Ranking Every Battlecruiser Card (8 CMC+) with EDHREC – Part 18: Commander Legends Also Has Jank

Too-Specific Top 10 - One for One

<h6 style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kodama of the East Tree" href="#" target="_blank">Kodama of the East Tree</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://www.daarken.com/">Daarken</a>)</span></h6>
<p><span style="font-size: 24pt;">All the Single Ladies</span></p>
<p>Hello, and welcome to <em>Power Sink</em>, the article series where we take the commanders with abilities and strategies that tend to get singled out and we show everyone they aren't so one-dimensional. This time we're discussing a spicy number from <em>Commander Legends</em>: <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Kodama of the East Tree" href="#" target="_blank">Kodama of the East Tree</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Kodama of the East Tree"></div></div>
<p>Kodama boasts the powerful ability to put permanents into play from your hand whenever another permanent of equal or greater value enters your battlefield. Cheating mana costs is a powerful ability, but the way Kodama does it is on a whole other level. Because it cares about permanents entering the battlefield, you get the effect if you blink or reanimate something in addition to casting. Lands and tokens will also set off Kodama's ability, and while those tend to have zero mana value, you can still put lands into play, making Kodama a powerful ramp engine. Since the card you're cheating in isn't cast, it makes half the permanents you play uncounterable and they can respond to the ability, they won't even know what you're putting down until it's too late. Really, the only thing holding this ability back is your capacity to get mana and cards in hand, but green is well-suited to solve those problems.</p>
<p>Kodama is already a strong card on its own, but you can add whatever color you like to supplement that incredibly powerful ability thanks to it having <em>Partner</em>. It shows up as the co-chair of 4,601 decks on EDHREC. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sakashima of a Thousand Faces" href="#" target="_blank">Sakashima of a Thousand Faces</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is the most popular pairing, at 856 decks. Simic is already a famously powerful color identity, and this <em>Partner</em> combination creates a powerful synergy. Once you have a clone of Kodama, the permanent entering from one Kodama will trigger the other, creating a feedback loop and likely empty your hand. This can generate infinite mana with a bounce land, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Simic Growth Chamber" href="#" target="_blank">Simic Growth Chamber</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, or draw through your deck with something that draws cards when it enters the battlefield, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Keruga, the Macrosage" href="#" target="_blank">Keruga, the Macrosage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sakashima of a Thousand Faces"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tymna the Weaver"></div></div>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith" href="#" target="_blank">Toggo, Goblin Weaponsmith</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is another common <em>Partner</em> for Kodama, at 748 decks. This pairing makes an explosive <em>Landfall</em> deck. The Rock token that Toggo makes will trigger Kodama, allowing you to put out another land, making another Rock. This lets you put out every land in your hand, or if you have <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gruul Turf" href="#" target="_blank">Gruul Turf</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> you can get infinite <em>Landfall</em> triggers for cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tunneling Geopede" href="#" target="_blank">Tunneling Geopede</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tireless Provisioner" href="#" target="_blank">Tireless Provisioner</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>Kodama's third most popular <em>Partner</em> is <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tymna the Weaver" href="#" target="_blank">Tymna the Weaver</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, which tends to be a hate bears deck where Kodama's ability to cheat in permanents is excellent for breaking parity with cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rule of Law" href="#" target="_blank">Rule of Law</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archon of Emeria" href="#" target="_blank">Archon of Emeria</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>With so many <em>Partner</em> options, what are we doing to tone down this singularly strong legend? We're going to ask the same question Ann Wilson of the band <em>Heart </em>has been asking since 1987 and that I ask when I feel compelled to belt out the greatest hits of the 1980s in the shower: How do I get you alone?</p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">How Do I Get You Alone?</span></p>
<p>Though in this case it's more like how do I get you a clone? We're going to eschew giving Kodama a <em>Partner</em> while trying to recreate the effects we can get from having Sakashima with a bunch of clones. Of course, this is less powerful and consistent than having the effect in the command zone and adding a second color, but that's what we do here on <em>Power Sink</em>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="How Do I Get You a Clone" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*1 Kodama of the East Tree
[/Commander]
[Artifacts]
*1 Blade of Selves
*1 Dollhouse of Horrors
*1 Echo Chamber
*1 Esika&#039;s Chariot
*1 God-Pharaoh&#039;s Gift
*1 Helm of the Host
*1 Lithoform Engine
*1 Mimic Vat
*1 Minion Reflector
*1 Mirage Mirror
*1 Mirror Box
*1 Mirror Gallery
*1 Sol Ring
*1 Soul Foundry
[/Artifacts]
[Sorceries]
*1 Bala Ged Recovery
*1 Collective Unconscious
*1 Cultivate
*1 Full Flowering
*1 Harmonize
*1 Kodama&#039;s Reach
*1 Nissa&#039;s Pilgrimage
*1 Rishkar&#039;s Expertise
*1 Skyshroud Claim
