The Ruinous Powers
Abaddon the Despoiler · 40K 2022 · 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.
- 58 Counter Intelligence 0.181
- 59 Federation Fleet 0.180
- 60 Necron Dynasties 0.180
- 61 The Ruinous Powers 0.180
- 62 Desert Bloom 0.180
- 63 Revenant Recon 0.180
- 64 Reign of Dragons 0.179
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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.
- 115 Reign of Dragons 0.179
- 116 Revenant Recon 0.180
- 117 Desert Bloom 0.180
- 118 The Ruinous Powers 0.180
- 119 Necron Dynasties 0.180
- 120 Federation Fleet 0.180
- 121 Counter Intelligence 0.181
Most original cards
- Assault Suit 0.28
- Aspiring Champion 0.27
- Sloppity Bilepiper 0.25
- Khârn the Betrayer 0.24
- Mutalith Vortex Beast 0.23
- Let the Galaxy Burn 0.23
- Pink Horror 0.23
- Dark Apostle 0.22
- Abaddon the Despoiler 0.22
- Magnus the Red 0.22
- The Horus Heresy 0.21
- Chaos Defiler 0.21
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master 0.19
- Herald of Slaanesh 0.18
- Great Unclean One 0.18
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch 0.18
- Lucius the Eternal 0.18
- Tallyman of Nurgle 0.17
- The Ruinous Powers 0.17
- Tzaangor Shaman 0.16
- Blood for the Blood God! 0.16
- Nurgle's Rot 0.15
- Decree of Pain 0.15
- Chaos Warp 0.15
- Knight Rampager 0.12
- Noise Marine 0.11
- Drach'Nyen 0.11
- The Lost and the Damned 0.11
- Keeper of Secrets 0.11
- Seeker of Slaanesh 0.10
- Mandate of Abaddon 0.09
- Poxwalkers 0.09
- Nurgle's Conscription 0.09
- Bloodthirster 0.07
- Helbrute 0.07
- Kill! Maim! Burn! 0.05
- Wayfarer's Bauble 0.05
- Past in Flames 0.04
- Commander's Sphere 0.03
- Chaos Mutation 0.03
- Warstorm Surge 0.01
- Talisman of Creativity 0.01
- Talisman of Dominance 0.01
- Talisman of Indulgence 0.01
- Lord of Change 0.00
- Chaos Terminator Lord 0.00
- Blasphemous Act 0.00
- Bile Blight 0.00
- Dark Ritual 0.00
- Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch 0.00
- Venomcrawler 0.00
- Bituminous Blast 0.00
- Blight Grenade 0.00
- Bloodcrusher of Khorne 0.00
- Deny Reality 0.00
- Sol Ring 0.00
- Worn Powerstone 0.00
- Heralds of Tzeentch -0.00
- Plague Drone -0.00
- Brainstorm -0.00
- Chromatic Lantern -0.00
- Reverberate -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.
- 44 Miracle Worker 22.7
- 45 Mutant Menace 22.5
- 46 Seize Control 22.5
- 47 The Ruinous Powers 22.5
- 48 Arcane Wizardry 22.5
- 49 Heavenly Inferno 22.3
- 50 Prismari Performance 22.3
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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.
