Faceless Menace
Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer · C19 2019 · 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.
- 35 Limit Break (FINAL FANTASY VII) 0.193
- 36 Jump Scare! 0.193
- 37 Planeswalker Party 0.193
- 38 Faceless Menace 0.192
- 39 Ruthless Regiment 0.191
- 40 World Shaper 0.191
- 41 Obscura Operation 0.191
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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.
- 138 Obscura Operation 0.191
- 139 World Shaper 0.191
- 140 Ruthless Regiment 0.191
- 141 Faceless Menace 0.192
- 142 Planeswalker Party 0.193
- 143 Jump Scare! 0.193
- 144 Limit Break (FINAL FANTASY VII) 0.193
Most original cards
- Leadership Vacuum 0.32
- Vraska the Unseen 0.26
- Road of Return 0.26
- Ixidron 0.25
- Deathmist Raptor 0.25
- Vesuvan Shapeshifter 0.22
- Apex Altisaur 0.22
- Scroll of Fate 0.22
- Bounty of the Luxa 0.22
- Thelonite Hermit 0.21
- Trail of Mystery 0.21
- Scaretiller 0.20
- Ghastly Conscription 0.20
- Thought Sponge 0.19
- Seedborn Muse 0.19
- Urban Evolution 0.19
- Thieving Amalgam 0.18
- Chromeshell Crab 0.18
- Rayami, First of the Fallen 0.17
- Gift of Doom 0.16
- Tezzeret's Gambit 0.16
- Tempt with Discovery 0.16
- Volrath, the Shapestealer 0.16
- Echoing Truth 0.15
- Kadena's Silencer 0.15
- Willbender 0.15
- Great Oak Guardian 0.14
- Overwhelming Stampede 0.14
- Thousand Winds 0.14
- Den Protector 0.14
- Bane of the Living 0.13
- Stratus Dancer 0.13
- Sudden Substitution 0.12
- Mire in Misery 0.11
- Silumgar Assassin 0.10
- Reality Shift 0.10
- Pendant of Prosperity 0.10
- Kheru Spellsnatcher 0.10
- Grismold, the Dreadsower 0.09
- Skinthinner 0.09
- Voice of Many 0.08
- Hooded Hydra 0.06
- Secret Plans 0.06
- Biomass Mutation 0.06
- Sultai Charm 0.05
- Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer 0.04
- Grim Haruspex 0.04
- Putrefy 0.03
- Sakura-Tribe Elder 0.02
- Farseek 0.02
- Strionic Resonator 0.02
- Nantuko Vigilante 0.01
- Icefeather Aven 0.00
- Hex 0.00
- Sagu Mauler 0.00
- Cultivate 0.00
- Sol Ring 0.00
- Ainok Survivalist -0.00
- Explore -0.00
- Thran Dynamo -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.
- 92 Temur Roar 19.9
- 93 Fae Dominion 19.9
- 94 Forces of the Imperium 19.9
- 95 Faceless Menace 19.8
- 96 Merciless Rage 19.8
- 97 Breed Lethality 19.8
- 98 Virtue and Valor 19.6
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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.
