Draft Deck Meta

Throne of Eldraine Draft Deck Metagame

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Bant card breakdown - 9 decks, 0.83% of meta

Creatures

2.5 A one mana 1/1 with Haste is usually not anything special, but this one can also make itself unblockable, which means it stays relevant late. It can also sacrifice to gain you life, and counts as Food. I think all of that makes this a reasonable inclusion in your deck, especially if you’re aggressive and have ways to make him bigger. 2.9 1x in 22%

2.0 This isn’t efficient as a creature or as mana fixing. 0.9 1x in 22%

3.5 All of these adventure creatures with a trick on one side and a reasonably costed creature on the other are pretty darn good. You can use the trick half to help a creature win combat, and then play the creature side on a later turn, which can get you a 2-for-1 in many cases. 2.4 1x in 22%

3.5 A 4-mana 4/4 with Trample is a great rate in Limited. Then, this makes Food too, something that is heavily supported in this format -- especially in BG, and you have a very good Common. 4 1x in 33%

2.5 This card overperforms in this format. Netting you a card right away is great, and then it can also attack in the air reasonably well. 3 1x in 33%

2.0 A 5-mana 4/4 that can’t be blocked by small dudes is kind of ok. The more Green your deck is though, the better this gets. 2.7 1x in 33%

2.0 In the early game, this can be a nice attacker. I the later parts of the game it just won’t matter much that it becomes a 2/2. 1.8 1x in 33%

1.5 A one mana 1/1 with lifelink that is kind of evasive doesn’t really do it for me. Sure, big creatures can’t block it, but it is small and dies to basically any blocker. And if you pump her things might get interesting, but mostly it doesn’t seem worth it. 1.4 1x in 33%

1.0 A one mana 0/3 can block sort of decently in the early going, and this isn’t a terrible mana sink in the late game, when the Gargoyle can start threatening the opponent in the air. This format also has some artifact synergy going around, especially in UW, so having one of these in that deck seems fine. Still, I don’t think you play this unless you’re in desperation mode for early creature or artifacts. 1.2 1x in 33%

3.0 This is a nice two drop. 2-mana 2/2s are nothing special these days, but the fact that this can gain flying -- and do it relatively easily in this format -- makes it a two drop that is relevant all game long. 2.9 1x in 33%

3.0 Neither half of this card is particularly efficient. A sorcery that was 3 mana for a 2/2 token with Vigilance isn’t something you’d play and neither, and a 5-mana 3/3 with Vigilance.. BUT -- this card can do both of those things, and that’s the beauty of Adventures. Becuase it can make both of those things happen, and that can allow for a 2-for-1 without too much effort. Ideally you want to be doing both halves of this, and sometimes you will just need to cast the 3/3 Unicorn, which won’t feel too good, but I still think this is a really nice common for White. 2.6 1x in 33%

2.5 Like a lot of these adventure cards at common, if we look at each part of the card and imagine it as JUST that, neither half is very good. But, like all of these, it has the potential to do both of those things, and that’s not a bad way to be spending your mana. Getting a full two cards worth of value out of this single card seems very doable, and I think this will be a nice big boy to have at the top of your curve, since it can make your guys bigger too. 3.1 1x in 44%

3.5 4 mana for two 1/1 Humans isn’t the most efficient thing in the world, but sometimes you need two bodies. Then, the creature side of the card synergizes well with going wide – which this helps you do, since it can pump your whole team by tapping. This is going to be a great card in decks really looking to go wide, but I don’t think it is so powerful you end up moving into GW just because you see this, and that holds it to a 3.5. 3.2 1x in 44%

3.5 A 4-mana 3/3 flyer is already great, and this one will draw you a card a decent chunk of the time, since UW decks will already be loaded up with artifacts and enchantments for other purposes. 4.2 1x in 44%
Instant, Sorcery