- 129 Prismari Performance 22.3
- 130 Heavenly Inferno 22.3
- 131 Arcane Wizardry 22.5
- 132 The Ruinous Powers 22.5
- 133 Seize Control 22.5
- 134 Mutant Menace 22.5
- 135 Miracle Worker 22.7
Saltiest cards
- Sol Ring 1.59
- Abaddon the Despoiler 1.07
- Magnus the Red 1.00
- Plague Drone 0.81
- Poxwalkers 0.72
- Blasphemous Act 0.67
- Herald of Slaanesh 0.67
- Dark Ritual 0.65
- Bloodthirster 0.62
- Lucius the Eternal 0.59
- Warstorm Surge 0.54
- Decree of Pain 0.53
- Nurgle's Rot 0.53
- Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch 0.51
- Bituminous Blast 0.50
- Chaos Defiler 0.47
- Seeker of Slaanesh 0.47
- Past in Flames 0.46
- Drach'Nyen 0.45
- Mutalith Vortex Beast 0.44
- The Horus Heresy 0.42
- Khârn the Betrayer 0.39
- The Ruinous Powers 0.39
- Reverberate 0.38
- The Lost and the Damned 0.38
- Chaos Warp 0.36
- Keeper of Secrets 0.36
- Chaos Terminator Lord 0.35
- Lord of Change 0.35
- Nurgle's Conscription 0.33
- Blight Grenade 0.32
- Great Unclean One 0.28
- Kill! Maim! Burn! 0.26
- Temple of the False God 0.26
- Tzaangor Shaman 0.26
- Blood for the Blood God! 0.25
- Helbrute 0.24
- Venomcrawler 0.24
- Assault Suit 0.20
- Chromatic Lantern 0.20
- Command Tower 0.20
- Knight Rampager 0.20
- Aspiring Champion 0.19
- Bloodcrusher of Khorne 0.19
- Deny Reality 0.19
- Mandate of Abaddon 0.19
- Brainstorm 0.18
- Let the Galaxy Burn 0.18
- Pink Horror 0.18
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master 0.12
- Molten Slagheap 0.12
- Barren Moor 0.09
- Exotic Orchard 0.08
- Path of Ancestry 0.08
- Terramorphic Expanse 0.08
- Noise Marine 0.07
- Chaos Mutation 0.06
- Commander's Sphere 0.06
- Dark Apostle 0.06
- Evolving Wilds 0.06
- Heralds of Tzeentch 0.06
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch 0.06
- Sloppity Bilepiper 0.06
- Tallyman of Nurgle 0.06
- Wayfarer's Bauble 0.06
- Bile Blight 0.04
- Dismal Backwater 0.03
- Foreboding Ruins 0.02
- Forgotten Cave 0.02
- Crumbling Necropolis 0.00
- Sunken Hollow 0.00
- Swiftwater Cliffs 0.00
- Talisman of Creativity 0.00
- Talisman of Dominance 0.00
- Talisman of Indulgence 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.
- 15 Stalwart Unity $140.62
- 16 Masters of Evil $139.42
- 17 Draconic Dissent $135.03
- 18 The Ruinous Powers $134.31
- 19 Tyranid Swarm $134.30
- 20 Endless Punishment $132.98
- 21 Arcane Maelstrom $126.83
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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.
- 158 Arcane Maelstrom $126.83
- 159 Endless Punishment $132.98
- 160 Tyranid Swarm $134.30
- 161 The Ruinous Powers $134.31
- 162 Draconic Dissent $135.03
- 163 Masters of Evil $139.42
- 164 Stalwart Unity $140.62
Priciest cards
- Bloodthirster $24.98
- Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch $17.31
- Keeper of Secrets $7.63
- Magnus the Red $6.19
- Khârn the Betrayer $5.63
- Chaos Defiler $5.59
- Poxwalkers $5.49
- Blood for the Blood God! $5.11
- Herald of Slaanesh $4.51
- Great Unclean One $3.81
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master $3.54
- Mandate of Abaddon $3.45
- The Lost and the Damned $3.44
- Nurgle's Rot $3.12
- Reverberate $2.84
- Lord of Change $2.19
- Bloodcrusher of Khorne $2.09
- Plague Drone $2.04
- Past in Flames $1.82
- Noise Marine $1.71
- The Ruinous Powers $1.17
- The Horus Heresy $1.15
- Chaos Mutation $0.97
- Venomcrawler $0.95
- Sol Ring $0.91
- Blasphemous Act $0.88
- Chromatic Lantern $0.66
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch $0.64
