Premier Draft DSK 2 October 2024
2 October 10:16 - SuperBossPhil 7 Wins - 2 Losses
Pack 1 Pick 1: Omnivorous Flytrap
Omnivorous Flytrap
4.5 This has passable base stats, and getting delirium online is pretty doable in Green, so you're going to be generating tons of counters.
4.5 This has passable base stats, and getting delirium online is pretty doable in Green, so you're going to be generating tons of counters.
Cathartic Parting
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
Bottomless Pool
3.5 A Sorcery-speed bounce for one mana is pretty decent -- and this comes with big Enchantment upside - and this turns into a card advantage engine in the late game.
3.5 A Sorcery-speed bounce for one mana is pretty decent -- and this comes with big Enchantment upside - and this turns into a card advantage engine in the late game.
Shardmage's Rescue
3 One mana tricks that give hexproof and a stats boost have performed really well lately because they can win combat and blank removal, and in this format you get extra value out of Enchantments.
3 One mana tricks that give hexproof and a stats boost have performed really well lately because they can win combat and blank removal, and in this format you get extra value out of Enchantments.
Disturbing Mirth
3 Red/Black has enough ways to sacrifice Enchantments that this is going to generate serious value. They're great in multiples, too.
3 Red/Black has enough ways to sacrifice Enchantments that this is going to generate serious value. They're great in multiples, too.
Turn Inside Out
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
Murder
2.5 The double Black can be surprisingly tough to have when you need it in Limited, but it's still nice removal.
2.5 The double Black can be surprisingly tough to have when you need it in Limited, but it's still nice removal.
Final Vengeance
1.5 // 3.5 If you're in the BR sacrifice deck you can do some nasty things with this. If you're not...you can end up 2-for-1ing yourself with this, and that's not what you want to be doing.
1.5 // 3.5 If you're in the BR sacrifice deck you can do some nasty things with this. If you're not...you can end up 2-for-1ing yourself with this, and that's not what you want to be doing.
Twist Reality
2 You're overpaying for either of these, but getting the option between them makes this playable.
2 You're overpaying for either of these, but getting the option between them makes this playable.
Anthropede
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
Grand Entryway
3 I think this is sneaky good. On rate alone it doesn't sound great, but it can trigger Eerie three times -- and on the cheap, and both sides of the room impact the board.
3 I think this is sneaky good. On rate alone it doesn't sound great, but it can trigger Eerie three times -- and on the cheap, and both sides of the room impact the board.
Stalked Researcher
1.5 Two-mana 3/3s with defender that lose defender when something happens don't perform well, over all. Combat tricks are too good and creatures are too efficient these days for a defensive creature to be worthwhile.
1.5 Two-mana 3/3s with defender that lose defender when something happens don't perform well, over all. Combat tricks are too good and creatures are too efficient these days for a defensive creature to be worthwhile.
Unnerving Grasp
4 This is a Manifest Dread version of Man-O-War, and that seems excellent. Adding to the board while taking away from your opponent's board is great, and this 2/2 has massive upside.
4 This is a Manifest Dread version of Man-O-War, and that seems excellent. Adding to the board while taking away from your opponent's board is great, and this 2/2 has massive upside.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Scorching Dragonfire
Shardmage's Rescue
3 One mana tricks that give hexproof and a stats boost have performed really well lately because they can win combat and blank removal, and in this format you get extra value out of Enchantments.
3 One mana tricks that give hexproof and a stats boost have performed really well lately because they can win combat and blank removal, and in this format you get extra value out of Enchantments.
Intruding Soulrager
2.5 This is kind of awkward. There are lots of doors that won't be worth sacrificing, but when this does have one that is worth it, it'll feel pretty good.
2.5 This is kind of awkward. There are lots of doors that won't be worth sacrificing, but when this does have one that is worth it, it'll feel pretty good.
Defiled Crypt
1.5 // 3.0 This is Raise Dead with some legit upside, especially in Black/White decks.
1.5 // 3.0 This is Raise Dead with some legit upside, especially in Black/White decks.
Cathartic Parting
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
Living Phone
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
Clammy Prowler
2 The stat-line's not great, but it triggers eerie and has some decent utility.
2 The stat-line's not great, but it triggers eerie and has some decent utility.
Cackling Slasher
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
Friendly Teddy
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
Scorching Dragonfire
3.5 This is premium removal, and exiling the creature is a big deal in a graveyard format -- and it even stops death triggers!
3.5 This is premium removal, and exiling the creature is a big deal in a graveyard format -- and it even stops death triggers!
Anthropede
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
Shepherding Spirits
2 This feels pretty mediocre whether you cycle it away or hard cast it, and it even feels mediocre as a reanimation target. But, it's not terrible in any of those spots either.
2 This feels pretty mediocre whether you cycle it away or hard cast it, and it even feels mediocre as a reanimation target. But, it's not terrible in any of those spots either.
Razortrap Gorge
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Murder
2.5 The double Black can be surprisingly tough to have when you need it in Limited, but it's still nice removal.
2.5 The double Black can be surprisingly tough to have when you need it in Limited, but it's still nice removal.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Strangled Cemetery
Growing Dread
3.5 Two mana for a 2/2 with flash and additional upside is great, and when you choose to manifest creatures this gives you a big bonus.
3.5 Two mana for a 2/2 with flash and additional upside is great, and when you choose to manifest creatures this gives you a big bonus.
Vengeful Possession
1.5 // 3.5 If you're Black/Red, this is going to be one of the best cards in your deck since you can steal an opposing creature and sacrifice it.
1.5 // 3.5 If you're Black/Red, this is going to be one of the best cards in your deck since you can steal an opposing creature and sacrifice it.
Rite of the Moth
3 There are lots of good reanimation targets in this format, especially in Black-White, and loading your graveyard and discarding things isn't too challenging.
3 There are lots of good reanimation targets in this format, especially in Black-White, and loading your graveyard and discarding things isn't too challenging.
Bashful Beastie
2.5 A 5-mana 5/4 that dies into a 2/2 token is solid, and this is significantly better than that.
2.5 A 5-mana 5/4 that dies into a 2/2 token is solid, and this is significantly better than that.
Ripchain Razorkin
2 The stat-line's not great here, and the activated ability is really only good in the late game.
2 The stat-line's not great here, and the activated ability is really only good in the late game.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Innocuous Rat
3.5 Spending two mana to get a 1/1 and a 2/2 is great, and that 2/2 has big upside.
3.5 Spending two mana to get a 1/1 and a 2/2 is great, and that 2/2 has big upside.
Derelict Attic
2 Three mana to draw 2 and lose 2 life is decently playable, and this one triggers eerie. Widow's Walk isn't great, but it's upside on a decent card.
2 Three mana to draw 2 and lose 2 life is decently playable, and this one triggers eerie. Widow's Walk isn't great, but it's upside on a decent card.
Appendage Amalgam
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
Underwater Tunnel
2.5 I don't love that the cheaper side doesn't impact the board, but Slimy Aquarium does -- so it's sort of like you pay 5-mana for a 3/3 with Surveil 2, but you pay in installments. That's not too bad.
