Premier Draft RIX 17 January 2024
17 January 01:53 - psychatom 7 Wins - 1 LossesMaindeck
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Pack 1 Pick 1: Bombard
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.
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.
Expel from Orazca
2.5 Without the city’s blessing, this card gets you some tempo at the cost of a card. That’s fine, but that type of card is usually a 1.5 or a 2.0. The upside of the Blessing is no joke though, because this basically becomes a Blue Doom Blade at that point. And yeah, they are going to redraw what you bounce, but you’re still removing a creature and trading 1-for-1 for only two mana! If it always put the creature on top, it would probably be a 3.5. The City’s Blessing is something that can be obtained, but the fact this will only be great in the mid-to-late game definitely hurts it a little bit.
2.5 Without the city’s blessing, this card gets you some tempo at the cost of a card. That’s fine, but that type of card is usually a 1.5 or a 2.0. The upside of the Blessing is no joke though, because this basically becomes a Blue Doom Blade at that point. And yeah, they are going to redraw what you bounce, but you’re still removing a creature and trading 1-for-1 for only two mana! If it always put the creature on top, it would probably be a 3.5. The City’s Blessing is something that can be obtained, but the fact this will only be great in the mid-to-late game definitely hurts it a little bit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Moment of Craving
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.
Stone Quarry
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 3: See Red
Dead Man's Chest
1.0 This is a pretty bag Mythic. It is easy to get excited over the number of cards you might get out of this, but there’s way too much left up to chance here. First, you can only put it on an opposing creature. Second, the creature has to die. Third, the creature needs to have high enough power for this to be worth it. Plus, you start out behind with the card, since when you play it, it doesn’t actually do anything! Then, since you need the opposing creature to die, you’re generally starting out with a 2-for-1. So..yeah, this has an impressive ceiling to be sure, but it takes way too much work and is too inconsistent to be worth it.
1.0 This is a pretty bag Mythic. It is easy to get excited over the number of cards you might get out of this, but there’s way too much left up to chance here. First, you can only put it on an opposing creature. Second, the creature has to die. Third, the creature needs to have high enough power for this to be worth it. Plus, you start out behind with the card, since when you play it, it doesn’t actually do anything! Then, since you need the opposing creature to die, you’re generally starting out with a 2-for-1. So..yeah, this has an impressive ceiling to be sure, but it takes way too much work and is too inconsistent to be worth it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Mutiny
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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 1 Pick 5: Hornswoggle
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.
Hornswoggle
2.0 This is a decent counter spell. Three mana is a touch more expensive than I would like, but the fact you get a treasure back softens the blow.
2.0 This is a decent counter spell. Three mana is a touch more expensive than I would like, but the fact you get a treasure back softens the blow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Luminous Bonds
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Martyr of Dusk
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 8: Everdawn Champion
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: Snubhorn Sentry
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Stone Quarry
Stone Quarry
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Raptor Companion
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.
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.
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.
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!
Pack 1 Pick 12: Sun-Crested Pterodon
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 13: Hardy Veteran
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Voracious Vampire
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 1: Skymarcher Aspirant
Storm the Vault
1.0 This isn’t that good in Limited. The treasure the front side can give you can be nice, but playing a 3 mana Enchantment that make you jump through hoops to get that treasure isn’t so nice. Then, once it transforms, you probably have access to a bunch of mana, but you’re just not going to find anything to do with it often enough.
1.0 This isn’t that good in Limited. The treasure the front side can give you can be nice, but playing a 3 mana Enchantment that make you jump through hoops to get that treasure isn’t so nice. Then, once it transforms, you probably have access to a bunch of mana, but you’re just not going to find anything to do with it often enough.
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.
Skymarcher Aspirant
3.5 This is such a nice one drop. If you actually get it down early it can chip in some damage, and then once you have the city’s blessing, it can even pressure your opponent in the air.
