Quick Draft KTK 30 December 2023
30 December 06:30 - Maximumcyrus 7 Wins - 1 LossesMaindeck
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Pack 1 Pick 1: Ankle Shanker
Ankle Shanker
4 Well below-rate stats get this into trouble sometimes, and if you're not in a spot where you can attack, it feels miserable. But the good news is…this makes it so you're almost ALWAYS in a spot where you can attack, since blocking becomes a nightmare for your opponent.
4 Well below-rate stats get this into trouble sometimes, and if you're not in a spot where you can attack, it feels miserable. But the good news is…this makes it so you're almost ALWAYS in a spot where you can attack, since blocking becomes a nightmare for your opponent.
Dragon Grip
2.5 This can be quite the combat trick in a deck with lots of 4 power creatures, as it tends to take something down and then stick around and offer a very relevant buff. It also works nicely in Jeskai decks because of Prowess.
2.5 This can be quite the combat trick in a deck with lots of 4 power creatures, as it tends to take something down and then stick around and offer a very relevant buff. It also works nicely in Jeskai decks because of Prowess.
Raiders' Spoils
1.5 The stats boost is not worth 4 mana, and even though this set has Warriors in Black, most decks don't have enough of them for this to draw you cards consistently enough.
1.5 The stats boost is not worth 4 mana, and even though this set has Warriors in Black, most decks don't have enough of them for this to draw you cards consistently enough.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ponyback Brigade
4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
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.
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 2: Nomad Outpost
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.
Nomad Outpost
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.
Waterwhirl
1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
Tormenting Voice
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Rakshasa's Secret
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.
Take Up Arms
2 This isn't the best rate for getting three 1/1 tokens, even at Instant speed. Buf if you need to go wide, it can do the job.
2 This isn't the best rate for getting three 1/1 tokens, even at Instant speed. Buf if you need to go wide, it can do the job.
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.
Unyielding Krumar
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
Blossoming Sands
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.
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.
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.
Rakshasa's Secret
1.5 This is better than most Mind Rots, mostly because most Black decks are pretty happy to also put three cards into their graveyard.
1.5 This is better than most Mind Rots, mostly because most Black decks are pretty happy to also put three cards into their graveyard.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Ainok Bond-Kin
Temur Charm
4 The first two modes carry most of the weight here, as it can be an efficient fight spell or a counterspell. The third mode comes up rarely, but when it's good, it tends to be really good.
4 The first two modes carry most of the weight here, as it can be an efficient fight spell or a counterspell. The third mode comes up rarely, but when it's good, it tends to be really good.
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.
Pine Walker
4 A 5-mana 5/5 is no joke, and the Morph upside here is great, as it grants one-turn Vigilance to your Morphers -- including itself.
4 A 5-mana 5/5 is no joke, and the Morph upside here is great, as it grants one-turn Vigilance to your Morphers -- including itself.
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.
Cancel
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
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.
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.
Unyielding Krumar
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
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.
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.
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 5: Ponyback Brigade
Kin-Tree Invocation
4 There are enough cheap high toughness creatures in the format that the Invocation ends up making a super efficient token with regularity. Getting a turn two 4/4 isn't unheard of, and it scales as the game goes on in most cases.
4 There are enough cheap high toughness creatures in the format that the Invocation ends up making a super efficient token with regularity. Getting a turn two 4/4 isn't unheard of, and it scales as the game goes on in most cases.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ponyback Brigade
4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
Defiant Strike
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Wind-Scarred Crag
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.
Disowned Ancestor
2.5 This having high toughness is pretty nice in a format with a toughness-matters archetype, and it's toughness can get high in a hurry.
2.5 This having high toughness is pretty nice in a format with a toughness-matters archetype, and it's toughness can get high in a hurry.
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 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.
War Behemoth
1.5 This is really inefficient no matter how you play it.
1.5 This is really inefficient no matter how you play it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Bloodfell Caves
Windstorm
0.5 This should be in your sideboard, and it isn't like there are that many opponents going wide with flyers, so you won't bring it in often either.
0.5 This should be in your sideboard, and it isn't like there are that many opponents going wide with flyers, so you won't bring it in often either.
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.
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.
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.
Unyielding Krumar
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
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.
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.
Cancel
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Brave the Sands
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.
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.
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.
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.
Valley Dasher
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Mardu Hateblade
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 10: Waterwhirl
Waterwhirl
1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Unyielding Krumar
Take Up Arms
2 This isn't the best rate for getting three 1/1 tokens, even at Instant speed. Buf if you need to go wide, it can do the job.
