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Ixalan Limited Quiz

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Raging Swordtooth
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: This can come down and really mess up your opponents’ board – this format has a lot of X/1s, especially in the non-Dino decks. IT can also trigger Enrage for you, which is nice – but…awkwardly, it can also trigger opposing Enrage which isn’t very much fun. Still, you get to choose when to play this thing, and if you pick your spot this card is amazing, especially because you get a big efficient creature too!
Dire Fleet Captain
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This tends to attack really hard in Black-Red decks, and that’s pretty much what this format is about!
Vona, Butcher of Magan
Pro Rating: 5.0
Pro Comment: A 5-mana 4/4 with Vigilance and Lifelink would be pretty solid in this format, since it can really wreak havoc on a race and help you gain enough life to endure your opponent’s aggressive onslaught. I mean, its basically Batterskull! So, the added ability to destroy nonland permanents is a pretty big deal. 7 life is a lot, but Vona will gain you that life on its own. Its also nice you can attack with it to gain 4 life, and then use the ability on the same turn. This is a bomb
Kitesail Freebooter
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: This has nice stats and it is highly disruptive, as taking your opponent’s best card from them on turn two is a big deal. You’re usually going to be taking removal, since if you don’t they will just kill your Freebooter in most cases, but that’s plenty good.
Daring Saboteur
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: Looting when it hits your opponent is nice, and goes quite well with its ability to become unblockable.
Ranging Raptors
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: These have passable stats and the ability to ramp and fix your mana is pretty real
Otepec Huntmaster
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: Reducing the cost of your dinosaurs and giving them Haste is pretty spicy, as there are some nice 4 and 5 mana Dinosaurs that you’ll want to play, and this powers them out nicely
Verdant Sun's Avatar
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: Expensive cards in this format can be a liability, but this one does something that can actually help you stabilize against aggressive decks – and that is gain you at on of life. A 7-mana 5/5 that gains you 5 life can certainly get you back ahead from behind, and if you untap and play another creature things can get really out of hand. It is still quite expensive, but it is one of the few high mana cards in the format that I think you can take pretty highly
Admiral Beckett Brass
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: If you can get your mana in order to cast her in your Pirate deck, she’s obviously pretty sweet. Pumping all your Pirates is nice, but what really makes her sweet is her ability to threaten to take your opponents permanents. Your opponent will generally keep that from happening, but the ability itself makes them block in some really ugly ways
Dire Fleet Hoarder
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: This has decent stats, and it generally feels alright to trade it off and get a Treasure
Tishana, Voice of Thunder
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: She’s expensive, but she’s usually worth it since she draws you so many cards and will add a real body to the board. You do have to hope you get to untap to take full advantage of those cards, and that’s not always going to happen in this format, but this is an expensive card that is worth it sometimes.
Ripjaw Raptor
Pro Rating: 4.5
Pro Comment: It is pretty hard for your opponent to interact with this card without getting 2-for-1’d. The Enrage ability is just really good, and it has above-rate stats too. The high toughness makes it more doable to trigger it multiple times too
Ashes of the Abhorrent
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: There’s not enough graveyard stuff going on in this format for this to be a real sideboard card, and the life gain effect alone isn’t worth it.
Pirate's Cutlass
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This is probably the best Common in the set. The stats boost it offers you is big – especially when you equip it for free - and most of your decks will end up with at least some Pirates in it. +2/+1 is big in this format filled with smaller creatures
Bishop of Rebirth
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: This will probably die when you attack with it, but as long as you get a trade, you’re getting a pretty decent deal since you get to reanimate a creature from your graveyard. The fact it’s a Vampire is a very real bonus, too.
Raptor Companion
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This has passable aggressive stats and a useful creature type, so you’ll run it when you need a two drop.
Search for Azcanta // Azcanta, the Sunken Ruin
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: Once this transforms, it can be pretty powerful. One kind of awkward thing is that virtually every deck in this format is creature heavy, and really doesn’t run that many spells, so whiffing on the Azcanta activation definitely happens. If there was more of a spell deck in this format, it would definitely get an upgrade, but as it is its just a solid card with a decent mana sink ability once it transforms
Storm Fleet Aerialist
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This is a bit underwhelming if you don’t get Raid going, but a two mana ½ Flyer isn’t the end of the world, especially in a format where you can buff your evasive creatures pretty easily
Mark of the Vampire
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: +2/+2 and Lifelink is the kind of boost that can alter a game, but it carries massive risk since it costs a significant amount of mana and its still an Aura, which means 2-for-1s are a real possibility
Primal Amulet // Primal Wellspring
Pro Rating: 0.0 // 3.0
Pro Comment: There’s not really a spell deck in this format, so transforming this and taking advantage of it is a challenge. If your deck does have a lot of spells, it is pretty good
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