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Quick Draft OTJ 30 April 2024

30 April 02:08 - memmoski 7 Wins - 1 Losses
Maindeck
Creature (17)
1 Bruse Tarl, Roving Rancher image
1 Scalestorm Summoner image
1 Intrepid Stablemaster image
1 Bounding Felidar image
1 Trained Arynx image
1 Spinewoods Paladin image
1 Bridled Bighorn image
2 Holy Cow image
1 Hardbristle Bandit image
1 Outlaw Medic image
1 Jolene, Plundering Pugilist image
2 Wanted Griffin image
1 Calamity, Galloping Inferno image
1 Vengeful Townsfolk image
1 Oasis Gardener image
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (6)
1 Steer Clear image
1 Fell the Mighty image
1 Eriette's Lullaby image
1 Snakeskin Veil image
1 Mystical Tether image
1 Rustler Rampage image
Land (17)
1 Abraded Bluffs image
1 Creosote Heath image
1 Bristling Backwoods image
7 Plains image
1 Mountain image
6 Forest image
Sideboard
2 Bridled Bighorn image
1 Inventive Wingsmith image
1 Sterling Hound image
1 Sheriff of Safe Passage image
1 Rooftop Assassin image
1 Slickshot Vault-Buster image
1 Steer Clear image
1 Outlaws' Fury image
2 Reach for the Sky image
1 Quick Draw image
1 Essence Capture image

Pack 1 Pick 1: Bruse Tarl, Roving Rancher
Bruse Tarl, Roving Rancher image 5 This is a 4-mana 4/3 that either draws you a card or gives you a 2/2 double strike when it enters the battlefield. And then, it gets that trigger again any time you attack. That's absurd value.
Make Your Own Luck image 2.5 This doesn't effect the board initially, but in theory Make Your Own Luck should give you a huge turn on your next turn. At the same time, spending your turn 5 doing this might mean you're dead before you ever get there, and if you don't reveal at least two spells in your top three, this doesn't feel like it will do enough to make up for it's problems. Most of the time you will draw two real cards with it and get one for free, but you're sort of spinning the roulette wheel every time you cast it, and I don't love that.
Nurturing Pixie image 3 This is a fine play on turn one, and later in the game it can give itself a more relevant body, and maybe even rebuy an ETB.
Bucolic Ranch image 0.0 // 2.5 If you have like 10 Mounts, this is worth it. Even just having 5 or so probably isn't enough to make it worth playing.
Djinn of Fool's Fall image 1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
Bridled Bighorn image 2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
Nezumi Linkbreaker image 3 One mana for two 1/1s is a good deal, even when you don't get them at the same time. It makes this good sacrifice fodder too.
Throw from the Saddle image 3.5 This is a great "bite" effect that allows smaller creatures to punch up, and you're going to have enough mounts in Green for that bonus to come up.
Desperate Bloodseeker image 2.5 A two mana 2/2 Lifelink is a card you pretty much always play, so it's nice that this can commit a crime or load your graveyard too.
Mine Raider image 2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
Reach for the Sky image 1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Island image
Bandit's Haul image 1 Three mana rocks rarely work in Limited, and while this can draw you cards it only does it very slowly.
Terminal Agony image 2.5 The base mode of this card is pretty mediocre, but if you have a few ways to discard it -- and this format has them -- it gets a lot better.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Scalestorm Summoner
Scalestorm Summoner image 4 If you can get even one Dinosaur out of this you're coming out way ahead, and this has the potential to be repeatable.
Raucous Entertainer image 3 Plot means getting multiple bodies into play in a turn is easier than normal in this format, and even when you aren't doing that this is a nice way to spend excess mana.
Fleeting Reflection image 1.5 Hexproof can be nice in the right situation. So can turning your creature into a copy of something else. However, both effects are too narrow for this to make the cut all that often.
Baron Bertram Graywater image 3.5 Black/White makes plenty of tokens, so adding more to the board is great, especially when you can sacrifice them for value.
Oasis Gardener image 2 If you need fixing, this can do it. While the stat-line isn't especially good, the life gain helps even that out a tiny bit.
Slickshot Vault-Buster image 1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
Steer Clear image 2.5 This is conditional but efficient, especially if you have a Mount.
Prickly Pair image 3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s always perform well in Limited, and these tokens both come with an "Outlaw" creature type.
Throw from the Saddle image 3.5 This is a great "bite" effect that allows smaller creatures to punch up, and you're going to have enough mounts in Green for that bonus to come up.