- Pink Horror $0.52
- Let the Galaxy Burn $0.51
- Talisman of Indulgence $0.50
- Warstorm Surge $0.50
- Abaddon the Despoiler $0.44
- Aspiring Champion $0.44
- Talisman of Creativity $0.43
- Mutalith Vortex Beast $0.42
- Chaos Terminator Lord $0.41
- Heralds of Tzeentch $0.40
- Knight Rampager $0.40
- Tallyman of Nurgle $0.40
- Blight Grenade $0.38
- Nurgle's Conscription $0.36
- Tzaangor Shaman $0.36
- Crumbling Necropolis $0.35
- Dark Apostle $0.35
- Kill! Maim! Burn! $0.35
- Seeker of Slaanesh $0.35
- Chaos Warp $0.34
- Lucius the Eternal $0.34
- Sloppity Bilepiper $0.34
- Worn Powerstone $0.34
- Decree of Pain $0.33
- Drach'Nyen $0.32
- Helbrute $0.31
- Talisman of Dominance $0.30
- Brainstorm $0.29
- Sunken Hollow $0.29
- Dark Ritual $0.25
- Exotic Orchard $0.23
- Assault Suit $0.21
- Commander's Sphere $0.21
- Command Tower $0.21
- Deny Reality $0.21
- Foreboding Ruins $0.21
- Path of Ancestry $0.19
- Wayfarer's Bauble $0.19
- Temple of the False God $0.18
- Barren Moor $0.16
- Bile Blight $0.15
- Bituminous Blast $0.15
- Molten Slagheap $0.15
- Forgotten Cave $0.12
- Evolving Wilds $0.09
- Terramorphic Expanse $0.09
- Dismal Backwater $0.08
- Swiftwater Cliffs $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.
- 154 Timeless Wisdom #7447
- 155 Merciless Rage #7518
- 156 The Fantastic Four #7580
- 157 The Ruinous Powers #7670
- 158 Arcane Maelstrom #7846
- 159 Heavenly Inferno #7891
- 160 Doom Prevails #8152
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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.
- 19 Doom Prevails #8152
- 20 Heavenly Inferno #7891
- 21 Arcane Maelstrom #7846
- 22 The Ruinous Powers #7670
- 23 The Fantastic Four #7580
- 24 Merciless Rage #7518
- 25 Timeless Wisdom #7447
Most played cards
- Sol Ring #1
- Blasphemous Act #22
- Chaos Warp #29
- Dark Ritual #34
- Commander's Sphere #56
- Brainstorm #72
- Chromatic Lantern #85
- Talisman of Dominance #91
- Talisman of Creativity #124
- Wayfarer's Bauble #126
- Talisman of Indulgence #127
- Worn Powerstone #569
- Warstorm Surge #738
- Past in Flames #1288
- Reverberate #1434
- Decree of Pain #1490
- Bloodthirster #2656
- Keeper of Secrets #3307
- Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch #3352
- Blood for the Blood God! #3672
- Assault Suit #4185
- Khârn the Betrayer #4670
- Mandate of Abaddon #4901
- Great Unclean One #5485
- The Lost and the Damned #5765
- Herald of Slaanesh #6010
- Lord of Change #6207
- Chaos Defiler #6425
- Magnus the Red #6477
- Plague Drone #6741
- Bloodcrusher of Khorne #7615
- Bituminous Blast #7724
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master #7725
- Noise Marine #8079
- Nurgle's Rot #8324
- The Ruinous Powers #8355
- Poxwalkers #8856
- Chaos Mutation #8881
- Abaddon the Despoiler #8980
- Heralds of Tzeentch #9470
- The Horus Heresy #9533
- Mutalith Vortex Beast #9898
- Let the Galaxy Burn #9949
- Aspiring Champion #10119
- Venomcrawler #10246
- Pink Horror #10909
- Kill! Maim! Burn! #11559
- Chaos Terminator Lord #11621
- Dark Apostle #12279
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch #12378
- Blight Grenade #12631
- Bile Blight #13132
- Tallyman of Nurgle #13259
- Nurgle's Conscription #13406
- Drach'Nyen #13516
- Deny Reality #13589
- Seeker of Slaanesh #14801
- Sloppity Bilepiper #15205
- Tzaangor Shaman #15716
- Lucius the Eternal #16479
- Knight Rampager #17434
- Helbrute #20381
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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.
