Premier Draft RIX 15 January 2024
15 January 02:10 - Mimic 7 Wins - 2 LossesMaindeck
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Pack 1 Pick 1: Moment of Craving
Tomb Robber
3.0 The starting stats here aren’t great, but the ability to turn cards you don’t want into Explore triggers is quite powerful. It will feel sort of similar to looting, except that it often also impacts your board.
3.0 The starting stats here aren’t great, but the ability to turn cards you don’t want into Explore triggers is quite powerful. It will feel sort of similar to looting, except that it often also impacts your board.
Pitiless Plunderer
2.5 This is a nice source of treasure, but the cost of the card and the starting stats really hold this card back.
2.5 This is a nice source of treasure, but the cost of the card and the starting stats really hold this card back.
Legion Lieutenant
4.0 A vampire lord is just what you want in BW, and this will end up buffing most of the creatures in your deck, so that’s great.
4.0 A vampire lord is just what you want in BW, and this will end up buffing most of the creatures in your deck, so that’s great.
Forerunner of the Heralds
3.5 This is the best card in this cycle for Limited. It helps that the Merfolk deck is probably also the strongest one in the format – but the Merfolk payoff here is really good, as +1/+1 any time you have one enter the battlefield is a big deal, especially when you are putting more than one in play at a time, which a few cards int his format are capable of doing. Tutoring up one of your more potent Merfolk payoffs is not shabby either.
3.5 This is the best card in this cycle for Limited. It helps that the Merfolk deck is probably also the strongest one in the format – but the Merfolk payoff here is really good, as +1/+1 any time you have one enter the battlefield is a big deal, especially when you are putting more than one in play at a time, which a few cards int his format are capable of doing. Tutoring up one of your more potent Merfolk payoffs is not shabby either.
Bombard
4.0 This kills most creatures in this format at Instant speed, and is Red’s best Common.
4.0 This kills most creatures in this format at Instant speed, and is Red’s best Common.
Traveler's Amulet
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
Snubhorn Sentry
2.5 This is much better than it looks. Getting the city’s blessing going quickly is quite easy, so this is often a 3/3 by the mid-game.
2.5 This is much better than it looks. Getting the city’s blessing going quickly is quite easy, so this is often a 3/3 by the mid-game.
Dinosaur Hunter
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
Overgrown Armasaur
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
Mist-Cloaked Herald
2.5 This is a very nice and evasive creature. It’s a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which Merfolk love, and its another great target for Curious Obsession and Equipment.
2.5 This is a very nice and evasive creature. It’s a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which Merfolk love, and its another great target for Curious Obsession and Equipment.
Moment of Craving
3.5 This is extra good in this format because this kills a huge percentage of the creatures very efficiently, because they are mostly small. Tacking on the life gain is pretty nice too!
3.5 This is extra good in this format because this kills a huge percentage of the creatures very efficiently, because they are mostly small. Tacking on the life gain is pretty nice too!
Jade Bearer
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
Vampire Revenant
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
Spire Winder
2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 with Flying isn’t very good, but its amazing how much better this card gets with +1/+1! A ¾ Flyer can really do some work in the air.
2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 with Flying isn’t very good, but its amazing how much better this card gets with +1/+1! A ¾ Flyer can really do some work in the air.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Reaver Ambush
Woodland Stream
2.5 These provide you with good fixing. If they are in your two colors or they help you splash, you are pretty interested in them.
2.5 These provide you with good fixing. If they are in your two colors or they help you splash, you are pretty interested in them.
Reaver Ambush
3.5 This kills a massive percentage of the creatures in the format quite efficiently, and it exiles them too! It is definitely premium removal.
3.5 This kills a massive percentage of the creatures in the format quite efficiently, and it exiles them too! It is definitely premium removal.
Fanatical Firebrand
2.5 This format has an unusual number of X/1s, so the Firebrand tends to stay relevant all game long. It tends to attack in the early game, and then become a removal spell in the late game. The fact it can ping your opponent is pretty sweet, too!
2.5 This format has an unusual number of X/1s, so the Firebrand tends to stay relevant all game long. It tends to attack in the early game, and then become a removal spell in the late game. The fact it can ping your opponent is pretty sweet, too!
Stampeding Horncrest
2.0 A 5-mana 4/4 without Haste is pretty bad, and one with Haste isn’t that great. This will make the cut in some of your Dino decks, but you won’t feel bad about cutting it either.
2.0 A 5-mana 4/4 without Haste is pretty bad, and one with Haste isn’t that great. This will make the cut in some of your Dino decks, but you won’t feel bad about cutting it either.
Overgrown Armasaur
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
Cleansing Ray
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
Waterknot
3.0 This is some nice removal for Blue. It doesn’t shut down activated or static abilities, but keeping it from attacking or blocking is a pretty good deal for three mana.
3.0 This is some nice removal for Blue. It doesn’t shut down activated or static abilities, but keeping it from attacking or blocking is a pretty good deal for three mana.
Swaggering Corsair
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
Impale
3.5 This is premium removal. It kills pretty much anything, no question asked. It is a little clunkier in this format, which is filled with good cheap creatures, but its still pretty great.
3.5 This is premium removal. It kills pretty much anything, no question asked. It is a little clunkier in this format, which is filled with good cheap creatures, but its still pretty great.
Sailor of Means
3.5 This is one of Blue’s best Commons. It has decent defensive stats, but its ability to make Treasure is what is so great. You actually get a ton for your mana investment! The Treasure lets you ramp and fix your mana, and with enough of it, you can definitely splash some off-color bombs.
3.5 This is one of Blue’s best Commons. It has decent defensive stats, but its ability to make Treasure is what is so great. You actually get a ton for your mana investment! The Treasure lets you ramp and fix your mana, and with enough of it, you can definitely splash some off-color bombs.
Orazca Raptor
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
Sanguine Glorifier
3.0 This is a pretty nice payoff for the Vampire decks, as the counter often enables some nice attacks right away. Keep in mind, though, that it can’t put a counter on itself.
3.0 This is a pretty nice payoff for the Vampire decks, as the counter often enables some nice attacks right away. Keep in mind, though, that it can’t put a counter on itself.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Arterial Flow
Arterial Flow
1.5 It is nice that, unlike a lot of Mind Rots, you get an effect here even if your opponent’s hand is empty, but it still isn’t very impressive.
1.5 It is nice that, unlike a lot of Mind Rots, you get an effect here even if your opponent’s hand is empty, but it still isn’t very impressive.
Atzocan Seer
3.5 This is great ramp for Dinosaur decks, and being able to get back your fallen Dinos is some nice additional upside.
3.5 This is great ramp for Dinosaur decks, and being able to get back your fallen Dinos is some nice additional upside.
Overgrown Armasaur
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
Stampeding Horncrest
2.0 A 5-mana 4/4 without Haste is pretty bad, and one with Haste isn’t that great. This will make the cut in some of your Dino decks, but you won’t feel bad about cutting it either.
2.0 A 5-mana 4/4 without Haste is pretty bad, and one with Haste isn’t that great. This will make the cut in some of your Dino decks, but you won’t feel bad about cutting it either.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
River Darter
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
Kitesail Corsair
3.5 This is perhaps Blue’s best Common. This is a great two drop that attacks well all game long, and it’s a great place to put Equipment or Auras like Curious Obsession.
3.5 This is perhaps Blue’s best Common. This is a great two drop that attacks well all game long, and it’s a great place to put Equipment or Auras like Curious Obsession.
Jade Bearer
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
Gleaming Barrier
1.5 If you’re a really defensive deck looking to ramp, this does those things, but there are a surprising number of early creatures it just can’t block, and that’s a problem.
1.5 If you’re a really defensive deck looking to ramp, this does those things, but there are a surprising number of early creatures it just can’t block, and that’s a problem.
Recover
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
Cleansing Ray
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
Knight of the Stampede
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Legion Conquistador
Crafty Cutpurse
0.5 This is mostly just a 4-mana 2/2 with Flash. Even with a useful creature type, that’s not near good enough. It does have some uses, as tokens are around in the format, but the situations where you can actually utilize the Cutpurse to steal a token are few and far between. It could be worth siding in in a situation where your opponent has a ton of tokens, but that’s about it.
0.5 This is mostly just a 4-mana 2/2 with Flash. Even with a useful creature type, that’s not near good enough. It does have some uses, as tokens are around in the format, but the situations where you can actually utilize the Cutpurse to steal a token are few and far between. It could be worth siding in in a situation where your opponent has a ton of tokens, but that’s about it.
