Premier Draft BLB 17 August 2024
17 August 06:53 - azsdsweeney 7 Wins - 2 Losses
Pack 1 Pick 1: Harvestrite Host
Mistbreath Elder
3 This has a super weird effect, where you have to bounce a creature other than the Elder if you have it, and you also have the option of bouncing the Elder itself when it's alone. But mostly, it's a one drop that can grow a ton and ideally it can also generate some value off of ETBs.
3 This has a super weird effect, where you have to bounce a creature other than the Elder if you have it, and you also have the option of bouncing the Elder itself when it's alone. But mostly, it's a one drop that can grow a ton and ideally it can also generate some value off of ETBs.
Short Bow
2.5 This is a great way to repeatedly trigger Valiant and it offers a decent buff to begin with.
2.5 This is a great way to repeatedly trigger Valiant and it offers a decent buff to begin with.
Hop to It
3.5 Three bodies for three mana is a nice deal, especially in a format where White wants to go wide and can get extra value out of tokens.
3.5 Three bodies for three mana is a nice deal, especially in a format where White wants to go wide and can get extra value out of tokens.
Brambleguard Captain
2 This stat-line is rough, but it offers a pretty solid buff every turn and can trigger valiant.
2 This stat-line is rough, but it offers a pretty solid buff every turn and can trigger valiant.
Harvestrite Host
3 The baseline here is solid, but the card gets really insane when you have multiple ways to make multiple rabbits -- and there are ways to do that at Common and Uncommon.
3 The baseline here is solid, but the card gets really insane when you have multiple ways to make multiple rabbits -- and there are ways to do that at Common and Uncommon.
Steampath Charger
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
Glidedive Duo
2.5 This ETB is surprisingly potent and also very useful for Bat and Lizard decks.
2.5 This ETB is surprisingly potent and also very useful for Bat and Lizard decks.
Veteran Guardmouse
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
Three Tree Rootweaver
2.5 It's a little sad this doesn't have a relevant creature type, but a two mana 1/3 that can tap for mana of any color is a solid card.
2.5 It's a little sad this doesn't have a relevant creature type, but a two mana 1/3 that can tap for mana of any color is a solid card.
Nettle Guard
2 This has decent stats that can get a little better if you target it with something, and it gives you some maindeck hate against artifacts and enchantments, too.
2 This has decent stats that can get a little better if you target it with something, and it gives you some maindeck hate against artifacts and enchantments, too.
Thought Shucker
2 This is a pretty bad two drop early, but drawing a card with it late is pretty solid.
2 This is a pretty bad two drop early, but drawing a card with it late is pretty solid.
Barkform Harvester
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
Blacksmith's Talent
2.5 This is a nice way to trigger Valiant, and isn't a terrible card to have around even in aggro decks that are less interested in the mechanic.
2.5 This is a nice way to trigger Valiant, and isn't a terrible card to have around even in aggro decks that are less interested in the mechanic.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
Fabled Passage
3 This is good fixing that you'll run in any two-color deck too. Getting that land untapped from the mid game on is a big upgrade from Evolving Wilds.
3 This is good fixing that you'll run in any two-color deck too. Getting that land untapped from the mid game on is a big upgrade from Evolving Wilds.
Brightblade Stoat
3.5 This has great stats and keywords and White has plenty of ways to enhance it's stats to make it even scarier.
3.5 This has great stats and keywords and White has plenty of ways to enhance it's stats to make it even scarier.
Driftgloom Coyote
4 Banisher Priest-like creatures are always great, and this one is extra beefy -- and gets beefier if you exile a low power creature. Adding to the board while removing something of your opponent's is simply one of the strongest things you can do.
4 Banisher Priest-like creatures are always great, and this one is extra beefy -- and gets beefier if you exile a low power creature. Adding to the board while removing something of your opponent's is simply one of the strongest things you can do.
Long River Lurker
3 You almost always have a free unblockable attack when this enters, since the creature blinks when it hits your opponent -- meaning it comes back into play untapped. If you're also triggering an ETB, you're really going to be in business.
3 You almost always have a free unblockable attack when this enters, since the creature blinks when it hits your opponent -- meaning it comes back into play untapped. If you're also triggering an ETB, you're really going to be in business.
Starscape Cleric
2.5 Being unable to block is pretty brutal, but it's a fairly aggressive flyer that can bring a friend along, and when you can start triggering those life gain payoffs your opponent will be under some legitimate pressure.
2.5 Being unable to block is pretty brutal, but it's a fairly aggressive flyer that can bring a friend along, and when you can start triggering those life gain payoffs your opponent will be under some legitimate pressure.
Agate-Blade Assassin
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
Lightshell Duo
2.5 This slots well into spell decks and threshold decks, while sporting some solid stats that you can always threaten to grow.
2.5 This slots well into spell decks and threshold decks, while sporting some solid stats that you can always threaten to grow.
Steampath Charger
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
Warren Elder
2.5 White is good at going wide, so having a two drop that can buff the whole board is something you're going to be after.
2.5 White is good at going wide, so having a two drop that can buff the whole board is something you're going to be after.
Ravine Raider
3 This is a pretty scary one drop. It can get in for lots of damage early, allowing aggro decks to trigger their payoffs for doing damage, and because you can pump it, it really stays relevant all game long.
3 This is a pretty scary one drop. It can get in for lots of damage early, allowing aggro decks to trigger their payoffs for doing damage, and because you can pump it, it really stays relevant all game long.
Longstalk Brawl
2.5 Prey Upon isn't always good enough, so it's nice that you can give your opponent a Fish in situations where you need a little something extra.
2.5 Prey Upon isn't always good enough, so it's nice that you can give your opponent a Fish in situations where you need a little something extra.
Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
5 Even without other Mice, Mabel delivers some nice value thanks to her Equipment token that can trigger valiant, but you're going to have other Mice she offers a buff to.
5 Even without other Mice, Mabel delivers some nice value thanks to her Equipment token that can trigger valiant, but you're going to have other Mice she offers a buff to.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Flamecache Gecko
Flamecache Gecko
3 This can enable some really nice early starts, where you have a one drop and two two-drops in play on turn two. It has diminishing returns later in the game, but at a minimum you can use it's ability with the mana it produces.
3 This can enable some really nice early starts, where you have a one drop and two two-drops in play on turn two. It has diminishing returns later in the game, but at a minimum you can use it's ability with the mana it produces.
Stormcatch Mentor
2.5 A two mana 1/1 with Prowess is pretty bad, and while Haste and a cost reduction effect are nice, this doesn't do quite enough to overcome the bad baseline to be a really exciting signpost uncommon.
2.5 A two mana 1/1 with Prowess is pretty bad, and while Haste and a cost reduction effect are nice, this doesn't do quite enough to overcome the bad baseline to be a really exciting signpost uncommon.
Blooming Blast
2.5 Never give your opponent the treaure early. It's a solid removal spell even without the gift part, but getting that Bolt late is pretty nice.
2.5 Never give your opponent the treaure early. It's a solid removal spell even without the gift part, but getting that Bolt late is pretty nice.
Early Winter
1.5 This is the removal spell you use when you're really desperate. It's just too expensive to ever be efficient, even with two modes.
1.5 This is the removal spell you use when you're really desperate. It's just too expensive to ever be efficient, even with two modes.
