Best One-Drops

[The1337Magician]

Heck. Just make it Omnicolored and amongst the 1 drops, you can have  {Progenitus}. Jkjk.
But I'm serious about the 5 colors.
Also don't forget
  {Berserk}
{Goblin Lackey}
{Kird Ape}
{Sensei's Divining Top}
{Sol Ring}
{Æther Vial}
{Angel's Grace}
{Birds of Paradise}
{Exploration}
{Fastbond}
{Figure of Destiny}
And many, many more.
It might be a very good deck.

[Xaol]

And I just told you that I think a card is more powerful if you can use it in multiple formats. Why do you have a vendetta against me?

No vendetta, just trying to understand your reasoning here. As far as I am concerned, {Ancestral Recall} trumps {Ponder} and {Brainstorm} as far as being the most powerful in the entire game. Your answer I would agree with had we been discussing modern or legacy, though.

[EvACiDe]

And I gave you my reasoning

[Xaol]

And I gave you my reasoning

Sure, but I still don't follow how because they are playable in more formats makes them better in the grand scope of the game as a whole, as OP is asking about.

[Xaol]

Heck. Just make it Omnicolored and amongst the 1 drops, you can have  {Progenitus}. Jkjk.
But I'm serious about the 5 colors.
Also don't forget
  {Berserk}
{Goblin Lackey}
{Kird Ape}
{Sensei's Divining Top}
{Sol Ring}
{Æther Vial}
{Angel's Grace}
{Birds of Paradise}
{Exploration}
{Fastbond}
{Figure of Destiny}
And many, many more.
It might be a very good deck.

{Fastbond} is pretty ridiculous. Ah, the good old days of type one.
{Goblin Guide} is proving to be an amazing one drop.

[EvACiDe]

And I gave you my reasoning

Sure, but I still don't follow how because they are playable in more formats makes them better in the grand scope of the game as a whole, as OP is asking about.

Well I'm sorry you don't understand. Nobody can understand everything so don't be too hard on yourself

[Mikefrompluto]

One person thinks ponder and brainstorm are the best, anther thinks ancestral recall is the best. Both are right, neither are wrong. It's all subjective. Moving on...

I have to go with {reanimate}, the card that gave birth to my favorite archetype. Realistically, I don't even consider {ancestral recall} to be an option since it's price tag is so high, so there's that. Next in line is {brainstorm}.

[Silent1236]

{Path to Exile}. Every time. Definitely one of my favorite cards. And probably the reason I have like, 7 or 8 of them (2 foil 😍).  Cheap and effective removal in a color with some kinda sketchy removal.

[EvACiDe]

I agree {goblin guide} is an amazing 1 drop. In aggro his drawback means just about nothing since you'll be dealing damage before it even has the chance to become useful for your opponent. Remember the amazing {jackal pup}?

[The1337Magician]

Here are a few more nice ones to spur more discussion.
{Burgeoning}
{Candelabra of Tawnos}
{Concordant Crossroads}
{Death's Shadow}
{Deathrite Shaman}
{Extirpate}
{Glaring Spotlight}
{Gravecrawler}
  {Grim Lavamancer}

[Xaol]

I agree {goblin guide} is an amazing 1 drop. In aggro his drawback means just about nothing since you'll be dealing damage before it even has the chance to become useful for your opponent. Remember the amazing {jackal pup}?

Actually, his "drawback" is more of a good thing, IMO! Think about it- you're gaining really useful information about their draws. Considering most draws won't be land (I digress, it varies deck to deck) you basically get a 2/2 for {R} hasty guy and get to see all of your opponents draws, netting you info on their deck. Very useful against control to see if you can play around counters.

[Double-O-Scotch]

{ancestral recall} is so good, it's banned in almost every format. Which means it sucks cause you can't really use it unless you play p9 vintage which is waaaaaay too overpriced and waaaaay too overrated...

[EvACiDe]

I agree {goblin guide} is an amazing 1 drop. In aggro his drawback means just about nothing since you'll be dealing damage before it even has the chance to become useful for your opponent. Remember the amazing {jackal pup}?

Actually, his "drawback" is more of a good thing, IMO! Think about it- you're gaining really useful information about their draws. Considering most draws won't be land (I digress, it varies deck to deck) you basically get a 2/2 for {R} hasty guy and get to see all of your opponents draws, netting you info on their deck. Very useful against control to see if you can play around counters.

That's actually a great point I forgot to touch on. Thanks for additional info!

[EvACiDe]

{ancestral recall} is so good, it's banned in almost every format. Which means it sucks cause you can't really use it unless you play p9 vintage which is waaaaaay too overpriced and waaaaay too overrated...

And this was pretty much my point against {ancestral recall}. Don't get me wrong, I'm not stupid and saying its not a good card lol it's just that since its only playable in certain formats for a crapload of money, I prefer brainstorm

[imthelolrus]

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