Nezumi Linkbreaker image 3 One mana for two 1/1s is a good deal, even when you don't get them at the same time. It makes this good sacrifice fodder too.
Plains image
Beastbond Outcaster image 3.5 You'll draw with this often enough for it to be a very good card. And even if you don't draw, it's not a bad rate.
Clear Shot image 3.5 This is great removal that can sometimes create a 2-for-1.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Intrepid Stablemaster
Daring Thunder-Thief image 2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
Trained Arynx image 2.5 This has passable stats, and because it can gain first strike, it has the potential to be relevant all game long.
Peerless Ropemaster image 1.5 It's a decent body, but bounce effects have been getting worse lately with all the ETB abilities and the like. Plus, not being able to bounce a creature that can block is a big problem.
Bridled Bighorn image 2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
Quilled Charger image 2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
Cactusfolk Sureshot image 3.5 This has great stats, and trample and haste are a very real bonus for your 4 power creatures.
Intrepid Stablemaster image 3.5 This is a great two drop that can attack and block pretty well, and it's ability to ramp your mana is great, even if you 0 Mounts or Vehicles.
Shoot the Sheriff image 4 This can kill almost everything in the format efficiently. There will be times where an Outlaw is your biggest problem, but most of the time, this'll do the job.
Slick Sequence image 3.5 Two mana to deal two to anything is probably a 2.0, but you're going to draw with this a huge chunk of the time.
Forlorn Flats image 1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Demonic Ruckus image 2.5 This Aura seems pretty pushed. It offers a stats-boost that makes just about any creature into a legit threat, it replaces itself, and it's really efficient.
Ionize image 2 This is Cancel with a little upside.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Bounding Felidar
Map the Frontier image 1 It's been awhile since a 4-mana spell that ramps your mana and doesn't help your board state has been something you play with regularity.
Metamorphic Blast image 2.5 This "Frogify" type effect usually isn't very good, so it's a good thing you can also draw with it. When you get to remove a creature and draw two, it will feel pretty awesome.
Bounding Felidar image 2.5 This is a huge payoff for Saddling, as the counters and life are sure to alter a race in your favor.
Vault Plunderer image 2.5 Trading off for something means you get a 2-for-1, but the presence of Mercenary tokens limits this somewhat.
Mirage Mesa image 2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Seize the Secrets image 2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Iron-Fist Pulverizer image 1.5 The stat-line's mediocre, and the second spell trigger isn't great either. Especially because second spell decks are going to want pretty low curves, so I'm not sure this really has a home.
Holy Cow image 3.5 This delivers a ton of value for the cost, and the fact it has Flash is extra good in UW.
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Rustler Rampage image 2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
Humiliate image 2 This is a reasonable discard spell, as it will usually hit something and add a little to your board.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Abraded Bluffs
Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer image 4 This is a pretty amazing payoff for doing things at instant speed or plotting, and the stat-line isn't bad either.
Fleeting Reflection image 1.5 Hexproof can be nice in the right situation. So can turning your creature into a copy of something else. However, both effects are too narrow for this to make the cut all that often.
Baron Bertram Graywater image 3.5 Black/White makes plenty of tokens, so adding more to the board is great, especially when you can sacrifice them for value.
Outlaws' Fury image 2.5 A mass board pump that draws you a card tends to play pretty well, and Red is quite good at going wide in this format.
Take Up the Shield image 3 This was a very strong trick last time, and it will be this time too. It helps a creature win combat, can blank more removal, and leaves behind a permanent buff.
Freestrider Commando image 2 Neither mode on this is much more than a decent vanilla creature. A 4-mana 5/5 might sound amazing, but getting a turn later makes it a lot less impressive.
Blacksnag Buzzard image 2.5 If you get the counter, this'll feel pretty good. If you don't...it's pasasble. That makes it solid filler over all.
Irascible Wolverine image 3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
Abraded Bluffs image 3 They provide awesome fixing, give you extra value in the form of a ping, commit crimes, and there's even deserts-matter cards in the set. These might just be better than the rare cycle in the format.
Deadeye Duelist image 2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Trained Arynx
Servant of the Stinger image 2.5 This is a nice stat-line. And, while the other ability can be kind of hard to access -- it's nice upside to have.
Getaway Glamer image 3 This is nice removal, with some added utility, and if your creature has the highest power, you can blink it to make sure you can still kill your opponent's creature.
Lazav, Familiar Stranger image 3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
Overzealous Muscle image 2 This only working on your turn is kind of sad, but it's a fairly capable attacker thanks to it's ability to gain indestructibility.
