Summary of Lessons from cEDH -- Choosing the Right Ramp

00:00:00 - 00:15:00

This video discusses different types of ramp available in Magic: The Gathering, and how to choose the right one for your deck. It explains that, in general, low-colored decks need to be more lenient in filling out their ram package, as they may not have access to more efficient cards. Finally, it talks about some of the more expensive ramp spells which can be useful in decks that go wide, or low color.

• 00:00:00 CEDH is a metagame within the Commander format that sits at one extreme with highly consistent, highly efficient decks. There are lessons to be learned with how people are brewing with the most powerful cards available in the game, and CDH is famous for starting its games with explosive bursts of manaram. Ramp can provide the initial jump in mana needed to accelerate from the getting ready stage to the all setup stage, and rituals can play an overpowered card much earlier than anticipated by trading away card advantage in order to do so. Massive ramp cards are going to enable us to have a significant boost in mana to the point where we no longer are constrained by mana as a resource, in order to perform the game actions that we want to perform. Today, we're going to be focused almost exclusively on ramp, and discussing what it can do under our ready set go model. First, ramp can provide the initial jump in mana needed to accelerate from the getting ready stage to the all setup stage. Second, we can use rituals to play an overpowered card much earlier than anticipated by trading away card advantage in order to do so. Third, massive ramp cards are going to enable us to have a significant boost in mana to the point where we no longer are constrained by mana as a
• 00:05:00 In "Lessons from cEDH -- Choosing the Right Ramp," the author discusses the different types of ramp and when to use them. He notes that in cEDH, ramp spells with a mana value equal to the commander's mana value -2 will allow you to drop your commander a full turn early, while Ramp spells with a mana value equal to the commander's mana value -1 will allow you to drop your commander on time. He also mentions that rituals can be very effective when used in conjunction with other ramp spells, and that they can be used in non-cEDH games as well.
• 00:10:00 This video discusses the different types of ramp available in Magic: The Gathering, and how to choose the right one for your deck. It explains that, in general, low-colored decks need to be more lenient in filling out their ram package, as they may not have access to more efficient cards. Finally, it talks about some of the more expensive ramp spells which can be useful in decks that go wide, or low color.
• 00:15:00 The video discusses how to choose the right ramp for a project, and offers advice on how to be responsible when using them.