Quick Draft KTK 27 December 2023
27 December 04:44 - chrisdno 7 Wins - 0 LossesMaindeck
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Sideboard
Pack 1 Pick 1: Abzan Ascendancy
Abzan Ascendancy
4 Putting a counter on all your stuff can vary wildly from being amazing when you've gone really wide, to being quite bad if you have one or two creatures. But luckily this has another effect, and it helps balance things out. Getting a 1/1 flyer when your stuff dies is no small thing. If you're ahead, you can use them to go after your opponent. If you're behind, you can use them to stabilize.
4 Putting a counter on all your stuff can vary wildly from being amazing when you've gone really wide, to being quite bad if you have one or two creatures. But luckily this has another effect, and it helps balance things out. Getting a 1/1 flyer when your stuff dies is no small thing. If you're ahead, you can use them to go after your opponent. If you're behind, you can use them to stabilize.
Heir of the Wilds
3.5 A two mana 2/2 deathtouch is a nice starting point, and this often attacks as a 3/3.
3.5 A two mana 2/2 deathtouch is a nice starting point, and this often attacks as a 3/3.
Mardu Roughrider
2.5 The stats are fine, and Mardu decks are very interested in getting the best blocker out of the way.
2.5 The stats are fine, and Mardu decks are very interested in getting the best blocker out of the way.
Hordeling Outburst
4 This is great in all the Red decks, whether you're interested in going wide or casting spells, it does it all, while also just being a great rate for adding three bodies to the board.
4 This is great in all the Red decks, whether you're interested in going wide or casting spells, it does it all, while also just being a great rate for adding three bodies to the board.
Highland Game
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
Awaken the Bear
2 This is a little expensive for what it does, but it has enough upside that it's a trick that makes the cut reasonably often.
2 This is a little expensive for what it does, but it has enough upside that it's a trick that makes the cut reasonably often.
Bring Low
2 This is pretty rough when the creature doesn't have a counter. When it does it becomes premium removal, but you have to account for the times where it is a 4-mana deal 3, because those feel rough and that's what it does the most often.
2 This is pretty rough when the creature doesn't have a counter. When it does it becomes premium removal, but you have to account for the times where it is a 4-mana deal 3, because those feel rough and that's what it does the most often.
Glacial Stalker
2 This is better than it looks. Neither side is efficient, but once your Morph creatures get this beefy, there's a lot that can go wrong for your opponent in combat.
2 This is better than it looks. Neither side is efficient, but once your Morph creatures get this beefy, there's a lot that can go wrong for your opponent in combat.
Disdainful Stroke
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
Bloodfire Mentor
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Abzan Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Debilitating Injury
3 This kills a wide swath of creatures in the format, including face-down morphs.
3 This kills a wide swath of creatures in the format, including face-down morphs.
Mardu Hordechief
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
Wetland Sambar
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Chief of the Edge
Jeskai Charm
4 This is either a quality removal spell, a mediocre burn spell, or a situationally powerful mass pump effect. Sign me up.
4 This is either a quality removal spell, a mediocre burn spell, or a situationally powerful mass pump effect. Sign me up.
Witness of the Ages
1.5 This never feels efficient, but like most morph creatures in this format it isn't unplayable either.
1.5 This never feels efficient, but like most morph creatures in this format it isn't unplayable either.
Chief of the Edge
3 Black/White cares about Warriors, and you're going to have them without really trying, so the Chief has a real impact on the board the turn it comes down.
3 Black/White cares about Warriors, and you're going to have them without really trying, so the Chief has a real impact on the board the turn it comes down.
Shambling Attendants
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
Tormenting Voice
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Ainok Tracker
2 While this is certainly inefficient, it is also incredibly punishing if your opponent chooses to block it with a creature with three or less toughness.
2 While this is certainly inefficient, it is also incredibly punishing if your opponent chooses to block it with a creature with three or less toughness.
Lens of Clarity
0 This is laughably bad. It isn't worth a card or one mana to get these effects.
0 This is laughably bad. It isn't worth a card or one mana to get these effects.
Smite the Monstrous
2 You can run it in your deck if you need to, but it doesn't always have a target.
2 You can run it in your deck if you need to, but it doesn't always have a target.
Abzan Guide
3 Big lifelinkers can make life a real headache for your opponent, and this one can show up out of nowhere.
3 Big lifelinkers can make life a real headache for your opponent, and this one can show up out of nowhere.
Alabaster Kirin
2 This has passable stats for this set, and is a great place to put +1/+1 counters.
2 This has passable stats for this set, and is a great place to put +1/+1 counters.
Leaping Master
2 This is a passable two drop. Giving it flying is expensive, but it does keep it relevant in most games.
2 This is a passable two drop. Giving it flying is expensive, but it does keep it relevant in most games.
Feed the Clan
0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
Singing Bell Strike
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Mardu Skullhunter
Heart-Piercer Bow
0 Picking off small creatures is just too narrow of a use.
0 Picking off small creatures is just too narrow of a use.
Sultai Flayer
3.5 At worst, this is a 4-mana 3/4 that gains you 4 life when it dies. That's a pretty nice creature that will always generate some real value, and this pays you off in a big way for having other 4 toughness creatures around.
3.5 At worst, this is a 4-mana 3/4 that gains you 4 life when it dies. That's a pretty nice creature that will always generate some real value, and this pays you off in a big way for having other 4 toughness creatures around.
Mardu Hordechief
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
Mardu Skullhunter
3 If you can consistently get your opponent to discard when this enters, it feels great. If you can't, it's kind of a liability. The good news is, it's easy enough to get the discard for this to be a very nice common.
3 If you can consistently get your opponent to discard when this enters, it feels great. If you can't, it's kind of a liability. The good news is, it's easy enough to get the discard for this to be a very nice common.
Jeskai Student
2.5 This stat-line performs surprisingly well in a set loaded with instant-speed ways to trigger Prowess.
2.5 This stat-line performs surprisingly well in a set loaded with instant-speed ways to trigger Prowess.
Arrow Storm
2.5 This is a Lava Axe that can actually hit creatures, which makes for a pretty solid card, even at five mana. It's a bit worse than the axe if you're not Raiding, but it is pretty doable to get that going in Red.
