Black Waltz No. 3
Color Identity
Details
Mana Value
4
Special Set
Universes Beyond
Popularity
#425
of 3,381 commanders · via EDHREC
Card Text
Legendary Creature — Wizard
Flying, deathtouch
Whenever you cast a noncreature spell, Black Waltz No. 3 deals 2 damage to each opponent.
2/2
Playstyle
Aggro · Steady · Group influence · Incremental wins
- Aggression
- 4 of 5
- Speed
- 3 of 5
- Interaction
- 2 of 5
- Combat
- 3 of 5
- Engine
- 3 of 5
- Complexity
- 2 of 5
Card Price
Strategy Guides
Spellslinger Strategy Guide
Spellslinger decks are for players who want each instant and sorcery to advance the board, refill the hand, or pressure life totals. This strategy wants to cast cheap spells across every turn cycle, using spellslinger commanders, magecraft payoffs, and copy effects, to win through accumulated damage, spell-made tokens, or card advantage. Unlike Storm, it does not need one huge chain turn, and unlike Combo it is not waiting for specific pieces to end the game at once. The best instants and sorceries decks reward steady sequencing and careful use of interaction.
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Infect Strategy Guide
Infect decks are for players who want life totals to matter less than reaching ten poison on each opponent. This strategy wants to connect with infect and toxic creatures, using pump spells, evasion, protection, and infect commanders, to win through poison counter decks EDH opponents have to answer early. In the Counters, Proliferate, and Infect overlap, Counters grows creatures, Proliferate multiplies many counter types, and Infect is the poison win condition that proliferate can accelerate. The social cost is real: once poison appears, the table often treats you as the first threat, and some pods restrict the mechanic before deck selection.
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Combo Strategy Guide
Combo decks are for players who enjoy finding a narrow line, protecting it, and ending the game with specific cards working together. This strategy wants to assemble combo commanders, tutors, draw, and compact two-card or three-card packages, using infinite combos or deterministic loops, to win in one decisive moment. Unlike Spellslinger it is not paid for every spell cast, unlike Storm it does not need a long chain turn, and unlike Big Mana it does not rely on casting one enormous payoff. The best combo decks EDH players build balance speed with enough interaction to survive the table's disruption.
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Storm Strategy Guide
Storm decks are for players who want to sculpt a hand, pick one decisive turn, and chain cheap spells until the count becomes lethal. This strategy wants to cast many spells in one turn, using cantrips, rituals, cost reducers, and storm commanders, to win through Grapeshot, Tendrils of Agony, Aetherflux Reservoir, or another storm-count payoff. In the Spellslinger, Storm, Big Mana, and Combo cluster, Spellslinger grinds value from each instant or sorcery, Big Mana spends on fewer huge spells, Combo assembles fixed pieces, and Storm turns spell volume into the win. The best storm combo EDH decks reward careful sequencing because every card has to convert into mana, cards, count, or a protected finish.
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