Quick Draft OTJ 29 April 2024
29 April 05:09 - JeremyHoward 7 Wins - 2 Losses
Pack 1 Pick 1: Lassoed by the Law
Tinybones Joins Up
1 The discard effect isn't very good, and the legendary creature upside can be hard to access. Even when you do, it's pretty weak.
1 The discard effect isn't very good, and the legendary creature upside can be hard to access. Even when you do, it's pretty weak.
Congregation Gryff
3.5 This can become a 2/5 with lifelink even if it's your only mount, and it's not going to be your only mount.
3.5 This can become a 2/5 with lifelink even if it's your only mount, and it's not going to be your only mount.
Scorching Shot
3.5 This is efficient, but a little hard to cast, and being Sorcery speed will make it harder to generate 2-for-1s.
3.5 This is efficient, but a little hard to cast, and being Sorcery speed will make it harder to generate 2-for-1s.
Lassoed by the Law
4 This is great Removal that also gives you a relevant body, hard not to be excited about that.
4 This is great Removal that also gives you a relevant body, hard not to be excited about that.
Prickly Pair
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.
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.
Skulduggery
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.
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.
Outlaw Medic
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
Geyser Drake
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.
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.
Corrupted Conviction
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
Bristlepack Sentry
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.
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.
Razzle-Dazzler
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.
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.
Eroded Canyon
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Shepherd of the Clouds
3 This will typically generate 2-for-1s, and when you can consistently reanimate something to the battlefield, this will feel like one of the best cards in your deck.
3 This will typically generate 2-for-1s, and when you can consistently reanimate something to the battlefield, this will feel like one of the best cards in your deck.
Bedevil
3.5 Can be a little hard to cast, but it's flexible and efficient enough to be worth taking highly.
3.5 Can be a little hard to cast, but it's flexible and efficient enough to be worth taking highly.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Mystical Tether
Inspiring Vantage
3 It's nice to have awesome fixing that enters the battlefield untapped.
3 It's nice to have awesome fixing that enters the battlefield untapped.
Form a Posse
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.
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.
Plan the Heist
2.5 Not affecting the board can be a liability, but a 4-mana draw 3 is pretty efficient -- and this has some additional upside.
2.5 Not affecting the board can be a liability, but a 4-mana draw 3 is pretty efficient -- and this has some additional upside.
Magebane Lizard
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
Freestrider Commando
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.
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.
Mystical Tether
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.
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.
Desert's Due
3 Two mana for -2/-2 is passable enough, and this will give -3/-3 in the mid to late game pretty consistently.
3 Two mana for -2/-2 is passable enough, and this will give -3/-3 in the mid to late game pretty consistently.
Daring Thunder-Thief
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
Outlaws' Fury
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.
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.
Lush Oasis
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Vengeful Townsfolk
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.
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.
Terminal Agony
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.
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 3: Journey to Nowhere
Visage Bandit
2.5 Clones that only let you do stuff with your side of the battlefield usually aren't great, but having Plot makes it more intriguing.
2.5 Clones that only let you do stuff with your side of the battlefield usually aren't great, but having Plot makes it more intriguing.
Ruthless Lawbringer
3.5 There are enough mercenary tokens and other sacrifice fodder in this format for this to do some serious work.
3.5 There are enough mercenary tokens and other sacrifice fodder in this format for this to do some serious work.
Prairie Dog
3.5 A two mana 2/2 with lifelink is a creature you always play, and this can grow fairly easily. In the late game, you can use it's ability as a nice mana sink.
3.5 A two mana 2/2 with lifelink is a creature you always play, and this can grow fairly easily. In the late game, you can use it's ability as a nice mana sink.
Rodeo Pyromancers
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
Failed Fording
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.
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.
Inventive Wingsmith
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Mystical Tether
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.
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.
Freestrider Commando
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.
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.
Skulduggery
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.
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.
Corrupted Conviction
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
Journey to Nowhere
4 Exiling a creature for two mana is pretty insane, even if your opponent can potentially get it back later.
4 Exiling a creature for two mana is pretty insane, even if your opponent can potentially get it back later.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Mystical Tether
Magebane Lizard
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
Scalestorm Summoner
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.
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.
Mystical Tether
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.
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.
Ankle Biter
2.5 Green one mana 1/1s with Deathtouch tend to be a little better than black ones because of bite effects.
2.5 Green one mana 1/1s with Deathtouch tend to be a little better than black ones because of bite effects.
Discerning Peddler
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.