2 This isn't the best rate for getting three 1/1 tokens, even at Instant speed. Buf if you need to go wide, it can do the job.
Unyielding Krumar
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Alabaster Kirin
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.
Unyielding Krumar
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
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 13: Defiant Strike
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.
Defiant Strike
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Erase
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.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Mardu Ascendancy
Mardu Ascendancy
2 Getting a 1/1 when you attack is nice, though certainly not incredible, and it's activated ability is incredibly underwhelming.
2 Getting a 1/1 when you attack is nice, though certainly not incredible, and it's activated ability is incredibly underwhelming.
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.
Scion of Glaciers
2 The ability to raise it's power makes it both a formidable attacker and blocker.
2 The ability to raise it's power makes it both a formidable attacker and blocker.
Dragon Grip
2.5 This can be quite the combat trick in a deck with lots of 4 power creatures, as it tends to take something down and then stick around and offer a very relevant buff. It also works nicely in Jeskai decks because of Prowess.
2.5 This can be quite the combat trick in a deck with lots of 4 power creatures, as it tends to take something down and then stick around and offer a very relevant buff. It also works nicely in Jeskai decks because of Prowess.
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.
Krumar Bond-Kin
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
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.
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.
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.
Treasure Cruise
3.5 It isn't quite as broken here as it is in 60-card formats, because you can't load your graveyard quite as quickly -- but you definitely can get this to the point where you are paying a tiny amount of mana to draw 3. You want one in most Blue decks, but not more than one.
3.5 It isn't quite as broken here as it is in 60-card formats, because you can't load your graveyard quite as quickly -- but you definitely can get this to the point where you are paying a tiny amount of mana to draw 3. You want one in most Blue decks, but not more than one.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Seeker of the Way
Seeker of the Way
4 This is an absolute beating. It's very easy to buff Prowess creatures in this format, making it a nightmare to block the Seeker. Getting lifelink to go along with the stats boost is a huge deal too.
4 This is an absolute beating. It's very easy to buff Prowess creatures in this format, making it a nightmare to block the Seeker. Getting lifelink to go along with the stats boost is a huge deal too.
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.
Seek the Horizon
1 It's far too difficult to consistently spend six on this and actually get something that is worth that much mana on to the battlefield. It's truly horrendous when you don't have Ferocious online.
1 It's far too difficult to consistently spend six on this and actually get something that is worth that much mana on to the battlefield. It's truly horrendous when you don't have Ferocious online.
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.
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.
Disowned Ancestor
2.5 This having high toughness is pretty nice in a format with a toughness-matters archetype, and it's toughness can get high in a hurry.
2.5 This having high toughness is pretty nice in a format with a toughness-matters archetype, and it's toughness can get high in a hurry.
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.
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.
Force Away
2.5 This is decent without Ferocious, but if you can take the loot on to it you're going to feel really happy.
2.5 This is decent without Ferocious, but if you can take the loot on to it you're going to feel really happy.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 3: 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.
Watcher of the Roost
3 This has passable stats and often amounts to being a three mana 2/1 flyer that gains you 2 life, and that's a nice card.
3 This has passable stats and often amounts to being a three mana 2/1 flyer that gains you 2 life, and that's a nice card.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blossoming Sands
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Molting Snakeskin
Dragon's Eye Savants
1.5 Seeing your opponent's hand just isn't much of an effect, and neither a three mana 2/2 nor a two mana 0/6 is something you're excited about.
1.5 Seeing your opponent's hand just isn't much of an effect, and neither a three mana 2/2 nor a two mana 0/6 is something you're excited about.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Defiant Strike
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Defiant Strike
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.
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.
Force Away
2.5 This is decent without Ferocious, but if you can take the loot on to it you're going to feel really happy.
2.5 This is decent without Ferocious, but if you can take the loot on to it you're going to feel really happy.
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.
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.
Defiant Strike
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
Krumar Bond-Kin
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
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.
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.
Cancel
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Valley Dasher
Waterwhirl
1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
Death Frenzy
1.5 Black/Green is about high toughness, so the idea here is that your opponent will get hurt by this more than you do -- and this format DOES have lots of X/2s because of Morph. But…still, this is highly situational even in Black/Green decks.