2.5 This is a Lava Axe that can actually hit creatures, which makes for a pretty solid card, even at five mana. It's a bit worse than the axe if you're not Raiding, but it is pretty doable to get that going in Red.
Dragonscale Boon
1.5 This is an incredibly weak boost for the cost, even if the tokens are permanent and your creature untaps.
1.5 This is an incredibly weak boost for the cost, even if the tokens are permanent and your creature untaps.
Singing Bell Strike
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Wetland Sambar
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Feat of Resistance
3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
Weave Fate
2 This is worth it in Prowess decks. That's a little less true in the other Blue decks, though.
2 This is worth it in Prowess decks. That's a little less true in the other Blue decks, though.
Temur Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Mardu Skullhunter
Cranial Archive
1 This is mostly sideboard material for Sultai opponents. It does replace itself and trigger Prowess, though, so it isn't entirely terrible in your main deck.
1 This is mostly sideboard material for Sultai opponents. It does replace itself and trigger Prowess, though, so it isn't entirely terrible in your main deck.
Incremental Growth
2 This offers quite the boost, but it's frustrating that you have to have three creatures to get full value. That's not hard, but there are times where you just can't do it, and that's rough. Not it doesn't say, 'up to' either.
2 This offers quite the boost, but it's frustrating that you have to have three creatures to get full value. That's not hard, but there are times where you just can't do it, and that's rough. Not it doesn't say, 'up to' either.
Kheru Dreadmaw
1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Whirlwind Adept
2.5 Hexproof can make this card into a nightmare for your opponent, especially if you find ways to buff it -- like Auras or +1/+1 counters. It also has the 4 power that Ferocious decks want.
2.5 Hexproof can make this card into a nightmare for your opponent, especially if you find ways to buff it -- like Auras or +1/+1 counters. It also has the 4 power that Ferocious decks want.
Mardu Hateblade
2.5 You need to be playing Black for this to do it's thing, but if you can we're talking about a cheap creature that can trade with anything.
2.5 You need to be playing Black for this to do it's thing, but if you can we're talking about a cheap creature that can trade with anything.
Mardu Skullhunter
3 If you can consistently get your opponent to discard when this enters, it feels great. If you can't, it's kind of a liability. The good news is, it's easy enough to get the discard for this to be a very nice common.
3 If you can consistently get your opponent to discard when this enters, it feels great. If you can't, it's kind of a liability. The good news is, it's easy enough to get the discard for this to be a very nice common.
Scout the Borders
2 If you need to load your graveyard in Green -- and you often do -- this does the job.
2 If you need to load your graveyard in Green -- and you often do -- this does the job.
Jeskai Windscout
3 This is one of Blue's best Commons. It has passable base stats and Prowess means it's going to be hard to block and hit hard.
3 This is one of Blue's best Commons. It has passable base stats and Prowess means it's going to be hard to block and hit hard.
Embodiment of Spring
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Rugged Highlands
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Bloodfire Mentor
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Dead Drop
Cranial Archive
1 This is mostly sideboard material for Sultai opponents. It does replace itself and trigger Prowess, though, so it isn't entirely terrible in your main deck.
1 This is mostly sideboard material for Sultai opponents. It does replace itself and trigger Prowess, though, so it isn't entirely terrible in your main deck.
Dead Drop
2 Sometimes this can really devastate your opponent because they only have two creatures, most of the time…not so much. Even with Delve casting this whenever you want is pretty tricky.
2 Sometimes this can really devastate your opponent because they only have two creatures, most of the time…not so much. Even with Delve casting this whenever you want is pretty tricky.
Roar of Challenge
1.5 As usual, Lure effects are bad in Limited. This one is a little bit better than most, because when you can line it up with Ferocious, it CAN be devastating. But you have to rely on your opponent's board and yours being in the right state.
1.5 As usual, Lure effects are bad in Limited. This one is a little bit better than most, because when you can line it up with Ferocious, it CAN be devastating. But you have to rely on your opponent's board and yours being in the right state.
Summit Prowler
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Erase
0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
Disdainful Stroke
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
Tormenting Voice
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Mardu Warshrieker
3 This feels really nice when it lets you double spell, and pretty bad when you can't, since you just played a Hill Giant. Because of Morph, though, you're able to do something with the mana more often than in most formats.
3 This feels really nice when it lets you double spell, and pretty bad when you can't, since you just played a Hill Giant. Because of Morph, though, you're able to do something with the mana more often than in most formats.
Crippling Chill
2.5 This card gets a big bump because of Prowess. Tapping down your opponent's best blocker and buffing two or three creatures while also getting a card feels pretty insane.
2.5 This card gets a big bump because of Prowess. Tapping down your opponent's best blocker and buffing two or three creatures while also getting a card feels pretty insane.
Wetland Sambar
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Jeskai Student
Sultai Soothsayer
4 This adds a very relevant body to the board while generating a 2-for-1 that loads your graveyard. That's exactly what Sultai decks want to be doing in this format.
4 This adds a very relevant body to the board while generating a 2-for-1 that loads your graveyard. That's exactly what Sultai decks want to be doing in this format.
Despise
1.5 This is decent disruption, but it has the usual downside this type of card has: it doesn't do much when you draw it late.
1.5 This is decent disruption, but it has the usual downside this type of card has: it doesn't do much when you draw it late.
Alpine Grizzly
2 This is a passable stat-line, and it gets an extra bump in a set with Ferocious.
2 This is a passable stat-line, and it gets an extra bump in a set with Ferocious.
Jeskai Student
2.5 This stat-line performs surprisingly well in a set loaded with instant-speed ways to trigger Prowess.
2.5 This stat-line performs surprisingly well in a set loaded with instant-speed ways to trigger Prowess.
Rite of the Serpent
2 It's expensive, but it answers everything and might even give you a Snake.
2 It's expensive, but it answers everything and might even give you a Snake.
Temur Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Act of Treason
1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
Monastery Flock
2 This is incredibly cheap to Morph, so playing it face down as a 2/2 when that's more useful is nice upside to have on your mediocre Defender.