*1 Three Visits
[/Sorceries]
[Lands]
*1 Bonders&#039; Enclave
*1 Buried Ruin
*1 Command Beacon
*1 Cryptic Caves
*1 Crystal Vein
*1 Field of Ruin
*25 Forest
*1 Guildless Commons
*1 High Market
*1 Mirrorpool
*1 Myriad Landscape
*1 Scavenger Grounds
*1 Tectonic Edge
[/Lands]
[Creatures]
*1 Acidic Slime
*1 Aeve, Progenitor Ooze
*1 Beast Whisperer
*1 Biogenic Ooze
*1 Biowaste Blob
*1 Bramble Sovereign
*1 Diligent Farmhand
*1 Garruk&#039;s Packleader
*1 Greenwarden of Murasa
*1 Llanowar Visionary
*1 Mitotic Slime
*1 Pathbreaker Ibex
*1 Psychosis Crawler
*1 Reclamation Sage
*1 Regal Behemoth
*1 Regal Force
*1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
*1 Selesnya Eulogist
*1 Splitting Slime
*1 Temur Sabertooth
*1 Timeless Witness
*1 Wild Beastmaster
*1 Wood Elves
[/Creatures]
[Instants]
*1 Beast Within
*1 Deglamer
*1 Heroic Intervention
*1 Ram Through
*1 Return of the Wildspeaker
*1 Second Harvest
*1 Unravel the Aether
[/Instants]
[Enchantments]
*1 Dual Nature
*1 Elemental Bond
*1 Evolutionary Leap
*1 Garruk&#039;s Uprising
*1 Greater Good
*1 Vernal Bloom
*1 Wild Growth
*1 Wolfwillow Haven
[/Enchantments]"></span></div>

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<p>While we won't have Sakashima in the command zone, we still have a few ways to ignore the legend rule. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror Gallery" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror Gallery</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has no extra frills, but it'll get the job done. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirror Box" href="#" target="_blank">Mirror Box</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has the added benefit of providing an anthem for some of our creatures. Finally, we can attach <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Helm of the Host" href="#" target="_blank">Helm of the Host</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to Kodama to start making nonlegendary copies of it, or we can make copies of any other creature we want to attach it to.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mirror Gallery"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mirror Box"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Helm of the Host"></div></div>
<p>Speaking of making copies, it turns out there are a fair number of ways in green and artifacts to copy creatures, though they aren't as flexible or efficient as the effects in blue. Keep in mind our token copies will have a mana value and will let us drop a similarly costed permanent with our commander's ability. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dual Nature" href="#" target="_blank">Dual Nature</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> creates a token copy of any creature that enters the battlefield, though that will also work for our opponents. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Minion Reflector" href="#" target="_blank">Minion Reflector</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can make us temporary hasty copies of a creature entering the battlefield, which can be good for attacks or getting more out of an ETB effect, while <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bramble Sovereign" href="#" target="_blank">Bramble Sovereign</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> makes us a permanent token. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blade of Selves" href="#" target="_blank">Blade of Selves</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mirrorpool" href="#" target="_blank">Mirrorpool</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> allow us to make copies of a creature already on the battlefield, while we can copy something on the stack with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Lithoform Engine" href="#" target="_blank">Lithoform Engine</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or from our hand with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Soul Foundry" href="#" target="_blank">Soul Foundry</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dual Nature"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mirrorpool"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lithoform Engine"></div></div>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mimic Vat" href="#" target="_blank">Mimic Vat</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Echo Chamber" href="#" target="_blank">Echo Chamber</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> give us some ability to copy our opponents' creatures, though we won't have an easy time getting exactly what we want from them. We can make also make token copies of creatures in our graveyard by exiling them with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dollhouse of Horrors" href="#" target="_blank">Dollhouse of Horrors</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="God-Pharaoh&#039;s Gift" href="#" target="_blank">God-Pharaoh&#039;s Gift</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. This serves as a way to circumvent commander tax if Kodama happens to die and is the simplest way for us to clone Kodama if we've managed to negate the legend rule. Once we've managed to make a few creature token copies, we can use <em>Populate</em> effects, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Selesnya Eulogist" href="#" target="_blank">Selesnya Eulogist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Second Harvest" href="#" target="_blank">Second Harvest</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Esika&#039;s Chariot" href="#" target="_blank">Esika&#039;s Chariot</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, to add to our clone army.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Echo Chamber"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="God-Pharaoh&#039;s Gift"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Second Harvest"></div></div>
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<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;">One Way or Another</span></p>