Freestrider Commando image 2 Neither mode on this is much more than a decent vanilla creature. A 4-mana 5/5 might sound amazing, but getting a turn later makes it a lot less impressive.
Trained Arynx image 2.5 This has passable stats, and because it can gain first strike, it has the potential to be relevant all game long.
Gold Pan image 2 You can equip this right away if you want to, thanks to the treasure. Paying one to Equip for this boost is kind of passable, too.
Quilled Charger image 2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
Island image
Pack 1 Pick 7: Spinewoods Paladin
Boom Box image 1 Don't let this tempt you too much. It's too expensive and too slow, and the destroy creature part is generally all that will actually matter.
Skulduggery image 3 Generating a two-for-one with this is surprisingly easy, and even when you can't it makes for a good combat trick that efficiently commits crime.
Spinewoods Paladin image 3 The rate on this is pretty crazy for a Common! It's a very real body that gains you life, and that can go a long way towards helping you stabilize.
Vengeful Townsfolk image 2.5 This is more efficient than most creatures with this ability that we've seen. A 3-mana 3/3 really won't feel terrible, like the two-mana 1/1s and 4-mana 3/3s we usually see.
Quilled Charger image 2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
Bristlepack Sentry image 3 This is going to overperform because it counts itself. This means buffing it with a mercenary allows it to attack, as do buffs from counters and equipment.
Lonely Arroyo image 1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Bucolic Ranch image 0.0 // 2.5 If you have like 10 Mounts, this is worth it. Even just having 5 or so probably isn't enough to make it worth playing.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Creosote Heath
Take for a Ride image 2//3.5 Being able to cast this at instant speed will feel insane sometimes, because if the stats line up right, you can make two of your opponents creatures destroy one another. That gives this a higher floor than most versions of this kind of effect, while it still has big sacrifice upside.
Bandit's Haul image 1 Three mana rocks rarely work in Limited, and while this can draw you cards it only does it very slowly.
Discerning Peddler image 2 Red doesn't have much of a discard theme in this set. So, this is mostly just a card with a mediocre statline and a mediocre ETB.
Wanted Griffin image 2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
Corrupted Conviction image 2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
Creosote Heath image 1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Bristlepack Sentry image 3 This is going to overperform because it counts itself. This means buffing it with a mercenary allows it to attack, as do buffs from counters and equipment.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Bridled Bighorn
Djinn of Fool's Fall image 1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
Bridled Bighorn image 2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
Nezumi Linkbreaker image 3 One mana for two 1/1s is a good deal, even when you don't get them at the same time. It makes this good sacrifice fodder too.
Mine Raider image 2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
Island image
Bandit's Haul image 1 Three mana rocks rarely work in Limited, and while this can draw you cards it only does it very slowly.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Steer Clear
Fleeting Reflection image 1.5 Hexproof can be nice in the right situation. So can turning your creature into a copy of something else. However, both effects are too narrow for this to make the cut all that often.
Slickshot Vault-Buster image 1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
Steer Clear image 2.5 This is conditional but efficient, especially if you have a Mount.
Nezumi Linkbreaker image 3 One mana for two 1/1s is a good deal, even when you don't get them at the same time. It makes this good sacrifice fodder too.
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Pack 1 Pick 11: Bridled Bighorn
Peerless Ropemaster image 1.5 It's a decent body, but bounce effects have been getting worse lately with all the ETB abilities and the like. Plus, not being able to bounce a creature that can block is a big problem.
Bridled Bighorn image 2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
Quilled Charger image 2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
Slick Sequence image 3.5 Two mana to deal two to anything is probably a 2.0, but you're going to draw with this a huge chunk of the time.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Rustler Rampage
Rustler Rampage image 2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
Humiliate image 2 This is a reasonable discard spell, as it will usually hit something and add a little to your board.
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Pack 1 Pick 13: Outlaws' Fury
Fleeting Reflection image 1.5 Hexproof can be nice in the right situation. So can turning your creature into a copy of something else. However, both effects are too narrow for this to make the cut all that often.
Outlaws' Fury image 2.5 A mass board pump that draws you a card tends to play pretty well, and Red is quite good at going wide in this format.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Island
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Pack 2 Pick 1: Fell the Mighty
Duelist of the Mind image 4 This looks enough like Ledger Shredder that I'm pretty excited about it. A two mana 1/3 with Vigilance is already fine, and this has way more upside than that! Sometimes it will hit harder, and you'll frequently be able to trigger the loot in this format.