- 81 Virtue and Valor 19.6
- 82 Breed Lethality 19.8
- 83 Merciless Rage 19.8
- 84 Faceless Menace 19.8
- 85 Forces of the Imperium 19.9
- 86 Fae Dominion 19.9
- 87 Temur Roar 19.9
Saltiest cards
- Seedborn Muse 1.80
- Sol Ring 1.59
- Ixidron 0.94
- Chromeshell Crab 0.69
- Apex Altisaur 0.59
- Bojuka Bog 0.56
- Mire in Misery 0.56
- Strionic Resonator 0.56
- Overwhelming Stampede 0.55
- Rayami, First of the Fallen 0.53
- Tempt with Discovery 0.53
- Thespian's Stage 0.48
- Sudden Substitution 0.47
- Thousand Winds 0.47
- Silumgar Assassin 0.44
- Icefeather Aven 0.40
- Willbender 0.40
- Vraska the Unseen 0.33
- Scaretiller 0.31
- Ainok Survivalist 0.29
- Reality Shift 0.28
- Temple of the False God 0.26
- Biomass Mutation 0.25
- Ghastly Conscription 0.25
- Leadership Vacuum 0.25
- Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer 0.22
- Volrath, the Shapestealer 0.22
- Reliquary Tower 0.21
- Command Tower 0.20
- Great Oak Guardian 0.19
- Putrefy 0.18
- Road of Return 0.18
- Grim Haruspex 0.17
- Hooded Hydra 0.17
- Kadena's Silencer 0.17
- Shrine of the Forsaken Gods 0.17
- Cultivate 0.15
- Explore 0.15
- Gift of Doom 0.14
- Pendant of Prosperity 0.14
- Scroll of Fate 0.14
- Tezzeret's Gambit 0.14
- Vesuvan Shapeshifter 0.14
- Voice of Many 0.14
- Farseek 0.13
- Kheru Spellsnatcher 0.13
- Sakura-Tribe Elder 0.13
- Thieving Amalgam 0.13
- Deathmist Raptor 0.12
- Hex 0.12
- Sultai Charm 0.12
- Bane of the Living 0.11
- Simic Guildgate 0.11
- Stratus Dancer 0.11
- Echoing Truth 0.10
- Grismold, the Dreadsower 0.10
- Foul Orchard 0.09
- Exotic Orchard 0.08
- Simic Growth Chamber 0.08
- Terramorphic Expanse 0.08
- Golgari Rot Farm 0.07
- Trail of Mystery 0.07
- Urban Evolution 0.07
- Den Protector 0.06
- Evolving Wilds 0.06
- Golgari Guildgate 0.06
- Opulent Palace 0.06
- Sagu Mauler 0.06
- Secret Plans 0.06
- Skinthinner 0.06
- Thought Sponge 0.06
- Thran Dynamo 0.06
- Yavimaya Coast 0.06
- Bounty of the Luxa 0.05
- Jungle Hollow 0.05
- Dimir Aqueduct 0.03
- Llanowar Wastes 0.03
- Myriad Landscape 0.03
- Thornwood Falls 0.03
- Woodland Stream 0.03
- Ash Barrens 0.02
- Darkwater Catacombs 0.02
- Nantuko Vigilante 0.00
- Sunken Hollow 0.00
- Thelonite Hermit 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.
- 61 Counterpunch $79.48
- 62 Doom Prevails $79.44
- 63 Call for Backup $78.33
- 64 Faceless Menace $77.65
- 65 Obscura Operation $77.40
- 66 Graveyard Overdrive $76.82
- 67 Sworn To Darkness $76.67
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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.
- 112 Sworn To Darkness $76.67
- 113 Graveyard Overdrive $76.82
- 114 Obscura Operation $77.40
- 115 Faceless Menace $77.65
- 116 Call for Backup $78.33
- 117 Doom Prevails $79.44
- 118 Counterpunch $79.48
Priciest cards
- Seedborn Muse $17.56
- Apex Altisaur $9.49
- Sudden Substitution $6.90
- Strionic Resonator $5.75
- Gift of Doom $4.05
- Tempt with Discovery $2.71
- Thran Dynamo $2.62
- Grim Haruspex $2.09
- Reliquary Tower $1.64
- Bojuka Bog $1.42
- Grismold, the Dreadsower $1.22
- Overwhelming Stampede $1.07
- Thieving Amalgam $1.01
- Pendant of Prosperity $0.96
- Sol Ring $0.91
- Mire in Misery $0.90
- Llanowar Wastes $0.73
- Volrath, the Shapestealer $0.61
- Vraska the Unseen $0.56
- Road of Return $0.54
- Hooded Hydra $0.49
- Thespian's Stage $0.42
- Ixidron $0.41
- Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer $0.39
- Kadena's Silencer $0.39
- Sakura-Tribe Elder $0.34
- Shrine of the Forsaken Gods $0.33
- Hex $0.31
