<h6 style="text-align: right;">(<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Diabolic Tutor" href="#" target="_blank">Diabolic Tutor</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | <a href="https://www.originalmagicart.store/collections/mark-winters" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mark Winters</a>)</h6>
<p>Each color in <em>Magic</em> has its own strengths and weaknesses. This is one of the first things you learn about the game when you start and is what keeps most people playing for years.</p>
<p>Broadly speaking, you know what a “blue deck” can do and what it can’t. When they have untapped mana, you have to be careful not to get countered. If you have permanents that grow over time, you have to prepare for them to be returned to your hand.</p>
<p>You have to keep an eye on their hand size to ensure they don’t draw their whole deck by turn four. Or mill you out!</p>
<p>Similarly, if someone is playing Boros (red and white), you can expect a board-spanning conflict where they’ll attempt to win with martial superiority. Expect token generation, life gain, equipment, and pinging. All the wonders of white and red brought together.</p>
<p>So what if you threw all that to the wayside and did the exact opposite of what each color lends itself to?</p>
<h2>What Is Playing “Out Of Type?”</h2>
<p>The neat thing about the <em>Magic </em>color pie is that, despite the fact each color has its strengths, it’s rare a mechanic is completely devoid from a color.</p>
<p>For instance, countering is the domain of blue decks. But there are cards in other colors which either counter a card or cause a similar effect. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tibalt’s Trickery" href="#" target="_blank">Tibalt’s Trickery</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is perhaps the most famous (or infamous) of such an example, but there are certainly others.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Lapse of Certainty"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Red Elemental Blast"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Veil of Summer"></div></div><br />
<em>To varying degrees of how strictly it “counters” something</em></p>
<p>Certainly, there aren’t enough non-blue counters to have any other color reasonably claim to be a true competitor. The same is true with life gain in white or mana production in green. Each color has its competencies and its deficiencies.</p>
<p>But isn’t it interesting that other colors can flirt with mechanics normally seen as foreign to them? And does that not necessitate the exploration of such an idea?</p>
<h2>A Quick Disclaimer</h2>
<p>While it certainly wouldn’t be competitive - and I would argue it goes against common wisdom as well - there’s a certain joy to purposefully avoiding the strengths of the color you’re playing. It gives an emphasis to cards that aren’t traditionally given the time of day and completely overhauls how you interact with the game.</p>
<p>While you can certainly play out of type of a multicolored deck, the theme is most clear with a monocolored, which means you’re limiting yourself quite heavily by doing this.</p>
<p>So in order to exemplify how this might work, I wanted to choose what I feel is the most flexible of the colors: black.</p>
<h2>What Black Does Well in <em>Magic</em></h2>
<p>When I think of black in <em>Magic</em>, I think of needless sacrifice.</p>
<p>Your cards? Don’t need them.</p>
<p>Your creatures? Expendable.</p>
<p>Your life? The only one that matters is the last.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Phyrexian Unlife"></div></div><br />
<em>And sometimes the last life doesn’t even matter!</em></p>
<p>But crucially, all of these sacrifices give massive benefits to the one making them. Whether life gain or card draw or token creation, black excels at spending one resource to make another. And then, of course, spending that new resource to create yet another.</p>
<p>That removal also extends to opponents’ boards! Primarily creature removal, but no one excels at clearing a board quite like black.</p>
<p>Other colors might have <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Blasphemous Act" href="#" target="_blank">“damage”</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sunfall" href="#" target="_blank">“board</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Aetherize" href="#" target="_blank">“bounce</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. But it’s black that can do it cheaply, repeatedly, and at scale.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cut Down"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Murder"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Feed the Swarm"></div></div><br />
<em>There are a lot of black removal cards</em></p>
<p>As in, there are so many black creature removal spells that the fact Commander limits cards to a single copy per deck is functionally meaningless.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Smother"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Terror"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Diabolic Edict"></div></div><br />
<em>There are a LOT of black removal cards</em></p>
<h3>Finding Cards</h3>
<p>While I don’t think of this as one of my first associations with black, I would be remiss not to mention its tutors. When it comes to building engines or putting together combos, few colors have the means to actually find what they need like black does.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Grim Tutor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Diabolic Tutor"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cruel Tutor"></div></div><br />
