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Pioneer Masters Limited Quiz

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Whisperwood Elemental
Average Picked At: 3.00
Total Times Picked: 1
Average Last Seen At: 3.00
Total Times Seen 1
Pro Rating: 5
Pro Comment: Because this triggers at your end step you're almost always going to get that first manifest before your opponent can do anything about it, and you're going to end up with lots of 2/2s in no time. Throw in that activated ability, and you have a crazy powerful card.
Liliana, Heretical Healer // Liliana, Defiant Necromancer
Average Picked At: 2.00
Total Times Picked: 1
Average Last Seen At: 2.00
Total Times Seen 1
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: It's pretty sweet she gives you a 2/2 zombie when she transforms, so it's a built in way for her to protect herself. However, it's harder than you'd think to transform her. Mostly because your opponent really has control over when and if it happens, unless you've got some sacrifice outlets.
Courier's Briefcase
Average Picked At: 7.33
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 8.33
Total Times Seen 71
Pro Rating: 2
Pro Comment: This fixes your mana pretty effectively while also adding a body to the board. I wouldn't count on cashing it in for 3 cards, though.
Gust of Wind
Average Picked At: 6.67
Total Times Picked: 9
Average Last Seen At: 7.42
Total Times Seen 70
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: Paying two for this feels pretty incredible, as it replaces itself and gives you some nice tempo. Paying 4 makes it a little harder to feel good about the tempo, but that's a passable card too.
Retraction Helix
Average Picked At: 15.00
Total Times Picked: 0
Average Last Seen At: 6.60
Total Times Seen 6
Pro Rating: 2
Pro Comment: This doesn't have the silly combo potential it has in 60-card formats, but it is a roundabout way to bounce something for one mana. Granted, having an untapped creature is a requirement, and that holds it back -- but it's a playable card.
Stampeding Elk Herd
Average Picked At: 12.71
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 11.18
Total Times Seen 36
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: This brings 5 power to the baord on it's own, so getting Formidable is certainly doable.
Garruk, Caller of Beasts
Average Picked At: 1.00
Total Times Picked: 1
Average Last Seen At: 1.00
Total Times Seen 1
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: That -3 isn't very good in Limited. You just don't have stuff worth cheating into play most of the time. So you're mostly leaning on the +1 -- which is usually going to draw you 1-2 cards, and that advantage is pretty sweet! Garruk is pretty bad at protecting himself or impacting the board in general, though.
Basilica Screecher
Average Picked At: 8.00
Total Times Picked: 4
Average Last Seen At: 7.05
Total Times Seen 62
Pro Rating: 2
Pro Comment: Extort is never as good as it looks, mostly because it's tough having the extra mana available at the right time.
Martial Glory
Average Picked At: 11.00
Total Times Picked: 2
Average Last Seen At: 10.21
Total Times Seen 61
Pro Rating: 2
Pro Comment: This is here to enable Heroic stuff in the Red-White deck, and it's a passable combat trick even when you're not pulling that off.
Pharika, God of Affliction
Pro Rating: 4
Pro Comment: It's usually not worth it to exile an opposing creature in a graveyard, since you don't want to give them a 1/1 with death touch. However, cashing in cards in your graveyard for 1/1s with death touch is great.
Master of Waves
Average Picked At: 4.33
Total Times Picked: 3
Average Last Seen At: 3.00
Total Times Seen 6
Pro Rating: 4
Pro Comment: This is a 4-mana 2/1 that makes a 2/1 token all on it's own, and it'll often spit out an Elemental army. It can be answered by a single removal spell, though.
Nylea, God of the Hunt
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: The ability is a decent mana sink in the late game, especially when combined with trample. When you can get Nylea to become a creature, she becomes truly frightening -- since she gives herself trample too.
Nighthowler
Average Picked At: 3.00
Total Times Picked: 2
Average Last Seen At: 4.33
Total Times Seen 14
Pro Rating: 2
Pro Comment: This can be huge for sure, but it can also be super underwhelming.
Dragonlord Kolaghan
Average Picked At: 2.14
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 2.00
Total Times Seen 8
Pro Rating: 4.5
Pro Comment: The last ability doesn't really matter in Limited, but a 6-mana 6/5 with Flying and Haste is likely to smash in for 6 right away, and every future creature you play will be able to do the same. In the instances when the 10 damage effect does matter, it's pretty hilarious.
Monastery Swiftspear
Average Picked At: 8.00
Total Times Picked: 2
Average Last Seen At: 5.90
Total Times Seen 16
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: While not as good in Limited as it is in 60-card formats, the Swiftspear is still very good. It does a ton of damage early, and prowess helps keep it relevant all game.
Gate Colossus
Average Picked At: 15.00
Total Times Picked: 0
Average Last Seen At: 3.67
Total Times Seen 6
Pro Rating: 0 // 4.0
Pro Comment: This is a very powerful gate payoff, since you can get it down ahead of schedule and bring it back pretty easily. It's unplayable outside of the gate deck, though.
Boros Reckoner
Average Picked At: 15.00
Total Times Picked: 0
Average Last Seen At: 3.00
Total Times Seen 1
Pro Rating: 4
Pro Comment: This can be dealt with by straight up "destroy" or "exile" removal, but combat and most other removal will give you a 2-for-1.
Xenagos, the Reveler
Average Picked At: 15.00
Total Times Picked: 0
Average Last Seen At: 3.00
Total Times Seen 1
Pro Rating: 4.5
Pro Comment: Making tokens for no loyalty is great, and where almost all of Xenagos's value comes from -- but that's okay. It's a great ability. It protects Xenagos if you're behind and pressures your opponent if you're ahead. Sometimes that +1 can ramp your mana, though.
Nimbus Naiad
Average Picked At: 10.91
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 9.81
Total Times Seen 63
Pro Rating: 2
Pro Comment: Wind Drake isn't that exciting, but it's sort of passable, and in the late game putting this on just about any creature makes it a major threat.
Clutch of Currents
Average Picked At: 5.00
Total Times Picked: 2
Average Last Seen At: 7.80
Total Times Seen 24
Pro Rating: 3
Pro Comment: This is solid when you only spend one mana on it, and great when you can also get a 3/3 out of the deal.
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