- Vesuvan Shapeshifter $0.31
- Thought Sponge $0.30
- Cultivate $0.29
- Silumgar Assassin $0.29
- Stratus Dancer $0.29
- Sunken Hollow $0.29
- Darkwater Catacombs $0.28
- Ghastly Conscription $0.28
- Icefeather Aven $0.28
- Opulent Palace $0.28
- Rayami, First of the Fallen $0.28
- Scroll of Fate $0.28
- Bane of the Living $0.26
- Farseek $0.26
- Golgari Rot Farm $0.26
- Chromeshell Crab $0.25
- Yavimaya Coast $0.25
- Deathmist Raptor $0.24
- Kheru Spellsnatcher $0.24
- Reality Shift $0.24
- Scaretiller $0.24
- Thelonite Hermit $0.24
- Dimir Aqueduct $0.23
- Exotic Orchard $0.23
- Simic Growth Chamber $0.23
- Sultai Charm $0.23
- Bounty of the Luxa $0.22
- Sagu Mauler $0.22
- Biomass Mutation $0.21
- Command Tower $0.21
- Explore $0.21
- Ash Barrens $0.20
- Leadership Vacuum $0.20
- Myriad Landscape $0.19
- Nantuko Vigilante $0.18
- Putrefy $0.18
- Secret Plans $0.18
- Temple of the False God $0.18
- Echoing Truth $0.17
- Voice of Many $0.17
- Tezzeret's Gambit $0.16
- Den Protector $0.15
- Thousand Winds $0.15
- Golgari Guildgate $0.14
- Great Oak Guardian $0.14
- Urban Evolution $0.14
- Jungle Hollow $0.13
- Trail of Mystery $0.12
- Foul Orchard $0.11
- Simic Guildgate $0.11
- Skinthinner $0.11
- Thornwood Falls $0.11
- Evolving Wilds $0.09
- Terramorphic Expanse $0.09
- Willbender $0.09
- Ainok Survivalist $0.08
- Woodland Stream $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.
- 146 Forces of the Imperium #6770
- 147 Spirit Squadron #6923
- 148 Turtle Power! #6993
- 149 Faceless Menace #7092
- 150 Tyranid Swarm #7096
- 151 Peer Through Time #7167
- 152 Wade into Battle #7248
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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.
- 27 Wade into Battle #7248
- 28 Peer Through Time #7167
- 29 Tyranid Swarm #7096
- 30 Faceless Menace #7092
- 31 Turtle Power! #6993
- 32 Spirit Squadron #6923
- 33 Forces of the Imperium #6770
Most played cards
- Sol Ring #1
- Cultivate #20
- Farseek #23
- Sakura-Tribe Elder #118
- Thran Dynamo #194
- Explore #238
- Reality Shift #287
- Seedborn Muse #289
- Putrefy #348
- Overwhelming Stampede #516
- Strionic Resonator #610
- Tempt with Discovery #902
- Tezzeret's Gambit #948
- Grim Haruspex #1158
- Apex Altisaur #1506
- Urban Evolution #2473
- Hooded Hydra #3478
- Scroll of Fate #4249
- Biomass Mutation #4938
- Pendant of Prosperity #5139
- Sultai Charm #5301
- Scaretiller #5394
- Thieving Amalgam #5585
- Trail of Mystery #6258
- Mire in Misery #6581
- Great Oak Guardian #6687
- Sudden Substitution #6799
- Gift of Doom #6800
- Den Protector #6893
- Deathmist Raptor #7079
- Ainok Survivalist #7104
- Hex #7553
- Vesuvan Shapeshifter #7589
- Vraska the Unseen #7634
- Grismold, the Dreadsower #7893
- Thelonite Hermit #8035
- Ixidron #8146
- Kheru Spellsnatcher #8168
- Nantuko Vigilante #8240
- Leadership Vacuum #8261
- Stratus Dancer #8624
- Willbender #8714
- Secret Plans #9401
- Chromeshell Crab #9954
- Echoing Truth #9959
- Bane of the Living #10402
- Kadena's Silencer #10943
- Voice of Many #10947
- Road of Return #11068
- Silumgar Assassin #11632
- Ghastly Conscription #11682
- Thousand Winds #11718
- Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer #12745
- Icefeather Aven #12921
- Bounty of the Luxa #12944
- Volrath, the Shapestealer #13877
- Sagu Mauler #15304
- Skinthinner #16844
- Thought Sponge #17620
- Rayami, First of the Fallen #22091
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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.
