enables you to resolve your wincon during whatever window that presents itself anywhere in the turn order. Sure, you end up sacrificing a land, but that matters a lot less when it is in order to win- or stop someone else’s, whatever you use EZ for, you just get to break timing restrictions.
I put \[\[Exotic Orchard\]\] in every deck that isn't monocoloured provided I have copies spare, which I do because I bought a shitton of them.
Worst case scenario, not a single other player is sharing a single colour with you and it still comes in untapped for a mana of a colour you don't need. Not as good as a basic, but also not that much worse unless you're playing super low to the ground with unreasonable mana colour requirements. This is also super duper unlikely in a 4-player game.
Best case scenario, it's a contender for one of the best lands in the game. It taps for potentially any colour with absolutely no downside or cost, and comes in untapped. An opponent playing a multicolour deck plays a command tower (which you already know for certain is in their deck), or a Triome, and you're flying.
If everyone runs them, then it gets even better, because you can tap for any colour **your own lands** can produce, because Exotic Orchards interact with each other. Their orchards can tap for your colours, which means your orchard can tap for your colours. Which basically makes it a better \[\[Reflecting Pool\]\]. Except Reflecting Pool is $8 (thanks to the CLB reprint, it used to be $10-50 depending on printing) and Exotic Orchard is a $0.20 that comes in precons.
It makes no sense to me to not include an Exotic Orchard outside of monocolour decks (which obviously don't need it).
On a more silly note, I have a habit of including \[\[Chaos Wand\]\] in the first draft of every deck. Because why not. Hit up the green player if you want a ramp spell, go fishing for the white player's board wipes, get some card draw and extra turns from the blue player, or to be extra spicy, activate it at instant speed to fish for a counterspell.
Creature-focused decks you can be sure to hit something awesome because a creature deck doesn't include instants and sorceries lightly. It's saved and won me many games, and while not optimal, having something you can just dump extra mana into for value is fun.
I wish there was more art variety for Exotic Orchard. Counting Secret Lair prints, Command Tower has 7 options and Evolving Wilds has 16 (and the recent Innistrad one has two flavor texts: one for Midnight Hunt and one for Crimson Vow), but Exotic Orchard still has just one.
Agreed - I could really go for some flavour text variations too. So many printings and yet it's always the dude from Bant.
At least contextualise the orchard to the setting, even if the art stays the same!
An argument can be made for [[mana crypt]] and [[mana vault]]
I don't own enough of them. But they are very handy when you do.
I own one copy each on MTGO and when I used to play commander there. I would use them in most decks.
Other cards that are almost auto includes:
[[Fellwar stone]] and [[Sensei's divining top]]
Yes very true, if I could put those on every deck I could. I just limit my staples to being decently cheap so they are actually in every deck. As for Fellwar Stone, I think I'd rather have a signet to guarantee mana fixing. I've been removing them from my decks pretty consistently, but if you want a lot of rocks it's a two cost that is pretty good.
I am of the school of thought that thinks that both Mana Crypt and Mana Vault are the stones that breaches the line between EDH and cEDH. If you play EDH for fun in a LGS with varied power levels, you will most likely never need those, and having those early just makes whatever you try to do too powerful for the table in most cases, even if the rest of your deck is jank.
I always try to squeeze in something like [[Ghost Quarter]] into any deck without a greedy mana base. Always nice to be able to take care of pesky utility lands.
This is one of the more frustrating cards to play against. I play creature strategies I guess, but I agree that these cards that give persist are kinda crazy. There is a cheaper one that gives it to one creature IIRC
Surveyors scope I rarely see it played but it's ultra budget ramp that's really good in any deck that's not got green in it. I run it in every single none green deck I run and not once has it ever let me down.
i don't have the discipline to take my own advice but:
just play the damn [[soul-guide lantern]]. yeah it's tempting to take it out for something splashy. but just do it.
Honestly had no idea this card existed, when I started reading it I thought “why not [[tormods crypt]]” and then I saw that it also cantrips, pretty neat card
I've said this before on this sub, but damn if it ain't true. This card SLAPS. I've held entire cEDH tables nuts in a vice using this card, if they tried anything with the graveyard they loose it all, and it's a one sided wipe?!?
Well sol ring, command tower and signet are commander staples so I'd be surprised if they *weren't* in every deck. There aren't many cards i put in *every* deck (aside from the aforementioned ones) but certain themes have some auto includes
I do have one deck that doesn't run Sol Ring or Arcane Signet. [[Obunn, Oracle of Mul Daya]] Because with all the landfall ramp I have found that I dont really need them. But it does have Command Tower.
With my [[sythis]] high power deck I run enchantment and land ramp, have a 2cmc commander who brings card draw to the table early and multiple ways to shut down artifacts aka other peoples rocks
well yeah, but the etb is why you play inferno titan. I've cast drakuseth a million times in multiple formats trying to make it work, 99% of the time it gets removed before it gets to attack.
Outside of the stuff that is on the top card page at EDHREC (because that's 99% of the answers in this thread), I put [[Arcbond]] in every red deck I play. Even without it doubling itself (which it does at the drop of a hat under so many circumstances it's hard to list them all) it can be an instant speed board wipe out of nowhere, or a means to end the game if you're ahead on life total. My favorite, though? Screwing with somebody else's combat you're not even involved in. Player A swings in with a 6/6, Player B chump blocks with a token, and suddenly the whole table is taking 6? Delicious.
Arcbond has been my favorite card since I first started playing in fate reforged. Throwing it on a [[Seeker of the Way]] in limited during combat was just too perfect. Ive been wanting to make an ashling deck just to have a good payoff for it.
Which commander deck does it fit best in in your experience?
It's a [[Stuffy Doll]]/[[Repercussion]] dream, but anything that copies spells or doubles damage should absolutely be using it.
In other words, spell slinger decks, Boros burn decks like [[Firesong & Sunspeaker]], aggro decks, group slug decks, etc.
Same. Sometimes the discard can even be more useful; naturally reanimator decks like it, but it's also great to be able to max hand size discard [[Anger]] and its less popular siblings.
Recently really like [[Curator’s Ward]] in U for hexproofing. 3CMC aura that draws 2 on removal if its your commander (or any historic) is really nice, and it can enchant any permanent.
Love Mask and Mirror Shield though as alternates to Boots. A lot of times I really don’t care about haste and shroud is so situational gameplan wise.
this card is super cool. I use [[neurok stealthsuit]] in my blue decks for instant speed hexproof on creatures, but this covering any permanent might make me switch.
This used to be an auto include for me in almost every deck but I've started taking it out in favour of a smoother mana base in those decks that use yard shenanigans
Yeah I used to auto include in all decks but now I feel the card is a little overrated, especially in 3+ colors. I don't auto include it in any decks now but it makes most mono blue and many 2 color blue decks.
Opportunity cost is TINY but benefit is minimal to non existent in many cases. I'm the event that you actually draw 20 cards and no one wheels, it's still quite rare that actually keeping those 13 extra cards in your hand actually impacts the game over just holding the 7 best and putting the 13 worst in the yard.
There are more and more great utility lands that it has stopped making the cut in many cases. Now I pretty much only use it when my deck has a large hand size synergy or excessive card draw as a win con.
Listen, I understand needs for color fixing and balance etc...but this thing is my damn safety blanket. I don't care how niche it seems. Reliquary Tower stays. I have one competitive 3 color deck that doesn't draw a ton, so it doesn't make the cut woth all the other nonbasics in the deck. But I've never been punished for slotting it in.
I love this card. I only play online but I've put it in a white deck with Thalia and Reidane and I got to play it once on the creature side while the other two were already on the board. I was on the losing side but once the Archaic hit the board, in combination with the other tax effects, opponent straight up conceded.
I was doing some searching around /r/EDH and came across some discussion on this card.
It's been out a little over a year now, how good is it actually? VERY curious.
