Sworn To Darkness
Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath · C14 2014 · 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.
- 145 Subjective Reality 0.149
- 146 Wade into Battle 0.148
- 147 Guided By Nature 0.147
- 148 Sworn To Darkness 0.146
- 149 Phantom Premonition 0.146
- 150 Peer Through Time 0.146
- 151 Animated Army 0.145
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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.
- 28 Animated Army 0.145
- 29 Peer Through Time 0.146
- 30 Phantom Premonition 0.146
- 31 Sworn To Darkness 0.146
- 32 Guided By Nature 0.147
- 33 Wade into Battle 0.148
- 34 Subjective Reality 0.149
Most original cards
- Pontiff of Blight 0.26
- Reaper from the Abyss 0.25
- Aether Snap 0.25
- Infernal Offering 0.22
- Vampire Hexmage 0.21
- Black Sun's Zenith 0.19
- Necromantic Selection 0.19
- Victimize 0.18
- Demon of Wailing Agonies 0.18
- Promise of Power 0.18
- Malicious Affliction 0.18
- Profane Command 0.18
- Swiftfoot Boots 0.17
- Dregs of Sorrow 0.17
- Skirsdag High Priest 0.16
- Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath 0.15
- Mutilate 0.14
- Tragic Slip 0.13
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel 0.12
- Spoils of Blood 0.11
- Ghoulcaller Gisa 0.11
- Liliana's Reaver 0.11
- Xathrid Demon 0.10
- Bloodgift Demon 0.09
- Wake the Dead 0.07
- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief 0.07
- Tendrils of Corruption 0.06
- Morkrut Banshee 0.06
- Sudden Spoiling 0.05
- Overseer of the Damned 0.05
- Syphon Mind 0.04
- Abyssal Persecutor 0.04
- Nekrataal 0.04
- Phyrexian Gargantua 0.04
- Commander's Sphere 0.03
- Dread Return 0.02
- Butcher of Malakir 0.02
- Flesh Carver 0.02
- Bad Moon 0.01
- Lashwrithe 0.01
- Burnished Hart 0.01
- Disciple of Bolas 0.01
- Shriekmaw 0.01
- Grave Titan 0.00
- Raving Dead 0.00
- Skeletal Scrying 0.00
- Sign in Blood 0.00
- Annihilate 0.00
- Crypt Ghast 0.00
- Charcoal Diamond 0.00
- Evernight Shade 0.00
- Jet Medallion 0.00
- Read the Bones 0.00
- Sol Ring 0.00
- Worn Powerstone 0.00
- Mind Stone -0.00
- Unstable Obelisk -0.00
- Nantuko Shade -0.00
- Pestilence Demon -0.00
- Magus of the Coffers -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.
- 100 Invent Superiority 19.4
- 101 Silverquill Statement 19.4
- 102 Elven Empire 19.4
- 103 Sworn To Darkness 19.3
- 104 Abzan Armor 19.3
- 105 Lorehold Legacies 19.3
- 106 Family Matters 19.3
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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.
- 73 Family Matters 19.3
- 74 Lorehold Legacies 19.3
- 75 Abzan Armor 19.3
- 76 Sworn To Darkness 19.3
- 77 Elven Empire 19.4
- 78 Silverquill Statement 19.4
- 79 Invent Superiority 19.4
Saltiest cards
- Sol Ring 1.59
- Butcher of Malakir 1.02
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel 0.93
- Pontiff of Blight 0.86
- Sudden Spoiling 0.72
- Reaper from the Abyss 0.68
- Crypt Ghast 0.65
- Bojuka Bog 0.56
- Syphon Mind 0.49
- Black Sun's Zenith 0.48
- Abyssal Persecutor 0.47
- Magus of the Coffers 0.47
- Malicious Affliction 0.47
- Necromantic Selection 0.45
- Nekrataal 0.41
- Mutilate 0.39
- Liliana's Reaver 0.37
- Swiftfoot Boots 0.37
- Victimize 0.37
- Vampire Hexmage 0.35
- Dread Return 0.34
- Aether Snap 0.33
- Dregs of Sorrow 0.33
- Ghost Quarter 0.33
- Raving Dead 0.33
- Spoils of Blood 0.31
- Pestilence Demon 0.30
- Flesh Carver 0.29
- Skirsdag High Priest 0.29
- Jet Medallion 0.27
- Arcane Lighthouse 0.25
- Crypt of Agadeem 0.25
- Demon of Wailing Agonies 0.25
- Overseer of the Damned 0.25
- Grave Titan 0.23
- Tragic Slip 0.23
- Lashwrithe 0.22
- Bloodgift Demon 0.20
- Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath 0.19
- Shriekmaw 0.19
- Skeletal Scrying 0.19
- Disciple of Bolas 0.18
- Ghoulcaller Gisa 0.18
- Tendrils of Corruption 0.18
- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief 0.14
- Barren Moor 0.09
- Sign in Blood 0.08
- Bad Moon 0.06
- Charcoal Diamond 0.06
- Commander's Sphere 0.06
- Infernal Offering 0.06
- Nantuko Shade 0.06
- Phyrexian Gargantua 0.06
- Profane Command 0.06
- Promise of Power 0.06
- Read the Bones 0.06
- Wake the Dead 0.06
- Xathrid Demon 0.06
- Burnished Hart 0.05
- Unstable Obelisk 0.04
- Everglades 0.03
- Myriad Landscape 0.03
- Polluted Mire 0.02
- Annihilate 0.00
- Evernight Shade 0.00
- Mind Stone 0.00
- Morkrut Banshee 0.00
- Worn Powerstone 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.
