Frequently Asked Questions
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Stats such as inclusion and lift measure how often two cards are run together. This usually refers to (1) the featured card at the top of the page, and (2) the card being analyzed in relation to it.
When calculating these stats, EDHREC compares "number of decks that include both cards" to "number of decks that could have included both cards." We call the latter stat potential decks.
To count as a potential deck, a deck must be able to run both cards. This considers deck-building restrictions including commander, color identity, and the dates when both cards were first previewed. In other words, decks that can't run both cards due to color identity restrictions don't count, nor do decks built prior to both cards existing.
Potential decks also follows the current active filters. For example, if you are viewing Yuriko with Budget set to Expensive, Bracket set to 4, and Tag set to Ninjas, the potential decks will also be narrowed by those same filters.
Example 1: Moon-Circuit HackerMoon-Circuit Hacker in Yuriko, the Tiger's ShadowYuriko, the Tiger's Shadow decks
- YurikoYuriko is a commander, previewed on August 8, 2018
- Moon-Circuit HackerMoon-Circuit Hacker is , previewed on February 18, 2022
In this case, decks refers to every YurikoYuriko deck running Moon-Circuit HackerMoon-Circuit Hacker, and potential decks refers to every YurikoYuriko deck updated on or after February 18, 2022.
Example 2: CultivateCultivate and Assassin's TrophyAssassin's Trophy
- CultivateCultivate is , previewed on June 16, 2010
- Assassin's TrophyAssassin's Trophy is , previewed on October 5, 2018
In this case, decks refers to every deck running CultivateCultivate and Assassin's TrophyAssassin's Trophy, and potential decks refers to decks updated on or after October 5, 2018 with at least in their color identity.
If your deck is on one of those deck building sites, chances are it’ll get pulled in. However, there are a number of things that can prevent a deck from being pulled in. Most notably, make sure it’s a legal deck. If you have too many cards, too few cards, cards out of your color identity, or banned cards, our database will not pick it up intentionally.
However, there are a number of things that can go wrong between EDHREC and the source websites and there is no way to notify you that something went wrong. Sometimes they may not be your fault, or anyone’s fault. We simply can’t guarantee that every deck makes it up on EDHREC.
If you update your deck on the deck building site, EDHREC will collect it as a new deck and delete our old one, effectively updating the deck in our database. Updating your deck a bunch of times does not make duplicates of the deck in our database.
As such, we honestly don’t have that good of an answer to this question. We hope the end resulting pages provide some value to people trying to build those themes, but there are plenty of decks that simply didn’t meet the definition but probably could be considered that from a human perspective.
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