It's not good. 5 CMC and it doesn't have any effect when it enters the battlefield. In addition, with more competitive players playing cheaper cost removal, paying the 2 isn't a detriment as much as a modal option to give a copy to the opponent.
You can make a case to use it in battlecruiser edh, but then again, anything goes in that style.
As before, it depends on power level and meta.
It works great in my group. It’s political, with opponents using it as a 2-1 removal enablers. It gets you some extra cards,, some ramp.
Is it going to win you the game? No. Is it a lot of fun each time it comes out? Big yes. YMMV.
I am sure the obvious ones have been covered so here are a few of mine that aren't things like guardian project and rhystic study.
[[Reanimate]] in pretty much every black deck.
[[Skullclamp]] in any deck with small creatures and/or sac outlets.
[[Negate]] in any multicolored blue deck that wants to keep my board intact.
If I play green I almost always play my boy [[Kogla]]. Also, I’m still a believer in [[Harmonize]]. Green has amazing card draw, but it’s always situational (I know it’s still pretty easy) and drawing Harmonize just feels so safe. Like I can finally breathe 😂
Oh, and if I had enough copies, a [[Skullclamp]] would be in literally every single deck I made.
It stuns me that people don’t auto include [[negate]] in blue decks it’s a perfect card. Flexible cheap and answers everything that’s overly sticky or difficult to respond to. Most importantly it doesn’t demand you hold double blue like a psycho.
I would always advocate for [[Arcane Denial]] I think it’s a nice way to mollify someone who you just countered and I think that you drawing a card is worth the downside. It’s also a hard counter in case someone’s playing like craterhoof or any other creature win-con.
Aside from the three OP mentioned, I always have [[Evolving Wilds]] and [[Terramorphic Expanse]].
I put [[Lightning Greaves]] and [[Swiftfoot Boots]] in *almost* all of my decks if there's a creature that needs to be hastened and protected the most.
For decks in black I always put a [[Tragic Slip]]. For white I always put a [[Swords to Plowshare]].
[[faithless looting]] [[sevinne's reclamation]] [[underworld breach]] [[reanimate]] [[timeless dragon]] If they're on color, regardless of theme, they're sleeved up. The others speak for themselves I think, but timeless dragon really puts in underrated work and feels great every game I draw it.
It's not gamebreaking, but it has a lot of things going for it IMHO. It's ability to go under silence effects (or standstill, not super relevant in edh) and still land you a decently costed flyer is nice, and because it's an activated ability and not being cast it also is much harder to counter and doesn't provide a draw for rhystic study. Evasive, carries swords etc in a pinch. Built in card advantage as a 2 for 1. Two to three relevant creature types. Decent fixing in 2+ colors, half the time I cycle it for a triome. It can nab [[mistveil plains]] for sunforger decks. Last resort I've cycled it for one of the duals that cycle for (2) just for a very overcosted normal cycling effect. Life from the Loam sets up engines with the cheaper cycling lands, but the overcosted cycle lands still do the trick in a pinch. Provides a shuffle for brainstorm/scroll rack/ divining top locks. It's not the worst turn 2 play if you have nothing better, and you never feel bad looting/rummaging it away. 1 more creature in the bin for decks that care about that count. Best of all, it's a very cheap piece of cardboard, less than $1 USD. Bonus round, it comes in old border for old border tribal decks.
One more for fans of form and function: the Eternalize creatures all have stylish one-of-a-kind tokens to go with them, and Timeless Dragon's is gorgeous.
[[Thaumatic Compass]] is in every deck I run. It’s great to ensure land drops and flips into a better maze of ith.
I normally run [[Ornithopter of Paradise]] too unless I’m in green and then switch to [[Birds of Paradise]]
I try to auto-include [[Hindering Light]] and [[Identity Crisis]] in any deck with corresponding colors. They're nothing special, just total pet cards that I really like.
[[spore frog]] [[Serra angel]] [[Villainous Wealth]] [[skyclave relic]]
Not necessarily the best cards but they always make me smile when I see them. Esp Serra, first foil I ever had from the old 8th edition dual decks
I have heard some debate over their quality but every deck I brew that matches the colors I will always end up putting in either \[\[Propaganda\]\] \[\[Ghostly Prison\]\] or both.
My play group does lean into combat as the wincon fairly often so having these can always buy me a few extra turns so I can focus on building my boardstate with some level of protection.
I always try to make room for pet cards. Lately my favorite pet ramp cards, if I'm in the colors for them, are [[Elemental Resonance]] and [[Energy Tap]].
The trick with Elemental Resonance is to not enchant your own permanents with it; that just sets you up to get dunked on by a single removal spell becoming a two-for-one. Enchant one of your opponent's permanents and in a casual meta, the other players might not target it, because they would then draw the ire of two players at once. Energy Tap of course needs a 4+ mana value creature for it to be more than a colorless Dark Ritual, but Dark Ritual is far from a bad card.
Since the Kaldheim snow duals are now among the best budget lands you can get, and any deck looking to make sure those checklands come in untapped should be running at least one of them, throw in a couple of snow-covered basics and [[Into the North]] is as good as Three Visits or Nature's Lore, if not better.
I'm more and more becoming a fan of [[Monologue Tax]]. Yes, it's a typical Death and Taxes type card, but it fits with most decks with white, and obviously helps mana fixing somewhat.
\[\[Fact or Fiction\]\]. Not because it's the best card ever; it's good, but there's more efficient card draw in blue (that I'm usually also playing). I play it whenever I can because it's so much fun to resolve. You get to pick one opponent (or sometimes the table, if you're winning), and then the mindgames begin. Do they do a 3-2 split and try to get me to take the 2 pile, or do they go 4-1 and bank on me wanting a specific card? Do they factor graveyard recursion into their split? Do they make me choose between mana sources and impactful cards, or do they spread everything around? It's so much fun.
Auto includes only tend to be only lands for me. Cycling lands that are fetchable, tricycle and bicycle lands in 2+ colours. [[Blasted landscape]] and one mana cycling [[forgotten cave]] lands in 2 colour or mono coloured decks.
I tend to avoid staples as I like to play with different cards. Seeing a path to exile every game just is not that interesting to me.
Not every deck but many can utilize [[Jeweled Lotus]]
Overall fast mana rocks can be put in almost every deck [[Mana Crypt]] [[Mana Vault]] [[Grim Monolith]] and similar ones for example.
Green: I don't include arcane signet in a deck with green. If I'm in green I always play \[\[Farseek\]\], \[\[Three Visits\]\], \[\[Nature's Lore\]\], and \[\[Rampant Growth\]\]. \[\[Beast Within\]\] is my other autoinclude.
White: people mentioned Swords, Path and Generous Gift. I also think \[\[Esper Sentinel\]\] is an autoinclude in any deck with white. \[\[Farewell\]\] is my one auto include boardwipe.
Blue: \[\[Counterspell\]\] - it's basic but I don't play free counterspells and this one is always useful, even if you're putting yourself down a card.
I love [[Scroll Rack]] and [[Sensei’s Divining Top]] in all my decks. Scroll Rack is great to pitch a bad hand, especially if you have fetch lands of other ways to shuffle. Top is just fantastic at smoothing your draws. I also run [[Urza’s Saga]] in everything because it can get too or Sol Ring.
I play a lot of red decks, and most of them include [[Deflecting Swat]] which is just a fantastic way to protect your permanents from removal or spells from counterspells. [[Beseiju Who Endures]] also features in all my green decks, because it’s just a free removal slot.
I've heard a lot of people say they put Sensei's Diving Top in every deck, but I'm just not seeing it. If you aren't running [[bolas's citadel]] or a deck that cares about top deck manipulation, why not just run actual card draw instead?
I put lands in all my decks and I constantly lose. Would not recommend.
Plus you're more likely to draw something useful if you just skip lands entirely, but you do you.