Strength of the Pack
2.0 On a decent number of board states this will do enough to win you the game, but one has to consider all of the other scenarios with the card too. If you aren’t already at parity or ahead of your opponent, it doesn’t do much for you.
2.0 On a decent number of board states this will do enough to win you the game, but one has to consider all of the other scenarios with the card too. If you aren’t already at parity or ahead of your opponent, it doesn’t do much for you.
Sun-Collared Raptor
1.5 This is a cheap Dinosaur, and sometimes you need those, but overall this isn’t great. Sure, you can pump its power and stuff, but the amount of mana you sink into that is massively inefficient, since the Raptor is almost assuredly dying in combat too. It feels especially terrible if a 2 power creature blocks it. So, you get a trade, but pay way more mana than your opponent does for it.
1.5 This is a cheap Dinosaur, and sometimes you need those, but overall this isn’t great. Sure, you can pump its power and stuff, but the amount of mana you sink into that is massively inefficient, since the Raptor is almost assuredly dying in combat too. It feels especially terrible if a 2 power creature blocks it. So, you get a trade, but pay way more mana than your opponent does for it.
Jade Bearer
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
Vampire Revenant
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
Plummet
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
Sanguine Glorifier
3.0 This is a pretty nice payoff for the Vampire decks, as the counter often enables some nice attacks right away. Keep in mind, though, that it can’t put a counter on itself.
3.0 This is a pretty nice payoff for the Vampire decks, as the counter often enables some nice attacks right away. Keep in mind, though, that it can’t put a counter on itself.
Goblin Trailblazer
3.0 This is a nice little two drop that is tough to block effectively in the early game. It is pretty nice with Pirate payoffs too!
3.0 This is a nice little two drop that is tough to block effectively in the early game. It is pretty nice with Pirate payoffs too!
Fathom Fleet Boarder
2.0 This is mostly a vanilla 3-mana 3/3 in the pirate deck, and a 3-mana 3/3 with a sizable downside outside of that.
2.0 This is mostly a vanilla 3-mana 3/3 in the pirate deck, and a 3-mana 3/3 with a sizable downside outside of that.
Strider Harness
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Sadistic Skymarcher
Sadistic Skymarcher
3.5 Even if you always pay 4 to cast this it is quite good, and it will often cost three, which is excellent.
3.5 Even if you always pay 4 to cast this it is quite good, and it will often cost three, which is excellent.
Flood of Recollection
1.0 This isn’t great. Usually a card that just lets you get something back from your graveyard as a 1-for-1 just isn’t worth it, and that’s mostly the case here. If you have some really bomby spells maybe you play it, but that’s about it.
1.0 This isn’t great. Usually a card that just lets you get something back from your graveyard as a 1-for-1 just isn’t worth it, and that’s mostly the case here. If you have some really bomby spells maybe you play it, but that’s about it.
Spire Winder
2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 with Flying isn’t very good, but its amazing how much better this card gets with +1/+1! A ¾ Flyer can really do some work in the air.
2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 with Flying isn’t very good, but its amazing how much better this card gets with +1/+1! A ¾ Flyer can really do some work in the air.
Dusk Charger
2.5 This is pretty bad ahead of the City’s Blessing, but pretty nice after it.
2.5 This is pretty bad ahead of the City’s Blessing, but pretty nice after it.
Waterknot
3.0 This is some nice removal for Blue. It doesn’t shut down activated or static abilities, but keeping it from attacking or blocking is a pretty good deal for three mana.
3.0 This is some nice removal for Blue. It doesn’t shut down activated or static abilities, but keeping it from attacking or blocking is a pretty good deal for three mana.
Strider Harness
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
Sun-Crested Pterodon
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
Jungleborn Pioneer
3.5 This gives you two very useful bodies for a great cost, especially in a format with great Merfolk payoffs.
3.5 This gives you two very useful bodies for a great cost, especially in a format with great Merfolk payoffs.
Raptor Companion
2.0 This has decent aggressive stats and a nice creature type. Its fine. Not much more to say!
2.0 This has decent aggressive stats and a nice creature type. Its fine. Not much more to say!
Mutiny
2.0 This is decent removal, but I don’t like how reliant you are on your opponent having creatures who line up just the right way for this to kill what you want.
2.0 This is decent removal, but I don’t like how reliant you are on your opponent having creatures who line up just the right way for this to kill what you want.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Forerunner of the Legion
Forerunner of the Legion
3.0 Putting a card on top of your library is a far cry from putting it into your hand, but its still nice that you can make sure you’re going to draw your best vampire on your next turn. The +1/+1 boost each vampire gives to one of your creatures is a nice way to turn on attacks you just didn’t have before, too.
3.0 Putting a card on top of your library is a far cry from putting it into your hand, but its still nice that you can make sure you’re going to draw your best vampire on your next turn. The +1/+1 boost each vampire gives to one of your creatures is a nice way to turn on attacks you just didn’t have before, too.
Canal Monitor
0.5 This has pretty bad stats, and even if you’re desperate for a 5 drop, this doesn’t do a great job. Playing almost any other Black card in the set is probably better.
0.5 This has pretty bad stats, and even if you’re desperate for a 5 drop, this doesn’t do a great job. Playing almost any other Black card in the set is probably better.
River Darter
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
Orazca Relic
1.5 This is a pretty bad mana rock since it only produces colorless and costs 3 mana. Its nice that it gains some extra utility once you have the City’s Blessing, instead of just being a useless hunk of metal like most mana rocks, but still not something impressive.
1.5 This is a pretty bad mana rock since it only produces colorless and costs 3 mana. Its nice that it gains some extra utility once you have the City’s Blessing, instead of just being a useless hunk of metal like most mana rocks, but still not something impressive.
Naturalize
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
Strider Harness
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
Giltgrove Stalker
3.5 This is an excellent two drop that is unblockable on a surprising number of board states, and it is also a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which the Merfolk deck is great at.
3.5 This is an excellent two drop that is unblockable on a surprising number of board states, and it is also a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which the Merfolk deck is great at.
Fathom Fleet Boarder
2.0 This is mostly a vanilla 3-mana 3/3 in the pirate deck, and a 3-mana 3/3 with a sizable downside outside of that.
2.0 This is mostly a vanilla 3-mana 3/3 in the pirate deck, and a 3-mana 3/3 with a sizable downside outside of that.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Pride of Conquerors
Colossal Dreadmaw
2.0 This is not a bad finisher if you need one in your Green decks.
2.0 This is not a bad finisher if you need one in your Green decks.
Vampire Revenant
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
Strider Harness
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
Plummet
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
Tilonalli's Crown
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
Deadeye Rig-Hauler
3.0 Making it so this can only bounce stuff if you have Raided that turn is a bit of a bummer, because that means you have to wait until your second main phase. Part of what’s nice about bounce creatures is you can use them in your first main phase to allow for an attack! Still, this is pretty reasonably costed and has a useful creature type, so its still a pretty nice Blue common.
3.0 Making it so this can only bounce stuff if you have Raided that turn is a bit of a bummer, because that means you have to wait until your second main phase. Part of what’s nice about bounce creatures is you can use them in your first main phase to allow for an attack! Still, this is pretty reasonably costed and has a useful creature type, so its still a pretty nice Blue common.
Brazen Freebooter
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
Pack 1 Pick 8: Snubhorn Sentry
Pirate's Pillage
2.5 This is pretty expensive for Tormenting voice, but it turns out the two treasure this gives you back are pretty nice. Oftentimes, you’ll be able to cast one of the things you draw as a result. And, like all treasure cards, providing fixing is some nice upside.
2.5 This is pretty expensive for Tormenting voice, but it turns out the two treasure this gives you back are pretty nice. Oftentimes, you’ll be able to cast one of the things you draw as a result. And, like all treasure cards, providing fixing is some nice upside.
Grasping Scoundrel
1.5 This is an aggressive little one drop, and sometimes you’re in the market for that. Most of the time, though, this one drop isn’t something you’re pumped about.
1.5 This is an aggressive little one drop, and sometimes you’re in the market for that. Most of the time, though, this one drop isn’t something you’re pumped about.
Spire Winder
2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 with Flying isn’t very good, but its amazing how much better this card gets with +1/+1! A ¾ Flyer can really do some work in the air.
2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 with Flying isn’t very good, but its amazing how much better this card gets with +1/+1! A ¾ Flyer can really do some work in the air.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Snubhorn Sentry
2.5 This is much better than it looks. Getting the city’s blessing going quickly is quite easy, so this is often a 3/3 by the mid-game.
2.5 This is much better than it looks. Getting the city’s blessing going quickly is quite easy, so this is often a 3/3 by the mid-game.