2 This is incredibly cheap to Morph, so playing it face down as a 2/2 when that's more useful is nice upside to have on your mediocre Defender.
Scoured Barrens
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Chief of the Edge
Chief of the Edge
3 Black/White cares about Warriors, and you're going to have them without really trying, so the Chief has a real impact on the board the turn it comes down.
3 Black/White cares about Warriors, and you're going to have them without really trying, so the Chief has a real impact on the board the turn it comes down.
Tusked Colossodon
1.5 If you need a big top-curve creature well…you're hoping it isn't this. But running it isn't a disaster.
1.5 If you need a big top-curve creature well…you're hoping it isn't this. But running it isn't a disaster.
Erase
0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
Act of Treason
1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
Whirlwind Adept
2.5 Hexproof can make this card into a nightmare for your opponent, especially if you find ways to buff it -- like Auras or +1/+1 counters. It also has the 4 power that Ferocious decks want.
2.5 Hexproof can make this card into a nightmare for your opponent, especially if you find ways to buff it -- like Auras or +1/+1 counters. It also has the 4 power that Ferocious decks want.
Dismal Backwater
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Shambling Attendants
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
Alabaster Kirin
2 This has passable stats for this set, and is a great place to put +1/+1 counters.
2 This has passable stats for this set, and is a great place to put +1/+1 counters.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Sultai Scavenger
Riverwheel Aerialists
2.5 This is a decent finisher for Prowess decks. The stat-line was better back in 2014, and it's very rarely only a 4/5 anyway.
2.5 This is a decent finisher for Prowess decks. The stat-line was better back in 2014, and it's very rarely only a 4/5 anyway.
Longshot Squad
2.5 I like this less than the other Outlast lords, since it offers a boost that is only useful on defense. Still, it's a creature that can affect the board right away, and it can grow itself when it's body isn't relevant enough.
2.5 I like this less than the other Outlast lords, since it offers a boost that is only useful on defense. Still, it's a creature that can affect the board right away, and it can grow itself when it's body isn't relevant enough.
Wind-Scarred Crag
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Sultai Scavenger
3 This ends up being an efficient flyer fairly often in your typical Black decks in the format.
3 This ends up being an efficient flyer fairly often in your typical Black decks in the format.
Bloodfell Caves
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Thornwood Falls
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Bloodfire Expert
2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Highland Game
Highland Game
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
Awaken the Bear
2 This is a little expensive for what it does, but it has enough upside that it's a trick that makes the cut reasonably often.
2 This is a little expensive for what it does, but it has enough upside that it's a trick that makes the cut reasonably often.
Disdainful Stroke
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
Bloodfire Mentor
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Abzan Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Wetland Sambar
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Smite the Monstrous
Tormenting Voice
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Ainok Tracker
2 While this is certainly inefficient, it is also incredibly punishing if your opponent chooses to block it with a creature with three or less toughness.
2 While this is certainly inefficient, it is also incredibly punishing if your opponent chooses to block it with a creature with three or less toughness.
Lens of Clarity
0 This is laughably bad. It isn't worth a card or one mana to get these effects.
0 This is laughably bad. It isn't worth a card or one mana to get these effects.
Smite the Monstrous
2 You can run it in your deck if you need to, but it doesn't always have a target.
2 You can run it in your deck if you need to, but it doesn't always have a target.
Feed the Clan
0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Jeskai Student
Jeskai Student
2.5 This stat-line performs surprisingly well in a set loaded with instant-speed ways to trigger Prowess.
2.5 This stat-line performs surprisingly well in a set loaded with instant-speed ways to trigger Prowess.
Singing Bell Strike
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Wetland Sambar
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Temur Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Kheru Dreadmaw
Kheru Dreadmaw
1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Whirlwind Adept
2.5 Hexproof can make this card into a nightmare for your opponent, especially if you find ways to buff it -- like Auras or +1/+1 counters. It also has the 4 power that Ferocious decks want.
2.5 Hexproof can make this card into a nightmare for your opponent, especially if you find ways to buff it -- like Auras or +1/+1 counters. It also has the 4 power that Ferocious decks want.
Embodiment of Spring
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Wetland Sambar
Summit Prowler
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Wetland Sambar
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Temur Banner
Temur Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Jeering Instigator
Jeering Instigator
3 Turning this face up and stealing something makes for a big turn, as it feels like you played a Haste creature with Threaten stapled to it, and that tends to be a powerful thing. You don't even need a sacrifice outlet to make this card work, because it actually adds to the board beyond the turn you get the effect.
3 Turning this face up and stealing something makes for a big turn, as it feels like you played a Haste creature with Threaten stapled to it, and that tends to be a powerful thing. You don't even need a sacrifice outlet to make this card work, because it actually adds to the board beyond the turn you get the effect.
Icefeather Aven
4 This is a Flying Morph Man-O-War, and you can also just drop it on turn two if you need an efficient flyer. Either way, it feels pretty good when you use this card.
4 This is a Flying Morph Man-O-War, and you can also just drop it on turn two if you need an efficient flyer. Either way, it feels pretty good when you use this card.
Hordeling Outburst
4 This is great in all the Red decks, whether you're interested in going wide or casting spells, it does it all, while also just being a great rate for adding three bodies to the board.
4 This is great in all the Red decks, whether you're interested in going wide or casting spells, it does it all, while also just being a great rate for adding three bodies to the board.
Abzan Battle Priest
3.5 This often comes down and immediately gives a creature or two Lifelink, and like all Outlast creatures if it sticks around it becomes a threat all on its own too.
3.5 This often comes down and immediately gives a creature or two Lifelink, and like all Outlast creatures if it sticks around it becomes a threat all on its own too.
Shambling Attendants
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
Taigam's Scheming
0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
Smoke Teller
2 This has passable stats and the ability isn't entirely useless either, although you should only start using it once you have nothing else to do with your mana.