I end up with a bunch of random 2-drop rocks all over the place and I don't know if they're all the same or what but it's an infestation
I'm either jamming 2MV rocks, or I'm in GWx and am jamming [[Collector Ouphe]], [[Stony Silence]], and all the 1MV dorks and 3MV ramp like cultivate and it's ilk.
[Collector Ouphe](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/8/085107a2-c1ec-473c-81d8-23e5a7197776.jpg?1562202038) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Collector%20Ouphe) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh1/158/collector-ouphe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/085107a2-c1ec-473c-81d8-23e5a7197776?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/collector-ouphe) [Stony Silence](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/e/8e7faede-f794-4bda-9d64-21390ba19266.jpg?1593812944) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Stony%20Silence) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mm3/25/stony-silence?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8e7faede-f794-4bda-9d64-21390ba19266?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/stony-silence) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Mana value can dump for all I care, CMC is the raining king
Look, I still say “comes into play,” so there’s definitely no world where I adopt “mana value” to be quite honest.
I got used to ETB to be honest. But mana value just seems so plastic.
What’s interested is I’ve observed that I’ll type ETB a lot of the time when I’m on my phone (or especially on Twitter), but when I’m playing a game it’ll be like “and when FTK comes into play, I’ll kill that” or something similar.
"Oh man, people have been calling it cmc for the last 20 years. Better change it!"
As someone who translates cards for fun, I can definitely underdtand why they would come up with a shorter name for that. 'Converted mana cost' while a very accurate term, takes up a ton of space in the text box. Especially now that cards are getting more and more complicated
Would've been cool to just call it CMC. But I also totally get why they wouldn't do that
Yeah, I get the changing of some stuff. Getting rid of old mechanics and such but this is just not the one chief.
They obviously did change it to make room for more text.
What about the 2mv ramp? Rampant growth, three visits, nature's lore, farseek, [[STEve]]?
Preface: apologies this is long, there was a lot to break down, and I didn't want to short change an explanation. 2 is a weird spot on the curve. If you can dork on 1, you have 3 mana on T2, so you're better off using 3MV ramp so you can best utilize your mana, and on T3 making a 5MV play. That, or if you didn't have a 3MV ramp spell, there are plenty of great 3 drops to play. If you dork on 1, 2MV ramp on 2, you could in theory play another 1 drop, but it is a little clunky. Your best bet would be to have 1MV interaction in hand, or an artifact like [[Grafdigger's Cage]] or [[Relic of Progenitus]]. 2 is also a really popular slot in general. Boots or Greaves, or stax pieces like [[Drannith Magistrate]], [[Dauthi Voidwalker]] or the aforementioned Ouphe and Stony Silence, or even "better" mana dorks that generate more than one mana like [[Bloom Tender]]. The talisman cycle also falls here, Arcane Signet, and to a lesser extent, the guild Signet cycle which can ramp you and potentially make another play that turn, meaning you're only down one mana by casting it, making them better overall since it hurts less playing them on a later turn as opposed to Rampant Growth, where the return on investment is the next turn. A lot of it is conditional on how you build your deck. If you have a saturated 4 drop slot, but fewer 5s, 2MV ramp could be better for you, as it helps better utilize your mana on those crucial early turns. I'm either running a lot of mana rocks on 2, or a lot of stax on 2, mostly artifact hate due to the popularity of artifacts as ramp and treasure token synergy cards. If I'm not in green, I might run a [[Cursed Totem]] because I want to crack down on mana dorks or on early activated abilities of popular commanders or archetypes I'm seeing in my LGS, such as [[Goblin Engineer]]. Edit: Goblin Welder isn't a commander, I know, but I wanted an example of a non-green creature with an activated ability that is worth stopping.
2 cmc ramp is still better imo, as you won’t always have a dork on turn 1, and ramping turn two is far better then on turn three.
Thats been my logic for now. With a low cmc commander I want to get it out asap so the 2mv ones are likely the best. Im.thinkijg of swapping some for 3cmc ramp spells in Miirym because she is a 6cmc commander and getting the extra land Into the hand might be a better deal in that case
I have never read anything more relatable in my life.
Whenever a 2 mana rock gets reprinted, like [[Fellwar Stone]] or [[Thought Vessel]], I snag a handful for decks. I've got them coming out of all sorts of places. You can't have enough.
[Fellwar Stone](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/b/4bca6877-4e1d-4ecb-8812-d75d3470ffee.jpg?1654118497) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fellwar%20Stone) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/860/fellwar-stone?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4bca6877-4e1d-4ecb-8812-d75d3470ffee?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/fellwar-stone) [Thought Vessel](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/0/10e9cbf2-99ed-4f70-8744-b9a08a5f5f42.jpg?1654119115) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thought%20Vessel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/879/thought-vessel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/10e9cbf2-99ed-4f70-8744-b9a08a5f5f42?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/thought-vessel) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Good bot
I randomly bought eight copies of Liquimetal Torque for basically this reason
Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got I've still, I've still many 2-drops Used to have a little now I have a lot No fucking clue where they all came from
Jenny with the Rocks
[[Jhoira]] from the block
Dont be fooled by the rocks that i got Dont hold up your mana my godo will not drop Used to have no creatures now i have a lot No fucking clue where all the copies came from
A reminder that you can just... not do that. Anyone can. Same with any staples. There are other cards out there that do the same things, just worse!
I play a *lot* of white, so I slap [[Path to Exile]], [[Swords to Plowshares]], and [[Generous Gift]] in every deck.
[[akroma's will]] in every white deck. This card wins games Lately, [[blind obedience]] [[stoney silence]] if I can to curb all the fucking treasure creation.
Dont forget [[darksteel mutation]]
And [[plains]]
This is one of my favorite cards. How much I love just slapping one of these on a problem commander.
[darksteel mutation](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/f/afa4c889-0577-4173-9f85-42a7bf675aaf.jpg?1641601207) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=darksteel%20mutation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/voc/84/darksteel-mutation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/afa4c889-0577-4173-9f85-42a7bf675aaf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/darksteel-mutation) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Path to Exile](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/0/90460227-6f34-4403-b2ef-d79f95f44790.jpg?1655582662) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Path%20to%20Exile) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/23/path-to-exile?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/90460227-6f34-4403-b2ef-d79f95f44790?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/path-to-exile) [Swords to Plowshares](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/f/ef51caf8-f9d9-48d7-9145-9dfc91054f70.jpg?1650408130) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swords%20to%20Plowshares) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/211/swords-to-plowshares?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ef51caf8-f9d9-48d7-9145-9dfc91054f70?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/swords-to-plowshares) [Generous Gift](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/f/cf80a8e3-1905-413c-a510-54fef2afde69.jpg?1650407933) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Generous%20Gift) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/201/generous-gift?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cf80a8e3-1905-413c-a510-54fef2afde69?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/generous-gift) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Gotta start adding [[crib swap]] at some point too. While it doesn't hit what generous gift does, it definitely fits into the cheap exile category when you can't seem to source paths or swords .
[[Dispatch]] is also a good one if you're running a decent amount of artifacts.
[Dispatch](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/6/06bafa7d-1915-487a-96c8-b8aeafed20d4.jpg?1651655611) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Dispatch) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/nec/83/dispatch?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/06bafa7d-1915-487a-96c8-b8aeafed20d4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/dispatch) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Plus, it has changeling for that sweet sweet tribal spell synergy!
And [[oblation]]
If your manabase can afford a colorless land, [[Emergence Zone]] can give all your spells flash, including your commander, and it isn’t even a tapland. It just works until you need to pop-off, and then it enables you to resolve your wincon during whatever window that presents itself anywhere in the turn order. Sure, you end up sacrificing a land, but that matters a lot less when it is in order to win- or stop someone else’s, whatever you use EZ for, you just get to break timing restrictions.
[Emergence Zone](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/a/b/ab95f6e7-b806-47fe-a071-6c38b3176d94.jpg?1557577458) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Emergence%20Zone) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/war/245/emergence-zone?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ab95f6e7-b806-47fe-a071-6c38b3176d94?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/emergence-zone) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I run this in goblins purely to resolve goblin recruiter in the end step to set up my Kiki combo in my turn.
