Dark Ascension does not seem to have a large influence on the Commander meta-game. To my surprise, Mikaeus, the Unhallowed is only used in 37 decks... New Phyrexia seems to be the winner in the printing of new commander staples for the last 7 sets (It has introduced 6 new cards in the top 200). Magic 2012 has all 10 in the top 200, but a lot of them are reprints.
I can't wait to see if Avacyn Restored can make a difference!
I am a nut for these kinds of statistics, even if I can't always interpret them in any useful way. Thanks so much for keeping this up and going into detail by set and such. Awesome job.
Updated with a list of commander sets that printed the most commander staples!
I will update the results soon (it takes some time to do) as the results of the last run of the script are from last month.
EDIT: For the next run of the script: I will try to find a special treatment for lands as they are not very useful in the results. Especially in the overall top 200.
EDIT2: I've removed lands from most of the results. They are now only included in lists where they seemed useful (top commander sets, top from latest sets, top by color combination).
I'm confused, in your deck break-down section you list the number of decks by color and color combinations. But in the breakdown, the number of decks with the (equal or) corresponding basic land, or even adding snow-covered lands doesn't add up to the number of decks that were analyzed.
Why is there this descrepency?
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A lot of people write "X Islands" instead of "X Island" (or do not include basic lands) and the script only parses correct card names. I never bothered trying to fix this as the results of that would not be that interesting.
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I'm actually very surprised to see that Simulacrum is the most used creature in the database. I mean, I knew he was highly regarded, but damn!
I try to include in my decks when I can. He's in my Saffi deck, my flicker deck, and my Slobad deck. As long as you have recursion/flicker he's insane. There's few decks that don't want him.
This is a fantastic idea. I was thinking of designing a comprehensive EDH tool app for Android and this is just the sort of thing I was looking to add for a EDH deckbuilding tool to find reccomendations for people building decks. Would you mind sharing the script you used for this?
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Decks:
Primeval Titan drops another 10 places and is now ranked 37th in the top 200. There are 295 out of the 1067 decks that were posted or updated after the september ban. Out of those, 8 ignored the ban and still include Primeval Titan. I guess we will have to wait for the other 700 decks to be updated...
Kokusho was included in 26 decks after the unbanning. Percentage-wise that means that of the 295 decks posted or updated after the september banlist update 8,8% included Kokusho in their decklist. If this trend continues in the future and all 1067 decks are updated, that would mean about 94 of them would play Kokusho, which would potentially rank it only 115th in the top 200.
Thanks for the update! I have to say, I'm shocked to see Horde of Notions so high on the list! I've never ever seen that deck run and I generally think I'm pretty in touch with this format. Very interesting.
Seriously, thanks a bunch. Not surprising that all of the top 5 commanders come straight from the commander product. It gives you an idea of just how much Wizards influences the global metagame.
I am a nut for these kinds of statistics, even if I can't always interpret them in any useful way. Thanks so much for keeping this up and going into detail by set and such. Awesome job.
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I believe these statistics are compiled using the decklists in the Decklist Database that is stickied at the top of the page.
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I will update the results soon (it takes some time to do) as the results of the last run of the script are from last month.
EDIT: For the next run of the script: I will try to find a special treatment for lands as they are not very useful in the results. Especially in the overall top 200.
EDIT2: I've removed lands from most of the results. They are now only included in lists where they seemed useful (top commander sets, top from latest sets, top by color combination).
DECKS
Ertai | Squee | Roon | Aurelia
USEFUL RESOURCES
Commander Decklist Database
Statistical breakdown of the commander metagame
50 Commanders / 50 Decks
27 Colors / 27 Decks
BRGrenzo, Dungeon Warden EDH
GAzusa, Always in a Rush EDH
GWUDerevi, Empyrial Warlord EDH
Trade thread on MOTL
I'll update the numbers today and update again later this month when KingChewie updates de decklist database.
EDIT: Done!
