Premier Draft FDN 24 December 2024
24 December 04:48 - Thund3r 7 Wins - 2 Losses
Pack 1 Pick 1: Herald of Eternal Dawn
Herald of Eternal Dawn
4.5 This can flash in and ambush block something, and then if your opponent doesn't kill it well...obviously, they can't win. And you can win in a hurry because you have a huge flyer.
4.5 This can flash in and ambush block something, and then if your opponent doesn't kill it well...obviously, they can't win. And you can win in a hurry because you have a huge flyer.
Etali, Primal Storm
4.5 This probably dies when it attacks, but it'll usually generate a very efficient 2-for-1 at a minimum, and the ceiling is much higher.
4.5 This probably dies when it attacks, but it'll usually generate a very efficient 2-for-1 at a minimum, and the ceiling is much higher.
Good-Fortune Unicorn
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
Arbiter of Woe
2.5 You're going to need some fodder to make this really work out, but there's plenty of that in the format, and the enters trigger is pretty legit.
2.5 You're going to need some fodder to make this really work out, but there's plenty of that in the format, and the enters trigger is pretty legit.
Goblin Negotiation
3 This is never going to feel like efficient removal, but being able to use this to add to the board in a big way too makes up for that a little bit.
3 This is never going to feel like efficient removal, but being able to use this to add to the board in a big way too makes up for that a little bit.
Fleeting Flight
2 This is a solid trick, it'll win combat most of the time and has the "oops I win" upside of sending your big creature into the air.
2 This is a solid trick, it'll win combat most of the time and has the "oops I win" upside of sending your big creature into the air.
Giant Growth
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
Erudite Wizard
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
Macabre Waltz
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
Campus Guide
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
Goblin Boarders
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
Elfsworn Giant
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
Dwynen's Elite
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Prideful Parent
Consuming Aberration
2.5 This is mostly just a big vanilla creature, one that can sometimes start out super inefficient.
2.5 This is mostly just a big vanilla creature, one that can sometimes start out super inefficient.
Seismic Rupture
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material. Most decks won't be equipped to abuse it, and most opponents won't have the right deck for it to be useful.
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material. Most decks won't be equipped to abuse it, and most opponents won't have the right deck for it to be useful.
Good-Fortune Unicorn
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
Twinblade Blessing
2 It's a little bit clunky, but it can usually help your creature win combat or do lethal out of nowhere, and it offers a buff that makes most creatures problematic.
2 It's a little bit clunky, but it can usually help your creature win combat or do lethal out of nowhere, and it offers a buff that makes most creatures problematic.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Prideful Parent
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
Bite Down
3.5 This is always great removal, and while you have to be careful agaisnt interaction, being an instant helps make it easy to find the rightw indow for it.
3.5 This is always great removal, and while you have to be careful agaisnt interaction, being an instant helps make it easy to find the rightw indow for it.
Erudite Wizard
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
Goblin Boarders
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Marauding Blight-Priest
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
Blossoming Sands
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Vanguard Seraph
Wardens of the Cycle
3 Just getting the Morbid trigger once is enough to feel good about things, and that's good -- but don't expect to make this go off one very turn.
3 Just getting the Morbid trigger once is enough to feel good about things, and that's good -- but don't expect to make this go off one very turn.
Swiftfoot Boots
1 For this to be good, your creature already has to be great -- and in Limited that's not very likely.
1 For this to be good, your creature already has to be great -- and in Limited that's not very likely.
Self-Reflection
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
Grow from the Ashes
2 It can be tough to play a card that doesn't add to the board, but this can fix and ramp really effecitvely, and can be particularly good with landfall.
2 It can be tough to play a card that doesn't add to the board, but this can fix and ramp really effecitvely, and can be particularly good with landfall.
Axgard Cavalry
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
Fleeting Distraction
1 // 2.5 This is only going to make the cut regularly in spell decks that love the idea of a card that triggers prowess and replaces itself.
1 // 2.5 This is only going to make the cut regularly in spell decks that love the idea of a card that triggers prowess and replaces itself.
Goldvein Pick
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
Burglar Rat
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
Vanguard Seraph
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
Quick-Draw Katana
2 This only offers a buff during your turn, and if you're an aggro deck you're probably more interested in playing more creatures than playing this thing.
2 This only offers a buff during your turn, and if you're an aggro deck you're probably more interested in playing more creatures than playing this thing.
Juggernaut
1.5 If you need a 4-drop you can probably do worse, but how often are you desperate for a 4 drop in Limited?
1.5 If you need a 4-drop you can probably do worse, but how often are you desperate for a 4 drop in Limited?
Pack 1 Pick 4: Fleeting Flight
Affectionate Indrik
3 Adding this to the board while killing a 3/3 feels pretty good, though it does have limitations against larger creatures.
