Swell the Host
Ezuri, Claw of Progress · C15 2015 · 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.
- 157 Jeskai Striker 0.133
- 158 Built From Scratch 0.126
- 159 Token Triumph 0.126
- 160 Swell the Host 0.124
- 161 Breed Lethality 0.123
- 162 Mirror Mastery 0.119
- 163 Counterpunch 0.110
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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.
- 4 Counterpunch 0.110
- 5 Mirror Mastery 0.119
- 6 Breed Lethality 0.123
- 7 Swell the Host 0.124
- 8 Token Triumph 0.126
- 9 Built From Scratch 0.126
- 10 Jeskai Striker 0.133
Most original cards
- Ezuri's Predation 0.25
- Day of the Dragons 0.24
- Mirror Match 0.22
- Thelonite Hermit 0.21
- Cobra Trap 0.18
- Arachnogenesis 0.17
- Swiftfoot Boots 0.17
- Kaseto, Orochi Archmage 0.17
- Arbor Colossus 0.16
- Bane of Progress 0.16
- Coiling Oracle 0.15
- Biomantic Mastery 0.15
- Forgotten Ancient 0.14
- Great Oak Guardian 0.14
- Prime Speaker Zegana 0.12
- Caller of the Claw 0.11
- Plaxmanta 0.11
- Simic Keyrune 0.11
- Synthetic Destiny 0.10
- Beastmaster Ascension 0.09
- Ezuri, Claw of Progress 0.09
- Sword of Vengeance 0.08
- Skullwinder 0.07
- Loaming Shaman 0.07
- Experiment One 0.07
- Orochi Hatchery 0.06
- Noble Quarry 0.04
- Sakura-Tribe Elder 0.02
- Snakeform 0.02
- Bident of Thassa 0.01
- Mystic Snake 0.01
- Stingerfling Spider 0.00
- Cold-Eyed Selkie 0.00
- Rapid Hybridization 0.00
- Patagia Viper 0.00
- Trygon Predator 0.00
- Overrun 0.00
- Verdant Confluence 0.00
- Desert Twister 0.00
- Chameleon Colossus 0.00
- Rampant Growth 0.00
- Kodama's Reach 0.00
- Krosan Grip 0.00
- Ninja of the Deep Hours 0.00
- Ohran Viper 0.00
- Scytheclaw 0.00
- Thought Vessel 0.00
- Broodbirth Viper -0.00
- Lorescale Coatl -0.00
- Mulldrifter -0.00
- Caller of the Pack -0.00
- Eternal Witness -0.00
- Illusory Ambusher -0.00
- Solemn Simulacrum -0.00
- Sol Ring -0.00
- Elvish Visionary -0.00
- Simic Signet -0.00
- Viridian Shaman -0.00
- Wistful Selkie -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.
- 143 Witherbloom Witchcraft 19.4
- 144 Quandrix Unlimited 19.4
- 145 Token Triumph 19.2
- 146 Swell the Host 19.1
- 147 Undead Unleashed 19.1
- 148 Blight Curse 19.1
- 149 Cabaretti Cacophony 19.0
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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.
