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Premier Draft KTK 16 January 2024

16 January 12:37 - ManaDorks 7 Wins - 2 Losses
Maindeck
Creature (12)
1 Ankle Shanker image
1 Mer-Ek Nightblade image
3 Ponyback Brigade image
1 Mardu Skullhunter image
2 Mardu Warshrieker image
1 Mardu Hateblade image
1 Abzan Battle Priest image
1 Alabaster Kirin image
1 Watcher of the Roost image
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (11)
2 Hordeling Outburst image
1 Ride Down image
1 Swift Kick image
1 Trumpet Blast image
1 Ghostfire Blade image
1 Raiders' Spoils image
1 Burn Away image
1 Dead Drop image
1 Feat of Resistance image
1 Take Up Arms image
Land (17)
1 Tranquil Cove image
1 Scoured Barrens image
6 Mountain image
5 Swamp image
4 Plains image
Sideboard
1 Mardu Warshrieker image
1 Mardu Hateblade image
1 War Behemoth image
1 Alabaster Kirin image
1 Bloodfire Expert image
2 Kheru Dreadmaw image
1 Valley Dasher image
1 Bloodfire Mentor image
2 Barrage of Boulders image
1 Naturalize image
1 Raiders' Spoils image
1 Erase image
1 Siegecraft image
1 Defiant Strike image
1 Molting Snakeskin image

Pack 1 Pick 1: Ankle Shanker
Ankle Shanker image 4 Well below-rate stats get this into trouble sometimes, and if you're not in a spot where you can attack, it feels miserable. But the good news is…this makes it so you're almost ALWAYS in a spot where you can attack, since blocking becomes a nightmare for your opponent.
Waterwhirl image 1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
Stubborn Denial image 0.5 This is definitely sideboard material. You need your opponent to have enough targets to counter and you need to be able to get Ferocioius going for it to be worth it.
Timely Hordemate image 2 This has bad stats and it's Raid is surprisingly challenging to get going. Not only do you need to attack, as with all Raid creatures, but you also need a creature in the graveyard with the right stats. It doesn't line up often enough for this to be anything special.
Glacial Stalker image 2 This is better than it looks. Neither side is efficient, but once your Morph creatures get this beefy, there's a lot that can go wrong for your opponent in combat.
Trumpet Blast image 1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Mystic of the Hidden Way image 2.5 The low toughness here is pretty brutal because of the amount of mana you spend, but it's also a very real win condition when left unchecked.
Act of Treason image 1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
Woolly Loxodon image 2.5 This massive Morpher can create all kinds of problems when you turn it sideways, either threatening to do a ton of damage out of nowhere, or completely annihilate anything that blocks it.
Sidisi's Pet image 2 This is a nice defensive creature thanks to the stat-line and lifelink, and morph can allow you to get some surprise life gain out of nowhere. It also happens to have 4 toughness, something several cards in the set key on.
Embodiment of Spring image 2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Rush of Battle image 1 There are definitely Warriors in this set, and giving them all a reasonable buff and lifelink can sometimes help you win a race, but this demands you be good at going wide and running enough Warriors to really be worthwhile, and those things are far from guaranteed.
Mardu Hateblade image 2.5 You need to be playing Black for this to do it's thing, but if you can we're talking about a cheap creature that can trade with anything.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Mer-Ek Nightblade
Mer-Ek Nightblade image 3.5 This often comes down and gives other creatures you control death touch right away, and even when it doesn't it can buff itself very efficiently.
Waterwhirl image 1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
Mardu Blazebringer image 1 The idea here is supposed to be that this gives you an early 4-power creature for Red-Green decks, but there are way better options for that around that aren't virtually dead cards.
Sultai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Kin-Tree Warden image 1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
Sidisi's Pet image 2 This is a nice defensive creature thanks to the stat-line and lifelink, and morph can allow you to get some surprise life gain out of nowhere. It also happens to have 4 toughness, something several cards in the set key on.
Valley Dasher image 1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
Smite the Monstrous image 2 You can run it in your deck if you need to, but it doesn't always have a target.
Feat of Resistance image 3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
Debilitating Injury image 3 This kills a wide swath of creatures in the format, including face-down morphs.
Tormenting Voice image 2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
War Behemoth image 1.5 This is really inefficient no matter how you play it.