Might of the Meek
2 You could do worse if you need a way to trigger valiant or spell payoffs.
2 You could do worse if you need a way to trigger valiant or spell payoffs.
Hidden Grotto
2 Having some graveyard synergy to go with your fixing is nice sometimes, but not all decks will need this.
2 Having some graveyard synergy to go with your fixing is nice sometimes, but not all decks will need this.
Dire Downdraft
3 This trade 1-for-1 pretty efficiently and 2-for-1s are on the menu because it's an instant.
3 This trade 1-for-1 pretty efficiently and 2-for-1s are on the menu because it's an instant.
Treetop Sentries
2.5 This'll feel good when you can Forage, and not so good when you can't.
2.5 This'll feel good when you can Forage, and not so good when you can't.
Head of the Homestead
3.5 5-mana for a 3/2 and two 1/1s would be pretty good in any format, but this one has tons of payoffs for Rabbits and tokens and going wide more broadly, so this is going to punch above its weightclass.
3.5 5-mana for a 3/2 and two 1/1s would be pretty good in any format, but this one has tons of payoffs for Rabbits and tokens and going wide more broadly, so this is going to punch above its weightclass.
Three Tree Scribe
3 This pays you off quite nicely for blinking or bouncing your stuff, which is great if you're getting value out of those effects already.
3 This pays you off quite nicely for blinking or bouncing your stuff, which is great if you're getting value out of those effects already.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Lifecreed Duo
Otterball Antics
2 While you do get two bodies in the end, the rate here isn't very good.
2 While you do get two bodies in the end, the rate here isn't very good.
Hazel's Nocturne
3 The first copy of this should be valued relatively highly, as it's the kind of card that wins games late. Getting two creatures back at instant speed and draining the opponent 2 life is a big swing, especially when you untap and play the best creature that was in your graveyard.
3 The first copy of this should be valued relatively highly, as it's the kind of card that wins games late. Getting two creatures back at instant speed and draining the opponent 2 life is a big swing, especially when you untap and play the best creature that was in your graveyard.
Cindering Cutthroat
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
Veteran Guardmouse
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
Lifecreed Duo
2.5 This really enables lifegain strategies in Black/White, while also being good in the White go-wide deck and the blue-white bird deck.
2.5 This really enables lifegain strategies in Black/White, while also being good in the White go-wide deck and the blue-white bird deck.
Bellowing Crier
2 This loads your graveyard for threshold and two mana for decent base stats and a loot is solid anyway.
2 This loads your graveyard for threshold and two mana for decent base stats and a loot is solid anyway.
Scales of Shale
1 // 3.0 This isn't going to be a good trick if you're usually paying 3 for it, but if you're black/red and can pay one Black for it consistent, it's a super potent combat trick. One that can blank removal and win virtually any combat.
1 // 3.0 This isn't going to be a good trick if you're usually paying 3 for it, but if you're black/red and can pay one Black for it consistent, it's a super potent combat trick. One that can blank removal and win virtually any combat.
Thought Shucker
2 This is a pretty bad two drop early, but drawing a card with it late is pretty solid.
2 This is a pretty bad two drop early, but drawing a card with it late is pretty solid.
Uncharted Haven
2.5 If you need fixing, this does it, and it's even decent in two-color decks.
2.5 If you need fixing, this does it, and it's even decent in two-color decks.
Treetop Sentries
2.5 This'll feel good when you can Forage, and not so good when you can't.
2.5 This'll feel good when you can Forage, and not so good when you can't.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Wick, the Whorled Mind
Wick, the Whorled Mind
4.5 The baseline is a 4-mana 2/4 that makes a 1/1, and that Snail is likely to grow! You should try to splash for the activated ability too, since it draw you tons of cards and even finish off your opponent.
4.5 The baseline is a 4-mana 2/4 that makes a 1/1, and that Snail is likely to grow! You should try to splash for the activated ability too, since it draw you tons of cards and even finish off your opponent.
Blooming Blast
2.5 Never give your opponent the treaure early. It's a solid removal spell even without the gift part, but getting that Bolt late is pretty nice.
2.5 Never give your opponent the treaure early. It's a solid removal spell even without the gift part, but getting that Bolt late is pretty nice.
Stormcatch Mentor
2.5 A two mana 1/1 with Prowess is pretty bad, and while Haste and a cost reduction effect are nice, this doesn't do quite enough to overcome the bad baseline to be a really exciting signpost uncommon.
2.5 A two mana 1/1 with Prowess is pretty bad, and while Haste and a cost reduction effect are nice, this doesn't do quite enough to overcome the bad baseline to be a really exciting signpost uncommon.
Raccoon Rallier
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
Glidedive Duo
2.5 This ETB is surprisingly potent and also very useful for Bat and Lizard decks.
2.5 This ETB is surprisingly potent and also very useful for Bat and Lizard decks.
Nightwhorl Hermit
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
Tempest Angler
2 This has a bad baseline, and you really need two counters before it ever feels like it was worthwhile, and in the time it takes you to get there, you're in trouble.
2 This has a bad baseline, and you really need two counters before it ever feels like it was worthwhile, and in the time it takes you to get there, you're in trouble.
Alania's Pathmaker
3 This almost always generates a 2-for-1, and while the toughness is low, the power is high enough for this to hit hard and trade pretty well in combat.
3 This almost always generates a 2-for-1, and while the toughness is low, the power is high enough for this to hit hard and trade pretty well in combat.
Thistledown Players
2 This is mostly for triggering valiant, but it's pretty mediocre overall.
2 This is mostly for triggering valiant, but it's pretty mediocre overall.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Heartfire Hero
Ruthless Negotiation
2 This can generate a 3-for-1 in an ideal world, and it's nice that at a minimum you get to draw a card when you flash it back.
2 This can generate a 3-for-1 in an ideal world, and it's nice that at a minimum you get to draw a card when you flash it back.
Heartfire Hero
2.5 If you drop this on one and can support it with targeted effects, it can run away with the game.
2.5 If you drop this on one and can support it with targeted effects, it can run away with the game.
Might of the Meek
2 You could do worse if you need a way to trigger valiant or spell payoffs.
2 You could do worse if you need a way to trigger valiant or spell payoffs.
Carrot Cake
2 So, if you take all the parts together here – you pay 4 mana for 3 life and two 1/1s that scry 1. That’s not horrendous to begin with, and you can pay it for it in installments.
2 So, if you take all the parts together here – you pay 4 mana for 3 life and two 1/1s that scry 1. That’s not horrendous to begin with, and you can pay it for it in installments.
Sunshower Druid
3 This gives you a lot for only one mana. It's fine as one mana 1/3 that gains you 1 life, and in the late game you can put the counter somewhere more meaningful.
3 This gives you a lot for only one mana. It's fine as one mana 1/3 that gains you 1 life, and in the late game you can put the counter somewhere more meaningful.
Skyskipper Duo
2 A 5-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't very good, but if you have ETBs to abuse, it could be worse.
2 A 5-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't very good, but if you have ETBs to abuse, it could be worse.
Junkblade Bruiser
2.5 A 5-mana 4/5 with Trample isn't great, but it's not a disaster either, and if you can buff this at instant speed it can produce some blowouts.
2.5 A 5-mana 4/5 with Trample isn't great, but it's not a disaster either, and if you can buff this at instant speed it can produce some blowouts.
Banishing Light
3.5 This is always great removal because it goes after any nonland permanent very efficiently.
3.5 This is always great removal because it goes after any nonland permanent very efficiently.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Agate Assault
Corpseberry Cultivator
2 This card's value comes from growing even when something else forages, because foraging just for a single +1/+1 counter isn't great.
2 This card's value comes from growing even when something else forages, because foraging just for a single +1/+1 counter isn't great.
Warren Elder
2.5 White is good at going wide, so having a two drop that can buff the whole board is something you're going to be after.
2.5 White is good at going wide, so having a two drop that can buff the whole board is something you're going to be after.