1.5 Black/Green is about high toughness, so the idea here is that your opponent will get hurt by this more than you do -- and this format DOES have lots of X/2s because of Morph. But…still, this is highly situational even in Black/Green decks.
Bellowing Saddlebrute
2.5 This is an impressive stat-line in this set, and the warrior creature line carries some weight too. Triggering Raid is very doable.
2.5 This is an impressive stat-line in this set, and the warrior creature line carries some weight too. Triggering Raid is very doable.
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.
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.
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.
Valley Dasher
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Bring Low
Waterwhirl
1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
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.
Disowned Ancestor
2.5 This having high toughness is pretty nice in a format with a toughness-matters archetype, and it's toughness can get high in a hurry.
2.5 This having high toughness is pretty nice in a format with a toughness-matters archetype, and it's toughness can get high in a hurry.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Roar of Challenge
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.
Cancel
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Dragon Grip
Dragon Grip
2.5 This can be quite the combat trick in a deck with lots of 4 power creatures, as it tends to take something down and then stick around and offer a very relevant buff. It also works nicely in Jeskai decks because of Prowess.
2.5 This can be quite the combat trick in a deck with lots of 4 power creatures, as it tends to take something down and then stick around and offer a very relevant buff. It also works nicely in Jeskai decks because of Prowess.
Krumar Bond-Kin
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Leaping Master
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.
Seek the Horizon
1 It's far too difficult to consistently spend six on this and actually get something that is worth that much mana on to the battlefield. It's truly horrendous when you don't have Ferocious online.
1 It's far too difficult to consistently spend six on this and actually get something that is worth that much mana on to the battlefield. It's truly horrendous when you don't have Ferocious online.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Canyon Lurkers
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.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 12: Stubborn Denial
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Ainok Tracker
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.
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 14: Molting Snakeskin
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.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Mardu Warshrieker
Kheru Spellsnatcher
3 If you can Morph this the effect is completely insane, as it counters a spell and steals it. That means you're always getting a 2-for-1. The downside is that you have to leave a ton of mana up and hope your opponent plays into it.
3 If you can Morph this the effect is completely insane, as it counters a spell and steals it. That means you're always getting a 2-for-1. The downside is that you have to leave a ton of mana up and hope your opponent plays into it.
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.
Bellowing Saddlebrute
2.5 This is an impressive stat-line in this set, and the warrior creature line carries some weight too. Triggering Raid is very doable.
2.5 This is an impressive stat-line in this set, and the warrior creature line carries some weight too. Triggering Raid is very doable.
Sandsteppe Citadel
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.
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.
Ponyback Brigade
4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
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.
Blossoming Sands
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Mer-Ek Nightblade
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.
Mer-Ek Nightblade
3.5 This often comes down and gives other creatures you control death touch right away, and even when it doesn't it can buff itself very efficiently.
3.5 This often comes down and gives other creatures you control death touch right away, and even when it doesn't it can buff itself very efficiently.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Krumar Bond-Kin
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
Rakshasa's Secret
1.5 This is better than most Mind Rots, mostly because most Black decks are pretty happy to also put three cards into their graveyard.
1.5 This is better than most Mind Rots, mostly because most Black decks are pretty happy to also put three cards into their graveyard.
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.
Disowned Ancestor
2.5 This having high toughness is pretty nice in a format with a toughness-matters archetype, and it's toughness can get high in a hurry.
2.5 This having high toughness is pretty nice in a format with a toughness-matters archetype, and it's toughness can get high in a hurry.
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.
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.
Valley Dasher
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Valley Dasher
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.
Goblinslide
1.0 // 3.5 This is a very powerful build around. Jeskai decks already want to run lots of spells, and tacking a Goblin on to those is huge. You can't really play it without a critical mass of spells, though.
1.0 // 3.5 This is a very powerful build around. Jeskai decks already want to run lots of spells, and tacking a Goblin on to those is huge. You can't really play it without a critical mass of spells, though.
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.
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.
Defiant Strike
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
Valley Dasher
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ponyback Brigade
4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Barrage of Boulders
Mer-Ek Nightblade
3.5 This often comes down and gives other creatures you control death touch right away, and even when it doesn't it can buff itself very efficiently.
3.5 This often comes down and gives other creatures you control death touch right away, and even when it doesn't it can buff itself very efficiently.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unyielding Krumar
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
Savage Punch
4 When you have Ferocious online this feels truly absurd. It becomes a super efficient removal spell that also lets you crack in for extra damage. It lines up that way with regularity, too.