- 80 Faceless Menace £54.85
- 81 Witherbloom Pestilence £54.80
- 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
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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.
- 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
- 98 Witherbloom Pestilence £54.80
- 99 Faceless Menace £54.85
Priciest cards
- Crypt Ghast £10.40
- Jet Medallion £9.87
- Sudden Spoiling £3.19
- Crypt of Agadeem £3.12
- Magus of the Coffers £2.72
- Malicious Affliction £1.55
- Abyssal Persecutor £1.44
- Arcane Lighthouse £1.27
- Ghoulcaller Gisa £1.24
- Spoils of Blood £1.22
- Demon of Wailing Agonies £1.19
- Bojuka Bog £1.04
- Wake the Dead £0.93
- Swiftfoot Boots £0.88
- Raving Dead £0.78
- Sol Ring £0.69
- Everglades £0.67
- Reaper from the Abyss £0.66
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel £0.65
- Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath £0.57
- Bloodgift Demon £0.50
- Lashwrithe £0.49
- Dregs of Sorrow £0.43
- Pestilence Demon £0.42
- Xathrid Demon £0.37
- Disciple of Bolas £0.34
- Aether Snap £0.34
- Flesh Carver £0.32
- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief £0.30
- Black Sun's Zenith £0.29
- Dread Return £0.29
- Bad Moon £0.28
- Victimize £0.28
- Mutilate £0.27
- Promise of Power £0.27
- Skeletal Scrying £0.26
- Grave Titan £0.24
- Butcher of Malakir £0.24
- Infernal Offering £0.22
- Liliana's Reaver £0.22
- Sign in Blood £0.22
- Worn Powerstone £0.21
- Pontiff of Blight £0.21
- Vampire Hexmage £0.21
- Necromantic Selection £0.20
- Overseer of the Damned £0.20
- Nantuko Shade £0.19
- Profane Command £0.19
- Mind Stone £0.18
- Ghost Quarter £0.17
- Charcoal Diamond £0.16
- Shriekmaw £0.16
- Skirsdag High Priest £0.15
- Myriad Landscape £0.15
- Tragic Slip £0.14
- Syphon Mind £0.14
- Read the Bones £0.13
- Barren Moor £0.11
- Commander's Sphere £0.11
- Evernight Shade £0.10
- Polluted Mire £0.09
- Tendrils of Corruption £0.09
- Burnished Hart £0.08
- Unstable Obelisk £0.08
- Nekrataal £0.08
- Phyrexian Gargantua £0.05
- Annihilate £0.04
- Morkrut Banshee £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.
- 131 Plunder the Graves #5452
- 132 Coven Counters #5635
- 133 Nature's Vengeance #5674
- 134 Sworn To Darkness #5758
- 135 Divine Convocation #5844
- 136 Enhanced Evolution #5863
- 137 Science! #5869
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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.
