@MiniDragon: Elspeth, Sun's Champion is definitely not a budget card. The budget list cutoff is $10. I'm willing to include it, but I want to hear more about how it performs first.

@Epochalyptik My bad didn't realize she cost that much. Sadly I do not own one however, I do like Retribution of the Meek and like running Skullclamp . Her ult does seem a bit underpowered considering Elspeth, Knight-Errant . Hopefully some one else has play tested her. Retribution of the Meek is a card I would recommend to include. Allows me to get rid of the creatures that give me trouble which are usually the big drops while being able to keep Utility creatures and works well with tokens.

I think Rupture Spire and Transguild Promenade should be removed from this list and added to the budget staples list (if they're not there already). Although they tap for any color, entering the battlefield tapped AND costing 1 mana to keep is pretty bad. I can't see them being useful outside of a budget 5-color deck.

Surely Arcanis the Omnipotent deserves a spot on this list. You can return him to your hand if a board wipe occurs or someone tries to kill him off AND just for tapping him you can draw 3 cards. With certain cards you can draw 3-6-9 cards a turn by untapping him. Imagine him with Prophet of Kruphix . You're drawing 3 cards a turn and have all the mana needed to protect him. Awesome card!

Curious about the lack of Soul of the Harvest , especially considering you do include Harvester of Souls . Is it just because green has other etb creature draw effects?

I'm not sure how you feel about combos, but Deadeye Navigator and Great Whale could be potential staples if you're considering combos. Aside from that I think that Memnarch is a good card and should be added because in decks running blue it is very useful. Some of my friends consider Venser's Journal a staple purely for the no max hand size (like Reliquary Tower ). I consider Novablast Wurm a power card since you basically can wipe the board clean and get 7 damage out. Some people I know consider Xenagos, The Reveler a staple because it does supply some good mana ramp for decks with those colors.

I completely agree with Venser's Journal being in this list. It's a ridiculously powerful card.

Venser's Journal is a good one as it Xenagos, The Reveler who I consider to have a usefulness on par with Garruk Wildspeaker albeit more color specific. Sloth_Force Palinchron is a better combo tool than Great Whale and is already included so I don't think the whale warrants its own spot.

Exotic Orchard is a very powerful mana fixer in multiplayer rounds, I think it deserves a spot on the list, doesn't it?

No Magister Sphinx ?

You may remove Rofelos and add Relic of Progenitus

North Star ?

Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed is a good reanimator target and can pull back any black card.

Now that Khans is out I personally think that Dig Through Time and Treasure Cruise definitely have places on this list. Those two are just bonkers in edh when you have so much access to graveyard fuel.

Please take Abeyance into consideration. Potent security for combos, and utility / tempo everywhere else.

I think Utter End could find a place in here, it gets around indestructible and is Vindicate at instant speed for one more mana.

A few I'd suggest for your red list: Reforge the Soul, World at War, Burn at the Stake, Vicious Shadows, War Cadence, Rage Thrower, Purphoros, God of the Forge

ThisIsBullshit Can people seriously stop comparing Utter End to Vindicate yes Utter End is good, but many people do not realize that it is NOT Vindicate for one more mana. Vindicate CAN destroy lands. Utter End CANNOT destroy lands.

kameenook: Utter End is a card in WB that can remove almost any problem permanent, save for ones that have hexproof or shroud and lands, and can do so at instant speed. Vindicate is a card in WB that can remove almost any problem permanent, save those that have hexproof, shroud or indestructible, but it can only do it at sorcery speed. Granted, Vindicate's sphere of influence is much larger because of the extra card type it can hit, but do you have a better comparison for Utter End than "instant speed Vindicate"?

Also, PS, I second adding Utter End to the list.

Not really, just adding a few more words to the sentence such as "Instant speed Vindicate for one more colorless that can't hit lands. It's really just my minor OCD. Theoretically you could compare it to permanent O-Ring, at instant speed. I do totally agree with Utter End joining the list though.

Although I do not see it played a lot, I really enjoy the value that Mercurial Chemister provides. It can draw two cards or remove a threatening or value creature by discarding a card that you will be able to replace + 1 next turn.

I would say Guile deserves a spot on this list.

Ugin, the Spirit Dragon.

@SnakeEyes55, I would not confuse a niche utility card with a format staple or power card. Is it good in certain decks? Yeah sure, if you've got that kind of build, and bank value off the removal, but Its certainly not format defining.

I would agree that if Vindicate is worthy of this list, then Utter End also should be. Instant speed lets it be so much more flexible.

I also second Dig Through Time, Treasure Cruise, and the freshly spoiled Ugin, the Spirit Dragon. The boardwipe alone is something that mono-g and mono-u are crying for. the ult is also easy to achieve (not that you should count on it, but still)