2.5 I don't love that the cheaper side doesn't impact the board, but Slimy Aquarium does -- so it's sort of like you pay 5-mana for a 3/3 with Surveil 2, but you pay in installments. That's not too bad.
Shepherding Spirits
2 This feels pretty mediocre whether you cycle it away or hard cast it, and it even feels mediocre as a reanimation target. But, it's not terrible in any of those spots either.
2 This feels pretty mediocre whether you cycle it away or hard cast it, and it even feels mediocre as a reanimation target. But, it's not terrible in any of those spots either.
Strangled Cemetery
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Manifest Dread
Osseous Sticktwister
4 This has a nice baseline and major upside. The Delirium trigger is legit. While the first one might not hurt your opponent too much, after that, the choices are going to be tough to make.
4 This has a nice baseline and major upside. The Delirium trigger is legit. While the first one might not hurt your opponent too much, after that, the choices are going to be tough to make.
Violent Urge
2 Without Delirium this is a sub-part trick, with it it's significantly better -- and can even find lethal out of nowhere.
2 Without Delirium this is a sub-part trick, with it it's significantly better -- and can even find lethal out of nowhere.
Daggermaw Megalodon
2 This can be imposing in the late game, and cashing it in early for an Island isn't too bad.
2 This can be imposing in the late game, and cashing it in early for an Island isn't too bad.
Manifest Dread
2.5 This is right on rate for manifesting dread, and particualrly spicy in a Blue/green deck with lots of payoffs for manifest.
2.5 This is right on rate for manifesting dread, and particualrly spicy in a Blue/green deck with lots of payoffs for manifest.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Balemurk Leech
2 This stat-line is no longer very efficient, and the eerie trigger isn't anything to write home about.
2 This stat-line is no longer very efficient, and the eerie trigger isn't anything to write home about.
Terramorphic Expanse
3 This is good fixing, and is also good for delirium and sacrifice decks.
3 This is good fixing, and is also good for delirium and sacrifice decks.
Impossible Inferno
3 5 mana removal generally isn't premium, but if you get Delirium -- which is very doable -- this becomes a 2-for-1 and makes up for the cost.
3 5 mana removal generally isn't premium, but if you get Delirium -- which is very doable -- this becomes a 2-for-1 and makes up for the cost.
Jump Scare
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
Bleeding Woods
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Cackling Slasher
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Fear of Burning Alive
Fear of Burning Alive
2.5 // 4.0 If this always does 4 to your opponent and 4 to one of their creature's, it's a bomb. I think you'll get delirium often enough, especially in Red-Green, for it to perform really, really well.
2.5 // 4.0 If this always does 4 to your opponent and 4 to one of their creature's, it's a bomb. I think you'll get delirium often enough, especially in Red-Green, for it to perform really, really well.
Shrewd Storyteller
3.5 This trigger is great because it can allow you to snowball with Survival creatures, as if they keep growing, they can keep attacking. So, whether you put the counter on the Storyteller or something else, it's going to feel pretty good.
3.5 This trigger is great because it can allow you to snowball with Survival creatures, as if they keep growing, they can keep attacking. So, whether you put the counter on the Storyteller or something else, it's going to feel pretty good.
Friendly Ghost
2.5 This ETB is likely to give you an attack you didn't have before, and the French vanilla stat-line isn't too bad either.
2.5 This ETB is likely to give you an attack you didn't have before, and the French vanilla stat-line isn't too bad either.
Vanish from Sight
2.5 This effect for 4 mana is always solid removal. It's never insane, but it trades 1-for-1 and as an instant has 2-for-1 potential. The surveil is nice added value.
2.5 This effect for 4 mana is always solid removal. It's never insane, but it trades 1-for-1 and as an instant has 2-for-1 potential. The surveil is nice added value.
Rampaging Soulrager
1.5 A three mana 1/4 is bad, and making this into a 4/4 is going to take significant work.
1.5 A three mana 1/4 is bad, and making this into a 4/4 is going to take significant work.
Murder
2.5 The double Black can be surprisingly tough to have when you need it in Limited, but it's still nice removal.
2.5 The double Black can be surprisingly tough to have when you need it in Limited, but it's still nice removal.
Cult Healer
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
Lakeside Shack
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Fear of the Dark
3 This will frequently have Menace and Deathtouch. It won't quite always have them -- Glimmers are around, including at lower rarities -- but it has them often enough to be a nice 5-drop, especially in decks that care about Enchantments.
3 This will frequently have Menace and Deathtouch. It won't quite always have them -- Glimmers are around, including at lower rarities -- but it has them often enough to be a nice 5-drop, especially in decks that care about Enchantments.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Ghost Vacuum
Ghost Vacuum
2.5 This is pretty insane if you get it early, as you can disrupt graveyard decks while turning this into a win condition. If you get it late, though, it's pretty bad as you don't have the time for this sort of thing in many situations.
2.5 This is pretty insane if you get it early, as you can disrupt graveyard decks while turning this into a win condition. If you get it late, though, it's pretty bad as you don't have the time for this sort of thing in many situations.
Violent Urge
2 Without Delirium this is a sub-part trick, with it it's significantly better -- and can even find lethal out of nowhere.
2 Without Delirium this is a sub-part trick, with it it's significantly better -- and can even find lethal out of nowhere.
Cautious Survivor
2 A 4-mana 4/4 is fine, but this has one of the weaker survival triggers in the set.
2 A 4-mana 4/4 is fine, but this has one of the weaker survival triggers in the set.
Wary Watchdog
2.5 This can put up to three cards into the graveyard all on it's own, and it has passable stats to begin with.
2.5 This can put up to three cards into the graveyard all on it's own, and it has passable stats to begin with.
Final Vengeance
1.5 // 3.5 If you're in the BR sacrifice deck you can do some nasty things with this. If you're not...you can end up 2-for-1ing yourself with this, and that's not what you want to be doing.
1.5 // 3.5 If you're in the BR sacrifice deck you can do some nasty things with this. If you're not...you can end up 2-for-1ing yourself with this, and that's not what you want to be doing.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Vicious Clown
2 3 mana for a creature that is always a 4/3 isn't exactly exciting, and this is worse in most ways.
2 3 mana for a creature that is always a 4/3 isn't exactly exciting, and this is worse in most ways.
Creeping Peeper
2.5 This can produce mana for Manifest Dread or all the Enchantments in the format, and that's pretty useful.
2.5 This can produce mana for Manifest Dread or all the Enchantments in the format, and that's pretty useful.
Abandoned Campground
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Most Valuable Slayer
Charred Foyer
2.5 The "Warped Space" side is almost entirely useless, since by the time you unlock it you're likely going to be able to play anything the Foyer draws you. So, in Limited the Foyer side is pretty much where all the value is. Drawing extra cards is good, but this doesn't add to the board and that holds it back.
2.5 The "Warped Space" side is almost entirely useless, since by the time you unlock it you're likely going to be able to play anything the Foyer draws you. So, in Limited the Foyer side is pretty much where all the value is. Drawing extra cards is good, but this doesn't add to the board and that holds it back.