Unscrupulous Contractor image 2.5 This is a good way to get value out of a Mercenary token, and in a pinch, the Agent can sacrifice themselves.
Rise of the Varmints image 1 // 4.0 This looks like a legit win condition for Black/Green decks, but pretty mediocre for everyone else.
Treasure Dredger image 2 This give Black access to some repeatable fixing, which we don't see every day. Still, the stat-line and ability are both pretty medium.
Bounding Felidar image 2.5 This is a huge payoff for Saddling, as the counters and life are sure to alter a race in your favor.
Razzle-Dazzler image 2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Drover Grizzly image 2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
Phantom Interference image 3 This can take care of a spell on turn two, and it has the upside of being a 5-mana 2/2 flyer that counters a spell -- that's a card I would always play.
Trick Shot image 2.5 This is a little expensive, but it'll have a token to hit reasonably often and it can kill just about anything at instant speed. You probably don't want more than one of them, though.
Inventive Wingsmith image 2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Ambush Gigapede image 1.5 It's temping to imagine the 2-for-1s this can give you, but it's super expensive and surprisingly ineffective.
Jagged Barrens image 1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Terminal Agony image 2.5 The base mode of this card is pretty mediocre, but if you have a few ways to discard it -- and this format has them -- it gets a lot better.
Fell the Mighty image 3 This has an incredibly high ceiling, where you kill everything but your smallest creature. But it doesn't always line up that way. There are plenty of times where your opponent has more tiny creatures than you do, for example.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Holy Cow
Map the Frontier image 1 It's been awhile since a 4-mana spell that ramps your mana and doesn't help your board state has been something you play with regularity.
Wrangler of the Damned image 3.5 This is a pretty insane payoff for plotting and doing things at instant speed, and Flash makes it easy to get that first token.
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius image 3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
Reach for the Sky image 1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Harrier Strix image 2.5 This is a nice turn one play, and in the later game it's ETB can do some work -- especially if you need to commit some crimes.
Boneyard Desecrator image 2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
Holy Cow image 3.5 This delivers a ton of value for the cost, and the fact it has Flash is extra good in UW.
Prickly Pair image 3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s always perform well in Limited, and these tokens both come with an "Outlaw" creature type.
Oasis Gardener image 2 If you need fixing, this can do it. While the stat-line isn't especially good, the life gain helps even that out a tiny bit.
Stop Cold image 2 Blue's usual passable removal spell that you kind of hope you don't have to use, but it's fine if you do.
Swamp image
Razzle-Dazzler image 2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Decisive Denial image 3 Neither mode here absolutely blows you away, but being able to fight or counter stuff is pretty nice.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Hardbristle Bandit
Scorching Shot image 3.5 This is efficient, but a little hard to cast, and being Sorcery speed will make it harder to generate 2-for-1s.
Take for a Ride image 2//3.5 Being able to cast this at instant speed will feel insane sometimes, because if the stats line up right, you can make two of your opponents creatures destroy one another. That gives this a higher floor than most versions of this kind of effect, while it still has big sacrifice upside.
Vial Smasher, Gleeful Grenadier image 3 If you play this on two and he sticks around, he's going to chip in tons and tons of damage. The trigger commits a crime, too!
Thunder Lasso image 2 The turn you play this will feel pretty great, as it can really upgrade your attacks. The problem is how clunky it is when you have to Equip it thereafter.
Hardbristle Bandit image 3 I wouldn't count on getting a benefit out of untapping this with regularity, but doing it once per game isn't a stretch, and a two mana 1/1 that taps for mana of any color is always playable anyway.
Wanted Griffin image 2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
Patient Naturalist image 2.5 This won't be quite as good as Eccentric Farmer was, as this format isn't all about the graveyard. But the B/G deck is, and this will do good work there.
Corrupted Conviction image 2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
Iron-Fist Pulverizer image 1.5 The stat-line's mediocre, and the second spell trigger isn't great either. Especially because second spell decks are going to want pretty low curves, so I'm not sure this really has a home.
Stop Cold image 2 Blue's usual passable removal spell that you kind of hope you don't have to use, but it's fine if you do.
Festering Gulch image 1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Giant Beaver image 3 A 4-mana 4/4 Vigilance is a great starting point, and it's Saddle can come in handy in the mid to late game.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Outlaw Medic
Blood Hustler image 2 This has some serious upside, but I hate the baseline. It's a virtually irrelevant body when it comes down and very easy for your opponent to deal with, even just using incidental damage.