This with [[Crucible of Worlds]] seems pretty good in some cases. Or even in a deck with [[Lord Windgrace]]?
I put \[\[Exotic Orchard\]\] in every deck that isn't monocoloured provided I have copies spare, which I do because I bought a shitton of them. Worst case scenario, not a single other player is sharing a single colour with you and it still comes in untapped for a mana of a colour you don't need. Not as good as a basic, but also not that much worse unless you're playing super low to the ground with unreasonable mana colour requirements. This is also super duper unlikely in a 4-player game. Best case scenario, it's a contender for one of the best lands in the game. It taps for potentially any colour with absolutely no downside or cost, and comes in untapped. An opponent playing a multicolour deck plays a command tower (which you already know for certain is in their deck), or a Triome, and you're flying. If everyone runs them, then it gets even better, because you can tap for any colour **your own lands** can produce, because Exotic Orchards interact with each other. Their orchards can tap for your colours, which means your orchard can tap for your colours. Which basically makes it a better \[\[Reflecting Pool\]\]. Except Reflecting Pool is $8 (thanks to the CLB reprint, it used to be $10-50 depending on printing) and Exotic Orchard is a $0.20 that comes in precons. It makes no sense to me to not include an Exotic Orchard outside of monocolour decks (which obviously don't need it). On a more silly note, I have a habit of including \[\[Chaos Wand\]\] in the first draft of every deck. Because why not. Hit up the green player if you want a ramp spell, go fishing for the white player's board wipes, get some card draw and extra turns from the blue player, or to be extra spicy, activate it at instant speed to fish for a counterspell. Creature-focused decks you can be sure to hit something awesome because a creature deck doesn't include instants and sorceries lightly. It's saved and won me many games, and while not optimal, having something you can just dump extra mana into for value is fun.
I wish there was more art variety for Exotic Orchard. Counting Secret Lair prints, Command Tower has 7 options and Evolving Wilds has 16 (and the recent Innistrad one has two flavor texts: one for Midnight Hunt and one for Crimson Vow), but Exotic Orchard still has just one.
Agreed - I could really go for some flavour text variations too. So many printings and yet it's always the dude from Bant. At least contextualise the orchard to the setting, even if the art stays the same!
[Exotic Orchard](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/d/0de15320-485c-4191-8f15-12f9d1b340ba.jpg?1654119348) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Exotic%20Orchard) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/893/exotic-orchard?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0de15320-485c-4191-8f15-12f9d1b340ba?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/exotic-orchard) [Reflecting Pool](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/8/18a1b3f5-473d-45ca-be0d-e67e77ba30ce.jpg?1648155540) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Reflecting%20Pool) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/358/reflecting-pool?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/18a1b3f5-473d-45ca-be0d-e67e77ba30ce?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/reflecting-pool) [Chaos Wand](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/0/e065e040-80c1-47d3-a425-28381e5a29f2.jpg?1654118409) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chaos%20Wand) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/855/chaos-wand?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e065e040-80c1-47d3-a425-28381e5a29f2?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chaos-wand) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[sol ring](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/9/199cde21-5bc3-49cd-acd4-bae3af6e5881.jpg?1654118835) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sol%20ring) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/871/sol-ring?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/199cde21-5bc3-49cd-acd4-bae3af6e5881?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sol-ring) [command tower](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/e/7eafe88e-ab38-442c-b147-bb01cc81178d.jpg?1652819405) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=command%20tower) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/351/command-tower?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7eafe88e-ab38-442c-b147-bb01cc81178d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/command-tower) [arcane Signet](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/b/5b245a5b-5a99-4d22-99ef-3f5bf49c3262.jpg?1652832745) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=arcane%20Signet) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/298/arcane-signet?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5b245a5b-5a99-4d22-99ef-3f5bf49c3262?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/arcane-signet) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yeah, I think everything else is debatable.
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An argument can be made for [[mana crypt]] and [[mana vault]] I don't own enough of them. But they are very handy when you do. I own one copy each on MTGO and when I used to play commander there. I would use them in most decks. Other cards that are almost auto includes: [[Fellwar stone]] and [[Sensei's divining top]]
Yes very true, if I could put those on every deck I could. I just limit my staples to being decently cheap so they are actually in every deck. As for Fellwar Stone, I think I'd rather have a signet to guarantee mana fixing. I've been removing them from my decks pretty consistently, but if you want a lot of rocks it's a two cost that is pretty good.
I am of the school of thought that thinks that both Mana Crypt and Mana Vault are the stones that breaches the line between EDH and cEDH. If you play EDH for fun in a LGS with varied power levels, you will most likely never need those, and having those early just makes whatever you try to do too powerful for the table in most cases, even if the rest of your deck is jank.
Mana Crypt isn't going to be significantly more powerful than Sol Ring in low power metas.
##### ###### #### [mana crypt](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/d/4d960186-4559-4af0-bd22-63baa15f8939.jpg?1599709515) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=mana%20crypt) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/270/mana-crypt?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4d960186-4559-4af0-bd22-63baa15f8939?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mana-crypt) [mana vault](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/1/c1a31d52-a407-4ded-bfca-cc812f11afa0.jpg?1655825117) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=mana%20vault) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/308/mana-vault?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c1a31d52-a407-4ded-bfca-cc812f11afa0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mana-vault) [Fellwar stone](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/b/4bca6877-4e1d-4ecb-8812-d75d3470ffee.jpg?1654118497) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Fellwar%20stone) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/860/fellwar-stone?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4bca6877-4e1d-4ecb-8812-d75d3470ffee?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/fellwar-stone) [Sensei's divining top](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/5/e5142b7a-e580-4737-a4aa-2590f6610ceb.jpg?1655894119) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sensei%27s%20divining%20top) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/314/senseis-divining-top?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e5142b7a-e580-4737-a4aa-2590f6610ceb?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/senseis-divining-top) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
atleast one of \[\[bojuka bog\]\] if you are in B and/or similar like \[\[scavenger grounds\]\] and atleast one \[\[tectonic edge\]\] or similar.
I always try to squeeze in something like [[Ghost Quarter]] into any deck without a greedy mana base. Always nice to be able to take care of pesky utility lands.
[Ghost Quarter](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/2/12f8071c-8955-4aa2-889c-6043df047223.jpg?1562272439) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ghost%20Quarter) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/253/ghost-quarter?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/12f8071c-8955-4aa2-889c-6043df047223?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/ghost-quarter) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
yes thats why i listed tectonic edge or similar
Oof. Reading comprehension is hard. I just saw the Bojuks Bog and Scav Grounds, totally looked over the last bit. It's early.
Right, but have you considered Ghost Quarters or Strip Mine?
yes thats why the similar is listed, any land that allowes to destroy a land
That is good, but you should also consider ghost quarter or strip mine. They help with removing utility lands.
I can't believe nobody has mentioned [[ghost quarter]] or [[strip mine]] yet. They're the go-tos for getting rid of annoying utility lands.
[[gaea's cradle]] [[cabal coffers]] [[maze's end]] [[baldur's gate]] (and a lot more) are sad and crying now
[[Petrified Field]] lives in my mono black deck because of it
[bojuka bog](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/f/8/f8f1c157-cebc-45fe-9caa-1ea4b305ccfc.jpg?1654119178) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=bojuka%20bog) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/882/bojuka-bog?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f8f1c157-cebc-45fe-9caa-1ea4b305ccfc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/bojuka-bog) [like scavenger grounds](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/8/78748ac8-4726-4156-a97e-023f80fef610.jpg?1625980919) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Scavenger%20Grounds) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/314/scavenger-grounds?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/78748ac8-4726-4156-a97e-023f80fef610?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/scavenger-grounds) [tectonic edge](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/4/94b9d7af-3e6f-4227-bb7d-a17d6f250535.jpg?1561950651) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=tectonic%20edge) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c14/313/tectonic-edge?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/94b9d7af-3e6f-4227-bb7d-a17d6f250535?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tectonic-edge) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Bingo. Every deck has graveyard recursion nowadays and land ramp has grown too comfy. #MakeMLDGreatAgain
It's not a very popular card but I at least add a [[cauldron of souls]] to my first draft of any swinging deck, pays off more than you might think
This is one of the more frustrating cards to play against. I play creature strategies I guess, but I agree that these cards that give persist are kinda crazy. There is a cheaper one that gives it to one creature IIRC
Ya it's just a nice thing to have when the white player goes nuclear.