Dashing Bloodsucker
3 This will often be a 4/5 with lifelink on your turn and that's a very problematic body for your opponent -- and sometimes it'll be a 6/5 or bigger.
3 This will often be a 4/5 with lifelink on your turn and that's a very problematic body for your opponent -- and sometimes it'll be a 6/5 or bigger.
Cryptid Inspector
3 This isn't very hard to grow, especially in Blue/Green, and having Vigilance makes it both a brick wall and a great attacker.
3 This isn't very hard to grow, especially in Blue/Green, and having Vigilance makes it both a brick wall and a great attacker.
Resurrected Cultist
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
Most Valuable Slayer
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
Piranha Fly
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
Bear Trap
1.5 This is inefficient removal that you'll only use if you're desperate.
1.5 This is inefficient removal that you'll only use if you're desperate.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Frantic Strength
Marina Vendrell
1 This is hard to cast and hard to abuse, so I don't think it even deserves a build around grade.
1 This is hard to cast and hard to abuse, so I don't think it even deserves a build around grade.
Resurrected Cultist
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
Cracked Skull
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
Balemurk Leech
2 This stat-line is no longer very efficient, and the eerie trigger isn't anything to write home about.
2 This stat-line is no longer very efficient, and the eerie trigger isn't anything to write home about.
Enter the Enigma
2 When this effect is good, it's really good -- and when it isn't, you can just throw it away. This format doesn't have a spell deck though, and that hurts it's stock some.
2 When this effect is good, it's really good -- and when it isn't, you can just throw it away. This format doesn't have a spell deck though, and that hurts it's stock some.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Leyline of Mutation
0 This gives your cards an alternate cost that you can never pay. 'nough said.
0 This gives your cards an alternate cost that you can never pay. 'nough said.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Cathartic Parting
Cathartic Parting
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
Turn Inside Out
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
Final Vengeance
1.5 // 3.5 If you're in the BR sacrifice deck you can do some nasty things with this. If you're not...you can end up 2-for-1ing yourself with this, and that's not what you want to be doing.
1.5 // 3.5 If you're in the BR sacrifice deck you can do some nasty things with this. If you're not...you can end up 2-for-1ing yourself with this, and that's not what you want to be doing.
Anthropede
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
Stalked Researcher
1.5 Two-mana 3/3s with defender that lose defender when something happens don't perform well, over all. Combat tricks are too good and creatures are too efficient these days for a defensive creature to be worthwhile.
1.5 Two-mana 3/3s with defender that lose defender when something happens don't perform well, over all. Combat tricks are too good and creatures are too efficient these days for a defensive creature to be worthwhile.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Razortrap Gorge
Living Phone
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
Clammy Prowler
2 The stat-line's not great, but it triggers eerie and has some decent utility.
2 The stat-line's not great, but it triggers eerie and has some decent utility.
Friendly Teddy
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
Anthropede
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
Razortrap Gorge
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Bashful Beastie
Bashful Beastie
2.5 A 5-mana 5/4 that dies into a 2/2 token is solid, and this is significantly better than that.
2.5 A 5-mana 5/4 that dies into a 2/2 token is solid, and this is significantly better than that.
Ripchain Razorkin
2 The stat-line's not great here, and the activated ability is really only good in the late game.
2 The stat-line's not great here, and the activated ability is really only good in the late game.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Derelict Attic
2 Three mana to draw 2 and lose 2 life is decently playable, and this one triggers eerie. Widow's Walk isn't great, but it's upside on a decent card.
2 Three mana to draw 2 and lose 2 life is decently playable, and this one triggers eerie. Widow's Walk isn't great, but it's upside on a decent card.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Violent Urge
Violent Urge
2 Without Delirium this is a sub-part trick, with it it's significantly better -- and can even find lethal out of nowhere.
2 Without Delirium this is a sub-part trick, with it it's significantly better -- and can even find lethal out of nowhere.
Bleeding Woods
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Cackling Slasher
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Shrewd Storyteller
Shrewd Storyteller
3.5 This trigger is great because it can allow you to snowball with Survival creatures, as if they keep growing, they can keep attacking. So, whether you put the counter on the Storyteller or something else, it's going to feel pretty good.
3.5 This trigger is great because it can allow you to snowball with Survival creatures, as if they keep growing, they can keep attacking. So, whether you put the counter on the Storyteller or something else, it's going to feel pretty good.
Rampaging Soulrager
1.5 A three mana 1/4 is bad, and making this into a 4/4 is going to take significant work.
1.5 A three mana 1/4 is bad, and making this into a 4/4 is going to take significant work.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Frantic Strength
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Valgavoth's Onslaught
Twitching Doll
4 Even withou the spider ability this is a card you would play 100% of the time, since it has a real body and can ramp and fix your mana. So, the fact taht this can produce a bunch of tokens in the late game is pretty awesome.
4 Even withou the spider ability this is a card you would play 100% of the time, since it has a real body and can ramp and fix your mana. So, the fact taht this can produce a bunch of tokens in the late game is pretty awesome.
Valgavoth's Onslaught
5 If you pay 5 total mana you get two 4/4s with big upside. That's insane, and it only gets better from there.
5 If you pay 5 total mana you get two 4/4s with big upside. That's insane, and it only gets better from there.
Rootwise Survivor
2.5 Haste means finding a window where you can get this in and trigger survival is easier, but the below-rate stats are pretty concerning.
2.5 Haste means finding a window where you can get this in and trigger survival is easier, but the below-rate stats are pretty concerning.
Floodpits Drowner
3.5 This is effectively a removal spell with a whole bunch of upside, since if you'd rather not get rid of your opponent's creature, you can hold on to a 2/1 with Vigilance and use it to do some damage while the creature is stunned.
3.5 This is effectively a removal spell with a whole bunch of upside, since if you'd rather not get rid of your opponent's creature, you can hold on to a 2/1 with Vigilance and use it to do some damage while the creature is stunned.
Attack-in-the-Box
2 This has passable base-stats, and a 6/4 can attack on just about any board -- and it can put itself into your graveyard for delirium too.
2 This has passable base-stats, and a 6/4 can attack on just about any board -- and it can put itself into your graveyard for delirium too.
Emerge from the Cocoon
2 B/W is a reanimator deck in this format, but I think you're hoping you end up with one of the better reanimation spells in the format, and there are at least 4 of them at lower rarities.
2 B/W is a reanimator deck in this format, but I think you're hoping you end up with one of the better reanimation spells in the format, and there are at least 4 of them at lower rarities.
Turn Inside Out
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
Most Valuable Slayer
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
Piranha Fly
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
Cautious Survivor
2 A 4-mana 4/4 is fine, but this has one of the weaker survival triggers in the set.
2 A 4-mana 4/4 is fine, but this has one of the weaker survival triggers in the set.
Fear of Lost Teeth
3 This gives you a lot for one mana. It's got a solid baseline and it's great sacrifice fodder and gets you halfway to delirium all on it's own.
3 This gives you a lot for one mana. It's got a solid baseline and it's great sacrifice fodder and gets you halfway to delirium all on it's own.