Cunning Coyote image 4 This is a great two drop that can do a ton of damage if it comes down on turn two -- especially if you played a one drop. But it also has nice late game upside that allows it to always stay relevant.
Omenport Vigilante image 2.5 Your opponent has to respect this thing, as it might gain double strike at instant speed. That's good upside to have on a bear.
Outlaw Medic image 2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
Seize the Secrets image 2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Ambush Gigapede image 1.5 It's temping to imagine the 2-for-1s this can give you, but it's super expensive and surprisingly ineffective.
Tumbleweed Rising image 2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
Irascible Wolverine image 3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
Sterling Hound image 1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Eroded Canyon image 1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Hindering Light image 2 This feels good when you can cast it, but it is a little too narrow to be good.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Bridled Bighorn
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius image 3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
Scorching Shot image 3.5 This is efficient, but a little hard to cast, and being Sorcery speed will make it harder to generate 2-for-1s.
Deepmuck Desperado image 2 This has solid stats, and it might actually be a legitimate win condition in some decks.
Nezumi Linkbreaker image 3 One mana for two 1/1s is a good deal, even when you don't get them at the same time. It makes this good sacrifice fodder too.
Bridled Bighorn image 2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
Irascible Wolverine image 3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
Slickshot Vault-Buster image 1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
Quick Draw image 2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
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Loan Shark image 3 When you draw a card with this it will feel like a 4.0, when you don't, it will feel like a 1.0. I think it will be easy enough to draw with to get up to a 3.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Jolene, Plundering Pugilist
Canyon Crab image 3 Not a terrible roadblock, and you can loot with it pretty well in this format. It can even go on offense late in the game.
Jolene, Plundering Pugilist image 3 Getting treasure to power out more big stuff is pretty nice, and being able to throw treasure away for pings is great, especially once they outlive their usefuleness in the late game.
Form a Posse image 3 This isn't very good early, but in the late game it can stabilize you out of nowhere or make so many tokens that you can overwhelm your opponent.
Stop Cold image 2 Blue's usual passable removal spell that you kind of hope you don't have to use, but it's fine if you do.
Explosive Derailment image 4 This is a great removal spell. Even if it was always just the first mode, it would be a card that always makes the cut -- and one you take highly. But the added Spree upside means that you can achieve a 2-for-1 sometimes.
Gold Pan image 2 You can equip this right away if you want to, thanks to the treasure. Paying one to Equip for this boost is kind of passable, too.
Swamp image
Fake Your Own Death image 2.5 This type of trick is always solid. It's good in combat, good against removal, and has the upside of working well with ETB.
Heartless Pillage image 1.5 Mind Rot isn't a good card. This is Mind Rot with minor upside.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Holy Cow
Holy Cow image 3.5 This delivers a ton of value for the cost, and the fact it has Flash is extra good in UW.
Outlaws' Fury image 2.5 A mass board pump that draws you a card tends to play pretty well, and Red is quite good at going wide in this format.
Geyser Drake image 3 This looks like a very nice Common. It has decent enough stats, and it's ability at a minimum makes your Instants easier to cast, but the set also has a ton of Flash that Geyser Drake can help you with.
Spring Splasher image 2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
Bridled Bighorn image 2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
Baron Bertram Graywater image 3.5 Black/White makes plenty of tokens, so adding more to the board is great, especially when you can sacrifice them for value.
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Skulduggery image 3 Generating a two-for-one with this is surprisingly easy, and even when you can't it makes for a good combat trick that efficiently commits crime.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Reach for the Sky
Prickly Pair image 3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s always perform well in Limited, and these tokens both come with an "Outlaw" creature type.
Take the Fall image 2.5 This looks like it's well-positioned in this format. It's good if you're trying to play two spells a turn in UR, it's good if you're trying to commit crimes in UB, it's good if you're trying to only do stuff on your opponent's turn if you're in Blue-White. It's definitely a small effect, but it replacing itself and having a real effect seems doable.
Silver Deputy image 2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
Blacksnag Buzzard image 2.5 If you get the counter, this'll feel pretty good. If you don't...it's pasasble. That makes it solid filler over all.
Daring Thunder-Thief image 2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
Reach for the Sky image 1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Tyrant's Scorn image 3 Neither mode is incredible for the cost, but if you can't kill a small creature with it, at least you can bounce it.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Inventive Wingsmith
Razzle-Dazzler image 2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Phantom Interference image 3 This can take care of a spell on turn two, and it has the upside of being a 5-mana 2/2 flyer that counters a spell -- that's a card I would always play.