Thistledown Players
2 This is mostly for triggering valiant, but it's pretty mediocre overall.
2 This is mostly for triggering valiant, but it's pretty mediocre overall.
Diresight
2 This can put up to three cards in the graveyard while drawing you a couple cards and you lose some life, so it checks some boxes for various synergies in black, but it's still a card that doesn't add to the board and you can't have too many of those.
2 This can put up to three cards in the graveyard while drawing you a couple cards and you lose some life, so it checks some boxes for various synergies in black, but it's still a card that doesn't add to the board and you can't have too many of those.
Agate Assault
2.5 This is a solid removal spell that can trade up sometimes, and the graveyard hate is relevant int he format too.
2.5 This is a solid removal spell that can trade up sometimes, and the graveyard hate is relevant int he format too.
Dazzling Denial
2.5 Two mana counterspells have been solid of late, and the Bird upside is nice.
2.5 Two mana counterspells have been solid of late, and the Bird upside is nice.
Pack 1 Pick 8: War Squeak
Splash Lasher
3 This is pretty good whether you Offspring or not, since it adds a solid body to the board while temporarily removing something. It's a great ETB to abuse in Blue-Green, too.
3 This is pretty good whether you Offspring or not, since it adds a solid body to the board while temporarily removing something. It's a great ETB to abuse in Blue-Green, too.
Treetop Sentries
2.5 This'll feel good when you can Forage, and not so good when you can't.
2.5 This'll feel good when you can Forage, and not so good when you can't.
Tempest Angler
2 This has a bad baseline, and you really need two counters before it ever feels like it was worthwhile, and in the time it takes you to get there, you're in trouble.
2 This has a bad baseline, and you really need two counters before it ever feels like it was worthwhile, and in the time it takes you to get there, you're in trouble.
War Squeak
2 If you're a really aggressive Red/White or Red/black deck, you'll use this. The buff is real, triggers valiant, and shutting off a block can lead to lots of damage out of nowhere.
2 If you're a really aggressive Red/White or Red/black deck, you'll use this. The buff is real, triggers valiant, and shutting off a block can lead to lots of damage out of nowhere.
Glidedive Duo
2.5 This ETB is surprisingly potent and also very useful for Bat and Lizard decks.
2.5 This ETB is surprisingly potent and also very useful for Bat and Lizard decks.
Nightwhorl Hermit
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Nettle Guard
Steampath Charger
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
Veteran Guardmouse
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
Nettle Guard
2 This has decent stats that can get a little better if you target it with something, and it gives you some maindeck hate against artifacts and enchantments, too.
2 This has decent stats that can get a little better if you target it with something, and it gives you some maindeck hate against artifacts and enchantments, too.
Thought Shucker
2 This is a pretty bad two drop early, but drawing a card with it late is pretty solid.
2 This is a pretty bad two drop early, but drawing a card with it late is pretty solid.
Barkform Harvester
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Warren Elder
Agate-Blade Assassin
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
Lightshell Duo
2.5 This slots well into spell decks and threshold decks, while sporting some solid stats that you can always threaten to grow.
2.5 This slots well into spell decks and threshold decks, while sporting some solid stats that you can always threaten to grow.
Warren Elder
2.5 White is good at going wide, so having a two drop that can buff the whole board is something you're going to be after.
2.5 White is good at going wide, so having a two drop that can buff the whole board is something you're going to be after.
Ravine Raider
3 This is a pretty scary one drop. It can get in for lots of damage early, allowing aggro decks to trigger their payoffs for doing damage, and because you can pump it, it really stays relevant all game long.
3 This is a pretty scary one drop. It can get in for lots of damage early, allowing aggro decks to trigger their payoffs for doing damage, and because you can pump it, it really stays relevant all game long.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Might of the Meek
Stormcatch Mentor
2.5 A two mana 1/1 with Prowess is pretty bad, and while Haste and a cost reduction effect are nice, this doesn't do quite enough to overcome the bad baseline to be a really exciting signpost uncommon.
2.5 A two mana 1/1 with Prowess is pretty bad, and while Haste and a cost reduction effect are nice, this doesn't do quite enough to overcome the bad baseline to be a really exciting signpost uncommon.
Might of the Meek
2 You could do worse if you need a way to trigger valiant or spell payoffs.
2 You could do worse if you need a way to trigger valiant or spell payoffs.
Dire Downdraft
3 This trade 1-for-1 pretty efficiently and 2-for-1s are on the menu because it's an instant.
3 This trade 1-for-1 pretty efficiently and 2-for-1s are on the menu because it's an instant.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Cindering Cutthroat
Otterball Antics
2 While you do get two bodies in the end, the rate here isn't very good.
2 While you do get two bodies in the end, the rate here isn't very good.
Cindering Cutthroat
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Alania's Pathmaker
Alania's Pathmaker
3 This almost always generates a 2-for-1, and while the toughness is low, the power is high enough for this to hit hard and trade pretty well in combat.
3 This almost always generates a 2-for-1, and while the toughness is low, the power is high enough for this to hit hard and trade pretty well in combat.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Brazen Collector
Alania, Divergent Storm
3.5 Most of the time, it's worth giving your opponent a card for a copy of an instant, sorcery, or Otter -- that's because you get the copy for free and it's likely to be better than a random card from their deck. Still, it can definitely backfire sometimes, and the times where you're unable to trigger this consistently will be tough.
3.5 Most of the time, it's worth giving your opponent a card for a copy of an instant, sorcery, or Otter -- that's because you get the copy for free and it's likely to be better than a random card from their deck. Still, it can definitely backfire sometimes, and the times where you're unable to trigger this consistently will be tough.
Eddymurk Crab
1.5 // 3.5 You need to be a deck with lots of instants and sorceries to make this work, and that's a little frustrating in this set because most of the payoffs for this kind of thing look at noncreature spells more broadly. This'll work in UR and UB a decent chunk of the time and be pretty good, but even in those decks you don't alawys have enough instants and sorceries to feel good about playing this.
1.5 // 3.5 You need to be a deck with lots of instants and sorceries to make this work, and that's a little frustrating in this set because most of the payoffs for this kind of thing look at noncreature spells more broadly. This'll work in UR and UB a decent chunk of the time and be pretty good, but even in those decks you don't alawys have enough instants and sorceries to feel good about playing this.
Into the Flood Maw
2.5 Cheap spells are extra good in formats with spell triggers, and this is one of those. Plus, Unsummon's a pretty solid card anyway.
2.5 Cheap spells are extra good in formats with spell triggers, and this is one of those. Plus, Unsummon's a pretty solid card anyway.
Brazen Collector
3.5 A two mana 2/1 with First Strike is a nice creature and this can generate some extra mana, which every deck's going to be happy with in the early game.
3.5 A two mana 2/1 with First Strike is a nice creature and this can generate some extra mana, which every deck's going to be happy with in the early game.
Valley Rally
1.5 Mass pump like this is good in the right deck, and it's nice that this can be more of a combat trick sometimes.
1.5 Mass pump like this is good in the right deck, and it's nice that this can be more of a combat trick sometimes.
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Agate Assault
2.5 This is a solid removal spell that can trade up sometimes, and the graveyard hate is relevant int he format too.
2.5 This is a solid removal spell that can trade up sometimes, and the graveyard hate is relevant int he format too.
Thornplate Intimidator
2.5 Even withotu Offspring this would be a solid 4-drop, so the fact you can run this out late and get this punisher trigger twice is pretty sweet.
2.5 Even withotu Offspring this would be a solid 4-drop, so the fact you can run this out late and get this punisher trigger twice is pretty sweet.