Soul of the Rapids
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Traveler's Amulet
Tomb Robber
3.0 The starting stats here aren’t great, but the ability to turn cards you don’t want into Explore triggers is quite powerful. It will feel sort of similar to looting, except that it often also impacts your board.
3.0 The starting stats here aren’t great, but the ability to turn cards you don’t want into Explore triggers is quite powerful. It will feel sort of similar to looting, except that it often also impacts your board.
Pitiless Plunderer
2.5 This is a nice source of treasure, but the cost of the card and the starting stats really hold this card back.
2.5 This is a nice source of treasure, but the cost of the card and the starting stats really hold this card back.
Traveler's Amulet
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
Dinosaur Hunter
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
Mist-Cloaked Herald
2.5 This is a very nice and evasive creature. It’s a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which Merfolk love, and its another great target for Curious Obsession and Equipment.
2.5 This is a very nice and evasive creature. It’s a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which Merfolk love, and its another great target for Curious Obsession and Equipment.
Jade Bearer
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Sanguine Glorifier
Overgrown Armasaur
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Cleansing Ray
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
Knight of the Stampede
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Cleansing Ray
Overgrown Armasaur
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
2.5 This has a pretty nice Enrage trigger, but it does sometimes feel a little too clunky and awkward in a format with tons of small evasive creatures.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Cleansing Ray
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
Knight of the Stampede
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Fathom Fleet Boarder
Jade Bearer
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
Plummet
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
Fathom Fleet Boarder
2.0 This is mostly a vanilla 3-mana 3/3 in the pirate deck, and a 3-mana 3/3 with a sizable downside outside of that.
2.0 This is mostly a vanilla 3-mana 3/3 in the pirate deck, and a 3-mana 3/3 with a sizable downside outside of that.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Flood of Recollection
Flood of Recollection
1.0 This isn’t great. Usually a card that just lets you get something back from your graveyard as a 1-for-1 just isn’t worth it, and that’s mostly the case here. If you have some really bomby spells maybe you play it, but that’s about it.
1.0 This isn’t great. Usually a card that just lets you get something back from your graveyard as a 1-for-1 just isn’t worth it, and that’s mostly the case here. If you have some really bomby spells maybe you play it, but that’s about it.
Strider Harness
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Naturalize
Azor, the Lawbringer
5.0 A 6-mana 6/6 Flyer is a pretty powerful thing, so the additional upside here is big. Basically getting to cast Sphinx’s Revelation when Azor attacks is a pretty big deal! Even if you’re only drawing a single card it feels good, and more than that feels great! This is a bomb where your opponent does have to let you untap with it still in play for you to truly reap the rewards. Azor’s ETB ability doesn’t really do much to protect him, though it does mean your opponent has to use their removal on him during their own turn, and that matters sometimes. But yeah, this is definitely a bomb.
5.0 A 6-mana 6/6 Flyer is a pretty powerful thing, so the additional upside here is big. Basically getting to cast Sphinx’s Revelation when Azor attacks is a pretty big deal! Even if you’re only drawing a single card it feels good, and more than that feels great! This is a bomb where your opponent does have to let you untap with it still in play for you to truly reap the rewards. Azor’s ETB ability doesn’t really do much to protect him, though it does mean your opponent has to use their removal on him during their own turn, and that matters sometimes. But yeah, this is definitely a bomb.
Charging Tuskodon
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
Thunderherd Migration
2.5 So this is either Rampant Growth or a better Rampant Growth. This is pretty good at ramping and fixing for you, and if you’re in a version of the Dino deck that’s in the market for that, this is pretty nice. It does have the downside of becoming irrelevant in the late game, though.
2.5 So this is either Rampant Growth or a better Rampant Growth. This is pretty good at ramping and fixing for you, and if you’re in a version of the Dino deck that’s in the market for that, this is pretty nice. It does have the downside of becoming irrelevant in the late game, though.
Dinosaur Hunter
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
River Darter
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
Traveler's Amulet
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
Secrets of the Golden City
3.5 This is a very good Common. Sure, 3-mana to draw 2 isn’t anything special, but three mana to draw three is actually pretty insane in Limited, and by the mid-game it isn’t that hard to have the Blessing going. It has a decent floor and an amazing ceiling.
3.5 This is a very good Common. Sure, 3-mana to draw 2 isn’t anything special, but three mana to draw three is actually pretty insane in Limited, and by the mid-game it isn’t that hard to have the Blessing going. It has a decent floor and an amazing ceiling.
Orazca Frillback
1.5 This has alright stats and a useful creature type, so it makes the cut sometimes.
1.5 This has alright stats and a useful creature type, so it makes the cut sometimes.
Aggressive Urge
2.0 This is actually a pretty solid trick. The boost for the cost isn’t great, but by making it a cantrip you open up the potential for a 2-for-1, and at worst you can cycle it away.
2.0 This is actually a pretty solid trick. The boost for the cost isn’t great, but by making it a cantrip you open up the potential for a 2-for-1, and at worst you can cycle it away.
Sworn Guardian
1.0 If you’re in a Merfolk deck, but short on cheap Merfolk, this can do the job, but for the most part you hope you get all the better Merfolk in the set!
1.0 If you’re in a Merfolk deck, but short on cheap Merfolk, this can do the job, but for the most part you hope you get all the better Merfolk in the set!
Brazen Freebooter
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
Sun-Crested Pterodon
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Legion Conquistador
Azor, the Lawbringer
5.0 A 6-mana 6/6 Flyer is a pretty powerful thing, so the additional upside here is big. Basically getting to cast Sphinx’s Revelation when Azor attacks is a pretty big deal! Even if you’re only drawing a single card it feels good, and more than that feels great! This is a bomb where your opponent does have to let you untap with it still in play for you to truly reap the rewards. Azor’s ETB ability doesn’t really do much to protect him, though it does mean your opponent has to use their removal on him during their own turn, and that matters sometimes. But yeah, this is definitely a bomb.
5.0 A 6-mana 6/6 Flyer is a pretty powerful thing, so the additional upside here is big. Basically getting to cast Sphinx’s Revelation when Azor attacks is a pretty big deal! Even if you’re only drawing a single card it feels good, and more than that feels great! This is a bomb where your opponent does have to let you untap with it still in play for you to truly reap the rewards. Azor’s ETB ability doesn’t really do much to protect him, though it does mean your opponent has to use their removal on him during their own turn, and that matters sometimes. But yeah, this is definitely a bomb.
Charging Tuskodon
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
Thunderherd Migration
2.5 So this is either Rampant Growth or a better Rampant Growth. This is pretty good at ramping and fixing for you, and if you’re in a version of the Dino deck that’s in the market for that, this is pretty nice. It does have the downside of becoming irrelevant in the late game, though.
2.5 So this is either Rampant Growth or a better Rampant Growth. This is pretty good at ramping and fixing for you, and if you’re in a version of the Dino deck that’s in the market for that, this is pretty nice. It does have the downside of becoming irrelevant in the late game, though.
Dinosaur Hunter
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
River Darter
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
Traveler's Amulet
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
Secrets of the Golden City
3.5 This is a very good Common. Sure, 3-mana to draw 2 isn’t anything special, but three mana to draw three is actually pretty insane in Limited, and by the mid-game it isn’t that hard to have the Blessing going. It has a decent floor and an amazing ceiling.
3.5 This is a very good Common. Sure, 3-mana to draw 2 isn’t anything special, but three mana to draw three is actually pretty insane in Limited, and by the mid-game it isn’t that hard to have the Blessing going. It has a decent floor and an amazing ceiling.
Orazca Frillback
1.5 This has alright stats and a useful creature type, so it makes the cut sometimes.
1.5 This has alright stats and a useful creature type, so it makes the cut sometimes.
Aggressive Urge
2.0 This is actually a pretty solid trick. The boost for the cost isn’t great, but by making it a cantrip you open up the potential for a 2-for-1, and at worst you can cycle it away.
2.0 This is actually a pretty solid trick. The boost for the cost isn’t great, but by making it a cantrip you open up the potential for a 2-for-1, and at worst you can cycle it away.
Sworn Guardian
1.0 If you’re in a Merfolk deck, but short on cheap Merfolk, this can do the job, but for the most part you hope you get all the better Merfolk in the set!
1.0 If you’re in a Merfolk deck, but short on cheap Merfolk, this can do the job, but for the most part you hope you get all the better Merfolk in the set!
Brazen Freebooter
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
Sun-Crested Pterodon
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Blood Sun
Blood Sun
0.0 This is just here for constructed formats. There aren’t enough nonbasics in this format for it to matter, and the fact it cycles at worst still doesn’t make it worth it.
