Blast from the Past
Sarah Jane Smith / The Fourth Doctor · WHO 2023 · official decklist · 100 cards
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What originality means here
Every card scores 0 to 1: one minus how close its nearest match anywhere in Magic gets, so 0.30 means something out there is 70% like it. A deck's figure is the average across its most original half of nonland cards, so it climbs by holding cards with less competition, never by holding more cards.
- 1 Blast from the Past 0.242
- 2 Timey-Wimey 0.234
- 3 Masters of Evil 0.231
- 4 Paradox Power 0.226
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What originality means here
Every card scores 0 to 1: one minus how close its nearest match anywhere in Magic gets, so 0.30 means something out there is 70% like it. A deck's figure is the average across its most original half of nonland cards, so it climbs by holding cards with less competition, never by holding more cards.
- 175 Paradox Power 0.226
- 176 Masters of Evil 0.231
- 177 Timey-Wimey 0.234
- 178 Blast from the Past 0.242
Most original cards
- The War Games 0.40
- Barbara Wright 0.34
- The Fourth Doctor 0.33
- The Caves of Androzani 0.32
- Displaced Dinosaurs 0.31
- The Eighth Doctor 0.31
- The Sea Devils 0.31
- Gallifrey Stands 0.31
- Trial of a Time Lord 0.29
- Banish to Another Universe 0.28
- TARDIS 0.26
- The Curse of Fenric 0.26
- Susan Foreman 0.26
- Jo Grant 0.25
- Nyssa of Traken 0.25
- Five Hundred Year Diary 0.24
- Twice Upon a Time // Unlikely Meeting 0.23
- Ace, Fearless Rebel 0.22
- The Seventh Doctor 0.22
- The First Doctor 0.21
- Ian Chesterton 0.20
- The Five Doctors 0.20
- The Night of the Doctor 0.20
- Time Lord Regeneration 0.19
- Peri Brown 0.19
- The Third Doctor 0.19
- K-9, Mark I 0.18
- An Unearthly Child 0.17
- Alistair, the Brigadier 0.16
- Adric, Mathematical Genius 0.16
- The Sixth Doctor 0.16
- Reverse the Polarity 0.16
- Crisis of Conscience 0.16
- Tegan Jovanka 0.16
- Duggan, Private Detective 0.14
- The Second Doctor 0.14
- Time Wipe 0.13
- Hero's Blade 0.13
- Vrestin, Menoptra Leader 0.12
- Traverse Eternity 0.12
- Leela, Sevateem Warrior 0.12
- The Fifth Doctor 0.11
- Bessie, the Doctor's Roadster 0.11
- Jamie McCrimmon 0.10
- Return to Dust 0.09
- City of Death 0.09
- Ace's Baseball Bat 0.09
- Sarah Jane Smith 0.09
- Romana II 0.08
- Heroic Intervention 0.06
- Heroes' Podium 0.05
- Path to Exile 0.03
- Talisman of Unity 0.01
- Talisman of Progress 0.01
- Three Visits 0.00
- Sonic Screwdriver 0.00
- Day of Destiny 0.00
- Thought Vessel 0.00
- Arcane Signet 0.00
- Sergeant John Benton 0.00
- Sol Ring 0.00
- Mind Stone -0.00
- Swords to Plowshares -0.00
- Explore -0.00
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What salt means here
EDHREC's annual survey asks players which cards they least enjoy facing, scoring each 0 to about 3: Stasis is 3.06, Rhystic Study 2.73, Mind Stone a flat 0. A deck's figure is those scores added up, so it gets there either through a few famous offenders or a long tail of mildly irritating ones. The one number here that is an opinion rather than a measurement.
- 57 Revival Trance (FINAL FANTASY VI) 21.9
- 58 Everyone's Invited! 21.9
- 59 Scrappy Survivors 21.8
- 60 Blast from the Past 21.7
- 61 Enhanced Evolution 21.6
- 62 Riveteers Rampage 21.5
- 63 Wakanda Forever 21.4
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What salt means here
EDHREC's annual survey asks players which cards they least enjoy facing, scoring each 0 to about 3: Stasis is 3.06, Rhystic Study 2.73, Mind Stone a flat 0. A deck's figure is those scores added up, so it gets there either through a few famous offenders or a long tail of mildly irritating ones. The one number here that is an opinion rather than a measurement.