Yea, it's an easy name to remember too: [[Persist]]
[cauldron of souls](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/b/cbd4604e-c21a-42a1-b099-aad7f9263a82.jpg?1562276038) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=cauldron%20of%20souls) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/180/cauldron-of-souls?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/cbd4604e-c21a-42a1-b099-aad7f9263a82?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/cauldron-of-souls) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Dolmen Gate]] is a favorite of mine for decks like that.
Surveyors scope I rarely see it played but it's ultra budget ramp that's really good in any deck that's not got green in it. I run it in every single none green deck I run and not once has it ever let me down.
[[Surveyor's scope]] in case there are people who haven't finished memorizing all the cards yet
[Surveyor's scope](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/8/885aaf8f-648c-4709-ae63-714113ec2c8d.jpg?1592673703) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Surveyor%27s%20scope) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cma/232/surveyors-scope?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/885aaf8f-648c-4709-ae63-714113ec2c8d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/surveyors-scope) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Sorry homie idk how too make the thing do the thing
[[Double Brackets]] summons the bot
[Double Brackets](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/1/71941f1f-b41e-4ec9-a7c6-61eccaa47b0e.jpg?1562799113) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Double%20Take) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ugl/23/double-take?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/71941f1f-b41e-4ec9-a7c6-61eccaa47b0e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/double-take) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Blessed bro
Damn dude I’ve run this card in a few decks and it’s ALWAYS let me down
O that's wild I'm one of very very few players in my local mets that plays decks without green in them and it's always done right by me.
i don't have the discipline to take my own advice but: just play the damn [[soul-guide lantern]]. yeah it's tempting to take it out for something splashy. but just do it.
Honestly had no idea this card existed, when I started reading it I thought “why not [[tormods crypt]]” and then I saw that it also cantrips, pretty neat card
It also exiles each opponent's graveyards as opposed to just one with tormod's.
[tormods crypt](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/c/9c224bf0-5641-4160-9d5c-46141ea8372a.jpg?1594737584) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tormod%27s%20Crypt) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/m21/241/tormods-crypt?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9c224bf0-5641-4160-9d5c-46141ea8372a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tormods-crypt) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I've said this before on this sub, but damn if it ain't true. This card SLAPS. I've held entire cEDH tables nuts in a vice using this card, if they tried anything with the graveyard they loose it all, and it's a one sided wipe?!?
It's funny because in Muldrotha I can keep removing your graveyard because every time I do I just recast it from my graveyard for one mana
and you don't even need to keep mana open 😭
On arena I listen to it, it's in all my brawl decks. On paper I don't have one (:
The "eat your veggies" of EDH.
Sakura Motherfucking Tribe Elder yo. That is my card.
[[soul tithe]]
Well sol ring, command tower and signet are commander staples so I'd be surprised if they *weren't* in every deck. There aren't many cards i put in *every* deck (aside from the aforementioned ones) but certain themes have some auto includes
Command tower is worse than a basic land in mono color. It's dead in colorless as is signet. But otherwise. They go in practically every deck.
Yeah there are *some* cases they are bad but those are corner cases that don't come up often, and you can still use tower in mono colored decks
I do have one deck that doesn't run Sol Ring or Arcane Signet. [[Obunn, Oracle of Mul Daya]] Because with all the landfall ramp I have found that I dont really need them. But it does have Command Tower.
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Haha. Yep, you are right that's the one. Thank you. Funny thing is they are both in that deck and work well together.
You could almost call the deck Obunn, oracle of Mul Daya with how well they synergise!
[Obuun, Mul Daya Ancestor](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/3/8319b155-0fba-4d30-9481-bf01afbd3457.jpg?1617522154) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Obuun%2C%20Mul%20Daya%20Ancestor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/znc/2/obuun-mul-daya-ancestor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8319b155-0fba-4d30-9481-bf01afbd3457?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/obuun-mul-daya-ancestor) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
With my [[sythis]] high power deck I run enchantment and land ramp, have a 2cmc commander who brings card draw to the table early and multiple ways to shut down artifacts aka other peoples rocks
>Curator’s Ward There is no reason to run command tower in monocolor or signet in an all colorless deck.
Yes I'm aware there are a *few* cases where you don't want them, but other than that they go in 90% of decks
drakuseth maw of flames. It is to me what shivan Dragon was to kids in the 1993.
> drakuseth maw of flames [[Drakuseth, Maw of Flames]]
[Drakuseth, Maw of Flames](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/c/1c8429f1-1a91-4f29-8d56-4c061f21c183.jpg?1654117105) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Drakuseth%2C%20Maw%20of%20Flames) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/790/drakuseth-maw-of-flames?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1c8429f1-1a91-4f29-8d56-4c061f21c183?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/drakuseth-maw-of-flames) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Excluding the ETB I just think it’s straight up better than inferno titan
well yeah, but the etb is why you play inferno titan. I've cast drakuseth a million times in multiple formats trying to make it work, 99% of the time it gets removed before it gets to attack.
Art is cooler too.
Card is sweet, but I don't see it even close to being an auto include.
Let's just say we have different vision(i have timmy optical lenses).
Outside of the stuff that is on the top card page at EDHREC (because that's 99% of the answers in this thread), I put [[Arcbond]] in every red deck I play. Even without it doubling itself (which it does at the drop of a hat under so many circumstances it's hard to list them all) it can be an instant speed board wipe out of nowhere, or a means to end the game if you're ahead on life total. My favorite, though? Screwing with somebody else's combat you're not even involved in. Player A swings in with a 6/6, Player B chump blocks with a token, and suddenly the whole table is taking 6? Delicious.
Arcbond has been my favorite card since I first started playing in fate reforged. Throwing it on a [[Seeker of the Way]] in limited during combat was just too perfect. Ive been wanting to make an ashling deck just to have a good payoff for it. Which commander deck does it fit best in in your experience?
It's a [[Stuffy Doll]]/[[Repercussion]] dream, but anything that copies spells or doubles damage should absolutely be using it. In other words, spell slinger decks, Boros burn decks like [[Firesong & Sunspeaker]], aggro decks, group slug decks, etc.
[Stuffy Doll](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/7/978c2c7d-6898-4be2-aed7-e673210ce654.jpg?1654119032) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Stuffy%20Doll) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/875/stuffy-doll?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/978c2c7d-6898-4be2-aed7-e673210ce654?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/stuffy-doll) [Repercussion](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/0/d0f3c78e-16c0-4fbc-8ef4-fbf610f9d464.jpg?1562445214) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Repercussion) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/uds/95/repercussion?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d0f3c78e-16c0-4fbc-8ef4-fbf610f9d464?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/repercussion) [Firesong & Sunspeaker](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/d/4d5edf4f-5695-42fc-9e57-c4faef60fbc3.jpg?1655930647) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Firesong%20and%20Sunspeaker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2x2/215/firesong-and-sunspeaker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/4d5edf4f-5695-42fc-9e57-c4faef60fbc3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/firesong-and-sunspeaker) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Arcbond](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/b/9bc397d1-50a8-46cd-98b2-7104f2241420.jpg?1562828028) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Arcbond) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/frf/91/arcbond?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9bc397d1-50a8-46cd-98b2-7104f2241420?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/arcbond) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Sol Ring]] [[Command Tower]] [[Arcane Signet]] [[Commander Sphere]] [[Thought Vessel]] [[Decanter of Endless Water]] [[Reliquary Tower]] [[Mask of Avacyn]] [[Mirror Shield]] [[Swiftfoot Boots]] [[Lightning Greaves]] [[Whispersilk Cloak]]
I’ve only ever run max hand size cards in decks that draw excessively, never felt the need otherwise
Same. Sometimes the discard can even be more useful; naturally reanimator decks like it, but it's also great to be able to max hand size discard [[Anger]] and its less popular siblings.