<em>Black literally caused the namesake of “tutors”</em></p>
<p>Further, while red is the home of impulse draw and blue has traditional drawing, black has access to more than tutors. With some surveilling and draw-discard, black can go through its library faster than most colors if not simply choose which cards to acquire.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sinister Starfish"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Seizan, Perverter of Truth"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Asmodeus the Archfiend"></div></div><br />
<em>Black certainly has options</em></p>
<p>It also has fantastic graveyard retrieval, bringing cards back for a second casting. Or, knowing black, out for the first time since it got discarded initially.</p>
<p>This can even extend to opponents’ cards, taking them from the battlefield and turning them against their former master.</p>
<h3>In Summary</h3>
<p>Black decks excel at hurting everyone. They hurt you, they hurt your opponents, they hurt the people temporarily aligning themselves with you.</p>
<p>Life totals are a suggestion, and the graveyard is a second hand. Creatures are a resource to be spent ruthlessly and without consideration.</p>
<h2>But What If…</h2>
<h3>… You Play a Black Deck Where You Jealously Keep Your Permanents Safe?</h3>
<p>Of all the colors, black is the one that plays the most fast and loose with its permanents. And hand. And life.</p>
<p>So to play against type in black, it’s a rather straightforward methodology. Instead of sacrificing your creatures and discarding your hand, minimize the damage dealt to you.</p>
<p>Play a game where more than just the last life matters.</p>
<h3>Protect Your Permanents</h3>
<p>Luckily - and somewhat surprisingly - black excels at this!</p>
<p>While black lacks many keywords such as hexproof in abundance, or protection from colors, it has quite a few ways to protect its creatures.</p>
<div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Offer Immortality"></div></div>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Offer Immortality" href="#" target="_blank">Offer Immortality</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a great demonstration of this on two fronts. The first is the direct indestructibility it grants. While not exceedingly common, black has a fair number of ways to impose temporary protections on its permanents.</p>
<p>But the mindgames start with granting your creatures deathtouch.</p>
<p>Assuming your opponents aren’t running a traditional black deck which sacrifices its creatures readily, they'll often be reluctant to sacrifice their creatures. Sure, a token deck might swarm you or an aggro deck might not have the patience to avoid deathtouch. But in a fair number of cases, opponents will hesitate to attack if they know you can give your creatures deathtouch, which has the pleasant effect of keeping your creatures safe!</p>
<p>And if that doesn’t work, just threaten your opponents. If you set up a series of enchantments to destroy their creatures or bring back yours, suddenly it becomes a lot less appealing to destroy your creatures.</p>
<p>All without having to get your hands dirty.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Grave Betrayal"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Grave Pact"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Not Dead After All"></div></div><br />
<em>Who said black never treated its creatures well?</em></p>
<h3>Environmentally Sustainable Mana Production</h3>
<p>Though it should be mentioned that sacrificing permanents is more of a symptom than the disease. Black decks sacrifice their creatures to achieve an end, whether that be damage, life gain, or mana. So perhaps instead of focusing on protecting your creatures, you focus on overhauling mana production?</p>
<p>The fact that green is the monarch of mana means nothing to the industrious black deck. While you can certainly invest in a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Phyrexian Altar" href="#" target="_blank">Phyrexian Altar</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and commit a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Dark Ritual" href="#" target="_blank">Dark Ritual</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> to sit awash in your ill-gotten currency, those are your creatures!</p>
<p>How cruel could you be to sacrifice them for, what, temporary gains? You aren’t even holding onto mana between phases unless you’ve opted for a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Omnath, Locus of All" href="#" target="_blank">“very</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></p>
<p>Think sustainably! There are means for you to access additional mana that leaves your creatures unharmed.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cabal Coffers"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Cabal Stronghold"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Crypt Ghast"></div></div><br />
<em>It’s incredibly green of you to get so much mana</em></p>
<p>Aside from the somewhat comical adherence to protecting your permanents, leaving your creatures alive and well has the benefits of… having a board full of creatures!</p>