- 116 Wakanda Forever 21.4
- 117 Riveteers Rampage 21.5
- 118 Enhanced Evolution 21.6
- 119 Blast from the Past 21.7
- 120 Scrappy Survivors 21.8
- 121 Everyone's Invited! 21.9
- 122 Revival Trance (FINAL FANTASY VI) 21.9
Saltiest cards
- Sol Ring 1.59
- Heroic Intervention 0.85
- Gallifrey Stands 0.73
- Time Wipe 0.60
- The Fourth Doctor 0.58
- Leela, Sevateem Warrior 0.57
- Sonic Screwdriver 0.56
- The Night of the Doctor 0.56
- Swords to Plowshares 0.55
- Crisis of Conscience 0.53
- The Sixth Doctor 0.53
- Path to Exile 0.52
- Bessie, the Doctor's Roadster 0.50
- TARDIS 0.50
- The Third Doctor 0.44
- Time Lord Regeneration 0.43
- Ian Chesterton 0.41
- Ace's Baseball Bat 0.40
- Arcane Signet 0.40
- Jamie McCrimmon 0.39
- Twice Upon a Time // Unlikely Meeting 0.38
- Duggan, Private Detective 0.37
- Traverse Eternity 0.36
- Barbara Wright 0.35
- Five Hundred Year Diary 0.33
- The First Doctor 0.33
- Displaced Dinosaurs 0.32
- Sarah Jane Smith 0.32
- Susan Foreman 0.32
- Romana II 0.31
- Reverse the Polarity 0.30
- Tegan Jovanka 0.29
- The Second Doctor 0.28
- An Unearthly Child 0.27
- Heroes' Podium 0.27
- The Fifth Doctor 0.26
- Return to Dust 0.23
- Ace, Fearless Rebel 0.22
- Banish to Another Universe 0.22
- The Eighth Doctor 0.21
- The Sea Devils 0.21
- Command Tower 0.20
- City of Death 0.19
- Talisman of Unity 0.19
- The Five Doctors 0.19
- The Seventh Doctor 0.18
- Trenzalore Clocktower 0.18
- K-9, Mark I 0.16
- Three Visits 0.16
- Explore 0.15
- Adric, Mathematical Genius 0.14
- Gallifrey Council Chamber 0.14
- Jo Grant 0.14
- The Caves of Androzani 0.14
- Trial of a Time Lord 0.12
- Vineglimmer Snarl 0.12
- Waterlogged Grove 0.10
- Port Town 0.09
- Seaside Citadel 0.09
- Thriving Grove 0.09
- Deserted Beach 0.08
- Exotic Orchard 0.08
- Path of Ancestry 0.08
- Day of Destiny 0.07
- Overgrown Farmland 0.07
- Fortified Village 0.06
- Hero's Blade 0.06
- Irrigated Farmland 0.06
- Nyssa of Traken 0.06
- Vrestin, Menoptra Leader 0.06
- Canopy Vista 0.05
- Sergeant John Benton 0.05
- Scattered Groves 0.04
- Sungrass Prairie 0.04
- Temple of Mystery 0.04
- Thriving Isle 0.04
- Glacial Fortress 0.03
- Skycloud Expanse 0.03
- Temple of Plenty 0.03
- Ash Barrens 0.02
- Horizon Canopy 0.02
- Dreamroot Cascade 0.01
- Prairie Stream 0.01
- Temple of Enlightenment 0.01
- Thriving Heath 0.01
- Alistair, the Brigadier 0.00
- Celestial Colonnade 0.00
- Mind Stone 0.00
- Peri Brown 0.00
- Talisman of Progress 0.00
- The Curse of Fenric 0.00
- The War Games 0.00
- Thought Vessel 0.00
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What of cards means here
The cheapest paper printing of every card, added together: what the hundred cards cost to own as singles, not what the sealed box sells for. That is why one reserved list card can put a deck above four decks of staples. Basic lands count toward the total but are left out of the card list below, since thirty Islands are not what anyone means by a deck's cheapest cards.
