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Another Round

OTJ · rare · Released 2024-04-19

Tiers

tier-2
tier-2
fringe

Commander Bracket

1Precon2Core3Upgraded4Optimized5cEDH

Archetypes

positive:
flickerblinketb-triggeraristocrats
negative:
aggroburntempo

Roles

flickeretb-triggeretb-payoffcombo-piece

Risks

slow-setupmana-sink-trappip-heavysorcery-speed-only

Mechanics

Typal

synergy:

anti:

Structural

x-costmodal

Rationale

Another Round is a scalable mass-flicker sorcery: for {X}{X}{2}{W} it exiles and returns any number of your creatures up to X+1 times, triggering all ETBs that many times. It's a defining piece in flicker/blink and ETB-trigger engines, and at high X values it can generate explosive combo turns (e.g., pairing with Panharmonicon or a sacrifice/ETB loop). Sorcery speed and the double-X cost make it slow and mana-intensive for competitive brackets.

Learnings (3)

  • The double-X cost means the total mana investment is (X+X+2), so getting X=2 repetitions (3 total flicker cycles) costs 6 mana — plan your mana curve accordingly.

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  • Each exile-and-return cycle is a separate event, so triggers that care about 'a creature entering' (like Panharmonicon) fire once per creature per cycle, making high-X casts exponentially powerful with the right payoffs.

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  • Creatures returned are under their 'owner's' control, not 'your' control — stolen creatures will return to the opponent, so avoid using this on temporarily controlled creatures.

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Popularity

  • EDHREC rank: #3,505