Snowhorn Rider image 3 Like most Morphs with size, turning this face up can wreck combat or make your opponent take more damage than they expected out of nowhere.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Hordeling Outburst
Warden of the Eye image 2.5 The stats are rough, but it does generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
Archers' Parapet image 2.5 This is a good defensive creature that can even function as a win condition in slower decks.
Bloodfire Mentor image 1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Feed the Clan image 0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
Monastery Flock image 2 This is incredibly cheap to Morph, so playing it face down as a 2/2 when that's more useful is nice upside to have on your mediocre Defender.
Ponyback Brigade image 4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
Abzan Guide image 3 Big lifelinkers can make life a real headache for your opponent, and this one can show up out of nowhere.
Longshot Squad image 2.5 I like this less than the other Outlast lords, since it offers a boost that is only useful on defense. Still, it's a creature that can affect the board right away, and it can grow itself when it's body isn't relevant enough.
Jeskai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Wind-Scarred Crag image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Trumpet Blast image 1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Ponyback Brigade
Warden of the Eye image 2.5 The stats are rough, but it does generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
Archers' Parapet image 2.5 This is a good defensive creature that can even function as a win condition in slower decks.
Bloodfire Mentor image 1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Feed the Clan image 0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
Monastery Flock image 2 This is incredibly cheap to Morph, so playing it face down as a 2/2 when that's more useful is nice upside to have on your mediocre Defender.
Ponyback Brigade image 4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
Abzan Guide image 3 Big lifelinkers can make life a real headache for your opponent, and this one can show up out of nowhere.
Longshot Squad image 2.5 I like this less than the other Outlast lords, since it offers a boost that is only useful on defense. Still, it's a creature that can affect the board right away, and it can grow itself when it's body isn't relevant enough.
Jeskai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Wind-Scarred Crag image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Trumpet Blast image 1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Ride Down
Raiders' Spoils image 1.5 The stats boost is not worth 4 mana, and even though this set has Warriors in Black, most decks don't have enough of them for this to draw you cards consistently enough.
Take Up Arms image 2 This isn't the best rate for getting three 1/1 tokens, even at Instant speed. Buf if you need to go wide, it can do the job.
Ride Down image 4 This is a beating if you're an aggro deck. Most of the time, removal spells that only kill blockers aren't great for aggro, since it means you're not doing damage. That's not the case here, though! Because it gives your creature trample, it's effectively like youre creature went unblocked and you kill their creature.
Kheru Dreadmaw image 1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Barrage of Boulders image 2.5 This is surprisingly solid card that you always want one of in Blue-Red and Red-Green decks, where you tend to have a ton of power on the board and casting this is very capable of ending the game. Both decks will usually get Ferocious going without trying very hard.
Highland Game image 1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
Naturalize image 0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
War Behemoth image 1.5 This is really inefficient no matter how you play it.
Smoke Teller image 2 This has passable stats and the ability isn't entirely useless either, although you should only start using it once you have nothing else to do with your mana.
Summit Prowler image 2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Mardu Skullhunter
Treasure Cruise image 3.5 It isn't quite as broken here as it is in 60-card formats, because you can't load your graveyard quite as quickly -- but you definitely can get this to the point where you are paying a tiny amount of mana to draw 3. You want one in most Blue decks, but not more than one.
Mardu Skullhunter image 3 If you can consistently get your opponent to discard when this enters, it feels great. If you can't, it's kind of a liability. The good news is, it's easy enough to get the discard for this to be a very nice common.
Sidisi's Pet image 2 This is a nice defensive creature thanks to the stat-line and lifelink, and morph can allow you to get some surprise life gain out of nowhere. It also happens to have 4 toughness, something several cards in the set key on.
Valley Dasher image 1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
Alabaster Kirin image 2 This has passable stats for this set, and is a great place to put +1/+1 counters.
Whirlwind Adept image 2.5 Hexproof can make this card into a nightmare for your opponent, especially if you find ways to buff it -- like Auras or +1/+1 counters. It also has the 4 power that Ferocious decks want.
Naturalize image 0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Singing Bell Strike image 2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Ainok Tracker image 2 While this is certainly inefficient, it is also incredibly punishing if your opponent chooses to block it with a creature with three or less toughness.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Mardu Warshrieker
Brave the Sands image 0 This basically does nothing in Limited and you never want to play a card like that. Vigilance + extra block just isn't enough of a buff to be worth a card.