3 Adding this to the board while killing a 3/3 feels pretty good, though it does have limitations against larger creatures.
Stroke of Midnight
0 This is never good. It's tempting to see it as efficient and flexible, but giving your opponent a 1/1 means you always end up behind. You really have to always be killing a huge bomb for that cost to be worth it, and that's not how it pans out.
0 This is never good. It's tempting to see it as efficient and flexible, but giving your opponent a 1/1 means you always end up behind. You really have to always be killing a huge bomb for that cost to be worth it, and that's not how it pans out.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Squad Rallier
2.5 The stat-line is a bit underwhelming, but that activated ability is exactly what you want in the mid-to-late game. It's some serious flood insurance.
2.5 The stat-line is a bit underwhelming, but that activated ability is exactly what you want in the mid-to-late game. It's some serious flood insurance.
Goldvein Pick
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
Apothecary Stomper
2.5 This is pretty solid for the cost. The counters will augment your board in a pretty big way, and even as a 4/4 the stomper isn't really a creature that can be ignored.
2.5 This is pretty solid for the cost. The counters will augment your board in a pretty big way, and even as a 4/4 the stomper isn't really a creature that can be ignored.
Bigfin Bouncer
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
Goblin Surprise
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
Bushwhack
2.5 Each of these modes is kind of medium, but having a card that can fix your mana when you need it or be a mediocre removal spell is fine.
2.5 Each of these modes is kind of medium, but having a card that can fix your mana when you need it or be a mediocre removal spell is fine.
Thornwood Falls
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Fleeting Flight
2 This is a solid trick, it'll win combat most of the time and has the "oops I win" upside of sending your big creature into the air.
2 This is a solid trick, it'll win combat most of the time and has the "oops I win" upside of sending your big creature into the air.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Prideful Parent
Ravenous Amulet
1.5 This is too slow to work out very well. If you have lots of fodder you might be able to go off, though.
1.5 This is too slow to work out very well. If you have lots of fodder you might be able to go off, though.
Seismic Rupture
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material. Most decks won't be equipped to abuse it, and most opponents won't have the right deck for it to be useful.
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material. Most decks won't be equipped to abuse it, and most opponents won't have the right deck for it to be useful.
Billowing Shriekmass
3 This helps set up graveyard stuff while also frequently becoming a 4/4 flyer as a result of it's trigger.
3 This helps set up graveyard stuff while also frequently becoming a 4/4 flyer as a result of it's trigger.
Sanguine Syphoner
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Giant Growth
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
Campus Guide
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
Prideful Parent
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
Incinerating Blast
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
Bloodfell Caves
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Dauntless Veteran
Thousand-Year Storm
0 It's very difficult to make this do anything in Limited. You just don't cast enough instants and sorceries in a single turn for it to go off.
0 It's very difficult to make this do anything in Limited. You just don't cast enough instants and sorceries in a single turn for it to go off.
Fishing Pole
1.5 Turning one of your creatures into a 1/1 Fish factory can be good, but it's frequently better to attack with a creature than it is to mess with this.
1.5 Turning one of your creatures into a 1/1 Fish factory can be good, but it's frequently better to attack with a creature than it is to mess with this.
Dauntless Veteran
2.5 This attack trigger is legit, but the bad stat-line and the double-white requirement hold it back.
2.5 This attack trigger is legit, but the bad stat-line and the double-white requirement hold it back.
Frenzied Goblin
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Axgard Cavalry
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
Elementalist Adept
2 1 toughness prowess creatures can underperform, since they often need two triggers to survive being block by a 2/2, but Flash being in the mix helps make it more likely you can find a window to get in with it.
2 1 toughness prowess creatures can underperform, since they often need two triggers to survive being block by a 2/2, but Flash being in the mix helps make it more likely you can find a window to get in with it.
Swiftwater Cliffs
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Elfsworn Giant
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Snakeskin Veil
Self-Reflection
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
Snakeskin Veil
3 Always a great trick, it's solid in combat and great against removal. Spending one mana to win combat or blank a removal spell is a great feeling.
3 Always a great trick, it's solid in combat and great against removal. Spending one mana to win combat or blank a removal spell is a great feeling.
Refute
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
Incinerating Blast
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
Campus Guide
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
Armasaur Guide
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
Fanatical Firebrand
2.5 This is really nice on turn one, and it's ping ability keeps it at least somewhat relevant all game long.
2.5 This is really nice on turn one, and it's ping ability keeps it at least somewhat relevant all game long.
Jungle Hollow
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Stroke of Midnight
Stroke of Midnight
0 This is never good. It's tempting to see it as efficient and flexible, but giving your opponent a 1/1 means you always end up behind. You really have to always be killing a huge bomb for that cost to be worth it, and that's not how it pans out.