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Statistical breakdown of the commander metagame
50 Commanders / 50 Decks
27 Colors / 27 Decks
Primeval Titan was only removed from 24 decks since the banning (drops 9 places in the top 200 ranking)
Kokusho was only added to 14 decks since its unbanning and will take some time to make an appearance in the top 200.
I guess people are only slowly updating their lists...
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Why is there this descrepency?
RGWort, Gruulmother (Budget)GR
WRUNumot, Diva-Stasis-erURW
GMultani - MultiplayerG
A lot of people write "X Islands" instead of "X Island" (or do not include basic lands) and the script only parses correct card names. I never bothered trying to fix this as the results of that would not be that interesting.
DECKS
Ertai | Squee | Roon | Aurelia
USEFUL RESOURCES
Commander Decklist Database
Statistical breakdown of the commander metagame
50 Commanders / 50 Decks
27 Colors / 27 Decks
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BWR Kaalia Punisher: Heaven's on Fire
I try to include in my decks when I can. He's in my Saffi deck, my flicker deck, and my Slobad deck. As long as you have recursion/flicker he's insane. There's few decks that don't want him.
My Saffi deck
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Decks:
EDH:
BWG Angels of Afterlife - Karador, Ghost Chieftain GWB
BWU Mother Machine - Sydri, Galvanic Genius UWB
Modern:
U Mono-U TronU
BRGrenzo, Dungeon Warden EDH
GAzusa, Always in a Rush EDH
GWUDerevi, Empyrial Warlord EDH
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And this months trivia:
Primeval Titan drops another 10 places and is now ranked 37th in the top 200. There are 295 out of the 1067 decks that were posted or updated after the september ban. Out of those, 8 ignored the ban and still include Primeval Titan. I guess we will have to wait for the other 700 decks to be updated...
Kokusho was included in 26 decks after the unbanning. Percentage-wise that means that of the 295 decks posted or updated after the september banlist update 8,8% included Kokusho in their decklist. If this trend continues in the future and all 1067 decks are updated, that would mean about 94 of them would play Kokusho, which would potentially rank it only 115th in the top 200.
DECKS
Ertai | Squee | Roon | Aurelia
USEFUL RESOURCES
Commander Decklist Database
Statistical breakdown of the commander metagame
50 Commanders / 50 Decks
27 Colors / 27 Decks
Added a top 50 commanders. Enjoy!
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Ertai | Squee | Roon | Aurelia
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Commander Decklist Database
Statistical breakdown of the commander metagame
50 Commanders / 50 Decks
27 Colors / 27 Decks
I did not think Kaliaa would be on top. The top 5 being from the Precons is no surprise though. Those were a huge boost to the community.
#5-10 are also interesting.
14 Azami, Lady of Scrolls
13 Rafiq of the Many
13 Sharuum the Hegemon
13 Grimgrin, Corpse-born
12 Riku of Two Reflections
That covers quite a few different play styles. Grimgrin #9 Wow.. didn't see that either.
Cool stuff scoeri, I use a lot of your information when tweaking my EDHCube, so please keep it coming. The new info you've added will be a big help.
R.I.P. Sundering Titan (6/20/12) and Braids, Cabal Minion (9/12/14)
Seriously, thanks a bunch. Not surprising that all of the top 5 commanders come straight from the commander product. It gives you an idea of just how much Wizards influences the global metagame.
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BUG is the Jund of EDH!
Modern: Jund, Grixis Delver, Bant Eldrazi, TitanShift
Commander: Brago, Yidris, Mizzix, Marath, Atheros, Daretti
From now on, I will copy this months trends into the update post for bookkeeping.
