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The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts Limited Quiz
Answered: 0/20
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Average Picked At: 2.71
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 2.36
Total Times Seen 11
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 2.36
Total Times Seen 11
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: This is pretty good, as it effectively lets you draw 2 cards a turn – and sometimes more! With powerstones in the format, both casting this and paying the mana to draw the card are going to come pretty easily too. It is still a 5-mana artifact that doesn’t add to the board, which holds it back – but it is quite the card advantage engine.
Pro Comment: This is pretty good, as it effectively lets you draw 2 cards a turn – and sometimes more! With powerstones in the format, both casting this and paying the mana to draw the card are going to come pretty easily too. It is still a 5-mana artifact that doesn’t add to the board, which holds it back – but it is quite the card advantage engine.
Average Picked At: 1.76
Total Times Picked: 17
Average Last Seen At: 1.74
Total Times Seen 19
Total Times Picked: 17
Average Last Seen At: 1.74
Total Times Seen 19
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: 5 mana for three 3/3s is absolutely insane, though the Golem does give up one of the big advantages of producing multiple bodies. Usually, the fact that you make multiple bodies makes your opponents spot removal pretty bad, but that’s not true here – if your opponent casts removal on one golem, it hits every single one of them! The upside is that your combat tricks that target one golem also target all of them, and while that isn’t quite as big of a deal as the downside, it is nice that the effect isn’t just all negative. Be careful if you have some other golems too by the way, as the set does have them, and they will all get blown up by a single removal spell! That said, if your opponent doesn’t have removal, you add a significant presence to the board very efficiently
Pro Comment: 5 mana for three 3/3s is absolutely insane, though the Golem does give up one of the big advantages of producing multiple bodies. Usually, the fact that you make multiple bodies makes your opponents spot removal pretty bad, but that’s not true here – if your opponent casts removal on one golem, it hits every single one of them! The upside is that your combat tricks that target one golem also target all of them, and while that isn’t quite as big of a deal as the downside, it is nice that the effect isn’t just all negative. Be careful if you have some other golems too by the way, as the set does have them, and they will all get blown up by a single removal spell! That said, if your opponent doesn’t have removal, you add a significant presence to the board very efficiently
Average Picked At: 5.08
Total Times Picked: 39
Average Last Seen At: 3.97
Total Times Seen 195
Total Times Picked: 39
Average Last Seen At: 3.97
Total Times Seen 195
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: Because this is a noncreature spell and an artifact that replaces itself, it is going to be very playable, as multiple decks in this format care about that stuff. It also fixes your mana of course, though it is a bit clunky if you’re just using it for those purposes
Pro Comment: Because this is a noncreature spell and an artifact that replaces itself, it is going to be very playable, as multiple decks in this format care about that stuff. It also fixes your mana of course, though it is a bit clunky if you’re just using it for those purposes
Average Picked At: 7.34
Total Times Picked: 47
Average Last Seen At: 5.27
Total Times Seen 298
Total Times Picked: 47
Average Last Seen At: 5.27
Total Times Seen 298
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is another artifact that replaces itself, making it useful in the format. It also hates on the graveyard – something else of value in a format with Unearth and a couple of graveyard decks. You can main deck this pretty happily
Pro Comment: This is another artifact that replaces itself, making it useful in the format. It also hates on the graveyard – something else of value in a format with Unearth and a couple of graveyard decks. You can main deck this pretty happily
Average Picked At: 1.73
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 1.53
Total Times Seen 17
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 1.53
Total Times Seen 17
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: This was pretty good last time we saw it, and that will continue here. Using the Scry effect when you’re low on mana is fine, and actually drawing cards with this is very powerful, and also easier to do because of power stones. Gaining the 4 life helps make up for the fact that you sunk some mana into something that didn’t actually add to the board, too.
Pro Comment: This was pretty good last time we saw it, and that will continue here. Using the Scry effect when you’re low on mana is fine, and actually drawing cards with this is very powerful, and also easier to do because of power stones. Gaining the 4 life helps make up for the fact that you sunk some mana into something that didn’t actually add to the board, too.
Average Picked At: 12.20
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 6.31
Total Times Seen 99
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 6.31
Total Times Seen 99
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: Yeah, this is too narrow. It is a sweet sideboard card in constructed of course, but there aren’t decks that are just all about leaving their mana up and interacting with you on their turn. Against most decks this will do very little.
Pro Comment: Yeah, this is too narrow. It is a sweet sideboard card in constructed of course, but there aren’t decks that are just all about leaving their mana up and interacting with you on their turn. Against most decks this will do very little.
Average Picked At: 10.42
Total Times Picked: 26
Average Last Seen At: 7.93
Total Times Seen 446
Total Times Picked: 26
Average Last Seen At: 7.93
Total Times Seen 446
Pro Rating: 0.5 // 2.0
Pro Comment: This is a pretty clunky way to loot, but the Blue-Black deck in the format is probably interested in this, as it gives you a way to consistently trigger all of your payoffs for drawing a second card in a turn.
