Political Puppets
Zedruu the Greathearted · 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.
- 107 Blight Curse 0.164
- 108 Quantum Quandrix 0.164
- 109 Elven Empire 0.164
- 110 Political Puppets 0.163
- 111 Forces of the Imperium 0.162
- 112 Prismari Artistry 0.162
- 113 Bedecked Brokers 0.162
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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.
- 66 Bedecked Brokers 0.162
- 67 Prismari Artistry 0.162
- 68 Forces of the Imperium 0.162
- 69 Political Puppets 0.163
- 70 Elven Empire 0.164
- 71 Quantum Quandrix 0.164
- 72 Blight Curse 0.164
Most original cards
- Champion's Helm 0.29
- Pollen Lullaby 0.28
- Martyr's Bond 0.27
- Zedruu the Greathearted 0.25
- Whirlpool Whelm 0.22
- Skyscribing 0.22
- Nin, the Pain Artist 0.22
- Spurnmage Advocate 0.21
- Lash Out 0.20
- Crescendo of War 0.19
- Jötun Grunt 0.19
- Chromeshell Crab 0.18
- Oblation 0.18
- Goblin Cadets 0.17
- Punishing Fire 0.16
- Chaos Warp 0.15
- Arbiter of Knollridge 0.14
- Howling Mine 0.14
- Azorius Guildmage 0.13
- False Prophet 0.13
- Scattering Stroke 0.13
- Rapacious One 0.13
- Death by Dragons 0.13
- Brion Stoutarm 0.12
- Vow of Flight 0.12
- Perilous Research 0.12
- Trade Secrets 0.11
- Numot, the Devastator 0.11
- Vow of Lightning 0.11
- Ruhan of the Fomori 0.11
- Vow of Duty 0.10
- Insurrection 0.09
- Spell Crumple 0.09
- Soul Snare 0.08
- Lightning Greaves 0.08
- Murmurs from Beyond 0.08
- Austere Command 0.08
- Court Hussar 0.07
- Dominus of Fealty 0.07
- Vedalken Plotter 0.07
- Vision Skeins 0.05
- Reins of Power 0.03
- Dreamstone Hedron 0.03
- Breath of Darigaaz 0.03
- Wild Ricochet 0.02
- Gomazoa 0.01
- Armillary Sphere 0.01
- Fog Bank 0.00
- Prison Term 0.00
- Flametongue Kavu 0.00
- Guard Gomazoa 0.00
- Journey to Nowhere 0.00
- Wall of Denial 0.00
- Fellwar Stone 0.00
- Flusterstorm 0.00
- Prophetic Prism 0.00
- Repulse 0.00
- Sol Ring 0.00
- Darksteel Ingot -0.00
- Ghostly Prison -0.00
- Izzet Chronarch -0.00
- Plumeveil -0.00
- Propaganda -0.00
- Wall of Omens -0.00
- Windborn Muse -0.00
- Brainstorm -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.
- 52 Explorers of the Deep 22.2
- 53 Devour for Power 22.1
- 54 Graveyard Overdrive 22.0
- 55 Political Puppets 22.0
- 56 Avengers Assemble 21.9
- 57 Revival Trance (FINAL FANTASY VI) 21.9
- 58 Everyone's Invited! 21.9
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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.
- 121 Everyone's Invited! 21.9
- 122 Revival Trance (FINAL FANTASY VI) 21.9
- 123 Avengers Assemble 21.9
- 124 Political Puppets 22.0
- 125 Graveyard Overdrive 22.0
- 126 Devour for Power 22.1
- 127 Explorers of the Deep 22.2
Saltiest cards
- Sol Ring 1.59
- Ghostly Prison 1.29
- Propaganda 1.27
- Insurrection 1.10
- Martyr's Bond 0.91
- Windborn Muse 0.91
- Numot, the Devastator 0.82
- Austere Command 0.78
- Flusterstorm 0.78
- Chromeshell Crab 0.69
- False Prophet 0.68
- Reins of Power 0.68
- Zedruu the Greathearted 0.60
- Lightning Greaves 0.53
- Prison Term 0.53
- Punishing Fire 0.40
- Prophetic Prism 0.38
- Chaos Warp 0.36
- Soul Snare 0.36
- Wall of Denial 0.35
- Pollen Lullaby 0.33
- Howling Mine 0.32
- Izzet Chronarch 0.32
- Ruhan of the Fomori 0.31
- Death by Dragons 0.29
- Lash Out 0.27
- Spell Crumple 0.27
- Champion's Helm 0.26
- Guard Gomazoa 0.25
- Nin, the Pain Artist 0.25
- Dominus of Fealty 0.24
- Wild Ricochet 0.24
- Jötun Grunt 0.21
- Command Tower 0.20
- Gomazoa 0.20
- Oblation 0.20
- Spurnmage Advocate 0.20
- Breath of Darigaaz 0.19
- Scattering Stroke 0.19
- Vedalken Plotter 0.19
- Vow of Lightning 0.19
- Brainstorm 0.18
- Fog Bank 0.16
- Vow of Flight 0.16
- Repulse 0.14
- Skyscribing 0.14
- Azorius Chancery 0.10
- Plumeveil 0.10
- Terramorphic Expanse 0.08
- Crescendo of War 0.07
- Murmurs from Beyond 0.07
- Vow of Duty 0.07
- Wall of Omens 0.07
- Armillary Sphere 0.06
- Azorius Guildmage 0.06
- Evolving Wilds 0.06
- Perilous Research 0.06
- Rapacious One 0.06
- Arbiter of Knollridge 0.05
- Brion Stoutarm 0.05
- Journey to Nowhere 0.05
- Boros Garrison 0.04
- Vision Skeins 0.04
- Court Hussar 0.00
- Darksteel Ingot 0.00
- Dreamstone Hedron 0.00
- Fellwar Stone 0.00
- Flametongue Kavu 0.00
- Goblin Cadets 0.00
- Izzet Boilerworks 0.00
- Whirlpool Whelm 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.
