Overrated cards?
Commander (EDH) forum
Posted on Dec. 27, 2025, 7:04 p.m. by hyalopterouslemur
So I've been thinking a lot about overrated cards. Not bad cards, just...overrated.
An example I can think of is Underworld Connections. People recommend it as an alternative to Phyrexian Arena, but it costs a mana every turn you use it (tapping a land = paying a mana for all intents and purposes). While there are ways to use it more than once, I've never seen it played with Earthcraft or Seedborn Muse or some other land untap card. It's not the worst Arena variant. (That would be Pain Seer.) It's not even bad. But it just doesn't seem that good in a format that also has Arena. (And yes, I acknowledge Arena's flaws, and think it should mostly be limited to Stax and other slow, controlling decks. Thing is, Underworld Connections has all the same flaws and costs you mana to use.) Is it just for people who are worried about paying life?
Any other cards that always seemed overrated to you guys?
pookypuppy6 says... #3
As someone who plays both Phyrexian Arena and Underworld Connections in his Mogis, God of Slaughter deck (and admittedly a lot of my decks are pretty out-of-date), I definitely come from the angle of "why not both?". I agree it's worse than Arena, I wouldn't necessarily recommend it as an alternative in most decks unless budget is an issue. But exchanging 1 life and 1 mana for 1 card on any of your turns is still powerful, so I see it as a second Arena (in a deck that focuses on control and consistently blowing stuff up).
December 29, 2025 8:25 a.m.
hyalopterouslemur says... #4
Third. Dark Confidant is second.
Another one I see a lot is Fertilid. Most of the time it's a slower Explosive Vegetation, admittedly for instead of , but you have to pay twice, so you're basically payingg over three turns. There are some typal benefits, and there are options for recursion, but that's about all I can see it in. All of that, and Veggies is kind of...There are like, 5 strictly better Veggies?
No, seriously, I looked it up.
Anyway, Fertilid is worse than Veggies, and definitely worse than Cultivate/Kodama's Reach, but I keep seeing it.
hyalopterouslemur says... #2
*costs you a mana. Autocorrect!
December 27, 2025 7:05 p.m.