- 18 Cabaretti Cacophony 19.0
- 19 Blight Curse 19.1
- 20 Undead Unleashed 19.1
- 21 Swell the Host 19.1
- 22 Token Triumph 19.2
- 23 Quandrix Unlimited 19.4
- 24 Witherbloom Witchcraft 19.4
Saltiest cards
- Sol Ring 1.46
- Bane of Progress 0.82
- Ezuri, Claw of Progress 0.74
- Synthetic Destiny 0.63
- Beastmaster Ascension 0.56
- Noble Quarry 0.56
- Great Oak Guardian 0.50
- Trygon Predator 0.47
- Caller of the Claw 0.44
- Patagia Viper 0.44
- Scytheclaw 0.44
- Thelonite Hermit 0.44
- Arachnogenesis 0.41
- Biomantic Mastery 0.41
- Krosan Grip 0.40
- Ezuri's Predation 0.39
- Command Tower 0.38
- Plaxmanta 0.38
- Swiftfoot Boots 0.38
- Forgotten Ancient 0.37
- Desert Twister 0.35
- Cold-Eyed Selkie 0.32
- Kaseto, Orochi Archmage 0.32
- Rapid Hybridization 0.32
- Bident of Thassa 0.31
- Ninja of the Deep Hours 0.29
- Snakeform 0.29
- Overrun 0.27
- Simic Signet 0.27
- Thought Vessel 0.27
- Prime Speaker Zegana 0.26
- Eternal Witness 0.25
- Arbor Colossus 0.22
- Orochi Hatchery 0.22
- Simic Growth Chamber 0.22
- Command Beacon 0.20
- Reliquary Tower 0.20
- Loaming Shaman 0.19
- Mystic Snake 0.19
- Ohran Viper 0.19
- Oran-Rief, the Vastwood 0.19
- Rampant Growth 0.19
- Kodama's Reach 0.18
- Vivid Creek 0.18
- Mosswort Bridge 0.17
- Skullwinder 0.17
- Verdant Confluence 0.17
- Mulldrifter 0.16
- Sakura-Tribe Elder 0.16
- Elvish Visionary 0.15
- Coiling Oracle 0.14
- High Market 0.14
- Zoetic Cavern 0.14
- Evolving Wilds 0.13
- Sword of Vengeance 0.13
- Thornwood Falls 0.13
- Cobra Trap 0.12
- Day of the Dragons 0.12
- Llanowar Reborn 0.12
- Novijen, Heart of Progress 0.12
- Solemn Simulacrum 0.11
- Vivid Grove 0.08
- Simic Guildgate 0.07
- Lorescale Coatl 0.06
- Terramorphic Expanse 0.04
- Broodbirth Viper 0.00
- Caller of the Pack 0.00
- Chameleon Colossus 0.00
- Experiment One 0.00
- Illusory Ambusher 0.00
- Mirror Match 0.00
- Simic Keyrune 0.00
- Stingerfling Spider 0.00
- Viridian Shaman 0.00
- Wistful Selkie 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.
- 94 Witherbloom Witchcraft $73.00
- 95 Desert Bloom $72.64
- 96 Peer Through Time $72.49
- 97 Swell the Host $72.32
- 98 Merciless Rage $71.39
- 99 Divine Convocation $71.33
- 100 Upgrades Unleashed $70.61
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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.
- 67 Upgrades Unleashed $70.61
- 68 Divine Convocation $71.33
- 69 Merciless Rage $71.39
- 70 Swell the Host $72.32
- 71 Peer Through Time $72.49
- 72 Desert Bloom $72.64
- 73 Witherbloom Witchcraft $73.00
Priciest cards
- Caller of the Claw $14.47
- Command Beacon $7.72
- Arachnogenesis $7.54
- Beastmaster Ascension $4.38
- Reliquary Tower $3.40
- Ezuri's Predation $2.80
- Thought Vessel $2.45
- Swiftfoot Boots $2.00
- Ezuri, Claw of Progress $1.86
- Caller of the Pack $1.47
- Eternal Witness $1.46
- Kodama's Reach $1.45
- Sol Ring $1.36
- Ohran Viper $1.35
- Ninja of the Deep Hours $1.31
- Orochi Hatchery $1.24
- Sword of Vengeance $1.18
- Rapid Hybridization $0.83
- Chameleon Colossus $0.81
- Krosan Grip $0.79
- Mystic Snake $0.62
- High Market $0.46
- Kaseto, Orochi Archmage $0.44
- Bident of Thassa $0.40
- Broodbirth Viper $0.39
- Novijen, Heart of Progress $0.36
- Oran-Rief, the Vastwood $0.36
- Rampant Growth $0.36