<p>Making multiple Kodama's in mono-green is quite an achievement, but it's to likely to win the game. To that end we have some other cards to help us take down the pod. It turns out Oozes are pretty good at making copies of themselves, and quite a few are self-contained tribal engines, which not only fits our theme, but it's extremely helpful when we're dedicating so many slots to clone effects. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Biowaste Blob" href="#" target="_blank">Biowaste Blob</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a powerful self-cloning engine in this deck. Not only does it generate a lot of power over time, but we're looking at getting multiple free four-drops off of our commander's ability every turn. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Splitting Slime" href="#" target="_blank">Splitting Slime</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> works along similar lines, though it's mana-intensive. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mitotic Slime" href="#" target="_blank">Mitotic Slime</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> along with the sacrifice outlets in the deck can flood the board with Ooze tokens, and if we do that, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Biogenic Ooze" href="#" target="_blank">Biogenic Ooze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> will make them giant. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Acidic Slime" href="#" target="_blank">Acidic Slime</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is past its prime as a format staple, but works wonderfully with our cloning apparatus.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Biowaste Blob"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mitotic Slime"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Biogenic Ooze"></div></div>
<p>Big stompy creatures are is what green does best and there's no reason for us not to make use of that somewhat. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pathbreaker Ibex" href="#" target="_blank">Pathbreaker Ibex</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a prolific card in the format, showing up in 10,926 decks on EDHREC. Normally I like to use something more obscure, but this can get out of hand if we can make multiple copies. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wild Beastmaster" href="#" target="_blank">Wild Beastmaster</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is similar although we may have to get trample from other sources like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Garruk&#039;s Uprising" href="#" target="_blank">Garruk&#039;s Uprising</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. If combat isn't an option, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Psychosis Crawler" href="#" target="_blank">Psychosis Crawler</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> lets us leverage the powerful card draw effects, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Collective Unconscious" href="#" target="_blank">Collective Unconscious</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Regal Force" href="#" target="_blank">Regal Force</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, into life loss.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Pathbreaker Ibex"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Wild Beastmaster"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Psychosis Crawler"></div></div>
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<h1><span style="font-size: 18pt;">Another One Bites the Dust</span></h1>
<p>If I'm being honest, this is far from my favorite brew I've put forth for this series. It's a lot of work to make even the limited clones than you can in mono-green, and I could have a decent <em>Power Sink</em> deck with adding any other blue <em>Partner</em> commander, such as <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Esior, Wardwing Familiar" href="#" target="_blank">Esior, Wardwing Familiar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, but I was stubborn and wanted to stick with a mono-green deck. That said, I think even a brew that I might consider a failure has value. Sometimes a theory craft can help you with other decks, you might consider cards and ideas you wouldn't. Even if I don't build this deck, I think the exploration of how to make copies of creatures outside blue and possibly red decks is useful in future deckbuilding. Maybe I might want to try monowhite clones someday, or maybe the cards I found might be perfect for a commander that is yet to be released.</p>
<p>TL:DR, it's okay to fail and I would love to hear about your deck ideas that didn't quite make it in the comments, especially if it contributed to a brew later down the line.</p>


Power Sink- Kodama, The Loneliest Number

Pieces of the Puzzle - Cormela, Glamour Thief

<h2 style="text-align: center;">And faintly bouncing 'round the room</h2>
<p>Welcome to <em>Superior Numbers,</em> where I try to do numerical analysis on cards and deckbuilding trends using a little bit of math.</p>
<p>Alright, let's talk about bounce lands. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Boros Garrison" href="#" target="_blank">Boros Garrison</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Karoo" href="#" target="_blank">Karoo</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, we all know these. In fact, I hypothesize that perhaps you stopped running them in your decks as you, what's the phrase, "got gud". I mean, sure, once up on a time they were fine. After all, they come in all the precons, and the price is certainly right. But then you got burned by them one too many times: you kept a two-lander and a rock, thinking you'd have three mana for turn three - except that bounce on turn 2 comes in tapped, preventing you from playing that Talisman until turn 3, and unless you played a 1-drop, you now have 8 cards in hand, and have to discard.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Coral Atoll"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Golgari Rot Farm"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Guildless Commons"></div></div>