Don't Make a Sound
2 Two mana counterspells have been pretty good lately, although most of them come with more upside than this.
2 Two mana counterspells have been pretty good lately, although most of them come with more upside than this.
Threats Around Every Corner
4 This gives you three pieces of material on the cheap, between the 2/2, the enchantment itself, and the land. And you can even get more lands later!
4 This gives you three pieces of material on the cheap, between the 2/2, the enchantment itself, and the land. And you can even get more lands later!
Pack 2 Pick 2: Twitching Doll
Twitching Doll
4 Even withou the spider ability this is a card you would play 100% of the time, since it has a real body and can ramp and fix your mana. So, the fact taht this can produce a bunch of tokens in the late game is pretty awesome.
4 Even withou the spider ability this is a card you would play 100% of the time, since it has a real body and can ramp and fix your mana. So, the fact taht this can produce a bunch of tokens in the late game is pretty awesome.
House Cartographer
3 This Survival trigger is a great way to avoid missing a land drop, and it can fix your mana too.
3 This Survival trigger is a great way to avoid missing a land drop, and it can fix your mana too.
Optimistic Scavenger
4 This gives you a stupid amount of value for only one mana, and it's a must-kill one-drop since it's ability to augment creatures is so easy to get going. It's very easy to run like 10+ Enchantments in this format and go whild.
4 This gives you a stupid amount of value for only one mana, and it's a must-kill one-drop since it's ability to augment creatures is so easy to get going. It's very easy to run like 10+ Enchantments in this format and go whild.
Disturbing Mirth
3 Red/Black has enough ways to sacrifice Enchantments that this is going to generate serious value. They're great in multiples, too.
3 Red/Black has enough ways to sacrifice Enchantments that this is going to generate serious value. They're great in multiples, too.
Cracked Skull
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
Daggermaw Megalodon
2 This can be imposing in the late game, and cashing it in early for an Island isn't too bad.
2 This can be imposing in the late game, and cashing it in early for an Island isn't too bad.
Seized from Slumber
2 This is a passable removal spell if you're not an aggro deck, but if you're the beat down it's pretty bad since it's either inefficient or incapable of killing blockers.
2 This is a passable removal spell if you're not an aggro deck, but if you're the beat down it's pretty bad since it's either inefficient or incapable of killing blockers.
Say Its Name
3 This is a great enabler for green graveyard decks, and the combo with Altanak isn't impossible.
3 This is a great enabler for green graveyard decks, and the combo with Altanak isn't impossible.
Bedhead Beastie
2 This is a fairly imposing presence in the late game, though it's nothing to right home about. Mountaincycling makes it a little better.
2 This is a fairly imposing presence in the late game, though it's nothing to right home about. Mountaincycling makes it a little better.
Cackling Slasher
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
Unsettling Twins
4 This is a great common. You pay 4 mana for two 2/2s, and the second 2/2 has massive upside.
4 This is a great common. You pay 4 mana for two 2/2s, and the second 2/2 has massive upside.
Sheltered by Ghosts
3.5 Removal that buffs your creature is pretty sweet, and the Ward makes it significantly less risky.
3.5 Removal that buffs your creature is pretty sweet, and the Ward makes it significantly less risky.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Thornspire Verge
Thornspire Verge
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Norin, Swift Survivalist
1 Norin's trigger can let you retrigger ETBs, but having to recast the things that get blocked is a pretty big problem. It is a "may" trigger at least.
1 Norin's trigger can let you retrigger ETBs, but having to recast the things that get blocked is a pretty big problem. It is a "may" trigger at least.
Lionheart Glimmer
3 The stat-line underwhelms, but this attack trigger is a pretty big deal, since it triggers on any attack not just when the Glimmer rumbles.
3 The stat-line underwhelms, but this attack trigger is a pretty big deal, since it triggers on any attack not just when the Glimmer rumbles.
Oblivious Bookworm
4 A two mana 2/3 that loots every turn is already really, really good. And Blue/Green decks won't even have to discard with it every time.
4 A two mana 2/3 that loots every turn is already really, really good. And Blue/Green decks won't even have to discard with it every time.
Appendage Amalgam
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
Anthropede
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
Rampaging Soulrager
1.5 A three mana 1/4 is bad, and making this into a 4/4 is going to take significant work.
1.5 A three mana 1/4 is bad, and making this into a 4/4 is going to take significant work.
Jump Scare
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
Fanatic of the Harrowing
2.5 Making your opponent discard while you get to loot is pretty nice, especially in a graveyard format.
2.5 Making your opponent discard while you get to loot is pretty nice, especially in a graveyard format.
Bear Trap
1.5 This is inefficient removal that you'll only use if you're desperate.
1.5 This is inefficient removal that you'll only use if you're desperate.
Manifest Dread
2.5 This is right on rate for manifesting dread, and particualrly spicy in a Blue/green deck with lots of payoffs for manifest.
2.5 This is right on rate for manifesting dread, and particualrly spicy in a Blue/green deck with lots of payoffs for manifest.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Defiant Survivor
Leyline of Mutation
0 This gives your cards an alternate cost that you can never pay. 'nough said.
0 This gives your cards an alternate cost that you can never pay. 'nough said.
Defiant Survivor
3.5 The stat-line here isn't great, but this is probably the strongest survival trigger on any Common or Uncommon in the set. Triggering it even once is incredible.
3.5 The stat-line here isn't great, but this is probably the strongest survival trigger on any Common or Uncommon in the set. Triggering it even once is incredible.
Commune with Evil
2.5 I'm interested in the first copy of this if I'm in a Delirium deck, as it can get Delirium singlehandedly. Not adding to the board is a bit of a problem, but the life gain helps.
2.5 I'm interested in the first copy of this if I'm in a Delirium deck, as it can get Delirium singlehandedly. Not adding to the board is a bit of a problem, but the life gain helps.
Arabella, Abandoned Doll
3 This trigger can drain a ton of life, and if you are able to keep her alive for another swing, it's going to be game over much of the time.
3 This trigger can drain a ton of life, and if you are able to keep her alive for another swing, it's going to be game over much of the time.
Twist Reality
2 You're overpaying for either of these, but getting the option between them makes this playable.
2 You're overpaying for either of these, but getting the option between them makes this playable.
Spineseeker Centipede
3.5 A three mana 2/1 without the delirium effect here would probably be a 3.0, since grabbing a land is such good value -- a 2-for-1 is pretty easy to produce! So, the fact that this gains a relevant body later in the game is pretty awesome.
3.5 A three mana 2/1 without the delirium effect here would probably be a 3.0, since grabbing a land is such good value -- a 2-for-1 is pretty easy to produce! So, the fact that this gains a relevant body later in the game is pretty awesome.
Cracked Skull
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
Seized from Slumber
2 This is a passable removal spell if you're not an aggro deck, but if you're the beat down it's pretty bad since it's either inefficient or incapable of killing blockers.
2 This is a passable removal spell if you're not an aggro deck, but if you're the beat down it's pretty bad since it's either inefficient or incapable of killing blockers.
Bedhead Beastie
2 This is a fairly imposing presence in the late game, though it's nothing to right home about. Mountaincycling makes it a little better.