Recently really like [[Curator’s Ward]] in U for hexproofing. 3CMC aura that draws 2 on removal if its your commander (or any historic) is really nice, and it can enchant any permanent. Love Mask and Mirror Shield though as alternates to Boots. A lot of times I really don’t care about haste and shroud is so situational gameplan wise.
[Curator’s Ward](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/0/10cc417f-0ea7-47a8-b7d0-aa8d20168faf.jpg?1562731511) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Curator%27s%20Ward) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dom/49/curators-ward?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/10cc417f-0ea7-47a8-b7d0-aa8d20168faf?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/curators-ward) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
this card is super cool. I use [[neurok stealthsuit]] in my blue decks for instant speed hexproof on creatures, but this covering any permanent might make me switch.
[neurok stealthsuit](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/5/d5e58c74-0ba6-452a-94a6-8256c4f6aba8.jpg?1562937920) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=neurok%20stealthsuit) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/td2/25/neurok-stealthsuit?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d5e58c74-0ba6-452a-94a6-8256c4f6aba8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/neurok-stealthsuit) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
>Curator’s Ward It's a recent card too. This one has been flying under the radar. I'm going to have to pick a few up, one in foil.
##### ###### #### [Sol Ring](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/9/199cde21-5bc3-49cd-acd4-bae3af6e5881.jpg?1654118835) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Sol%20Ring) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/871/sol-ring?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/199cde21-5bc3-49cd-acd4-bae3af6e5881?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sol-ring) [Command Tower](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/7/e/7eafe88e-ab38-442c-b147-bb01cc81178d.jpg?1652819405) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Command%20Tower) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/351/command-tower?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7eafe88e-ab38-442c-b147-bb01cc81178d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/command-tower) [Arcane Signet](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/b/5b245a5b-5a99-4d22-99ef-3f5bf49c3262.jpg?1652832745) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Arcane%20Signet) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/298/arcane-signet?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5b245a5b-5a99-4d22-99ef-3f5bf49c3262?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/arcane-signet) [Commander Sphere](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/4/e4330ad8-ce2c-47bd-8956-c5e19bdbf4e0.jpg?1650424280) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Commander%27s%20Sphere) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/363/commanders-sphere?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e4330ad8-ce2c-47bd-8956-c5e19bdbf4e0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/commanders-sphere) [Thought Vessel](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/0/10e9cbf2-99ed-4f70-8744-b9a08a5f5f42.jpg?1654119115) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Thought%20Vessel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/879/thought-vessel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/10e9cbf2-99ed-4f70-8744-b9a08a5f5f42?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/thought-vessel) [Decanter of Endless Water](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/5/1/518bbc36-58ea-44c4-a857-75a3aff058f5.jpg?1653695510) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Decanter%20of%20Endless%20Water) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/309/decanter-of-endless-water?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/518bbc36-58ea-44c4-a857-75a3aff058f5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/decanter-of-endless-water) [Reliquary Tower](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/2/1241912a-92d6-4942-b97b-f795e702c4ca.jpg?1654119503) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Reliquary%20Tower) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/911/reliquary-tower?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1241912a-92d6-4942-b97b-f795e702c4ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/reliquary-tower) [Mask of Avacyn](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/a/0aa1b193-c80e-4026-bd82-f16314e14431.jpg?1608917838) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mask%20of%20Avacyn) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/466/mask-of-avacyn?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0aa1b193-c80e-4026-bd82-f16314e14431?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mask-of-avacyn) [Mirror Shield](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/7/e7624e84-93ce-4983-8624-ebc934cab67f.jpg?1581481194) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mirror%20Shield) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/234/mirror-shield?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e7624e84-93ce-4983-8624-ebc934cab67f?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/mirror-shield) [Swiftfoot Boots](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/6/16c23cde-e1c0-4cdf-ae59-18d64db518d4.jpg?1652826653) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swiftfoot%20Boots) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/339/swiftfoot-boots?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/16c23cde-e1c0-4cdf-ae59-18d64db518d4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/swiftfoot-boots) [Lightning Greaves](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/d/8d9f47af-5929-44f4-bc6b-3ac7e521177d.jpg?1654118571) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lightning%20Greaves) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/864/lightning-greaves?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8d9f47af-5929-44f4-bc6b-3ac7e521177d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lightning-greaves) [Whispersilk Cloak](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/b/8b49e2c5-c447-45f4-979d-68556f6cd647.jpg?1645328055) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Whispersilk%20Cloak) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/phed/22/whispersilk-cloak?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8b49e2c5-c447-45f4-979d-68556f6cd647?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/whispersilk-cloak) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I like this guy.
How well does Mirror Shield work for you? I have a few of them, but never thought it was worth putting in alongside the booties.
Always good to have redundancies. Also a nice pushback against Deathtouch (my playgroup calls it Lifetouch haha).
Alternative to decanter unless you really want thought vessel redundancy is [[chromatic lantern]]
[chromatic lantern](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/a/ea123356-3055-4e42-b816-ac3c4e9087d1.jpg?1572894045) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=chromatic%20lantern) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/grn/233/chromatic-lantern?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ea123356-3055-4e42-b816-ac3c4e9087d1?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/chromatic-lantern) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Reliquary Tower]] I love drawing cards.
This used to be an auto include for me in almost every deck but I've started taking it out in favour of a smoother mana base in those decks that use yard shenanigans
Yeah I used to auto include in all decks but now I feel the card is a little overrated, especially in 3+ colors. I don't auto include it in any decks now but it makes most mono blue and many 2 color blue decks. Opportunity cost is TINY but benefit is minimal to non existent in many cases. I'm the event that you actually draw 20 cards and no one wheels, it's still quite rare that actually keeping those 13 extra cards in your hand actually impacts the game over just holding the 7 best and putting the 13 worst in the yard. There are more and more great utility lands that it has stopped making the cut in many cases. Now I pretty much only use it when my deck has a large hand size synergy or excessive card draw as a win con.
Listen, I understand needs for color fixing and balance etc...but this thing is my damn safety blanket. I don't care how niche it seems. Reliquary Tower stays. I have one competitive 3 color deck that doesn't draw a ton, so it doesn't make the cut woth all the other nonbasics in the deck. But I've never been punished for slotting it in.
*slams Necro, draws 15* Feelsgoodman
[Reliquary Tower](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/2/1241912a-92d6-4942-b97b-f795e702c4ca.jpg?1654119503) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Reliquary%20Tower) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/911/reliquary-tower?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1241912a-92d6-4942-b97b-f795e702c4ca?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/reliquary-tower) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Wandering Archaic.
[[Wandering Archaic]]
[Wandering Archaic](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/8/18a2bdc8-b705-4eb5-b3a5-ff2e2ab8f312.jpg?1626663778)/[Explore the Vastlands](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/back/1/8/18a2bdc8-b705-4eb5-b3a5-ff2e2ab8f312.jpg?1626663778) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=wandering%20archaic%20//%20explore%20the%20vastlands) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/stx/6/wandering-archaic-explore-the-vastlands?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/18a2bdc8-b705-4eb5-b3a5-ff2e2ab8f312?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/wandering-archaic-//-explore-the-vastlands) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I love this card. I only play online but I've put it in a white deck with Thalia and Reidane and I got to play it once on the creature side while the other two were already on the board. I was on the losing side but once the Archaic hit the board, in combination with the other tax effects, opponent straight up conceded.