Stickytongue Sentinel
2 This has decent stats and can help you rebuy ETBs.
2 This has decent stats and can help you rebuy ETBs.
Seedpod Squire
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
Warren Elder
2.5 White is good at going wide, so having a two drop that can buff the whole board is something you're going to be after.
2.5 White is good at going wide, so having a two drop that can buff the whole board is something you're going to be after.
Hidden Grotto
2 Having some graveyard synergy to go with your fixing is nice sometimes, but not all decks will need this.
2 Having some graveyard synergy to go with your fixing is nice sometimes, but not all decks will need this.
Scales of Shale
1 // 3.0 This isn't going to be a good trick if you're usually paying 3 for it, but if you're black/red and can pay one Black for it consistent, it's a super potent combat trick. One that can blank removal and win virtually any combat.
1 // 3.0 This isn't going to be a good trick if you're usually paying 3 for it, but if you're black/red and can pay one Black for it consistent, it's a super potent combat trick. One that can blank removal and win virtually any combat.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Seasoned Warrenguard
Hugs, Grisly Guardian
4.5 Even if you just pay 1 for X, you're getting a 5-mana 5/5 Trampler that effectively draws you a card, and in the late game he's likely to give you several cards.
4.5 Even if you just pay 1 for X, you're getting a 5-mana 5/5 Trampler that effectively draws you a card, and in the late game he's likely to give you several cards.
Knightfisher
3.5 This has imposing stats and in most Blue decks (and especially blue-white) will spit out lots of Fish tokens.
3.5 This has imposing stats and in most Blue decks (and especially blue-white) will spit out lots of Fish tokens.
Huskburster Swarm
1.5 // 3.5 This is a pretty sweet buildaround for the two graveyard decks in the format. This creature is huge and impossible to block without at best getting 2-for-1'd.
1.5 // 3.5 This is a pretty sweet buildaround for the two graveyard decks in the format. This creature is huge and impossible to block without at best getting 2-for-1'd.
Seasoned Warrenguard
2.5 This'll be a one mana 3/2 pretty often in Green/White.
2.5 This'll be a one mana 3/2 pretty often in Green/White.
Burrowguard Mentor
3 This isn't very impressive on it's own, but it can be quite the threat on most boards.
3 This isn't very impressive on it's own, but it can be quite the threat on most boards.
Sunshower Druid
3 This gives you a lot for only one mana. It's fine as one mana 1/3 that gains you 1 life, and in the late game you can put the counter somewhere more meaningful.
3 This gives you a lot for only one mana. It's fine as one mana 1/3 that gains you 1 life, and in the late game you can put the counter somewhere more meaningful.
Mind Drill Assailant
2 This'll be a 5/5 by the late game and can help you get threshold, but a 4-mana 5/5 this conditional isn't anything special.
2 This'll be a 5/5 by the late game and can help you get threshold, but a 4-mana 5/5 this conditional isn't anything special.
Seedpod Squire
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
Veteran Guardmouse
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
Nightwhorl Hermit
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
Rabbit Response
1 // 2.5 If you're good at going wide, this'll be a solid inclusion in your deck. If you're not, it's pretty bad.
1 // 2.5 If you're good at going wide, this'll be a solid inclusion in your deck. If you're not, it's pretty bad.
Moonrise Cleric
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Black/White decks, and the baseline is fine.
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Black/White decks, and the baseline is fine.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Moonrise Cleric
Eddymurk Crab
1.5 // 3.5 You need to be a deck with lots of instants and sorceries to make this work, and that's a little frustrating in this set because most of the payoffs for this kind of thing look at noncreature spells more broadly. This'll work in UR and UB a decent chunk of the time and be pretty good, but even in those decks you don't alawys have enough instants and sorceries to feel good about playing this.
1.5 // 3.5 You need to be a deck with lots of instants and sorceries to make this work, and that's a little frustrating in this set because most of the payoffs for this kind of thing look at noncreature spells more broadly. This'll work in UR and UB a decent chunk of the time and be pretty good, but even in those decks you don't alawys have enough instants and sorceries to feel good about playing this.
Oakhollow Village
2.5 This works extra well with cards that make multiple bodies with these creature types.
2.5 This works extra well with cards that make multiple bodies with these creature types.
Stocking the Pantry
0 This just seems too slow, especially in a format without a dedicated counter deck.
0 This just seems too slow, especially in a format without a dedicated counter deck.
Mind Drill Assailant
2 This'll be a 5/5 by the late game and can help you get threshold, but a 4-mana 5/5 this conditional isn't anything special.
2 This'll be a 5/5 by the late game and can help you get threshold, but a 4-mana 5/5 this conditional isn't anything special.
Lightshell Duo
2.5 This slots well into spell decks and threshold decks, while sporting some solid stats that you can always threaten to grow.
2.5 This slots well into spell decks and threshold decks, while sporting some solid stats that you can always threaten to grow.
Stickytongue Sentinel
2 This has decent stats and can help you rebuy ETBs.
2 This has decent stats and can help you rebuy ETBs.
Raccoon Rallier
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
Moonrise Cleric
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Black/White decks, and the baseline is fine.
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Black/White decks, and the baseline is fine.
Cindering Cutthroat
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
Waterspout Warden
2.5 This will often have Flying, and while it's not quite a staight up three mana 3/2 flyer, it isn't that far either.
2.5 This will often have Flying, and while it's not quite a staight up three mana 3/2 flyer, it isn't that far either.
Conduct Electricity
2.5 It's not efficient, but it can deal with most creatures -- and their offspring, so having one of these is kind of a necessary evil in many Red decks.
2.5 It's not efficient, but it can deal with most creatures -- and their offspring, so having one of these is kind of a necessary evil in many Red decks.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Feather of Flight
Baylen, the Haymaker
3 This is a powerful token payoff, even if it is hard to cast. You won't always get Baylen's abilities online, but you're going to do it often enough for it be worth the splash in Green-White decks.
3 This is a powerful token payoff, even if it is hard to cast. You won't always get Baylen's abilities online, but you're going to do it often enough for it be worth the splash in Green-White decks.
Short Bow
2.5 This is a great way to repeatedly trigger Valiant and it offers a decent buff to begin with.
2.5 This is a great way to repeatedly trigger Valiant and it offers a decent buff to begin with.
Feather of Flight
3 This is a great aura because it has Flash and it replaces itself up front, while sending your best creature into the air.
3 This is a great aura because it has Flash and it replaces itself up front, while sending your best creature into the air.
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Stickytongue Sentinel
2 This has decent stats and can help you rebuy ETBs.
2 This has decent stats and can help you rebuy ETBs.
Bonebind Orator
2 It has passable stats and in the late game it's a way (albeit a costly way) to get something back from the graveyard. A bit awkward alongside Forage, though.
2 It has passable stats and in the late game it's a way (albeit a costly way) to get something back from the graveyard. A bit awkward alongside Forage, though.
Waterspout Warden
2.5 This will often have Flying, and while it's not quite a staight up three mana 3/2 flyer, it isn't that far either.
2.5 This will often have Flying, and while it's not quite a staight up three mana 3/2 flyer, it isn't that far either.
Kindlespark Duo
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Red/Black and a legit win condition in Blue/Red.
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Red/Black and a legit win condition in Blue/Red.
Veteran Guardmouse
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
Heaped Harvest
1.5 This just feels out of place in this format. Ramping and multicolored stuff aren't a big theme here, and while you can sac this to Forage for value, it doesn't look good to me.