3.5 This is such a nice one drop. If you actually get it down early it can chip in some damage, and then once you have the city’s blessing, it can even pressure your opponent in the air.
Deadeye Brawler
3.5 A 4-mana 2/4 with Deathtouch is already kind of a decent card, and when you get the City’s Blessing going, this feels pretty close to Shadowmage Infiltrator. Your opponent is going to be unable to interact with this in any way where they really come out ahead.
3.5 A 4-mana 2/4 with Deathtouch is already kind of a decent card, and when you get the City’s Blessing going, this feels pretty close to Shadowmage Infiltrator. Your opponent is going to be unable to interact with this in any way where they really come out ahead.
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.
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.
Dusk Legion Zealot
3.0 Elvish Visionary is also a pretty nice card, and this Vampire version is no slouch. Adding to the board while drawing a card is just a great thing.
3.0 Elvish Visionary is also a pretty nice card, and this Vampire version is no slouch. Adding to the board while drawing a card is just a great thing.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Majestic Heliopterus
Enter the Unknown
1.5 Explore (the mechanic) + Explore (the card) is kind of a funny design, and this card is fine if you’re looking for a last playable. But you’ll cut it a lot too.
1.5 Explore (the mechanic) + Explore (the card) is kind of a funny design, and this card is fine if you’re looking for a last playable. But you’ll cut it a lot too.
Oathsworn Vampire
3.0 This is a very nice life gain payoff, as a two mana 2/2 that won’t stay dead really presents a problem for your opponent, whether you are able to constantly attack or block with it. The fact it’s a vampire is very real additional upside too.
3.0 This is a very nice life gain payoff, as a two mana 2/2 that won’t stay dead really presents a problem for your opponent, whether you are able to constantly attack or block with it. The fact it’s a vampire is very real additional upside too.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 3: Everdawn Champion
Release to the Wind
1.0 This has some flexibility for sure, as you can use it on your own thing to save it from removal, or you can use it on your opponent’s thing to get something out of the way temporarily. But situations where either of those are worth giving up a card are pretty rare.
1.0 This has some flexibility for sure, as you can use it on your own thing to save it from removal, or you can use it on your opponent’s thing to get something out of the way temporarily. But situations where either of those are worth giving up a card are pretty rare.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 4: Sun-Crested Pterodon
Cherished Hatchling
2.5 It seems like this would do something sweet on a regular basis – but it is actually hard to set it up to do its thing than it looks. There’s no doubt, when you can cast a Dino at Instant speed and fight something, it feels amazing – but the Hatchling has to die when you have the mana to cast the thing and so forth, and that just doesn’t happen enough for this to be great.
2.5 It seems like this would do something sweet on a regular basis – but it is actually hard to set it up to do its thing than it looks. There’s no doubt, when you can cast a Dino at Instant speed and fight something, it feels amazing – but the Hatchling has to die when you have the mana to cast the thing and so forth, and that just doesn’t happen enough for this to be great.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 5: Forsaken Sanctuary
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.
Forsaken Sanctuary
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Form of the Dinosaur
Form of the Dinosaur
3.5 This is pretty darn strong, and a nice callback to Form of the Dragon! It is especially nice if you play this when you are under 15 life, as the life gain there is pretty real. Then, if you can get to your upkeep, you basically get to “fight” a creature every turn. And sure, that creature damages you, but you really only need to pick off 1-2 creatures for this to feel absolutely absurd. It really takes the game over. Now, it is pretty slow – and you’re going to find times where it is really hard to play this because you need to add to the board immediately, but the life gain side of things helps offset that some.
3.5 This is pretty darn strong, and a nice callback to Form of the Dragon! It is especially nice if you play this when you are under 15 life, as the life gain there is pretty real. Then, if you can get to your upkeep, you basically get to “fight” a creature every turn. And sure, that creature damages you, but you really only need to pick off 1-2 creatures for this to feel absolutely absurd. It really takes the game over. Now, it is pretty slow – and you’re going to find times where it is really hard to play this because you need to add to the board immediately, but the life gain side of things helps offset that some.