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.
Rodeo Pyromancers
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
Prickly Pair
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.
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.
Djinn of Fool's Fall
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
Treasure Dredger
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.
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.
Savage Smash
3.5 This usually punches through a blocker and lets your creature(s) attack far more effectively.
3.5 This usually punches through a blocker and lets your creature(s) attack far more effectively.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
4 This is a pretty amazing payoff for doing things at instant speed or plotting, and the stat-line isn't bad either.
4 This is a pretty amazing payoff for doing things at instant speed or plotting, and the stat-line isn't bad either.
Silver Deputy
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
Jailbreak Scheme
2 Just the bounce option is a decent card, so the fact you have a whole other option for later in the game is pretty nice.
2 Just the bounce option is a decent card, so the fact you have a whole other option for later in the game is pretty nice.
Stagecoach Security
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.
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.
Blacksnag Buzzard
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.
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.
Deadeye Duelist
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
Thunder Salvo
3 The baseline here is a playable card, and doing three with this seems pretty easy in Red between having a low curve and the Plot mechanic.
3 The baseline here is a playable card, and doing three with this seems pretty easy in Red between having a low curve and the Plot mechanic.
Lonely Arroyo
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Voracious Varmint
2 This has solid stats and an ability with some utility. This isn't a format loaded up with artifacts and enchantments, though.
2 This has solid stats and an ability with some utility. This isn't a format loaded up with artifacts and enchantments, though.
Skullcrack
1 Burn that only hits players is pretty bad in Limited, as it has no impact on the board. It just isn't worth going down a card for 4 damage and nothing else.
1 Burn that only hits players is pretty bad in Limited, as it has no impact on the board. It just isn't worth going down a card for 4 damage and nothing else.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Stop Cold
Sandstorm Verge
1.0 This isn't worth the hit to your mana base. The effect just doesn't do enough, even in a format with crimes.
1.0 This isn't worth the hit to your mana base. The effect just doesn't do enough, even in a format with crimes.
Djinn of Fool's Fall
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
Stop Cold
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.
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.
Reckless Lackey
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.
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.
Sterling Keykeeper
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.
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.
Razzle-Dazzler
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.
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.
Blacksnag Buzzard
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.
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.
Skulduggery
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.
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 1 Pick 7: Sterling Keykeeper
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
Fleeting Reflection
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.
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.
Sterling Keykeeper
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.
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.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Quick Draw
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.
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.
Slickshot Vault-Buster
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.
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.
Prickly Pair
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Trained Arynx
Boneyard Desecrator
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
Mine Raider
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
Trained Arynx
2.5 This has passable stats, and because it can gain first strike, it has the potential to be relevant all game long.
2.5 This has passable stats, and because it can gain first strike, it has the potential to be relevant all game long.
Outlaws' Fury
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.
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.
Reach for the Sky
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.
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.
Lonely Arroyo
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor
3.5 I'd be happy just getting a 2/4 and a 1/1 for this cost, but doubling abilities -- including the mercenary token tap abilty, can really alter combat.
3.5 I'd be happy just getting a 2/4 and a 1/1 for this cost, but doubling abilities -- including the mercenary token tap abilty, can really alter combat.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Outlaw Medic
Prickly Pair
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.
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.
Skulduggery
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.
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.
Outlaw Medic
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
Corrupted Conviction
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
Razzle-Dazzler
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.
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.
Eroded Canyon
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Terminal Agony
Form a Posse
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.
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.
Magebane Lizard
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
Outlaws' Fury
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.
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.
Terminal Agony
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.
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 11: Inventive Wingsmith
Rodeo Pyromancers
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
Failed Fording
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.
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.
Inventive Wingsmith
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Rodeo Pyromancers
Magebane Lizard
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
Rodeo Pyromancers
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Stagecoach Security
Silver Deputy
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
Stagecoach Security
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.
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 1 Pick 14: Mountain
Pack 2 Pick 1: Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
High Noon
0.0 // 2.5 You have to have access to the activated ability, or this symmetrical effect just isn't worth it.
0.0 // 2.5 You have to have access to the activated ability, or this symmetrical effect just isn't worth it.
Demonic Ruckus
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.
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.
Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
4 This is a pretty amazing payoff for doing things at instant speed or plotting, and the stat-line isn't bad either.
4 This is a pretty amazing payoff for doing things at instant speed or plotting, and the stat-line isn't bad either.
Brimstone Roundup
1.5 This doesn't add to the board on its own, so it's pretty hard for me to get behind this. It's a cool buildaround, but those just haven't worked out of late.
1.5 This doesn't add to the board on its own, so it's pretty hard for me to get behind this. It's a cool buildaround, but those just haven't worked out of late.
Holy Cow
3.5 This delivers a ton of value for the cost, and the fact it has Flash is extra good in UW.
3.5 This delivers a ton of value for the cost, and the fact it has Flash is extra good in UW.
Dance of the Tumbleweeds
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
Drover Grizzly
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
Fake Your Own Death
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.
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.
Inventive Wingsmith
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Stop Cold
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.
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.
Trick Shot
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.
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.
Forlorn Flats
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Mine Raider
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
Tyrant's Scorn
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.
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 2: Repulse
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
Scalestorm Summoner
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.
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.
Rustler Rampage
2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
Ferocification
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.
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.
Vault Plunderer
2.5 Trading off for something means you get a 2-for-1, but the presence of Mercenary tokens limits this somewhat.
2.5 Trading off for something means you get a 2-for-1, but the presence of Mercenary tokens limits this somewhat.
Blacksnag Buzzard
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.
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.
Loan Shark
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.
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.
Throw from the Saddle
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.
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.
Mystical Tether
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.
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.
Outlaws' Fury
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.
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.
Discerning Peddler
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.
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.
Repulse
3 Drawing and bouncing for three mana at instant speed is a very good rate. You end up with tempo and you break even on cards, but it has blowout potential too.
3 Drawing and bouncing for three mana at instant speed is a very good rate. You end up with tempo and you break even on cards, but it has blowout potential too.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Armored Armadillo
Scorching Shot
3.5 This is efficient, but a little hard to cast, and being Sorcery speed will make it harder to generate 2-for-1s.
3.5 This is efficient, but a little hard to cast, and being Sorcery speed will make it harder to generate 2-for-1s.
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
Neutralize the Guards
0.5 As with most cards with this effect, this mostly seems like a sideboard card.
0.5 As with most cards with this effect, this mostly seems like a sideboard card.
Resilient Roadrunner
3.5 This is great on turn two, and it's often going to be unblockable in the late game.
3.5 This is great on turn two, and it's often going to be unblockable in the late game.
Iron-Fist Pulverizer
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.
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.
Armored Armadillo
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
Razzle-Dazzler
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.
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.
Fake Your Own Death
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.
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.
Patient Naturalist
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.
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.
Mirage Mesa
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Quilled Charger
2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Sheriff of Safe Passage
Raucous Entertainer
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.
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.
Intrepid Stablemaster
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.
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.
Sheriff of Safe Passage
2 The floor is pretty bad here, and the ceiling is just a big vanilla creature.
2 The floor is pretty bad here, and the ceiling is just a big vanilla creature.
Sterling Keykeeper
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.
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.
Raven of Fell Omens
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Conduit Pylons
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Vengeful Townsfolk
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.
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.
Silver Deputy
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
Essence Capture
2.5 When it lines up, this feels pretty good.
2.5 When it lines up, this feels pretty good.
Buried in the Garden
4 Ramping and fixing your mana while removing a nonland permanent is incredible.
4 Ramping and fixing your mana while removing a nonland permanent is incredible.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Djinn of Fool's Fall
Quick Draw
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.
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.
Mine Raider
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
Conduit Pylons
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Armored Armadillo
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
Djinn of Fool's Fall
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
Desperate Bloodseeker
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.
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.
Voracious Varmint
2 This has solid stats and an ability with some utility. This isn't a format loaded up with artifacts and enchantments, though.
2 This has solid stats and an ability with some utility. This isn't a format loaded up with artifacts and enchantments, though.
Bristling Backwoods
2 This is a solid source of fixing, though you're probably hoping to get one of the other deserts that fixes your mana.
2 This is a solid source of fixing, though you're probably hoping to get one of the other deserts that fixes your mana.
Stagecoach Security
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.
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.
Humiliate
2 This is a reasonable discard spell, as it will usually hit something and add a little to your board.
2 This is a reasonable discard spell, as it will usually hit something and add a little to your board.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Arid Archway
Mine Raider
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
Voracious Varmint
2 This has solid stats and an ability with some utility. This isn't a format loaded up with artifacts and enchantments, though.