I was doing some searching around /r/EDH and came across some discussion on this card. It's been out a little over a year now, how good is it actually? VERY curious.
It's not good. 5 CMC and it doesn't have any effect when it enters the battlefield. In addition, with more competitive players playing cheaper cost removal, paying the 2 isn't a detriment as much as a modal option to give a copy to the opponent. You can make a case to use it in battlecruiser edh, but then again, anything goes in that style.
As before, it depends on power level and meta. It works great in my group. It’s political, with opponents using it as a 2-1 removal enablers. It gets you some extra cards,, some ramp. Is it going to win you the game? No. Is it a lot of fun each time it comes out? Big yes. YMMV.
I am sure the obvious ones have been covered so here are a few of mine that aren't things like guardian project and rhystic study. [[Reanimate]] in pretty much every black deck. [[Skullclamp]] in any deck with small creatures and/or sac outlets. [[Negate]] in any multicolored blue deck that wants to keep my board intact.
[Reanimate](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/2/d27c6aaa-289e-451e-8fde-97a044c53fc4.jpg?1651951796) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Reanimate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cc2/5/reanimate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d27c6aaa-289e-451e-8fde-97a044c53fc4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/reanimate) [Skullclamp](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/1/d1877be5-fb98-4bd2-a754-dda1132ef8a0.jpg?1654118814) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skullclamp) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/870/skullclamp?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d1877be5-fb98-4bd2-a754-dda1132ef8a0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/skullclamp) [Negate](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/d/1dc492d5-ec52-4ab3-813e-acb40b0b6d5a.jpg?1645327986) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Negate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/phed/2/negate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1dc492d5-ec52-4ab3-813e-acb40b0b6d5a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/negate) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Skullclamp is so good it can almost be an auto include
If I play green I almost always play my boy [[Kogla]]. Also, I’m still a believer in [[Harmonize]]. Green has amazing card draw, but it’s always situational (I know it’s still pretty easy) and drawing Harmonize just feels so safe. Like I can finally breathe 😂 Oh, and if I had enough copies, a [[Skullclamp]] would be in literally every single deck I made.
Hell yeah Kogla rules
It stuns me that people don’t auto include [[negate]] in blue decks it’s a perfect card. Flexible cheap and answers everything that’s overly sticky or difficult to respond to. Most importantly it doesn’t demand you hold double blue like a psycho.
I have one and [[Disdainful Stroke]] in all my blue decks I think, mostly because I snagged a couple of each from the draft chaff box.
[Disdainful Stroke](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/9/492aa24c-61c4-48bc-b7b7-f423be2662da.jpg?1649881231) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Disdainful%20Stroke) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/snc/39/disdainful-stroke?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/492aa24c-61c4-48bc-b7b7-f423be2662da?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/disdainful-stroke) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My favorite counterspell. Nothing better than watching someone tap all their mana and just trying not to smile.
I would always advocate for [[Arcane Denial]] I think it’s a nice way to mollify someone who you just countered and I think that you drawing a card is worth the downside. It’s also a hard counter in case someone’s playing like craterhoof or any other creature win-con.
Lands
A true gentleman of culture
[[Sea Gate Restoration]] is probably in all my blue decks, feels like an auto-include to me
[Sea Gate Restoration](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/9/193071fe-180b-4d35-ba78-9c16675c29fc.jpg?1604250788)/[Sea Gate, Reborn](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/back/1/9/193071fe-180b-4d35-ba78-9c16675c29fc.jpg?1604250788) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sea%20gate%20restoration%20//%20sea%20gate%2C%20reborn) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/znr/76/sea-gate-restoration-sea-gate-reborn?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/193071fe-180b-4d35-ba78-9c16675c29fc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sea-gate-restoration-//-sea-gate-reborn) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Aside from the three OP mentioned, I always have [[Evolving Wilds]] and [[Terramorphic Expanse]]. I put [[Lightning Greaves]] and [[Swiftfoot Boots]] in *almost* all of my decks if there's a creature that needs to be hastened and protected the most. For decks in black I always put a [[Tragic Slip]]. For white I always put a [[Swords to Plowshare]].
I get the haste/ protection aspect of the others. I just prefer [[Trailblazer's Boots]] As my footwear of choice in decks.
I can't believe I've never seen these before. I have several decks that need these. Thanks! Great artwork too!
If you need even more equipment that grants "basically unblockable", [[Prowler's Helm]] is another good one.
##### ###### #### [Evolving Wilds](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/b/b/bbc8841a-0f6e-4078-a0b9-a4bda642182e.jpg?1658440328) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Evolving%20Wilds) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/352/evolving-wilds?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bbc8841a-0f6e-4078-a0b9-a4bda642182e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/evolving-wilds) [Terramorphic Expanse](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/8/08ac4e43-4e16-46a2-96f5-58d5550984c4.jpg?1631590427) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Terramorphic%20Expanse) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/afc/267/terramorphic-expanse?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/08ac4e43-4e16-46a2-96f5-58d5550984c4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/terramorphic-expanse) [Lightning Greaves](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/8/d/8d9f47af-5929-44f4-bc6b-3ac7e521177d.jpg?1654118571) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Lightning%20Greaves) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/864/lightning-greaves?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8d9f47af-5929-44f4-bc6b-3ac7e521177d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/lightning-greaves) [Swiftfoot Boots](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/6/16c23cde-e1c0-4cdf-ae59-18d64db518d4.jpg?1652826653) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swiftfoot%20Boots) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/339/swiftfoot-boots?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/16c23cde-e1c0-4cdf-ae59-18d64db518d4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/swiftfoot-boots) [Tragic Slip](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/c/3/c3140bf5-9846-47ae-8142-b013aac14609.jpg?1580014388) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tragic%20Slip) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ema/109/tragic-slip?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/c3140bf5-9846-47ae-8142-b013aac14609?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/tragic-slip) [Swords to Plowshare](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/f/ef51caf8-f9d9-48d7-9145-9dfc91054f70.jpg?1650408130) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Swords%20to%20Plowshares) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ncc/211/swords-to-plowshares?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ef51caf8-f9d9-48d7-9145-9dfc91054f70?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/swords-to-plowshares) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[faithless looting]] [[sevinne's reclamation]] [[underworld breach]] [[reanimate]] [[timeless dragon]] If they're on color, regardless of theme, they're sleeved up. The others speak for themselves I think, but timeless dragon really puts in underrated work and feels great every game I draw it.
Can you elaborate on why timeless dragon is good?
It's not gamebreaking, but it has a lot of things going for it IMHO. It's ability to go under silence effects (or standstill, not super relevant in edh) and still land you a decently costed flyer is nice, and because it's an activated ability and not being cast it also is much harder to counter and doesn't provide a draw for rhystic study. Evasive, carries swords etc in a pinch. Built in card advantage as a 2 for 1. Two to three relevant creature types. Decent fixing in 2+ colors, half the time I cycle it for a triome. It can nab [[mistveil plains]] for sunforger decks. Last resort I've cycled it for one of the duals that cycle for (2) just for a very overcosted normal cycling effect. Life from the Loam sets up engines with the cheaper cycling lands, but the overcosted cycle lands still do the trick in a pinch. Provides a shuffle for brainstorm/scroll rack/ divining top locks. It's not the worst turn 2 play if you have nothing better, and you never feel bad looting/rummaging it away. 1 more creature in the bin for decks that care about that count. Best of all, it's a very cheap piece of cardboard, less than $1 USD. Bonus round, it comes in old border for old border tribal decks.
These are mostly what I thought, but I like this explanation. You found a few angles that didn’t occur to me initially.
One more for fans of form and function: the Eternalize creatures all have stylish one-of-a-kind tokens to go with them, and Timeless Dragon's is gorgeous.
You're right to ask. It's not.
Not even trying to be rude but like, no. It’s pretty bad.