2.5 So, if you can’t get to Adamant with this, you’re paying one extra mana for Raise the Alarm. But honestly, as a fail case, that isn’t too bad. Raise the Alarm is usually one of White’s best commons when we see it, and I think if we ignored Adamant on this card, you’d still play this sometimes if you’re really interested in going white. Being an Instant is always nice on stuff like this too, because it can let you surprise your opponent by suddenly being able to block or trade with stuff. 1.9 1x in 11%

1.0 This set has enough targets for this that you can main deck it sometimes. It gives you a 2-for-1 when you have a target, which is pretty nice. It is probably still better out of your sideboard, though. 1.4 1x in 11%

1.5 If you have like 6 White cards in your deck, you’re not going to be getting the adamant part here. That said, this card on its own, without Adamant would already be kind of playable. Sure, you need some set up, and you have to be going wide, but that seems doable in this set. Giving Vigilance with Adamant is very real upside, because it means that you can attack with everyone, and still leave blockers behind – turns like that can really turn the tide in games. But yeah, it is a little clunky at 4 mana, and it won’t always be giving your guys Vigilance unless you’re mono-colored. 1.8 1x in 11%

1.0 This is way too hard to set up most of the time, though if you end up in a controlling enough deck with enough enchantments and artifacts, it can be pretty wacky. 3.9 1x in 11%

0.5 This is an ok trick, but this set has Adventure creatures who are tricks at Common, and they are just way better. 1.7 1x in 11%

0.5 This is just too expensive for what it does. The Boars might give you food, but that doesn’t help this card out very much. 1.3 1x in 11%

1.5 This is reasonably mainboardable in this format, as it often has a target. Still an easy cut, though, and better in your sideboard. 1.3 1x in 11%

3.0 A 4-mana bounce any permanent that draws you a card is usually pretty good anyway – this is because you actually don’t go down a card like you do with most bounc spell, and you still get to get some tempo. Now, the fact it costs 4 means you aren’t going to have as many targets that really make you feel good about bouncing them – unlike with two mana versions of the effect – but yeah, I’m willing to pay 2 more mana to draw a card. Then, with Adamant, you might also get a Food token, and that’s a nice additional effect. 3.9 1x in 22%

2.0 Opt is pretty much the definition of a fine but easily cuttable Limited card. It gives you some card selection, but doesn’t impact the board or give you card advantage. This set doesn’t really have a spell theme, or it would be a little better. 2.5 1x in 22%

1.0 This kind of weird symmetrical bounce effect is mostly not worth it. Bouncing something your opponent doesn’t want to be bounced and something of yours that you DO want to bounce can be good, but that is a little too situational. 2.3 1x in 22%

0.5 This is mostly just sideboard hate to bring in against someone who has a lot of flyers. 1 1x in 22%

2.5 This is a very conditional removal spell. Not only does the creature have to be attacking or blocking, you also have to have enough creatures in play to kill it. That will not always be a possibility. This can also be interfered with relatively easily, namely by killing one of your creatures, so that the damage this does drops to the point it doesn’t kill your target anymore And sure, it does only cost a single White mana, and it will probably feel nice when you’re the beat down, but with all the conditions it requires, it isn’t the kind of removal spell you take very early at all. 2.4 1x in 22%

3.0 This is a strictly better Hunt the Weak, and that’s not a bad place to be. Hunt the Weak is always a solid removal spell -- but not premium. It isn’t premium because of how clunky it is at 4 mana and Sorcery speed, and because Fight effects are removal spells that are really easy to interact with, since killing the creature in response to the removal spell, or pumping their creature in response to it, results in a pretty savage blow out. If you can consistently trigger Adamant with this, it gets really scary, because you can now attack your opponent with it without being worried about the creature dying. 3.7 1x in 33%

2.0 This is the kind of card that Blue control decks will be interested in having one of. After they manage to stabilize the board, casting something like this allows them to really pull ahead -- one card getting them three cards is no joke, and would already be an okayish card if that’s all it was. If you can get Adamant with this and add Scry 3 you’re really doing something interesting, as you’re seeing up to 6 cards in your deck, which is a huge number in Limited. 2.3 1x in 33%
Enchantment, Artifact