0.0 This is just here for constructed formats. There aren’t enough nonbasics in this format for it to matter, and the fact it cycles at worst still doesn’t make it worth it.
Everdawn Champion
2.5 This text box is nice, but not nearly as powerful as it seems! It basically eliminates the ability of your opponent to trade with the Champion. Their larger creatures can still effortlessly block it. It is a nice place to stick auras and other enhancements, but yeah – its just a solid card and not much else.
2.5 This text box is nice, but not nearly as powerful as it seems! It basically eliminates the ability of your opponent to trade with the Champion. Their larger creatures can still effortlessly block it. It is a nice place to stick auras and other enhancements, but yeah – its just a solid card and not much else.
Swift Warden
3.5 A 3-mana 3/3 with Flash is always playable, so the Hexproof upside here is nice. You will find you don’t always get to use it, because you just need to be playing this 3/3 – and sometimes flashing it in to block a 2/2 is just what you need to do. However, when you do get to take advantage of the Hexproof, it feels pretty nasty.
3.5 A 3-mana 3/3 with Flash is always playable, so the Hexproof upside here is nice. You will find you don’t always get to use it, because you just need to be playing this 3/3 – and sometimes flashing it in to block a 2/2 is just what you need to do. However, when you do get to take advantage of the Hexproof, it feels pretty nasty.
Naturalize
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
Sworn Guardian
1.0 If you’re in a Merfolk deck, but short on cheap Merfolk, this can do the job, but for the most part you hope you get all the better Merfolk in the set!
1.0 If you’re in a Merfolk deck, but short on cheap Merfolk, this can do the job, but for the most part you hope you get all the better Merfolk in the set!
Frilled Deathspitter
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Tilonalli's Crown
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
Sun Sentinel
2.0 This has alright stats and Vigilance. Its unfortunate it doesn’t have a useful creature type, though, as a card this medium has a harder time making the cut when you could be playing more creatures that are Dinosaurs or Vampires.
2.0 This has alright stats and Vigilance. Its unfortunate it doesn’t have a useful creature type, though, as a card this medium has a harder time making the cut when you could be playing more creatures that are Dinosaurs or Vampires.
Dark Inquiry
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
Vampire Revenant
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
Recover
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
Soul of the Rapids
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Recover
Aquatic Incursion
2.0 Most of the merfolk payoffs in this format are great. This one..not so much. The two bodies it gives you for the cost isn’t great, and the cost of making a merfolk unblockable is also pretty costly. It is definitely a fine card for your Merfolk decks, but not something you should go after very aggressively.
2.0 Most of the merfolk payoffs in this format are great. This one..not so much. The two bodies it gives you for the cost isn’t great, and the cost of making a merfolk unblockable is also pretty costly. It is definitely a fine card for your Merfolk decks, but not something you should go after very aggressively.
See Red
2.5 Like most Auras, this can be pretty risky since you open yourself up to a 2-for-1, but the stats boost and first strike is great for two mana, and that means this ends up being a pretty solid card for most aggro decks.
2.5 Like most Auras, this can be pretty risky since you open yourself up to a 2-for-1, but the stats boost and first strike is great for two mana, and that means this ends up being a pretty solid card for most aggro decks.
Jungle Creeper
3.0 Its nice that this 3-mana 3/3 can keep coming back from the graveyard – but its not so nice that it costs you 5 mana to return it and then 3 mana to play it again every single time. Still, it has solid stats and if you are flooding out in the late game, it does give you something to do with your mana!
3.0 Its nice that this 3-mana 3/3 can keep coming back from the graveyard – but its not so nice that it costs you 5 mana to return it and then 3 mana to play it again every single time. Still, it has solid stats and if you are flooding out in the late game, it does give you something to do with your mana!
Hardy Veteran
2.0 This has decent stats, but in a format loaded up with tribal payoffs, it is a bit awkward that it doesn’t have a creature type that lines up with any of the Green decks.
2.0 This has decent stats, but in a format loaded up with tribal payoffs, it is a bit awkward that it doesn’t have a creature type that lines up with any of the Green decks.
Swaggering Corsair
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
Knight of the Stampede
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
Tilonalli's Crown
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
Fathom Fleet Boarder
2.0 This is mostly a vanilla 3-mana 3/3 in the pirate deck, and a 3-mana 3/3 with a sizable downside outside of that.
2.0 This is mostly a vanilla 3-mana 3/3 in the pirate deck, and a 3-mana 3/3 with a sizable downside outside of that.
Divine Verdict
2.5 Like most removal that destroys an attacking or blocking creature, this is way too conditional to be premium. Its also not super impressive when it comes to efficiency. However, its perfectly solid to have one of.
2.5 Like most removal that destroys an attacking or blocking creature, this is way too conditional to be premium. Its also not super impressive when it comes to efficiency. However, its perfectly solid to have one of.
Deadeye Rig-Hauler
3.0 Making it so this can only bounce stuff if you have Raided that turn is a bit of a bummer, because that means you have to wait until your second main phase. Part of what’s nice about bounce creatures is you can use them in your first main phase to allow for an attack! Still, this is pretty reasonably costed and has a useful creature type, so its still a pretty nice Blue common.
3.0 Making it so this can only bounce stuff if you have Raided that turn is a bit of a bummer, because that means you have to wait until your second main phase. Part of what’s nice about bounce creatures is you can use them in your first main phase to allow for an attack! Still, this is pretty reasonably costed and has a useful creature type, so its still a pretty nice Blue common.
Spire Winder
2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 with Flying isn’t very good, but its amazing how much better this card gets with +1/+1! A ¾ Flyer can really do some work in the air.
2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 with Flying isn’t very good, but its amazing how much better this card gets with +1/+1! A ¾ Flyer can really do some work in the air.
Recover
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Storm Fleet Swashbuckler
Storm Fleet Swashbuckler
3.5 At worst this is a Bear with a useful creature type, and in the late game it becomes quite the formidable attacker, especially if you have other ways of buffing it.
3.5 At worst this is a Bear with a useful creature type, and in the late game it becomes quite the formidable attacker, especially if you have other ways of buffing it.
Aquatic Incursion
2.0 Most of the merfolk payoffs in this format are great. This one..not so much. The two bodies it gives you for the cost isn’t great, and the cost of making a merfolk unblockable is also pretty costly. It is definitely a fine card for your Merfolk decks, but not something you should go after very aggressively.
2.0 Most of the merfolk payoffs in this format are great. This one..not so much. The two bodies it gives you for the cost isn’t great, and the cost of making a merfolk unblockable is also pretty costly. It is definitely a fine card for your Merfolk decks, but not something you should go after very aggressively.
Cacophodon
2.0 This has some pretty good defensive stats, but the Enrage trigger is fairly underwhelming.
2.0 This has some pretty good defensive stats, but the Enrage trigger is fairly underwhelming.
Mist-Cloaked Herald
2.5 This is a very nice and evasive creature. It’s a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which Merfolk love, and its another great target for Curious Obsession and Equipment.
2.5 This is a very nice and evasive creature. It’s a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which Merfolk love, and its another great target for Curious Obsession and Equipment.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Strider Harness
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
Buccaneer's Bravado
3.0 This is a powerful card that you really want at least one of in all of your Pirate decks. It is a decent trick on the face of it, and it turns into a very real win condition in Pirate decks thanks to the massive amount of damage this card can help your Pirates do.
3.0 This is a powerful card that you really want at least one of in all of your Pirate decks. It is a decent trick on the face of it, and it turns into a very real win condition in Pirate decks thanks to the massive amount of damage this card can help your Pirates do.
Dark Inquiry
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
Jadecraft Artisan
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
Kitesail Corsair
3.5 This is perhaps Blue’s best Common. This is a great two drop that attacks well all game long, and it’s a great place to put Equipment or Auras like Curious Obsession.
3.5 This is perhaps Blue’s best Common. This is a great two drop that attacks well all game long, and it’s a great place to put Equipment or Auras like Curious Obsession.
Voracious Vampire
3.5 This is a surprisingly strong Common, and really the key Common for Vampire decks in this format. +1/+1 and Menace is a very strong boost, and the fact you also get to add this menace creature to the board at the same time is a big deal.
3.5 This is a surprisingly strong Common, and really the key Common for Vampire decks in this format. +1/+1 and Menace is a very strong boost, and the fact you also get to add this menace creature to the board at the same time is a big deal.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Raptor Companion
Charging Tuskodon
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
Goblin Trailblazer
3.0 This is a nice little two drop that is tough to block effectively in the early game. It is pretty nice with Pirate payoffs too!