2 This has passable stats and the ability isn't entirely useless either, although you should only start using it once you have nothing else to do with your mana.
Thornwood Falls
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Snowhorn Rider
3 Like most Morphs with size, turning this face up can wreck combat or make your opponent take more damage than they expected out of nowhere.
3 Like most Morphs with size, turning this face up can wreck combat or make your opponent take more damage than they expected out of nowhere.
Dutiful Return
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
Erase
0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
Wind-Scarred Crag
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Bloodfire Expert
2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Chief of the Scale
Chief of the Scale
3 A little worse than Chief of the Edge, but it still offers a real boost and an above-rate body.
3 A little worse than Chief of the Edge, but it still offers a real boost and an above-rate body.
Jeskai Elder
2.5 Like most Prowess creatures in the set, this is better than it looks. It's tough to block because you can buff it so much at instant speed, and you get a pretty nice trigger when it hits the opponent, so that's some pretty great tension in your favor.
2.5 Like most Prowess creatures in the set, this is better than it looks. It's tough to block because you can buff it so much at instant speed, and you get a pretty nice trigger when it hits the opponent, so that's some pretty great tension in your favor.
Dead Drop
2 Sometimes this can really devastate your opponent because they only have two creatures, most of the time…not so much. Even with Delve casting this whenever you want is pretty tricky.
2 Sometimes this can really devastate your opponent because they only have two creatures, most of the time…not so much. Even with Delve casting this whenever you want is pretty tricky.
Shatter
0.5 Not enough artifacts to main deck this.
0.5 Not enough artifacts to main deck this.
Kill Shot
2.5 It is far from premium, but Kill Shot does the job often enough to be a worthwhile inclusion in most White decks.
2.5 It is far from premium, but Kill Shot does the job often enough to be a worthwhile inclusion in most White decks.
Mystic of the Hidden Way
2.5 The low toughness here is pretty brutal because of the amount of mana you spend, but it's also a very real win condition when left unchecked.
2.5 The low toughness here is pretty brutal because of the amount of mana you spend, but it's also a very real win condition when left unchecked.
Rotting Mastodon
1.5 High toughness matters in Black in this format, so this makes the cut on occasion.
1.5 High toughness matters in Black in this format, so this makes the cut on occasion.
Feat of Resistance
3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
Highland Game
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
Leaping Master
2 This is a passable two drop. Giving it flying is expensive, but it does keep it relevant in most games.
2 This is a passable two drop. Giving it flying is expensive, but it does keep it relevant in most games.
Crippling Chill
2.5 This card gets a big bump because of Prowess. Tapping down your opponent's best blocker and buffing two or three creatures while also getting a card feels pretty insane.
2.5 This card gets a big bump because of Prowess. Tapping down your opponent's best blocker and buffing two or three creatures while also getting a card feels pretty insane.
Abzan Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Smite the Monstrous
2 You can run it in your deck if you need to, but it doesn't always have a target.
2 You can run it in your deck if you need to, but it doesn't always have a target.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Feat of Resistance
Abzan Battle Priest
3.5 This often comes down and immediately gives a creature or two Lifelink, and like all Outlast creatures if it sticks around it becomes a threat all on its own too.
3.5 This often comes down and immediately gives a creature or two Lifelink, and like all Outlast creatures if it sticks around it becomes a threat all on its own too.
Mardu Heart-Piercer
3 If this was always a 4-mana 2/3 that did two damage on ETB, it would be a 4.0. Unfortunately, it's not always going to get it done, and when it can't it feels pretty bad. Still, you can get it going often enough for it to be a very powerful Common.
3 If this was always a 4-mana 2/3 that did two damage on ETB, it would be a 4.0. Unfortunately, it's not always going to get it done, and when it can't it feels pretty bad. Still, you can get it going often enough for it to be a very powerful Common.
Bitter Revelation
2 This lets you see a ton of cards, and loads your graveyard. It's a bit clunky, but many black decks do well with the first copy.
2 This lets you see a ton of cards, and loads your graveyard. It's a bit clunky, but many black decks do well with the first copy.
Feat of Resistance
3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Bring Low
2 This is pretty rough when the creature doesn't have a counter. When it does it becomes premium removal, but you have to account for the times where it is a 4-mana deal 3, because those feel rough and that's what it does the most often.
2 This is pretty rough when the creature doesn't have a counter. When it does it becomes premium removal, but you have to account for the times where it is a 4-mana deal 3, because those feel rough and that's what it does the most often.
Archers' Parapet
2.5 This is a good defensive creature that can even function as a win condition in slower decks.
2.5 This is a good defensive creature that can even function as a win condition in slower decks.
Singing Bell Strike
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Rugged Highlands
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Hooting Mandrills
3 Like most Delve cards you can't run too many of them, but the first few are pretty powerful in Sultai decks. Casting this for one or two is a common occurrence.
3 Like most Delve cards you can't run too many of them, but the first few are pretty powerful in Sultai decks. Casting this for one or two is a common occurrence.
Kin-Tree Warden
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
Tranquil Cove
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Jungle Hollow
Roar of Challenge
1.5 As usual, Lure effects are bad in Limited. This one is a little bit better than most, because when you can line it up with Ferocious, it CAN be devastating. But you have to rely on your opponent's board and yours being in the right state.
1.5 As usual, Lure effects are bad in Limited. This one is a little bit better than most, because when you can line it up with Ferocious, it CAN be devastating. But you have to rely on your opponent's board and yours being in the right state.
Sultai Soothsayer
4 This adds a very relevant body to the board while generating a 2-for-1 that loads your graveyard. That's exactly what Sultai decks want to be doing in this format.
4 This adds a very relevant body to the board while generating a 2-for-1 that loads your graveyard. That's exactly what Sultai decks want to be doing in this format.
Quiet Contemplation
0 This doesn't do enough to be a worthwhile payoff for Prowess decks.
0 This doesn't do enough to be a worthwhile payoff for Prowess decks.
Disdainful Stroke
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
Feat of Resistance
3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
Glacial Stalker
2 This is better than it looks. Neither side is efficient, but once your Morph creatures get this beefy, there's a lot that can go wrong for your opponent in combat.