0 This is never good. It's tempting to see it as efficient and flexible, but giving your opponent a 1/1 means you always end up behind. You really have to always be killing a huge bomb for that cost to be worth it, and that's not how it pans out.
Stromkirk Bloodthief
1.5 Last time we saw this was in a way more vampire-heavy set and it was not very good. It's probably going to be worse here. The stat-line is bad and the trigger is surprisingly hard to get.
1.5 Last time we saw this was in a way more vampire-heavy set and it was not very good. It's probably going to be worse here. The stat-line is bad and the trigger is surprisingly hard to get.
Ambush Wolf
2.5 This can trade up when it ambush blocks, and when it doesn't it can add significantly to the board during your opponent's end step, and maybe even hate on the graveyard.
2.5 This can trade up when it ambush blocks, and when it doesn't it can add significantly to the board during your opponent's end step, and maybe even hate on the graveyard.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Sanguine Syphoner
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
Axgard Cavalry
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Macabre Waltz
Giant Growth
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
Erudite Wizard
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
Macabre Waltz
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
Campus Guide
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
Goblin Boarders
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Blossoming Sands
Twinblade Blessing
2 It's a little bit clunky, but it can usually help your creature win combat or do lethal out of nowhere, and it offers a buff that makes most creatures problematic.
2 It's a little bit clunky, but it can usually help your creature win combat or do lethal out of nowhere, and it offers a buff that makes most creatures problematic.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Marauding Blight-Priest
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
Blossoming Sands
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Swiftfoot Boots
Swiftfoot Boots
1 For this to be good, your creature already has to be great -- and in Limited that's not very likely.
1 For this to be good, your creature already has to be great -- and in Limited that's not very likely.
Self-Reflection
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
Quick-Draw Katana
2 This only offers a buff during your turn, and if you're an aggro deck you're probably more interested in playing more creatures than playing this thing.
2 This only offers a buff during your turn, and if you're an aggro deck you're probably more interested in playing more creatures than playing this thing.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Goldvein Pick
Squad Rallier
2.5 The stat-line is a bit underwhelming, but that activated ability is exactly what you want in the mid-to-late game. It's some serious flood insurance.
2.5 The stat-line is a bit underwhelming, but that activated ability is exactly what you want in the mid-to-late game. It's some serious flood insurance.
Goldvein Pick
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
Thornwood Falls
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Bloodfell Caves
Ravenous Amulet
1.5 This is too slow to work out very well. If you have lots of fodder you might be able to go off, though.
1.5 This is too slow to work out very well. If you have lots of fodder you might be able to go off, though.
Bloodfell Caves
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Axgard Cavalry
Axgard Cavalry
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Dazzling Angel
Mossborn Hydra
3 This starts very small and very vulnerable, and you need two land fall triggers to make it so that's not the case. Once you get there, it starts to run away with the game -- but I don't love how this starts.
3 This starts very small and very vulnerable, and you need two land fall triggers to make it so that's not the case. Once you get there, it starts to run away with the game -- but I don't love how this starts.
Faebloom Trick
3 Even if this didn't tap something, it'd be a pretty nice rate -- adding the tap to the mix makes it a lot more likely your new flyers can get in for a hit, too.
3 Even if this didn't tap something, it'd be a pretty nice rate -- adding the tap to the mix makes it a lot more likely your new flyers can get in for a hit, too.
Bulk Up
1.5 The ceiling here is real -- you can spend 8 mana and quadruple power. The flower is awful -- since it doesnt' buff toughness at all, it's not much of a combat trick.
1.5 The ceiling here is real -- you can spend 8 mana and quadruple power. The flower is awful -- since it doesnt' buff toughness at all, it's not much of a combat trick.
Affectionate Indrik
3 Adding this to the board while killing a 3/3 feels pretty good, though it does have limitations against larger creatures.
3 Adding this to the board while killing a 3/3 feels pretty good, though it does have limitations against larger creatures.
Vengeful Bloodwitch
2.5 This trigger is nice, and the format is reasonably well set up for you to get some life drain going, but the stat-line is bad and it's still fairly situational.
2.5 This trigger is nice, and the format is reasonably well set up for you to get some life drain going, but the stat-line is bad and it's still fairly situational.
Think Twice
2.5 This is never super efficient, but it does draw you 2 cards, and if you mill it, it's like adding the card to your hand which is pretty sweet.
2.5 This is never super efficient, but it does draw you 2 cards, and if you mill it, it's like adding the card to your hand which is pretty sweet.