<p>On top of that, we seemingly get a new cycle of excellent dual lands every year that don't come into play tapped. Something had to give, and bounce lands made for an easy cut (unless you're me, in which case, you probably cut basic lands). As of March 31, 2022, there were zero bounce lands cracking the top 50 lands added to decks in the last week, and zero bounce lands made it into the top 50 lands added to decks in the last two years. [/el]The World Tree[/el], which is only legal in five-color decks, gets added to more lists than the five most popular <em>Ravnica</em> bounce lands combined.</p>
<p>So those are all the reasons a lot of people stopped running bounces, and now I'm going to tell you why it's maybe worth at least considering slotting them back into decks.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mana Drain"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Golgari Grave-Troll"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Temur Sabertooth"></div></div>
<p>After all, <em>Magic</em> is full of stories about perceived negatives that turned into a positive for one reason or another. Lost any life to mana burn off a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Drain" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Drain</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> lately? I didn't think so. The mana you get from that card might be more valuable than the actual counterspell portion; I've used it to counter spells I didn't care about just to enable a big turn, and I've probably done that more often than I've used it just because I needed to stop someone from casting a nasty spell.</p>
<p>Here's another downside-turned-upside example: <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Golgari Grave-Troll" href="#" target="_blank">Golgari Grave-Troll</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> using <em>Dredge 6 </em>to toss cards to your 'yard was supposed to be a downside, but it's become so much the opposite of a downside that it's banned in Modern and restricted in Vintage. The 'punishment' portion of that card flat-out wins games in those formats.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Temur Sabertooth" href="#" target="_blank">Temur Sabertooth</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is in 27,865 decks, and none of those decks use it for its ability to become indestructible. The cost of bouncing a creature to your hand to <em>activate</em> the ability is actually the appeal; people pay 1G just to bounce a thing and recast it. I've seen more than one person actually forget the ability adds indestructible because they're so focused on the bounce.</p>
<p>The same is true here with bounce lands. We're nearing the point where the downside of the bounce lands, well, bouncing a land to your hand, is perhaps almost an <em>upside,</em> because it lets you reset or reuse other lands in your deck. That's always been possible, of course, but we've recently reached a density of lands worth re-using that it might be time to start looking at bounces just as a re-enabler.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">The echo of whomever spoke</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Dakmor Salvage"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Llanowar Reborn"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Tolaria West"></div></div>
<p><em>Future Sight</em> gave us our first real land cycle worth bouncing. All these lands enter tapped, but each also has some added utility stapled onto each card.</p>
<p>In the case of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Llanowar Reborn" href="#" target="_blank">Llanowar Reborn</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, it comes with the <em>Graft</em> ability, allowing you to move a +1/+1 counter from the land to a creature that comes into play. Currently in 9,283 decks on EDHREC, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Llanowar Reborn" href="#" target="_blank">Llanowar Reborn</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is found primarily in decks with a +1/+1 counter theme of some sort.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tolaria West" href="#" target="_blank">Tolaria West</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> doesn't have an ability that can be used once in play, but instead has the keyword <em>Transmute </em>that allows you to use it as a pseudo-spell instead of playing it as a land. In this case, instead of being able to use the ability twice by bouncing it, like with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Llanowar Reborn" href="#" target="_blank">Llanowar Reborn</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, you have the option to use it as a land early, then later on when you need it less return it to your hand to search up a more powerful land, or something like a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Crypt" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Crypt</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Currently <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tolaria West" href="#" target="_blank">Tolaria West</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> appears in over 12,000 decks.</p>
<p>Similarly, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dakmor Salvage" href="#" target="_blank">Dakmor Salvage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has an ability that can be used in lieu of playing it as a land, but this time the ability works from the graveyard. Of the lands from the cycle, this is the most popular, showing up in nearly 15,000 decks in our database.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">And I awoke, and faintly bouncing 'round the room</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mosswort Bridge"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Spinerock Knoll"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Windbrisk Heights"></div></div>