3.0 This is a nice little two drop that is tough to block effectively in the early game. It is pretty nice with Pirate payoffs too!
Frilled Deathspitter
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
Cleansing Ray
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
Naturalize
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
Soul of the Rapids
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
Jade Bearer
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
Tilonalli's Crown
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
Jadecraft Artisan
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Charging Tuskodon
Charging Tuskodon
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
Goblin Trailblazer
3.0 This is a nice little two drop that is tough to block effectively in the early game. It is pretty nice with Pirate payoffs too!
3.0 This is a nice little two drop that is tough to block effectively in the early game. It is pretty nice with Pirate payoffs too!
Frilled Deathspitter
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
Cleansing Ray
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
0.5 This is mostly sideboard material to bring in against decks with some decent number of vampires and enchantments.
Naturalize
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
Soul of the Rapids
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
Jade Bearer
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
Tilonalli's Crown
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
Jadecraft Artisan
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Dusk Charger
Flood of Recollection
1.0 This isn’t great. Usually a card that just lets you get something back from your graveyard as a 1-for-1 just isn’t worth it, and that’s mostly the case here. If you have some really bomby spells maybe you play it, but that’s about it.
1.0 This isn’t great. Usually a card that just lets you get something back from your graveyard as a 1-for-1 just isn’t worth it, and that’s mostly the case here. If you have some really bomby spells maybe you play it, but that’s about it.
Pirate's Pillage
2.5 This is pretty expensive for Tormenting voice, but it turns out the two treasure this gives you back are pretty nice. Oftentimes, you’ll be able to cast one of the things you draw as a result. And, like all treasure cards, providing fixing is some nice upside.
2.5 This is pretty expensive for Tormenting voice, but it turns out the two treasure this gives you back are pretty nice. Oftentimes, you’ll be able to cast one of the things you draw as a result. And, like all treasure cards, providing fixing is some nice upside.
River Darter
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
Jadecraft Artisan
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
Waterknot
3.0 This is some nice removal for Blue. It doesn’t shut down activated or static abilities, but keeping it from attacking or blocking is a pretty good deal for three mana.
3.0 This is some nice removal for Blue. It doesn’t shut down activated or static abilities, but keeping it from attacking or blocking is a pretty good deal for three mana.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Dusk Charger
2.5 This is pretty bad ahead of the City’s Blessing, but pretty nice after it.
2.5 This is pretty bad ahead of the City’s Blessing, but pretty nice after it.
Brazen Freebooter
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
Pack 2 Pick 8: Recover
Strength of the Pack
2.0 On a decent number of board states this will do enough to win you the game, but one has to consider all of the other scenarios with the card too. If you aren’t already at parity or ahead of your opponent, it doesn’t do much for you.
2.0 On a decent number of board states this will do enough to win you the game, but one has to consider all of the other scenarios with the card too. If you aren’t already at parity or ahead of your opponent, it doesn’t do much for you.
Negate
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
Swaggering Corsair
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
Recover
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
Vampire Revenant
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
Voracious Vampire
3.5 This is a surprisingly strong Common, and really the key Common for Vampire decks in this format. +1/+1 and Menace is a very strong boost, and the fact you also get to add this menace creature to the board at the same time is a big deal.
3.5 This is a surprisingly strong Common, and really the key Common for Vampire decks in this format. +1/+1 and Menace is a very strong boost, and the fact you also get to add this menace creature to the board at the same time is a big deal.
Frilled Deathspitter
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Traveler's Amulet
River Darter
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
2.0 This has a useful creature type and a bit of evasion to go along with mediocre stats, but that’s definitely enough to make the cut in your Merfolk decks a decent chunk of the time.
Traveler's Amulet
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
3.0 This is an excellent source of fixing, and it can even let you reduce the number of land you play in your deck, both of which are pretty nice things to get out of a common Artifact.
Orazca Frillback
1.5 This has alright stats and a useful creature type, so it makes the cut sometimes.
1.5 This has alright stats and a useful creature type, so it makes the cut sometimes.
Aggressive Urge
2.0 This is actually a pretty solid trick. The boost for the cost isn’t great, but by making it a cantrip you open up the potential for a 2-for-1, and at worst you can cycle it away.
2.0 This is actually a pretty solid trick. The boost for the cost isn’t great, but by making it a cantrip you open up the potential for a 2-for-1, and at worst you can cycle it away.
Brazen Freebooter
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
2.5 A Hill Giant that makes a Treasure token is pretty solid in this format. Getting fixing in Red is quite nice!
Sun-Crested Pterodon
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Vampire Revenant
Naturalize
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
Tilonalli's Crown
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
Dark Inquiry
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
Vampire Revenant
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
Recover
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Jungle Creeper
See Red
2.5 Like most Auras, this can be pretty risky since you open yourself up to a 2-for-1, but the stats boost and first strike is great for two mana, and that means this ends up being a pretty solid card for most aggro decks.
2.5 Like most Auras, this can be pretty risky since you open yourself up to a 2-for-1, but the stats boost and first strike is great for two mana, and that means this ends up being a pretty solid card for most aggro decks.
Jungle Creeper
3.0 Its nice that this 3-mana 3/3 can keep coming back from the graveyard – but its not so nice that it costs you 5 mana to return it and then 3 mana to play it again every single time. Still, it has solid stats and if you are flooding out in the late game, it does give you something to do with your mana!
3.0 Its nice that this 3-mana 3/3 can keep coming back from the graveyard – but its not so nice that it costs you 5 mana to return it and then 3 mana to play it again every single time. Still, it has solid stats and if you are flooding out in the late game, it does give you something to do with your mana!
Swaggering Corsair
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
Tilonalli's Crown
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
1.0 You’re only going to end up playing this if you have a ton of creatures with Enrage. Otherwise, its pretty much unplayable. +3/+0 and Trample is a nice boost, but it isn’t the kind that allows your creature to survive combat any better than it already could.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Dark Inquiry
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Strider Harness
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
1.5 This does not give a great boost for the total investment you put into it, though once its in play and you can pay one extra to give +1/+1 and Haste to every new creature.
Dark Inquiry
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Shake the Foundations
Shake the Foundations
0.5 // 2.5 This is mostly a sideboard card to bring in against decks with lots of X/1s. However, if you end up with 4+ creatures with Enrage, and very few of your own X/1s, you can definitely main board this and feel alright about it.
0.5 // 2.5 This is mostly a sideboard card to bring in against decks with lots of X/1s. However, if you end up with 4+ creatures with Enrage, and very few of your own X/1s, you can definitely main board this and feel alright about it.
Sun-Collared Raptor
1.5 This is a cheap Dinosaur, and sometimes you need those, but overall this isn’t great. Sure, you can pump its power and stuff, but the amount of mana you sink into that is massively inefficient, since the Raptor is almost assuredly dying in combat too. It feels especially terrible if a 2 power creature blocks it. So, you get a trade, but pay way more mana than your opponent does for it.
1.5 This is a cheap Dinosaur, and sometimes you need those, but overall this isn’t great. Sure, you can pump its power and stuff, but the amount of mana you sink into that is massively inefficient, since the Raptor is almost assuredly dying in combat too. It feels especially terrible if a 2 power creature blocks it. So, you get a trade, but pay way more mana than your opponent does for it.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Naturalize
Naturalize
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
0.5 There aren’t enough Enchantments or Artifacts in this format to put this in your main deck.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Martyr of Dusk
Crafty Cutpurse
0.5 This is mostly just a 4-mana 2/2 with Flash. Even with a useful creature type, that’s not near good enough. It does have some uses, as tokens are around in the format, but the situations where you can actually utilize the Cutpurse to steal a token are few and far between. It could be worth siding in in a situation where your opponent has a ton of tokens, but that’s about it.
0.5 This is mostly just a 4-mana 2/2 with Flash. Even with a useful creature type, that’s not near good enough. It does have some uses, as tokens are around in the format, but the situations where you can actually utilize the Cutpurse to steal a token are few and far between. It could be worth siding in in a situation where your opponent has a ton of tokens, but that’s about it.
Reaver Ambush
3.5 This kills a massive percentage of the creatures in the format quite efficiently, and it exiles them too! It is definitely premium removal.
3.5 This kills a massive percentage of the creatures in the format quite efficiently, and it exiles them too! It is definitely premium removal.
Forerunner of the Coalition
2.5 Remember that tutoring something up and putting it on top is way worse than putting it in your hand. However, tacking that on to a Gray Ogre, along with the Pirate payoff this gives you is pretty nice.