1.5 This just feels out of place in this format. Ramping and multicolored stuff aren't a big theme here, and while you can sac this to Forage for value, it doesn't look good to me.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Whiskerquill Scribe
Gossip's Talent
1.5 This doesn't really do enough on it's own, especially for all the mana you sink into it.
1.5 This doesn't really do enough on it's own, especially for all the mana you sink into it.
Daring Waverider
4 This is usually going to be a 6-mana 4/4 that kills something on ETB. Obviously it takes some set up to get there, but all you have to do is have cast a removal spell at some point in the game, so it's not that much set up.
4 This is usually going to be a 6-mana 4/4 that kills something on ETB. Obviously it takes some set up to get there, but all you have to do is have cast a removal spell at some point in the game, so it's not that much set up.
Wandertale Mentor
4 This is a great way to accelerate your mana, and if you drop it on two and play a 4-drop on three, this'll get it's first counter, and it's likely to grow from there.
4 This is a great way to accelerate your mana, and if you drop it on two and play a 4-drop on three, this'll get it's first counter, and it's likely to grow from there.
Three Tree Rootweaver
2.5 It's a little sad this doesn't have a relevant creature type, but a two mana 1/3 that can tap for mana of any color is a solid card.
2.5 It's a little sad this doesn't have a relevant creature type, but a two mana 1/3 that can tap for mana of any color is a solid card.
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Barkform Harvester
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
Cindering Cutthroat
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
Sunshower Druid
3 This gives you a lot for only one mana. It's fine as one mana 1/3 that gains you 1 life, and in the late game you can put the counter somewhere more meaningful.
3 This gives you a lot for only one mana. It's fine as one mana 1/3 that gains you 1 life, and in the late game you can put the counter somewhere more meaningful.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Sonar Strike
Huskburster Swarm
1.5 // 3.5 This is a pretty sweet buildaround for the two graveyard decks in the format. This creature is huge and impossible to block without at best getting 2-for-1'd.
1.5 // 3.5 This is a pretty sweet buildaround for the two graveyard decks in the format. This creature is huge and impossible to block without at best getting 2-for-1'd.
Bushy Bodyguard
3 You want to Offspring this and Forage at least once, and that's pretty doable. If you do it once, you spend 4 for a 2/1 and a 3/3, and sometimes you can do it twice, which is even more efficient.
3 You want to Offspring this and Forage at least once, and that's pretty doable. If you do it once, you spend 4 for a 2/1 and a 3/3, and sometimes you can do it twice, which is even more efficient.
Sonar Strike
2.5 This'll feel pretty efficient when you have a nice target, especially if you're gaining life. However, even if this can hit attacking, blocking, and tapped creatures, it's inability to get a creature out of the way before it blocks, and the fact it can't deal with things with more than 4 toughness make it too restrictive to be great.
2.5 This'll feel pretty efficient when you have a nice target, especially if you're gaining life. However, even if this can hit attacking, blocking, and tapped creatures, it's inability to get a creature out of the way before it blocks, and the fact it can't deal with things with more than 4 toughness make it too restrictive to be great.
Take Out the Trash
3.5 Two mana instants that do 3 are always great, and you'll rummage with this a decent chunk of the time too.
3.5 Two mana instants that do 3 are always great, and you'll rummage with this a decent chunk of the time too.
Lifecreed Duo
2.5 This really enables lifegain strategies in Black/White, while also being good in the White go-wide deck and the blue-white bird deck.
2.5 This really enables lifegain strategies in Black/White, while also being good in the White go-wide deck and the blue-white bird deck.
Corpseberry Cultivator
2 This card's value comes from growing even when something else forages, because foraging just for a single +1/+1 counter isn't great.
2 This card's value comes from growing even when something else forages, because foraging just for a single +1/+1 counter isn't great.
Agate-Blade Assassin
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
Fountainport Bell
2 Fixing isn't at a high premium in this format, or this would be better. It is a decent way to fix, and can load your graveyard for Forage.
2 Fixing isn't at a high premium in this format, or this would be better. It is a decent way to fix, and can load your graveyard for Forage.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Rabbit Response
Psychic Whorl
1.5 This is Mind Rot with minimal upside, so not usually something you want to run. It can generate a 2-for-1 early, but because you don't add to the board when you do it the impact is pretty small, and in the late game it does even less.
1.5 This is Mind Rot with minimal upside, so not usually something you want to run. It can generate a 2-for-1 early, but because you don't add to the board when you do it the impact is pretty small, and in the late game it does even less.
Diresight
2 This can put up to three cards in the graveyard while drawing you a couple cards and you lose some life, so it checks some boxes for various synergies in black, but it's still a card that doesn't add to the board and you can't have too many of those.
2 This can put up to three cards in the graveyard while drawing you a couple cards and you lose some life, so it checks some boxes for various synergies in black, but it's still a card that doesn't add to the board and you can't have too many of those.
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Barkform Harvester
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
Rabbit Response
1 // 2.5 If you're good at going wide, this'll be a solid inclusion in your deck. If you're not, it's pretty bad.
1 // 2.5 If you're good at going wide, this'll be a solid inclusion in your deck. If you're not, it's pretty bad.
Glidedive Duo
2.5 This ETB is surprisingly potent and also very useful for Bat and Lizard decks.
2.5 This ETB is surprisingly potent and also very useful for Bat and Lizard decks.
Thornplate Intimidator
2.5 Even withotu Offspring this would be a solid 4-drop, so the fact you can run this out late and get this punisher trigger twice is pretty sweet.
2.5 Even withotu Offspring this would be a solid 4-drop, so the fact you can run this out late and get this punisher trigger twice is pretty sweet.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Flamecache Gecko
Flamecache Gecko
3 This can enable some really nice early starts, where you have a one drop and two two-drops in play on turn two. It has diminishing returns later in the game, but at a minimum you can use it's ability with the mana it produces.
3 This can enable some really nice early starts, where you have a one drop and two two-drops in play on turn two. It has diminishing returns later in the game, but at a minimum you can use it's ability with the mana it produces.
Bandit's Talent
3 This is a nice discard spell in the early game, and later in the game it can pressure your opponent and even draw you cards.
3 This is a nice discard spell in the early game, and later in the game it can pressure your opponent and even draw you cards.
Nightwhorl Hermit
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
Steampath Charger
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
Veteran Guardmouse
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
Barkform Harvester
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Hidden Grotto
Alania, Divergent Storm
3.5 Most of the time, it's worth giving your opponent a card for a copy of an instant, sorcery, or Otter -- that's because you get the copy for free and it's likely to be better than a random card from their deck. Still, it can definitely backfire sometimes, and the times where you're unable to trigger this consistently will be tough.
3.5 Most of the time, it's worth giving your opponent a card for a copy of an instant, sorcery, or Otter -- that's because you get the copy for free and it's likely to be better than a random card from their deck. Still, it can definitely backfire sometimes, and the times where you're unable to trigger this consistently will be tough.
Eddymurk Crab
1.5 // 3.5 You need to be a deck with lots of instants and sorceries to make this work, and that's a little frustrating in this set because most of the payoffs for this kind of thing look at noncreature spells more broadly. This'll work in UR and UB a decent chunk of the time and be pretty good, but even in those decks you don't alawys have enough instants and sorceries to feel good about playing this.
1.5 // 3.5 You need to be a deck with lots of instants and sorceries to make this work, and that's a little frustrating in this set because most of the payoffs for this kind of thing look at noncreature spells more broadly. This'll work in UR and UB a decent chunk of the time and be pretty good, but even in those decks you don't alawys have enough instants and sorceries to feel good about playing this.