Goblin Boarders
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
Vanguard Seraph
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
Burglar Rat
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
Grow from the Ashes
2 It can be tough to play a card that doesn't add to the board, but this can fix and ramp really effecitvely, and can be particularly good with landfall.
2 It can be tough to play a card that doesn't add to the board, but this can fix and ramp really effecitvely, and can be particularly good with landfall.
Dazzling Angel
3 This is a solid stat-line and the incidental life gain is going to feel good in go-wide and lifegain decks in the format.
3 This is a solid stat-line and the incidental life gain is going to feel good in go-wide and lifegain decks in the format.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Scoured Barrens
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Elvish Regrower
4 This is a great 2-for-1. That 4/3 body can even rumble pretty well.
4 This is a great 2-for-1. That 4/3 body can even rumble pretty well.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Fiery Annihilation
Thousand-Year Storm
0 It's very difficult to make this do anything in Limited. You just don't cast enough instants and sorceries in a single turn for it to go off.
0 It's very difficult to make this do anything in Limited. You just don't cast enough instants and sorceries in a single turn for it to go off.
Skyship Buccaneer
3.5 If you always drew with this, it would be a 4.5! However, you just can't count on always raiding. And when you don't, it's a 2.0.
3.5 If you always drew with this, it would be a 4.5! However, you just can't count on always raiding. And when you don't, it's a 2.0.
Fiery Annihilation
4 This kills most stuff and turns off death triggers and any threat of recursion. Format has a decent number of equipment, too.
4 This kills most stuff and turns off death triggers and any threat of recursion. Format has a decent number of equipment, too.
Reclamation Sage
0.5 This is a sideboard card because it won't have targets often enough against most decks.
0.5 This is a sideboard card because it won't have targets often enough against most decks.
Think Twice
2.5 This is never super efficient, but it does draw you 2 cards, and if you mill it, it's like adding the card to your hand which is pretty sweet.
2.5 This is never super efficient, but it does draw you 2 cards, and if you mill it, it's like adding the card to your hand which is pretty sweet.
Make Your Move
0.5 There aren't enough artifacts or enchantments in this format for this to be main deck material.
0.5 There aren't enough artifacts or enchantments in this format for this to be main deck material.
Evolving Wilds
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
Soul-Shackled Zombie
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
Bite Down
3.5 This is always great removal, and while you have to be careful agaisnt interaction, being an instant helps make it easy to find the rightw indow for it.
3.5 This is always great removal, and while you have to be careful agaisnt interaction, being an instant helps make it easy to find the rightw indow for it.
Goblin Boarders
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
Armasaur Guide
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
Blossoming Sands
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Healer's Hawk
Imprisoned in the Moon
1.5 This is flexible, but giving your opponent mana means that you can't really cast it early -- otherwise the downside can be monumental -- so it's really not that flexible.
1.5 This is flexible, but giving your opponent mana means that you can't really cast it early -- otherwise the downside can be monumental -- so it's really not that flexible.
Wildwood Scourge
2 This never feels like an efficient creature, and it doesn't exactly grow quickly.
2 This never feels like an efficient creature, and it doesn't exactly grow quickly.
Serra Angel
3 This is still a pretty legit creature in Limited. The stat-line's great and it performs well as both an attacker and blocker, which is great, since it has Vigilance.
3 This is still a pretty legit creature in Limited. The stat-line's great and it performs well as both an attacker and blocker, which is great, since it has Vigilance.
Luminous Rebuke
2.5 This is either too narrow or too expensive, but having the choice between the modes makes it greater than the sum of its parts.
2.5 This is either too narrow or too expensive, but having the choice between the modes makes it greater than the sum of its parts.
Llanowar Elves
3 Playing this on turn one will win you a lot of games, but it is a pretty bad top deck late.
3 Playing this on turn one will win you a lot of games, but it is a pretty bad top deck late.
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Burglar Rat
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
Prideful Parent
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Dismal Backwater
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Healer's Hawk
3 This is a great one drop, especially in a format with lots of ways to buff the Hawk.
3 This is a great one drop, especially in a format with lots of ways to buff the Hawk.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Spinner of Souls
Spinner of Souls
4 This makes every trade into a 2-for-1 and has really good stats, so it can take over some games.
4 This makes every trade into a 2-for-1 and has really good stats, so it can take over some games.
Herald of Eternal Dawn
4.5 This can flash in and ambush block something, and then if your opponent doesn't kill it well...obviously, they can't win. And you can win in a hurry because you have a huge flyer.
4.5 This can flash in and ambush block something, and then if your opponent doesn't kill it well...obviously, they can't win. And you can win in a hurry because you have a huge flyer.
Gnarlid Colony
2 This was super underwhelming when we saw it last, and while this format has a +1/+1 counter theme, the creature is inefficient and trample only matters on the largest creatures.