- Forgotten Ancient $0.35
- Mirror Match $0.35
- Bane of Progress $0.32
- Biomantic Mastery $0.31
- Sakura-Tribe Elder $0.31
- Mulldrifter $0.28
- Mosswort Bridge $0.27
- Solemn Simulacrum $0.27
- Cold-Eyed Selkie $0.26
- Scytheclaw $0.26
- Simic Signet $0.26
- Vivid Creek $0.25
- Vivid Grove $0.25
- Verdant Confluence $0.24
- Llanowar Reborn $0.23
- Simic Growth Chamber $0.23
- Wistful Selkie $0.23
- Experiment One $0.21
- Synthetic Destiny $0.21
- Command Tower $0.20
- Day of the Dragons $0.19
- Overrun $0.19
- Thelonite Hermit $0.19
- Cobra Trap $0.18
- Desert Twister $0.18
- Arbor Colossus $0.16
- Coiling Oracle $0.16
- Snakeform $0.16
- Lorescale Coatl $0.15
- Prime Speaker Zegana $0.15
- Skullwinder $0.15
- Great Oak Guardian $0.14
- Illusory Ambusher $0.14
- Loaming Shaman $0.14
- Terramorphic Expanse $0.13
- Viridian Shaman $0.13
- Noble Quarry $0.12
- Zoetic Cavern $0.12
- Simic Keyrune $0.11
- Stingerfling Spider $0.11
- Thornwood Falls $0.11
- Evolving Wilds $0.10
- Simic Guildgate $0.10
- Elvish Visionary $0.09
- Plaxmanta $0.09
- Patagia Viper $0.07
- Trygon Predator $0.07
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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.
- 133 Mystic Intellect #6092
- 134 Seize Control #6127
- 135 Subjective Reality #6173
- 136 Swell the Host #6428
- 137 Forces of the Imperium #6488
- 138 Deadly Disguise #6489
- 139 Spirit Squadron #6702
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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.
- 28 Spirit Squadron #6702
- 29 Deadly Disguise #6489
- 30 Forces of the Imperium #6488
- 31 Swell the Host #6428
- 32 Subjective Reality #6173
- 33 Seize Control #6127
- 34 Mystic Intellect #6092
Most played cards
- Sol Ring #1
- Swiftfoot Boots #12
- Thought Vessel #21
- Rampant Growth #26
- Kodama's Reach #37
- Solemn Simulacrum #38
- Sakura-Tribe Elder #112
- Eternal Witness #115
- Rapid Hybridization #207
- Forgotten Ancient #391
- Bident of Thassa #434
- Beastmaster Ascension #563
- Mulldrifter #595
- Simic Signet #614
- Krosan Grip #647
- Ezuri's Predation #1192
- Bane of Progress #1238
- Arachnogenesis #1239
- Coiling Oracle #1363
- Sword of Vengeance #1588
- Overrun #1707
- Cold-Eyed Selkie #2082
- Elvish Visionary #2296
- Prime Speaker Zegana #2816
- Trygon Predator #3444
- Ninja of the Deep Hours #3571
- Skullwinder #3649
- Ezuri, Claw of Progress #5628
- Mystic Snake #5799
- Chameleon Colossus #6428
- Great Oak Guardian #6778
- Scytheclaw #7314
- Ohran Viper #7767
- Thelonite Hermit #7774
- Experiment One #10489
- Orochi Hatchery #10652
- Caller of the Claw #10704
- Illusory Ambusher #11287
- Verdant Confluence #11307
- Caller of the Pack #11528
- Lorescale Coatl #11567
- Loaming Shaman #11800
- Kaseto, Orochi Archmage #12257
- Broodbirth Viper #13117
- Synthetic Destiny #14058
- Noble Quarry #15424
- Cobra Trap #15633
- Stingerfling Spider #15701
- Viridian Shaman #16393
- Day of the Dragons #16969
- Mirror Match #17077
- Desert Twister #17764
- Plaxmanta #18845
- Simic Keyrune #19076
- Biomantic Mastery #19561
- Snakeform #19976
- Arbor Colossus #20186
- Patagia Viper #23550
- Wistful Selkie #25000
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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.