Feed the Clan image 0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
Barrage of Boulders image 2.5 This is surprisingly solid card that you always want one of in Blue-Red and Red-Green decks, where you tend to have a ton of power on the board and casting this is very capable of ending the game. Both decks will usually get Ferocious going without trying very hard.
Bring Low image 2 This is pretty rough when the creature doesn't have a counter. When it does it becomes premium removal, but you have to account for the times where it is a 4-mana deal 3, because those feel rough and that's what it does the most often.
Smite the Monstrous image 2 You can run it in your deck if you need to, but it doesn't always have a target.
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Disdainful Stroke image 0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
Mardu Warshrieker image 3 This feels really nice when it lets you double spell, and pretty bad when you can't, since you just played a Hill Giant. Because of Morph, though, you're able to do something with the mana more often than in most formats.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Swift Kick
Warden of the Eye image 2.5 The stats are rough, but it does generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
Taigam's Scheming image 0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
Swift Kick image 2.5 Your creature already needs high enough toughness for this to work effectively, otherwise you can get 2-for-1'd. But the power boost does mean a wider swath of creatures can use this effectively. It isn't quite premium though, too situational.
Tormenting Voice image 2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Scout the Borders image 2 If you need to load your graveyard in Green -- and you often do -- this does the job.
Weave Fate image 2 This is worth it in Prowess decks. That's a little less true in the other Blue decks, though.
Temur Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Mardu Hateblade
Trumpet Blast image 1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Act of Treason image 1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
Sidisi's Pet image 2 This is a nice defensive creature thanks to the stat-line and lifelink, and morph can allow you to get some surprise life gain out of nowhere. It also happens to have 4 toughness, something several cards in the set key on.
Embodiment of Spring image 2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Mardu Hateblade image 2.5 You need to be playing Black for this to do it's thing, but if you can we're talking about a cheap creature that can trade with anything.
Pack 1 Pick 10: War Behemoth
Waterwhirl image 1 This is expensive enough that it's hard or you to get a tempo advantage, and most of the time you go down a card for the effect.
Sultai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Sidisi's Pet image 2 This is a nice defensive creature thanks to the stat-line and lifelink, and morph can allow you to get some surprise life gain out of nowhere. It also happens to have 4 toughness, something several cards in the set key on.
Tormenting Voice image 2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
War Behemoth image 1.5 This is really inefficient no matter how you play it.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Mardu Warshrieker
Cranial Archive image 1 This is mostly sideboard material for Sultai opponents. It does replace itself and trigger Prowess, though, so it isn't entirely terrible in your main deck.
Disdainful Stroke image 0.5 This is worse in this format than in most because of Morph. You'll have even less targets than usual. Leave it in your sideboard.
Abzan Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Mardu Warshrieker image 3 This feels really nice when it lets you double spell, and pretty bad when you can't, since you just played a Hill Giant. Because of Morph, though, you're able to do something with the mana more often than in most formats.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Trumpet Blast
Bloodfire Mentor image 1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Feed the Clan image 0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
Trumpet Blast image 1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Barrage of Boulders
Kheru Dreadmaw image 1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Barrage of Boulders image 2.5 This is surprisingly solid card that you always want one of in Blue-Red and Red-Green decks, where you tend to have a ton of power on the board and casting this is very capable of ending the game. Both decks will usually get Ferocious going without trying very hard.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Naturalize
Naturalize image 0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Ghostfire Blade
Ghostfire Blade image 4 If this always equipped for three, it would be kind of alright -- but you can often equip it for one in this format thanks to the plethora of Morph creatures -- and that makes it a really good Equipment.
Gurmag Swiftwing image 2 This is a nice place to put counters or other buffs if you have them. It quickly becomes outclassed if you don't, though.
Briber's Purse image 1.5 This does trigger prowess, making it a little better than it looks at first. Shutting down a blocker or attacker for a turn has it's uses, but sometimes it isn't really worth a card.
Master the Way image 1.5 This has a really high ceiling, where you get an easy 2-for-1. But the floor is awful. If you're in a grindy Jeskai deck, it can be worth playing. Not so much otherwise.
Tormenting Voice image 2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Scaldkin image 2 This is expensive for the stat-line, and the activated ability isn't cheap either. But, we're still talking about a Flyer that can turn into removal when you need it to.
Rush of Battle image 1 There are definitely Warriors in this set, and giving them all a reasonable buff and lifelink can sometimes help you win a race, but this demands you be good at going wide and running enough Warriors to really be worthwhile, and those things are far from guaranteed.