Riverwise Augur
3.0 So, you get a 4-mana 2/2 here that Brainstorms. That’s not bad, as the card selection is great, and you’ll be getting a 2-for-1 a lot of the time. It is a little worse than it looks, since this format is a fairly aggressive one, and having a creature with this bad of stats on turn 4 is a bit of a liability, but it still gives you some pretty nice value.
3.0 So, you get a 4-mana 2/2 here that Brainstorms. That’s not bad, as the card selection is great, and you’ll be getting a 2-for-1 a lot of the time. It is a little worse than it looks, since this format is a fairly aggressive one, and having a creature with this bad of stats on turn 4 is a bit of a liability, but it still gives you some pretty nice value.
Stone Quarry
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Martyr of Dusk
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Luminous Bonds
Sphinx's Decree
0.0 This isn’t really here for Limited. Sometimes it might be a nice sideboard card, but the effect it has is meaningless far too often.
0.0 This isn’t really here for Limited. Sometimes it might be a nice sideboard card, but the effect it has is meaningless far too often.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 9: Snubhorn Sentry
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Sun Sentinel
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.
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.
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.
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.
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: Dusk Charger
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!
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 12: Sea Legs
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 13: Sun-Crested Pterodon
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.
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 2 Pick 14: Sun-Crested Pterodon
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 3 Pick 1: Tendershoot Dryad
Tendershoot Dryad
5.0 So, even if it didn’t have Ascend this would probably be a 4.0. A 5-mana 2/2 that cranks out a Saproling every upkeep is actually a pretty big deal. Note that every upkeep includes your opponent’s! This means that you will usually at least get one Saproling out of this card before it dies, and that’s pretty much a worst case scenario. If it is allowed to stick around for a couple of turns, things will get really silly, especially because it helps you get to the City’s Blessing. This is an absolute bomb, and its only downside is that it dies to a ton of removal.
5.0 So, even if it didn’t have Ascend this would probably be a 4.0. A 5-mana 2/2 that cranks out a Saproling every upkeep is actually a pretty big deal. Note that every upkeep includes your opponent’s! This means that you will usually at least get one Saproling out of this card before it dies, and that’s pretty much a worst case scenario. If it is allowed to stick around for a couple of turns, things will get really silly, especially because it helps you get to the City’s Blessing. This is an absolute bomb, and its only downside is that it dies to a ton of removal.
Siren Reaver
3.0 This has decent evasive stats without Raid, and if you do manage to Raid you end up with a great deal.
3.0 This has decent evasive stats without Raid, and if you do manage to Raid you end up with a great deal.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Dusk Legion Zealot
3.0 Elvish Visionary is also a pretty nice card, and this Vampire version is no slouch. Adding to the board while drawing a card is just a great thing.
3.0 Elvish Visionary is also a pretty nice card, and this Vampire version is no slouch. Adding to the board while drawing a card is just a great thing.
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.
Squire's Devotion
3.0 This Aura provides you with some surprising value. Because it gives you a 1/1 token, it helps you get around the riskiness of Auras, and the boost it offers on top of that is pretty great thanks to Lifelink. You basically always want one of these in your typical White deck in the format, and sometimes more.
3.0 This Aura provides you with some surprising value. Because it gives you a 1/1 token, it helps you get around the riskiness of Auras, and the boost it offers on top of that is pretty great thanks to Lifelink. You basically always want one of these in your typical White deck in the format, and sometimes more.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Knight of the Stampede
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Atzocan Seer
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.
Siren Reaver
3.0 This has decent evasive stats without Raid, and if you do manage to Raid you end up with a great deal.
3.0 This has decent evasive stats without Raid, and if you do manage to Raid you end up with a great deal.
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.
