Mardu Surge
Zurgo Stormrender · TDC 2025 · 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.
- 165 Call for Backup 0.133
- 166 Tyranid Swarm 0.131
- 167 Jeskai Striker 0.130
- 168 Mardu Surge 0.130
- 169 Tramplesaurus Rex 0.128
- 170 Built From Scratch 0.126
- 171 Token Triumph 0.125
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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.
- 8 Token Triumph 0.125
- 9 Built From Scratch 0.126
- 10 Tramplesaurus Rex 0.128
- 11 Mardu Surge 0.130
- 12 Jeskai Striker 0.130
- 13 Tyranid Swarm 0.131
- 14 Call for Backup 0.133
Most original cards
- Myr Battlesphere 0.26
- Ophiomancer 0.23
- Blade of Selves 0.21
- Zurgo Stormrender 0.18
- Kaya, Geist Hunter 0.18
- Ironwill Forger 0.16
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor 0.16
- Will of the Mardu 0.16
- Redoubled Stormsinger 0.16
- Legion Loyalty 0.16
- Tocasia's Welcome 0.16
- Commander's Insignia 0.15
- Neriv, Crackling Vanguard 0.14
- Divine Visitation 0.13
- Sun Titan 0.13
- Idol of Oblivion 0.12
- Bone Devourer 0.12
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser 0.12
- Bitter Triumph 0.12
- Infantry Shield 0.11
- Grand Crescendo 0.11
- Loyal Apprentice 0.11
- Thalisse, Reverent Medium 0.10
- Stroke of Midnight 0.10
- Aron, Benalia's Ruin 0.10
- Lightning Greaves 0.08
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar 0.08
- Ainok Strike Leader 0.08
- Hour of Reckoning 0.08
- Legion Warboss 0.07
- Tempt with Vengeance 0.05
- Morbid Opportunist 0.05
- Wayfarer's Bauble 0.05
- Twilight Drover 0.05
- Mindblade Render 0.05
- Within Range 0.05
- Ogre Battledriver 0.03
- Skullclamp 0.02
- Shadow Summoning 0.01
- Talisman of Conviction 0.01
- Siege-Gang Commander 0.01
- Talisman of Hierarchy 0.01
- Bastion of Remembrance 0.00
- Emeria Angel 0.00
- Eliminate the Competition 0.00
- Hero of Bladehold 0.00
- Viscera Seer 0.00
- Release the Dogs 0.00
- Chittering Witch 0.00
- Goldnight Commander 0.00
- Angel of Invention 0.00
- Deadly Dispute 0.00
- Solemn Simulacrum 0.00
- Abrade 0.00
- Beetleback Chief 0.00
- Goldlust Triad 0.00
- Lingering Souls 0.00
- Arcane Signet 0.00
- Fellwar Stone 0.00
- Sol Ring 0.00
- Yahenni, Undying Partisan 0.00
- Selfless Spirit -0.00
- Swords to Plowshares -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.
- 122 Lorehold Spirit 18.5
- 123 Undead Unleashed 18.5
- 124 Science! 18.5
- 125 Mardu Surge 18.5
- 126 Reap the Tides 18.4
- 127 Reign of Dragons 18.4
- 128 Planar Portal 18.4
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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.