Pro Comment: This is a pretty clunky way to loot, but the Blue-Black deck in the format is probably interested in this, as it gives you a way to consistently trigger all of your payoffs for drawing a second card in a turn.
Average Picked At: 12.48
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 7.71
Total Times Seen 469
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 7.71
Total Times Seen 469
Pro Rating: 1.0
Pro Comment: This is another 0 mana artifact that doesn’t really give you a full card of value. You just don’t get enough out of playing a 0/2 Flyer to make it worth the card, and that matters a ton in Limited. This can basically come down and chump block something – and sometimes you can equip it or give it some counters, which makes things more interesting – but that’s a lot of work to make a terrible card passable
Pro Comment: This is another 0 mana artifact that doesn’t really give you a full card of value. You just don’t get enough out of playing a 0/2 Flyer to make it worth the card, and that matters a ton in Limited. This can basically come down and chump block something – and sometimes you can equip it or give it some counters, which makes things more interesting – but that’s a lot of work to make a terrible card passable
Average Picked At: 5.31
Total Times Picked: 52
Average Last Seen At: 3.89
Total Times Seen 229
Total Times Picked: 52
Average Last Seen At: 3.89
Total Times Seen 229
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: This is a free artifact that replaces itself, though it does take a whole turn to actually replace itself, so the UR deck won’t be quite as excited about this one
Pro Comment: This is a free artifact that replaces itself, though it does take a whole turn to actually replace itself, so the UR deck won’t be quite as excited about this one
Average Picked At: 13.97
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 8.94
Total Times Seen 510
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 8.94
Total Times Seen 510
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: This isn’t good in Limited. You need to be a draw go style control deck to really make this gain you life that matters, and that just doesn’t happen in Limited. This will frequently do nothing or close to nothing.
Pro Comment: This isn’t good in Limited. You need to be a draw go style control deck to really make this gain you life that matters, and that just doesn’t happen in Limited. This will frequently do nothing or close to nothing.
Average Picked At: 7.17
Total Times Picked: 36
Average Last Seen At: 5.53
Total Times Seen 313
Total Times Picked: 36
Average Last Seen At: 5.53
Total Times Seen 313
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: This seems like it will be kind of alright. It is definitely rough that sometimes it offers no bonus at all, but there are enough boards in the mid-to-late game where equipping this does some work,. Only attacking with one thing is definitely a big restriction, but this can also make just about any creature into a threat on a lot of board states. The set up and restriction are pretty real, though – and it definitely underperformed last time we saw it
Pro Comment: This seems like it will be kind of alright. It is definitely rough that sometimes it offers no bonus at all, but there are enough boards in the mid-to-late game where equipping this does some work,. Only attacking with one thing is definitely a big restriction, but this can also make just about any creature into a threat on a lot of board states. The set up and restriction are pretty real, though – and it definitely underperformed last time we saw it
Average Picked At: 1.00
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 1.08
Total Times Seen 12
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 1.08
Total Times Seen 12
Pro Rating: 5.0
Pro Comment: A 6-mana 6/6 with Deathtouch and Lifelink is easily a 4.0, and this comes with the absurd effect of leaving behind two 3/3 tokens – each with one of those keywords – when it dies. So, your opponent either gets killed by this massive 6/6 that puts the game out of reach thanks to lifelink, or they get 3-for-1’d. Yeah, that’s a bomb – and definitely an A. Keep in mind exile effects and Aura-based removal do make the Engine a little sad, but yeah – still a bomb
Pro Comment: A 6-mana 6/6 with Deathtouch and Lifelink is easily a 4.0, and this comes with the absurd effect of leaving behind two 3/3 tokens – each with one of those keywords – when it dies. So, your opponent either gets killed by this massive 6/6 that puts the game out of reach thanks to lifelink, or they get 3-for-1’d. Yeah, that’s a bomb – and definitely an A. Keep in mind exile effects and Aura-based removal do make the Engine a little sad, but yeah – still a bomb
Average Picked At: 13.26
Total Times Picked: 38
Average Last Seen At: 9.60
Total Times Seen 547
Total Times Picked: 38
Average Last Seen At: 9.60
Total Times Seen 547
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: You don’t want to be doing this. For the most part, this effect is meaningless! There are of course some cornercases – like if you have a card that destroys artifacts you can make it destroy any permanent – or if you need another artifact in play for some effect it can do that, but there’s a reason I said “corner cases.” This just doesn’t do enough.
Pro Comment: You don’t want to be doing this. For the most part, this effect is meaningless! There are of course some cornercases – like if you have a card that destroys artifacts you can make it destroy any permanent – or if you need another artifact in play for some effect it can do that, but there’s a reason I said “corner cases.” This just doesn’t do enough.
