Counterpunch
Ghave, Guru of Spores · CMD 2011 · 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.
- 172 Breed Lethality 0.123
- 173 Swell the Host 0.121
- 174 Mirror Mastery 0.116
- 175 Counterpunch 0.110
- 176 First Flight 0.107
- 177 Mind Seize 0.107
- 178 Seize Control 0.105
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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 Seize Control 0.105
- 2 Mind Seize 0.107
- 3 First Flight 0.107
- 4 Counterpunch 0.110
- 5 Mirror Mastery 0.116
- 6 Swell the Host 0.121
- 7 Breed Lethality 0.123
Most original cards
- Nemesis Trap 0.22
- Cobra Trap 0.18
- Fertilid 0.18
- Chorus of the Conclave 0.16
- Hornet Queen 0.16
- Alliance of Arms 0.16
- Yavimaya Elder 0.15
- Acorn Catapult 0.15
- Aquastrand Spider 0.14
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter 0.13
- Tribute to the Wild 0.13
- Vow of Wildness 0.12
- Spike Feeder 0.11
- Karador, Ghost Chieftain 0.11
- Aura Shards 0.11
- Selesnya Evangel 0.11
- Vow of Duty 0.10
- Death Mutation 0.09
- Soul Snare 0.08
- Storm Herd 0.08
- Lightning Greaves 0.08
- Hour of Reckoning 0.08
- Scavenging Ooze 0.07
- Vow of Malice 0.06
- Mortify 0.06
- Ghave, Guru of Spores 0.06
- Celestial Force 0.06
- Afterlife 0.06
- Teneb, the Harvester 0.05
- Syphon Flesh 0.05
- Bestial Menace 0.05
- Dark Hatchling 0.04
- Sakura-Tribe Elder 0.02
- Sigil Captain 0.02
- Skullclamp 0.02
- Awakening Zone 0.02
- Fists of Ironwood 0.02
- Necrogenesis 0.01
- Oblivion Ring 0.01
- Shriekmaw 0.01
- Hex 0.00
- Symbiotic Wurm 0.00
- Golgari Guildmage 0.00
- Attrition 0.00
- Penumbra Spider 0.00
- Squallmonger 0.00
- Selesnya Guildmage 0.00
- Harmonize 0.00
- Spawnwrithe 0.00
- Cultivate 0.00
- Deadly Recluse 0.00
- Monk Realist 0.00
- Orzhov Signet 0.00
- Sol Ring 0.00
- Vampire Nighthawk 0.00
- Darksteel Ingot -0.00
- Doom Blade -0.00
- Golgari Signet -0.00
- Footbottom Feast -0.00
- Nantuko Husk -0.00
- Selesnya Signet -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.
- 170 Landing Party 14.8
- 171 First Flight 14.8
- 172 Wade into Battle 14.5
- 173 Counterpunch 14.3
- 174 Token Triumph 14.1
- 175 Grave Danger 13.6
- 176 Klingon Fury 12.2
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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.
- 3 Klingon Fury 12.2
- 4 Grave Danger 13.6
- 5 Token Triumph 14.1
- 6 Counterpunch 14.3
- 7 Wade into Battle 14.5
- 8 First Flight 14.8
- 9 Landing Party 14.8
Saltiest cards
- Aura Shards 2.04
- Sol Ring 1.59
- Skullclamp 0.79
- Oblivion Ring 0.56
- Lightning Greaves 0.53
- Hour of Reckoning 0.52
- Attrition 0.41
- Storm Herd 0.41
- Soul Snare 0.36
- Ghave, Guru of Spores 0.32
- Hornet Queen 0.29
- Footbottom Feast 0.27
- Scavenging Ooze 0.27
- Temple of the False God 0.26
- Alliance of Arms 0.25
- Teneb, the Harvester 0.25
- Monk Realist 0.22
- Symbiotic Wurm 0.22
- Command Tower 0.20
- Nantuko Husk 0.19
- Shriekmaw 0.19
- Tribute to the Wild 0.19
- Awakening Zone 0.18
- Golgari Signet 0.17
- Spike Feeder 0.16
- Vow of Malice 0.16
- Cultivate 0.15
- Mortify 0.15
- Karador, Ghost Chieftain 0.14
- Harmonize 0.13
- Sakura-Tribe Elder 0.13
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter 0.13
- Chorus of the Conclave 0.12
- Fists of Ironwood 0.12
- Hex 0.12
- Spawnwrithe 0.12
- Vampire Nighthawk 0.12
- Afterlife 0.11
- Doom Blade 0.11
- Necrogenesis 0.10
- Yavimaya Elder 0.10
- Barren Moor 0.09