Negate
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Squire's Devotion
3.0 This Aura provides you with some surprising value. Because it gives you a 1/1 token, it helps you get around the riskiness of Auras, and the boost it offers on top of that is pretty great thanks to Lifelink. You basically always want one of these in your typical White deck in the format, and sometimes more.
3.0 This Aura provides you with some surprising value. Because it gives you a 1/1 token, it helps you get around the riskiness of Auras, and the boost it offers on top of that is pretty great thanks to Lifelink. You basically always want one of these in your typical White deck in the format, and sometimes more.
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!
Pack 3 Pick 4: Evolving Wilds
Famished Paladin
2.5 This offers some nice size for the cost, and there are enough ways to gain life in this format that untapping him isn’t impossible. But still, the upside on this isn’t exactly incredible. It will mostly feel like a two mana 3/3 with Defender that can attack on occasion.
2.5 This offers some nice size for the cost, and there are enough ways to gain life in this format that untapping him isn’t impossible. But still, the upside on this isn’t exactly incredible. It will mostly feel like a two mana 3/3 with Defender that can attack on occasion.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Luminous Bonds
Oathsworn Vampire
3.0 This is a very nice life gain payoff, as a two mana 2/2 that won’t stay dead really presents a problem for your opponent, whether you are able to constantly attack or block with it. The fact it’s a vampire is very real additional upside too.
3.0 This is a very nice life gain payoff, as a two mana 2/2 that won’t stay dead really presents a problem for your opponent, whether you are able to constantly attack or block with it. The fact it’s a vampire is very real additional upside too.
Storm Fleet Sprinter
3.5 Unblockable and Haste combine here to do inevitable damage in a hurry, and this also helps you set up your cards with Raid very consistently.
3.5 Unblockable and Haste combine here to do inevitable damage in a hurry, and this also helps you set up your cards with Raid very consistently.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
Negate
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Crested Herdcaller
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.
Crested Herdcaller
4.0 This is one of the best Uncommons in the set. 5 mana for two 3/3s with Trample is absolutely excellent, and it is great at all stages of the game. If you’re behind it, it can get you back to parity. If you’re at parity, it will pull you ahead, and if you’re ahead, it will solidify your lead.
4.0 This is one of the best Uncommons in the set. 5 mana for two 3/3s with Trample is absolutely excellent, and it is great at all stages of the game. If you’re behind it, it can get you back to parity. If you’re at parity, it will pull you ahead, and if you’re ahead, it will solidify your lead.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Evolving Wilds
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Orazca Frillback
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 9: Giltgrove Stalker
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 10: Sun-Crested Pterodon
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Negate
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.
Negate
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
0.5 As usual, this is just sideboard material.
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.
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 3 Pick 12: Divine Verdict
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 13: Raptor Companion
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!
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.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Gruesome Fate
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.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Bombard
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Moment of Craving
- Pack 1 Pick 3: See Red
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Mutiny
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Hornswoggle
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Luminous Bonds
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Martyr of Dusk
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Everdawn Champion
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Snubhorn Sentry
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Stone Quarry
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Raptor Companion
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Sun-Crested Pterodon
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Hardy Veteran
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Voracious Vampire
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Skymarcher Aspirant
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Majestic Heliopterus
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Everdawn Champion
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Sun-Crested Pterodon
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Forsaken Sanctuary
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Form of the Dinosaur
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Martyr of Dusk
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Luminous Bonds
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Snubhorn Sentry
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Sun Sentinel
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Dusk Charger
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Sea Legs
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Sun-Crested Pterodon
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Sun-Crested Pterodon
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Tendershoot Dryad
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Knight of the Stampede
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Atzocan Seer
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Evolving Wilds
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Luminous Bonds
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Crested Herdcaller
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Evolving Wilds
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Orazca Frillback
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Giltgrove Stalker
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Sun-Crested Pterodon
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Negate
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Divine Verdict
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Raptor Companion
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Gruesome Fate
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