2 This was super underwhelming when we saw it last, and while this format has a +1/+1 counter theme, the creature is inefficient and trample only matters on the largest creatures.
Sanguine Syphoner
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Fleeting Flight
2 This is a solid trick, it'll win combat most of the time and has the "oops I win" upside of sending your big creature into the air.
2 This is a solid trick, it'll win combat most of the time and has the "oops I win" upside of sending your big creature into the air.
Helpful Hunter
3.5 Two mana 1/1s that draw a card are also quality Limited cards, and there's no reason that won't be true here.
3.5 Two mana 1/1s that draw a card are also quality Limited cards, and there's no reason that won't be true here.
Scoured Barrens
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Goblin Surprise
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Joust Through
Anthem of Champions
4 Buffing your whole board for two mana is pretty strong. You do need a board for it to do it's thing, but that's not a huge ask.
4 Buffing your whole board for two mana is pretty strong. You do need a board for it to do it's thing, but that's not a huge ask.
Joust Through
3 It's narrow, but it's so efficient that I think that's acceptable.
3 It's narrow, but it's so efficient that I think that's acceptable.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Giant Growth
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
Elementalist Adept
2 1 toughness prowess creatures can underperform, since they often need two triggers to survive being block by a 2/2, but Flash being in the mix helps make it more likely you can find a window to get in with it.
2 1 toughness prowess creatures can underperform, since they often need two triggers to survive being block by a 2/2, but Flash being in the mix helps make it more likely you can find a window to get in with it.
Llanowar Elves
3 Playing this on turn one will win you a lot of games, but it is a pretty bad top deck late.
3 Playing this on turn one will win you a lot of games, but it is a pretty bad top deck late.
Fanatical Firebrand
2.5 This is really nice on turn one, and it's ping ability keeps it at least somewhat relevant all game long.
2.5 This is really nice on turn one, and it's ping ability keeps it at least somewhat relevant all game long.
Gleaming Barrier
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
Wind-Scarred Crag
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Fiery Annihilation
Omniscience
0 This is too expensive to be relevant, and even when you do get it in play in Limited, you probably don't have any cards you need to cast for free anyway -- since you have 10 mana.
0 This is too expensive to be relevant, and even when you do get it in play in Limited, you probably don't have any cards you need to cast for free anyway -- since you have 10 mana.
Fishing Pole
1.5 Turning one of your creatures into a 1/1 Fish factory can be good, but it's frequently better to attack with a creature than it is to mess with this.
1.5 Turning one of your creatures into a 1/1 Fish factory can be good, but it's frequently better to attack with a creature than it is to mess with this.
Sanguine Syphoner
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
Witness Protection
1 This is a removal spell that gives you less than a 1-for-1. Leaving a 1/1 creature around is brutal since it can still attack and block, and if you have any X/1s it can be super miserable.
1 This is a removal spell that gives you less than a 1-for-1. Leaving a 1/1 creature around is brutal since it can still attack and block, and if you have any X/1s it can be super miserable.
Crypt Feaster
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Fiery Annihilation
4 This kills most stuff and turns off death triggers and any threat of recursion. Format has a decent number of equipment, too.
4 This kills most stuff and turns off death triggers and any threat of recursion. Format has a decent number of equipment, too.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Good-Fortune Unicorn
Clinquant Skymage
2 This starting stat-line is absolutely abyssmal, but the text box does mean it can grow in a hurry.
2 This starting stat-line is absolutely abyssmal, but the text box does mean it can grow in a hurry.
Good-Fortune Unicorn
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
Inspiring Paladin
3 Even without the +1/+1 counter upside this would be a solid card, and with it becomes a very good Common.
3 Even without the +1/+1 counter upside this would be a solid card, and with it becomes a very good Common.
Ambush Wolf
2.5 This can trade up when it ambush blocks, and when it doesn't it can add significantly to the board during your opponent's end step, and maybe even hate on the graveyard.
2.5 This can trade up when it ambush blocks, and when it doesn't it can add significantly to the board during your opponent's end step, and maybe even hate on the graveyard.
Aegis Turtle
1 This isn't worth a card. All it does is block, and it doesn't do it all that well, since it just absorbs damage and can't trade for anything.
1 This isn't worth a card. All it does is block, and it doesn't do it all that well, since it just absorbs damage and can't trade for anything.
Vanguard Seraph
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Inspiration from Beyond
Inspiration from Beyond
0 // 3 This has a nice ceiling, but a miserable floor. You need lots of spells and lots of graveyard stuff going on, and neither of those are guaranteed.