Trumpet Blast image 1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
Whirlwind Adept image 2.5 Hexproof can make this card into a nightmare for your opponent, especially if you find ways to buff it -- like Auras or +1/+1 counters. It also has the 4 power that Ferocious decks want.
Kin-Tree Warden image 1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
Debilitating Injury image 3 This kills a wide swath of creatures in the format, including face-down morphs.
Mardu Hateblade image 2.5 You need to be playing Black for this to do it's thing, but if you can we're talking about a cheap creature that can trade with anything.
Efreet Weaponmaster image 3 The fact this has high power and first strike makes it hard for anything to block this, and it can reall wreck combat when it turns face up between it's own stat-line and the boost it can offer to something else.
Temur Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Abzan Battle Priest
Meandering Towershell image 1.5 This is a horrible attacker for obvious reasons, but it is a massive creature that can clog up the ground, and it has high toughness in a color where that matters, so it does make the cut in the right deck.
Abzan Battle Priest image 3.5 This often comes down and immediately gives a creature or two Lifelink, and like all Outlast creatures if it sticks around it becomes a threat all on its own too.
Brave the Sands image 0 This basically does nothing in Limited and you never want to play a card like that. Vigilance + extra block just isn't enough of a buff to be worth a card.
Kheru Dreadmaw image 1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Crippling Chill image 2.5 This card gets a big bump because of Prowess. Tapping down your opponent's best blocker and buffing two or three creatures while also getting a card feels pretty insane.
Abomination of Gudul image 2.5 Playing this on turn three and flipping it turn five isn't too shabby. Even playing it face up for full price doesn't feel terrible. It offers a threatening flying body and some nice card selection.
Ainok Bond-Kin image 3 Like the other Outlast lords, this one gives you a decent baseline and is a great place to sink your mana.
Bring Low image 2 This is pretty rough when the creature doesn't have a counter. When it does it becomes premium removal, but you have to account for the times where it is a 4-mana deal 3, because those feel rough and that's what it does the most often.
Tranquil Cove image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Monastery Flock image 2 This is incredibly cheap to Morph, so playing it face down as a 2/2 when that's more useful is nice upside to have on your mediocre Defender.
Tormenting Voice image 2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Krumar Bond-Kin image 1.5 This never feels great, but sometimes morphing it can result in hitting your opponent harder than they expect, or even taking down a blocker and surviving.
Snowhorn Rider image 3 Like most Morphs with size, turning this face up can wreck combat or make your opponent take more damage than they expected out of nowhere.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Raiders' Spoils
Burn Away image 3.5 A 5-mana deal 6 instant is pretty nice. It can kill almost anything and can produce blowouts sometimes. The fact this just nukes the whole graveyard can really matter against decks in the Sultai colors too.
Set Adrift image 3 It isn't very hard to make this a lot cheaper with Delve, and making your removal cheap always feels great.
Bloodfire Expert image 2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
Jeskai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Shambling Attendants image 2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
Mardu Warshrieker image 3 This feels really nice when it lets you double spell, and pretty bad when you can't, since you just played a Hill Giant. Because of Morph, though, you're able to do something with the mana more often than in most formats.
Erase image 0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
Unyielding Krumar image 1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
Naturalize image 0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Sultai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Treasure Cruise image 3.5 It isn't quite as broken here as it is in 60-card formats, because you can't load your graveyard quite as quickly -- but you definitely can get this to the point where you are paying a tiny amount of mana to draw 3. You want one in most Blue decks, but not more than one.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Burn Away
Burn Away image 3.5 A 5-mana deal 6 instant is pretty nice. It can kill almost anything and can produce blowouts sometimes. The fact this just nukes the whole graveyard can really matter against decks in the Sultai colors too.
Set Adrift image 3 It isn't very hard to make this a lot cheaper with Delve, and making your removal cheap always feels great.
Bloodfire Expert image 2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
Jeskai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Shambling Attendants image 2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
Mardu Warshrieker image 3 This feels really nice when it lets you double spell, and pretty bad when you can't, since you just played a Hill Giant. Because of Morph, though, you're able to do something with the mana more often than in most formats.
