MagicalHacker - List of All Recursion
Commander / EDH*
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MagicalHacker says... #2
LittleBlueHero, great catch! You're absolutely right, Pia's Revolution shouldn't be in here.
February 27, 2017 5:30 p.m.
Excellent job and thanks for compiling this!
Added to The Obscure List of Obscure Lists.
February 27, 2017 7:47 p.m.
Pia's Revolution applies to things as they die.It's different as it isn't a conditional that only affects things that died that turn like the example linked.
It will happen every turn immediately on destroy trigger instead of on a conditional which makes it different to the situational re-animators he isn't listing!!
June 19, 2017 11:01 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #6
Well, if you draw it after the thing has died, it doesn't really help with recurring cards that died previously. Does that make sense?
June 19, 2017 12:58 p.m.
Taigam, Ojutai Master gives rebound, not sure if that counts, but he's sooooo good if you build a spellslinger deck.
September 6, 2017 6:52 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #9
e10mays, he's definitely got spellslinger synergy, but I don't think that synergy is the recursion type since he doesn't do anything for instants and sorceries in the graveyard. Thanks for the comment though!
September 26, 2017 8:03 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #12
meowndabout, I have been torn about the fact that this list is very, very long, yet more expensive cards like that one are missing from the list (even though their high cmc is not because of their inefficiency, but rather to balance out the fact that they return cards directly to the battlefield; in fact, I almost always would rather have Zombify over Raise Dead)
So I gave it some more thought, and I think if this list is going to be useful, it has to be short enough that it doesn't show too many strictly worse cards but also long enough to include the best ones.
I'm in the process of updating the list, and will tag you again when it's done.
Thank you for the comment, because the mere question about Obzedat's Aid led me down a path of inquiry and discovery to refine this list.
October 27, 2017 9:49 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #13
meowndabout, there were 54 cards added (and about as many removed).
October 27, 2017 1:39 p.m.
meowndabout says... #14
MagicalHacker fantastic, thanks!
FYI, i send a lot of people from the Facebook Commander-EDH group to all your lists regularly, so hope you've been getting lots of views :)
October 27, 2017 7:13 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #16
meowndabout, thanks for spreading around these resources! Hopefully they are helpful to a large group of people. :)
griffstick, thanks for the great suggestion! It is now added.
January 29, 2018 8:27 a.m.
griffstick says... #19
If you have Mortuary Mire in this list then you must also add Mortuary to the list too
March 9, 2018 2:07 p.m.
Lord_Khaine says... #20
Thank for this! I'm trying to figure out an EDH list that'll let me get the most out of repeatedly casting Smallpox, Pox, Death Cloud, Wildfire, Destructive Force, and Devastation, continually eroding creatures and lands.
March 29, 2018 11:30 p.m.
MagicalHacker says... #21
Magicaids, Purgatory doesn't help you recur cards, it only helps you not need recursion after you get it down. That's why it isn't good enough for the list, if that makes sense.
eljeffe_demagico, there are plenty of cards that will let you get a creature from your graveyard onto the battlefield for less than 5 mana, and even in mono white, there are a few.
griffstick, while Mortuary Mire is good in the same sense that a Disentomb is, Mortuary doesn't help you recur cards, it only helps you not need recursion after you get it down. That's why it isn't good enough for the list, if that makes sense.
Lord_Khaine, glad I could help!
May 8, 2018 10:14 a.m.
TheDeckMaker2300 says... #22
It's saids "other than top" for the library rule so...
My suggestion is Haunted Crossroads
Budget and slightly slower version of Phyrexian Reclamation however no life required and the ability is only 1 Weasley black to trigger
May 8, 2018 11:32 a.m.
TheDeckMaker2300 says... #23
Also really Yawgmoth's Vile Offering didn't make the... oh wait nvm tappedout thinks it's illegal in commander.
May 8, 2018 11:55 a.m.
MagicalHacker says... #24
Both of those cards are really great in the right deck, but since I'm aiming to show the most cost effective cards, I don't have room to showcase a card that can put X cards from your graveyard on top of your library for X+3 mana or a card that can reanimate 1 card for 5 mana, even though I know that they are powerful cards that are great in many decks. Thanks though!
May 8, 2018 1:24 p.m.
TheDeckMaker2300 says... #25
I would have suggested Sigil of the New Dawn buts it's illegal for the catergory of "recur stuff if it died this turn"
LittleBlueHero says... #1
Doesn't Pia's Revolution fall into the category of "Things that recur stuff if it died this turn''?
If that card is ok then I would argue Marchesa, the Black Rose should also be on the list since she isn't turn specific.
Thanks for putting this together I know it will be super helpful since I love running recursion in my decks no matter the colors.
February 27, 2017 4:10 p.m.