- 82 Mishra's Burnished Banner $72.58
- 83 Planar Portal $72.52
- 84 Prismari Artistry $72.40
- 85 Blast from the Past $71.97
- 86 Draconic Rage $71.33
- 87 Merciless Rage $71.22
- 88 Peer Through Time $70.29
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What of cards means here
The cheapest paper printing of every card, added together: what the hundred cards cost to own as singles, not what the sealed box sells for. That is why one reserved list card can put a deck above four decks of staples. Basic lands count toward the total but are left out of the card list below, since thirty Islands are not what anyone means by a deck's cheapest cards.
- 91 Peer Through Time $70.29
- 92 Merciless Rage $71.22
- 93 Draconic Rage $71.33
- 94 Blast from the Past $71.97
- 95 Prismari Artistry $72.40
- 96 Planar Portal $72.52
- 97 Mishra's Burnished Banner $72.58
Priciest cards
- Displaced Dinosaurs $15.07
- Heroic Intervention $6.67
- Three Visits $4.84
- City of Death $4.02
- K-9, Mark I $3.75
- Sonic Screwdriver $3.10
- Horizon Canopy $2.92
- Deserted Beach $1.51
- Thought Vessel $1.37
- Talisman of Unity $1.21
- The Second Doctor $1.16
- Swords to Plowshares $1.09
- Waterlogged Grove $1.05
- Overgrown Farmland $1.03
- Sergeant John Benton $1.02
- Dreamroot Cascade $0.91
- Sol Ring $0.91
- Reverse the Polarity $0.65
- Barbara Wright $0.57
- Traverse Eternity $0.53
- Heroes' Podium $0.50
- Adric, Mathematical Genius $0.37
- Path to Exile $0.37
- Five Hundred Year Diary $0.36
- The Night of the Doctor $0.35
- The Sixth Doctor $0.35
- Celestial Colonnade $0.34
- Gallifrey Council Chamber $0.34
- Vrestin, Menoptra Leader $0.34
- Bessie, the Doctor's Roadster $0.33
- Nyssa of Traken $0.33
- The War Games $0.33
- Ace's Baseball Bat $0.32
- Day of Destiny $0.32
- Ian Chesterton $0.32
- Trenzalore Clocktower $0.32
- Alistair, the Brigadier $0.31
- Sarah Jane Smith $0.31
- Trial of a Time Lord $0.31
- Crisis of Conscience $0.30
- Seaside Citadel $0.30
- The Third Doctor $0.30
- Duggan, Private Detective $0.29
- An Unearthly Child $0.28
- Susan Foreman $0.28
- The Caves of Androzani $0.28
- Canopy Vista $0.27
- Romana II $0.27
- Scattered Groves $0.27
- The Seventh Doctor $0.27
- Gallifrey Stands $0.26
- Tegan Jovanka $0.26
- The Curse of Fenric $0.26
- The Fifth Doctor $0.26
- Arcane Signet $0.25
- Banish to Another Universe $0.25
- Mind Stone $0.25
- TARDIS $0.25
- The First Doctor $0.25
- Glacial Fortress $0.24
- Jamie McCrimmon $0.24
- Leela, Sevateem Warrior $0.24
- Peri Brown $0.24
- Talisman of Progress $0.24
- Exotic Orchard $0.23
- Time Lord Regeneration $0.23
- Sungrass Prairie $0.22
- The Fourth Doctor $0.22
- The Sea Devils $0.22
- Twice Upon a Time // Unlikely Meeting $0.22
- Command Tower $0.21
- Explore $0.21
- The Eighth Doctor $0.21
- Vineglimmer Snarl $0.21
- Ash Barrens $0.20
- Fortified Village $0.20
- Time Wipe $0.20
- Ace, Fearless Rebel $0.19
- Path of Ancestry $0.19
- Skycloud Expanse $0.18
- Temple of Plenty $0.18
- The Five Doctors $0.18
- Hero's Blade $0.17
- Irrigated Farmland $0.17
- Prairie Stream $0.17
- Temple of Mystery $0.17
- Port Town $0.16
- Jo Grant $0.15
- Temple of Enlightenment $0.13
- Return to Dust $0.12
- Thriving Grove $0.11
- Thriving Heath $0.09
- Thriving Isle $0.08
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What median play rate means here
EDHREC ranks every card by how many Commander decks run it, #1 being the most played in the format. A deck's figure is the median rank across its nonland cards, so #1200 means half this deck sits inside the format's twelve hundred most played cards. A smaller number is the deck built out of staples.
