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EDHREC’s November 6 Fire and Ice analysis finds that two cards speeding up creature mana are gaining ground in its Sisay, Weatherlight Captain cEDH sample. Samut, Hazoret’s Champion has a Fire Score of 14.02, the strongest increase highlighted in the article. Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu is also rising at 2.75. Both make it easier for a creature-heavy list to get to Sisay activations sooner, although they do not remove the need to produce all five colors.
Samut is an accessible legendary permanent for Sisay to find after her power grows, adds a red permanent to the board and lets mana creatures start working immediately. Shang-Chi provides similar practical acceleration for abilities that tap creatures, but the two mana he produces are of the same color. Choosing between the pieces therefore depends on both sequencing and the colors already available.
Other risers offer different advantages. Gleaming Splendor scores 4.60 as a Treasure engine and potential mana outlet, The Queen of Dale 3.98 as a selection and board-development card, and Pia, Aether Ascetic 2.28 as an enchantment access point. The article contrasts these with Saheeli Rai at −1.18, Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God at −1.04 and Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar at −1.09. Some pilots described Jennifer Walters as a cheaper competing protection piece; that is an explanation offered by pilots, not a causal result of the dataset.
EDHREC’s linked methodology explains that Fire and Ice scores are standardized slopes of weekly inclusion shares over a recent six-month period, relative to other cards for the same commander. They are neither percentage-point changes nor win rates. The source does not give a precise cEDH sample size for every score, and Sisay’s broader EDHREC deck total should not be used as that denominator. The evidence supports an adoption shift within this data, not a claim that planeswalker versions are obsolete or that haste variants win more.
Samut is an accessible legendary permanent for Sisay to find after her power grows, adds a red permanent to the board and lets mana creatures start working immediately. Shang-Chi provides similar practical acceleration for abilities that tap creatures, but the two mana he produces are of the same color. Choosing between the pieces therefore depends on both sequencing and the colors already available.
Other risers offer different advantages. Gleaming Splendor scores 4.60 as a Treasure engine and potential mana outlet, The Queen of Dale 3.98 as a selection and board-development card, and Pia, Aether Ascetic 2.28 as an enchantment access point. The article contrasts these with Saheeli Rai at −1.18, Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God at −1.04 and Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar at −1.09. Some pilots described Jennifer Walters as a cheaper competing protection piece; that is an explanation offered by pilots, not a causal result of the dataset.
EDHREC’s linked methodology explains that Fire and Ice scores are standardized slopes of weekly inclusion shares over a recent six-month period, relative to other cards for the same commander. They are neither percentage-point changes nor win rates. The source does not give a precise cEDH sample size for every score, and Sisay’s broader EDHREC deck total should not be used as that denominator. The evidence supports an adoption shift within this data, not a claim that planeswalker versions are obsolete or that haste variants win more.
Original source: Which Cards Are Hot and Cold for Sisay, Weatherlight Captain? | Fire and Ice ↗EDHREC