Bloodbraid Elf

Public decks that run Bloodbraid Elf

• Entropic Uprising - Commander 2016, led by Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder
• Exit from Exile - Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate, led by Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald
• Graveyard Overdrive - Modern Horizons 3 Commander, led by Disa the Restless

Commanders that run Bloodbraid Elf most

Deck counts from EDHREC.

• Averna, the Chaos Bloom: 5,327 decks
• Yidris, Maelstrom Wielder: 4,135 decks
• Faldorn, Dread Wolf Herald: 3,129 decks
• Maelstrom Wanderer: 2,961 decks
• Disa the Restless: 1,861 decks
• Ognis, the Dragon's Lash: 1,447 decks
• Samut, Vizier of Naktamun: 738 decks
• The Thirteenth Doctor // Yasmin Khan: 232 decks

Often played with Bloodbraid Elf

Cards that show up in the same decks on EDHREC.

• Stormcaller's Boon
• Captured Sunlight
• Ardent Plea
• Enigma Sphinx
• Enlisted Wurm
• Kathari Remnant
• Ethersworn Sphinx
• Deny Reality
• Demonic Dread
• Bituminous Blast

Rulings

• 2021-06-18: If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
• 2021-06-18: The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If cascade allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half but not both halves.
• 2021-06-18: You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
• 2021-06-18: Due to a 2021 rules change to cascade, not only do you stop exiling cards if you exile a nonland card with lesser mana value than the spell with cascade, but the resulting spell you cast must also have lesser mana value. Previously, in cases where a card's mana value differed from the resulting spell, such as with some modal double-faced cards or cards with an Adventure, you could cast a spell with a higher mana value than the exiled card.
• 2021-06-18: If a spell with cascade is countered, the cascade ability will still resolve normally.
• 2021-06-18: If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.
• 2021-06-18: Cascade triggers when you cast the spell, meaning that it resolves before that spell. If you end up casting the exiled card, it will go on the stack above the spell with cascade.
• 2021-06-18: A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
• 2021-06-18: When the cascade ability resolves, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether or not you cast the last card exiled.