0 // 3 This has a nice ceiling, but a miserable floor. You need lots of spells and lots of graveyard stuff going on, and neither of those are guaranteed.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Crypt Feaster
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
Armasaur Guide
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Jungle Hollow
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Vanguard Seraph
Bulk Up
1.5 The ceiling here is real -- you can spend 8 mana and quadruple power. The flower is awful -- since it doesnt' buff toughness at all, it's not much of a combat trick.
1.5 The ceiling here is real -- you can spend 8 mana and quadruple power. The flower is awful -- since it doesnt' buff toughness at all, it's not much of a combat trick.
Goblin Boarders
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
Vanguard Seraph
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
Grow from the Ashes
2 It can be tough to play a card that doesn't add to the board, but this can fix and ramp really effecitvely, and can be particularly good with landfall.
2 It can be tough to play a card that doesn't add to the board, but this can fix and ramp really effecitvely, and can be particularly good with landfall.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Scoured Barrens
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Evolving Wilds
Thousand-Year Storm
0 It's very difficult to make this do anything in Limited. You just don't cast enough instants and sorceries in a single turn for it to go off.
0 It's very difficult to make this do anything in Limited. You just don't cast enough instants and sorceries in a single turn for it to go off.
Reclamation Sage
0.5 This is a sideboard card because it won't have targets often enough against most decks.
0.5 This is a sideboard card because it won't have targets often enough against most decks.
Evolving Wilds
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
Goblin Boarders
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Mocking Sprite
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Dismal Backwater
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Goblin Surprise
Goblin Surprise
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Goblin Surprise
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Gleaming Barrier
Giant Growth
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
Gleaming Barrier
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Forest
Pack 3 Pick 1: Banishing Light
Scrawling Crawler
4 While the draw is symmetrical, it always happens during your upkeep giving you the advantage of using that card first in most cases and your opponent is going to quickly lose life, too.
4 While the draw is symmetrical, it always happens during your upkeep giving you the advantage of using that card first in most cases and your opponent is going to quickly lose life, too.
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
3.5 If this attacks, the game is over -- but it does cost 7 mana including triple Red, and it's relatively vulnerable, so that's far from a guarantee.
3.5 If this attacks, the game is over -- but it does cost 7 mana including triple Red, and it's relatively vulnerable, so that's far from a guarantee.
Hero's Downfall
3.5 This is premium removal. It's a little hard to cast at times, but answering creatures or planeswalkers for three mana is great on an instant.
3.5 This is premium removal. It's a little hard to cast at times, but answering creatures or planeswalkers for three mana is great on an instant.
Eager Trufflesnout
3 Getting one food out of this feels good, and if you get more than that you're going to be thrilled.
3 Getting one food out of this feels good, and if you get more than that you're going to be thrilled.
Ruby, Daring Tracker
3.5 She accelerates your mana to get you to bigger creatures, and then becomes a big creature herself at that point. Pretty good top-deck, too.
3.5 She accelerates your mana to get you to bigger creatures, and then becomes a big creature herself at that point. Pretty good top-deck, too.
Banishing Light
3.5 As usual, this is pretty efficient and flexible, so it's good removal.
3.5 As usual, this is pretty efficient and flexible, so it's good removal.
Cathar Commando
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
Burglar Rat
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
Elfsworn Giant
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
Incinerating Blast
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Prideful Parent
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
Gleaming Barrier
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Youthful Valkyrie
Battlesong Berserker
3 This adds +1/+0 and menace to the board when it comes down, and can attack as a 4/4 menace even when it's on it's own.
3 This adds +1/+0 and menace to the board when it comes down, and can attack as a 4/4 menace even when it's on it's own.
Juggernaut
1.5 If you need a 4-drop you can probably do worse, but how often are you desperate for a 4 drop in Limited?
1.5 If you need a 4-drop you can probably do worse, but how often are you desperate for a 4 drop in Limited?
Youthful Valkyrie
2.5 This is an okayish stat-line, and most White decks will have like 3 angels, so the upside is accessible.
2.5 This is an okayish stat-line, and most White decks will have like 3 angels, so the upside is accessible.
Vampire Nighthawk
4 This is great whether you're ahead or behind, since it can trade for anything, attack effectively, and gain lots of life.
4 This is great whether you're ahead or behind, since it can trade for anything, attack effectively, and gain lots of life.
Luminous Rebuke
2.5 This is either too narrow or too expensive, but having the choice between the modes makes it greater than the sum of its parts.
2.5 This is either too narrow or too expensive, but having the choice between the modes makes it greater than the sum of its parts.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Burst Lightning
4 This is Shock with upside, and the upside is real -- since in the late game it can deal with much larger creatures or finish the opponent off.
4 This is Shock with upside, and the upside is real -- since in the late game it can deal with much larger creatures or finish the opponent off.