2 This is a fairly imposing presence in the late game, though it's nothing to right home about. Mountaincycling makes it a little better.
Cryptid Inspector
3 This isn't very hard to grow, especially in Blue/Green, and having Vigilance makes it both a brick wall and a great attacker.
3 This isn't very hard to grow, especially in Blue/Green, and having Vigilance makes it both a brick wall and a great attacker.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Monstrous Emergence
Hushwood Verge
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Baseball Bat
2.5 This is pretty good the turn you play it, and probably allows you to get in for a big swing -- and it can even enable survival. But after that first equip, it's pretty clunky.
2.5 This is pretty good the turn you play it, and probably allows you to get in for a big swing -- and it can even enable survival. But after that first equip, it's pretty clunky.
Haunted Screen
2 This is better than most three mana mana rocks because it actually turns into a threat late.
2 This is better than most three mana mana rocks because it actually turns into a threat late.
Murder
2.5 The double Black can be surprisingly tough to have when you need it in Limited, but it's still nice removal.
2.5 The double Black can be surprisingly tough to have when you need it in Limited, but it's still nice removal.
Monstrous Emergence
4 This is a super pushed Green removal spell, since it takes away all the downsides bite/fight cards usually have. For one thing, your opponent can't blow you out. For another, even if you dont' have a big enough creature in play, you probably have one in your hand that can do the job.
4 This is a super pushed Green removal spell, since it takes away all the downsides bite/fight cards usually have. For one thing, your opponent can't blow you out. For another, even if you dont' have a big enough creature in play, you probably have one in your hand that can do the job.
Stalked Researcher
1.5 Two-mana 3/3s with defender that lose defender when something happens don't perform well, over all. Combat tricks are too good and creatures are too efficient these days for a defensive creature to be worthwhile.
1.5 Two-mana 3/3s with defender that lose defender when something happens don't perform well, over all. Combat tricks are too good and creatures are too efficient these days for a defensive creature to be worthwhile.
Trapped in the Screen
3.5 This effect hasn't been as good lately, but in a format with Enchantmetn payoffs, I think this'll reclaim some of it's former glory.
3.5 This effect hasn't been as good lately, but in a format with Enchantmetn payoffs, I think this'll reclaim some of it's former glory.
Fear of Immobility
2.5 You can use this as a nice tempo play, but you can also tap your own survival creature in a pinch!
2.5 You can use this as a nice tempo play, but you can also tap your own survival creature in a pinch!
Erratic Apparition
2 The base stats here are pretty bad, but it'll often attack as a 2/4.
2 The base stats here are pretty bad, but it'll often attack as a 2/4.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Rootwise Survivor
Rootwise Survivor
2.5 Haste means finding a window where you can get this in and trigger survival is easier, but the below-rate stats are pretty concerning.
2.5 Haste means finding a window where you can get this in and trigger survival is easier, but the below-rate stats are pretty concerning.
Attack-in-the-Box
2 This has passable base-stats, and a 6/4 can attack on just about any board -- and it can put itself into your graveyard for delirium too.
2 This has passable base-stats, and a 6/4 can attack on just about any board -- and it can put itself into your graveyard for delirium too.
Arabella, Abandoned Doll
3 This trigger can drain a ton of life, and if you are able to keep her alive for another swing, it's going to be game over much of the time.
3 This trigger can drain a ton of life, and if you are able to keep her alive for another swing, it's going to be game over much of the time.
Resurrected Cultist
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
Friendly Teddy
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
Hardened Escort
2.5 This has decent stats and a legit attack trigger that is particularly good with Survival creatures.
2.5 This has decent stats and a legit attack trigger that is particularly good with Survival creatures.
Cryptid Inspector
3 This isn't very hard to grow, especially in Blue/Green, and having Vigilance makes it both a brick wall and a great attacker.
3 This isn't very hard to grow, especially in Blue/Green, and having Vigilance makes it both a brick wall and a great attacker.
Strangled Cemetery
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Friendly Teddy
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Wary Watchdog
Veteran Survivor
2 This'll feel pretty nice on 1, but it's awkward that it probably can't exile anything when it can actually attack -- and then in the late game when there is stuff to exile, you have to get pretty creative to trigger Survival, since it won't be attacking.
2 This'll feel pretty nice on 1, but it's awkward that it probably can't exile anything when it can actually attack -- and then in the late game when there is stuff to exile, you have to get pretty creative to trigger Survival, since it won't be attacking.
Attack-in-the-Box
2 This has passable base-stats, and a 6/4 can attack on just about any board -- and it can put itself into your graveyard for delirium too.
2 This has passable base-stats, and a 6/4 can attack on just about any board -- and it can put itself into your graveyard for delirium too.
Most Valuable Slayer
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
Living Phone
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
Wary Watchdog
2.5 This can put up to three cards into the graveyard all on it's own, and it has passable stats to begin with.
2.5 This can put up to three cards into the graveyard all on it's own, and it has passable stats to begin with.
Found Footage
1.5 This helps load your graveyard, but it's other effect is more irrelevant than you'd expect.
1.5 This helps load your graveyard, but it's other effect is more irrelevant than you'd expect.
Cult Healer
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
Abandoned Campground
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Anthropede
Jump Scare
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
Living Phone
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
Enter the Enigma
2 When this effect is good, it's really good -- and when it isn't, you can just throw it away. This format doesn't have a spell deck though, and that hurts it's stock some.
2 When this effect is good, it's really good -- and when it isn't, you can just throw it away. This format doesn't have a spell deck though, and that hurts it's stock some.
Daggermaw Megalodon
2 This can be imposing in the late game, and cashing it in early for an Island isn't too bad.
2 This can be imposing in the late game, and cashing it in early for an Island isn't too bad.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Anthropede
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Turn Inside Out
Rootwise Survivor
2.5 Haste means finding a window where you can get this in and trigger survival is easier, but the below-rate stats are pretty concerning.
2.5 Haste means finding a window where you can get this in and trigger survival is easier, but the below-rate stats are pretty concerning.
Attack-in-the-Box
2 This has passable base-stats, and a 6/4 can attack on just about any board -- and it can put itself into your graveyard for delirium too.
2 This has passable base-stats, and a 6/4 can attack on just about any board -- and it can put itself into your graveyard for delirium too.
Turn Inside Out
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
Piranha Fly
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
Cautious Survivor
2 A 4-mana 4/4 is fine, but this has one of the weaker survival triggers in the set.
2 A 4-mana 4/4 is fine, but this has one of the weaker survival triggers in the set.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Say Its Name
Cracked Skull
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
Seized from Slumber
2 This is a passable removal spell if you're not an aggro deck, but if you're the beat down it's pretty bad since it's either inefficient or incapable of killing blockers.
2 This is a passable removal spell if you're not an aggro deck, but if you're the beat down it's pretty bad since it's either inefficient or incapable of killing blockers.
Say Its Name
3 This is a great enabler for green graveyard decks, and the combo with Altanak isn't impossible.
3 This is a great enabler for green graveyard decks, and the combo with Altanak isn't impossible.
Cackling Slasher
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Anthropede
Appendage Amalgam
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
Anthropede
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
1.5 These are below-rate stats, and while blowing up a room has value -- the cost is pretty real here, and you certainly won't always have a target anyway.