1.0 Adding toughness to your creatures is a lot worse than adding power in most cases, and also getting Food out of the deal doesn’t make this seem any better to me. It is nice that it us a card that gives you both an artifact and enchantment, making it a bit more interesting in a UW deck that cares about having both of those in play. 1.1 1x in 11%

2.0 One mana to Scry 2 isn’t the worst deal ever, Scrying 2 is pretty close to drawing a card – and then, the fact that you can sacrifice it later in the game to draw 2 cards is nice. Sometimes, you’ll pay 5 mana for this and Scry 2 and then draw 2 cards right away – and that’s not a bad place to be, really. 2.7 1x in 11%

3.0 This is a nice removal spell for Blue decks. This has all the problems Aura-based removal tends to have of course -- bounce spells and sacrifice effects make it look pretty bad, and it doesn’t turn off static abilities. 3.1 1x in 11%

2.5 This isn’t a bad outlet to get food with, and it combos quite nicely with some cards in the set, like Cauldron Familiar! 3.8 1x in 11%

2.0 So, this is an alright mana rock. It does something most don’t do – it affects the board right away, and there is every possibility that playing this thing make syou have attacks available that just weren’t before. Now, it is sort of annoying you have to choose a color with it and stick with that forever, because that means it isn’t going to be the most reliable way to splash – but it can still get it done, there just may be times where you’re forced to name a non-splash color in your deck. Overall I think I like this – ramps, helps you splash, and gives you a minor boost on your board state. 3.8 1x in 11%

1.5 So, we’ve seen cards a lot like this before, and they’re always alright. Mana filtering that replaces itself isn’t a bad thing to have a round, since it can help you splash, and you don’t end up using a whole card for it since it draws you one. If you don’t need the fixing during your game, it can also gain you life I guess, but that isn’t so good. Note also that it is technically “Food” so any cards that interact with Food tokens will make this better. I think this is an easy-to-cut last card in your deck. 3.1 1x in 22%

2.0 This seems decent to me. It gets around one of the big downsides that vehicles have – and that’s that they aren’t very good on boards that don’t have much going on, because it needs to be crewed to actually do anything. The fact that this makes you a couple of creatures who can crew it all on their own is pretty nice. Now, you’re still not getting a great deal or anything on this – it is 5 mana for two 1/1s and a conditional 4/4. 3.3 1x in 22%

1.0 // 2.5 This isn’t a great removal spell, and is pretty close to unplayable if you’re not a mill deck. -2/-0 just isn’t enough to deal with most creatures, so you end up spending a card just to downgrade one. If you can consistently get it to -6/-0, like you can in the mill deck, it gets better – but you are still downgrading a creature, not removing it. 2.5 1x in 22%

0.0 This is a sweet food build around. In super grindy games, this drawing you extra cards is going to be some pretty serious value -- especially because it even gives you some selection over what you draw! It will be hard to wiff on two cards in Limited -- most of what’s in your deck is permanents -- but the fact it can’t draw you most removal is a bit annoying. You can use this just sacrificing food normally -- at which point you are paying 3 to gain 3 life and draw a card -- not too shabby -- but I thinkt his will be the most impressive in decks that can sacrifice food to other permanents without any mana cost, because it will be a lot easier to just pay one mana to draw the card here. I think this card definitely needs a build around grade because of that fact -- any old card that makes Food will work with it, but it won’t be at their best with them. 4.1 1x in 22%

2.5 This kind of removal is nice because it blanks a creature, and sometimes that is just better than more traditional removal – but the fact that they still get to have a creature who can block after you play this is obnoxious, and that’s what keeps this from being premium removal. 2.8 1x in 22%