- 138 Most Wanted 10.7 years
- 139 Tinker Time 10.7 years
- 140 Dance of the Elements 10.6 years
- 141 The Ruinous Powers 10.5 years
- 142 Tramplesaurus Rex 10.5 years
- 143 From Cute to Brute 10.4 years
- 144 Limit Break (FINAL FANTASY VII) 10.4 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.
- 35 Limit Break (FINAL FANTASY VII) 10.4 years
- 36 From Cute to Brute 10.4 years
- 37 Tramplesaurus Rex 10.5 years
- 38 The Ruinous Powers 10.5 years
- 39 Dance of the Elements 10.6 years
- 40 Tinker Time 10.7 years
- 41 Most Wanted 10.7 years
Oldest cards
- Dark Ritual 33.3 years
- Sol Ring 33.3 years
- Brainstorm 31.5 years
- Worn Powerstone 28.1 years
- Barren Moor 24.1 years
- Forgotten Cave 24.1 years
- Decree of Pain 23.5 years
- Temple of the False God 23.5 years
- Talisman of Dominance 23.1 years
- Talisman of Indulgence 23.1 years
- Wayfarer's Bauble 22.4 years
- Terramorphic Expanse 21.2 years
- Molten Slagheap 20.1 years
- Crumbling Necropolis 18.1 years
- Exotic Orchard 17.8 years
- Bituminous Blast 17.5 years
- Deny Reality 17.5 years
- Evolving Wilds 16.6 years
- Reverberate 16.3 years
- Chaos Warp 15.4 years
- Command Tower 15.4 years
- Warstorm Surge 15.3 years
- Blasphemous Act 15.1 years
- Past in Flames 15.1 years
- Chromatic Lantern 14.1 years
- Bile Blight 12.9 years
- Dismal Backwater 12.1 years
- Swiftwater Cliffs 12.1 years
- Assault Suit 12.0 years
- Commander's Sphere 12.0 years
- Sunken Hollow 11.1 years
- Foreboding Ruins 10.6 years
- Path of Ancestry 9.2 years
- Talisman of Creativity 7.4 years
- Abaddon the Despoiler 4.1 years
- Aspiring Champion 4.1 years
- Be'lakor, the Dark Master 4.1 years
- Blight Grenade 4.1 years
- Bloodcrusher of Khorne 4.1 years
- Blood for the Blood God! 4.1 years
- Bloodthirster 4.1 years
- Chaos Defiler 4.1 years
- Chaos Mutation 4.1 years
- Chaos Terminator Lord 4.1 years
- Dark Apostle 4.1 years
- Drach'Nyen 4.1 years
- Exalted Flamer of Tzeentch 4.1 years
- Great Unclean One 4.1 years
- Helbrute 4.1 years
- Herald of Slaanesh 4.1 years
- Heralds of Tzeentch 4.1 years
- Keeper of Secrets 4.1 years
- Khârn the Betrayer 4.1 years
- Kill! Maim! Burn! 4.1 years
- Knight Rampager 4.1 years
- Let the Galaxy Burn 4.1 years
- Lord of Change 4.1 years
- Lucius the Eternal 4.1 years
- Magnus the Red 4.1 years
- Mandate of Abaddon 4.1 years
- Mortarion, Daemon Primarch 4.1 years
- Mutalith Vortex Beast 4.1 years
- Noise Marine 4.1 years
- Nurgle's Conscription 4.1 years
- Nurgle's Rot 4.1 years
- Pink Horror 4.1 years
- Plague Drone 4.1 years
- Poxwalkers 4.1 years
- Seeker of Slaanesh 4.1 years
- Sloppity Bilepiper 4.1 years
- Tallyman of Nurgle 4.1 years
- The Horus Heresy 4.1 years
- The Lost and the Damned 4.1 years
- The Ruinous Powers 4.1 years
- Tzaangor Shaman 4.1 years
- Venomcrawler 4.1 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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