2 This is better than it looks. Neither side is efficient, but once your Morph creatures get this beefy, there's a lot that can go wrong for your opponent in combat.
Summit Prowler
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Dutiful Return
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
Jungle Hollow
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Naturalize
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Abzan Guide
3 Big lifelinkers can make life a real headache for your opponent, and this one can show up out of nowhere.
3 Big lifelinkers can make life a real headache for your opponent, and this one can show up out of nowhere.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Mardu Skullhunter
Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
0 Gaining a bit of life off of your morph creatures isn't worth diluting your mana base, especially in a format where you really want to have good mana for three-color decks.
0 Gaining a bit of life off of your morph creatures isn't worth diluting your mana base, especially in a format where you really want to have good mana for three-color decks.
Quiet Contemplation
0 This doesn't do enough to be a worthwhile payoff for Prowess decks.
0 This doesn't do enough to be a worthwhile payoff for Prowess decks.
Mardu Skullhunter
3 If you can consistently get your opponent to discard when this enters, it feels great. If you can't, it's kind of a liability. The good news is, it's easy enough to get the discard for this to be a very nice common.
3 If you can consistently get your opponent to discard when this enters, it feels great. If you can't, it's kind of a liability. The good news is, it's easy enough to get the discard for this to be a very nice common.
Act of Treason
1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
Tormenting Voice
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Jeskai Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Mardu Hordechief
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
Barrage of Boulders
2.5 This is surprisingly solid card that you always want one of in Blue-Red and Red-Green decks, where you tend to have a ton of power on the board and casting this is very capable of ending the game. Both decks will usually get Ferocious going without trying very hard.
2.5 This is surprisingly solid card that you always want one of in Blue-Red and Red-Green decks, where you tend to have a ton of power on the board and casting this is very capable of ending the game. Both decks will usually get Ferocious going without trying very hard.
Wetland Sambar
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Dragonscale Boon
1.5 This is an incredibly weak boost for the cost, even if the tokens are permanent and your creature untaps.
1.5 This is an incredibly weak boost for the cost, even if the tokens are permanent and your creature untaps.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Siegecraft
Sultai Charm
4 The removal mode is the one that's useful the most option, but having a way to deal with problem enchantments or dig deeper into your deck in a pinch is nice too.
4 The removal mode is the one that's useful the most option, but having a way to deal with problem enchantments or dig deeper into your deck in a pinch is nice too.
War-Name Aspirant
3 A two mana 2/1 that can't be blocked by tokens is passable, and this will often be a 3/2.
3 A two mana 2/1 that can't be blocked by tokens is passable, and this will often be a 3/2.
Bloodfire Mentor
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Swiftwater Cliffs
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Thornwood Falls
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Summit Prowler
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Kin-Tree Warden
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
Tormenting Voice
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Siegecraft
0 This offers a mediocre stats boost and doesn't do enough to overcome the massive risk of getting 2-for-1'd.
0 This offers a mediocre stats boost and doesn't do enough to overcome the massive risk of getting 2-for-1'd.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Dead Drop
Brave the Sands
0 This basically does nothing in Limited and you never want to play a card like that. Vigilance + extra block just isn't enough of a buff to be worth a card.
0 This basically does nothing in Limited and you never want to play a card like that. Vigilance + extra block just isn't enough of a buff to be worth a card.
Dead Drop
2 Sometimes this can really devastate your opponent because they only have two creatures, most of the time…not so much. Even with Delve casting this whenever you want is pretty tricky.
2 Sometimes this can really devastate your opponent because they only have two creatures, most of the time…not so much. Even with Delve casting this whenever you want is pretty tricky.
Kheru Dreadmaw
1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Wetland Sambar
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Barrage of Boulders
2.5 This is surprisingly solid card that you always want one of in Blue-Red and Red-Green decks, where you tend to have a ton of power on the board and casting this is very capable of ending the game. Both decks will usually get Ferocious going without trying very hard.
2.5 This is surprisingly solid card that you always want one of in Blue-Red and Red-Green decks, where you tend to have a ton of power on the board and casting this is very capable of ending the game. Both decks will usually get Ferocious going without trying very hard.
Glacial Stalker
2 This is better than it looks. Neither side is efficient, but once your Morph creatures get this beefy, there's a lot that can go wrong for your opponent in combat.
2 This is better than it looks. Neither side is efficient, but once your Morph creatures get this beefy, there's a lot that can go wrong for your opponent in combat.
Highland Game
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
Leaping Master
2 This is a passable two drop. Giving it flying is expensive, but it does keep it relevant in most games.
2 This is a passable two drop. Giving it flying is expensive, but it does keep it relevant in most games.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Awaken the Bear
Stubborn Denial
0.5 This is definitely sideboard material. You need your opponent to have enough targets to counter and you need to be able to get Ferocioius going for it to be worth it.
0.5 This is definitely sideboard material. You need your opponent to have enough targets to counter and you need to be able to get Ferocioius going for it to be worth it.
Warden of the Eye
2.5 The stats are rough, but it does generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
2.5 The stats are rough, but it does generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
Naturalize
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Awaken the Bear
2 This is a little expensive for what it does, but it has enough upside that it's a trick that makes the cut reasonably often.
2 This is a little expensive for what it does, but it has enough upside that it's a trick that makes the cut reasonably often.
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Efreet Weaponmaster
3 The fact this has high power and first strike makes it hard for anything to block this, and it can reall wreck combat when it turns face up between it's own stat-line and the boost it can offer to something else.
3 The fact this has high power and first strike makes it hard for anything to block this, and it can reall wreck combat when it turns face up between it's own stat-line and the boost it can offer to something else.
Embodiment of Spring
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Dutiful Return
Taigam's Scheming
0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
Smoke Teller
2 This has passable stats and the ability isn't entirely useless either, although you should only start using it once you have nothing else to do with your mana.