- 42 Science! #5869
- 43 Enhanced Evolution #5863
- 44 Divine Convocation #5844
- 45 Sworn To Darkness #5758
- 46 Nature's Vengeance #5674
- 47 Coven Counters #5635
- 48 Plunder the Graves #5452
Most played cards
- Sol Ring #1
- Swiftfoot Boots #12
- Mind Stone #32
- Commander's Sphere #56
- Victimize #130
- Sign in Blood #234
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel #241
- Jet Medallion #272
- Read the Bones #497
- Crypt Ghast #519
- Burnished Hart #525
- Dread Return #543
- Worn Powerstone #569
- Charcoal Diamond #704
- Tragic Slip #893
- Syphon Mind #1044
- Grave Titan #1361
- Butcher of Malakir #1411
- Disciple of Bolas #1505
- Shriekmaw #1609
- Black Sun's Zenith #1937
- Sudden Spoiling #2118
- Ghoulcaller Gisa #2345
- Mutilate #2386
- Necromantic Selection #3531
- Overseer of the Damned #3628
- Bloodgift Demon #3641
- Profane Command #5047
- Unstable Obelisk #5126
- Magus of the Coffers #5631
- Reaper from the Abyss #5885
- Pontiff of Blight #6106
- Abyssal Persecutor #6531
- Bad Moon #7146
- Lashwrithe #8167
- Wake the Dead #8467
- Tendrils of Corruption #8970
- Malicious Affliction #9115
- Vampire Hexmage #9258
- Liliana's Reaver #9658
- Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath #9742
- Pestilence Demon #10501
- Skirsdag High Priest #10767
- Nekrataal #11629
- Aether Snap #11775
- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief #12163
- Infernal Offering #12946
- Promise of Power #13021
- Skeletal Scrying #13085
- Demon of Wailing Agonies #15042
- Dregs of Sorrow #15293
- Spoils of Blood #15644
- Phyrexian Gargantua #16133
- Raving Dead #16805
- Xathrid Demon #18400
- Evernight Shade #19515
- Annihilate #20397
- Flesh Carver #20712
- Nantuko Shade #22300
- Morkrut Banshee #25704
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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.
- 11 Power Hungry 19.1 years
- 12 Wade into Battle 18.8 years
- 13 Forged In Stone 18.7 years
- 14 Sworn To Darkness 18.6 years
- 15 Built From Scratch 18.6 years
- 16 Mind Seize 18.6 years
- 17 Plunder the Graves 18.2 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.
- 162 Plunder the Graves 18.2 years
- 163 Mind Seize 18.6 years
- 164 Built From Scratch 18.6 years
- 165 Sworn To Darkness 18.6 years
- 166 Forged In Stone 18.7 years
- 167 Wade into Battle 18.8 years
- 168 Power Hungry 19.1 years
Oldest cards
- Bad Moon 33.3 years
- Sol Ring 33.3 years
- Charcoal Diamond 30.1 years
- Everglades 29.8 years
- Nekrataal 29.8 years
- Mind Stone 29.4 years
- Dregs of Sorrow 29.1 years
- Jet Medallion 29.1 years
- Polluted Mire 28.1 years
- Victimize 28.1 years
- Worn Powerstone 28.1 years
- Annihilate 26.1 years
- Phyrexian Gargantua 25.4 years
- Skeletal Scrying 25.1 years
- Mutilate 24.8 years
- Nantuko Shade 24.8 years
- Barren Moor 24.1 years
- Syphon Mind 24.1 years
- Promise of Power 23.1 years
- Aether Snap 22.8 years
- Ghost Quarter 20.5 years
- Dread Return 20.1 years
- Sudden Spoiling 20.1 years
- Tendrils of Corruption 20.1 years
- Magus of the Coffers 19.8 years
- Profane Command 19.1 years
- Shriekmaw 19.1 years
- Sign in Blood 17.3 years
- Xathrid Demon 17.3 years
- Crypt of Agadeem 17.1 years
- Vampire Hexmage 17.1 years
- Abyssal Persecutor 16.8 years
- Bojuka Bog 16.8 years
- Butcher of Malakir 16.8 years
- Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief 16.6 years
- Pestilence Demon 16.6 years
- Grave Titan 16.3 years
- Black Sun's Zenith 15.8 years
- Lashwrithe 15.5 years
- Swiftfoot Boots 15.3 years
- Bloodgift Demon 15.1 years
- Morkrut Banshee 15.1 years
- Reaper from the Abyss 15.1 years
- Skirsdag High Priest 15.1 years
- Tragic Slip 14.8 years
- Evernight Shade 14.5 years
- Disciple of Bolas 14.3 years
- Crypt Ghast 13.8 years
- Pontiff of Blight 13.5 years
- Liliana's Reaver 13.3 years
- Burnished Hart 13.1 years
- Gray Merchant of Asphodel 13.1 years
- Read the Bones 13.1 years
- Arcane Lighthouse 12.0 years
- Commander's Sphere 12.0 years
- Demon of Wailing Agonies 12.0 years
- Flesh Carver 12.0 years
- Ghoulcaller Gisa 12.0 years
- Infernal Offering 12.0 years
- Malicious Affliction 12.0 years
- Myriad Landscape 12.0 years
- Necromantic Selection 12.0 years
- Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath 12.0 years
- Overseer of the Damned 12.0 years
- Raving Dead 12.0 years
- Spoils of Blood 12.0 years
- Unstable Obelisk 12.0 years
- Wake the Dead 12.0 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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