<p>The next time we saw a sequence of lands with reusable abilities was when <em>Lorwyn</em> gave us the <em>Hideaway</em> land cycle. They don't all work well in Commander, but <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mosswort Bridge" href="#" target="_blank">Mosswort Bridge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> (47,420 decks), Spinerock Knoll (21,094 decks), and Windbrisk Heights (14,553 decks) all see a not-insignificant amount of play. Play your land tapped, and as a cost for the tempo hit, you get to play the exiled card for free at some point down the road once the conditions are met. They aren't all amazing, but there's a good bit of value to be had in them, especially <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mosswort Bridge" href="#" target="_blank">Mosswort Bridge</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in any deck with swole, expensive-to-cast creatures. There's a lot of value to be had by dropping a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Giant Adephage" href="#" target="_blank">Giant Adephage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nyxbloom Ancient" href="#" target="_blank">Nyxbloom Ancient</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> from beneath your <em>Hideaway.</em></p>
<p>So how do bounce lands factor in here? Same as with the <em>Future Sight</em> cycle: they're a way to re-use the <em>Hideaway</em> and get another card worth of value for what winds up functionally being GG, RR or WW (activation cost, plus the cost of the land not being tapped for mana).</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">And hear the sweet sound bouncing 'round</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Bojuka Bog"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Halimar Depths"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Khalni Garden"></div></div>
<p>Flash forward a couple of years and we make our first trip to Zendikar, a plane that has had a 'lands matter' theme every time we've visited it.</p>
<p><em>Zendikar</em> gave us a cycle of common lands that come into play tapped and immediately fire off a spell-like effect. The real stars here, though, were in the second set, <em>Worldwake</em>. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bojuka Bog" href="#" target="_blank">Bojuka Bog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is the most well-known of this cycle, with a home in an astounding 161,921 decks, but <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Halimar Depths" href="#" target="_blank">Halimar Depths</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> also sees a respectable amount of play, slotting into another 29,732 blue builds. Another 10,011 decks are running <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Khalni Garden" href="#" target="_blank">Khalni Garden</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, a green land in the cycle that makes a 0/1 Plant token when it enters play.</p>
<p>Additional Zendikar expansions also featured lands with spell-like ETB abilities, but none achieved the popularity of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bojuka Bog" href="#" target="_blank">Bojuka Bog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Halimar Depths" href="#" target="_blank">Halimar Depths</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Still, they do see some play; most notably, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mortuary Mire" href="#" target="_blank">Mortuary Mire</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>'s slotting in just over 20,000 lists in our database.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Then before and now once more</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mystic Sanctuary"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Witch&#039;s Cottage"></div></div>
<p>More recently, <em>Throne of Eldraine</em> saw a cycle of common lands with very Zendikar-esque enter-the-battlefield effects. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mystic Sanctuary" href="#" target="_blank">Mystic Sanctuary</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in particular is so strong that it ate a ban in Modern and still sees play in Legacy and Vintage. It also populates an eye-popping 86,783 decks in the EDHREC database.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Witch&#039;s Cottage" href="#" target="_blank">Witch&#039;s Cottage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has also found a slot in 24,841 different Commander decks as a one-off budget <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Volrath&#039;s Stronghold" href="#" target="_blank">Volrath&#039;s Stronghold</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, letting you recur a body to the top of your library where you can draw it or manipulate it into play with something like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign" href="#" target="_blank">Yennett, Cryptic Sovereign</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<p>Again, the bounce lands here function to get you a second use out of lands that already have a powerful first use.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">I'm bouncing 'round the room</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Bala Ged Recovery"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Malakir Rebirth"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Valakut Awakening"></div></div>
<p>Back to Zendikar we go, and this time the <em>Zendikar Rising</em> expansion introduced us to a new land type, the Modal Double-Faced Cards, or MDFCs for short. These are cards with a spell on one side and a land on the othe, allowing you to choose which you want when you play it. Need green mana early? You can drop that <span class="edhrecp__link only-back"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bala Ged Sanctuary" href="#" target="_blank">Bala Ged Sanctuary</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as a land that comes into play tapped but makes green mana. Need to get that bomb artifact back from your yard once late game rolls around? You can spring that <span class="edhrecp__link only-back"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bala Ged Sanctuary" href="#" target="_blank">Bala Ged Sanctuary</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> back to your hand with your bounce land, then cast it as <span class="edhrecp__link only-front"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bala Ged Recovery" href="#" target="_blank">Bala Ged Recovery</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> for the same mana value as an <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Eternal Witness" href="#" target="_blank">Eternal Witness</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">That time then and once again</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Boseiju, Who Endures"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Otawara, Soaring City"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Takenuma, Abandoned Mire"></div></div>
