Comments on: Commander Staples: Top Five Cards by Color

By: WalkerOfNight

WalkerOfNight — Sat, 07 Apr 2018 15:51:52 +0000

I quit reading when you mentoned Armegeddon as a “Stupid card.” I realized at that point that my opinion is of better authority than yours. *gazes admiringly at dual lands, cradles and candelabra of tawnos in his commander decks*

By: jeremiah

jeremiah — Thu, 21 Dec 2017 02:30:48 +0000

Redo this list for 2018..

By: Glen

Glen — Tue, 31 May 2016 19:55:15 +0000

In reply to Collin. Dude, it was legal when the article was written. Check the date at the top of the article.

By: Anon

Anon — Sat, 03 May 2014 21:32:59 +0000

In reply to Collin. This^

By: Collin

Collin — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 17:59:44 +0000

Dude, Primeval Titan isn’t legal in commander.

By: Deathnstuff

Deathnstuff — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 02:53:22 +0000

I agree in a way with the first comment. Lists are interesting when it comes to EDH. because you do evaluate most of these pretty well, I’m kind of disappointed that prime time is number one in green, but like Arabidopsis says evaluating the cards in a vacuum does little to help it makes me feel like you are just stating the top five cards in each color and if you are in one of those colors you just jam those in there. Whereas I feel when you make an EDH deck the cards in it coincide with some sort of theme that correlates with the general you choose for your deck.

For instance some EDH decks are for fun so you put cards you would love to play with regardless of worth but for the sheer joy of casting that spell. Whereas say you are being that guy and you want to make a Jhoira of the Ghitu deck there are very specific cards that fit into the deck.

Evaluating cards in a vacuum is not a bad practice I just think it is kind of awkward for a format such as EDH.

Also Jace, The mindsculptor wasn’t mentioned anywhere this makes me a very sad panda.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:20:12 +0000

No top 5 Artifacts and Lands?

By: arabidopsis

arabidopsis — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 12:54:38 +0000

Too bad this kind of lists are everywhere.
Personally, I'm not a fan of this kind of list now. Certainly because you mention you evaluate these cards based on a vacuum. This kind of articles make people focus on the auto includes in EDH decks, and less about the fun.

For me, this is the EDH paradox. The format is now more popular then ever, but there is less variation then before.
People all play the same cards.