2.0 I think this seems decent. One mana for +2/+1 stats boost, provided you have a non-human in play – is a pretty nice rate. BUT your deck has to have enough non-humans around for this to be worth it, and man – after that first creature, the Equip cost is super steep. 1.8 1x in 22%

1.0 You might think this isn’t bad in an aggro deck, as it ends up making your creatures better attackers, but if you played it instead of playing a creature, you’re also hurting your chances as an aggro deck. 1.3 1x in 22%

3.0 This is an interesting card. Making something into a vanilla 3/3 can have multiple uses -- you can shut down some super powerful creature they have, or you can make one of yours bigger. Normally an effect like that isn’t awesome though, because it really isn’t THAT great at either of those things -- making your 1/1 into a 3/3 won’t have a huge impact most of the time, and sure, turning your opponents scary dragon into a 3/3 is going to be a relief, but you’re still letting your opponent have a decent sized creature. The cantrip effect pushes this over the edge, though, into being a pretty good playable. 2.9 1x in 33%

0.0 Lately, they have been printing Auras that are actually playable because of their efficiency, or their ability to mitigate against a 2-for-1. But this isn’t either of those. 4 mana for +3/+3 and Reach really isn’t the most amazing deal in the world, and it leaves you wide open to 2-for-1s that will also get huge tempo on you because of the total mana you spend on the creature and this Aura. Don’t play this. 1.2 1x in 33%
Planeswalkers

5.0 Garruk is a huge bomb. Even if all he was a 6-mana sorcery that destroyed a creature and drew you a card, we would be talking about a good card, but he’s much more than that! He can crank out wolf tokens who protect him in two different ways – being able to block, and raising his loyalty – he is just going to take over games between killing stuff and making tokens. His ultimate might not always be easy to get to, since he can only raise his Loyalty with the death of his Wolf tokens, but even if you never get to use it, he’s going to be a stone cold bomb. 4.9 1x in 11%

4.5 The turn you play him, you can get him up to 6 loyalty by making a Food token. So, while he won’t always be able to immediately protect himself, getting to 6 loyalty does a good job of that, especially if you’re actually playing him on turn 3. I think most of the time, one probably alternates between the Food token ability, and the +1 ability, which lets you turn stuff into Elks. This is particularly nice with his Food tokens, because he can use them to protect himself, but his +2 has a wide range of useful abilities – it can be used to downgrade the opponent’s scary creatures or upgrade yours, in addition to the fact that it can make non-creature artifacts – like food tokens – into creatures. For his mana cost, Oko is really powerful, and can rapidly take over games. In the late game, it is worth noting that in Limited, he isn’t quite as impressive. 4.8 1x in 22%
Lands

2.0 If your deck has 10+ Plains it, you’ll run this for the upside of getting a +1/+1 counter. 1.6 1x in 0%

2.5 If your deck has 10+ Islands in it, you’ll run this so that you can put removal back on top of your library. 2.1 1x in 11%

2.5 If your deck has 10+ Forests in it, you’ll run this for the upside of getting Food, which might actually synergize more broadly with your deck. 2.2 1x in 33%
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3.5 4 mana for two 1/1 Humans isn’t the most efficient thing in the world, but sometimes you need two bodies. Then, the creature side of the card synergizes well with going wide – which this helps you do, since it can pump your whole team by tapping. This is going to be a great card in decks really looking to go wide, but I don’t think it is so powerful you end up moving into GW just because you see this, and that holds it to a 3.5. 3.2 1x in 44%

4.0 It is a little annoying that this can’t hit flyers, but the fact that it both Pacifies and Arrests a ground creature helps me get over that. This is premium removal. 3.4 1x in 11%

4.0 We have seen several cards like this over the years – Endless One and Ugin’s Construct being the most recent – and this one blows both of those out of the water. Those others were just X-mana for an X/X – Ugin’s Construct even came with a downside! This is just all upside. And other X/Xs we’ve seen like this have all been pretty good, so this is obviously even better! Creatures like this are good because they are reasonably efficient for you everywhere on the curve, and they get to remain relevant all game long, because if you top deck it late it will be huge. The keyword abilities it has are all good too. Trample is the most exciting one, as it means this guy can’t be chump blocked forever like some big boys. Protection from multicolored will come up some in the format too, and if you have to be on defense, he can even block flyers thanks to Reach! 4.9 1x in 11%