Numbers represent difference in ranking compared to previous run of script (01/08/2013)
+ 0 Sol Ring
+ 0 Lightning Greaves
+ 0 Sensei's Divining Top
+ 0 Solemn Simulacrum
+ 0 Demonic Tutor
+ 0 Eternal Witness
+ 0 Skullclamp
+ 0 Darksteel Ingot
+ 0 Phyrexian Arena
+ 0 Swords to Plowshares
+ 0 Expedition Map
+ 0 Oblivion Stone
+ 0 Swiftfoot Boots
+ 2 Acidic Slime
- 1 Caged Sun
+ 1 Sun Titan
- 2 Austere Command
+ 1 Path to Exile
+ 2 Phyrexian Metamorph
- 2 Beast Within
+ 2 Cultivate
- 2 Duplicant
- 1 Coalition Relic
+ 0 Enlightened Tutor
+ 3 Mystical Tutor
+ 7 Sakura-Tribe Elder
+ 4 Kodama's Reach
- 2 Vampiric Tutor
+ 3 Hinder
- 1 Gilded Lotus
- 6 Diabolic Tutor
- 5 Damnation
- 3 Gauntlet of Power
+ 0 Oracle of Mul Daya
+ 1 Return to Dust
- 1 Crucible of Worlds
+ 5 Counterspell
- 1 Mimic Vat
+ 0 Steel Hellkite
+ 5 Consecrated Sphinx
+ 2 Mana Crypt
+ 4 Fact or Fiction
- 2 Rite of Replication
+12 Rhystic Study
- 7 Thran Dynamo
- 2 Sylvan Library
+ 0 Spell Crumple
+ 1 Capsize
+ 2 Trinket Mage
-10 Yavimaya Elder
+14 Sword of Feast and Famine
+ 7 Mana Vault
+ 0 Avenger of Zendikar
+10 Darksteel Plate
+ 0 Rune-Scarred Demon
- 2 Liliana Vess
- 5 Woodfall Primus
- 1 Krosan Grip
-11 Extraplanar Lens
+ 2 Mind's Eye
- 1 Green Sun's Zenith
- 4 Karmic Guide
+14 Wood Elves
+ 2 Wrath of God
+ 5 Cryptic Command
- 5 Tooth and Nail
-17 Primeval Titan
+ 0 Scroll Rack
+ 4 Chaos Warp
- 3 All Is Dust
+11 Oblivion Ring
- 3 Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
-10 Terastodon
- 3 Nim Deathmantle
+ 0 Harmonize
- 4 Genesis Wave
+ 8 Decree of Pain
- 4 Grave Pact
- 3 Fleshbag Marauder
+ 0 Reveillark
+10 Bribery
+18 Snapcaster Mage
+15 Skyshroud Claim
- 5 Nevinyrral's Disk
- 4 Worldly Tutor
+ 8 Stoneforge Mystic
+23 Sword of Fire and Ice
+ 1 Karn Liberated
- 6 Bloodgift Demon
+25 Glen Elendra Archmage
-13 Sheoldred, Whispering One
- 8 Wurmcoil Engine
+10 Beseech the Queen
- 6 Mulldrifter
+13 Land Tax
+16 Increasing Ambition
+ 5 Survival of the Fittest
- 8 Fauna Shaman
- 4 Greater Good
+ 6 Seedborn Muse
-14 Beacon of Unrest
- 3 Phantasmal Image
+ 6 Loxodon Warhammer
-18 Exsanguinate
- 8 Regrowth
+23 Birthing Pod
-15 Mana Reflection
- 7 Genesis
+ 5 Condemn
- 5 Mind Stone
+ 8 Academy Rector
+11 Venser, Shaper Savant
- 6 Chord of Calling
+ 7 Fierce Empath
- 4 Grave Titan
+ 2 Wayfarer's Bauble
- 1 Wheel of Fortune
-25 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
- 2 Rings of Brighthearth
-24 Everflowing Chalice
- 8 Anger
+ 8 Farhaven Elf
+ 9 Fabricate
- 2 Tezzeret the Seeker
-21 Garruk Wildspeaker
- 1 Evacuation
- 3 Putrefy
+18 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
+13 Brainstorm
-10 Necropotence
+14 Force of Will
+ 1 Explosive Vegetation