Average Picked At: 8.29
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 4.94
Total Times Seen 76
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 4.94
Total Times Seen 76
Pro Rating: 1.0
Pro Comment: This does basically let you draw a card for three mana, even if that card is always a land. Still, that does give you card advantage and even thins out your deck and helps you fix your mana. Powerstones make it more likely you can use this too, but there will still be a whole lot of times where you just don’t have the time or mana to use it.
Pro Comment: This does basically let you draw a card for three mana, even if that card is always a land. Still, that does give you card advantage and even thins out your deck and helps you fix your mana. Powerstones make it more likely you can use this too, but there will still be a whole lot of times where you just don’t have the time or mana to use it.
Average Picked At: 5.12
Total Times Picked: 8
Average Last Seen At: 3.49
Total Times Seen 49
Total Times Picked: 8
Average Last Seen At: 3.49
Total Times Seen 49
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This gives you great fixing and a little bit of ramp, things that are reasonably beneficial, but you do have to remember it doesn’t add to the board in any meaningful way.
Pro Comment: This gives you great fixing and a little bit of ramp, things that are reasonably beneficial, but you do have to remember it doesn’t add to the board in any meaningful way.
Average Picked At: 2.00
Total Times Picked: 10
Average Last Seen At: 2.13
Total Times Seen 23
Total Times Picked: 10
Average Last Seen At: 2.13
Total Times Seen 23
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: There’s really only one tribal deck in the format – UW Soldiers - and this will definitely fit in nicely there. However, you might be surprised how easily this can fit into other decks too – the format also has tons of humans and Phyrexians! I think that probably means this will work out often enough to value fairly highly.
Pro Comment: There’s really only one tribal deck in the format – UW Soldiers - and this will definitely fit in nicely there. However, you might be surprised how easily this can fit into other decks too – the format also has tons of humans and Phyrexians! I think that probably means this will work out often enough to value fairly highly.
Average Picked At: 12.57
Total Times Picked: 21
Average Last Seen At: 8.17
Total Times Seen 430
Total Times Picked: 21
Average Last Seen At: 8.17
Total Times Seen 430
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: 0 mana artifacts are exciting for constructed, but they aren’t nearly as good in Limited because what you get is usually a card that isn’t worth an entire card – and that’s definitely what Bone Saw is. Especially in a set without any real equipment theme. Playing this will feel like you took a mulligan
Pro Comment: 0 mana artifacts are exciting for constructed, but they aren’t nearly as good in Limited because what you get is usually a card that isn’t worth an entire card – and that’s definitely what Bone Saw is. Especially in a set without any real equipment theme. Playing this will feel like you took a mulligan
Average Picked At: 9.67
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.65
Total Times Seen 87
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.65
Total Times Seen 87
Pro Rating: 0.0 // 3.5
Pro Comment: There are ways to gain life in this format, and I think there are actually enough of them that this isn’t a straight up F. It will be an F in most decks in the format, but if you have 5+ ways to gain life – especially if those ways are repeatable – this can draw you a ton of cards, and powerstones will make it easier for you to pay the cost. It is a bit of a bummer that this is the only life gain payoff in the deck, making it less organic for you to find somewhere to play this.
Pro Comment: There are ways to gain life in this format, and I think there are actually enough of them that this isn’t a straight up F. It will be an F in most decks in the format, but if you have 5+ ways to gain life – especially if those ways are repeatable – this can draw you a ton of cards, and powerstones will make it easier for you to pay the cost. It is a bit of a bummer that this is the only life gain payoff in the deck, making it less organic for you to find somewhere to play this.
Average Picked At: 6.85
Total Times Picked: 48
Average Last Seen At: 5.00
Total Times Seen 287
Total Times Picked: 48
Average Last Seen At: 5.00
Total Times Seen 287
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: This replaces itself, and that is enough in this format for it to be decent enough, since the UR deck likes casting nocnreature spells and several decks like artifacts. It can also fix your mana a bit, but that’s a small part of what this card does.
Pro Comment: This replaces itself, and that is enough in this format for it to be decent enough, since the UR deck likes casting nocnreature spells and several decks like artifacts. It can also fix your mana a bit, but that’s a small part of what this card does.
Average Picked At: 7.00
Total Times Picked: 4
Average Last Seen At: 3.59
Total Times Seen 46
Total Times Picked: 4
Average Last Seen At: 3.59
Total Times Seen 46
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: So, this is a 4-mana 5/3, which is close to a 2.0, and it does have an extra effect that adds a tax to non artifacts! Problem is, the effect is symmetrical, and is likely to hurt you and your opponent similar amounts. If you end up with a deck that I very heavy in artifacts and your opponent’s deck is surprisingly low on them, it will overperform.
Pro Comment: So, this is a 4-mana 5/3, which is close to a 2.0, and it does have an extra effect that adds a tax to non artifacts! Problem is, the effect is symmetrical, and is likely to hurt you and your opponent similar amounts. If you end up with a deck that I very heavy in artifacts and your opponent’s deck is surprisingly low on them, it will overperform.
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