| Allister Hogg has recovered from an elbow injury and will start on the bench. The back row forward was taken off in the 60th minute of Edinburgh's 14-9 victory over Glasgow Warriors on 29 September.
Head coach Lynn Howells said: "I have picked the team knowing we will be without our main players next week as they will be with Scotland for the Romania game when we are playing the Dragons. These young players need game time and this is a great opportunity for them to show what they can do."
Edinburgh team to play Cardiff Blues in the Magners League at Murrayfield on Friday 3 November, kick off 7.10pm.
15 Chris Paterson (captain)
14 Mike Pyke
13 Ben Cairns *
12 Peter Jorgensen
11 David McCall
10 Duncan Hodge
9 Greig Laidlaw
1 Allan Jacobsen
2 Andrew Kelly *
3 Craig Smith
4 Matt Mustchin
5 Steven Turnbull **
6 Alasdair Strokosch *
7 Ross Rennie
8 David Callam *
16 Steven Lawrie
17 Alasdair Dickinson *
18 Fergus Pringle
19 Allister Hogg
20 Mike Blair *
21 Ander Monro
22 Simon Webster
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