- 51 Planar Portal 18.4
- 52 Reign of Dragons 18.4
- 53 Reap the Tides 18.4
- 54 Mardu Surge 18.5
- 55 Science! 18.5
- 56 Undead Unleashed 18.5
- 57 Lorehold Spirit 18.5
Saltiest cards
- Sol Ring 1.59
- Skullclamp 0.79
- Bojuka Bog 0.56
- Swords to Plowshares 0.55
- Lightning Greaves 0.53
- Divine Visitation 0.52
- Hour of Reckoning 0.52
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor 0.51
- Legion Loyalty 0.51
- Blade of Selves 0.50
- Ironwill Forger 0.47
- Within Range 0.45
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar 0.43
- Viscera Seer 0.41
- Arcane Signet 0.40
- Kaya, Geist Hunter 0.40
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser 0.35
- Bastion of Remembrance 0.34
- Goldlust Triad 0.33
- Sun Titan 0.33
- Yahenni, Undying Partisan 0.33
- Zurgo Stormrender 0.32
- Grand Crescendo 0.30
- Ophiomancer 0.29
- Selfless Spirit 0.29
- Myr Battlesphere 0.25
- Vault of the Archangel 0.25
- Ainok Strike Leader 0.23
- Redoubled Stormsinger 0.22
- Bitter Triumph 0.21
- Tempt with Vengeance 0.21
- Thalisse, Reverent Medium 0.21
- Will of the Mardu 0.21
- Command Tower 0.20
- Ogre Battledriver 0.20
- Stroke of Midnight 0.20
- Morbid Opportunist 0.19
- Commander's Insignia 0.18
- Abrade 0.16
- Idol of Oblivion 0.16
- Infantry Shield 0.16
- Legion Warboss 0.16
- Tocasia's Welcome 0.16
- Twilight Drover 0.16
- Dragonskull Summit 0.15
- Emeria Angel 0.15
- Siege-Gang Commander 0.15
- Goldnight Commander 0.14
- Beetleback Chief 0.13
- Eliminate the Competition 0.13
- Chittering Witch 0.12
- Isolated Chapel 0.11
- Solemn Simulacrum 0.11
- Windbrisk Heights 0.11
- Deadly Dispute 0.10
- Hero of Bladehold 0.10
- Loyal Apprentice 0.10
- Smoldering Marsh 0.10
- Fetid Heath 0.09
- Angel of Invention 0.08
- Clifftop Retreat 0.08
- Exotic Orchard 0.08
- Path of Ancestry 0.08
- Terramorphic Expanse 0.08
- Battlefield Forge 0.07
- Bone Devourer 0.06
- Neriv, Crackling Vanguard 0.06
- Wayfarer's Bauble 0.06
- Castle Ardenvale 0.05
- Castle Embereth 0.05
- Canyon Slough 0.04
- Shattered Sanctum 0.04
- Temple of Silence 0.04
- Nomad Outpost 0.03
- Shattered Landscape 0.02
- Caves of Koilos 0.01
- Aron, Benalia's Ruin 0.00
- Fellwar Stone 0.00
- Lingering Souls 0.00
- Mindblade Render 0.00
- Release the Dogs 0.00
- Shadow Summoning 0.00
- Talisman of Conviction 0.00
- Talisman of Hierarchy 0.00
- Temple of Triumph 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.
- 117 Avengers Assemble $59.29
- 118 Maestros Massacre $58.93
- 119 Political Puppets $58.72
- 120 Mardu Surge $58.64
- 121 Invent Superiority $58.21
- 122 Lorehold Legacies $58.12
- 123 Federation Fleet $57.90
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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.
- 56 Federation Fleet $57.90
- 57 Lorehold Legacies $58.12
- 58 Invent Superiority $58.21
- 59 Mardu Surge $58.64
- 60 Political Puppets $58.72
- 61 Maestros Massacre $58.93
- 62 Avengers Assemble $59.29
Priciest cards
- Will of the Mardu $5.69
- Ainok Strike Leader $4.14
- Skullclamp $3.16
- Blade of Selves $2.94
- Lightning Greaves $2.58
- Zurgo Stormrender $2.47
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar $2.38
- Goldlust Triad $2.03
- Shattered Sanctum $1.89
- Idol of Oblivion $1.82
- Infantry Shield $1.55
- Tocasia's Welcome $1.46
- Bojuka Bog $1.42
- Ophiomancer $1.26
- Vault of the Archangel $1.14
- Swords to Plowshares $1.09
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor $0.95
- Fellwar Stone $0.92
- Sol Ring $0.91
- Hero of Bladehold $0.84
- Viscera Seer $0.56
- Selfless Spirit $0.48
- Grand Crescendo $0.45
- Divine Visitation $0.43
- Legion Warboss $0.42
- Kaya, Geist Hunter $0.39
- Within Range $0.38
- Neriv, Crackling Vanguard $0.37
- Tempt with Vengeance $0.37
- Ogre Battledriver $0.36
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser $0.35