4.0 So, a 4-mana 4/4 with Vigilance, Deathtouch and Haste is amazing on the Vanilla test alone. This also can’t be blocked by small creatures which is pretty nice. The other parts of the card won’t come up often in Limited – there aren’t many ways to prevent damage, and there aren’t many planeswalkers – so that text doesn’t mean much for us. There will be common creatures in this format that can just block and trade with it, or worse just straight up win combat – but even then, this can trade with anything, it can attack and hang back and block, and it can attack right away – that’s a powerful combination. 5 1x in 11%

4.0 This is really good. 5 mana 4/5s are solid in Limited, and the fact that this draws you extra cards is great. Even if you have 0 other non-humans in your deck (which isn’t going to happen), but even if it did, this would be a great card, since it is a non-human and will draw you a card when it hits the opponent. Now, make sure you’re aware that you are only going to be drawing a maximum of one card per combat damage because of the way it is worded, but that’s fine. The Keeper can singlehandedly take over games thanks to the card it draws you. 4.4 1x in 11%

4.0 A two mana 2/2 with Flash and Reach is already a decent card, and this is far more than that. The fact that you can just use all your excess mana when you play a non-human creature to pump this thing is awesome, and it can rapidly get out of hand. Obviously, you need to get those non-human creatures – but even with just like 4 or 5 of those, which should be easy to make happen – you’re going to love playing this thing. I just love that it gives you stuff to do with your mana all game long, especially because what it does is so impactful. 4.9 1x in 11%

4.0 The Adventure side here is the kind of White removal spell we see in most sets – capable of killing big creatures only, and the creature side is basically Master Decoy. Stapling those two things together is pretty great. I do think a lot of the time you’ll just play this on turn one if you have it, but the idea of killing a big guy and then bringing your Giant Killer to the board, where it can proceed to shut down your opponent’s best creature, is pretty awesome – and that will happen often enough with this. It is also nice to be able to play an effect like Chop Down in your main board, which you just can’t always do. 4.1 1x in 11%

4.0 A 5-mana 4/4 with First Strike is already a reasonable stat line, then, when you add the ability to pump your whole board when he attacks and you have a very powerful uncommon here. Also, thanks to First Strike, taking him down in combat won’t be easy, and he may get the chance to swing more than once, which is bad news for your opponent. 4.4 1x in 22%

4.0 In the early game, this is a reasonable ramp and fixing spell, and in the late game it is a big ol’ giant who can help you close out the game. 4.3 1x in 22%

4.5 This is really powerful – it lets you put your opponent down a card on board, while giving you an army of Faeries to start attacking in the sky with. This can get a bit pricey for bigger creatures, but at least as you scale up your investment, you also get more Faeries. Even just bouncing a 2 or 3 drop with thing is pretty great. 4.8 1x in 11%

4.5 The turn you play him, you can get him up to 6 loyalty by making a Food token. So, while he won’t always be able to immediately protect himself, getting to 6 loyalty does a good job of that, especially if you’re actually playing him on turn 3. I think most of the time, one probably alternates between the Food token ability, and the +1 ability, which lets you turn stuff into Elks. This is particularly nice with his Food tokens, because he can use them to protect himself, but his +2 has a wide range of useful abilities – it can be used to downgrade the opponent’s scary creatures or upgrade yours, in addition to the fact that it can make non-creature artifacts – like food tokens – into creatures. For his mana cost, Oko is really powerful, and can rapidly take over games. In the late game, it is worth noting that in Limited, he isn’t quite as impressive. 4.8 1x in 22%