Erase image 0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
Unyielding Krumar image 1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
Naturalize image 0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Sultai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Treasure Cruise image 3.5 It isn't quite as broken here as it is in 60-card formats, because you can't load your graveyard quite as quickly -- but you definitely can get this to the point where you are paying a tiny amount of mana to draw 3. You want one in most Blue decks, but not more than one.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Mardu Warshrieker
Heart-Piercer Bow image 0 Picking off small creatures is just too narrow of a use.
Glacial Stalker image 2 This is better than it looks. Neither side is efficient, but once your Morph creatures get this beefy, there's a lot that can go wrong for your opponent in combat.
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Siegecraft image 0 This offers a mediocre stats boost and doesn't do enough to overcome the massive risk of getting 2-for-1'd.
Rush of Battle image 1 There are definitely Warriors in this set, and giving them all a reasonable buff and lifelink can sometimes help you win a race, but this demands you be good at going wide and running enough Warriors to really be worthwhile, and those things are far from guaranteed.
Mardu Warshrieker image 3 This feels really nice when it lets you double spell, and pretty bad when you can't, since you just played a Hill Giant. Because of Morph, though, you're able to do something with the mana more often than in most formats.
Thornwood Falls image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Highland Game image 1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
Crippling Chill image 2.5 This card gets a big bump because of Prowess. Tapping down your opponent's best blocker and buffing two or three creatures while also getting a card feels pretty insane.
Savage Punch image 4 When you have Ferocious online this feels truly absurd. It becomes a super efficient removal spell that also lets you crack in for extra damage. It lines up that way with regularity, too.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Alabaster Kirin
Venerable Lammasu image 1 This has awful stats.
Bloodfire Mentor image 1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Tranquil Cove image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Taigam's Scheming image 0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
Archers' Parapet image 2.5 This is a good defensive creature that can even function as a win condition in slower decks.
Alabaster Kirin image 2 This has passable stats for this set, and is a great place to put +1/+1 counters.
Kheru Dreadmaw image 1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Unyielding Krumar image 1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
Mardu Warshrieker image 3 This feels really nice when it lets you double spell, and pretty bad when you can't, since you just played a Hill Giant. Because of Morph, though, you're able to do something with the mana more often than in most formats.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Ponyback Brigade
Scion of Glaciers image 2 The ability to raise it's power makes it both a formidable attacker and blocker.
Cranial Archive image 1 This is mostly sideboard material for Sultai opponents. It does replace itself and trigger Prowess, though, so it isn't entirely terrible in your main deck.
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Bloodfire Expert image 2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
Thornwood Falls image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Ponyback Brigade image 4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
War Behemoth image 1.5 This is really inefficient no matter how you play it.
Monastery Flock image 2 This is incredibly cheap to Morph, so playing it face down as a 2/2 when that's more useful is nice upside to have on your mediocre Defender.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Barrage of Boulders
Barrage of Boulders image 2.5 This is surprisingly solid card that you always want one of in Blue-Red and Red-Green decks, where you tend to have a ton of power on the board and casting this is very capable of ending the game. Both decks will usually get Ferocious going without trying very hard.
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Lens of Clarity image 0 This is laughably bad. It isn't worth a card or one mana to get these effects.
Rush of Battle image 1 There are definitely Warriors in this set, and giving them all a reasonable buff and lifelink can sometimes help you win a race, but this demands you be good at going wide and running enough Warriors to really be worthwhile, and those things are far from guaranteed.
Highland Game image 1.5 This is a very mediocre stat-line, and it has mediocre upside stapled to it.
Singing Bell Strike image 2 In the early game it can feel pretty good, especially alongside Prowess, but later in the game it's pretty close to being a blank card. So, you better win fast if you're playing this.
Cancel image 1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Mardu Hateblade
Briber's Purse image 1.5 This does trigger prowess, making it a little better than it looks at first. Shutting down a blocker or attacker for a turn has it's uses, but sometimes it isn't really worth a card.
Tormenting Voice image 2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Scaldkin image 2 This is expensive for the stat-line, and the activated ability isn't cheap either. But, we're still talking about a Flyer that can turn into removal when you need it to.
Rush of Battle image 1 There are definitely Warriors in this set, and giving them all a reasonable buff and lifelink can sometimes help you win a race, but this demands you be good at going wide and running enough Warriors to really be worthwhile, and those things are far from guaranteed.
Trumpet Blast image 1.0 // 2.5 Some Mardu decks can go really wide, and having one of these in that type of deck is a good idea.