<p>Many of black’s strongest creatures come with a cadre of negatives to offset their positives. Whether <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Carnophage" href="#" target="_blank">“costing</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> on the field or literally causing you to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Archfiend of the Dross" href="#" target="_blank">“lose</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> if not dealt with, black often incentivizes you to cycle through creatures.</p>
<p>Resist the temptation.</p>
<h3>Choke the Stars With Life</h3>
<p>Black has some quite strong <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bloodthirsty Conqueror" href="#" target="_blank">“life</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> often accompanied or preceded by damage dealt, but not always. Aside from the flat benefit of gaining life and reducing your chance of losing the game, black can synergize its life gain with damage dealing in order to have a legitimate win condition from this.</p>
<p>Now, this would involve direct damage which isn’t exactly playing “against” black’s color typing. But hey, we’re doing the best we can with what we got. The goal is to win, so unless you want to play alternative win conditions, this is your best bet!</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Exquisite Blood"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Sanguine Bond"></div></div><br />
<em>A simple spell, yet quite unbreakable</em></p>
<h2>When to Do This</h2>
<p>There are many ways to play <em>Magic</em>, and some are more likely to lead to victory than others. Commander damage, poison counters, alternative win conditions - all are valid and even can be competitive!</p>
<p>This is not one such strategy.</p>
<p>But if you felt you were struggling to connect to black decks or the monotony of the same <a href="https://edhrec.com/top/game-changers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Game Changers</a> was boring you, try to see what you can come up with when you push the bounds of the color pie. You might just find that building a deck out of type shines a whole new light on a color.</p>
<p><div class="edhrecp__cards"><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Exsanguinate"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Creeping Bloodsucker"></div><div class="edhrecp__card-container" name="Nullpriest of Oblivion"></div></div><br />
<em>There’s always another way</em></p>


How to Play Black Differently in EDH

<p>Welcome back to Pure//Simple, the article series that tries to take the mystery out of card choices. Knowing what cards are good in Commander is one of the first steps towards becoming well-versed in the format, but knowing why certain cards are good is even more important.</p>
<p>Sometimes, after building a deck and playing a few games, you find that the deck has some holes that your opponents exploited on their path to victory. So, now you want to make some changes. However, depending on the color(s) you play, you might find yourself beholden to the weaknesses of the deck’s color(s). Of course, some of this is part of the game, as each color has its strengths and weaknesses, it’s part of what makes the game fun. But that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t look for cards to at least make the hole in your gameplan smaller.</p>
<p>To do this, though, you may have to go deep into the Magic cardpool to find the perfect fit. Here are a few suggestions to help you out.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Tithe" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Tithe</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4573" src="http://articles.edhrec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Mana-Tithe.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="469" /></p>
<p>No one expects <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Tithe" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Tithe</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. And even if they say they do, they really don’t. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Tithe" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Tithe</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> has been somewhat of a “joke” in the community, in that when a person has one white mana up, people mention the possibility of that player having a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Tithe" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Tithe</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> ready to stop a game-winning spell out of nowhere, instead of the expected <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Swords to Plowshares" href="#" target="_blank">Swords to Plowshares</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. A well-timed <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Tithe" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Tithe</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a thing of legend. It’s best when it is completely unexpected, so if you’re playing this, you have to make it seem like you don’t. That, or play it in a deck with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Sunforger" href="#" target="_blank">Sunforger</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Homarid Spawning Bed" href="#" target="_blank">Homarid Spawning Bed</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4572" src="http://articles.edhrec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Homarid-Spawning-Bed.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="469" /></p>
