Lands- Original Dual lands

Instant - Ancestrall Recall

Sorcery - Time Walk

Enchantment - Fastbond

Creature - Birds of paradise

Artifact - Sol ring- Look, Black Lotus Is WAY WAY WAY to expensive for actual competition.

EDH - Thraximudar.

Planeswalker - Jace.

Tolarian Academy as a bunch of boring lands can only go so far.

Ancestral Recall because its incredibly overpowered in every way.

Time Walk because an extra turn beats an extra card

Necropotence because a card for a life is better than an extra land play for 1 life.

Birds of Paradise because Bob is good but he isn't as influential to Magic as birds

Black Lotus because it can't just NOT win.

Scion of the Ur-Dragon because 5 colors is way more fun than 3.

Jace, the Mind Sculptor , because the 'ole elder dragon can't put up a fight.

• Tolarian Academy
• Ancestral Recall
• Demonic Tutor
• Necropotence
• Dark Confidant
• Black Lotus
• SCION FOREVER!!!!!!!!
• Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Lands:

• Tolarian Academy

Instants:

• Ancestral Recall

Sorceries:

• Demonic Tutor

Enchantment:

• Fastbond

Creature:

• Dark Confidant

Artifact:

• Black Lotus

EDH:

• Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Planeswalkers:

• Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Dual Lands win because screw Tolarian Academy
Swords to Plowshares wins because Ancestral Recall is so powerful it's boring
Time Walk wins because it's better
Necropotence wins because it's more powerful and it takes more skill and finesse to implement
Birds of Paradise win because again, they're so much more important to the game
Black Lotus wins because the comparison in this matchup is so obvious
Scion of the Ur-Dragon wins because he truly is the best Commander
Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker wins because he always wins

Land. Original Duals

Instants. Ancestral Recall

Sorceries. Demonic Tutor

Enchantments. Necropotence

Creatures. Dark Confidant

Artifacts. Sol Ring

Generals. Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Planeswalkers. Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

(1) Original Dual Lands (e.g. Savannah )

(3) Swords to Plowshares

(2) Demonic Tutor

(11) Fastbond

(7) Birds of Paradise

(3) Sol Ring

(3) Thraximundar

(5) Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

1. original duals other choice produces only blue2.Swords to Plowshares b/c it is the most awesome original white removal.
2. Demonic Tutor b/c it gets you what you want when you need it, and it isn't blue
3. Necropotence wordy black cards beat out wordy green cards.
4. Dark Confidant b/c i have no clue why you people keep voting for those damn birds.. it is criminal that ermarkul lost to them ... criminal... at this point it is anyone but the bird
5. Sol Ring fits in every deck and ramps the mana more than just a single time.. plus you know it is affordable!
6. Scion of the Ur-Dragon b/c go go cinderalla (my daughter would be proud)
7. Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker B/c booooo jace.. i can't believe you guys passed on ajani and elspeth... i am disappoint in you ... Come on people don't let jace win!

1. Original Dual Lands
2. Ancestral Recall
3. Time Walk
4. Necropotence
5. Dark Confidant
6. Black Lotus
7. SCION! SCION!
8. Jace, the Jace Jace

Dual Lands- What argument?

Ancestral Recall - Another "duh" choice...

Demonic Tutor - I prefer the consistency, rather than the random outcome that can come from extra turns.

Necropotence - Just a preference of mine.

Birds of Paradise - The best ramp creature, period. Fits in any green deck.

Sol Ring - I'm anti-lotus in this one, I feel like it shines too bright already.

I can't vote here. These are my two generals going head to head and if I'm forced to choose between the two, then I don't believe that you love me. If you really loved me, you wouldn't make me choose.

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker - Why is Jace even here?

lands = original dual landsinstant = ancestral recallsorcery = demonic tutorenchantment = fastbondcreature = birdsartifact = black lotusEDH = scion of ur-dragonplaneswalker = nicol bolas.

