Must Haves In 5 Color EDH Decks
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Feb. 2, 2014, 6:48 p.m. by 00xtremeninja
For those of you running 5 color commanders, what are the must haves for mana fixing?
I know there are the gates and dual colored bounce lands, as well as the shards triple color lands, but those can be slow due to coming into play tapped.
Sol Ring and Command Tower are obvious go to's as well, and it is nice to see Command Tower coming down in price as of late.
Chromatic Lantern I know of too and is a nice boost.
What else you got?
Maelstrom Archangel , maybe. Crystal Quarry is pretty cool.
February 2, 2014 6:59 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #4
Some people like to run Farseek and Shard Convergence .
February 2, 2014 7 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #6
I prefer Sol Ring , Mana Crypt , the ten signets, the five talismans, Coldsteel Heart , Star Compass , and any other color fixing 2-drop rocks I have forgotten when it comes to rocks. If you're playing a big stuff strategy, then Gilded Lotus is another good color fixer. I also like Khalni Gem and Astral Cornucopia too.
As for lands, City of Brass , Tarnished Citadel , Cavern of Souls , Command Tower , Reflecting Pool , Forbidden Orchard , Exotic Orchard , the painlands, the shocklands, the filterlands, and the last four future sight pre-prints are nice because they don't have to come into play tapped. If you have fetchlands available, then checklands are actually okay. If you have ABUR lands, those should be the first ones to go in the deck.
If I had as much money as I wanted (which I don't; the struggle is real), I'd aim to get ten ABUR lands, ten shocklands, ten filterlands, and those seven cards I mentioned earlier. If I had to go budget, I'd get ten Karoo lands, as many temples and gates and check lands and shocklands and refuge lands and triplelands and those seven cards as I can, and two to three of each basic.
February 2, 2014 7:45 p.m.
Epochalyptik says... #7
@MagicalHacker: Be careful about how many of your lands enter the battlefield tapped. While it's alright to have a few slow lands, you don't want to overburden your deck and cripple your tempo.
February 2, 2014 7:51 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #9
Right, with the budget idea, it would have to have at least 50% cards that don't have to come into play tapped (count checklands as tapped and shocklands as untapped), but I don't usually build budget and just proxy the final version. (Then I trade for the cards over time.)
February 2, 2014 9:10 p.m.
00xtremeninja says... #10
Found some new ideas for my Sliver EDH deck. Thanks guys! I agree with Epochalyptik, the enter the field tapped lands are nice but they tend to slow things down a little too much for my liking.
February 2, 2014 9:24 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #11
Also, if you like Mycosynth Lattice and Chromatic Lantern , then you might like Joiner Adept , Prismatic Omen , and Celestial Dawn .
February 2, 2014 9:30 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #12
Yeah, I was just afraid that if I said you couldn't have any tapped lands, I would come off as a jerk who expects everyone who plays magic to be able to buy lots of expensive cards...
February 2, 2014 9:33 p.m.
nobu_the_bard says... #13
No mention of Legacy Weapon ? I'm disappointed in all of you.
February 4, 2014 9:15 a.m.
nobu_the_bard says... #15
Oh oops, you're right, haha :D
Sorry about that.
February 4, 2014 12:57 p.m.
00xtremeninja says... #17
i really like prismatic omen too. Never knew of that card
February 5, 2014 4:21 p.m.
Coalition Relic and Gemstone Array Gemstone is kinda slow though
Epochalyptik says... #2
I have some staple lists on my profile page. Specifically,
List of EDH Staples and Power Cards
List of Budget EDH Staples and Power Cards
List of EDH Ramp Cards
Reflecting Pool is boss.
February 2, 2014 6:56 p.m.