2 This has solid stats and an ability with some utility. This isn't a format loaded up with artifacts and enchantments, though.
Silver Deputy
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
Inventive Wingsmith
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Arid Archway
2.5 If you haven't had the pleasure of playing with bounce lands before -- trust me, this is better than it looks. It essentially provides card advantage as you end up with two lands that produce three mana.
2.5 If you haven't had the pleasure of playing with bounce lands before -- trust me, this is better than it looks. It essentially provides card advantage as you end up with two lands that produce three mana.
Cactusfolk Sureshot
3.5 This has great stats, and trample and haste are a very real bonus for your 4 power creatures.
3.5 This has great stats, and trample and haste are a very real bonus for your 4 power creatures.
Rooftop Assassin
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.
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.
Heartless Pillage
1.5 Mind Rot isn't a good card. This is Mind Rot with minor upside.
1.5 Mind Rot isn't a good card. This is Mind Rot with minor upside.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Geyser Drake
Make Your Own Luck
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.
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.
Stagecoach Security
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.
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.
Mourner's Surprise
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.
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.
Silver Deputy
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
Dance of the Tumbleweeds
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
Highway Robbery
2 Because you can sacrifice lands to this, it's much better in the late game than most Tormenting Voice-like effects.
2 Because you can sacrifice lands to this, it's much better in the late game than most Tormenting Voice-like effects.
Geyser Drake
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.
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.
Shackle Slinger
3 It's nice that this commits crimes for no additional mana, and stunning and tapping things has some pretty real value, especially if you're curving out, which the Slinger really likes.
3 It's nice that this commits crimes for no additional mana, and stunning and tapping things has some pretty real value, especially if you're curving out, which the Slinger really likes.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Wrangler of the Damned
Boom Box
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.
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.
Wrangler of the Damned
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.
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.
Rooftop Assassin
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.
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.
Loan Shark
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.
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.
Freestrider Commando
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.
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.
Quick Draw
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.
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.
Essence Capture
2.5 When it lines up, this feels pretty good.
2.5 When it lines up, this feels pretty good.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Inventive Wingsmith
Brimstone Roundup
1.5 This doesn't add to the board on its own, so it's pretty hard for me to get behind this. It's a cool buildaround, but those just haven't worked out of late.
1.5 This doesn't add to the board on its own, so it's pretty hard for me to get behind this. It's a cool buildaround, but those just haven't worked out of late.
Drover Grizzly
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
Fake Your Own Death
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.
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.
Inventive Wingsmith
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Trick Shot
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.
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.
Mine Raider
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Rustler Rampage
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
Rustler Rampage
2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
Ferocification
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.
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.
Outlaws' Fury
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.
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 2 Pick 11: Iron-Fist Pulverizer
Neutralize the Guards
0.5 As with most cards with this effect, this mostly seems like a sideboard card.
0.5 As with most cards with this effect, this mostly seems like a sideboard card.
Iron-Fist Pulverizer
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.
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.
Fake Your Own Death
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Conduit Pylons
Silver Deputy
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
Conduit Pylons
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Armored Armadillo
Quick Draw
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.
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.
Armored Armadillo
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Island
Pack 3 Pick 1: Slickshot Lockpicker
Pitiless Carnage
0 This can have a super powerful effect in the extreme late game. But it's pretty awful the rest of the game, so you really can't play it.
0 This can have a super powerful effect in the extreme late game. But it's pretty awful the rest of the game, so you really can't play it.
Slickshot Lockpicker
4 When you can cast a spell with this it will feel incredible, and thanks to Plot you can set it aside until you do have one. The fail-case isn't amazing, but not a complete disaster, either.
4 When you can cast a spell with this it will feel incredible, and thanks to Plot you can set it aside until you do have one. The fail-case isn't amazing, but not a complete disaster, either.
Longhorn Sharpshooter
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.
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.
Miriam, Herd Whisperer
3.5 I love that your Mounts don't need to be saddled to get the buff, and hexproof on mounts and vehicles is pretty nice, as getting a crewed vehicle or saddled mount killed is a huge tempo-killer.
3.5 I love that your Mounts don't need to be saddled to get the buff, and hexproof on mounts and vehicles is pretty nice, as getting a crewed vehicle or saddled mount killed is a huge tempo-killer.