• Tolarian Academy Since it does more than color fix.
• Demonic Tutor Going to get what you need is better than getting another draw/land drop.
• Fastbond Dirty combos in green to give them a chance against blue? Maybe that's why it was banned.
• Dark Confidant Since his flavor text is exactly what he's about.
• Sol Ring Reusable effects garner more favor with me.
• Scion of the Ur-Dragon Because being the father of all dragons is better than a Zombie assassin.
• Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker He's a DRAGON, 'nuff said.

Tolarian Academy producing only blue isn't a disadvantage, it just means it is more pure. Even Island could beat any given dual, with the academy there is no contest.
Ancestral Recall is power nine
Necropotence card advantage > mana
Dark Confidant see above
Black Lotus is power nine
Scion of the Ur-Dragon , because he is a one turn clock
Jace, the Mind Sculptor is second to none, his color is pure, not contaminated by B/R

Land - Original Duals

Instant - Ancestral Recall

Sorcery - Time Walk

Enchantment - Necropotence

Creature - Dark Confidant

Artifact - Black Lotus

EDH General - Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Planeswalker - Jace, the Mind Sculptor

This is by far, the easiest March Madness. No competition whatsoever.

1. Original Duals- Duh in my opinion. Tolarian Academy is stronger when you have it out, and will win you the game basically, but ir requires a deck built around it, while Duals are always good. Either way they both die to Waste land

2. Ancestral Recall - Because, people might say, Swords to Plowshares the best removal spell ever invented, which is true in my opinion, however, it doesn't compare to being able to draw three cards with one mana, instant speed. If you play Vintage, you will understand how crazy Ancestral Recall is, and how essential it can be for combo-ing off.

3. Time Walk - This one is tough. Demonic Tutor , while great, and can fetch you that very important bit to make your combo go infinite, and make your opponents want to flip the table, is no match for the skeleton people. Only two mana, to play an extra land, get an extra combat phase, draw and extra card, and get that much closer to winning. It puts you ahead by that much in the game.

4. Necropotence - I don't have TONS of experience with this card, so I can't really explain my reasoning thoroughly, but I know it's broken.

5. Dark Confidant - The almighty Bob. Ever wonder why he's at $50? Birds of Paradise is beautiful. Great art, great flavor, and fantastic design. Adding any mana, and being a Flyer for just one mana, is nothing short of magnificent. but, while Birds can give you that extra mana to set you ahead, Bob, in the right deck, can make it so you can lose a maximum of 4 life, and keep filling your hand with options.

6. Black Lotus - While Sol Ring CAN be more consistent, the only format where Black Lotus sees play is Vintage, and leads to turn one Jace, the Mind Sculptor .

7. Scion of the Ur-Dragon . - I just like Scion a lot, I think he is wonderuflly made, and his ability is very flavorful.

8. Jace, the Mind Sculptor - As much as I love Bolas, I respect how much better Jace TMS is. Brainstorming, Fatesealing, Unsummoning, Winning. Haha.

The only card left worth voting for

Birds of Paradise

Never Forget.

1) Original Duals - Tolarian Academy is very good, and this is a tough choice, because Academy combines my two favorite things; Blue Mana and Artifacts. But alas, the duals are eternal.

2) Ancestral Recall - I don't believe this needs explaining.

3) Time Walk - Recall the explanation above. (Get it!? =D )

4) Necropotence - It was called the Black Summer for a reason. Or was it the Black Winter? I can't remember, I've blocked it out.

5) Birds of Paradise - Bob is fantastic, but I feel like a turn one land, BoP is one of the most iconic plays in all of MTG History.

6) Black Lotus - Again, no contest. I'd have a lotus in the place of my Sol Ring any day.

7) Scion of the Ur-Dragon - Cause Thrax sucks.

8) Jace, the Mind Sculptor - At the end of the day, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker can just be Celestial Purge 'd by any ole' white mage. Take that Puff.