Bear Trap
1.5 This is inefficient removal that you'll only use if you're desperate.
1.5 This is inefficient removal that you'll only use if you're desperate.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Cracked Skull
Cracked Skull
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
Seized from Slumber
2 This is a passable removal spell if you're not an aggro deck, but if you're the beat down it's pretty bad since it's either inefficient or incapable of killing blockers.
2 This is a passable removal spell if you're not an aggro deck, but if you're the beat down it's pretty bad since it's either inefficient or incapable of killing blockers.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Stalked Researcher
Stalked Researcher
1.5 Two-mana 3/3s with defender that lose defender when something happens don't perform well, over all. Combat tricks are too good and creatures are too efficient these days for a defensive creature to be worthwhile.
1.5 Two-mana 3/3s with defender that lose defender when something happens don't perform well, over all. Combat tricks are too good and creatures are too efficient these days for a defensive creature to be worthwhile.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Friendly Teddy
Friendly Teddy
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Balustrade Wurm
Balustrade Wurm
4.5 A 5-mana 5/5 with trample and haste is going to lots of damage in a hurry, and this one can even come back from the graveyard!
4.5 A 5-mana 5/5 with trample and haste is going to lots of damage in a hurry, and this one can even come back from the graveyard!
Floodpits Drowner
3.5 This is effectively a removal spell with a whole bunch of upside, since if you'd rather not get rid of your opponent's creature, you can hold on to a 2/1 with Vigilance and use it to do some damage while the creature is stunned.
3.5 This is effectively a removal spell with a whole bunch of upside, since if you'd rather not get rid of your opponent's creature, you can hold on to a 2/1 with Vigilance and use it to do some damage while the creature is stunned.
Overgrown Zealot
3 This offers good fixing and works well with manifest, but it's a pretty bad top-deck.
3 This offers good fixing and works well with manifest, but it's a pretty bad top-deck.
Miasma Demon
3 This is a big flyer that can turn every card in your hand into a free -2/-2 removal spell. That can help you set up delirium or reanimate something, while also killing stuff.
3 This is a big flyer that can turn every card in your hand into a free -2/-2 removal spell. That can help you set up delirium or reanimate something, while also killing stuff.
Irreverent Gremlin
3.5 A two mana 2/2 menace is pretty nice, and it's very easy to trigger the rummage effect.
3.5 A two mana 2/2 menace is pretty nice, and it's very easy to trigger the rummage effect.
Cackling Slasher
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
Jump Scare
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
Unable to Scream
1 This style of removal is always bad, no mattter how efficient it looks. This is because you don't actually trade 1-for-1, since they hold on to their creature and can still do stuff with it -- like block.
1 This style of removal is always bad, no mattter how efficient it looks. This is because you don't actually trade 1-for-1, since they hold on to their creature and can still do stuff with it -- like block.
Moldering Gym
2.5 Weight Room adds to the board, so this looks pretty solid to me. It's kind of like fixing in the early game that's kind of free, since you get a big creature later.
2.5 Weight Room adds to the board, so this looks pretty solid to me. It's kind of like fixing in the early game that's kind of free, since you get a big creature later.
Tunnel Surveyor
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make a 1/1 always perform well, and this one triggers Eerie.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make a 1/1 always perform well, and this one triggers Eerie.
Most Valuable Slayer
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
Friendly Ghost
2.5 This ETB is likely to give you an attack you didn't have before, and the French vanilla stat-line isn't too bad either.
2.5 This ETB is likely to give you an attack you didn't have before, and the French vanilla stat-line isn't too bad either.
Resurrected Cultist
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Say Its Name
Altanak, the Thrice-Called
3 It's a lot of mana, but it's castable and it's basically always going to be a 2-for-1.
3 It's a lot of mana, but it's castable and it's basically always going to be a 2-for-1.
Shroudstomper
3.5 This is a great reanimation target for the Black-White deck, and hard-casting it is still pretty good.
3.5 This is a great reanimation target for the Black-White deck, and hard-casting it is still pretty good.
Duskmourn's Domination
2 Mind Controls are usually pretty insane, but they really made sure this one wouldn't be. You can look at this as a 6-mana removal spell that gives you a barely relevant piece of material -- like a 1/4 with no abilities, or something like that.
2 Mind Controls are usually pretty insane, but they really made sure this one wouldn't be. You can look at this as a 6-mana removal spell that gives you a barely relevant piece of material -- like a 1/4 with no abilities, or something like that.
Say Its Name
3 This is a great enabler for green graveyard decks, and the combo with Altanak isn't impossible.
3 This is a great enabler for green graveyard decks, and the combo with Altanak isn't impossible.
Underwater Tunnel
2.5 I don't love that the cheaper side doesn't impact the board, but Slimy Aquarium does -- so it's sort of like you pay 5-mana for a 3/3 with Surveil 2, but you pay in installments. That's not too bad.
2.5 I don't love that the cheaper side doesn't impact the board, but Slimy Aquarium does -- so it's sort of like you pay 5-mana for a 3/3 with Surveil 2, but you pay in installments. That's not too bad.
Friendly Teddy
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
Grab the Prize
1.5 If you need to get delirium, this can help while digging you deeper in your library. But without a spell deck in this format, it's probably going to underperform.
1.5 If you need to get delirium, this can help while digging you deeper in your library. But without a spell deck in this format, it's probably going to underperform.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Clammy Prowler
2 The stat-line's not great, but it triggers eerie and has some decent utility.
2 The stat-line's not great, but it triggers eerie and has some decent utility.
Spectral Snatcher
2.5 This is tough to kill without your opponent 2-for-1ing themselves, and the fact you can cycle it away early for a Swamp and reanimate it is pretty great for Black/white decks.
2.5 This is tough to kill without your opponent 2-for-1ing themselves, and the fact you can cycle it away early for a Swamp and reanimate it is pretty great for Black/white decks.
Cult Healer
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
Raucous Carnival
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Lionheart Glimmer
3 The stat-line underwhelms, but this attack trigger is a pretty big deal, since it triggers on any attack not just when the Glimmer rumbles.
3 The stat-line underwhelms, but this attack trigger is a pretty big deal, since it triggers on any attack not just when the Glimmer rumbles.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Bleeding Woods
Midnight Mayhem
3 This will really make your attack way better if you're ahead, and if you're behind getting those three tokens makes it pretty hard for you to lose before your next turn.
3 This will really make your attack way better if you're ahead, and if you're behind getting those three tokens makes it pretty hard for you to lose before your next turn.
Broodspinner
4 This is great when you play it on two, and the ability is a game-winner in the late game.
4 This is great when you play it on two, and the ability is a game-winner in the late game.
Stay Hidden, Stay Silent
3 This is pretty good removal even without the activated ability, but that ability is great because it gives you a mana sink late that lets you add to the board.
3 This is pretty good removal even without the activated ability, but that ability is great because it gives you a mana sink late that lets you add to the board.