2 This has passable stats and the ability isn't entirely useless either, although you should only start using it once you have nothing else to do with your mana.
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Dutiful Return
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
Erase
0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
Bloodfire Expert
2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Dead Drop
Dead Drop
2 Sometimes this can really devastate your opponent because they only have two creatures, most of the time…not so much. Even with Delve casting this whenever you want is pretty tricky.
2 Sometimes this can really devastate your opponent because they only have two creatures, most of the time…not so much. Even with Delve casting this whenever you want is pretty tricky.
Shatter
0.5 Not enough artifacts to main deck this.
0.5 Not enough artifacts to main deck this.
Rotting Mastodon
1.5 High toughness matters in Black in this format, so this makes the cut on occasion.
1.5 High toughness matters in Black in this format, so this makes the cut on occasion.
Highland Game
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
Abzan Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Kin-Tree Warden
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Singing Bell Strike
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Rugged Highlands
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Kin-Tree Warden
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Naturalize
Roar of Challenge
1.5 As usual, Lure effects are bad in Limited. This one is a little bit better than most, because when you can line it up with Ferocious, it CAN be devastating. But you have to rely on your opponent's board and yours being in the right state.
1.5 As usual, Lure effects are bad in Limited. This one is a little bit better than most, because when you can line it up with Ferocious, it CAN be devastating. But you have to rely on your opponent's board and yours being in the right state.
Summit Prowler
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Naturalize
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Act of Treason
Act of Treason
1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
Wetland Sambar
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Summit Prowler
Summit Prowler
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Debilitating Injury
Sidisi, Brood Tyrant
5 You have to worry about milling yourself a little bit, but Sidisi loads your graveyard while adding very real bodies to the board, and that's exactly what every Sultai deck wants.
5 You have to worry about milling yourself a little bit, but Sidisi loads your graveyard while adding very real bodies to the board, and that's exactly what every Sultai deck wants.
Highspire Mantis
2 A Flying, Trampling, Hill Giant isn't the best thing ever, but it's serviceable enough.
2 A Flying, Trampling, Hill Giant isn't the best thing ever, but it's serviceable enough.
Abzan Battle Priest
3.5 This often comes down and immediately gives a creature or two Lifelink, and like all Outlast creatures if it sticks around it becomes a threat all on its own too.
3.5 This often comes down and immediately gives a creature or two Lifelink, and like all Outlast creatures if it sticks around it becomes a threat all on its own too.
Master the Way
1.5 This has a really high ceiling, where you get an easy 2-for-1. But the floor is awful. If you're in a grindy Jeskai deck, it can be worth playing. Not so much otherwise.
1.5 This has a really high ceiling, where you get an easy 2-for-1. But the floor is awful. If you're in a grindy Jeskai deck, it can be worth playing. Not so much otherwise.
Debilitating Injury
3 This kills a wide swath of creatures in the format, including face-down morphs.
3 This kills a wide swath of creatures in the format, including face-down morphs.
Swift Kick
2.5 Your creature already needs high enough toughness for this to work effectively, otherwise you can get 2-for-1'd. But the power boost does mean a wider swath of creatures can use this effectively. It isn't quite premium though, too situational.
2.5 Your creature already needs high enough toughness for this to work effectively, otherwise you can get 2-for-1'd. But the power boost does mean a wider swath of creatures can use this effectively. It isn't quite premium though, too situational.
Wind-Scarred Crag
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Scout the Borders
2 If you need to load your graveyard in Green -- and you often do -- this does the job.
2 If you need to load your graveyard in Green -- and you often do -- this does the job.
Singing Bell Strike
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Salt Road Patrol
2 This has an almost passable starting stat-line, and it's ability to grow can make it ito an impressive creature if the game goes long enough.
2 This has an almost passable starting stat-line, and it's ability to grow can make it ito an impressive creature if the game goes long enough.
Hooting Mandrills
3 Like most Delve cards you can't run too many of them, but the first few are pretty powerful in Sultai decks. Casting this for one or two is a common occurrence.
3 Like most Delve cards you can't run too many of them, but the first few are pretty powerful in Sultai decks. Casting this for one or two is a common occurrence.
Lens of Clarity
0 This is laughably bad. It isn't worth a card or one mana to get these effects.
0 This is laughably bad. It isn't worth a card or one mana to get these effects.
Cancel
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
Snowhorn Rider
3 Like most Morphs with size, turning this face up can wreck combat or make your opponent take more damage than they expected out of nowhere.
3 Like most Morphs with size, turning this face up can wreck combat or make your opponent take more damage than they expected out of nowhere.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Sultai Scavenger
Opulent Palace
3.5 These tri-lands are fairly high picks, as you're going to find yourself running three colors in virtually every deck since doing so gives you access to powerhouses like the Charms. These make that much easier on your mana base.
3.5 These tri-lands are fairly high picks, as you're going to find yourself running three colors in virtually every deck since doing so gives you access to powerhouses like the Charms. These make that much easier on your mana base.
Bear's Companion
4 5 mana for a 2/2 and a 4/4 is an excellent rate. Not much more to say about this one.
4 5 mana for a 2/2 and a 4/4 is an excellent rate. Not much more to say about this one.
Temur Charger
2.5 A two mana 3/1 is perfectly fine, and the trample upside doesn't hurt. Note it can target itself, that comes up sometimes.
2.5 A two mana 3/1 is perfectly fine, and the trample upside doesn't hurt. Note it can target itself, that comes up sometimes.
Naturalize
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Mardu Skullhunter
3 If you can consistently get your opponent to discard when this enters, it feels great. If you can't, it's kind of a liability. The good news is, it's easy enough to get the discard for this to be a very nice common.
3 If you can consistently get your opponent to discard when this enters, it feels great. If you can't, it's kind of a liability. The good news is, it's easy enough to get the discard for this to be a very nice common.