Mardu Hateblade image 2.5 You need to be playing Black for this to do it's thing, but if you can we're talking about a cheap creature that can trade with anything.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Tranquil Cove
Brave the Sands image 0 This basically does nothing in Limited and you never want to play a card like that. Vigilance + extra block just isn't enough of a buff to be worth a card.
Kheru Dreadmaw image 1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Tranquil Cove image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Monastery Flock image 2 This is incredibly cheap to Morph, so playing it face down as a 2/2 when that's more useful is nice upside to have on your mediocre Defender.
Tormenting Voice image 2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Bloodfire Expert
Wetland Sambar image 1.5 These days this would be a 0.0, but back in 2014 passable vanillas are cards you begrudgingly played a lot more often since fewer cards were playable in general.
Abomination of Gudul image 2.5 Playing this on turn three and flipping it turn five isn't too shabby. Even playing it face up for full price doesn't feel terrible. It offers a threatening flying body and some nice card selection.
Bloodfire Expert image 2.5 The base stats are rough, but it slots nicely into both Blue-Red and Red-Green. In the former because of Prowess, in the latter because it often has 4 power.
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Erase
Jeskai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Erase image 0.5 This isn't an Enchantment-heavy set, so this is sideboard material. You won't bring it in very often either.
Naturalize image 0.5 Not enough targets for this. Bring it in out of the sideboard.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Siegecraft
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Siegecraft image 0 This offers a mediocre stats boost and doesn't do enough to overcome the massive risk of getting 2-for-1'd.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Kheru Dreadmaw
Kheru Dreadmaw image 1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Scoured Barrens
Sagu Mauler image 4 This is good whichever way you play it. Sometimes it's best to wait until you can play it face up, since it won't have hexproof when it's face down, but either way you get an efficient, evasive, hard-to-kill creature.
Quiet Contemplation image 0 This doesn't do enough to be a worthwhile payoff for Prowess decks.
Heir of the Wilds image 3.5 A two mana 2/2 deathtouch is a nice starting point, and this often attacks as a 3/3.
Take Up Arms image 2 This isn't the best rate for getting three 1/1 tokens, even at Instant speed. Buf if you need to go wide, it can do the job.
Abzan Guide image 3 Big lifelinkers can make life a real headache for your opponent, and this one can show up out of nowhere.
Shambling Attendants image 2.5 A 3/5 death touch is a really frustrating body for your opponent to contend with, and you can get this down for 3 or 4 mana reasonably often.
Scoured Barrens image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Swift Kick image 2.5 Your creature already needs high enough toughness for this to work effectively, otherwise you can get 2-for-1'd. But the power boost does mean a wider swath of creatures can use this effectively. It isn't quite premium though, too situational.
Kin-Tree Warden image 1.5 It's hard for any Morph creature to be unplayable, since they are all Gray Ogres with upside, but this one is very underwhelming.
Sidisi's Pet image 2 This is a nice defensive creature thanks to the stat-line and lifelink, and morph can allow you to get some surprise life gain out of nowhere. It also happens to have 4 toughness, something several cards in the set key on.
Defiant Strike image 1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
Feat of Resistance image 3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
Cancel image 1.5 As usual, this is a borderline playable.
Sultai Scavenger image 3 This ends up being an efficient flyer fairly often in your typical Black decks in the format.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Dead Drop
Dragon Throne of Tarkir image 1 Buffing your whole board sounds pretty sweet, but paying 4 to play, three to equip, and TWO for the activated ablity makes it far too slow to be worth using in most situations.
Dead Drop image 2 Sometimes this can really devastate your opponent because they only have two creatures, most of the time…not so much. Even with Delve casting this whenever you want is pretty tricky.
Warden of the Eye image 2.5 The stats are rough, but it does generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
Sultai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Dragonscale Boon image 1.5 This is an incredibly weak boost for the cost, even if the tokens are permanent and your creature untaps.
Alabaster Kirin image 2 This has passable stats for this set, and is a great place to put +1/+1 counters.
Taigam's Scheming image 0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
Jungle Hollow image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Summit Prowler image 2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Rugged Highlands image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Unyielding Krumar image 1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
Jeskai Student image 2.5 This stat-line performs surprisingly well in a set loaded with instant-speed ways to trigger Prowess.