- 15 Built From Scratch 18.5 years
- 16 Mind Seize 18.4 years
- 17 Plunder the Graves 18.1 years
- 18 Swell the Host 17.8 years
- 19 Call the Spirits 17.2 years
- 20 Invent Superiority 17.2 years
- 21 Open Hostility 17.0 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.
- 146 Open Hostility 17.0 years
- 147 Invent Superiority 17.2 years
- 148 Call the Spirits 17.2 years
- 149 Swell the Host 17.8 years
- 150 Plunder the Graves 18.1 years
- 151 Mind Seize 18.4 years
- 152 Built From Scratch 18.5 years
Oldest cards
- Sol Ring 33.1 years
- Desert Twister 32.7 years
- Rampant Growth 29.9 years
- Overrun 28.9 years
- High Market 27.0 years
- Mystic Snake 25.3 years
- Caller of the Claw 23.6 years
- Day of the Dragons 23.3 years
- Forgotten Ancient 23.3 years
- Solemn Simulacrum 23.0 years
- Viridian Shaman 23.0 years
- Eternal Witness 22.3 years
- Kodama's Reach 22.0 years
- Orochi Hatchery 22.0 years
- Sakura-Tribe Elder 22.0 years
- Ninja of the Deep Hours 21.6 years
- Terramorphic Expanse 21.1 years
- Thelonite Hermit 21.1 years
- Coiling Oracle 20.7 years
- Biomantic Mastery 20.4 years
- Loaming Shaman 20.4 years
- Novijen, Heart of Progress 20.4 years
- Patagia Viper 20.4 years
- Plaxmanta 20.4 years
- Simic Growth Chamber 20.4 years
- Simic Signet 20.4 years
- Trygon Predator 20.4 years
- Ohran Viper 20.2 years
- Krosan Grip 19.9 years
- Llanowar Reborn 19.4 years
- Zoetic Cavern 19.4 years
- Mosswort Bridge 18.9 years
- Mulldrifter 18.9 years
- Vivid Creek 18.9 years
- Vivid Grove 18.9 years
- Chameleon Colossus 18.6 years
- Cold-Eyed Selkie 18.1 years
- Snakeform 18.1 years
- Wistful Selkie 18.1 years
- Elvish Visionary 18.0 years
- Reliquary Tower 17.6 years
- Lorescale Coatl 17.4 years
- Beastmaster Ascension 17.0 years
- Cobra Trap 17.0 years
- Oran-Rief, the Vastwood 17.0 years
- Evolving Wilds 16.4 years
- Sword of Vengeance 16.2 years
- Command Tower 15.2 years
- Stingerfling Spider 15.2 years
- Swiftfoot Boots 15.2 years
- Experiment One 13.7 years
- Prime Speaker Zegana 13.6 years
- Rapid Hybridization 13.6 years
- Simic Guildgate 13.6 years
- Simic Keyrune 13.6 years
- Bident of Thassa 13.0 years
- Arbor Colossus 13.0 years
- Bane of Progress 12.9 years
- Noble Quarry 12.6 years
- Thornwood Falls 12.0 years
- Arachnogenesis 10.8 years
- Broodbirth Viper 10.8 years
- Caller of the Pack 10.8 years
- Command Beacon 10.8 years
- Ezuri, Claw of Progress 10.8 years
- Ezuri's Predation 10.8 years
- Great Oak Guardian 10.8 years
- Illusory Ambusher 10.8 years
- Kaseto, Orochi Archmage 10.8 years
- Mirror Match 10.8 years
- Scytheclaw 10.8 years
- Skullwinder 10.8 years
- Synthetic Destiny 10.8 years
- Thought Vessel 10.8 years
- Verdant Confluence 10.8 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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