2.5 Remember that tutoring something up and putting it on top is way worse than putting it in your hand. However, tacking that on to a Gray Ogre, along with the Pirate payoff this gives you is pretty nice.
Daring Buccaneer
2.0 This does feel pretty good when you play it on turn one, but obviously it has quickly diminishing values, as a 2/2 becomes increasingly less impressive as the game goes on.
2.0 This does feel pretty good when you play it on turn one, but obviously it has quickly diminishing values, as a 2/2 becomes increasingly less impressive as the game goes on.
Hunt the Weak
3.0 This is a nice removal spell, as the +1/+1 counter will enable many creatures to take down an opposing one in a fight. You do need to be very careful about when you cast it, since if your opponent has removal and they use it in response, you probably just lost the game. But if you pick your spot wisely, this has a big impact in your favor.
3.0 This is a nice removal spell, as the +1/+1 counter will enable many creatures to take down an opposing one in a fight. You do need to be very careful about when you cast it, since if your opponent has removal and they use it in response, you probably just lost the game. But if you pick your spot wisely, this has a big impact in your favor.
Exultant Skymarcher
2.5 This has nice French Vanilla stats and a useful creature type.
2.5 This has nice French Vanilla stats and a useful creature type.
Sun-Crested Pterodon
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
Negate
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
Frilled Deathspitter
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
Crashing Tide
3.0 Even without Flash, this is a pretty solid card. Adding a cantrip to bounce is great, because it means you are trading 1-for-1, which many bounce spells don’t actually do. When you do get Flash going, it ends up being really good.
3.0 Even without Flash, this is a pretty solid card. Adding a cantrip to bounce is great, because it means you are trading 1-for-1, which many bounce spells don’t actually do. When you do get Flash going, it ends up being really good.
Colossal Dreadmaw
2.0 This is not a bad finisher if you need one in your Green decks.
2.0 This is not a bad finisher if you need one in your Green decks.
Dark Inquiry
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Mausoleum Harpy
Mausoleum Harpy
2.0 This has mediocre starting stats, though it does have the capacity to get larger once you have the Blessing. You don’t feel bad about including it in your deck, but you’re going to find yourself cutting it a lot too.
2.0 This has mediocre starting stats, though it does have the capacity to get larger once you have the Blessing. You don’t feel bad about including it in your deck, but you’re going to find yourself cutting it a lot too.
Storm Fleet Swashbuckler
3.5 At worst this is a Bear with a useful creature type, and in the late game it becomes quite the formidable attacker, especially if you have other ways of buffing it.
3.5 At worst this is a Bear with a useful creature type, and in the late game it becomes quite the formidable attacker, especially if you have other ways of buffing it.
Deadeye Rig-Hauler
3.0 Making it so this can only bounce stuff if you have Raided that turn is a bit of a bummer, because that means you have to wait until your second main phase. Part of what’s nice about bounce creatures is you can use them in your first main phase to allow for an attack! Still, this is pretty reasonably costed and has a useful creature type, so its still a pretty nice Blue common.
3.0 Making it so this can only bounce stuff if you have Raided that turn is a bit of a bummer, because that means you have to wait until your second main phase. Part of what’s nice about bounce creatures is you can use them in your first main phase to allow for an attack! Still, this is pretty reasonably costed and has a useful creature type, so its still a pretty nice Blue common.
Fanatical Firebrand
2.5 This format has an unusual number of X/1s, so the Firebrand tends to stay relevant all game long. It tends to attack in the early game, and then become a removal spell in the late game. The fact it can ping your opponent is pretty sweet, too!
2.5 This format has an unusual number of X/1s, so the Firebrand tends to stay relevant all game long. It tends to attack in the early game, and then become a removal spell in the late game. The fact it can ping your opponent is pretty sweet, too!
Exultant Skymarcher
2.5 This has nice French Vanilla stats and a useful creature type.
2.5 This has nice French Vanilla stats and a useful creature type.
Sun-Crested Pterodon
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
2.5 This is a nice creature to have around in your Dinosaur decks. It is a very real attacker in the sky in the late game. Once it has vigilance, it can be a real problem for this format’s small creatures to attack through.
Dusk Charger
2.5 This is pretty bad ahead of the City’s Blessing, but pretty nice after it.
2.5 This is pretty bad ahead of the City’s Blessing, but pretty nice after it.
Mutiny
2.0 This is decent removal, but I don’t like how reliant you are on your opponent having creatures who line up just the right way for this to kill what you want.
2.0 This is decent removal, but I don’t like how reliant you are on your opponent having creatures who line up just the right way for this to kill what you want.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Gruesome Fate
0.0 This doesn’t do anything but damage the opponent, and cards that only do that are very rarely worth it in Limited. And this one is also incredibly situational. 99% of the time, this won’t do enough damage to your opponent to be worth the investment.
0.0 This doesn’t do anything but damage the opponent, and cards that only do that are very rarely worth it in Limited. And this one is also incredibly situational. 99% of the time, this won’t do enough damage to your opponent to be worth the investment.
Hunt the Weak
3.0 This is a nice removal spell, as the +1/+1 counter will enable many creatures to take down an opposing one in a fight. You do need to be very careful about when you cast it, since if your opponent has removal and they use it in response, you probably just lost the game. But if you pick your spot wisely, this has a big impact in your favor.
3.0 This is a nice removal spell, as the +1/+1 counter will enable many creatures to take down an opposing one in a fight. You do need to be very careful about when you cast it, since if your opponent has removal and they use it in response, you probably just lost the game. But if you pick your spot wisely, this has a big impact in your favor.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Martyr of Dusk
Charging Tuskodon
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
2.5 This doesn’t have great stats, but if it is allowed to get through, it hits your opponent really hard. Most of the time, when you play this your opponent will just have to double block it to take it down – and they usually can, but that’s not a bad fail case.
Highland Lake
2.5 These provide you with good fixing. If they are in your two colors or they help you splash, you are pretty interested in them.
2.5 These provide you with good fixing. If they are in your two colors or they help you splash, you are pretty interested in them.
Mausoleum Harpy
2.0 This has mediocre starting stats, though it does have the capacity to get larger once you have the Blessing. You don’t feel bad about including it in your deck, but you’re going to find yourself cutting it a lot too.
2.0 This has mediocre starting stats, though it does have the capacity to get larger once you have the Blessing. You don’t feel bad about including it in your deck, but you’re going to find yourself cutting it a lot too.
Orazca Raptor
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
Exultant Skymarcher
2.5 This has nice French Vanilla stats and a useful creature type.
2.5 This has nice French Vanilla stats and a useful creature type.
Sanguine Glorifier
3.0 This is a pretty nice payoff for the Vampire decks, as the counter often enables some nice attacks right away. Keep in mind, though, that it can’t put a counter on itself.
3.0 This is a pretty nice payoff for the Vampire decks, as the counter often enables some nice attacks right away. Keep in mind, though, that it can’t put a counter on itself.
Orazca Relic
1.5 This is a pretty bad mana rock since it only produces colorless and costs 3 mana. Its nice that it gains some extra utility once you have the City’s Blessing, instead of just being a useless hunk of metal like most mana rocks, but still not something impressive.
1.5 This is a pretty bad mana rock since it only produces colorless and costs 3 mana. Its nice that it gains some extra utility once you have the City’s Blessing, instead of just being a useless hunk of metal like most mana rocks, but still not something impressive.
Crashing Tide
3.0 Even without Flash, this is a pretty solid card. Adding a cantrip to bounce is great, because it means you are trading 1-for-1, which many bounce spells don’t actually do. When you do get Flash going, it ends up being really good.
3.0 Even without Flash, this is a pretty solid card. Adding a cantrip to bounce is great, because it means you are trading 1-for-1, which many bounce spells don’t actually do. When you do get Flash going, it ends up being really good.
Jadecraft Artisan
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
2.0 This can come down and give you an attack you just didn’t have before, and that tends to be pretty nice. It does have Hill Giant stats though, which isn’t great.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Grasping Scoundrel
1.5 This is an aggressive little one drop, and sometimes you’re in the market for that. Most of the time, though, this one drop isn’t something you’re pumped about.
1.5 This is an aggressive little one drop, and sometimes you’re in the market for that. Most of the time, though, this one drop isn’t something you’re pumped about.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Snubhorn Sentry
Reaver Ambush
3.5 This kills a massive percentage of the creatures in the format quite efficiently, and it exiles them too! It is definitely premium removal.
3.5 This kills a massive percentage of the creatures in the format quite efficiently, and it exiles them too! It is definitely premium removal.