<p>Finally, January saw the release of the busted <em>Channel</em> lands from <em>Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty</em>. They have nearly zero opportunity cost in EDH, not even coming into play tapped like previous spell lands, and are already filling up decks in the database. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Boseiju, Who Endures" href="#" target="_blank">Boseiju, Who Endures</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is already in over 11,000 decks at time of writing, even despite currently sitting at $35, but all five see a decent amount of play.</p>
<p>Again, it's a cycle that you can play early when you need the land drop, and have the option to bounce back to hand with a bounce land and channel when needed in the mid to late game.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">I'm bouncing 'round the room</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Darkbore Pathway"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Exploration"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Secluded Steppe"></div></div>
<p>Those are just the more obvious, common uses. There are a lot more fringe or esoteric situations out there as well, where the downside of a bounce land can be seen as an upside.</p>
<p>Ever play a MDFC dual land early and later wish you had chosen the other side? A bounce lets you reset the land to the currently more optimal choice. It lets you bring a <em>Cycling</em> land back for a desperate draw, and in a <em>Landfall</em>-type deck where you might not have enough cards in hand it lets you take full advantage of your available extra drops.</p>
<p>There are also situations where with multiple land drops you could use something like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx" href="#" target="_blank">Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Serra&#039;s Sanctum" href="#" target="_blank">Serra&#039;s Sanctum</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> for some large amount of mana, bounce it to hand, then play it again to tap again.</p>
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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Let's Bounce</h2>
<p>The question here then becomes whether we've hit the point where the density of reusable lands is such that you can consistently use the downside of a bounce land as an upside. I don't know for 100% certain, but for me personally, it's getting close. I'm consistently running both available <em>Channel </em>lands from <em>Neon Dynasty</em> in most of my two-color decks, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bojuka Bog" href="#" target="_blank">Bojuka Bog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in anything black, and at least one or two MDFC spells/lands in most decks, and that makes bounce lands <em>really </em>appealing. If you're someone using more MDFC cards than me, there's a good chance you're already across that threshold. Heck, if you're playing reanimator, maybe you even view the bounce land's 8-card-discard-on-turn-2 as an upside, too!</p>
<p>I'd love to hear back, though, if you think your lists have hit the amount of lands to make these using. This is very much an art and not a science, so I'm curious to hear what "feels" right to justify their inclusion.</p>
<p>Thanks for reading, and, as always, may your numbers be superior.</p>


Superior Numbers - Let's Bounce!

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Too-Specific Top 10 - Tokens, Activate!

Reconstruct History — Treasures, Pt. 1

<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gadwick, the Wizened" href="#" target="_blank">Gadwick, the Wizened</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="http://www.colinboyer.com/">Colin Boyer</a>)</h6>
<h1>Epic Preparations</h1>
<p>Hello, EDHREC fans! I’m Bernardo, and this is <em>Epic Experiment</em>, a series where we throw all common sense aside and experiment with some unusual strategies, changing how we normally build our deck. Is it going to work? Who knows?! We’re making science here. When you’re an Izzet mage, blowing things up is half the fun.</p>
<p>Let's take a look at <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gadwick, the Wizened" href="#" target="_blank">Gadwick, the Wizened</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gadwick, the Wizened"></div></div>
<p>Gadwick is a powerful commander. It has a strong ETB and has a triggered ability that can be quite useful, and both of these effects give Gadwick that "damned if you do, damned if you don't" quality that's often seen on some of the most powerful commanders out there. This combination of effects also covers one of the biggest downsides of playing an X-cost commander, namely the cost of actually playing it; an ever-increasing mana cost means we'll draw fewer cards from Gadwick's first ability, but that second ability puts in enough work that we don't feel like we're losing value even if we cast Gadwick without drawing any cards at all.</p>
<p>However, Gadwick does have a deckbuilding cost attached to him. Running a large suite of cheap blue cantrips is an absolute must for us to continually tap our opponents' creatures, and this deckbuilding 'restriction' eats away a decent chunk of space in the 99, which makes it harder to build around various deck archetypes. Another awkward thing about his triggered ability is the necessity of instant-speed cards to play defensively (which is arguably the best way to use it), which limits some deck archetypes even further.</p>