Tormenting Voice
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Sultai Scavenger
3 This ends up being an efficient flyer fairly often in your typical Black decks in the format.
3 This ends up being an efficient flyer fairly often in your typical Black decks in the format.
Jungle Hollow
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Rite of the Serpent
2 It's expensive, but it answers everything and might even give you a Snake.
2 It's expensive, but it answers everything and might even give you a Snake.
Tusked Colossodon
1.5 If you need a big top-curve creature well…you're hoping it isn't this. But running it isn't a disaster.
1.5 If you need a big top-curve creature well…you're hoping it isn't this. But running it isn't a disaster.
Embodiment of Spring
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Tranquil Cove
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Chief of the Edge
Mardu Blazebringer
1 The idea here is supposed to be that this gives you an early 4-power creature for Red-Green decks, but there are way better options for that around that aren't virtually dead cards.
1 The idea here is supposed to be that this gives you an early 4-power creature for Red-Green decks, but there are way better options for that around that aren't virtually dead cards.
War-Name Aspirant
3 A two mana 2/1 that can't be blocked by tokens is passable, and this will often be a 3/2.
3 A two mana 2/1 that can't be blocked by tokens is passable, and this will often be a 3/2.
Chief of the Edge
3 Black/White cares about Warriors, and you're going to have them without really trying, so the Chief has a real impact on the board the turn it comes down.
3 Black/White cares about Warriors, and you're going to have them without really trying, so the Chief has a real impact on the board the turn it comes down.
Mardu Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Taigam's Scheming
0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
Trumpet Blast
1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
Kill Shot
2.5 It is far from premium, but Kill Shot does the job often enough to be a worthwhile inclusion in most White decks.
2.5 It is far from premium, but Kill Shot does the job often enough to be a worthwhile inclusion in most White decks.
Feed the Clan
0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
Bloodfire Mentor
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Jeskai Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Shambling Attendants
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
Tusked Colossodon
1.5 If you need a big top-curve creature well…you're hoping it isn't this. But running it isn't a disaster.
1.5 If you need a big top-curve creature well…you're hoping it isn't this. But running it isn't a disaster.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Ainok Bond-Kin
Swarm of Bloodflies
2 The start stat-line is absolutely horrendous, but it can gain enough counters to be a threat.
2 The start stat-line is absolutely horrendous, but it can gain enough counters to be a threat.
Set Adrift
3 It isn't very hard to make this a lot cheaper with Delve, and making your removal cheap always feels great.
3 It isn't very hard to make this a lot cheaper with Delve, and making your removal cheap always feels great.
Tranquil Cove
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Scoured Barrens
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Efreet Weaponmaster
3 The fact this has high power and first strike makes it hard for anything to block this, and it can reall wreck combat when it turns face up between it's own stat-line and the boost it can offer to something else.
3 The fact this has high power and first strike makes it hard for anything to block this, and it can reall wreck combat when it turns face up between it's own stat-line and the boost it can offer to something else.
Alpine Grizzly
2 This is a passable stat-line, and it gets an extra bump in a set with Ferocious.
2 This is a passable stat-line, and it gets an extra bump in a set with Ferocious.
Hooting Mandrills
3 Like most Delve cards you can't run too many of them, but the first few are pretty powerful in Sultai decks. Casting this for one or two is a common occurrence.
3 Like most Delve cards you can't run too many of them, but the first few are pretty powerful in Sultai decks. Casting this for one or two is a common occurrence.
Embodiment of Spring
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Jeskai Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Thornwood Falls
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Ainok Bond-Kin
3 Like the other Outlast lords, this one gives you a decent baseline and is a great place to sink your mana.
3 Like the other Outlast lords, this one gives you a decent baseline and is a great place to sink your mana.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Mardu Hordechief
Riverwheel Aerialists
2.5 This is a decent finisher for Prowess decks. The stat-line was better back in 2014, and it's very rarely only a 4/5 anyway.
2.5 This is a decent finisher for Prowess decks. The stat-line was better back in 2014, and it's very rarely only a 4/5 anyway.
Sidisi's Pet
2 This is a nice defensive creature thanks to the stat-line and lifelink, and morph can allow you to get some surprise life gain out of nowhere. It also happens to have 4 toughness, something several cards in the set key on.
2 This is a nice defensive creature thanks to the stat-line and lifelink, and morph can allow you to get some surprise life gain out of nowhere. It also happens to have 4 toughness, something several cards in the set key on.
Rite of the Serpent
2 It's expensive, but it answers everything and might even give you a Snake.
2 It's expensive, but it answers everything and might even give you a Snake.
Disdainful Stroke
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Bring Low
2 This is pretty rough when the creature doesn't have a counter. When it does it becomes premium removal, but you have to account for the times where it is a 4-mana deal 3, because those feel rough and that's what it does the most often.
2 This is pretty rough when the creature doesn't have a counter. When it does it becomes premium removal, but you have to account for the times where it is a 4-mana deal 3, because those feel rough and that's what it does the most often.
Sagu Archer
2 This can block most of the Flyers in this format, and sometimes it can do it out of nowhere.
2 This can block most of the Flyers in this format, and sometimes it can do it out of nowhere.
Mardu Hordechief
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
Dutiful Return
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
Kin-Tree Warden
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Mardu Hordechief
Gurmag Swiftwing
2 This is a nice place to put counters or other buffs if you have them. It quickly becomes outclassed if you don't, though.
2 This is a nice place to put counters or other buffs if you have them. It quickly becomes outclassed if you don't, though.
Bloodfire Expert
2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
Dutiful Return
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
Scaldkin
2 This is expensive for the stat-line, and the activated ability isn't cheap either. But, we're still talking about a Flyer that can turn into removal when you need it to.
2 This is expensive for the stat-line, and the activated ability isn't cheap either. But, we're still talking about a Flyer that can turn into removal when you need it to.
Trumpet Blast
1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
Embodiment of Spring
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Sagu Archer
2 This can block most of the Flyers in this format, and sometimes it can do it out of nowhere.
2 This can block most of the Flyers in this format, and sometimes it can do it out of nowhere.
Mardu Hordechief
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
3 White decks are set up pretty well for this to be a three mana 2/3 that gives you a 1/1 pretty often, and that's a great deal.