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Seedpod Squire
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
Hidden Grotto
2 Having some graveyard synergy to go with your fixing is nice sometimes, but not all decks will need this.
2 Having some graveyard synergy to go with your fixing is nice sometimes, but not all decks will need this.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Veteran Guardmouse
Knightfisher
3.5 This has imposing stats and in most Blue decks (and especially blue-white) will spit out lots of Fish tokens.
3.5 This has imposing stats and in most Blue decks (and especially blue-white) will spit out lots of Fish tokens.
Veteran Guardmouse
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
Nightwhorl Hermit
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
Rabbit Response
1 // 2.5 If you're good at going wide, this'll be a solid inclusion in your deck. If you're not, it's pretty bad.
1 // 2.5 If you're good at going wide, this'll be a solid inclusion in your deck. If you're not, it's pretty bad.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Conduct Electricity
Lightshell Duo
2.5 This slots well into spell decks and threshold decks, while sporting some solid stats that you can always threaten to grow.
2.5 This slots well into spell decks and threshold decks, while sporting some solid stats that you can always threaten to grow.
Waterspout Warden
2.5 This will often have Flying, and while it's not quite a staight up three mana 3/2 flyer, it isn't that far either.
2.5 This will often have Flying, and while it's not quite a staight up three mana 3/2 flyer, it isn't that far either.
Conduct Electricity
2.5 It's not efficient, but it can deal with most creatures -- and their offspring, so having one of these is kind of a necessary evil in many Red decks.
2.5 It's not efficient, but it can deal with most creatures -- and their offspring, so having one of these is kind of a necessary evil in many Red decks.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Whiskerquill Scribe
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Kindlespark Duo
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Red/Black and a legit win condition in Blue/Red.
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Red/Black and a legit win condition in Blue/Red.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Barkform Harvester
Barkform Harvester
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
1.5 It's not hard to get enough creatures with the right type in this format, and this is pretty bad at hating on the graveyard, so there's not much of a reason to run this unless your draft went really wrong.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Whiskervale Forerunner
Whiskervale Forerunner
4.5 This Valiant trigger is nuts and will almost always allow you to put a creature directly on to the battlefield. There are plenty of ways to trigger valiant for free or cheap too, so doing it the turn the Forerunner comes down isn't some pipe dream.
4.5 This Valiant trigger is nuts and will almost always allow you to put a creature directly on to the battlefield. There are plenty of ways to trigger valiant for free or cheap too, so doing it the turn the Forerunner comes down isn't some pipe dream.
Long River's Pull
2 Double Blue is rough for a counterspell in Limited, especially one that requires you to 2-for-1 yourself if you want to counter a noncreature spell.
2 Double Blue is rough for a counterspell in Limited, especially one that requires you to 2-for-1 yourself if you want to counter a noncreature spell.
Feed the Cycle
3.5 This is Murder at worst, and it's often cheaper thanks to Forage.
3.5 This is Murder at worst, and it's often cheaper thanks to Forage.
Dewdrop Cure
2 Three mana to reanimate two small creatures is a pretty good deal, but how often will you have stuff in the graveyard to get back? Not often enough for this to always make the cut.
2 Three mana to reanimate two small creatures is a pretty good deal, but how often will you have stuff in the graveyard to get back? Not often enough for this to always make the cut.
Plumecreed Mentor
3 If you can put a counter somewhere when this enters it feels great, and there's potential for more counters after that.
3 If you can put a counter somewhere when this enters it feels great, and there's potential for more counters after that.
Starlit Soothsayer
2 This has almost-passable stats and a mediocre life gain trigger. You can play it, but you're never going to be happy about it.
2 This has almost-passable stats and a mediocre life gain trigger. You can play it, but you're never going to be happy about it.
Nettle Guard
2 This has decent stats that can get a little better if you target it with something, and it gives you some maindeck hate against artifacts and enchantments, too.
2 This has decent stats that can get a little better if you target it with something, and it gives you some maindeck hate against artifacts and enchantments, too.
Fountainport Bell
2 Fixing isn't at a high premium in this format, or this would be better. It is a decent way to fix, and can load your graveyard for Forage.
2 Fixing isn't at a high premium in this format, or this would be better. It is a decent way to fix, and can load your graveyard for Forage.
Cindering Cutthroat
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
Seedpod Squire
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
Conduct Electricity
2.5 It's not efficient, but it can deal with most creatures -- and their offspring, so having one of these is kind of a necessary evil in many Red decks.
2.5 It's not efficient, but it can deal with most creatures -- and their offspring, so having one of these is kind of a necessary evil in many Red decks.
Bakersbane Duo
3 This gives you a ton of value and synergy for a two drop.
3 This gives you a ton of value and synergy for a two drop.
Wildfire Howl
0.5 This is more of a sideboard card than anything. You can't really play this unless you're a Red deck that doesn't get hurt that badly by it, and that doesn't seem like a common occurence.
0.5 This is more of a sideboard card than anything. You can't really play this unless you're a Red deck that doesn't get hurt that badly by it, and that doesn't seem like a common occurence.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Jackdaw Savior
Jackdaw Savior
4 This has reasonable aggressive flying stats and if you have something in your graveyard, your opponent is likely to get 2-for-1'd if they ever deal with it.
4 This has reasonable aggressive flying stats and if you have something in your graveyard, your opponent is likely to get 2-for-1'd if they ever deal with it.
Wandertale Mentor
4 This is a great way to accelerate your mana, and if you drop it on two and play a 4-drop on three, this'll get it's first counter, and it's likely to grow from there.
4 This is a great way to accelerate your mana, and if you drop it on two and play a 4-drop on three, this'll get it's first counter, and it's likely to grow from there.
Mudflat Village
2.5 Being able to turn your land into the best creature in your graveyard in the late game is nice utility.
2.5 Being able to turn your land into the best creature in your graveyard in the late game is nice utility.
Gossip's Talent
1.5 This doesn't really do enough on it's own, especially for all the mana you sink into it.
1.5 This doesn't really do enough on it's own, especially for all the mana you sink into it.
Otterball Antics
2 While you do get two bodies in the end, the rate here isn't very good.
2 While you do get two bodies in the end, the rate here isn't very good.
Cindering Cutthroat
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
Bellowing Crier
2 This loads your graveyard for threshold and two mana for decent base stats and a loot is solid anyway.
2 This loads your graveyard for threshold and two mana for decent base stats and a loot is solid anyway.
Nettle Guard
2 This has decent stats that can get a little better if you target it with something, and it gives you some maindeck hate against artifacts and enchantments, too.
2 This has decent stats that can get a little better if you target it with something, and it gives you some maindeck hate against artifacts and enchantments, too.
Daggerfang Duo
2 The stat-line is rough, but it helps you load your graveyard for Black-Green and Blue-Black, and it can trade for anything. That's less valuable on a three drop for sure, but it's something.
2 The stat-line is rough, but it helps you load your graveyard for Black-Green and Blue-Black, and it can trade for anything. That's less valuable on a three drop for sure, but it's something.
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Three Tree Rootweaver
2.5 It's a little sad this doesn't have a relevant creature type, but a two mana 1/3 that can tap for mana of any color is a solid card.
2.5 It's a little sad this doesn't have a relevant creature type, but a two mana 1/3 that can tap for mana of any color is a solid card.
Junkblade Bruiser
2.5 A 5-mana 4/5 with Trample isn't great, but it's not a disaster either, and if you can buff this at instant speed it can produce some blowouts.
2.5 A 5-mana 4/5 with Trample isn't great, but it's not a disaster either, and if you can buff this at instant speed it can produce some blowouts.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
5 This huge flyer always generates value on ETB and attack, and if your opponent can't deal with it, it's going to quickly kill them while giving you tons of cards.
