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The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts Limited Quiz
Answered: 0/20
Accuracy: 0
Accuracy: 0
Average Picked At: 2.60
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 2.40
Total Times Seen 16
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 2.40
Total Times Seen 16
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: This is a big monster that you can definitely ramp into, and in the majority of games you can probably use the land destruction effect to hurt your opponent more than it hurts you. Though, if you and your opponent are in completely different colors, it is going to hurt you both equally. The effect is often negligible when you play this creature, though. And yeah, A 7/10 is some business, but it also doesn’t come with evasion or anything. There are definitely some commons and uncommons in the set that have prototype that are just better if you’re in the market for ramping into artifacts.
Pro Comment: This is a big monster that you can definitely ramp into, and in the majority of games you can probably use the land destruction effect to hurt your opponent more than it hurts you. Though, if you and your opponent are in completely different colors, it is going to hurt you both equally. The effect is often negligible when you play this creature, though. And yeah, A 7/10 is some business, but it also doesn’t come with evasion or anything. There are definitely some commons and uncommons in the set that have prototype that are just better if you’re in the market for ramping into artifacts.
Average Picked At: 5.42
Total Times Picked: 12
Average Last Seen At: 3.58
Total Times Seen 55
Total Times Picked: 12
Average Last Seen At: 3.58
Total Times Seen 55
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: You won’t always actually do something with the ETB ability here, but when you do get to shut down activated abilities it feels pretty nice, and the fail case is still a two mana 2/1 with a useful card type.
Pro Comment: You won’t always actually do something with the ETB ability here, but when you do get to shut down activated abilities it feels pretty nice, and the fail case is still a two mana 2/1 with a useful card type.
Average Picked At: 5.12
Total Times Picked: 8
Average Last Seen At: 3.49
Total Times Seen 49
Total Times Picked: 8
Average Last Seen At: 3.49
Total Times Seen 49
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This gives you great fixing and a little bit of ramp, things that are reasonably beneficial, but you do have to remember it doesn’t add to the board in any meaningful way.
Pro Comment: This gives you great fixing and a little bit of ramp, things that are reasonably beneficial, but you do have to remember it doesn’t add to the board in any meaningful way.
Average Picked At: 7.34
Total Times Picked: 47
Average Last Seen At: 5.27
Total Times Seen 298
Total Times Picked: 47
Average Last Seen At: 5.27
Total Times Seen 298
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is another artifact that replaces itself, making it useful in the format. It also hates on the graveyard – something else of value in a format with Unearth and a couple of graveyard decks. You can main deck this pretty happily
Pro Comment: This is another artifact that replaces itself, making it useful in the format. It also hates on the graveyard – something else of value in a format with Unearth and a couple of graveyard decks. You can main deck this pretty happily
Average Picked At: 9.67
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.65
Total Times Seen 87
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.65
Total Times Seen 87
Pro Rating: 0.0 // 3.5
Pro Comment: There are ways to gain life in this format, and I think there are actually enough of them that this isn’t a straight up F. It will be an F in most decks in the format, but if you have 5+ ways to gain life – especially if those ways are repeatable – this can draw you a ton of cards, and powerstones will make it easier for you to pay the cost. It is a bit of a bummer that this is the only life gain payoff in the deck, making it less organic for you to find somewhere to play this.
Pro Comment: There are ways to gain life in this format, and I think there are actually enough of them that this isn’t a straight up F. It will be an F in most decks in the format, but if you have 5+ ways to gain life – especially if those ways are repeatable – this can draw you a ton of cards, and powerstones will make it easier for you to pay the cost. It is a bit of a bummer that this is the only life gain payoff in the deck, making it less organic for you to find somewhere to play this.
