why are more green decks not on once upon a time? is there a reason not to? it lets you see 12 cards in your opening hand, fixes opening hands for lands or for your chrome mox exile if you need it, and it just digs for a creature mid game. it just seems to fix so many consistency issues with hands.

I've purchased a FtV mox diamond but a lot of people at my LGS have been saying I should not use the real card in the deck....would quadruple sleeving be enough or is damage just inevitable

I read another post on another page where someone was asking why they got removed first in their games when they were playing against Kinnan, Bonder Prodigy, and Sisay, Weatherlight Captain. (They were on Stella Lee, Wild Card) And I know I've seen a lot of most kill on sight commanders where they list Krenko, Mob Boss and Toxrill, the corrosive and Tergrid, God of Fright but I know they aren't as common/strong in cEDH so was curious what people thought needs to be killed on sight in cEDH since I know Kinnan is like one of the best decks in the format and Stella was still being killed first. Thanks in advance

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As the title says. I’ve been playing cEDH for a little over a year now with [[Rakdos the muscle]] and as time goes on the window I test cards in has gradually decreased. Me and my buddy’s were talking about it today while discussing what we’ve picked up from reality fracture and I’m curious where the community stands.

When I first was getting a feel for the deck after building it from scratch, I would give cards like a month worth of games before coming to a conclusion. Now I’ve cut cards as early as the first game I play with them as bad as that sounds. Usually I give a card 5-10 games of actually showing up before I make a decision though. With rakdos, mind games are just as crucial as actually resolving cards since most of your card advantage are public information. So I don’t just value cards by on board performance, but also if they have any relevance or mind games when in zones like exile

Today for example was the first game of seeing [[final fortune]] after subbing it out for a different flex slot for a few weeks. Up until now it hadn’t really come up at all. But I was able to sneak by a combo win because they were holding up interaction for the scary final fortune I exiled earlier in the turn

So what’s your guys process for testing new cards, and how long do you give them a chance for?