+ 6 Oblation
+26 Crystal Shard
+12 Worn Powerstone
- 8 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
-10 Buried Alive
- 1 Graveborn Muse
+26 Dissipate
-14 Living Death
-10 Life from the Loam
- 8 Animate Dead
+ 6 Aura Shards
- 6 Sorin Markov
-10 Butcher of Malakir
+ 5 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
- 4 Mirari's Wake
- 7 Body Double
+14 Aura of Silence
+ 9 Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
+21 Pact of Negation
-16 Ashnod's Altar
+ 2 Yawgmoth's Will
+ 8 Sword of Light and Shadow
- 7 Idyllic Tutor
- 6 Bloodghast
- 3 Hallowed Burial
-14 Profane Command
+24 Sculpting Steel
- 4 Memory Jar
+16 Forbid
+ 2 Dimir Signet
- 6 Vorinclex, Voice of Hunger
-24 Black Sun's Zenith
- 7 Whispersilk Cloak
+21 Nihil Spellbomb
- 6 Primal Command
+ 1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
+16 Time Warp
-17 Grim Monolith
- 4 Elesh Norn, Grand Cenobite
+ 6 Gilded Drake
- 5 Maelstrom Pulse
+16 Ghostly Prison
-23 Angel of Despair
+ 3 Blasphemous Act
+12 Elixir of Immortality
+13 Akroma's Memorial
- 8 Puppeteer Clique
+19 Birds of Paradise
-15 Life's Finale
- 1 Blue Sun's Zenith
+12 Entomb
- 9 Relic of Progenitus
- 3 Gamble
-16 Mortify
+ 1 Wild Ricochet
-14 Insurrection
-13 Reanimate
+17 Asceticism
+18 Garruk, Primal Hunter
+ 8 Stranglehold
+24 Doubling Season
+31 Sphinx of Uthuun
-22 Weathered Wayfarer
+ 0 Planar Portal
-17 Artisan of Kozilek
+13 Avacyn, Angel of Hope
+ 3 Urabrask the Hidden
+22 Umezawa's Jitte
+ 280 Boundless Realms
+ 162 Torpor Orb
+ 159 Staff of Nin
+ 155 Strata Scythe
+ 132 Cyclonic Rift
+ 120 Conjurer's Closet
+ 104 Creeping Renaissance
+ 103 Trickbind
+ 99 Chromatic Lantern
+ 98 Ancestral Vision
+ 88 Kokusho, the Evening Star
+ 86 Forgotten Ancient
+ 84 Fires of Yavimaya
+ 82 Ulvenwald Tracker
+ 81 Archaeomancer
+ 76 Braids, Cabal Minion
+ 73 Soul of the Harvest
+ 72 Erratic Portal
+ 68 Mox Opal
+ 65 Craterhoof Behemoth
+ 58 Mirri's Guile
+ 58 Hornet Queen
+ 58 Faithless Looting
+ 56 Rampant Growth
+ 56 Reap and Sow
- 54 Sangromancer
- 54 Voltaic Key
- 56 It That Betrays
- 56 Elvish Visionary
- 57 Attrition
- 57 Akroma's Vengeance
- 62 Savage Beating
- 62 Faith's Fetters
- 63 Lashwrithe
- 66 Victimize
- 66 Bear Umbra
- 67 Rites of Flourishing
- 68 Selesnya Signet
- 70 Mistmeadow Witch
- 74 Journeyer's Kite
- 78 Dauntless Escort
- 79 Joraga Treespeaker
- 83 Dimir Machinations
- 87 Demonic Collusion
- 93 Ajani Goldmane
- 94 Chameleon Colossus
- 97 Fyndhorn Elves
- 114 Harrow
- 117 Arbor Elf
- 172 Psychosis Crawler
DECKS
Ertai | Squee | Roon | Aurelia
USEFUL RESOURCES
Commander Decklist Database
Statistical breakdown of the commander metagame
50 Commanders / 50 Decks
27 Colors / 27 Decks