5 This huge flyer always generates value on ETB and attack, and if your opponent can't deal with it, it's going to quickly kill them while giving you tons of cards.
Wick's Patrol
4 This is a 6-mana 5/3 that kills a creature, and it'll often kill a substantial creature. The mill trigger is nice too, as it not only makes the Patrol more likely to kill something good, it also sets up Forage and Threshold.
4 This is a 6-mana 5/3 that kills a creature, and it'll often kill a substantial creature. The mill trigger is nice too, as it not only makes the Patrol more likely to kill something good, it also sets up Forage and Threshold.
Hazel's Nocturne
3 The first copy of this should be valued relatively highly, as it's the kind of card that wins games late. Getting two creatures back at instant speed and draining the opponent 2 life is a big swing, especially when you untap and play the best creature that was in your graveyard.
3 The first copy of this should be valued relatively highly, as it's the kind of card that wins games late. Getting two creatures back at instant speed and draining the opponent 2 life is a big swing, especially when you untap and play the best creature that was in your graveyard.
Druid of the Spade
2.5 You can make this a 4/3 trampler pretty often. Any type of token buffs it too, whether it's a creature token or not.
2.5 You can make this a 4/3 trampler pretty often. Any type of token buffs it too, whether it's a creature token or not.
Nocturnal Hunger
3 This is an efficient removal spell. You should almost never give your opponent the food, unless you're in a desperate spot where you can't afford to pay the life.
3 This is an efficient removal spell. You should almost never give your opponent the food, unless you're in a desperate spot where you can't afford to pay the life.
Pond Prophet
3 This is one of the best creatures to blink, and a two mana 1/1 that draws you a card on ETB is a nice card to begin with.
3 This is one of the best creatures to blink, and a two mana 1/1 that draws you a card on ETB is a nice card to begin with.
Shore Up
5 If you're behind, you can make a token copy of your best creature and then bounce everything else. If you're at parity or ahead, you can make two token copies of your best creature and then draw a card. Either way, you're very likely to win the game.
5 If you're behind, you can make a token copy of your best creature and then bounce everything else. If you're at parity or ahead, you can make two token copies of your best creature and then draw a card. Either way, you're very likely to win the game.
Wax-Wane Witness
3 This has surprisingly beefy stats for a Common, and will often be able to attack as a 3/4 or larger.
3 This has surprisingly beefy stats for a Common, and will often be able to attack as a 3/4 or larger.
Agate-Blade Assassin
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
Frilled Sparkshooter
2 This is pretty good when it comes down as a 4/4, and pretty bad when it doesn't.
2 This is pretty good when it comes down as a 4/4, and pretty bad when it doesn't.
Nightwhorl Hermit
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Brambleguard Captain
Heirloom Epic
1.5 // 3.0 If you're really good at going wide (like in Green-White), this is a pretty sweet card advantage engine.
1.5 // 3.0 If you're really good at going wide (like in Green-White), this is a pretty sweet card advantage engine.
Brazen Collector
3.5 A two mana 2/1 with First Strike is a nice creature and this can generate some extra mana, which every deck's going to be happy with in the early game.
3.5 A two mana 2/1 with First Strike is a nice creature and this can generate some extra mana, which every deck's going to be happy with in the early game.
Brambleguard Captain
2 This stat-line is rough, but it offers a pretty solid buff every turn and can trigger valiant.
2 This stat-line is rough, but it offers a pretty solid buff every turn and can trigger valiant.
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Cache Grab
2 This loads your graveyard pretty well, but you probably need to get the Food for it to feel worth the investment.
2 This loads your graveyard pretty well, but you probably need to get the Food for it to feel worth the investment.
Early Winter
1.5 This is the removal spell you use when you're really desperate. It's just too expensive to ever be efficient, even with two modes.
1.5 This is the removal spell you use when you're really desperate. It's just too expensive to ever be efficient, even with two modes.
Seedpod Squire
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
Thistledown Players
2 This is mostly for triggering valiant, but it's pretty mediocre overall.
2 This is mostly for triggering valiant, but it's pretty mediocre overall.
Pearl of Wisdom
2.5 Divination isn't always good in Limited these days, as you need to add to the board. But this will cost two mana reasonably often, and that's a huge upgrade.
2.5 Divination isn't always good in Limited these days, as you need to add to the board. But this will cost two mana reasonably often, and that's a huge upgrade.
Head of the Homestead
3.5 5-mana for a 3/2 and two 1/1s would be pretty good in any format, but this one has tons of payoffs for Rabbits and tokens and going wide more broadly, so this is going to punch above its weightclass.
3.5 5-mana for a 3/2 and two 1/1s would be pretty good in any format, but this one has tons of payoffs for Rabbits and tokens and going wide more broadly, so this is going to punch above its weightclass.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Rockface Village
Baylen, the Haymaker
3 This is a powerful token payoff, even if it is hard to cast. You won't always get Baylen's abilities online, but you're going to do it often enough for it be worth the splash in Green-White decks.
3 This is a powerful token payoff, even if it is hard to cast. You won't always get Baylen's abilities online, but you're going to do it often enough for it be worth the splash in Green-White decks.
Hoarder's Overflow
0 This is just too slow to actually get anything out of.
0 This is just too slow to actually get anything out of.
Rockface Village
2.5 This is a land that can trigger Valiant, and giving yoru stuff haste and a tiny buff is nice utility anyway.
2.5 This is a land that can trigger Valiant, and giving yoru stuff haste and a tiny buff is nice utility anyway.
Seasoned Warrenguard
2.5 This'll be a one mana 3/2 pretty often in Green/White.
2.5 This'll be a one mana 3/2 pretty often in Green/White.
Pearl of Wisdom
2.5 Divination isn't always good in Limited these days, as you need to add to the board. But this will cost two mana reasonably often, and that's a huge upgrade.
2.5 Divination isn't always good in Limited these days, as you need to add to the board. But this will cost two mana reasonably often, and that's a huge upgrade.
Ravine Raider
3 This is a pretty scary one drop. It can get in for lots of damage early, allowing aggro decks to trigger their payoffs for doing damage, and because you can pump it, it really stays relevant all game long.
3 This is a pretty scary one drop. It can get in for lots of damage early, allowing aggro decks to trigger their payoffs for doing damage, and because you can pump it, it really stays relevant all game long.
Moonrise Cleric
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Black/White decks, and the baseline is fine.
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Black/White decks, and the baseline is fine.
Kindlespark Duo
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Red/Black and a legit win condition in Blue/Red.
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Red/Black and a legit win condition in Blue/Red.
Raccoon Rallier
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Roughshod Duo
Cruelclaw's Heist
3.5 You almost always want to give the gift here, because you get to take the card after they draw -- and being able to cast the card you make them discard is amazing.
3.5 You almost always want to give the gift here, because you get to take the card after they draw -- and being able to cast the card you make them discard is amazing.
Tangle Tumbler
1.0 // 3.0 You can't turn this into a creature without tapping two tokens, so this isn't worth running in many decks in the format, but it looks good in Green/White and maybe Black/Green.
1.0 // 3.0 You can't turn this into a creature without tapping two tokens, so this isn't worth running in many decks in the format, but it looks good in Green/White and maybe Black/Green.
Seedpod Squire
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
Agate-Blade Assassin
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
2 This helps you set up life gain payoffs for Black-white and life loss payoffs for black-red in the early game, but has pretty mediocre stats.
Roughshod Duo
2 This is a bad stat-line, but it's a decent expend payoff.
2 This is a bad stat-line, but it's a decent expend payoff.
Skyskipper Duo
2 A 5-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't very good, but if you have ETBs to abuse, it could be worse.