Trick Shot image 2.5 This is a little expensive, but it'll have a token to hit reasonably often and it can kill just about anything at instant speed. You probably don't want more than one of them, though.
Inventive Wingsmith image 2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Ambush Gigapede image 1.5 It's temping to imagine the 2-for-1s this can give you, but it's super expensive and surprisingly ineffective.
Terminal Agony image 2.5 The base mode of this card is pretty mediocre, but if you have a few ways to discard it -- and this format has them -- it gets a lot better.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Reach for the Sky
Reach for the Sky image 1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Harrier Strix image 2.5 This is a nice turn one play, and in the later game it's ETB can do some work -- especially if you need to commit some crimes.
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Razzle-Dazzler image 2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Decisive Denial image 3 Neither mode here absolutely blows you away, but being able to fight or counter stuff is pretty nice.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Wanted Griffin
Take for a Ride image 2//3.5 Being able to cast this at instant speed will feel insane sometimes, because if the stats line up right, you can make two of your opponents creatures destroy one another. That gives this a higher floor than most versions of this kind of effect, while it still has big sacrifice upside.
Wanted Griffin image 2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
Iron-Fist Pulverizer image 1.5 The stat-line's mediocre, and the second spell trigger isn't great either. Especially because second spell decks are going to want pretty low curves, so I'm not sure this really has a home.
Stop Cold image 2 Blue's usual passable removal spell that you kind of hope you don't have to use, but it's fine if you do.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Sterling Hound
Seize the Secrets image 2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Sterling Hound image 1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Hindering Light image 2 This feels good when you can cast it, but it is a little too narrow to be good.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Quick Draw
Quick Draw image 2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
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Pack 2 Pick 14: Swamp
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Pack 3 Pick 1: Calamity, Galloping Inferno
Calamity, Galloping Inferno image 4.5 This comes down and adds a ton of Haste damage to the board in many situations. The fail-case isn't awesome, but I don't think you'll end up with this just feeling like a 6-mana 4/6 with Haste all that often.
Longhorn Sharpshooter image 3.5 Actually getting to do something to the board when you plot is a big deal, and a 4-mana 3/3 that does 2 to something on ETB is a great card, and this has more upside than that.
Servant of the Stinger image 2.5 This is a nice stat-line. And, while the other ability can be kind of hard to access -- it's nice upside to have.
Bovine Intervention image 0 This is awful removal, you practically 2-for-1 yourself in exchange for some efficiency.
Steer Clear image 2.5 This is conditional but efficient, especially if you have a Mount.
Eriette's Lullaby image 2.5 This is efficient, but having to take a hit before you can use it isn't ideal. The life gain makes up for that a little.
Rooftop Assassin image 2 Killing things that have already been damaged is surprisingly hard to take advantage of. They pushed this pretty hard with all these keywords, so I think it'll be better than most similar creatures we have seen. But it's still nothing special.
Reckless Lackey image 3 This is a pretty pushed stat-line, making it a great play on turn one and a great place to put Equipment, counters, and tricks. And if it ever becomes useless you can just cash it in.
Failed Fording image 2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
Loan Shark image 3 When you draw a card with this it will feel like a 4.0, when you don't, it will feel like a 1.0. I think it will be easy enough to draw with to get up to a 3.
Voracious Varmint image 2 This has solid stats and an ability with some utility. This isn't a format loaded up with artifacts and enchantments, though.
Creosote Heath image 1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Lavaspur Boots image 1 This buff looks tempting, but if it's anything like other cheap haste-granting Equipment, it isn't going to be worth a card.
Hypothesizzle image 3 You can just draw two with this if you want, but turning one of those cards into a deal 4 is pretty good.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Eriette's Lullaby
Marauding Sphinx image 3.5 This is a very real body that is good whether you're ahead or behind, and the Surveil trigger is plenty accessible.
Resilient Roadrunner image 3.5 This is great on turn two, and it's often going to be unblockable in the late game.
Scorching Shot image 3.5 This is efficient, but a little hard to cast, and being Sorcery speed will make it harder to generate 2-for-1s.
Eriette's Lullaby image 2.5 This is efficient, but having to take a hit before you can use it isn't ideal. The life gain makes up for that a little.
Seize the Secrets image 2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Highway Robbery image 2 Because you can sacrifice lands to this, it's much better in the late game than most Tormenting Voice-like effects.
Razzle-Dazzler image 2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Mourner's Surprise image 2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
Patient Naturalist image 2.5 This won't be quite as good as Eccentric Farmer was, as this format isn't all about the graveyard. But the B/G deck is, and this will do good work there.