- 138 The Fantastic Four £41.84
- 139 Reign of Dragons £41.54
- 140 Mind Seize £41.18
- 141 Political Puppets £41.06
- 142 Growing Threat £40.94
- 143 Adaptive Enchantment £40.66
- 144 Creative Energy £40.16
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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.
- 35 Creative Energy £40.16
- 36 Adaptive Enchantment £40.66
- 37 Growing Threat £40.94
- 38 Political Puppets £41.06
- 39 Mind Seize £41.18
- 40 Reign of Dragons £41.54
- 41 The Fantastic Four £41.84
Priciest cards
- Insurrection £6.51
- Ghostly Prison £3.95
- Flusterstorm £2.74
- Goblin Cadets £2.50
- Lightning Greaves £2.30
- Propaganda £1.75
- Zedruu the Greathearted £1.59
- Howling Mine £1.54
- Crescendo of War £1.38
- Reins of Power £1.20
- Perilous Research £1.11
- Champion's Helm £0.95
- Trade Secrets £0.81
- Numot, the Devastator £0.79
- Sol Ring £0.69
- Fellwar Stone £0.67
- Ruhan of the Fomori £0.51
- False Prophet £0.49
- Brion Stoutarm £0.47
- Dominus of Fealty £0.46
- Brainstorm £0.46
- Spell Crumple £0.39
- Windborn Muse £0.34
- Oblation £0.32
- Nin, the Pain Artist £0.31
- Skyscribing £0.30
- Chaos Warp £0.30
- Austere Command £0.29
- Martyr's Bond £0.28
- Vision Skeins £0.26
- Vedalken Plotter £0.25
- Journey to Nowhere £0.25
- Wall of Denial £0.22
- Arbiter of Knollridge £0.20
- Chromeshell Crab £0.19
- Spurnmage Advocate £0.19
- Pollen Lullaby £0.19
- Scattering Stroke £0.19
- Jötun Grunt £0.19
- Wall of Omens £0.18
- Guard Gomazoa £0.18
- Gomazoa £0.17
- Wild Ricochet £0.16
- Izzet Boilerworks £0.16
- Death by Dragons £0.15
- Punishing Fire £0.15
- Breath of Darigaaz £0.14
- Prison Term £0.14
- Command Tower £0.13
- Boros Garrison £0.13
- Whirlpool Whelm £0.12
- Fog Bank £0.12
- Azorius Guildmage £0.12
- Azorius Chancery £0.12
- Rapacious One £0.10
- Darksteel Ingot £0.10
- Dreamstone Hedron £0.10
- Vow of Flight £0.09
- Armillary Sphere £0.09
- Soul Snare £0.09
- Murmurs from Beyond £0.08
- Vow of Duty £0.08
- Lash Out £0.07
- Vow of Lightning £0.07
- Repulse £0.07
- Plumeveil £0.07
- Terramorphic Expanse £0.06
- Izzet Chronarch £0.06
- Flametongue Kavu £0.06
- Evolving Wilds £0.04
- Prophetic Prism £0.04
- Court Hussar £0.04
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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.
- 166 Mind Seize #9582
- 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
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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.