Cathartic Parting
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
Don't Make a Sound
2 Two mana counterspells have been pretty good lately, although most of them come with more upside than this.
2 Two mana counterspells have been pretty good lately, although most of them come with more upside than this.
Creeping Peeper
2.5 This can produce mana for Manifest Dread or all the Enchantments in the format, and that's pretty useful.
2.5 This can produce mana for Manifest Dread or all the Enchantments in the format, and that's pretty useful.
Appendage Amalgam
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
Underwater Tunnel
2.5 I don't love that the cheaper side doesn't impact the board, but Slimy Aquarium does -- so it's sort of like you pay 5-mana for a 3/3 with Surveil 2, but you pay in installments. That's not too bad.
2.5 I don't love that the cheaper side doesn't impact the board, but Slimy Aquarium does -- so it's sort of like you pay 5-mana for a 3/3 with Surveil 2, but you pay in installments. That's not too bad.
Jump Scare
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
Turn Inside Out
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
Bleeding Woods
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Betrayer's Bargain
3.5 The floor is a 4-mana deal 5, and that's very playable -- but this will often cost two and give you some sacrifice synergy.
3.5 The floor is a 4-mana deal 5, and that's very playable -- but this will often cost two and give you some sacrifice synergy.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Kona, Rescue Beastie
The Tale of Tamiyo
1.5 This set has fewer instants and sorceries than usual, so the last chapter is hard to abuse. The first three aren't easy either -- but if you can take advantage of the mill and draw a few cards, you might be able to play this. Not adding to the board is rough, though.
1.5 This set has fewer instants and sorceries than usual, so the last chapter is hard to abuse. The first three aren't easy either -- but if you can take advantage of the mill and draw a few cards, you might be able to play this. Not adding to the board is rough, though.
Kona, Rescue Beastie
2 This kind of effect always underperforms. You just don't have permanents in your hand often enough for this to do something meaningful.
2 This kind of effect always underperforms. You just don't have permanents in your hand often enough for this to do something meaningful.
Violent Urge
2 Without Delirium this is a sub-part trick, with it it's significantly better -- and can even find lethal out of nowhere.
2 Without Delirium this is a sub-part trick, with it it's significantly better -- and can even find lethal out of nowhere.
Piranha Fly
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
Living Phone
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
Spectral Snatcher
2.5 This is tough to kill without your opponent 2-for-1ing themselves, and the fact you can cycle it away early for a Swamp and reanimate it is pretty great for Black/white decks.
2.5 This is tough to kill without your opponent 2-for-1ing themselves, and the fact you can cycle it away early for a Swamp and reanimate it is pretty great for Black/white decks.
Turn Inside Out
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
Fear of the Dark
3 This will frequently have Menace and Deathtouch. It won't quite always have them -- Glimmers are around, including at lower rarities -- but it has them often enough to be a nice 5-drop, especially in decks that care about Enchantments.
3 This will frequently have Menace and Deathtouch. It won't quite always have them -- Glimmers are around, including at lower rarities -- but it has them often enough to be a nice 5-drop, especially in decks that care about Enchantments.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Spineseeker Centipede
3.5 A three mana 2/1 without the delirium effect here would probably be a 3.0, since grabbing a land is such good value -- a 2-for-1 is pretty easy to produce! So, the fact that this gains a relevant body later in the game is pretty awesome.
3.5 A three mana 2/1 without the delirium effect here would probably be a 3.0, since grabbing a land is such good value -- a 2-for-1 is pretty easy to produce! So, the fact that this gains a relevant body later in the game is pretty awesome.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Turn Inside Out
Dashing Bloodsucker
3 This will often be a 4/5 with lifelink on your turn and that's a very problematic body for your opponent -- and sometimes it'll be a 6/5 or bigger.
3 This will often be a 4/5 with lifelink on your turn and that's a very problematic body for your opponent -- and sometimes it'll be a 6/5 or bigger.
Baseball Bat
2.5 This is pretty good the turn you play it, and probably allows you to get in for a big swing -- and it can even enable survival. But after that first equip, it's pretty clunky.
2.5 This is pretty good the turn you play it, and probably allows you to get in for a big swing -- and it can even enable survival. But after that first equip, it's pretty clunky.
Cult Healer
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
Vicious Clown
2 3 mana for a creature that is always a 4/3 isn't exactly exciting, and this is worse in most ways.
2 3 mana for a creature that is always a 4/3 isn't exactly exciting, and this is worse in most ways.
Cracked Skull
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
Found Footage
1.5 This helps load your graveyard, but it's other effect is more irrelevant than you'd expect.
1.5 This helps load your graveyard, but it's other effect is more irrelevant than you'd expect.
Emerge from the Cocoon
2 B/W is a reanimator deck in this format, but I think you're hoping you end up with one of the better reanimation spells in the format, and there are at least 4 of them at lower rarities.
2 B/W is a reanimator deck in this format, but I think you're hoping you end up with one of the better reanimation spells in the format, and there are at least 4 of them at lower rarities.
Erratic Apparition
2 The base stats here are pretty bad, but it'll often attack as a 2/4.
2 The base stats here are pretty bad, but it'll often attack as a 2/4.
Turn Inside Out
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Scorching Dragonfire
Lionheart Glimmer
3 The stat-line underwhelms, but this attack trigger is a pretty big deal, since it triggers on any attack not just when the Glimmer rumbles.
3 The stat-line underwhelms, but this attack trigger is a pretty big deal, since it triggers on any attack not just when the Glimmer rumbles.
Midnight Mayhem
3 This will really make your attack way better if you're ahead, and if you're behind getting those three tokens makes it pretty hard for you to lose before your next turn.
3 This will really make your attack way better if you're ahead, and if you're behind getting those three tokens makes it pretty hard for you to lose before your next turn.
Scorching Dragonfire
3.5 This is premium removal, and exiling the creature is a big deal in a graveyard format -- and it even stops death triggers!
3.5 This is premium removal, and exiling the creature is a big deal in a graveyard format -- and it even stops death triggers!
Meat Locker
3 Meat Locker has an effect that impacts the board, and Drowned Diner lets you dig deeper in your deck later in the game. I'm pretty happy with both of those things.
3 Meat Locker has an effect that impacts the board, and Drowned Diner lets you dig deeper in your deck later in the game. I'm pretty happy with both of those things.
Give In to Violence
2 This is a little bit too expensive for me to be excited about, but it's a trick that does the job in Black aggro decks.
2 This is a little bit too expensive for me to be excited about, but it's a trick that does the job in Black aggro decks.
Boilerbilges Ripper
2 You have to sacrifice something that isn't worth an entire card, or this won't feel worth it. When you can do that, though -- this ETB is pretty strong.
2 You have to sacrifice something that isn't worth an entire card, or this won't feel worth it. When you can do that, though -- this ETB is pretty strong.