Bite Down
3.5 This is always great removal, and while you have to be careful agaisnt interaction, being an instant helps make it easy to find the rightw indow for it.
3.5 This is always great removal, and while you have to be careful agaisnt interaction, being an instant helps make it easy to find the rightw indow for it.
Refute
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
Marauding Blight-Priest
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
Healer's Hawk
3 This is a great one drop, especially in a format with lots of ways to buff the Hawk.
3 This is a great one drop, especially in a format with lots of ways to buff the Hawk.
Quakestrider Ceratops
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Cathar Commando
Reclamation Sage
0.5 This is a sideboard card because it won't have targets often enough against most decks.
0.5 This is a sideboard card because it won't have targets often enough against most decks.
Strongbox Raider
2.5 Triggering Raid on this makes it a very nice 2-for-1, but a 4-mana 5/2 is otherwise abyssmal.
2.5 Triggering Raid on this makes it a very nice 2-for-1, but a 4-mana 5/2 is otherwise abyssmal.
Divine Resilience
1.5 This is good at blanking removal, not so good at winning combat -- and you kind of need both these days for a trick to be exciting.
1.5 This is good at blanking removal, not so good at winning combat -- and you kind of need both these days for a trick to be exciting.
Lightshell Duo
2.5 This'll never be great, but it slots in nicely to your spell and graveyard decks.
2.5 This'll never be great, but it slots in nicely to your spell and graveyard decks.
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Treetop Snarespinner
2 This is a decent defensive creature, and it's activated ability is pretty nice in the late game.
2 This is a decent defensive creature, and it's activated ability is pretty nice in the late game.
Fleeting Distraction
1 // 2.5 This is only going to make the cut regularly in spell decks that love the idea of a card that triggers prowess and replaces itself.
1 // 2.5 This is only going to make the cut regularly in spell decks that love the idea of a card that triggers prowess and replaces itself.
Eaten Alive
3 Not going to be as good here as it was in Crimson Vow, as decayed zombie tokens aren't everywhere, but it's still petty awesome when you do have something expendable to give up.
3 Not going to be as good here as it was in Crimson Vow, as decayed zombie tokens aren't everywhere, but it's still petty awesome when you do have something expendable to give up.
Cathar Commando
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
Courageous Goblin
2.5 This'll be able to rumble on turn 3 as a 3/2 Menace reasonably often in this format.
2.5 This'll be able to rumble on turn 3 as a 3/2 Menace reasonably often in this format.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Abrade
Elvish Regrower
4 This is a great 2-for-1. That 4/3 body can even rumble pretty well.
4 This is a great 2-for-1. That 4/3 body can even rumble pretty well.
Exsanguinate
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
Abrade
3.5 Two mana deal 3s are always great, and this one can take out an artifact on occasion.
3.5 Two mana deal 3s are always great, and this one can take out an artifact on occasion.
Armasaur Guide
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
Ambush Wolf
2.5 This can trade up when it ambush blocks, and when it doesn't it can add significantly to the board during your opponent's end step, and maybe even hate on the graveyard.
2.5 This can trade up when it ambush blocks, and when it doesn't it can add significantly to the board during your opponent's end step, and maybe even hate on the graveyard.
Stab
4 This is super efficient removal that can often trade up.
4 This is super efficient removal that can often trade up.
Crackling Cyclops
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
Tolarian Terror
1.5 // 4 If you're in a spell heavy deck like UR, or a UB deck that's good at milling itself, the Terror is going to be a super powerful card that can often end games.
1.5 // 4 If you're in a spell heavy deck like UR, or a UB deck that's good at milling itself, the Terror is going to be a super powerful card that can often end games.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Wind-Scarred Crag
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Banner of Kinship
1.5 The set really doesn't have enough of a typal theme for this to be a factor in 99% of decks.
1.5 The set really doesn't have enough of a typal theme for this to be a factor in 99% of decks.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Cathar Commando
Swiftfoot Boots
1 For this to be good, your creature already has to be great -- and in Limited that's not very likely.
1 For this to be good, your creature already has to be great -- and in Limited that's not very likely.
Gnarlid Colony
2 This was super underwhelming when we saw it last, and while this format has a +1/+1 counter theme, the creature is inefficient and trample only matters on the largest creatures.
2 This was super underwhelming when we saw it last, and while this format has a +1/+1 counter theme, the creature is inefficient and trample only matters on the largest creatures.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Cathar Commando
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Strix Lookout
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
Wary Thespian
2.5 Green isn't super graveyard-oriented in the format, but the solid stat-line and card selection this offers will be welcome in pretty much any Green deck.
2.5 Green isn't super graveyard-oriented in the format, but the solid stat-line and card selection this offers will be welcome in pretty much any Green deck.