- Deadly Dispute $0.34
- Emeria Angel $0.34
- Angel of Invention $0.33
- Fetid Heath $0.33
- Bitter Triumph $0.32
- Caves of Koilos $0.32
- Castle Embereth $0.31
- Ironwill Forger $0.31
- Legion Loyalty $0.31
- Thalisse, Reverent Medium $0.31
- Loyal Apprentice $0.30
- Mindblade Render $0.29
- Nomad Outpost $0.29
- Bastion of Remembrance $0.28
- Castle Ardenvale $0.28
- Chittering Witch $0.28
- Dragonskull Summit $0.28
- Sun Titan $0.28
- Talisman of Conviction $0.28
- Talisman of Hierarchy $0.28
- Bone Devourer $0.27
- Smoldering Marsh $0.27
- Solemn Simulacrum $0.27
- Twilight Drover $0.27
- Battlefield Forge $0.26
- Stroke of Midnight $0.26
- Windbrisk Heights $0.26
- Arcane Signet $0.25
- Shattered Landscape $0.25
- Clifftop Retreat $0.24
- Isolated Chapel $0.24
- Myr Battlesphere $0.24
- Siege-Gang Commander $0.24
- Exotic Orchard $0.23
- Beetleback Chief $0.22
- Redoubled Stormsinger $0.22
- Command Tower $0.21
- Morbid Opportunist $0.21
- Temple of Triumph $0.21
- Canyon Slough $0.20
- Hour of Reckoning $0.20
- Eliminate the Competition $0.19
- Path of Ancestry $0.19
- Wayfarer's Bauble $0.19
- Abrade $0.18
- Shadow Summoning $0.18
- Temple of Silence $0.18
- Commander's Insignia $0.17
- Goldnight Commander $0.16
- Lingering Souls $0.15
- Release the Dogs $0.15
- Yahenni, Undying Partisan $0.15
- Aron, Benalia's Ruin $0.12
- Terramorphic Expanse $0.09
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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.
- 15 Heads I Win, Tails You Lose #1635
- 16 Endless Punishment #1646
- 17 Reign of Dragons #1672
- 18 Mardu Surge #1793
- 19 Chaos Incarnate #1839
- 20 Multiverse Reforged #1844
- 21 Arm for Battle #1874
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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.
- 158 Arm for Battle #1874
- 159 Multiverse Reforged #1844
- 160 Chaos Incarnate #1839
- 161 Mardu Surge #1793
- 162 Reign of Dragons #1672
- 163 Endless Punishment #1646
- 164 Heads I Win, Tails You Lose #1635
Most played cards
- Sol Ring #1
- Arcane Signet #3
- Swords to Plowshares #11
- Lightning Greaves #13
- Fellwar Stone #17
- Skullclamp #38
- Solemn Simulacrum #44
- Wayfarer's Bauble #126
- Deadly Dispute #131
- Talisman of Hierarchy #134
- Abrade #144
- Talisman of Conviction #151
- Idol of Oblivion #190
- Stroke of Midnight #196
- Morbid Opportunist #245
- Viscera Seer #257
- Sun Titan #316
- Bastion of Remembrance #328
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar #490
- Selfless Spirit #591
- Ophiomancer #622
- Loyal Apprentice #751
- Tocasia's Welcome #802
- Bitter Triumph #817
- Blade of Selves #883
- Myr Battlesphere #932
- Yahenni, Undying Partisan #1037
- Hour of Reckoning #1049
- Grand Crescendo #1174
- Siege-Gang Commander #1621
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser #1667
- Legion Warboss #1793
- Goldlust Triad #1809
- Divine Visitation #1884
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor #1980
- Hero of Bladehold #1997
- Emeria Angel #2024
- Ainok Strike Leader #2053
- Will of the Mardu #2145
- Tempt with Vengeance #2603
- Thalisse, Reverent Medium #2721
- Zurgo Stormrender #2909
- Legion Loyalty #3000
- Redoubled Stormsinger #3137
- Infantry Shield #3171
- Ogre Battledriver #3335
- Chittering Witch #3421
- Beetleback Chief #3661
- Goldnight Commander #3809
- Lingering Souls #4141
- Angel of Invention #4232
- Within Range #4395
- Kaya, Geist Hunter #4509
- Ironwill Forger #5512
- Mindblade Render #6016
- Release the Dogs #6355
- Twilight Drover #6766
- Aron, Benalia's Ruin #7673
- Commander's Insignia #8494
- Neriv, Crackling Vanguard #9599
- Bone Devourer #10289
- Shadow Summoning #10831
- Eliminate the Competition #10886
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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.