Possessed Goat
2 This ability can make the Goat relevant on any board, and help you load the graveyard.
2 This ability can make the Goat relevant on any board, and help you load the graveyard.
Etched Cornfield
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Jump Scare
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Flesh Burrower
Diversion Specialist
3.5 A 4-mana 4/3 with Menace is pretty solid, and this sacrifice trigger is great when you have fodder.
3.5 A 4-mana 4/3 with Menace is pretty solid, and this sacrifice trigger is great when you have fodder.
Cautious Survivor
2 A 4-mana 4/4 is fine, but this has one of the weaker survival triggers in the set.
2 A 4-mana 4/4 is fine, but this has one of the weaker survival triggers in the set.
Fear of Lost Teeth
3 This gives you a lot for one mana. It's got a solid baseline and it's great sacrifice fodder and gets you halfway to delirium all on it's own.
3 This gives you a lot for one mana. It's got a solid baseline and it's great sacrifice fodder and gets you halfway to delirium all on it's own.
Tunnel Surveyor
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make a 1/1 always perform well, and this one triggers Eerie.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make a 1/1 always perform well, and this one triggers Eerie.
Possessed Goat
2 This ability can make the Goat relevant on any board, and help you load the graveyard.
2 This ability can make the Goat relevant on any board, and help you load the graveyard.
Flesh Burrower
2.5 This has a solid baseline, and while the attack trigger isn't always relevant, it is often enough for this to be solid.
2.5 This has a solid baseline, and while the attack trigger isn't always relevant, it is often enough for this to be solid.
Fear of the Dark
3 This will frequently have Menace and Deathtouch. It won't quite always have them -- Glimmers are around, including at lower rarities -- but it has them often enough to be a nice 5-drop, especially in decks that care about Enchantments.
3 This will frequently have Menace and Deathtouch. It won't quite always have them -- Glimmers are around, including at lower rarities -- but it has them often enough to be a nice 5-drop, especially in decks that care about Enchantments.
Raucous Carnival
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Overgrown Zealot
Overgrown Zealot
3 This offers good fixing and works well with manifest, but it's a pretty bad top-deck.
3 This offers good fixing and works well with manifest, but it's a pretty bad top-deck.
Resurrected Cultist
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
Piranha Fly
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
1.5 This isn't so efficient that it should be entering the battlefield tapped. That's just rough in an era where you often need to trade your two drop -- you have to wait a whole turn to do it with this.
Derelict Attic
2 Three mana to draw 2 and lose 2 life is decently playable, and this one triggers eerie. Widow's Walk isn't great, but it's upside on a decent card.
2 Three mana to draw 2 and lose 2 life is decently playable, and this one triggers eerie. Widow's Walk isn't great, but it's upside on a decent card.
Turn Inside Out
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
2.5 This is a solid trick because it's going to let your creature kill your opponent's in most cases, and getting a 2/2 if your creature dies means you come out ahead.
Cackling Slasher
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
1.5 Any time we see an under-statted creature who can be decent if a creature die in a turn, it ends up being surprisingly hard to get that counter.
Commune with Evil
2.5 I'm interested in the first copy of this if I'm in a Delirium deck, as it can get Delirium singlehandedly. Not adding to the board is a bit of a problem, but the life gain helps.
2.5 I'm interested in the first copy of this if I'm in a Delirium deck, as it can get Delirium singlehandedly. Not adding to the board is a bit of a problem, but the life gain helps.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Irreverent Gremlin
Irreverent Gremlin
3.5 A two mana 2/2 menace is pretty nice, and it's very easy to trigger the rummage effect.
3.5 A two mana 2/2 menace is pretty nice, and it's very easy to trigger the rummage effect.
Jump Scare
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
Moldering Gym
2.5 Weight Room adds to the board, so this looks pretty solid to me. It's kind of like fixing in the early game that's kind of free, since you get a big creature later.
2.5 Weight Room adds to the board, so this looks pretty solid to me. It's kind of like fixing in the early game that's kind of free, since you get a big creature later.
Most Valuable Slayer
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
2.5 This can buff stuff the turn it comes down, and the boost it offers is enough to make your attacks much better.
Resurrected Cultist
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
1.5 A 4/1's not great, and being able to bring it back once doesn't really make up for that.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Underwater Tunnel
Underwater Tunnel
2.5 I don't love that the cheaper side doesn't impact the board, but Slimy Aquarium does -- so it's sort of like you pay 5-mana for a 3/3 with Surveil 2, but you pay in installments. That's not too bad.
2.5 I don't love that the cheaper side doesn't impact the board, but Slimy Aquarium does -- so it's sort of like you pay 5-mana for a 3/3 with Surveil 2, but you pay in installments. That's not too bad.
Friendly Teddy
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
1.5 You and your opponent both draw, but you come out ahead since you're the one who had a 2/2.
Grab the Prize
1.5 If you need to get delirium, this can help while digging you deeper in your library. But without a spell deck in this format, it's probably going to underperform.
1.5 If you need to get delirium, this can help while digging you deeper in your library. But without a spell deck in this format, it's probably going to underperform.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Cult Healer
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
3 This is going to have life link a lot, and that can really alter races.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Cathartic Parting
Cathartic Parting
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
2.5 There are enough artifacts and enchantments in this set for this to be main deck material, and shuffling your stuff back into your library can have real value too.
Don't Make a Sound
2 Two mana counterspells have been pretty good lately, although most of them come with more upside than this.
2 Two mana counterspells have been pretty good lately, although most of them come with more upside than this.
Creeping Peeper
2.5 This can produce mana for Manifest Dread or all the Enchantments in the format, and that's pretty useful.
2.5 This can produce mana for Manifest Dread or all the Enchantments in the format, and that's pretty useful.
Appendage Amalgam
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
2 This is pretty bad at first glance, but it can trigger eerie at instant speed and help you get delirium both with it's own body and Surveil.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Frantic Strength
Living Phone
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
2 The stat-line is bad, but this has a decent shot at drawing you a card when it dies, especially in Red-White.
Frantic Strength
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
1.5 This can trigger Eerie at instant speed or save a Survival creature in combat, but it's pretty clunky.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Cracked Skull
Cracked Skull
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
1.5 Getting two pretty weak effects for three mana isn't great, but this is an Enchantment format, so this is probably a little better than it looks.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Jump Scare
Jump Scare
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
2.5 This is a solid trick and in a format with Survival, having creatures survive combat and kill the opposing creature will be extra swingy.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Omnivorous Flytrap
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Scorching Dragonfire
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Strangled Cemetery
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Manifest Dread
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Fear of Burning Alive
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Ghost Vacuum
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Most Valuable Slayer
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Frantic Strength
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Cathartic Parting
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Razortrap Gorge
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Bashful Beastie
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Violent Urge
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Shrewd Storyteller
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Frantic Strength
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Valgavoth's Onslaught
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Twitching Doll
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Thornspire Verge
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Defiant Survivor
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Monstrous Emergence
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Rootwise Survivor
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Wary Watchdog
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Anthropede
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Turn Inside Out
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Say Its Name
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Anthropede
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Cracked Skull
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Stalked Researcher
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Friendly Teddy
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Balustrade Wurm
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Say Its Name
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Bleeding Woods
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Kona, Rescue Beastie
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Turn Inside Out
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Scorching Dragonfire
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Flesh Burrower
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Overgrown Zealot
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Irreverent Gremlin
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Underwater Tunnel
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Cathartic Parting
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Frantic Strength
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Cracked Skull
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Jump Scare
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