Evolving Wilds
3.0 Like always, this provides some pretty nice fixing – even better than the format’s tap lands. Even if you’re a two color deck, it improves your mana significantly.
3.0 Like always, this provides some pretty nice fixing – even better than the format’s tap lands. Even if you’re a two color deck, it improves your mana significantly.
Giltgrove Stalker
3.5 This is an excellent two drop that is unblockable on a surprising number of board states, and it is also a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which the Merfolk deck is great at.
3.5 This is an excellent two drop that is unblockable on a surprising number of board states, and it is also a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which the Merfolk deck is great at.
Mist-Cloaked Herald
2.5 This is a very nice and evasive creature. It’s a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which Merfolk love, and its another great target for Curious Obsession and Equipment.
2.5 This is a very nice and evasive creature. It’s a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which Merfolk love, and its another great target for Curious Obsession and Equipment.
Sun Sentinel
2.0 This has alright stats and Vigilance. Its unfortunate it doesn’t have a useful creature type, though, as a card this medium has a harder time making the cut when you could be playing more creatures that are Dinosaurs or Vampires.
2.0 This has alright stats and Vigilance. Its unfortunate it doesn’t have a useful creature type, though, as a card this medium has a harder time making the cut when you could be playing more creatures that are Dinosaurs or Vampires.
Orazca Raptor
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
Fanatical Firebrand
2.5 This format has an unusual number of X/1s, so the Firebrand tends to stay relevant all game long. It tends to attack in the early game, and then become a removal spell in the late game. The fact it can ping your opponent is pretty sweet, too!
2.5 This format has an unusual number of X/1s, so the Firebrand tends to stay relevant all game long. It tends to attack in the early game, and then become a removal spell in the late game. The fact it can ping your opponent is pretty sweet, too!
Recover
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
Snubhorn Sentry
2.5 This is much better than it looks. Getting the city’s blessing going quickly is quite easy, so this is often a 3/3 by the mid-game.
2.5 This is much better than it looks. Getting the city’s blessing going quickly is quite easy, so this is often a 3/3 by the mid-game.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Sadistic Skymarcher
Golden Demise
3.5 This wrecks most decks in this format, which have lots of X/2s. So, the fact that it becomes one-sided after you get the City’s Blessing is pretty incredible. And, sometimes in the early game you can just let your opponent curve out and fire it off anyway. Either way, this ends up shifting the game significantly in your favor. You probably don’t really want more than one in most decks, but that first copy is something you really want in every Black deck.
3.5 This wrecks most decks in this format, which have lots of X/2s. So, the fact that it becomes one-sided after you get the City’s Blessing is pretty incredible. And, sometimes in the early game you can just let your opponent curve out and fire it off anyway. Either way, this ends up shifting the game significantly in your favor. You probably don’t really want more than one in most decks, but that first copy is something you really want in every Black deck.
Relentless Raptor
3.0 This obviously has some incredible stats as a two mana 3/3 with Vigilance. The requirement to attack or block every combat does mean its usually going to die in a hurry, though.
3.0 This obviously has some incredible stats as a two mana 3/3 with Vigilance. The requirement to attack or block every combat does mean its usually going to die in a hurry, though.
Sadistic Skymarcher
3.5 Even if you always pay 4 to cast this it is quite good, and it will often cost three, which is excellent.
3.5 Even if you always pay 4 to cast this it is quite good, and it will often cost three, which is excellent.
Giltgrove Stalker
3.5 This is an excellent two drop that is unblockable on a surprising number of board states, and it is also a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which the Merfolk deck is great at.
3.5 This is an excellent two drop that is unblockable on a surprising number of board states, and it is also a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which the Merfolk deck is great at.
Shatter
0.5 Not enough Artifacts in this set to main deck this.
0.5 Not enough Artifacts in this set to main deck this.
Jade Bearer
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
2.5 This is a lot better than it looks. There are lots of good evasive merfolk to put a counter on with this.
Plummet
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
Vampire Revenant
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
1.5 These aren’t great stats, but it does have evasion and a useful creature type, so you could do worse.
Orazca Relic
1.5 This is a pretty bad mana rock since it only produces colorless and costs 3 mana. Its nice that it gains some extra utility once you have the City’s Blessing, instead of just being a useless hunk of metal like most mana rocks, but still not something impressive.
1.5 This is a pretty bad mana rock since it only produces colorless and costs 3 mana. Its nice that it gains some extra utility once you have the City’s Blessing, instead of just being a useless hunk of metal like most mana rocks, but still not something impressive.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Golden Demise
Blazing Hope
0.0 This is way too hard to make work in Limited. It is far too conditional.
0.0 This is way too hard to make work in Limited. It is far too conditional.
Golden Demise
3.5 This wrecks most decks in this format, which have lots of X/2s. So, the fact that it becomes one-sided after you get the City’s Blessing is pretty incredible. And, sometimes in the early game you can just let your opponent curve out and fire it off anyway. Either way, this ends up shifting the game significantly in your favor. You probably don’t really want more than one in most decks, but that first copy is something you really want in every Black deck.
3.5 This wrecks most decks in this format, which have lots of X/2s. So, the fact that it becomes one-sided after you get the City’s Blessing is pretty incredible. And, sometimes in the early game you can just let your opponent curve out and fire it off anyway. Either way, this ends up shifting the game significantly in your favor. You probably don’t really want more than one in most decks, but that first copy is something you really want in every Black deck.
Forerunner of the Coalition
2.5 Remember that tutoring something up and putting it on top is way worse than putting it in your hand. However, tacking that on to a Gray Ogre, along with the Pirate payoff this gives you is pretty nice.
2.5 Remember that tutoring something up and putting it on top is way worse than putting it in your hand. However, tacking that on to a Gray Ogre, along with the Pirate payoff this gives you is pretty nice.
Gruesome Fate
0.0 This doesn’t do anything but damage the opponent, and cards that only do that are very rarely worth it in Limited. And this one is also incredibly situational. 99% of the time, this won’t do enough damage to your opponent to be worth the investment.
0.0 This doesn’t do anything but damage the opponent, and cards that only do that are very rarely worth it in Limited. And this one is also incredibly situational. 99% of the time, this won’t do enough damage to your opponent to be worth the investment.
Soul of the Rapids
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
2.0 This might have Hexproof, but it is still a pretty dang inefficient card as a 5-mana 3/2 with Flying. There are lots of cheaper flyers in the set that can easily trade for it. It is worth playing if you have some ways to enhance your creatures of course, but if you don’t have any way to do that at all, this doesn’t end up being very good.
Swaggering Corsair
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
Snubhorn Sentry
2.5 This is much better than it looks. Getting the city’s blessing going quickly is quite easy, so this is often a 3/3 by the mid-game.
2.5 This is much better than it looks. Getting the city’s blessing going quickly is quite easy, so this is often a 3/3 by the mid-game.
Sun-Collared Raptor
1.5 This is a cheap Dinosaur, and sometimes you need those, but overall this isn’t great. Sure, you can pump its power and stuff, but the amount of mana you sink into that is massively inefficient, since the Raptor is almost assuredly dying in combat too. It feels especially terrible if a 2 power creature blocks it. So, you get a trade, but pay way more mana than your opponent does for it.
1.5 This is a cheap Dinosaur, and sometimes you need those, but overall this isn’t great. Sure, you can pump its power and stuff, but the amount of mana you sink into that is massively inefficient, since the Raptor is almost assuredly dying in combat too. It feels especially terrible if a 2 power creature blocks it. So, you get a trade, but pay way more mana than your opponent does for it.
Orazca Raptor
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Mausoleum Harpy
Mausoleum Harpy
2.0 This has mediocre starting stats, though it does have the capacity to get larger once you have the Blessing. You don’t feel bad about including it in your deck, but you’re going to find yourself cutting it a lot too.
2.0 This has mediocre starting stats, though it does have the capacity to get larger once you have the Blessing. You don’t feel bad about including it in your deck, but you’re going to find yourself cutting it a lot too.
Plummet
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
Knight of the Stampede
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
2.0 This does a good job of decreasing the cost of Dinosaurs if that’s what you’re in the need for, but it isn’t going to always make the cut, even in all Dinosaur decks.
Shatter
0.5 Not enough Artifacts in this set to main deck this.
0.5 Not enough Artifacts in this set to main deck this.
Canal Monitor
0.5 This has pretty bad stats, and even if you’re desperate for a 5 drop, this doesn’t do a great job. Playing almost any other Black card in the set is probably better.
0.5 This has pretty bad stats, and even if you’re desperate for a 5 drop, this doesn’t do a great job. Playing almost any other Black card in the set is probably better.