<p>Nothing about this card screams “blue”. If anything, this card should be black, green or possibly red. But wow, is this versatile in blue creature decks. Usually, blue has no real way of “going wide”, essentially being able to attack with a large swarm of creatures, besides a large <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Chasm Skulker" href="#" target="_blank">Chasm Skulker</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> dying. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Homarid Spawning Bed" href="#" target="_blank">Homarid Spawning Bed</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> makes it so you can have a large board if you need it. Making creature tokens is very useful in Commander since they can help stall the game, make it hard to attack you, are useful for when you need to ensure those last points of damage get in, and are awesome with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Skullclamp" href="#" target="_blank">Skullclamp</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. Plus, you never have to worry about losing your biggest creatures, since you can just cash them in for tokens when someone points a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Swords to Plowshares" href="#" target="_blank">Swords to Plowshares</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> your way.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gate to Phyrexia" href="#" target="_blank">Gate to Phyrexia</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4569" src="http://articles.edhrec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Gate-to-Phyrexia.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="469" /></p>
<p>There are two things that black has problems dealing with - artifacts and enchantments. For the most part, black has to resort to colorless options like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Oblivion Stone" href="#" target="_blank">Oblivion Stone</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="All is Dust" href="#" target="_blank">All is Dust</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. But, a card from way back in the early days of the game, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gate to Phyrexia" href="#" target="_blank">Gate to Phyrexia</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, helps get rid of pesky artifacts each turn. Of course, you’ll need some expendable creatures to get the most out of this enchantment. Lucky for you, black has plenty of great options like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Reassembling Skeleton" href="#" target="_blank">Reassembling Skeleton</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> and <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Bloodghast" href="#" target="_blank">Bloodghast</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glacial Crevasses" href="#" target="_blank">Glacial Crevasses</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4570" src="http://articles.edhrec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Glacial-Crevasses.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="469" /></p>
<p>If there’s one thing red loves to do, it’s attack, attack, attack. So, since when did red want to stop others from doing the same? Welcome to the infancy of Magic, where the color pie wasn’t well established. Of course, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glacial Crevasses" href="#" target="_blank">Glacial Crevasses</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> does a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fog" href="#" target="_blank">Fog</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> effect in a very red way, requiring you to sacrifice lands to do so, but it’s still something that red normally can’t do. Best thing about this card is that you can stick it on the board and it makes opponents wary of attacking you in the first place, since they know you can do that at any time. It’s also a great political card since you can help out an opponent potentially taking some damage, for something in your favor.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Song of the Dryads" href="#" target="_blank">Song of the Dryads</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
<p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-4575" src="http://articles.edhrec.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Song-of-the-Dryads.jpg" alt="" width="336" height="469" /></p>
<p>Mark Rosewater, the head designer of Magic, and the de facto face of the game, has said, on record, that <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Song of the Dryads" href="#" target="_blank">Song of the Dryads</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is outside of green’s range. That’s how you know it might be good. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Song of the Dryads" href="#" target="_blank">Song of the Dryads</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> does not disappoint. Similar to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Beast Within" href="#" target="_blank">Beast Within</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, a card that itself is close to the edge of green’s slice of the pie, Song deals with just about everything you can imagine, from planeswalkers to lands. Nothing besides instants and sorceries are outside Song’s range. One of the best things about Song is that you can easily shut down an opponent’s commander in a way that doesn’t allow them to simply recast the creature. It just sits there being a tree forever.</p>
