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Niv-Mizzet Reborn calculator help

I've looked and looked and can't find a calculator that does odds on [[Niv-Mizzet Reborn]] drawing cards. There used to be one and I believe it used Monte Carlo Simulations, but it doesn't seem to exist anymore. Does anyone know of one or know how hard it would be to make? I'm not an experienced programmer. Thanks for any help! Specifically, I would be making a (low power) Commander deck with 6 cards in each color pair.

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u/IconicIsotope — 7 hours ago
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Often when I'm glancing at EDHrec I see cards that are highly played for a Commander that don't make sense. At first blush, they might seem logical. But when you think about it deeper, you realize the card isn't nearly that strong for the deck.

The example that spurred this post is I was looking at [[Will, Scion of Peace]] and noticed [[Sphinx's Revelation]]. Of course, Will wants to gain life and he likes spells that cost a lot of mana or have X in the cost. It's a perfect fit! But is it? Think about the play pattern of Will. You want to efficiently gain life, then tap Will for a bunch of mana and cast something big. Sphinx's Rev is not efficient life gain. And for the payoff side, there are a ton of better card draw X spells that you'd play ahead of Sphinx's Rev.

Maybe a lot of deck builders are envisioning a scenario where Will is on the board ready to be tapped, a way to gain a good amount of life ready to go, Sphinx's Rev in hand, and finally some other permanent(s) on board that care about life gain, to get further paid off by Sphinx's Rev. That's A LOT of things that need to come together. Seems incredibly "win more".

But anyway, what do you think? What are some cards that are in the "highly synergistic" section for a Commander that you think aren't good?

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u/IconicIsotope — 9 days ago
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I've looked and I don't see one. So let's make one! Or I can delete this after someone links the thread to me lol. But for now, this is my cube:

https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/dzcube?view=primer

And I'm testing/running...

[[Informed Inkwright]] - I love cards that don't fit their color's usual play pattern. This, along with the next card I list, and [[Monastery Mentor]] give white a way to play a more spellslinging style. And while this is harder to trigger than [[Young Pyromancer]], it's a better card on its own and produces better tokens.

[[Stirring Hopesinger]] - one trigger is all you need to feel like you got good value. And much of what I said for the Inkwright applies here.

[[Erode]] - I don't need to say much, right?

[[Daydream]] - good with repartee, good with ETBs, and even has a flashback mode. Sure it's not instant speed but it has its own upsides over [[Ephemerate]].

[[Exhibition Tidecaller]] - I love cards that can mill target player, because you can fill up your own graveyard for value, which blue loves, or try to mill out your opponent. I think of it like blue's [[Stitcher's Supplier]].

[[Postmortem Professor]] - cross-pollination galore. It's a zombie, it recurs, it drains some life, it goes well with mill and spell heavy decks, and it even exiles a bit for [[Ketramose]].

[[Eternal Student]] - honestly much of the same applies here! With a "flashback" that's better than [[Lingering Souls]], how can you not love it?

[[Tragedy Feaster]] - this guy is just awesome. A different spin on [[Rotting Regisaur]]. If your cube can produce lots of fodder and/or simple ways to gain a life, consider this demon.

[[Flashback]] - like Erode, a very popular card from this set for cube. The floor of value this can provide coupled with the synergies it offers, and I'm sold.

[[Vibrant Outburst]] - there are a million blue/red cards you can run. What I love here is the simplicity, ability to be used offensively or defensively, and it's a 2 mana instant that [[Isochron Scepter]] would love to abuse.

[[Witherbloom Charm]] - gaining 5 life isn't nothing, and that's by far the worst mode here. a baby [[Abrupt Decay]] impression is very respectable, and having fodder to sacrifice is not a big ask for black/green.

Other cards that pique my interest:

[[Silverquill Charm]] - I think it's underrated. This goes very well with my white/black section (Ketramose, [[Syr Vondam, Sunstar Exemplar]]), and overall I think it suits many decks, even if no mode is spectacular.

[[Environmental Scientist]] - a bear that "draws" a basic land is pretty cool! I prefer [[Satyr Wayfinder]] to it. And I think this is very comparable to [[Elvish Visionary]].

What do you think about these cards? And more importantly what are you running?

u/IconicIsotope — 11 days ago