Incinerating Blast
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Goldvein Pick
Secluded Courtyard
0 This format doesn't have enough of a typal theme for this to ever make sense. It will rarely produce colored mana.
0 This format doesn't have enough of a typal theme for this to ever make sense. It will rarely produce colored mana.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Goblin Surprise
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
Erudite Wizard
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
Hare Apparent
1.5 // 2.5 You can't really play this if you only have one, but if you have 4+, you'll get enough tokens for them to be worthwhile.
1.5 // 2.5 You can't really play this if you only have one, but if you have 4+, you'll get enough tokens for them to be worthwhile.
Incinerating Blast
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
Sanguine Syphoner
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
Goldvein Pick
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Angel of Finality
Empyrean Eagle
3 An anthem for your flyers can be a powerful thing, helping you do tons of damage even when your opponent is building out their own board.
3 An anthem for your flyers can be a powerful thing, helping you do tons of damage even when your opponent is building out their own board.
Angel of Finality
2.5 This is a nice stat-line, and sometimes you'll take threshold away from your opponent.
2.5 This is a nice stat-line, and sometimes you'll take threshold away from your opponent.
Goldvein Pick
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
3 This is great Equipment. It offers a good buff for the cost, and the treasure makes it very easy to move around -- while also giving you a mana boost that you might have access to every turn.
Bushwhack
2.5 Each of these modes is kind of medium, but having a card that can fix your mana when you need it or be a mediocre removal spell is fine.
2.5 Each of these modes is kind of medium, but having a card that can fix your mana when you need it or be a mediocre removal spell is fine.
Think Twice
2.5 This is never super efficient, but it does draw you 2 cards, and if you mill it, it's like adding the card to your hand which is pretty sweet.
2.5 This is never super efficient, but it does draw you 2 cards, and if you mill it, it's like adding the card to your hand which is pretty sweet.
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Bloodfell Caves
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Crypt Feaster
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Ajani's Pridemate
Ajani's Pridemate
3 As usual, the Pridemate is a nice life gain payoff with a reasonable baseline.
3 As usual, the Pridemate is a nice life gain payoff with a reasonable baseline.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Elfsworn Giant
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
Campus Guide
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Aegis Turtle
1 This isn't worth a card. All it does is block, and it doesn't do it all that well, since it just absorbs damage and can't trade for anything.
1 This isn't worth a card. All it does is block, and it doesn't do it all that well, since it just absorbs damage and can't trade for anything.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Cathar Commando
Cathar Commando
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
Elfsworn Giant
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
Incinerating Blast
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Gleaming Barrier
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Healer's Hawk
Juggernaut
1.5 If you need a 4-drop you can probably do worse, but how often are you desperate for a 4 drop in Limited?
1.5 If you need a 4-drop you can probably do worse, but how often are you desperate for a 4 drop in Limited?
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Marauding Blight-Priest
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
Healer's Hawk
3 This is a great one drop, especially in a format with lots of ways to buff the Hawk.
3 This is a great one drop, especially in a format with lots of ways to buff the Hawk.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Divine Resilience
Divine Resilience
1.5 This is good at blanking removal, not so good at winning combat -- and you kind of need both these days for a trick to be exciting.
1.5 This is good at blanking removal, not so good at winning combat -- and you kind of need both these days for a trick to be exciting.
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Courageous Goblin
2.5 This'll be able to rumble on turn 3 as a 3/2 Menace reasonably often in this format.
2.5 This'll be able to rumble on turn 3 as a 3/2 Menace reasonably often in this format.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Wind-Scarred Crag
Exsanguinate
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
Crackling Cyclops
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
Wind-Scarred Crag
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Broken Wings
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Plains
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Herald of Eternal Dawn
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Prideful Parent
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Vanguard Seraph
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Fleeting Flight
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Prideful Parent
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Dauntless Veteran
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Snakeskin Veil
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Stroke of Midnight
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Macabre Waltz
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Blossoming Sands
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Swiftfoot Boots
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Goldvein Pick
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Bloodfell Caves
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Axgard Cavalry
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Dazzling Angel
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Fiery Annihilation
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Healer's Hawk
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Spinner of Souls
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Joust Through
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Fiery Annihilation
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Good-Fortune Unicorn
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Inspiration from Beyond
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Vanguard Seraph
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Evolving Wilds
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Mocking Sprite
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Goblin Surprise
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Gleaming Barrier
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Forest
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Banishing Light
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Youthful Valkyrie
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Cathar Commando
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Abrade
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Cathar Commando
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Goldvein Pick
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Angel of Finality
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Ajani's Pridemate
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Cathar Commando
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Healer's Hawk
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Divine Resilience
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Wind-Scarred Crag
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Broken Wings
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Plains
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