Oasis Gardener image 2 If you need fixing, this can do it. While the stat-line isn't especially good, the life gain helps even that out a tiny bit.
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Spring Splasher image 2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
Essence Capture image 2.5 When it lines up, this feels pretty good.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Snakeskin Veil
Ferocification image 1 These Enchantments that just buff your creature during your turn pretty much never work out. They do nothing on their own, and the buff it offers just isn't enough. I kind of wish they had made this so it could target any creature, because then you could commit crimes with it at least.
Jolene, Plundering Pugilist image 3 Getting treasure to power out more big stuff is pretty nice, and being able to throw treasure away for pings is great, especially once they outlive their usefuleness in the late game.
Getaway Glamer image 3 This is nice removal, with some added utility, and if your creature has the highest power, you can blink it to make sure you can still kill your opponent's creature.
Canyon Crab image 3 Not a terrible roadblock, and you can loot with it pretty well in this format. It can even go on offense late in the game.
Sterling Keykeeper image 2 These "Master Decoy"-type creatures have been a lot worse as of late, and I don't really see that changing here. This does have passable stats and an ability that is good sometimes, though.
Seize the Secrets image 2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Daring Thunder-Thief image 2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
Snakeskin Veil image 2.5 This is a great trick since it can efficiently blank removal and help your creature win combat.
Raven of Fell Omens image 2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Iron-Fist Pulverizer image 1.5 The stat-line's mediocre, and the second spell trigger isn't great either. Especially because second spell decks are going to want pretty low curves, so I'm not sure this really has a home.
Jagged Barrens image 1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Sheriff of Safe Passage image 2 The floor is pretty bad here, and the ceiling is just a big vanilla creature.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Mystical Tether
Prosperity Tycoon image 3.5 This gives you two bodies for a reasonable cost, and it's abilty to become indestructible is a real problem for your opponent. Blocking this is kind of a nightmare.
Intimidation Campaign image 2.5 I really want this to be good, and it has the potential. But if this is like other formats of late, paying three mana over and over again for this effect might be too slow.
Make Your Own Luck image 2.5 This doesn't effect the board initially, but in theory Make Your Own Luck should give you a huge turn on your next turn. At the same time, spending your turn 5 doing this might mean you're dead before you ever get there, and if you don't reveal at least two spells in your top three, this doesn't feel like it will do enough to make up for it's problems. Most of the time you will draw two real cards with it and get one for free, but you're sort of spinning the roulette wheel every time you cast it, and I don't love that.
Binding Negotiation image 2 It's nice that this can go after Plotted cards. When you do that it will almost feel like Time Walk. It still has the downside of most discard spells of course -- it doesn't impact the board and has dimnishing returns the later games get, but it's efficient enough to be solid.
Rooftop Assassin image 2 Killing things that have already been damaged is surprisingly hard to take advantage of. They pushed this pretty hard with all these keywords, so I think it'll be better than most similar creatures we have seen. But it's still nothing special.
Holy Cow image 3.5 This delivers a ton of value for the cost, and the fact it has Flash is extra good in UW.
Mirage Mesa image 2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Daring Thunder-Thief image 2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
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Mystical Tether image 3.5 This is really good even without the Flash upside. With it, it has blow-out potential and some synergy in the UW color pair.
Fling image 1 It's very hard to make Fling work in Limited. Maybe in a format with a bunch of mercenaries it will fair better?
Pack 3 Pick 5: Bristling Backwoods
Wrangler of the Damned image 3.5 This is a pretty insane payoff for plotting and doing things at instant speed, and Flash makes it easy to get that first token.
Rise of the Varmints image 1 // 4.0 This looks like a legit win condition for Black/Green decks, but pretty mediocre for everyone else.
Slickshot Vault-Buster image 1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
Bridled Bighorn image 2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
Bristlepack Sentry image 3 This is going to overperform because it counts itself. This means buffing it with a mercenary allows it to attack, as do buffs from counters and equipment.
Overzealous Muscle image 2 This only working on your turn is kind of sad, but it's a fairly capable attacker thanks to it's ability to gain indestructibility.
Vault Plunderer image 2.5 Trading off for something means you get a 2-for-1, but the presence of Mercenary tokens limits this somewhat.
Bristling Backwoods image 2 This is a solid source of fixing, though you're probably hoping to get one of the other deserts that fixes your mana.
Sterling Hound image 1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Ride Down image 2.5 This is pretty nice in all-out aggressive Red-White decks, but too situational for anything else.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Vengeful Townsfolk
Slick Sequence image 3.5 Two mana to deal two to anything is probably a 2.0, but you're going to draw with this a huge chunk of the time.