Outcaster Greenblade
3.5 This will provide amazing fixing since it can grab this format's dual lands, so it will often amount to a three mana 2/3 that draws you a very real card. That's amazing, and it has more upside than that.
3.5 This will provide amazing fixing since it can grab this format's dual lands, so it will often amount to a three mana 2/3 that draws you a very real card. That's amazing, and it has more upside than that.
Mourner's Surprise
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.
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.
Drover Grizzly
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
Oasis Gardener
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.
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.
Failed Fording
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.
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.
Inventive Wingsmith
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Explosive Derailment
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.
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.
Take the Fall
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.
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.
Decisive Denial
3 Neither mode here absolutely blows you away, but being able to fight or counter stuff is pretty nice.
3 Neither mode here absolutely blows you away, but being able to fight or counter stuff is pretty nice.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Take Up the Shield
Deepmuck Desperado
2 This has solid stats, and it might actually be a legitimate win condition in some decks.
2 This has solid stats, and it might actually be a legitimate win condition in some decks.
Rustler Rampage
2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
Trash the Town
3 This is kind of a medium trick if you only use the first mode, but gaining access to the other two in the mid-game is pretty amazing, and it's the kind of card that can really swing a game in your favor between running over an opposing creature and drawing cards.
3 This is kind of a medium trick if you only use the first mode, but gaining access to the other two in the mid-game is pretty amazing, and it's the kind of card that can really swing a game in your favor between running over an opposing creature and drawing cards.
Take Up the Shield
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.
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.
Gold Pan
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.
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.
Drover Grizzly
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
Consuming Ashes
2.5 There was a time when this would have been great removal, but once you're paying 4+ mana on removal it needs to do something extra to be premium. Surveil is extra, but not extra enough.
2.5 There was a time when this would have been great removal, but once you're paying 4+ mana on removal it needs to do something extra to be premium. Surveil is extra, but not extra enough.
Blacksnag Buzzard
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.
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.
Prickly Pair
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.
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.
Failed Fording
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.
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.
Deadeye Duelist
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
Clear Shot
3.5 This is great removal that can sometimes create a 2-for-1.
3.5 This is great removal that can sometimes create a 2-for-1.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Stop Cold
Intrepid Stablemaster
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.
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.
Lassoed by the Law
4 This is great Removal that also gives you a relevant body, hard not to be excited about that.
4 This is great Removal that also gives you a relevant body, hard not to be excited about that.
Tomb Trawler
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
Stop Cold
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.
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.
Sterling Supplier
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
Deadeye Duelist
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
Overzealous Muscle
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.
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.
Drover Grizzly
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
Vengeful Townsfolk
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.
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.
Jagged Barrens
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Betrayal at the Vault
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
Mindbreak Trap
0 This is basically an inefficient counterspell. People rarely put enough stuff on the stack in Limited for this to be more than a bad one-for-one.
0 This is basically an inefficient counterspell. People rarely put enough stuff on the stack in Limited for this to be more than a bad one-for-one.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Sheriff of Safe Passage
Omenport Vigilante
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.
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.
Sheriff of Safe Passage
2 The floor is pretty bad here, and the ceiling is just a big vanilla creature.
2 The floor is pretty bad here, and the ceiling is just a big vanilla creature.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Raven of Fell Omens
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Wanted Griffin
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.
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.
Trick Shot
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.
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.
Failed Fording
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.
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.
Vault Plunderer
2.5 Trading off for something means you get a 2-for-1, but the presence of Mercenary tokens limits this somewhat.
2.5 Trading off for something means you get a 2-for-1, but the presence of Mercenary tokens limits this somewhat.
Mirage Mesa
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Skullcrack
1 Burn that only hits players is pretty bad in Limited, as it has no impact on the board. It just isn't worth going down a card for 4 damage and nothing else.
1 Burn that only hits players is pretty bad in Limited, as it has no impact on the board. It just isn't worth going down a card for 4 damage and nothing else.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Lassoed by the Law
Lassoed by the Law
4 This is great Removal that also gives you a relevant body, hard not to be excited about that.
4 This is great Removal that also gives you a relevant body, hard not to be excited about that.
Omenport Vigilante
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.
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.
Slick Sequence
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.
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.
Tomb Trawler
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
Blacksnag Buzzard
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.
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.