Savage Punch image 4 When you have Ferocious online this feels truly absurd. It becomes a super efficient removal spell that also lets you crack in for extra damage. It lines up that way with regularity, too.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Watcher of the Roost
Briber's Purse image 1.5 This does trigger prowess, making it a little better than it looks at first. Shutting down a blocker or attacker for a turn has it's uses, but sometimes it isn't really worth a card.
Watcher of the Roost image 3 This has passable stats and often amounts to being a three mana 2/1 flyer that gains you 2 life, and that's a nice card.
Embodiment of Spring image 2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Valley Dasher image 1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
Thornwood Falls image 3 Fixing is extra important in this wedge-focused set, so these gain lands are higher picks than they normally are.
Rite of the Serpent image 2 It's expensive, but it answers everything and might even give you a Snake.
Savage Punch image 4 When you have Ferocious online this feels truly absurd. It becomes a super efficient removal spell that also lets you crack in for extra damage. It lines up that way with regularity, too.
Dutiful Return image 2 This is clunky for sure, but as usual having one of this type of effect tends to feel good in the late game. It does get worse if you're planning on delving a lot.
Leaping Master image 2 This is a passable two drop. Giving it flying is expensive, but it does keep it relevant in most games.
Whirlwind Adept image 2.5 Hexproof can make this card into a nightmare for your opponent, especially if you find ways to buff it -- like Auras or +1/+1 counters. It also has the 4 power that Ferocious decks want.
Sultai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Ponyback Brigade image 4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Ponyback Brigade
Winterflame image 3 You're usually going to be choosing both, and tapping something and killing a small creature for three is a good deal.
Jeskai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Ponyback Brigade image 4 This is a very strong Common. Playing it face up feels pretty good. Turning it face up after playing it face down feels good too. Four bodies out of one card is just a really big deal.
Shatter image 0.5 Not enough artifacts to main deck this.
Scaldkin image 2 This is expensive for the stat-line, and the activated ability isn't cheap either. But, we're still talking about a Flyer that can turn into removal when you need it to.
Crippling Chill image 2.5 This card gets a big bump because of Prowess. Tapping down your opponent's best blocker and buffing two or three creatures while also getting a card feels pretty insane.
Smite the Monstrous image 2 You can run it in your deck if you need to, but it doesn't always have a target.
Embodiment of Spring image 2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Scout the Borders image 2 If you need to load your graveyard in Green -- and you often do -- this does the job.
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Summit Prowler image 2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Raiders' Spoils
Raiders' Spoils image 1.5 The stats boost is not worth 4 mana, and even though this set has Warriors in Black, most decks don't have enough of them for this to draw you cards consistently enough.
Death Frenzy image 1.5 Black/Green is about high toughness, so the idea here is that your opponent will get hurt by this more than you do -- and this format DOES have lots of X/2s because of Morph. But…still, this is highly situational even in Black/Green decks.
Bloodfire Mentor image 1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Rakshasa's Secret image 1.5 This is better than most Mind Rots, mostly because most Black decks are pretty happy to also put three cards into their graveyard.
Abzan Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Hooting Mandrills image 3 Like most Delve cards you can't run too many of them, but the first few are pretty powerful in Sultai decks. Casting this for one or two is a common occurrence.
Tormenting Voice image 2 This is nice in Prowess decks, and passable elsewhere.
Abzan Guide image 3 Big lifelinkers can make life a real headache for your opponent, and this one can show up out of nowhere.
Embodiment of Spring image 2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Kheru Dreadmaw image 1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Feat of Resistance
Sultai Flayer image 3.5 At worst, this is a 4-mana 3/4 that gains you 4 life when it dies. That's a pretty nice creature that will always generate some real value, and this pays you off in a big way for having other 4 toughness creatures around.
Brave the Sands image 0 This basically does nothing in Limited and you never want to play a card like that. Vigilance + extra block just isn't enough of a buff to be worth a card.
Taigam's Scheming image 0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
Feat of Resistance image 3 This is a nice trick in any set, as it has the ability to allow your creature to easily win combat and/or save it for removal. It can even make a creature unblockable in a pinch. Then, you throw in Prowess and +1/+1 counter synergies, and we're talking about an awesome Common.
Rotting Mastodon image 1.5 High toughness matters in Black in this format, so this makes the cut on occasion.
Weave Fate image 2 This is worth it in Prowess decks. That's a little less true in the other Blue decks, though.
Bloodfire Mentor image 1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Bitter Revelation image 2 This lets you see a ton of cards, and loads your graveyard. It's a bit clunky, but many black decks do well with the first copy.
