I'm trying to get a sense of which cards from UB are seeing the most play in commander -- or other formats -- excluding reprints 🙂
EDIT: I count Unfinity as part of UB, but NOT the DND sets.
#(8-7-23) What individual Universes Beyond cards have you loved most? Which decks do you run them in?
dense vigil
ripe solstice
Well I haven't used any Warhammer (Besides Biophagus for my humans +1/+1 Counters tribal) or Transformers cards so it's all in on LOTR baby.
dense vigil
Well I haven't used any Warhammer (Besides Biophagus for my humans +1/+1 Counter...
Which cards from LotR specifically do you run / enjoy?
naive mica
I use [[Magnus the red]] as a commander for an izzet tokens deck that is super fun. And I have a Frodo and Sam deck, but I think my favorite card from that set is the mono black lifegain Gollum
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Legendary Creature — Demon Primarch
Flying
Unearthly Power — Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost 
less to cast for each creature token you control.
Blade of Magnus — Whenever Magnus the Red deals combat damage to a player, create a 3/3 red Spawn creature token.
4/5
naive mica
I might end up building around Gollum eventually
ripe solstice
Reprieve is a great counter spell option for decks that don't have access to blue like Anikthea. Flowering of the White Tree is a great enchantment for token decks like Trostani and Jinnie Fey. And I also basically made a whole Commander deck around Elrond, Master of Healing because I love the scry mechanic and he enables an awesome playstyle around it with +1/+1 counters, natural draw power, and the benefits of both blue and green.
dull edge
Just built an entire [[Radagast the Brown]] deck. Classic mono green with a fun twist as a theme
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dull edge
Also Out of the Tombs. Card is nuts and has saved my skin more than once
ripe solstice
[[Elrond, Master of Healing]] [[Reprieve]] [[Flowering of the White Tree]]
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Legendary Enchantment
Legendary creatures you control get +2/+1 and have ward .
Nonlegendary creatures you control get +1/+1.
Aragorn planted the new tree in the court by the fountain, and swiftly and gladly it began to grow.
naive mica
I also like the new haste enabler from LOTR. [[rising of the day]]
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naive mica
Mass haste plus a little buff if you’re running lots of legends.
dull edge
There’s a few others, like Necron Deathmark or Forth Eorlingas! That have instantly slotted themselves in to my other decks
ripe solstice
Mmhmm, I run it in [[Neera, Wild Mage]]. Haven't used it yet but imagine it'll have great pay-off when I do get to use it soon.
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dull edge
Barad-dûr, Minas Tirith, Sceptre of Eternal Glory
I’d say I’m closer to your side than the middle Daedalus, but I don’t have an issue with most of the UB scope
dense vigil
I’d say I’m closer to your side than the middle Daedalus, but I don’t have an is...
...honestly I'm asking this question to get an idea of which UB cards are popular so I can get a list of new stuff to reskin, since I've done everything for my own decks
naive mica
I also use extra combats Eomer in Duke Ulder. He’s fun with myriad
hard karma
Gosh. That's tough to think about.
Gotta be Magus Lucea Kane, Biophagus, and Vexilus Praetor
dense vigil
EDIT: To be clear, I count Unfinity as Universes Beyond, but not DND
hard karma
Just off the top of my head.
ripe solstice
Oh then one Unfinity card is definitely up there.
Imagine just making a super busted in disguise anthem that also rewards you for going wide and is beautiful and usable.
[[Starlight Spectacular]]
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dense vigil
[[Starlight Spectacular]]
oh god I hate that thing
to be clear, I'm not talking about its UB nature
I'm talking about tracking issues
This card is even worse than [[Cathars' Crusade]] lol
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ripe solstice
It's not too hard if you just line up all your units and if your tokens are the same power level.
naive mica
I think it’s down to the individual with Starlight. I am able to very quickly do the simple math in my head, so before I even play it and go to combat I know what is going on, and I have plenty of dice or even infinitokens to represent it. Cathars’ Crusade is annoying because it’s constant fiddling with dice, whereas Starlight is just a once per turn on your combat step, and usually it’s just going to end the game if I’m dropping it
ripe solstice
Exactly.
naive mica
But if an individual can’t resolve it quickly and efficiently then yeah it can be frustrating
That and [[pair o dice]] are the only ones from unfinity that I play I think. [[saw in half]] probably worth a mention too
round flare
Well, BESIDES Aragorn which I built a whole deck for and also included every other Aragorn in.
I also bought the Stranger Things lair specifically for Hopper.
He's probably my favorite character of the series, and now he's in Yoshi/Rog, moved over from my Minsc deck.
rugged raven
[[battle of bywater]] evil evil little card 10/10 no notes
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Sorcery
Destroy all creatures with power 3 or greater. Then create a Food token for each creature you control. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this artifact: You gain 3 life.")
The Tooks marched in with Pippin at their head. Merry now had enough sturdy Hobbitry to deal with the ruffians.
west fable
[[Samwise, the stouthearted]] is a card I keep putting in decks in terms of "ones unlikely to see reprints"
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west fable
Even if it's the only ring card in the deck
It gets lands back in hand, can emergency block, cast after a board wipe, etc.
dense vigil
[[Samwise, the stouthearted]] is a card I keep putting in decks in terms of "one...
Yeah, he's pretty good
west fable
[[And they shall know no fear]] is one my husband is using
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dense vigil
[[And they shall know no fear]] is one my husband is using
oh hey, I already made an Iroas-themed version of that
west fable
Reprieve is there for us, [[spiteful banditry]]
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west fable
He also says [[vexilus praetor]]
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spice lion
[[Abaddon the despoiler]] is one of my favorite decks I've ever had the pleasure to pilot.
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west fable
canoptek scarab swarm, cast into the fire and stone of erech too
hard karma
Oh yeah. Biotransference.
I use that a lot in artifact decks.
Lets me do REAL shenanigans in Eminent Mishra with [[Shard of the Void Dragon]]
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(Void Dragon usually becomes a good 20/20 within only a few turns)
west fable
Oh yeah. Biotransference.
I love that card but I didn't count it because it was more limited for the sort of decks I put it in.
hard karma
True. I've only really used it in upgrading Mishra and Urza BRO precons
daring rock
[[!triarch praetorian]] is great in Marchesa.
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daring rock
It’s more or less just a better Mulldrifter for the deck.
slow halo
Daryl, Hunter of Walkers - got me to go from “I don’t like UB” to “Improvise. Adapt. Overcome. I’m playing Gruul control and lovibg it.”
Eleven, the Mage & Chief Jim Hopper let me have fun with 4c WUBR goodstuff that wasn’t an irrelevant Breya or scary-looking “but those commanders are cEDH reeeeeee” Tymna & Kraum.
40k has given me the most cards, with Blood for the Blood God! and Exocrine packing a punch and killing opponents. Vanguard Suppressor as a go-wide draw engine has been great too.