Dinosaur Hunter
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
2.5 Adding the pseudo-death touch here is actually pretty nice, as most dinos are too big for a 2/2 to take down. That, plus the Pirate creature type, are enough to make this a very solid card.
Grasping Scoundrel
1.5 This is an aggressive little one drop, and sometimes you’re in the market for that. Most of the time, though, this one drop isn’t something you’re pumped about.
1.5 This is an aggressive little one drop, and sometimes you’re in the market for that. Most of the time, though, this one drop isn’t something you’re pumped about.
Jungleborn Pioneer
3.5 This gives you two very useful bodies for a great cost, especially in a format with great Merfolk payoffs.
3.5 This gives you two very useful bodies for a great cost, especially in a format with great Merfolk payoffs.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Dire Fleet Neckbreaker
Dire Fleet Neckbreaker
3.0 If you’re in an aggressive Pirate deck, this can be a pretty nasty thing to play on turn 4, assuming you played pirates turn 1-3. In that type of situation, it immediately changes the board state in a very real way. On its own, it does attack as a 5/2 attacker too, which isn’t the worst.
3.0 If you’re in an aggressive Pirate deck, this can be a pretty nasty thing to play on turn 4, assuming you played pirates turn 1-3. In that type of situation, it immediately changes the board state in a very real way. On its own, it does attack as a 5/2 attacker too, which isn’t the worst.
Swaggering Corsair
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
2.0 This ends up a 3-mana 3/3 often enough that its decent, though it does feel bad when it comes down as a Gray Ogre.
Plummet
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
Goblin Trailblazer
3.0 This is a nice little two drop that is tough to block effectively in the early game. It is pretty nice with Pirate payoffs too!
3.0 This is a nice little two drop that is tough to block effectively in the early game. It is pretty nice with Pirate payoffs too!
Orazca Raptor
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
Dark Inquiry
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
Shatter
0.5 Not enough Artifacts in this set to main deck this.
0.5 Not enough Artifacts in this set to main deck this.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Legion Conquistador
Reaver Ambush
3.5 This kills a massive percentage of the creatures in the format quite efficiently, and it exiles them too! It is definitely premium removal.
3.5 This kills a massive percentage of the creatures in the format quite efficiently, and it exiles them too! It is definitely premium removal.
Forerunner of the Coalition
2.5 Remember that tutoring something up and putting it on top is way worse than putting it in your hand. However, tacking that on to a Gray Ogre, along with the Pirate payoff this gives you is pretty nice.
2.5 Remember that tutoring something up and putting it on top is way worse than putting it in your hand. However, tacking that on to a Gray Ogre, along with the Pirate payoff this gives you is pretty nice.
Frilled Deathspitter
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
2.5 This is a decent aggressive creature. It tends to damage your opponent no matter what they do, and that’s always nice in an aggro deck.
Colossal Dreadmaw
2.0 This is not a bad finisher if you need one in your Green decks.
2.0 This is not a bad finisher if you need one in your Green decks.
Dark Inquiry
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
0.5 Coercion is very rarely a playable Limited card, and it really isn’t one here. 3 mana to get a 1-for-1, while you don’t add to the board at all, just isn’t worth it. You can side it in in some more unique match ups.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Dusk Charger
Fanatical Firebrand
2.5 This format has an unusual number of X/1s, so the Firebrand tends to stay relevant all game long. It tends to attack in the early game, and then become a removal spell in the late game. The fact it can ping your opponent is pretty sweet, too!
2.5 This format has an unusual number of X/1s, so the Firebrand tends to stay relevant all game long. It tends to attack in the early game, and then become a removal spell in the late game. The fact it can ping your opponent is pretty sweet, too!
Dusk Charger
2.5 This is pretty bad ahead of the City’s Blessing, but pretty nice after it.
2.5 This is pretty bad ahead of the City’s Blessing, but pretty nice after it.
Mutiny
2.0 This is decent removal, but I don’t like how reliant you are on your opponent having creatures who line up just the right way for this to kill what you want.
2.0 This is decent removal, but I don’t like how reliant you are on your opponent having creatures who line up just the right way for this to kill what you want.
Gruesome Fate
0.0 This doesn’t do anything but damage the opponent, and cards that only do that are very rarely worth it in Limited. And this one is also incredibly situational. 99% of the time, this won’t do enough damage to your opponent to be worth the investment.
0.0 This doesn’t do anything but damage the opponent, and cards that only do that are very rarely worth it in Limited. And this one is also incredibly situational. 99% of the time, this won’t do enough damage to your opponent to be worth the investment.
Hunt the Weak
3.0 This is a nice removal spell, as the +1/+1 counter will enable many creatures to take down an opposing one in a fight. You do need to be very careful about when you cast it, since if your opponent has removal and they use it in response, you probably just lost the game. But if you pick your spot wisely, this has a big impact in your favor.
3.0 This is a nice removal spell, as the +1/+1 counter will enable many creatures to take down an opposing one in a fight. You do need to be very careful about when you cast it, since if your opponent has removal and they use it in response, you probably just lost the game. But if you pick your spot wisely, this has a big impact in your favor.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Sanguine Glorifier
Orazca Raptor
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
Sanguine Glorifier
3.0 This is a pretty nice payoff for the Vampire decks, as the counter often enables some nice attacks right away. Keep in mind, though, that it can’t put a counter on itself.
3.0 This is a pretty nice payoff for the Vampire decks, as the counter often enables some nice attacks right away. Keep in mind, though, that it can’t put a counter on itself.
Sea Legs
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
1.0 This is pretty mediocre, like most Blue combat trick type effects are. Yes, you can use it to weaken an opposing creature or make a pirate better, but neither thing is very impressive.
Grasping Scoundrel
1.5 This is an aggressive little one drop, and sometimes you’re in the market for that. Most of the time, though, this one drop isn’t something you’re pumped about.
1.5 This is an aggressive little one drop, and sometimes you’re in the market for that. Most of the time, though, this one drop isn’t something you’re pumped about.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Recover
Giltgrove Stalker
3.5 This is an excellent two drop that is unblockable on a surprising number of board states, and it is also a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which the Merfolk deck is great at.
3.5 This is an excellent two drop that is unblockable on a surprising number of board states, and it is also a great place to put +1/+1 counters, which the Merfolk deck is great at.
Orazca Raptor
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
1.5 This has almost passable stats and a useful creature type. You’ll play it some of the time.
Recover
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
1.5 This is an alright thing to have one of in your Black decks. It is sort of like a Black Divination, in that it costs three to give you two cards. One of them comes from your graveyard, of course – but it will feel pretty similar.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Shatter
Shatter
0.5 Not enough Artifacts in this set to main deck this.
0.5 Not enough Artifacts in this set to main deck this.
Plummet
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
0.5 There aren’t enough flyers in this format for you to main deck this reliably.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Sun-Collared Raptor
Sun-Collared Raptor
1.5 This is a cheap Dinosaur, and sometimes you need those, but overall this isn’t great. Sure, you can pump its power and stuff, but the amount of mana you sink into that is massively inefficient, since the Raptor is almost assuredly dying in combat too. It feels especially terrible if a 2 power creature blocks it. So, you get a trade, but pay way more mana than your opponent does for it.
1.5 This is a cheap Dinosaur, and sometimes you need those, but overall this isn’t great. Sure, you can pump its power and stuff, but the amount of mana you sink into that is massively inefficient, since the Raptor is almost assuredly dying in combat too. It feels especially terrible if a 2 power creature blocks it. So, you get a trade, but pay way more mana than your opponent does for it.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Moment of Craving
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Reaver Ambush
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Arterial Flow
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Legion Conquistador
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Sadistic Skymarcher
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Forerunner of the Legion
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Pride of Conquerors
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Snubhorn Sentry
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Traveler's Amulet
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Sanguine Glorifier
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Cleansing Ray
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Fathom Fleet Boarder
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Flood of Recollection
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Naturalize
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Legion Conquistador
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Blood Sun
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Recover
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Storm Fleet Swashbuckler
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Raptor Companion
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Charging Tuskodon
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Dusk Charger
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Recover
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Traveler's Amulet
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Vampire Revenant
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Jungle Creeper
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Dark Inquiry
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Shake the Foundations
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Naturalize
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Martyr of Dusk
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Mausoleum Harpy
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Martyr of Dusk
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Snubhorn Sentry
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Sadistic Skymarcher
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Golden Demise
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Mausoleum Harpy
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Dire Fleet Neckbreaker
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Legion Conquistador
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Dusk Charger
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Sanguine Glorifier
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Recover
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Shatter
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Sun-Collared Raptor
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