-BuLLZ3Y3

1. Dual Lands- You need artifacts for Tolarian Academy to be good, the duals are just awesome on their own

2. Ancestral Recall . Although Counterspell SHOULD be here

3. Time Walk

4. Fastbond

5. Birds of Paradise because honestly, I don't see the strength in Dark Confidant .... am I missing something? Emrakul, the Aeons Torn SHOULD be here

6. Black Lotus . This is an obvious matchup. Who cares about price we are going off of card power?

7. Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker seeing as he can destroy Jace with his +3.... lol

duals

Swords to Plowshares

Demonic Tutor

Fastbond

Birds of Paradise

Sol Ring

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

1. Tolarian Academy
2. Swords to Plowshares-Screw Power Nine!
3. Demonic Tutor-See Above
4. Fastbond
5. Bob
6. Sol Ring-See 3&4
7. Scion
8. Nicol Bolas-Screw Jace

1. Original dual lands
2. Ancestral recall
3. Demonic tutor
4. Fastbond
5. Dark confidant
6. Black lotus
7. Scion of the ur-dragon
8. Nicol bolas, planeswalker

Land: Original Duals. Academy is broken in combo, but the original duals are just very good fair magic cards.

Instant: Swords to Plowshares is a very powerful removal spell. While Ancestral Recall is the best card drawing spell, removal, in my opinion, is a lot more important in most games.

Sorcery: Demonic Tutor puts CARD in your HAND.

Enchantment: Necropotence is the best black card in the game, pretty much.

Artifact: Sol Ring is a long lasting buff, Lotus is only a temporary burst. Ring wins.

EDH General: Scion of the Ur-Dragon might as well win the whole thing at this point. Thraximundar is only a sorta good general and was seeded a bit too high.

Planeswalker: At least Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker is fun to play against. You just feel bad after playing Jace.

Savannah

Ancestral Recall

Time Walk

Fastbond

Dark Confidant

Black Lotus

Thraximundar

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Original Dual Lands

Ancestral Recall

Demonic Tutor

Fastbond

Dark Confidant

Black Lotus

Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

Tolarian Academy

Swords to Plowshares

Time Walk

Necropotence

Dark Confidant

Black Lotus

Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Jace, the Mind Sculptor

Tolarian Academy - the original duals are amazing but Tolarian Academy is so broken. Everyone saying it just produces blue needs to realize that where the academy is legal, Blue is the only viable color save a few decks. So only blue duals are played alongside the far superior academy.

Ancestral Recall - swords just doesn't cut it, Ancestral is just to broken for its own good but deserves its spot.

Time Walk - explanation needed?

Necropotence - Fastbond is amazing in the right deck, but necro outright wins you the game with no setup at all.

Dark Confidant - for all my love for birds there really is no competition here, bob doubles card drawing and is a creature for almost no cost at all

Black Lotus - fast mana vs. fast mana. Lotus superior in almost every way

I have no stake in the comandeer one.

Jace, the Mind Sculptor - Bolas is powerful but way to exspensive to play in constructed and jace has proved time and again that he is broken. Sorry Bolas.

1) Tolarian Academy , just because I like lands that make tons of mana. And the original duals are just plain boring.

2) Ancestral Recall . Let's be honest, 3 card advantage for 1 mana is awesome. I find it funny that at the time of printing, this was considered to have the same power level as Giant Growth . This is why blue always beats green.

3) Demonic Tutor wins this one because I don't like Time Walk at all. Just a personal preference.

4) This one was tough, but I'm going to have to go Necropotence . Life is a resource and the only life point that matters is the last one. If you use this properly and don't kill yourself with it, it wins you games.

5) Although Bob is awesome, Birds of Paradise wins the day for me. My 2 best decks both run him: one for ramp and the other for mana fixing. Proof of just how versatile the Bop really is. Besides, it's hilarious when I use him as an evasive beatstick in both the aforementioned decks.