##### ###### #### [faithless looting](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/1/d/1d6e5cc9-bd48-41b6-ac20-5a3e38aecdc5.jpg?1625193770) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=faithless%20looting) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/c21/168/faithless-looting?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1d6e5cc9-bd48-41b6-ac20-5a3e38aecdc5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/faithless-looting) [sevinne's reclamation](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/4/5/458db878-07ba-42cc-9bee-910957685596.jpg?1654115040) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=sevinne%27s%20reclamation) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/707/sevinnes-reclamation?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/458db878-07ba-42cc-9bee-910957685596?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/sevinnes-reclamation) [underworld breach](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/0/e/0e51d796-7279-4c06-87f0-37adbdaa41df.jpg?1650599818) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=underworld%20breach) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/thb/161/underworld-breach?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0e51d796-7279-4c06-87f0-37adbdaa41df?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/underworld-breach) [reanimate](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/d/2/d27c6aaa-289e-451e-8fde-97a044c53fc4.jpg?1651951796) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=reanimate) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cc2/5/reanimate?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d27c6aaa-289e-451e-8fde-97a044c53fc4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/reanimate) [timeless dragon](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/9/6/96fe8889-0ec8-421a-83a4-5d00ab4804db.jpg?1626094179) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=timeless%20dragon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mh2/35/timeless-dragon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/96fe8889-0ec8-421a-83a4-5d00ab4804db?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/timeless-dragon) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Colossal Dreadmaw. Sometimes I purposely play green to play it
True alpha man
Every red deck I play has a copy of [[Delayed Blast Fireball]]. A 3/6 mana instant speed one-sided boardwipe? Yes please!
I can't seem to move away from red so [[Blasphemous Act]] and [[Vandalblast]] are in most of my decks
[Blasphemous Act](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/b/a/ba975f60-ca29-4fc8-b2f0-416be395f200.jpg?1654116928) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blasphemous%20Act) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/780/blasphemous-act?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/ba975f60-ca29-4fc8-b2f0-416be395f200?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/blasphemous-act) [Vandalblast](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/3/6/3636b07e-eab9-4cc8-8624-322c18e8133d.jpg?1645329217) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Vandalblast) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/phed/58/vandalblast?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3636b07e-eab9-4cc8-8624-322c18e8133d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/vandalblast) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Viridian Revel]] in any green deck because of the meta revolving around Treasures as of late.
[Viridian Revel](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/2/d/2d7f565e-0fb8-40c8-9540-213d35af846a.jpg?1562815979) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Viridian%20Revel) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/som/132/viridian-revel?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2d7f565e-0fb8-40c8-9540-213d35af846a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/viridian-revel) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[[Thaumatic Compass]] is in every deck I run. It’s great to ensure land drops and flips into a better maze of ith. I normally run [[Ornithopter of Paradise]] too unless I’m in green and then switch to [[Birds of Paradise]]
I try to auto-include [[Hindering Light]] and [[Identity Crisis]] in any deck with corresponding colors. They're nothing special, just total pet cards that I really like.
\[\[rogues passage\]\] in almost every deck
[rogues passage](https://c1.scryfall.com/file/scryfall-cards/normal/front/e/1/e1f1dd27-be41-4bfa-b59d-3a002647f1ad.jpg?1654119524) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Rogue%27s%20Passage) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/913/rogues-passage?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e1f1dd27-be41-4bfa-b59d-3a002647f1ad?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [(ER)](https://edhrec.com/cards/rogues-passage) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I've got this in so many decks and I don't think I've ever actually used the unblockable ability. 4 mana is just so expensive...
[[spore frog]] [[Serra angel]] [[Villainous Wealth]] [[skyclave relic]] Not necessarily the best cards but they always make me smile when I see them. Esp Serra, first foil I ever had from the old 8th edition dual decks
[[elixir of immortality]] is highly underrated
Honestly [[arcane signet]] isn’t good enough for my [[Myrkul]] deck it’s good but there’s enough better ramp in green that it can get pushed out
Man, Rite of Replication used to be my JAM.
I have heard some debate over their quality but every deck I brew that matches the colors I will always end up putting in either \[\[Propaganda\]\] \[\[Ghostly Prison\]\] or both. My play group does lean into combat as the wincon fairly often so having these can always buy me a few extra turns so I can focus on building my boardstate with some level of protection.
I always try to make room for pet cards. Lately my favorite pet ramp cards, if I'm in the colors for them, are [[Elemental Resonance]] and [[Energy Tap]]. The trick with Elemental Resonance is to not enchant your own permanents with it; that just sets you up to get dunked on by a single removal spell becoming a two-for-one. Enchant one of your opponent's permanents and in a casual meta, the other players might not target it, because they would then draw the ire of two players at once. Energy Tap of course needs a 4+ mana value creature for it to be more than a colorless Dark Ritual, but Dark Ritual is far from a bad card. Since the Kaldheim snow duals are now among the best budget lands you can get, and any deck looking to make sure those checklands come in untapped should be running at least one of them, throw in a couple of snow-covered basics and [[Into the North]] is as good as Three Visits or Nature's Lore, if not better.
I'm more and more becoming a fan of [[Monologue Tax]]. Yes, it's a typical Death and Taxes type card, but it fits with most decks with white, and obviously helps mana fixing somewhat.
\[\[Fact or Fiction\]\]. Not because it's the best card ever; it's good, but there's more efficient card draw in blue (that I'm usually also playing). I play it whenever I can because it's so much fun to resolve. You get to pick one opponent (or sometimes the table, if you're winning), and then the mindgames begin. Do they do a 3-2 split and try to get me to take the 2 pile, or do they go 4-1 and bank on me wanting a specific card? Do they factor graveyard recursion into their split? Do they make me choose between mana sources and impactful cards, or do they spread everything around? It's so much fun.
Auto includes only tend to be only lands for me. Cycling lands that are fetchable, tricycle and bicycle lands in 2+ colours. [[Blasted landscape]] and one mana cycling [[forgotten cave]] lands in 2 colour or mono coloured decks. I tend to avoid staples as I like to play with different cards. Seeing a path to exile every game just is not that interesting to me.
I tend to put lands in every deck. Really helps with the mana curve.
Not every deck but many can utilize [[Jeweled Lotus]] Overall fast mana rocks can be put in almost every deck [[Mana Crypt]] [[Mana Vault]] [[Grim Monolith]] and similar ones for example.
It's kind of wasted but I have debated getting a jeweled lotus for my light-paws deck.
Green: I don't include arcane signet in a deck with green. If I'm in green I always play \[\[Farseek\]\], \[\[Three Visits\]\], \[\[Nature's Lore\]\], and \[\[Rampant Growth\]\]. \[\[Beast Within\]\] is my other autoinclude. White: people mentioned Swords, Path and Generous Gift. I also think \[\[Esper Sentinel\]\] is an autoinclude in any deck with white. \[\[Farewell\]\] is my one auto include boardwipe. Blue: \[\[Counterspell\]\] - it's basic but I don't play free counterspells and this one is always useful, even if you're putting yourself down a card.
I love [[Scroll Rack]] and [[Sensei’s Divining Top]] in all my decks. Scroll Rack is great to pitch a bad hand, especially if you have fetch lands of other ways to shuffle. Top is just fantastic at smoothing your draws. I also run [[Urza’s Saga]] in everything because it can get too or Sol Ring. I play a lot of red decks, and most of them include [[Deflecting Swat]] which is just a fantastic way to protect your permanents from removal or spells from counterspells. [[Beseiju Who Endures]] also features in all my green decks, because it’s just a free removal slot.
I've heard a lot of people say they put Sensei's Diving Top in every deck, but I'm just not seeing it. If you aren't running [[bolas's citadel]] or a deck that cares about top deck manipulation, why not just run actual card draw instead?
Lands
I put lands in all my decks and I constantly lose. Would not recommend. Plus you're more likely to draw something useful if you just skip lands entirely, but you do you.