Disdainful Stroke
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Woolly Loxodon
Despise
1.5 This is decent disruption, but it has the usual downside this type of card has: it doesn't do much when you draw it late.
1.5 This is decent disruption, but it has the usual downside this type of card has: it doesn't do much when you draw it late.
Dutiful Return
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
Woolly Loxodon
2.5 This massive Morpher can create all kinds of problems when you turn it sideways, either threatening to do a ton of damage out of nowhere, or completely annihilate anything that blocks it.
2.5 This massive Morpher can create all kinds of problems when you turn it sideways, either threatening to do a ton of damage out of nowhere, or completely annihilate anything that blocks it.
Salt Road Patrol
2 This has an almost passable starting stat-line, and it's ability to grow can make it ito an impressive creature if the game goes long enough.
2 This has an almost passable starting stat-line, and it's ability to grow can make it ito an impressive creature if the game goes long enough.
Rotting Mastodon
1.5 High toughness matters in Black in this format, so this makes the cut on occasion.
1.5 High toughness matters in Black in this format, so this makes the cut on occasion.
Canyon Lurkers
1.5 This can get a big hit in out of nowhere, but the low toughness means that morphing this isn't going to feel like a great deal most of the time, because it always has two toughness.
1.5 This can get a big hit in out of nowhere, but the low toughness means that morphing this isn't going to feel like a great deal most of the time, because it always has two toughness.
Naturalize
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Smoke Teller
2 This has passable stats and the ability isn't entirely useless either, although you should only start using it once you have nothing else to do with your mana.
2 This has passable stats and the ability isn't entirely useless either, although you should only start using it once you have nothing else to do with your mana.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Molting Snakeskin
Quiet Contemplation
0 This doesn't do enough to be a worthwhile payoff for Prowess decks.
0 This doesn't do enough to be a worthwhile payoff for Prowess decks.
Sagu Archer
2 This can block most of the Flyers in this format, and sometimes it can do it out of nowhere.
2 This can block most of the Flyers in this format, and sometimes it can do it out of nowhere.
Singing Bell Strike
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Molting Snakeskin
1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Shambling Attendants
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
Leaping Master
2 This is a passable two drop. Giving it flying is expensive, but it does keep it relevant in most games.
2 This is a passable two drop. Giving it flying is expensive, but it does keep it relevant in most games.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Salt Road Patrol
Swift Kick
2.5 Your creature already needs high enough toughness for this to work effectively, otherwise you can get 2-for-1'd. But the power boost does mean a wider swath of creatures can use this effectively. It isn't quite premium though, too situational.
2.5 Your creature already needs high enough toughness for this to work effectively, otherwise you can get 2-for-1'd. But the power boost does mean a wider swath of creatures can use this effectively. It isn't quite premium though, too situational.
Scout the Borders
2 If you need to load your graveyard in Green -- and you often do -- this does the job.
2 If you need to load your graveyard in Green -- and you often do -- this does the job.
Singing Bell Strike
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Salt Road Patrol
2 This has an almost passable starting stat-line, and it's ability to grow can make it ito an impressive creature if the game goes long enough.
2 This has an almost passable starting stat-line, and it's ability to grow can make it ito an impressive creature if the game goes long enough.
Lens of Clarity
0 This is laughably bad. It isn't worth a card or one mana to get these effects.
0 This is laughably bad. It isn't worth a card or one mana to get these effects.
Cancel
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Rite of the Serpent
Naturalize
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Tormenting Voice
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Rite of the Serpent
2 It's expensive, but it answers everything and might even give you a Snake.
2 It's expensive, but it answers everything and might even give you a Snake.
Tusked Colossodon
1.5 If you need a big top-curve creature well…you're hoping it isn't this. But running it isn't a disaster.
1.5 If you need a big top-curve creature well…you're hoping it isn't this. But running it isn't a disaster.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Feed the Clan
Mardu Blazebringer
1 The idea here is supposed to be that this gives you an early 4-power creature for Red-Green decks, but there are way better options for that around that aren't virtually dead cards.
1 The idea here is supposed to be that this gives you an early 4-power creature for Red-Green decks, but there are way better options for that around that aren't virtually dead cards.
Mardu Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Feed the Clan
0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
Bloodfire Mentor
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Alpine Grizzly
Efreet Weaponmaster
3 The fact this has high power and first strike makes it hard for anything to block this, and it can reall wreck combat when it turns face up between it's own stat-line and the boost it can offer to something else.
3 The fact this has high power and first strike makes it hard for anything to block this, and it can reall wreck combat when it turns face up between it's own stat-line and the boost it can offer to something else.
Alpine Grizzly
2 This is a passable stat-line, and it gets an extra bump in a set with Ferocious.
2 This is a passable stat-line, and it gets an extra bump in a set with Ferocious.
Jeskai Banner
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Kin-Tree Warden
Firehoof Cavalry
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
1 This is irrelevant on almost all board states. It's too small early and the ability is too expensive and risky late.
Kin-Tree Warden
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Dutiful Return
Dutiful Return
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Abzan Ascendancy
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Chief of the Edge
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Mardu Skullhunter
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Mardu Skullhunter
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Dead Drop
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Jeskai Student
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Chief of the Edge
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Sultai Scavenger
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Highland Game
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Smite the Monstrous
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Jeskai Student
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Kheru Dreadmaw
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Wetland Sambar
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Temur Banner
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Jeering Instigator
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Chief of the Scale
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Feat of Resistance
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Jungle Hollow
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Mardu Skullhunter
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Siegecraft
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Dead Drop
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Awaken the Bear
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Dutiful Return
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Dead Drop
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Kin-Tree Warden
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Naturalize
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Act of Treason
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Summit Prowler
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Debilitating Injury
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Sultai Scavenger
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Chief of the Edge
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Ainok Bond-Kin
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Mardu Hordechief
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Mardu Hordechief
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Woolly Loxodon
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Molting Snakeskin
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Salt Road Patrol
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Rite of the Serpent
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Feed the Clan
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Alpine Grizzly
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Kin-Tree Warden
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Dutiful Return
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