6) Sol Ring is far cooler than Black Lotus and has many advantages: it is re-usable, it's not too broken and it doesn't burn a $3000 hole in your wallet when you buy one.

7) I've never played Commander, so my vote isn't very well educated, but I'm going to vote for Thraximundar , just because he seems cooler and I like his flavour.

8) I don't like either of these Planeswalkers. I'd rather Elspeth, Knight-Errant win, but she's not an option. If I had to pick between these two, however, I'd go for Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker because he's a cool fat dragon thingy that can kill Jace and has Mind Control on a stick. I like Mind Control on a stick.

Duals.
Recall.
Walk.
Necro.
BoP.
Lotus.
Thrax.
Bolas.

Well, I missed basically every round after the first, so now I'm back to vote some more, I suppose. Stupid vacations, making me forget websites I only visit from work. :)

Land
The original dual lands are some of the best cards Magic has to offer. I will be very surprised if they don't make it a long, long way. I really hope WotC finds a way to get more lands out that rival their usefulness, so people don't have to pay out the nose for mana bases, which by definition must be in all decks.

Instants
I think, if it had only said "Draw three cards", Ancestral Recall might not have been run out of town by the fairness committee so quickly. I'm lying, of course. That's broke as all get out. But "Target player draws three cards" is even more so! Of course this beats the pants off Swords.

Sorceries
I've never gotten to take a free turn for two mana. Maybe it's more awesome when you do it that way. But it always feels like, when I take extra turns in Magic, I'm disappointed by the freebie turn. The card I draw sucks, or the combat isn't favorable, or I've messed up somehow. But with Diabolic Tutor , I can just.. get whatever! I need a dude? Tutor! I need a spell? TUTOR! Definitely the better card, to me.

Enchantments
For the longest time, I never paid attention to the tactical options that your life total allows. Only recently did I really get how useful it can be to spend life on something. Interesting, then, that two old-ass 'Chants with life payment options are all up in this final. The only thing, to me, that puts Fastbond on top is that land makes the world go 'round, whereas card draw is only as good as the cards in your deck.

Creatures
Sorry, Bob. Birds of Paradise and I go way back. Like, WAY back. We tight, dog.

Artifacts
I'm going to go momentarily crazy here and ignore monetary value. Do I want a 0 cost artifact that will one time give me three colored mana, or a 1 cost artifact that can put me 2 mana ahead of the curve this whole game? To me, Sol Ring is the better pick simply due to longevity.

Generals
Scion of the Ur-Dragon is Mega Man. And if you don't understand that sentence you have been playing EDH wrong.

Planeswalkers
Jace, the Mind Sculptor is going to win this whole crap, just you watch. And then everyone will groan, and not want to play this next year. It's GameFAQs' Character Battle and Link, all over again.

I am very happy about the EDH General matchup.

My only two EDH generals are Scion and Thraximundar. in my Five-color Beatdown and Reanimator: Scion control. deck, I use Scion of the Ur-Dragon . And in my All aboard the Thraxi Taxi I use Thraximundar .

Recasting my vote, I think I choose Scion of the Ur-Dragon because in my opinion, he is the most combo heavy and scariest general to go up against when a skilled player is behind the wheel.

Tolarian academy because it can make T1 Stroke of Genius wins that are just embarrassing to play against

Ancestral Recall just because no one in the history of the game has every used "force opponent to draw 3 cards"

Time walk because who doesn't love an always-miracled temporal mastery?

Necropotence because the FtV art looks SO awesome

Dark confidant because bob

Sol ring because its a permanent mana accelerant

Thraximundar because zombie assassins

Nicol bolas because jace can't kill nicol bolas, but Nicol bolas can kill Jace.

Land - Original Duals

Instant - Ancestral Recall

Sorcery - Time Walk

Enchantment - Necropotence

Creature - Dark Confidant

Artifact - Black Lotus

EDH General - Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Planeswalker - Jace, the Mind Sculptor