<p style="text-align: right;"><em><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wheel of Fortune" href="#" target="_blank">Wheel of Fortune</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> | Art by <a href="https://scryfall.com/search?q=artist%3A%22Daniel+Gelon%22" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Daniel Gelon</a></em></p>
<p>Red is black's reckless other half in cEDH. Bursts of mana, card draw - impulse and otherwise - plus an eclectic blend of unique effects set red apart as the fastest color in cEDH.</p>
<p>Need one more turn to win? Red has you covered...at a price? What about a refreshed hand? Sure, but everyone else gets one, too. Games are won and lost at a razor's edge, and red treads that line with wild glee.</p>
<p>Here are the top five red cards for cEDH.</p>
<h2>#5 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Deflecting Swat" href="#" target="_blank">Deflecting Swat</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
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<p>First up on our list is red's premier piece of (usually) free interaction: Deflecting Swat.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Deflecting Swat is an instant that allows you to change the targets of target spell or ability. Additionally, you can cast Deflecting Swat without paying its mana cost if you control a commander.</p>
<p>It might not say "counter target counterspell" on it, but very often that's exactly what Deflecting Swat does. Thanks to a fun quirk of the rules, Deflecting Swat can be used to change the target of a counterspell (<span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Force of Will" href="#" target="_blank">Force of Will</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Fierce Guardianship" href="#" target="_blank">Fierce Guardianship</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, etc.) to Deflecting Swat itself.</p>
<p>So, while Deflecting Swat is resolving but still on the stack, it will change the target of the chosen counterspell, then Deflecting Swat will be put into a graveyard. Afterwards, when the counterspell tries to resolve, it won't see a valid target and as such will go straight to the graveyard, too.</p>
<p>Three mana is a tall ask in cEDH, but the absolute buffet of cheap red commanders makes this a much smaller concern. As long as Rograkh is in your colors, you know you're working with cheap spells.</p>
<h2>#4 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Final Fortune" href="#" target="_blank">Final Fortune</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
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<p>Next up is cEDH's premier means of taking extra turns (well, outside of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Tivit, Seller of Secrets" href="#" target="_blank">Tivit, Seller of Secrets</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>), and that's Final Fortune.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Final Fortune is an instant that grants you an extra turn after this one. The cost? You lose the game at the beginning of that turn's end step. Simple, cheap, and oh so valuable.</p>
<p>Final Fortune is the perfect testament to just how much a single turn matters in cEDH. Plenty of games already end on the first turn; thanks to Final Fortune, games can also end on a player's second turn and still before anyone else has taken a turn (just watch a turbo deck cast Final Fortune on turn one in seat one and you'll see what I mean).</p>
<h2>#3 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wheel of Fortune" href="#" target="_blank">Wheel of Fortune</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
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<p>At third place is the biggest "fair" burst of card draw in cEDH: Wheel of Fortune. <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Timetwister" href="#" target="_blank">Timetwister</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> may be the most expensive wheel in the format, but Wheel of Fortune is the card that named this effect.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Wheel of Fortune is a sorcery that causes each player to discard their hands and draw seven new cards. So, what's the big deal, especially since you're the one spending mana to give your opponents cards?</p>
<p>First off, control over when you cast Wheel of Fortune is a power in and of itself. If a player has a hand greater than seven cards or has just cast a tutor, both of those are examples of excellent opportunities to capitalize on hand disruption.</p>
<p>Secondly, since you're the first person with access to those cards (the sorcery-speed ones, at least), then you'll be the first one to set up with the newfound resources.</p>
<p>Finally - part of the reason this is better than Timetwister - sometimes you just need to stock your graveyard. Whether it's to feed mayhem costs or enable <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Underworld Breach" href="#" target="_blank">Underworld Breach</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> (more on that in a bit), there's plenty of reasons to use the graveyard.</p>
<h2>#2 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Jeska&#039;s Will" href="#" target="_blank">Jeska&#039;s Will</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
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<p>Next up is the second hallmark of red card advantage: impulse draw, brought to you by Jeska's Will.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-2" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Jeska's Will is a sorcery with two modes: you can either exile the top three cards of your library, with the option of casting those cards until end of turn, or you can add an amount of <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span> equal to the number of cards in target opponent's hand.</p>
<p>However, if you control a commander as you cast Jeska's Will, you can choose both modes.</p>
<p>First, just a brief reiteration - red is the color of <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh" href="#" target="_blank">Rograkh, Son of Rohgahh</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>. When playing red, you probably have a cheap Commander, which means you'll probably choose both modes more often that not. Now that's a lot of value.</p>
<p>On their own, each mode of Jeska's Will is already potent across the course of the game. Jeska's Will usually adds between five and seven red mana, putting it close to <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Cabal Ritual" href="#" target="_blank">Cabal Ritual</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> in terms of net-mana gain.</p>
<p>On the impulse draw front, don't underestimate the rate of three cards for three mana. It's not the best, but it's incredibly good considering the powerful flexibility this thing offers.</p>
<h2>#1 - <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Underworld Breach" href="#" target="_blank">Underworld Breach</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span></h2>
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<p>Alrighty folks, here we are, the win condition to end all win conditions: Underworld Breach.</p>
<p>For <span class="mana-container-container"><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-1" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span><span class="mana-container"><i class="ms ms-cost ms-r" style="margin-left: inherit !important;"></i></span></span>, Underworld Breach is an enchantment with, among other things, a trigger to sacrifice it at the beginning of the end step. While it's around, however, cards in your graveyard have escape, and the escape cost is equal to that card's mana cost plus exile three cards from your graveyard.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Yawgmoth&#039;s Will" href="#" target="_blank">Yawgmoth&#039;s Will</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span> is a broken card, and that spell doesn't let you recast the same spell multiple times (cards put into your graveyard while Yawgmoth's Will is in effect are exiled instead). Underworld Breach costs one mana fewer and, despite requiring that you have some cards to pitch to the escape cost, allows you to continuously feed your graveyard while the effect is active.</p>
<p><span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Brain Freeze" href="#" target="_blank">Brain Freeze</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Grinding Station" href="#" target="_blank">Grinding Station</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>, <span class="edhrecp__link"><a class="edhrecp__link-a" content="Wheel of Fortune" href="#" target="_blank">Wheel of Fortune</a><span class="edhrecp__link-image"></span></span>; the list of cards that can accidentally wind up giving you an infinite combo with Underworld Breach is pretty absurdly long.</p>
<h2>Wrap Up</h2>
<p>Red is the color of speed. Cheap spells, bursts of mana, flexible win conditions, and all sorts of wild card draw. When you see red in a cEDH pod, keep an eye out; it might not have the flash enablers of blue, or its counterspells, but it has its own ways to fight the stack battles and steal a turn from out of nowhere.</p>
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