Average Picked At: 10.33
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.80
Total Times Seen 88
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.80
Total Times Seen 88
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: 2-for-1ing yourself to get a discount on one type of spell isn’t what you want to be doing in Limited 99% of the time. You end up really putting yourself back, and only for a discount, which is basically never what you want to do
Pro Comment: 2-for-1ing yourself to get a discount on one type of spell isn’t what you want to be doing in Limited 99% of the time. You end up really putting yourself back, and only for a discount, which is basically never what you want to do
Average Picked At: 12.48
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 7.71
Total Times Seen 469
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 7.71
Total Times Seen 469
Pro Rating: 1.0
Pro Comment: This is another 0 mana artifact that doesn’t really give you a full card of value. You just don’t get enough out of playing a 0/2 Flyer to make it worth the card, and that matters a ton in Limited. This can basically come down and chump block something – and sometimes you can equip it or give it some counters, which makes things more interesting – but that’s a lot of work to make a terrible card passable
Pro Comment: This is another 0 mana artifact that doesn’t really give you a full card of value. You just don’t get enough out of playing a 0/2 Flyer to make it worth the card, and that matters a ton in Limited. This can basically come down and chump block something – and sometimes you can equip it or give it some counters, which makes things more interesting – but that’s a lot of work to make a terrible card passable
Average Picked At: 5.08
Total Times Picked: 39
Average Last Seen At: 3.97
Total Times Seen 195
Total Times Picked: 39
Average Last Seen At: 3.97
Total Times Seen 195
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: Because this is a noncreature spell and an artifact that replaces itself, it is going to be very playable, as multiple decks in this format care about that stuff. It also fixes your mana of course, though it is a bit clunky if you’re just using it for those purposes
Pro Comment: Because this is a noncreature spell and an artifact that replaces itself, it is going to be very playable, as multiple decks in this format care about that stuff. It also fixes your mana of course, though it is a bit clunky if you’re just using it for those purposes
Average Picked At: 3.75
Total Times Picked: 4
Average Last Seen At: 3.19
Total Times Seen 22
Total Times Picked: 4
Average Last Seen At: 3.19
Total Times Seen 22
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This has the ability to draw you a pretty significant number of cards because this set is so artifact-heavy. Your deck isn’t going to be so filled with artifacts that this will be completely insane of course, but I see this as drawing you several cards most of the time you play it, especially because you can exile away lands and nonartifacts.
Pro Comment: This has the ability to draw you a pretty significant number of cards because this set is so artifact-heavy. Your deck isn’t going to be so filled with artifacts that this will be completely insane of course, but I see this as drawing you several cards most of the time you play it, especially because you can exile away lands and nonartifacts.
Average Picked At: 2.00
Total Times Picked: 10
Average Last Seen At: 2.13
Total Times Seen 23
Total Times Picked: 10
Average Last Seen At: 2.13
Total Times Seen 23
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: There’s really only one tribal deck in the format – UW Soldiers - and this will definitely fit in nicely there. However, you might be surprised how easily this can fit into other decks too – the format also has tons of humans and Phyrexians! I think that probably means this will work out often enough to value fairly highly.
Pro Comment: There’s really only one tribal deck in the format – UW Soldiers - and this will definitely fit in nicely there. However, you might be surprised how easily this can fit into other decks too – the format also has tons of humans and Phyrexians! I think that probably means this will work out often enough to value fairly highly.
Average Picked At: 13.97
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 8.94
Total Times Seen 510
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 8.94
Total Times Seen 510
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: This isn’t good in Limited. You need to be a draw go style control deck to really make this gain you life that matters, and that just doesn’t happen in Limited. This will frequently do nothing or close to nothing.
Pro Comment: This isn’t good in Limited. You need to be a draw go style control deck to really make this gain you life that matters, and that just doesn’t happen in Limited. This will frequently do nothing or close to nothing.
Average Picked At: 2.91
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 2.23
Total Times Seen 27
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 2.23
Total Times Seen 27
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: If you can have this trade and get you an artifact back, you’re going to feel pretty good about it – and that isn’t an insanely tall order. It obviously gets better if you can trade other artifacts and get back value, and if you can combine it with sacrifice effects – which this format has – it gets even sillier. Basically, this is a 3-mana 3/2 with fairly attainable 2-for-1 upside.
Pro Comment: If you can have this trade and get you an artifact back, you’re going to feel pretty good about it – and that isn’t an insanely tall order. It obviously gets better if you can trade other artifacts and get back value, and if you can combine it with sacrifice effects – which this format has – it gets even sillier. Basically, this is a 3-mana 3/2 with fairly attainable 2-for-1 upside.
Average Picked At: 8.86
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 5.07
Total Times Seen 69
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 5.07
Total Times Seen 69
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is pretty bad in most Limited formats, but I think the fact that this deck has many high-mana things to ramp into, coupled with the fact that you can accelerate into the Lotus itself with powerstones, actually makes it playable.
Pro Comment: This is pretty bad in most Limited formats, but I think the fact that this deck has many high-mana things to ramp into, coupled with the fact that you can accelerate into the Lotus itself with powerstones, actually makes it playable.
Average Picked At: 6.85
Total Times Picked: 48
Average Last Seen At: 5.00
Total Times Seen 287
Total Times Picked: 48
Average Last Seen At: 5.00
Total Times Seen 287
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: This replaces itself, and that is enough in this format for it to be decent enough, since the UR deck likes casting nocnreature spells and several decks like artifacts. It can also fix your mana a bit, but that’s a small part of what this card does.
Pro Comment: This replaces itself, and that is enough in this format for it to be decent enough, since the UR deck likes casting nocnreature spells and several decks like artifacts. It can also fix your mana a bit, but that’s a small part of what this card does.