- 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
- 13 Mind Seize #9582
Most played cards
- Sol Ring #1
- Lightning Greaves #13
- Fellwar Stone #17
- Chaos Warp #29
- Brainstorm #72
- Propaganda #110
- Ghostly Prison #160
- Austere Command #171
- Flusterstorm #309
- Howling Mine #719
- Champion's Helm #735
- Windborn Muse #1002
- Wall of Omens #1113
- Insurrection #1818
- Dreamstone Hedron #1960
- Darksteel Ingot #2140
- Fog Bank #2774
- Reins of Power #3959
- Wild Ricochet #4118
- Vision Skeins #4195
- Wall of Denial #4388
- Prophetic Prism #5030
- Oblation #5503
- Armillary Sphere #6291
- Soul Snare #6745
- Vow of Duty #7444
- Vow of Lightning #8045
- Repulse #8671
- Zedruu the Greathearted #8741
- Brion Stoutarm #8765
- Journey to Nowhere #8957
- Skyscribing #9734
- Perilous Research #9846
- Chromeshell Crab #9954
- Guard Gomazoa #10106
- Rapacious One #10668
- Martyr's Bond #11053
- Vow of Flight #11949
- Nin, the Pain Artist #11980
- Goblin Cadets #12141
- Dominus of Fealty #12209
- Vedalken Plotter #12704
- Scattering Stroke #13004
- Spell Crumple #13006
- Whirlpool Whelm #13070
- Flametongue Kavu #13327
- Prison Term #13409
- Crescendo of War #13945
- Arbiter of Knollridge #14075
- Breath of Darigaaz #14757
- Azorius Guildmage #14943
- Ruhan of the Fomori #16429
- Spurnmage Advocate #16725
- Punishing Fire #16738
- Numot, the Devastator #17409
- Izzet Chronarch #18304
- Gomazoa #18989
- Pollen Lullaby #19470
- False Prophet #20072
- Death by Dragons #21137
- Murmurs from Beyond #22104
- Plumeveil #23281
- Jötun Grunt #25089
- Court Hussar #25546
- Lash Out #28131
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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
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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.
- 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
- Howling Mine 33.3 years
- Sol Ring 33.3 years
- Fellwar Stone 32.3 years
- Brainstorm 31.5 years
- Propaganda 29.1 years
- Reins of Power 28.7 years
- Fog Bank 28.1 years
- Goblin Cadets 28.1 years
- False Prophet 27.5 years
- Breath of Darigaaz 26.1 years
- Repulse 26.1 years
- Flametongue Kavu 25.8 years
- Spurnmage Advocate 24.5 years
- Insurrection 24.1 years
- Oblation 24.1 years
- Trade Secrets 24.1 years
- Chromeshell Crab 23.8 years
- Windborn Muse 23.8 years
- Lightning Greaves 23.1 years
- Darksteel Ingot 22.9 years
- Ghostly Prison 22.1 years
- Murmurs from Beyond 21.5 years
- Terramorphic Expanse 21.2 years
- Boros Garrison 21.1 years
- Izzet Boilerworks 20.8 years
- Izzet Chronarch 20.8 years
- Vedalken Plotter 20.8 years
- Azorius Chancery 20.5 years
- Azorius Guildmage 20.5 years
- Court Hussar 20.5 years
- Skyscribing 20.5 years
- Vision Skeins 20.5 years
- Jötun Grunt 20.3 years
- Perilous Research 20.3 years
- Numot, the Devastator 19.8 years
- Arbiter of Knollridge 19.1 years
- Austere Command 19.1 years
- Brion Stoutarm 19.1 years
- Lash Out 19.1 years
- Pollen Lullaby 19.1 years
- Scattering Stroke 19.1 years
- Whirlpool Whelm 19.1 years
- Wild Ricochet 19.1 years
- Plumeveil 18.5 years
- Prison Term 18.5 years
- Dominus of Fealty 18.3 years
- Armillary Sphere 17.8 years
- Wall of Denial 17.5 years
- Gomazoa 17.1 years
- Journey to Nowhere 17.1 years
- Punishing Fire 17.1 years
- Dreamstone Hedron 16.6 years
- Evolving Wilds 16.6 years
- Guard Gomazoa 16.6 years
- Prophetic Prism 16.6 years
- Rapacious One 16.6 years
- Wall of Omens 16.6 years
- Champion's Helm 15.4 years
- Chaos Warp 15.4 years
- Command Tower 15.4 years
- Crescendo of War 15.4 years
- Death by Dragons 15.4 years
- Flusterstorm 15.4 years
- Martyr's Bond 15.4 years
- Nin, the Pain Artist 15.4 years
- Ruhan of the Fomori 15.4 years
- Soul Snare 15.4 years
- Spell Crumple 15.4 years
- Vow of Duty 15.4 years
- Vow of Flight 15.4 years
- Vow of Lightning 15.4 years
- Zedruu the Greathearted 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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