<p>In fact, I use <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Song of the Dryads" href="#" target="_blank">Song of the Dryads</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> as a key piece of removal in my mono-green spells deck. I built this deck with a simple restriction: I could not play any creatures (outside the commander) and all the non-land cards needed to have green mana symbols. With a restriction like that, it's almost required to find cards outside the pie.</p>
<h3>The Action</h3>
<div class="edhrecp__deck mtgh"><span class="edhrecp__deck-s" name="Mono-Green Spells" site="edhrec" archidekt_link="" cards="[Commander]
Omnath, Locus of Mana
[/Commander]
[Instants]
*1 Arachnogenesis
*1 Beast Attack
*1 Beast Within
*1 Berserk
*1 Druid&#039;s Deliverance
*1 Heroic Intervention
*1 Hunting Pack
*1 Krosan Grip
*1 Momentous Fall
*1 Return to the Earth
*1 Second Harvest
*1 Sprout Swarm
*1 Squall Line
[/Instants]
[Sorceries]
*1 Beacon of Creation
*1 Bestial Menace
*1 Call of the Herd
*1 Crush of Wurms
*1 Ezuri&#039;s Predation
*1 Fungal Sprouting
*1 Grizzly Fate
*1 Howl of the Night Pack
*1 Hurricane
*1 Into the North
*1 Monstrous Onslaught
*1 Nature&#039;s Lore
*1 Nature&#039;s Way
*1 Nissa&#039;s Pilgrimage
*1 One Dozen Eyes
*1 Overrun
*1 Overwhelming Stampede
*1 Rishkar&#039;s Expertise
*1 Roar of the Wurm
*1 Saproling Symbiosis
*1 Seasons Past
*1 Selvala&#039;s Charge
*1 Shamanic Revelation
*1 Sylvan Offering
*1 The Great Aurora
*1 Triumph of the Hordes
*1 Waiting in the Weeds
*1 Wildest Dreams
[/Sorceries]
[Enchantments]
*1 Cryptolith Rite
*1 Doubling Season
*1 Earthcraft
*1 Lignify
*1 Mana Reflection
*1 Mirri&#039;s Guile
*1 Parallel Lives
*1 Rancor
*1 Song of the Dryads
*1 Sylvan Library
*1 Utopia Sprawl
*1 Vernal Bloom
*1 Vow of Wildness
*1 Wild Growth
[/Enchantments]
[Planeswalkers]
*1 Freyalise, Llanowar&#039;s Fury
*1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
*1 Garruk Wildspeaker
*1 Nissa, Voice of Zendikar
*1 Nissa, Worldwaker
[/Planeswalkers]
[Lands]
*1 Mosswort Bridge
*1 Mouth of Ronom
*1 Nykthos, Shrine to Nyx
*1 Oran-Rief, the Vastwood
*1 Scrying Sheets
*31 Snow-Covered Forest
*1 Vesuva
*1 Yavimaya Hollow
[/Lands]"></span></div>
<p>Cards like the ones mentioned above don’t come out in the game that often, so it’s important to note when they do. Luckily, <em>Amonkhet</em> has a card that fits the bill.</p>
<h3><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glorious End" href="#" target="_blank">Glorious End</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h3>
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<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Time Stop" href="#" target="_blank">Time Stop</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> effects are sparse and almost always in blue. Ending the turn could be one of the most powerful effects in the game, since it can act very similarly to extra turn cards like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Time Warp" href="#" target="_blank">Time Warp</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> but does so much more, since you can end your opponent’s attack after they have already declared them attacking, but before taking damage. Ending the turn also acts as a <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Counterspell" href="#" target="_blank">Counterspell</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> since you can respond to whatever your opponents cast by exiling everything on the stack. Notice how all the cards I mentioned are blue? So now red can do something similar, of couse, like <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glacial Crevasses" href="#" target="_blank">Glacial Crevasses</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in a very red way. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glorious End" href="#" target="_blank">Glorious End</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> gives you one last turn to win the game. Think back to how many times you have thought “If I only had one more turn. . .”, well you can now find out for three mana.</p>
<p>Unexpected cards that blur the boundaries between colors can lead to unique games that will be talked about by your playgroup for years to come. They’ll talk about that time that <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glorious End" href="#" target="_blank">Glorious End</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Mana Tithe" href="#" target="_blank">Mana Tithe</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> came down at the right moment. Or they might remember when <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Song of the Dryads" href="#" target="_blank">Song of the Dryads</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Gate to Phyrexia" href="#" target="_blank">Gate to Phyrexia</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> took out something they were hoping to hold on to. Or perhaps that time when you got aggressive with tokens from <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Homarid Spawning Bed" href="#" target="_blank">Homarid Spawning Bed</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> or stopped a series of attacks with <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Glacial Crevasses" href="#" target="_blank">Glacial Crevasses</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. In any case, covering up that hole in your deck can lead to lasting memories.</p>


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