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<h2>Epic Ingredients</h2>
<p>Commanders with a strong ETB are a bit of an all-or-nothing proposition. On the one hand, having a good ETB effect can be oppressive in EDH games, because it causes the deck to bend toward blink effects, and when the ETB effect is too good, we end up with a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Golos, Tireless Pilgrim" href="#" target="_blank">Golos, Tireless Pilgrim</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> situation. On the other hand, some ETB effects are a bit lackluster and don't pack that much of a punch. Gadwick's ETB is very powerful, but it definitely falls into the second camp, because we can't blink or flicker him to re-trigger that effect. We only get that payoff when he's cast.</p>
<p>So how can we give Gadwick a fresh new spin?</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Moon-Circuit Hacker"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Mistblade Shinobi"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Prosperous Thief"></div></div>
<p>With the new <em>Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty </em>set, we now have a solid 12 mono-blue <em>Ninjustsu</em> creatures, which are surprisingly great with Gadwick's kit. Hear me out: while Gadwick is out, every blue spell we cast can tap a potential blocker, making it easier for us to use <em>Ninjutsu. </em>We exchange Gadwick for a Ninja, returning him to our hand, and next turn we can cast our commander again to draw a bunch more cards! This is a <em>very</em> powerful engine once it starts rolling.</p>
<p>The mono-blue Ninja suite is surprisingly good, too, providing solid little perks like card draw and mana acceleration. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Prosperous Thief" href="#" target="_blank">Prosperous Thief</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a powerful mana-ramping tool that can get pretty out of control with cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sakashima&#039;s Student" href="#" target="_blank">Sakashima&#039;s Student</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mist-Syndicate Naga" href="#" target="_blank">Mist-Syndicate Naga</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ninja of the Deep Hours" href="#" target="_blank">Ninja of the Deep Hours</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>,<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Moon-Circuit Hacker" href="#" target="_blank">Moon-Circuit Hacker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Higure, the Still Wind" href="#" target="_blank">Higure, the Still Wind</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are extra ways to draw cards, which Gadwick mostly has covered already, but it's still a nice upside. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mistblade Shinobi" href="#" target="_blank">Mistblade Shinobi</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Moonsnare Specialist" href="#" target="_blank">Moonsnare Specialist</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are tempo-focused removal, which might help us maintain a board state where we can slip our threats through.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Caged Sun"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Icebreaker Kraken"></div></div>
<p>Since we're already trying to pay lots of mana for our commander, why don't we fill out the rest of the 99 with a 'hyper-mana' type of strategy? Cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gauntlet of Power" href="#" target="_blank">Gauntlet of Power</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Caged Sun" href="#" target="_blank">Caged Sun</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Extraplanar Lens" href="#" target="_blank">Extraplanar Lens</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> allow us to generate a lot of mana with our lands, allowing Gadwick to draw us even more cards and find even more mana-doublers! <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant" href="#" target="_blank">Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a powerful new addition that not only helps us accelerate in a way that wasn't possible before, but it also provides a solid defense while doing so. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger" href="#" target="_blank">Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a powerful clock that immediately exiles two problematic permanents. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Icebreaker Kraken" href="#" target="_blank">Icebreaker Kraken</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> helps us lock down our opponents' boards.</p>
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<h2>The Mixture</h2>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Gadwick Ninjutsu" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
*Gadwick, the Wizened
[/Commander]
[Creature]
*Thousand-Faced Shadow
*Moon-Circuit Hacker
*Covert Technician
*Mist-Syndicate Naga
*Mistblade Shinobi
*Pilgrim&#039;s Eye
*Prosperous Thief
*Treasure Mage
*Trinket Mage
*Walker of Secret Ways
*Archaeomancer
*Moonblade Shinobi
*Moonsnare Specialist
*Ninja of the Deep Hours
*Sakashima&#039;s Student
*Solemn Simulacrum
*Higure, the Still Wind
*Consecrated Sphinx
*Duplicant
*Agent of Treachery
*Hullbreaker Horror
*Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant
*Meteor Golem
*Jin-Gitaxias, Core Augur
*Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
*Icebreaker Kraken
[/Creature]
[Artifact]
*Everflowing Chalice
*Relic of Progetnus
*Sol Ring
*Fellwar Stone
*Isochron Scepter
*Mind Stone
*Thought Vessel
*Extraplanar Lens
*Hedron Archive
*Panharmonicon
*Gauntlet of Power
*Caged Sun
[/Artifact]
[Enchantment]
*Verity Circle
*Dismiss into Dream
[/Enchantment]
[Instant]
*Consider
*Hightide
*Leap
*Opt
*Pongify
*Rapid Hybridization
*Shadow Rift
*Wash Away
*Arcane Denial
*Counterspell
*Cyclonic Rift
*Deliberate
*Negate
*Reality Shift
*Oona&#039;s Grace
[/Instant]
[Sorcery]
*Cloak of Feathers
*Ponder
*Preordain
*Serum Visions
*Slip Through Space
[/Sorcery]
[Land]
*Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
*Ghost Quarter
*Tectonic Edge
*36 Island
[/Land]"></span></div>

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<p>Aside from having our commander as a target for the <em>Ninjutsu</em> creatures, we have a few good ETB creatures we can bounce back to hand, too. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Pilgrim&#039;s Eye" href="#" target="_blank">Pilgrim&#039;s Eye</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Solemn Simulacrum" href="#" target="_blank">Solemn Simulacrum</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> are terrific <em>Ninjutsu </em>targets to recast over and over, especially in a deck that wants every land drop it can get, to use for all those mana-doublers. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Treasure Mage" href="#" target="_blank">Treasure Mage</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> allows us to find <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Caged Sun" href="#" target="_blank">Caged Sun</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> (among other goodies), which can accelerate our gameplan if it sticks. Attacking with Ulamog and then getting it back into our hand to cast it again has got to be one of the most memorable plays of the night! <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Agent of Treachery" href="#" target="_blank">Agent of Treachery</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> can become quite the headache if we get to the point of triggering its end-of-turn ability.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Pilgrim&#039;s Eye"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Agent of Treachery"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger"></div></div>
<p>To supplement our commander, we're using what I call a "Gadwick suite", which are cards that are mostly there just for our commander, rather than for the other cards in the 99. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Panharmonicon" href="#" target="_blank">Panharmonicon</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is great in any deck with so many powerful ETB abilities, but doubling Gadwick's draw just makes our mana that much more effective. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Hullbreaker Horror" href="#" target="_blank">Hullbreaker Horror</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a really good tempo control card that can effectively act as a second copy of our commander when we need to clear blockers. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Isochron Scepter" href="#" target="_blank">Isochron Scepter</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a reliable way to constantly get trigger our commander's second ability, and if we ever get a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="High Tide" href="#" target="_blank">High Tide</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> under it, it's just crazy.</p>
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<h2>Methodology</h2>
<p>For our opening hand, we're mostly looking to start off with some early spells to trigger our commander and a <em>Ninjutsu</em> creature. Mana rocks are good, but not necessary for an opener, because our mana curve is very unusual in this deck, especially with so many cantrips greasing the wheels.</p>
<p>Our early game is pretty set in stone: on the third turn, we'll cast our commander so that on turn four we can <em>Ninjutsu</em> and whisk our commander out of play. This allows us to untap with five to six mana on turn five, which can be used to cast our commander for more cards, and thus the engine begins.</p>
<p>In the mid-game, we should be looking to get a mana multiplier effect like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Caged Sun" href="#" target="_blank">Caged Sun</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> so that we can start snowballing. By this point, it might be hard to get through multiple blockers, but if we're already established, it's not that big of a deal.</p>
<p>Getting to the late game is usually not a problem; we have a lot of draw power and our top end is quite strong. Additionally, many of our threats are very hard to remove once we stick them in play, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger" href="#" target="_blank">Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or even <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant" href="#" target="_blank">Jin-Gitaxias, Progress Tyrant</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Keep recasting our commander, use it to tap down offenses and defenses, and annihilate enemies with immense and self-protecting threats!</p>
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<div id="mtgh_f554a" class="mtgh">
<h2>Epic Results</h2>
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<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Naru Meha, Master Wizard"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gonti, Lord of Luxury"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Gyruda, Doom of Depths"></div></div>
<p>While this type of big mana is powerful, there might be other shells more suitable for this type of strategy, should you choose to keep experimenting! Going for a more tempo-oriented build might get more mileage out of our smaller creatures, and we can even try building around some tribal synergy. There are a lot of other ETB commanders that might benefit from all these Ninjas, too. For instance, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gyruda, Doom of Depths" href="#" target="_blank">Gyruda, Doom of Depths</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a powerful commander that has the benefit of being just in the right colors for both getting unblockability and having a wider array of <em>Ninjutsu</em> creatures.</p>
<p>That’s it for this <em>Epic Experiment</em>! What do you think of this list? Do you have any questions about the deck? Which cards did you like? Which did you not? Was this Epic Experiment a success? Please let me know in the comments below!</p>


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