How it grades
Fundamentals 71/100. Plays like Tokens.
This reads as Tokens, built around Jared Carthalion. Go wide: flood the board with cheap bodies, multiply them, then convert width into damage or value with anthems, drain triggers, and sacrifice payoffs. Board wipes are the great enemy, so rebuild speed and token-doublers that refill fast matter more than any single big creature. Its strongest fundamental is mana reliability (Nearly all your spells arrive on time, but a few want more sources than the deck makes: Time Wipe (25 white; you have 22.5)); the first thing to tighten is commander synergy: Only 10 of 60 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want token, go-wide, treasure support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Tokens; from EDHREC).
- A+Mana reliability
- A+Land count
- A+Mana curve
- A+Ramp
- A+Card draw
- A+Interaction
- FCommander synergy
- AWin conditions
- B+Card quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- FCommander synergyOnly 10 of 60 spells play into your commanders' plan; they want token, go-wide, treasure support. Counts the builds players run with your commanders (Tokens; from EDHREC).
- B+Card qualityMedian EDHREC rank #4,823
Strong on mana reliability, land count, mana curve, ramp, card draw, interaction, win conditions and legality & size.
93 cards graded: B+ 31, B 45, B- 13, C+ 3, C 1. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Painbow from B- to B.
Scute Swarm2G$8.53
In place of Glint-Eye Nephilim: doesn't ramp, draw, interact or threaten. What is it for? (40/100)
Pays off your land engine (15 producers). Fits the token build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Craterhoof Behemoth5GGG$25.04
In place of Radiant Flames: weakest slot in the deck (48/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
Welcoming Vampire2W$3.55
In place of Obsidian Obelisk: enters tapped: the slow version of its job (49/100)
Pays off the commanders' go-wide plan. EDHREC Tokens staple. Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers).
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar1WW$2.98
In place of Lavalanche: weakest slot in the deck (54/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Pays off the commanders' go-wide plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Elas il-Kor, Sadistic PilgrimWB$3.71
In place of Echoing Truth: weakest slot in the deck (54/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
Third Path IconoclastUR$0.38
In place of Archelos, Lagoon Mystic: weakest slot in the deck (55/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (24 producers). Fits the token build players run with your commanders. Top-5% staple by play data.
Curiosity Crafter3U$0.30
In place of Sylvan Reclamation: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (55/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (18 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Deny the Witch1WUB$0.92
In place of Duneblast: weakest slot in the deck (56/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Pays off the commanders' go-wide plan. EDHREC Tokens staple.
Thought Vessel2—
In place of Knight of New Alara: weakest slot in the deck (57/100)
Pays off your card-draw engine (18 producers). Pays off the commanders' card-draw plan. Top-5% staple by play data.
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.58
In place of Fallaji Wayfarer: weakest slot in the deck (57/100)
Pays off your token engine (8 producers). Pays off your go-wide engine (18 producers). Pays off the commanders' token plan.
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Decklist
Commander 1
Creatures 26
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- C
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- B
Instants 10
- B
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- B
Sorceries 14
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- B
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- C+
- B
- B
- B-
Artifacts 6
- B+
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- C+
Enchantments 4
- B
- B-
- B
- B-
Lands 39
- C+
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- B
- B
- B
- B
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- B
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- B
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- B
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- B
- B×3
- B×2
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- B×2
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