Blast from the Past
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- Commanders
- The Fourth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith
- Cards
- 100
- Current value
- $103.85
- Grade
- B+
How it grades
Fundamentals 85/100. Plays like +1/+1 counters.
This reads as +1/+1 counters, built around The Fourth Doctor & Sarah Jane Smith. Every creature is a mana sink for growth: counters snowball across the board, doublers turn increments into avalanches, and payoffs convert size into evasion, draw, or the kill. The deck's weakness is exponential dependence: protect the doublers and watch out for clean board resets. Its strongest fundamental is mana curve (32% of spells cost ≤2, 13% cost 6+); the first thing to tighten is card quality: Median EDHREC rank #10,744.
- A+Mana reliability
- BLand count
- A+Mana curve
- ARamp
- BCard draw
- A+Interaction
- A+Commander synergy
- A+Win conditions
- BCard quality
- A+Legality & size
Where it falls short
- BLand count36 lands. About 40 fits this curve for +1/+1 counters.
- BCard draw8 draw effects, counting Sarah Jane Smith (want 10+ for +1/+1 counters).
- BCard qualityMedian EDHREC rank #10,744
Strong on mana reliability, mana curve, ramp, interaction, commander synergy, win conditions and legality & size.
97 cards graded: A- 3, B+ 26, B 48, B- 15, C+ 5. The command zone is the plan, so it isn't graded.
Upgrades
Made together, they take Blast from the Past from B+ to A-.
Fathom Mage2GU$0.82
In place of Five Hundred Year Diary: expensive for ramp: the help arrives late (55/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Pays off your go-wide engine (19 producers). Pays off your +1/+1 counter engine (7 producers).
Puresteel PaladinWW$2.32
In place of Jo Grant: weakest slot in the deck (67/100)
Pays off your artifact engine (14 producers). Fuels your card-draw payoffs (3 in deck). Top-5% staple by play data.
Mentor of the Meek2W$4.77
In place of The Seventh Doctor: weakest slot in the deck (71/100)
Fits the commander's plan. Fits the go-wide build players run with your commanders. Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+).
Archmage Emeritus2UU$0.61
In place of Explore: weakest slot in the deck (74/100)
Pays off your instant-and-sorcery engine (13 producers). Works with the commander directly. Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+).
Champion of Lambholt1GG$4.79
In place of The Caves of Androzani: weakest slot in the deck (51/100)
Fits the token build players run with your commanders. EDHREC +1/+1 counters staple. Pays off your go-wide engine (19 producers).
Garruk's Uprising2G$0.58
In place of The Curse of Fenric: weakest slot in the deck (51/100)
Fills the draw gap (you're at 8 of 10+). Pays off your go-wide engine (19 producers). Fuels your card-draw payoffs (3 in deck).
Gyre Sage1G$2.88
In place of Ace, Fearless Rebel: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Fuels your +1/+1 counter payoffs (3 in deck). Pays off your go-wide engine (19 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Soul WardenW$3.41
In place of The Five Doctors: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (19 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the commander's plan.
Adeline, Resplendent Cathar1WW$2.90
In place of Time Lord Regeneration: weakest slot in the deck (53/100)
Fuels your token payoffs (3 in deck). Pays off your go-wide engine (19 producers). Top-5% staple by play data.
Craterhoof Behemoth5GGG$25.05
In place of An Unearthly Child: weakest slot in the deck (54/100)
Pays off your go-wide engine (19 producers). Top-5% staple by play data. Fits the token build players run with your commanders.
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Decklist
Commander 2
Creatures 25
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Instants 6
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Sorceries 7
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Artifacts 13
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Enchantments 11
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Lands 36
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- B×2
- B
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