- 117 Quick Draw 11.5 years
- 118 Planar Portal 11.5 years
- 119 Cabaretti Cacophony 11.4 years
- 120 Mardu Surge 11.4 years
- 121 Elven Council 11.4 years
- 122 Party Time 11.3 years
- 123 Exit from Exile 11.3 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.
- 56 Exit from Exile 11.3 years
- 57 Party Time 11.3 years
- 58 Elven Council 11.4 years
- 59 Mardu Surge 11.4 years
- 60 Cabaretti Cacophony 11.4 years
- 61 Planar Portal 11.5 years
- 62 Quick Draw 11.5 years
Oldest cards
- Sol Ring 33.3 years
- Swords to Plowshares 33.3 years
- Fellwar Stone 32.3 years
- Battlefield Forge 25.4 years
- Caves of Koilos 25.4 years
- Siege-Gang Commander 23.5 years
- Lightning Greaves 23.1 years
- Solemn Simulacrum 23.1 years
- Skullclamp 22.8 years
- Wayfarer's Bauble 22.4 years
- Terramorphic Expanse 21.2 years
- Twilight Drover 21.2 years
- Hour of Reckoning 21.1 years
- Windbrisk Heights 19.1 years
- Fetid Heath 18.3 years
- Exotic Orchard 17.8 years
- Dragonskull Summit 17.3 years
- Emeria Angel 17.1 years
- Bojuka Bog 16.8 years
- Sun Titan 16.3 years
- Viscera Seer 16.3 years
- Myr Battlesphere 16.1 years
- Hero of Bladehold 15.8 years
- Command Tower 15.4 years
- Clifftop Retreat 15.1 years
- Isolated Chapel 15.1 years
- Lingering Souls 14.9 years
- Vault of the Archangel 14.8 years
- Goldnight Commander 14.5 years
- Beetleback Chief 14.5 years
- Ogre Battledriver 13.9 years
- Temple of Silence 13.1 years
- Temple of Triumph 13.1 years
- Ophiomancer 13.0 years
- Tempt with Vengeance 13.0 years
- Nomad Outpost 12.2 years
- Smoldering Marsh 11.1 years
- Blade of Selves 11.0 years
- Selfless Spirit 10.3 years
- Grenzo, Havoc Raiser 10.2 years
- Angel of Invention 10.1 years
- Eliminate the Competition 10.1 years
- Yahenni, Undying Partisan 9.8 years
- Canyon Slough 9.5 years
- Abrade 9.3 years
- Path of Ancestry 9.2 years
- Mindblade Render 8.4 years
- Loyal Apprentice 8.3 years
- Divine Visitation 8.1 years
- Legion Warboss 8.1 years
- Talisman of Conviction 7.4 years
- Talisman of Hierarchy 7.4 years
- Commander's Insignia 7.2 years
- Idol of Oblivion 7.2 years
- Arcane Signet 7.1 years
- Castle Ardenvale 7.1 years
- Castle Embereth 7.1 years
- Chittering Witch 7.1 years
- Bastion of Remembrance 6.6 years
- Release the Dogs 6.3 years
- Thalisse, Reverent Medium 6.0 years
- Deadly Dispute 5.3 years
- Adeline, Resplendent Cathar 5.1 years
- Morbid Opportunist 5.1 years
- Kaya, Geist Hunter 5.0 years
- Shattered Sanctum 5.0 years
- Grand Crescendo 4.5 years
- Legion Loyalty 4.4 years
- Aron, Benalia's Ruin 4.2 years
- Gix, Yawgmoth Praetor 4.0 years
- Tocasia's Welcome 4.0 years
- Shadow Summoning 3.4 years
- Stroke of Midnight 3.2 years
- Bitter Triumph 3.0 years
- Shattered Landscape 2.4 years
- Ainok Strike Leader 1.6 years
- Bone Devourer 1.6 years
- Goldlust Triad 1.6 years
- Infantry Shield 1.6 years
- Ironwill Forger 1.6 years
- Neriv, Crackling Vanguard 1.6 years
- Redoubled Stormsinger 1.6 years
- Will of the Mardu 1.6 years
- Within Range 1.6 years
- Zurgo Stormrender 1.6 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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