2 A 5-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't very good, but if you have ETBs to abuse, it could be worse.
Diresight
2 This can put up to three cards in the graveyard while drawing you a couple cards and you lose some life, so it checks some boxes for various synergies in black, but it's still a card that doesn't add to the board and you can't have too many of those.
2 This can put up to three cards in the graveyard while drawing you a couple cards and you lose some life, so it checks some boxes for various synergies in black, but it's still a card that doesn't add to the board and you can't have too many of those.
Treetop Sentries
2.5 This'll feel good when you can Forage, and not so good when you can't.
2.5 This'll feel good when you can Forage, and not so good when you can't.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Three Tree Mascot
Lupinflower Village
2.5 Cashing this in late to draw a card will feel pretty good.
2.5 Cashing this in late to draw a card will feel pretty good.
Heirloom Epic
1.5 // 3.0 If you're really good at going wide (like in Green-White), this is a pretty sweet card advantage engine.
1.5 // 3.0 If you're really good at going wide (like in Green-White), this is a pretty sweet card advantage engine.
Pearl of Wisdom
2.5 Divination isn't always good in Limited these days, as you need to add to the board. But this will cost two mana reasonably often, and that's a huge upgrade.
2.5 Divination isn't always good in Limited these days, as you need to add to the board. But this will cost two mana reasonably often, and that's a huge upgrade.
Three Tree Mascot
2 If you need fixing, this does an okay job of it while also providing you some creature type synergy.
2 If you need fixing, this does an okay job of it while also providing you some creature type synergy.
Veteran Guardmouse
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
3 This Valiant trigger makes the Guardmouse pretty impossible to block just because the threat of activation is always there.
Raccoon Rallier
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
Wick, the Whorled Mind
4.5 The baseline is a 4-mana 2/4 that makes a 1/1, and that Snail is likely to grow! You should try to splash for the activated ability too, since it draw you tons of cards and even finish off your opponent.
4.5 The baseline is a 4-mana 2/4 that makes a 1/1, and that Snail is likely to grow! You should try to splash for the activated ability too, since it draw you tons of cards and even finish off your opponent.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Steampath Charger
Spellgyre
2 Neither option is very good here on it's own -- it's just too much mana for these effects. But the modality is enough to make it playable.
2 Neither option is very good here on it's own -- it's just too much mana for these effects. But the modality is enough to make it playable.
Pileated Provisioner
2.5 This will be putting a +1/+1 counter on something most of the time when it enters, and a 5-mana 3/4 flyer is surprisingly sturdy.
2.5 This will be putting a +1/+1 counter on something most of the time when it enters, and a 5-mana 3/4 flyer is surprisingly sturdy.
Tempest Angler
2 This has a bad baseline, and you really need two counters before it ever feels like it was worthwhile, and in the time it takes you to get there, you're in trouble.
2 This has a bad baseline, and you really need two counters before it ever feels like it was worthwhile, and in the time it takes you to get there, you're in trouble.
Raccoon Rallier
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
2 This would be a decent card in any format, but it's a free way to trigger valiant in this one, making it a bit better.
Diresight
2 This can put up to three cards in the graveyard while drawing you a couple cards and you lose some life, so it checks some boxes for various synergies in black, but it's still a card that doesn't add to the board and you can't have too many of those.
2 This can put up to three cards in the graveyard while drawing you a couple cards and you lose some life, so it checks some boxes for various synergies in black, but it's still a card that doesn't add to the board and you can't have too many of those.
Steampath Charger
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
2 This will never feel efficient, but it's a passable two drop with a useful creature type and death trigger.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Dewdrop Cure
Dewdrop Cure
2 Three mana to reanimate two small creatures is a pretty good deal, but how often will you have stuff in the graveyard to get back? Not often enough for this to always make the cut.
2 Three mana to reanimate two small creatures is a pretty good deal, but how often will you have stuff in the graveyard to get back? Not often enough for this to always make the cut.
Plumecreed Mentor
3 If you can put a counter somewhere when this enters it feels great, and there's potential for more counters after that.
3 If you can put a counter somewhere when this enters it feels great, and there's potential for more counters after that.
Fountainport Bell
2 Fixing isn't at a high premium in this format, or this would be better. It is a decent way to fix, and can load your graveyard for Forage.
2 Fixing isn't at a high premium in this format, or this would be better. It is a decent way to fix, and can load your graveyard for Forage.
Seedpod Squire
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks.
Wildfire Howl
0.5 This is more of a sideboard card than anything. You can't really play this unless you're a Red deck that doesn't get hurt that badly by it, and that doesn't seem like a common occurence.
0.5 This is more of a sideboard card than anything. You can't really play this unless you're a Red deck that doesn't get hurt that badly by it, and that doesn't seem like a common occurence.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Whiskerquill Scribe
Gossip's Talent
1.5 This doesn't really do enough on it's own, especially for all the mana you sink into it.
1.5 This doesn't really do enough on it's own, especially for all the mana you sink into it.
Otterball Antics
2 While you do get two bodies in the end, the rate here isn't very good.
2 While you do get two bodies in the end, the rate here isn't very good.
Cindering Cutthroat
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
2 The ceiling here isn't the most impressive thing in the world, and the floor is pretty bad.
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Frilled Sparkshooter
Druid of the Spade
2.5 You can make this a 4/3 trampler pretty often. Any type of token buffs it too, whether it's a creature token or not.
2.5 You can make this a 4/3 trampler pretty often. Any type of token buffs it too, whether it's a creature token or not.
Frilled Sparkshooter
2 This is pretty good when it comes down as a 4/4, and pretty bad when it doesn't.
2 This is pretty good when it comes down as a 4/4, and pretty bad when it doesn't.
Nightwhorl Hermit
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
2 A three mana 1/4 with Vigilance isn't very good, but in the late game this becomes unblockable and hits harder.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Whiskerquill Scribe
Heirloom Epic
1.5 // 3.0 If you're really good at going wide (like in Green-White), this is a pretty sweet card advantage engine.
1.5 // 3.0 If you're really good at going wide (like in Green-White), this is a pretty sweet card advantage engine.
Whiskerquill Scribe
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
1.5 Two mana 2/2s aren't great these days, and this Valiant trigger is nothing special.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Kindlespark Duo
Kindlespark Duo
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Red/Black and a legit win condition in Blue/Red.
2.5 This is a nice enabler for Red/Black and a legit win condition in Blue/Red.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Harvestrite Host
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Mabel, Heir to Cragflame
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Flamecache Gecko
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Lifecreed Duo
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Wick, the Whorled Mind
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Heartfire Hero
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Agate Assault
- Pack 1 Pick 8: War Squeak
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Nettle Guard
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Warren Elder
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Might of the Meek
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Cindering Cutthroat
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Alania's Pathmaker
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Brazen Collector
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Seasoned Warrenguard
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Moonrise Cleric
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Feather of Flight
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Whiskerquill Scribe
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Sonar Strike
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Rabbit Response
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Flamecache Gecko
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Hidden Grotto
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Veteran Guardmouse
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Conduct Electricity
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Whiskerquill Scribe
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Barkform Harvester
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Whiskervale Forerunner
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Jackdaw Savior
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Dragonhawk, Fate's Tempest
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Brambleguard Captain
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Rockface Village
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Roughshod Duo
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Three Tree Mascot
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Steampath Charger
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Dewdrop Cure
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Whiskerquill Scribe
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Frilled Sparkshooter
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Whiskerquill Scribe
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Kindlespark Duo
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