Orphans
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Aug. 2, 2022, 4:43 p.m. by tonylomas
Me again, hi ! wich cards do u think are abandoned? that theres rarely a place for them in an edh build. For example cards like Coral Net and all her sisters. Tell me your all time favorite orphan cards or maybe even a build tht u have found were they can be used!
griffstick says... #4
I got one for you.
And no one is playing it. It's not because it's bad either. Sunstone
Ok now I will share a card like what you are looking for.
That card is Relentless Rats this card has been outclassed by Rat Colony
August 2, 2022 8:42 p.m.
griffstick says... #5
You could also say that Diabolic Tutor falls in that same category where it's just outclassed by so many other better Tutors.
August 2, 2022 8:51 p.m. Edited.
Shout-out to my friends Aurochs, Bull Aurochs, Aurochs Herd, and Rimehorn Aurochs. I’ve been trying to find a way to make old cow tribal a reality but I’ve not been at all successful :/
August 2, 2022 8:51 p.m.
griffstick says... #7
According to edh rec Aurochs is in 31 decks. 0% of 670558 decks
August 2, 2022 8:58 p.m.
seshiro_of_the_orochi says... #8
FormOverFunction: That's pretty cool in combination with e.g. Inexorable Tide. These could go somewhat infinite with enough eggs...
August 3, 2022 7:49 a.m.
I would say Sea's Claim or similar. Islandwalk decks that also hate on Field of the Dead etc. Still have some use if ur commander is Thada Adel or something. Or if your commander cares about mono U devition i.e Thassa, God of the Sea
Another thing might be arguably Solemn Simulacrum and Thran Dynamo because the format has increased in speed to the point where people ramp from cmc 1-3 and almost never 4.
Interdict is a good blue spell given so many comboes, but whirlwind denial and such are much more flexible. Counterspells in general tend to phase each other out because with answers you want the most efficient and flexible version of that effect. Which leads to my next abandoned card Doom Blade.
Then i would say something i miss from magics early history are janky, powerful symmetrical effects on artifacts. I.e. Horn of Greed. These are still played in edh, but wotc abandoned designg them
August 7, 2022 10:35 a.m.
Something else thats been abandoned are Lich, Lich's Mastery, Immortal Coil, and Forbidden Crypt.
Id love to see them actually work in a deck that doesnt just try to donate them.
FormOverFunction says... #2
I’m sort of surprised to never see someone else with an Iceberg, as it’s blue ramp. Fits perfectly in my Briny Deep deck... but I guess most of the big-blue-baddies decks have easier ways to cheat things into play. Or they have counterspells that they save mana for.
August 2, 2022 8:34 p.m.