4 When you have Ferocious online this feels truly absurd. It becomes a super efficient removal spell that also lets you crack in for extra damage. It lines up that way with regularity, too.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Bloodfire Expert
Temur Charm
4 The first two modes carry most of the weight here, as it can be an efficient fight spell or a counterspell. The third mode comes up rarely, but when it's good, it tends to be really good.
4 The first two modes carry most of the weight here, as it can be an efficient fight spell or a counterspell. The third mode comes up rarely, but when it's good, it tends to be really good.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Defiant Strike
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
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.
Valley Dasher
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
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.
Savage Punch
4 When you have Ferocious online this feels truly absurd. It becomes a super efficient removal spell that also lets you crack in for extra damage. It lines up that way with regularity, too.
4 When you have Ferocious online this feels truly absurd. It becomes a super efficient removal spell that also lets you crack in for extra damage. It lines up that way with regularity, too.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Monastery Swiftspear
Become Immense
2.5 This stats boost is MASSIVE, and firing it off for one or two mana is very doable in Green. It does take set up, and the times when you can't get your graveyard stocked it feels pretty bad.
2.5 This stats boost is MASSIVE, and firing it off for one or two mana is very doable in Green. It does take set up, and the times when you can't get your graveyard stocked it feels pretty bad.
Monastery Swiftspear
3.5 While not quite as insane here as it is in 60-card formats, it is still a frightening turn one play in this format, and thanks to Prowess and lots of support for it in the set, it is a one drop that remains relevant all game long.
3.5 While not quite as insane here as it is in 60-card formats, it is still a frightening turn one play in this format, and thanks to Prowess and lots of support for it in the set, it is a one drop that remains relevant all game long.
Valley Dasher
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
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.
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.
Sultai 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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Timely Hordemate
Timely Hordemate
2 This has bad stats and it's Raid is surprisingly challenging to get going. Not only do you need to attack, as with all Raid creatures, but you also need a creature in the graveyard with the right stats. It doesn't line up often enough for this to be anything special.
2 This has bad stats and it's Raid is surprisingly challenging to get going. Not only do you need to attack, as with all Raid creatures, but you also need a creature in the graveyard with the right stats. It doesn't line up often enough for this to be anything special.
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.
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.
Unyielding Krumar
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
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.
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.
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.
Cancel
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Bring Low
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.
Secret Plans
1.5 // 4.0 This Morph buildaround is actually better than the Rare one! Making your morphs 2/3s actually matters, since it means they will outlcass opposing morphs, and drawing cards every time you turn something face up is a huge deal.
1.5 // 4.0 This Morph buildaround is actually better than the Rare one! Making your morphs 2/3s actually matters, since it means they will outlcass opposing morphs, and drawing cards every time you turn something face up is a huge deal.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 9: Alabaster Kirin
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.
Blossoming Sands
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Jeskai Student
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.
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.
Krumar Bond-Kin
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
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.
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 11: Summit Prowler
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 12: 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.
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.
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 13: Defiant Strike
Temur Charm
4 The first two modes carry most of the weight here, as it can be an efficient fight spell or a counterspell. The third mode comes up rarely, but when it's good, it tends to be really good.
4 The first two modes carry most of the weight here, as it can be an efficient fight spell or a counterspell. The third mode comes up rarely, but when it's good, it tends to be really good.
Defiant Strike
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
Pack 3 Pick 14: 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.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Ankle Shanker
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Nomad Outpost
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Rakshasa's Secret
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Ainok Bond-Kin
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Ponyback Brigade
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Wind-Scarred Crag
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Bloodfell Caves
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Brave the Sands
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Mardu Hateblade
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Waterwhirl
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Unyielding Krumar
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Alabaster Kirin
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Defiant Strike
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Erase
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Mardu Ascendancy
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Seeker of the Way
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Chief of the Edge
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Molting Snakeskin
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Defiant Strike
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Valley Dasher
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Bring Low
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Roar of Challenge
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Dragon Grip
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Leaping Master
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Canyon Lurkers
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Stubborn Denial
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Ainok Tracker
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Molting Snakeskin
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Mardu Warshrieker
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Mer-Ek Nightblade
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Valley Dasher
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Barrage of Boulders
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Bloodfire Expert
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Monastery Swiftspear
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Timely Hordemate
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Bring Low
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Alabaster Kirin
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Jeskai Student
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Summit Prowler
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Jeskai Student
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Defiant Strike
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Jeskai Student
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