MTG Salvation

Is the short mana acceleration worth the card disadvantage in EDH? I know in Extended (when that used ot be a thing), it was well worth it because it helps you win right away. However, in the slower nature of EDH, I am not so sure.

I have tried it in my mono black deck and after several games, I haven't been impressed with it, nor have I been all that disappointed. It is the worst top deck late game I could possibly draw, but the early burst of mana is useful in the first five or six turns as I build up my resources. Also, because i am in mono black, I have lots of card draw which overcomes the card disadvantage.

It depends on how much draw your deck supports. I'm happy to use it when I can draw a ton of cards, and the loss of one doesn't matter all that much.

That said, I'm also a fan of Mox Diamond and especially Gemstone Caverns

Chrome Mox

Most decks I wouldn't run it because I usually don't want to exile a card. However, for a deck that needs early colors or needs to accelerate in a particular way it can be very handy. I run it in my Zada, Hedron Grinder deck because there is some redundancy over the cards and there usually is something I can exile for that one extra R to try to get that storm turn to go off.

For general color-fixing I stick to things like Darksteel Ingot and Chromatic Lantern in multi-color decks (sometimes Spectral Searchlight). For mono-color and choice 2-color decks I use things like Coldsteel Heart for acceleration.

Rarely is the extra speed worth it, but I am testing it (and mox diamond/lotus petal) in a couple of weird builds of mine. One of those is stax where the extra speed boost at the beginning can be critical and another is suicide aggro. So far, I haven't actually drawn either one.

Explosiveness is, IMHO, the name of the game in most EDH games, though of course it depends on the type of deck you are playing. Unless you're playing hard control though I think you probably want it.

That said, its harder to mull for acceleration now, so it remains to be seen if games slow down or if more redundancy on that front is even more important.

I use it only in Edric. It's a perfect fit for a deck that draws a ton.

For some decks, I thinks so. My mono-red has a really anti-blue cards and they are usually useless against non-blue aside from cycles away from my hand with Faithless Looting, might as well speed up with it.

Can Chrome Mox tap for C?

If you can overcome the card disadvantage, you should always play it. Same goes for Mox Diamond.

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Can Chrome Mox tap for C?

No. It only taps for the colors of the imprinted card, so there's no way for it to ever tap for C.

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I use it only in Edric. It's a perfect fit for a deck that draws a ton.

That's the first place I added it too, and it certainly shines there. I also run it in Nekusar/Wheels. Basically both decks where mana tends to be the bottleneck as opposed to cards in hand.

I don't run it in my Marchesa aggro deck or my Derevi Walker control build, both of which are fairer decks with far less reliable ways to quickly recoup the card loss.

I play it in Zedruu. It can accelerate, or, a non-imprinted mox can be the perfect gift!

It is great for decks that rely on the general entering play as soon as possible. I run it in Zur the Enchanter which can fetch Necropotence, Phyrexian Arena, etc.

Keep brewing.