Vengeful Townsfolk image 2.5 This is more efficient than most creatures with this ability that we've seen. A 3-mana 3/3 really won't feel terrible, like the two-mana 1/1s and 4-mana 3/3s we usually see.
Nezumi Linkbreaker image 3 One mana for two 1/1s is a good deal, even when you don't get them at the same time. It makes this good sacrifice fodder too.
Raven of Fell Omens image 2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Tumbleweed Rising image 2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
Outlaws' Fury image 2.5 A mass board pump that draws you a card tends to play pretty well, and Red is quite good at going wide in this format.
Djinn of Fool's Fall image 1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
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Stagecoach Security image 2.5 Buffing your whole board and giving it Vigilance is great, as it allows you to attack a lot better while not giving anything up on defense.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Oasis Gardener
Rustler Rampage image 2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
Highway Robbery image 2 Because you can sacrifice lands to this, it's much better in the late game than most Tormenting Voice-like effects.
Tumbleweed Rising image 2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
Blacksnag Buzzard image 2.5 If you get the counter, this'll feel pretty good. If you don't...it's pasasble. That makes it solid filler over all.
Geyser Drake image 3 This looks like a very nice Common. It has decent enough stats, and it's ability at a minimum makes your Instants easier to cast, but the set also has a ton of Flash that Geyser Drake can help you with.
Stagecoach Security image 2.5 Buffing your whole board and giving it Vigilance is great, as it allows you to attack a lot better while not giving anything up on defense.
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Oasis Gardener image 2 If you need fixing, this can do it. While the stat-line isn't especially good, the life gain helps even that out a tiny bit.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Wanted Griffin
Binding Negotiation image 2 It's nice that this can go after Plotted cards. When you do that it will almost feel like Time Walk. It still has the downside of most discard spells of course -- it doesn't impact the board and has dimnishing returns the later games get, but it's efficient enough to be solid.
Peerless Ropemaster image 1.5 It's a decent body, but bounce effects have been getting worse lately with all the ETB abilities and the like. Plus, not being able to bounce a creature that can block is a big problem.
Nezumi Linkbreaker image 3 One mana for two 1/1s is a good deal, even when you don't get them at the same time. It makes this good sacrifice fodder too.
Trick Shot image 2.5 This is a little expensive, but it'll have a token to hit reasonably often and it can kill just about anything at instant speed. You probably don't want more than one of them, though.
Gold Pan image 2 You can equip this right away if you want to, thanks to the treasure. Paying one to Equip for this boost is kind of passable, too.
Wanted Griffin image 2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
Murder image 2.5 This isn't the premium removal it once was, but it's still pretty solid.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Steer Clear
Bovine Intervention image 0 This is awful removal, you practically 2-for-1 yourself in exchange for some efficiency.
Steer Clear image 2.5 This is conditional but efficient, especially if you have a Mount.
Rooftop Assassin image 2 Killing things that have already been damaged is surprisingly hard to take advantage of. They pushed this pretty hard with all these keywords, so I think it'll be better than most similar creatures we have seen. But it's still nothing special.
Reckless Lackey image 3 This is a pretty pushed stat-line, making it a great play on turn one and a great place to put Equipment, counters, and tricks. And if it ever becomes useless you can just cash it in.
Failed Fording image 2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
Lavaspur Boots image 1 This buff looks tempting, but if it's anything like other cheap haste-granting Equipment, it isn't going to be worth a card.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Essence Capture
Seize the Secrets image 2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Razzle-Dazzler image 2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Mourner's Surprise image 2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
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Essence Capture image 2.5 When it lines up, this feels pretty good.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Sheriff of Safe Passage
Seize the Secrets image 2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Daring Thunder-Thief image 2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
Raven of Fell Omens image 2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Sheriff of Safe Passage image 2 The floor is pretty bad here, and the ceiling is just a big vanilla creature.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Rooftop Assassin
Rooftop Assassin image 2 Killing things that have already been damaged is surprisingly hard to take advantage of. They pushed this pretty hard with all these keywords, so I think it'll be better than most similar creatures we have seen. But it's still nothing special.
Daring Thunder-Thief image 2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
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Pack 3 Pick 13: Slickshot Vault-Buster
Slickshot Vault-Buster image 1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
Overzealous Muscle image 2 This only working on your turn is kind of sad, but it's a fairly capable attacker thanks to it's ability to gain indestructibility.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Mountain
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