Rodeo Pyromancers
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
2.5 In a format with Plot, this looks pretty good. It helps you have the mana to plot things, and casting something with Plot for free on your next turn and netting two red mana is sweet too. You won't always be able to use it, but I think you'll be able to often enough.
Eriette's Lullaby
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.
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.
Daring Thunder-Thief
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
Reckless Lackey
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.
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.
Drover Grizzly
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Failed Fording
Corrupted Conviction
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
Armored Armadillo
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
Tumbleweed Rising
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.
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.
Failed Fording
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.
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.
Mourner's Surprise
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.
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.
Slickshot Vault-Buster
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.
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.
Silver Deputy
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
2 Grabbing a dual desert is pretty good, and it has a useful creature type and a relevant ability.
Fling
1 It's very hard to make Fling work in Limited. Maybe in a format with a bunch of mercenaries it will fair better?
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 7: Hindering Light
Return the Favor
3 This is situational of course, but if you can cast it with both Spree effects, it's kind of insane. If you can copy an opposing removal spell and then change the target of another, you get a 3-for-1.
3 This is situational of course, but if you can cast it with both Spree effects, it's kind of insane. If you can copy an opposing removal spell and then change the target of another, you get a 3-for-1.
Gold Pan
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.
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.
Trained Arynx
2.5 This has passable stats, and because it can gain first strike, it has the potential to be relevant all game long.
2.5 This has passable stats, and because it can gain first strike, it has the potential to be relevant all game long.
Boneyard Desecrator
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
Outlaws' Fury
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.
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.
Razzle-Dazzler
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.
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.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Hindering Light
2 This feels good when you can cast it, but it is a little too narrow to be good.
2 This feels good when you can cast it, but it is a little too narrow to be good.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Bovine Intervention
Bovine Intervention
0 This is awful removal, you practically 2-for-1 yourself in exchange for some efficiency.
0 This is awful removal, you practically 2-for-1 yourself in exchange for some efficiency.
Neutralize the Guards
0.5 As with most cards with this effect, this mostly seems like a sideboard card.
0.5 As with most cards with this effect, this mostly seems like a sideboard card.
Outlaws' Fury
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.
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.
Razzle-Dazzler
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.
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.
Raven of Fell Omens
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Holy Cow
3.5 This delivers a ton of value for the cost, and the fact it has Flash is extra good in UW.
3.5 This delivers a ton of value for the cost, and the fact it has Flash is extra good in UW.
Thornado
0.5 Even with a cycling mode, Plummet just isn't worth it in the main deck.
0.5 Even with a cycling mode, Plummet just isn't worth it in the main deck.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Inventive Wingsmith
Mourner's Surprise
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.
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.
Oasis Gardener
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.
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.
Failed Fording
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.
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.
Inventive Wingsmith
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Take the Fall
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Rustler Rampage
Rustler Rampage
2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
2 The untap part isn't very exciting, but double strike for two mana isn't too shabby.
Gold Pan
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.
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.
Blacksnag Buzzard
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.
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.
Failed Fording
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Sterling Supplier
Tomb Trawler
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
Sterling Supplier
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
Overzealous Muscle
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.
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.
Vengeful Townsfolk
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Raven of Fell Omens
Raven of Fell Omens
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Trick Shot
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Daring Thunder-Thief
Tomb Trawler
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
Daring Thunder-Thief
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Plains
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Lassoed by the Law
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Mystical Tether
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Journey to Nowhere
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Mystical Tether
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Stop Cold
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Sterling Keykeeper
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Trained Arynx
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Outlaw Medic
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Terminal Agony
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Inventive Wingsmith
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Rodeo Pyromancers
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Stagecoach Security
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Mountain
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Repulse
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Armored Armadillo
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Sheriff of Safe Passage
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Djinn of Fool's Fall
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Arid Archway
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Geyser Drake
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Wrangler of the Damned
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Inventive Wingsmith
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Rustler Rampage
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Iron-Fist Pulverizer
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Conduit Pylons
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Armored Armadillo
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Island
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Slickshot Lockpicker
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Take Up the Shield
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Stop Cold
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Sheriff of Safe Passage
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Lassoed by the Law
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Failed Fording
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Hindering Light
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Bovine Intervention
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Inventive Wingsmith
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Rustler Rampage
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Sterling Supplier
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Raven of Fell Omens
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Daring Thunder-Thief
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Plains
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