Average Picked At: 2.71
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 2.36
Total Times Seen 11
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 2.36
Total Times Seen 11
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: This is pretty good, as it effectively lets you draw 2 cards a turn – and sometimes more! With powerstones in the format, both casting this and paying the mana to draw the card are going to come pretty easily too. It is still a 5-mana artifact that doesn’t add to the board, which holds it back – but it is quite the card advantage engine.
Pro Comment: This is pretty good, as it effectively lets you draw 2 cards a turn – and sometimes more! With powerstones in the format, both casting this and paying the mana to draw the card are going to come pretty easily too. It is still a 5-mana artifact that doesn’t add to the board, which holds it back – but it is quite the card advantage engine.
Average Picked At: 3.67
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 3.08
Total Times Seen 27
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 3.08
Total Times Seen 27
Pro Rating: 0.0 // 2.0
Pro Comment: This format has enough big monsters in it that I think Altar of Dementia has a bit of potential – plus you can use it to mill yourself, and some decks in this format are interested in that. There is also a pretty legitimate sacrifice deck in the format that could use this an outlet. It won’t work in most decks, but it has some buildaround potential
Pro Comment: This format has enough big monsters in it that I think Altar of Dementia has a bit of potential – plus you can use it to mill yourself, and some decks in this format are interested in that. There is also a pretty legitimate sacrifice deck in the format that could use this an outlet. It won’t work in most decks, but it has some buildaround potential
Average Picked At: 7.00
Total Times Picked: 9
Average Last Seen At: 6.10
Total Times Seen 69
Total Times Picked: 9
Average Last Seen At: 6.10
Total Times Seen 69
Pro Rating: 0.0 // 2.5
Pro Comment: This isn’t too bad as a sacrifice outlet, and there’s definitely a market for those in this format. It can also ramp you into some big scary things, though with all the powerstones I don’t really think you’re hurting for this. It is tempting to look at this and think of the crazy upside where you slam a huge creature by giving up a bunch of creatures, but you’re playing with fire if you do that in Limited, since removal just completely wrecks you. You will sometimes have expendable creature to sacrifice which makes it better of course, but it will be hard to make this work consistently
Pro Comment: This isn’t too bad as a sacrifice outlet, and there’s definitely a market for those in this format. It can also ramp you into some big scary things, though with all the powerstones I don’t really think you’re hurting for this. It is tempting to look at this and think of the crazy upside where you slam a huge creature by giving up a bunch of creatures, but you’re playing with fire if you do that in Limited, since removal just completely wrecks you. You will sometimes have expendable creature to sacrifice which makes it better of course, but it will be hard to make this work consistently
Average Picked At: 13.26
Total Times Picked: 38
Average Last Seen At: 9.60
Total Times Seen 547
Total Times Picked: 38
Average Last Seen At: 9.60
Total Times Seen 547
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: You don’t want to be doing this. For the most part, this effect is meaningless! There are of course some cornercases – like if you have a card that destroys artifacts you can make it destroy any permanent – or if you need another artifact in play for some effect it can do that, but there’s a reason I said “corner cases.” This just doesn’t do enough.
Pro Comment: You don’t want to be doing this. For the most part, this effect is meaningless! There are of course some cornercases – like if you have a card that destroys artifacts you can make it destroy any permanent – or if you need another artifact in play for some effect it can do that, but there’s a reason I said “corner cases.” This just doesn’t do enough.
Average Picked At: 4.80
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 4.24
Total Times Seen 36
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 4.24
Total Times Seen 36
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: This is a symmetrical mill card, and not really something you should be playing. It is hard to have much control over who has more permanents to untap, and you never know if this will hurt you more than your opponent. It is true that it will hurt your opponent first since they will untap first, but that still isn’t enough for me to ever play this thing.
Pro Comment: This is a symmetrical mill card, and not really something you should be playing. It is hard to have much control over who has more permanents to untap, and you never know if this will hurt you more than your opponent. It is true that it will hurt your opponent first since they will untap first, but that still isn’t enough for me to ever play this thing.
Average Picked At: 5.00
Total Times Picked: 3
Average Last Seen At: 3.94
Total Times Seen 17
Total Times Picked: 3
Average Last Seen At: 3.94
Total Times Seen 17
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This is a lot of mana of course, but it is also quite the reset button, as it rids the board of all permanents apart from lands, and it even exiles them! The effect is almost unrivaled in its ability to change the state of the game, and power stones make it more doable. All that good stuff out of the way, it does still have the very real problem of being bad in situations where you’re ahead of your opponent or at parity – but it is just about the best thing you can do when you’re behind.
Pro Comment: This is a lot of mana of course, but it is also quite the reset button, as it rids the board of all permanents apart from lands, and it even exiles them! The effect is almost unrivaled in its ability to change the state of the game, and power stones make it more doable. All that good stuff out of the way, it does still have the very real problem of being bad in situations where you’re ahead of your opponent or at parity – but it is just about the best thing you can do when you’re behind.
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