- 36 Draconic Domination 15.0 years
- 37 Token Triumph 15.0 years
- 38 Exquisite Invention 14.8 years
- 39 Faceless Menace 14.7 years
- 40 Aura of Courage 14.5 years
- 41 Painbow 14.3 years
- 42 Chaos Incarnate 14.2 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.
- 137 Chaos Incarnate 14.2 years
- 138 Painbow 14.3 years
- 139 Aura of Courage 14.5 years
- 140 Faceless Menace 14.7 years
- 141 Exquisite Invention 14.8 years
- 142 Token Triumph 15.0 years
- 143 Draconic Domination 15.0 years
Oldest cards
- Sol Ring 33.3 years
- Thran Dynamo 27.4 years
- Llanowar Wastes 25.4 years
- Yavimaya Coast 25.4 years
- Darkwater Catacombs 25.1 years
- Bane of the Living 23.8 years
- Chromeshell Crab 23.8 years
- Nantuko Vigilante 23.8 years
- Seedborn Muse 23.8 years
- Skinthinner 23.8 years
- Willbender 23.8 years
- Temple of the False God 23.5 years
- Echoing Truth 22.8 years
- Sakura-Tribe Elder 22.1 years
- Terramorphic Expanse 21.2 years
- Thelonite Hermit 21.2 years
- Dimir Aqueduct 21.1 years
- Farseek 21.1 years
- Golgari Rot Farm 21.1 years
- Hex 21.1 years
- Putrefy 21.1 years
- Simic Growth Chamber 20.5 years
- Ixidron 20.1 years
- Vesuvan Shapeshifter 20.1 years
- Exotic Orchard 17.8 years
- Reliquary Tower 17.8 years
- Bojuka Bog 16.8 years
- Explore 16.8 years
- Evolving Wilds 16.6 years
- Cultivate 16.3 years
- Overwhelming Stampede 16.3 years
- Tezzeret's Gambit 15.5 years
- Command Tower 15.4 years
- Golgari Guildgate 14.1 years
- Vraska the Unseen 14.1 years
- Biomass Mutation 13.8 years
- Simic Guildgate 13.8 years
- Thespian's Stage 13.8 years
- Urban Evolution 13.8 years
- Strionic Resonator 13.3 years
- Tempt with Discovery 13.0 years
- Thousand Winds 12.2 years
- Grim Haruspex 12.1 years
- Hooded Hydra 12.1 years
- Icefeather Aven 12.1 years
- Jungle Hollow 12.1 years
- Kheru Spellsnatcher 12.1 years
- Opulent Palace 12.1 years
- Sagu Mauler 12.1 years
- Secret Plans 12.1 years
- Sultai Charm 12.1 years
- Thornwood Falls 12.1 years
- Trail of Mystery 12.1 years
- Myriad Landscape 12.0 years
- Reality Shift 11.8 years
- Ghastly Conscription 11.8 years
- Ainok Survivalist 11.6 years
- Deathmist Raptor 11.6 years
- Den Protector 11.6 years
- Silumgar Assassin 11.6 years
- Stratus Dancer 11.6 years
- Shrine of the Forsaken Gods 11.1 years
- Sunken Hollow 11.1 years
- Great Oak Guardian 11.0 years
- Foul Orchard 10.6 years
- Woodland Stream 10.6 years
- Ash Barrens 10.0 years
- Bounty of the Luxa 9.5 years
- Apex Altisaur 7.2 years
- Gift of Doom 7.2 years
- Grismold, the Dreadsower 7.2 years
- Kadena, Slinking Sorcerer 7.2 years
- Kadena's Silencer 7.2 years
- Leadership Vacuum 7.2 years
- Mire in Misery 7.2 years
- Pendant of Prosperity 7.2 years
- Rayami, First of the Fallen 7.2 years
- Road of Return 7.2 years
- Scaretiller 7.2 years
- Scroll of Fate 7.2 years
- Sudden Substitution 7.2 years
- Thieving Amalgam 7.2 years
- Thought Sponge 7.2 years
- Voice of Many 7.2 years
- Volrath, the Shapestealer 7.2 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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