- 167 Avengers Assemble #9630
- 168 Wakanda Forever #9718
- 169 Political Puppets #9846
- 170 Blast from the Past #10227
- 171 Mirror Mastery #10660
- 172 Nature of the Beast #12522
- 173 Eternal Bargain #12642
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What median play rate means here
EDHREC ranks every card by how many Commander decks run it, #1 being the most played in the format. A deck's figure is the median rank across its nonland cards, so #1200 means half this deck sits inside the format's twelve hundred most played cards. A smaller number is the deck built out of staples.
- 6 Eternal Bargain #12642
- 7 Nature of the Beast #12522
- 8 Mirror Mastery #10660
- 9 Blast from the Past #10227
- 10 Political Puppets #9846
- 11 Wakanda Forever #9718
- 12 Avengers Assemble #9630
Most played cards
- Sol Ring #1
- Arcane Signet #3
- Swords to Plowshares #11
- Path to Exile #15
- Thought Vessel #21
- Heroic Intervention #27
- Mind Stone #32
- Three Visits #40
- Talisman of Progress #136
- Explore #238
- Talisman of Unity #1016
- Time Wipe #1486
- Return to Dust #1664
- Hero's Blade #1868
- Sonic Screwdriver #1970
- Heroes' Podium #2731
- K-9, Mark I #3565
- The Second Doctor #3702
- City of Death #4527
- Displaced Dinosaurs #4674
- Reverse the Polarity #5160
- Day of Destiny #6564
- Five Hundred Year Diary #6650
- The Sixth Doctor #6730
- Barbara Wright #7311
- TARDIS #7624
- Traverse Eternity #8093
- Adric, Mathematical Genius #8171
- Sergeant John Benton #8709
- Sarah Jane Smith #9645
- The Night of the Doctor #9685
- The Third Doctor #9994
- The Fourth Doctor #10460
- Trial of a Time Lord #10882
- The Fifth Doctor #11075
- Bessie, the Doctor's Roadster #11293
- The Seventh Doctor #11442
- Ace's Baseball Bat #11564
- The Eighth Doctor #12261
- Alistair, the Brigadier #12547
- Tegan Jovanka #12613
- Crisis of Conscience #12641
- Twice Upon a Time // Unlikely Meeting #12892
- The First Doctor #13057
- Ian Chesterton #13504
- Nyssa of Traken #13704
- The War Games #13908
- Peri Brown #13922
- Vrestin, Menoptra Leader #14005
- Gallifrey Stands #14442
- An Unearthly Child #14501
- Banish to Another Universe #15001
- Duggan, Private Detective #15079
- Time Lord Regeneration #15372
- The Five Doctors #15802
- Romana II #15975
- Jamie McCrimmon #16066
- Jo Grant #16511
- The Sea Devils #18130
- The Caves of Androzani #18237
- Leela, Sevateem Warrior #18355
- The Curse of Fenric #18767
- Susan Foreman #19238
- Ace, Fearless Rebel #21491
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What a card on average means here
How long ago each card was first printed, averaged across the deck. A reprint does not make an old card new, so a deck published last year and stuffed with reprints still reads old. The total underneath is every card's age added together; the ranking uses the average, because a sum quietly rewards the bigger deck for being bigger.
- 166 Witherbloom Pestilence 8.7 years
- 167 Quandrix Unlimited 8.7 years
- 168 Landing Party 8.7 years
- 169 Blast from the Past 8.4 years
- 170 We Are the Borg 8.3 years
- 171 Federation Fleet 7.9 years
- 172 Klingon Fury 7.7 years
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What a card on average means here
How long ago each card was first printed, averaged across the deck. A reprint does not make an old card new, so a deck published last year and stuffed with reprints still reads old. The total underneath is every card's age added together; the ranking uses the average, because a sum quietly rewards the bigger deck for being bigger.