- Fertilid 0.09
- Vivid Meadow 0.08
- Bestial Menace 0.07
- Cobra Trap 0.07
- Golgari Guildmage 0.07
- Golgari Rot Farm 0.07
- Rupture Spire 0.07
- Squallmonger 0.07
- Tranquil Thicket 0.07
- Vivid Grove 0.07
- Vivid Marsh 0.07
- Vow of Duty 0.07
- Celestial Force 0.06
- Evolving Wilds 0.06
- Secluded Steppe 0.06
- Selesnya Evangel 0.06
- Vow of Wildness 0.06
- Death Mutation 0.05
- Nemesis Trap 0.05
- Orzhov Basilica 0.05
- Selesnya Sanctuary 0.03
- Acorn Catapult 0.00
- Aquastrand Spider 0.00
- Dark Hatchling 0.00
- Darksteel Ingot 0.00
- Deadly Recluse 0.00
- Orzhov Signet 0.00
- Penumbra Spider 0.00
- Selesnya Guildmage 0.00
- Selesnya Signet 0.00
- Sigil Captain 0.00
- Syphon Flesh 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 Arm for Battle £54.47
- 83 Sworn To Darkness £54.33
- 84 Peace Offering £54.05
- 85 Counterpunch £53.69
- 86 Explorers of the Deep £53.59
- 87 Graveyard Overdrive £53.40
- 88 Animated Army £53.32
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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 Animated Army £53.32
- 92 Graveyard Overdrive £53.40
- 93 Explorers of the Deep £53.59
- 94 Counterpunch £53.69
- 95 Peace Offering £54.05
- 96 Sworn To Darkness £54.33
- 97 Arm for Battle £54.47
Priciest cards
- Aura Shards £12.89
- Attrition £12.24
- Alliance of Arms £6.00
- Acorn Catapult £3.17
- Skullclamp £3.13
- Lightning Greaves £2.30
- Symbiotic Wurm £1.72
- Spike Feeder £0.89
- Celestial Force £0.87
- Sol Ring £0.69
- Ghave, Guru of Spores £0.43
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter £0.41
- Awakening Zone £0.35
- Storm Herd £0.34
- Teneb, the Harvester £0.31
- Vow of Malice £0.30
- Spawnwrithe £0.29
- Selesnya Signet £0.28
- Vivid Marsh £0.27
- Sakura-Tribe Elder £0.26
- Golgari Signet £0.26
- Orzhov Signet £0.25
- Karador, Ghost Chieftain £0.23
- Vivid Meadow £0.22
- Cultivate £0.22
- Sigil Captain £0.20
- Death Mutation £0.20
- Chorus of the Conclave £0.18
- Necrogenesis £0.17
- Shriekmaw £0.16
- Golgari Rot Farm £0.16
- Hex £0.16
- Vivid Grove £0.15
- Monk Realist £0.15
- Hornet Queen £0.14
- Command Tower £0.13
- Hour of Reckoning £0.13
- Cobra Trap £0.13
- Mortify £0.13
- Vow of Wildness £0.12
- Tribute to the Wild £0.12
- Orzhov Basilica £0.12
- Selesnya Sanctuary £0.12
- Footbottom Feast £0.12
- Barren Moor £0.11
- Vampire Nighthawk £0.11
- Fists of Ironwood £0.11
- Syphon Flesh £0.10
- Harmonize £0.10
- Darksteel Ingot £0.10
- Temple of the False God £0.10
- Dark Hatchling £0.10
- Penumbra Spider £0.10
- Squallmonger £0.10
- Doom Blade £0.10
- Oblivion Ring £0.09
- Fertilid £0.09
- Nantuko Husk £0.09
- Soul Snare £0.09
- Secluded Steppe £0.08
- Aquastrand Spider £0.08
- Tranquil Thicket £0.08
- Yavimaya Elder £0.08
- Scavenging Ooze £0.08
- Vow of Duty £0.08
- Nemesis Trap £0.07
- Selesnya Evangel £0.07
- Deadly Recluse £0.07
- Bestial Menace £0.05
- Golgari Guildmage £0.05
- Rupture Spire £0.05
- Afterlife £0.05
- Evolving Wilds £0.04
- Selesnya Guildmage £0.03
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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.
- 162 Timey-Wimey #8691
- 163 Paradox Power #8804
- 164 Evasive Maneuvers #9029
- 165 Counterpunch #9287
- 166 Mind Seize #9582
- 167 Avengers Assemble #9630
- 168 Wakanda Forever #9718
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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.