4.5 This is basically Ravenous Chupacabra. Sure, it can only kill and survive fighting with creatures who have 3 or less power, and 2 or less toughness -- but that still means it kills a significant portion of creatures in the format, and then gets to stay around, usually netting you a 2-for-1. On top of that, he likes to eat Food, and if you have even one Food in play when you play him, he gets considerably more fightening, since he not only increases in size, he gains indestructible. Most decks are going to have food in them in this format without even trying, so I think he is pretty great -- obviously gets crazier the more Food you have -- he can become indestructible whenever he needs to in a deck like that. 4.9 1x in 22%

5.0 Garruk is a huge bomb. Even if all he was a 6-mana sorcery that destroyed a creature and drew you a card, we would be talking about a good card, but he’s much more than that! He can crank out wolf tokens who protect him in two different ways – being able to block, and raising his loyalty – he is just going to take over games between killing stuff and making tokens. His ultimate might not always be easy to get to, since he can only raise his Loyalty with the death of his Wolf tokens, but even if you never get to use it, he’s going to be a stone cold bomb. 4.9 1x in 11%

5.0 Having one card that wraths, and then is a 7-mana 7/7 a few turns later is pretty amazing – it is sort of like guaranteeing when you cast a Wrath, that you’ll be hitting a creature that will help reload your board. It isn’t THAT far from being a 5-mana wrath that puts a 7/7 into play in two turns, and that’s pretty awesome. A 7-mana 7/7 with Vigilance is certainly not an incredible card on its own. But after a Wrath? It is almost guaranteed to be the most intimdating thing on the board. Wraths aren’t good in every deck usually, but I think this one can be good in any deck – especially because if you end up in a situation where you don’t really want to Wrath, you still have your Realm-Cloaked Giant – it doesn’t stay in your hand while you wait for an opportunity that makes sense, it gives you a creature. This is a big ol’ bomb. 4.8 1x in 11%

Boros	1102 matches	130 decks
11.99% of Metagame
Selesnya	1068 matches	125 decks
11.53% of Metagame
Golgari	991 matches	116 decks
10.70% of Metagame
Gruul	887 matches	104 decks
9.59% of Metagame
Orzhov	693 matches	81 decks
7.47% of Metagame
Izzet	482 matches	58 decks
5.35% of Metagame
Dimir	420 matches	50 decks
4.61% of Metagame
Rakdos	399 matches	47 decks
4.34% of Metagame
Simic	330 matches	39 decks
3.60% of Metagame
Naya	330 matches	39 decks
3.60% of Metagame
Azorius	314 matches	37 decks
3.41% of Metagame
Mardu	263 matches	31 decks
2.86% of Metagame
Mono Red	235 matches	28 decks
2.58% of Metagame
Abzan	229 matches	27 decks
2.49% of Metagame
Jund	191 matches	23 decks
2.12% of Metagame
Temur	175 matches	21 decks
1.94% of Metagame
Mono Green	136 matches	16 decks
1.48% of Metagame
Sultai	132 matches	15 decks
1.38% of Metagame
Jeskai	125 matches	15 decks
1.38% of Metagame
Mono White	118 matches	14 decks
1.29% of Metagame
Grixis	103 matches	12 decks
1.11% of Metagame
Bant	75 matches	9 decks
0.83% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-blue)	67 matches	8 decks
0.74% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-black)	70 matches	8 decks
0.74% of Metagame
Mono Black	62 matches	7 decks
0.65% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-white)	60 matches	7 decks
0.65% of Metagame
Mono Blue	50 matches	6 decks
0.55% of Metagame
Esper	43 matches	5 decks
0.46% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-green)	25 matches	3 decks
0.28% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-red)	16 matches	2 decks
0.18% of Metagame
Five Color	9 matches	1 decks
0.09% of Metagame

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Throne of Eldraine Draft Deck Metagame

Bant card breakdown - 9 decks, 0.83% of meta

Creatures

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Planeswalkers

Lands

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