Sagu Archer image 2 This can block most of the Flyers in this format, and sometimes it can do it out of nowhere.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Defiant Strike
Defiant Strike image 1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
Snowhorn Rider image 3 Like most Morphs with size, turning this face up can wreck combat or make your opponent take more damage than they expected out of nowhere.
Disowned Ancestor image 2.5 This having high toughness is pretty nice in a format with a toughness-matters archetype, and it's toughness can get high in a hurry.
Bitter Revelation image 2 This lets you see a ton of cards, and loads your graveyard. It's a bit clunky, but many black decks do well with the first copy.
Summit Prowler image 2 This is surprisingly solid. This stat-line was better back in 2014 and it's a nice enabler for Ferocious.
Dragonscale Boon image 1.5 This is an incredibly weak boost for the cost, even if the tokens are permanent and your creature untaps.
War Behemoth image 1.5 This is really inefficient no matter how you play it.
Feed the Clan image 0.5 If you're in a Sultai deck that wants to make the game go long, Feed the Clan can definitely be a sideboard option against really aggressive decks.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Hordeling Outburst
Hordeling Outburst image 4 This is great in all the Red decks, whether you're interested in going wide or casting spells, it does it all, while also just being a great rate for adding three bodies to the board.
Bitter Revelation image 2 This lets you see a ton of cards, and loads your graveyard. It's a bit clunky, but many black decks do well with the first copy.
Act of Treason image 1.0 // 2.5 As usual, not really worth it unless you've got some sacrifice outlets to get rid of the creature you steal.
Defiant Strike image 1.0 // 2.5 This is pretty awful if you don't have a bunch of Prowess in your deck. However, getting lots of Prowess is very doable, so you'll find yourself in decks where this works nicely often enough.
Smoke Teller image 2 This has passable stats and the ability isn't entirely useless either, although you should only start using it once you have nothing else to do with your mana.
Temur Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Sidisi's Pet image 2 This is a nice defensive creature thanks to the stat-line and lifelink, and morph can allow you to get some surprise life gain out of nowhere. It also happens to have 4 toughness, something several cards in the set key on.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Take Up Arms
Warden of the Eye image 2.5 The stats are rough, but it does generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
Dragonscale Boon image 1.5 This is an incredibly weak boost for the cost, even if the tokens are permanent and your creature untaps.
Alabaster Kirin image 2 This has passable stats for this set, and is a great place to put +1/+1 counters.
Taigam's Scheming image 0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
Unyielding Krumar image 1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Alabaster Kirin
Warden of the Eye image 2.5 The stats are rough, but it does generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
Dragonscale Boon image 1.5 This is an incredibly weak boost for the cost, even if the tokens are permanent and your creature untaps.
Alabaster Kirin image 2 This has passable stats for this set, and is a great place to put +1/+1 counters.
Taigam's Scheming image 0 Loading the graveyard is important in Blue, but not so important that you want to play Taigam's Scheming. It makes you go down a card and you don't get anything back for it. There are better ways to load your graveyard.
Unyielding Krumar image 1.5 This is awful if you can't give it Vigilance, and passable if you can.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Valley Dasher
Briber's Purse image 1.5 This does trigger prowess, making it a little better than it looks at first. Shutting down a blocker or attacker for a turn has it's uses, but sometimes it isn't really worth a card.
Embodiment of Spring image 2 If you need fixing this does a pretty good job.
Valley Dasher image 1.5 A two mana 2/2 with Haste is nice, but one that keeps returning to yoru hand? Not so much.
Sultai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Molting Snakeskin
Jeskai Banner image 1.5 These are really clunky, and even with the slower games this format has (compared to modern Limited), they aren't something you always run.
Shatter image 0.5 Not enough artifacts to main deck this.
Molting Snakeskin image 1 This Aura doesn't offer enough of a boost to really be worth the risk of getting 2-for-1'd. Regenaration helps with that a little bit, but three mana is a ton to have to leave up.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Kheru Dreadmaw
Bloodfire Mentor image 1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
Kheru Dreadmaw image 1 This has bad stats, especially for a Defender, and the ability is underwhelming.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Bloodfire Mentor
Bloodfire Mentor image 1.5 If you need to make a game go long, you could do worse than this. The body blocks reasonably well and it can dig you deeper in your library to find your outs. It doesn't do any of it efficiently, though.
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