- 11 Wakanda Forever #9718
- 12 Avengers Assemble #9630
- 13 Mind Seize #9582
- 14 Counterpunch #9287
- 15 Evasive Maneuvers #9029
- 16 Paradox Power #8804
- 17 Timey-Wimey #8691
Most played cards
- Sol Ring #1
- Lightning Greaves #13
- Cultivate #20
- Skullclamp #38
- Sakura-Tribe Elder #118
- Orzhov Signet #191
- Harmonize #324
- Mortify #583
- Golgari Signet #752
- Hour of Reckoning #1049
- Aura Shards #1071
- Selesnya Signet #1095
- Awakening Zone #1599
- Scavenging Ooze #1605
- Shriekmaw #1609
- Hornet Queen #1740
- Vampire Nighthawk #1758
- Darksteel Ingot #2140
- Doom Blade #2250
- Storm Herd #2847
- Fertilid #3214
- Yavimaya Elder #3789
- Attrition #4897
- Deadly Recluse #5021
- Oblivion Ring #5173
- Soul Snare #6745
- Vow of Duty #7444
- Hex #7553
- Teneb, the Harvester #8679
- Nantuko Husk #8818
- Spike Feeder #9287
- Vow of Malice #9330
- Syphon Flesh #9637
- Ghave, Guru of Spores #9933
- Penumbra Spider #10195
- Necrogenesis #10575
- Vow of Wildness #10660
- Fists of Ironwood #10917
- Karador, Ghost Chieftain #10927
- Alliance of Arms #11696
- Footbottom Feast #12300
- Spawnwrithe #13162
- Tribute to the Wild #13434
- Selesnya Evangel #13926
- Acorn Catapult #14239
- Cobra Trap #15999
- Symbiotic Wurm #16222
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter #16449
- Selesnya Guildmage #17119
- Aquastrand Spider #17861
- Afterlife #17965
- Sigil Captain #18844
- Dark Hatchling #19048
- Bestial Menace #19101
- Golgari Guildmage #19204
- Celestial Force #20173
- Death Mutation #20178
- Squallmonger #23795
- Chorus of the Conclave #24009
- Monk Realist #24560
- Nemesis Trap #24938
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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.
- 1 Devour for Power 21.0 years
- 2 Heavenly Inferno 20.9 years
- 3 Political Puppets 20.5 years
- 4 Counterpunch 20.3 years
- 5 Mirror Mastery 20.1 years
- 6 Guided By Nature 19.7 years
- 7 Peer Through Time 19.5 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.
- 172 Peer Through Time 19.5 years
- 173 Guided By Nature 19.7 years
- 174 Mirror Mastery 20.1 years
- 175 Counterpunch 20.3 years
- 176 Political Puppets 20.5 years
- 177 Heavenly Inferno 20.9 years
- 178 Devour for Power 21.0 years
Oldest cards
- Sol Ring 33.3 years
- Afterlife 30.1 years
- Spike Feeder 28.7 years
- Dark Hatchling 28.1 years
- Monk Realist 28.1 years
- Attrition 27.4 years
- Yavimaya Elder 27.4 years
- Squallmonger 27.1 years
- Aura Shards 26.1 years
- Death Mutation 25.4 years
- Barren Moor 24.1 years
- Nantuko Husk 24.1 years
- Secluded Steppe 24.1 years
- Symbiotic Wurm 24.1 years
- Tranquil Thicket 24.1 years
- Temple of the False God 23.5 years
- Lightning Greaves 23.1 years
- Darksteel Ingot 22.9 years
- Skullclamp 22.8 years
- Sakura-Tribe Elder 22.1 years
- Golgari Guildmage 21.2 years
- Selesnya Evangel 21.2 years
- Selesnya Guildmage 21.2 years
- Selesnya Sanctuary 21.2 years
- Selesnya Signet 21.2 years
- Chorus of the Conclave 21.1 years
- Fists of Ironwood 21.1 years
- Golgari Rot Farm 21.1 years
- Golgari Signet 21.1 years
- Hex 21.1 years
- Hour of Reckoning 21.1 years
- Mortify 20.8 years
- Orzhov Basilica 20.8 years
- Orzhov Signet 20.8 years
- Storm Herd 20.8 years
- Aquastrand Spider 20.5 years
- Penumbra Spider 20.1 years
- Harmonize 19.8 years
- Teneb, the Harvester 19.8 years
- Footbottom Feast 19.1 years
- Oblivion Ring 19.1 years
- Shriekmaw 19.1 years
- Vivid Grove 19.1 years
- Vivid Marsh 19.1 years
- Vivid Meadow 19.1 years
- Fertilid 18.8 years
- Spawnwrithe 18.5 years
- Necrogenesis 18.1 years
- Rupture Spire 17.8 years
- Sigil Captain 17.5 years
- Deadly Recluse 17.3 years
- Doom Blade 17.3 years
- Cobra Trap 17.1 years
- Vampire Nighthawk 17.1 years
- Bestial Menace 16.8 years
- Nemesis Trap 16.8 years
- Awakening Zone 16.6 years
- Evolving Wilds 16.6 years
- Cultivate 16.3 years
- Acorn Catapult 15.4 years
- Alliance of Arms 15.4 years
- Celestial Force 15.4 years
- Command Tower 15.4 years
- Ghave, Guru of Spores 15.4 years
- Hornet Queen 15.4 years
- Karador, Ghost Chieftain 15.4 years
- Scavenging Ooze 15.4 years
- Soul Snare 15.4 years
- Syphon Flesh 15.4 years
- Tribute to the Wild 15.4 years
- Vish Kal, Blood Arbiter 15.4 years
- Vow of Duty 15.4 years
- Vow of Malice 15.4 years
- Vow of Wildness 15.4 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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