- 7 Klingon Fury 7.7 years
- 8 Federation Fleet 7.9 years
- 9 We Are the Borg 8.3 years
- 10 Blast from the Past 8.4 years
- 11 Landing Party 8.7 years
- 12 Quandrix Unlimited 8.7 years
- 13 Witherbloom Pestilence 8.7 years
Oldest cards
- Sol Ring 33.3 years
- Swords to Plowshares 33.3 years
- Mind Stone 29.4 years
- Three Visits 27.5 years
- Skycloud Expanse 25.1 years
- Sungrass Prairie 25.1 years
- Talisman of Progress 23.1 years
- Talisman of Unity 23.1 years
- Day of Destiny 21.8 years
- Return to Dust 20.1 years
- Horizon Canopy 19.5 years
- Seaside Citadel 18.1 years
- Exotic Orchard 17.8 years
- Path to Exile 17.8 years
- Glacial Fortress 17.3 years
- Celestial Colonnade 16.8 years
- Explore 16.8 years
- Command Tower 15.4 years
- Temple of Mystery 13.1 years
- Heroes' Podium 12.8 years
- Temple of Enlightenment 12.8 years
- Temple of Plenty 12.8 years
- Hero's Blade 11.8 years
- Canopy Vista 11.1 years
- Prairie Stream 11.1 years
- Thought Vessel 11.0 years
- Fortified Village 10.6 years
- Port Town 10.6 years
- Ash Barrens 10.0 years
- Heroic Intervention 9.8 years
- Irrigated Farmland 9.5 years
- Scattered Groves 9.5 years
- Path of Ancestry 9.2 years
- Time Wipe 7.7 years
- Waterlogged Grove 7.4 years
- Arcane Signet 7.1 years
- Thriving Grove 6.3 years
- Thriving Heath 6.3 years
- Thriving Isle 6.3 years
- Vineglimmer Snarl 5.6 years
- Deserted Beach 5.1 years
- Overgrown Farmland 5.1 years
- Dreamroot Cascade 5.0 years
- TARDIS 3.1 years
- Ace, Fearless Rebel 3.1 years
- Ace's Baseball Bat 3.1 years
- Adric, Mathematical Genius 3.1 years
- Alistair, the Brigadier 3.1 years
- An Unearthly Child 3.1 years
- Banish to Another Universe 3.1 years
- Barbara Wright 3.1 years
- Bessie, the Doctor's Roadster 3.1 years
- City of Death 3.1 years
- Crisis of Conscience 3.1 years
- Displaced Dinosaurs 3.1 years
- Duggan, Private Detective 3.1 years
- Five Hundred Year Diary 3.1 years
- Gallifrey Council Chamber 3.1 years
- Gallifrey Stands 3.1 years
- Ian Chesterton 3.1 years
- Jamie McCrimmon 3.1 years
- Jo Grant 3.1 years
- K-9, Mark I 3.1 years
- Leela, Sevateem Warrior 3.1 years
- Nyssa of Traken 3.1 years
- Peri Brown 3.1 years
- Reverse the Polarity 3.1 years
- Romana II 3.1 years
- Sarah Jane Smith 3.1 years
- Sergeant John Benton 3.1 years
- Sonic Screwdriver 3.1 years
- Susan Foreman 3.1 years
- Tegan Jovanka 3.1 years
- The Caves of Androzani 3.1 years
- The Curse of Fenric 3.1 years
- The Eighth Doctor 3.1 years
- The Fifth Doctor 3.1 years
- The First Doctor 3.1 years
- The Five Doctors 3.1 years
- The Fourth Doctor 3.1 years
- The Night of the Doctor 3.1 years
- The Sea Devils 3.1 years
- The Second Doctor 3.1 years
- The Seventh Doctor 3.1 years
- The Sixth Doctor 3.1 years
- The Third Doctor 3.1 years
- The War Games 3.1 years
- Time Lord Regeneration 3.1 years
- Traverse Eternity 3.1 years
- Trenzalore Clocktower 3.1 years
- Trial of a Time Lord 3.1 years
- Twice Upon a Time // Unlikely Meeting 3.1 years
- Vrestin, Menoptra Leader 3.1 years
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What the figures on each card mean
- Originality
- One minus how close the card's nearest match anywhere in Magic gets, so a card at 0.30 has something out there 70% like it.
- Play rate
- EDHREC's rank for how often the card is played in Commander, where #1 is the most played card in the format.
- Salt
- Out of about 3, from EDHREC's salt survey, where players vote on the cards they least enjoy facing.
- Card age
- How long ago the card was first printed, counted from its earliest printing, so a reprint does not make an old card new.
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