Quick Draft DSK 7 October 2024
7 October 08:20 - rlodini 7 Wins - 1 Losses
Pack 1 Pick 1: The Rollercrusher Ride
The Rollercrusher Ride
5 Even without delirium you can pay 6 total mana to do 3 to three targets which is an excellent card, and once you have Delirium it's even more gamebreaking.
5 Even without delirium you can pay 6 total mana to do 3 to three targets which is an excellent card, and once you have Delirium it's even more gamebreaking.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ticket Booth
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Withering Torment
3.5 This has lots of targets in the format, and it's well worth losing life for removal this efficient and flexible.
3.5 This has lots of targets in the format, and it's well worth losing life for removal this efficient and flexible.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Optimistic Scavenger
Paranormal Analyst
1.5 // 4.0 This is an insane Manifest Dread build around, as it turns every manifest into a 2/2 that draws you a card - - and there's plenty of manifest.
1.5 // 4.0 This is an insane Manifest Dread build around, as it turns every manifest into a 2/2 that draws you a card - - and there's plenty of manifest.
Sporogenic Infection
3 This is a pretty weird take on an edict effect. You have some control over it, since the creature it gets put on can't be sacrificed -- and you can even put it on your own creature if your opponent only has one. But it definitely removes something and then gives you a ltitle upside beyond that.
3 This is a pretty weird take on an edict effect. You have some control over it, since the creature it gets put on can't be sacrificed -- and you can even put it on your own creature if your opponent only has one. But it definitely removes something and then gives you a ltitle upside beyond that.
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.
Trial of Agony
2.5 You're never going to kill the creature you most want to kill with this, but paying one mana to kill your opponent's second best creature is still worth it. And sometimes making two things unable to block is going to win you the game.
2.5 You're never going to kill the creature you most want to kill with this, but paying one mana to kill your opponent's second best creature is still worth it. And sometimes making two things unable to block is going to win you the game.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Malevolent Chandelier
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
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.
Acrobatic Cheerleader
2.5 If you play this on two when you're on the play, there's a good chance it will get flying. And, there are plenty of ways to get it flying even in the late game. It's a quality two drop.
2.5 If you play this on two when you're on the play, there's a good chance it will get flying. And, there are plenty of ways to get it flying even in the late game. It's a quality two drop.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Nowhere to Run
Leyline of the Void
0 Even in a graveyard set, this isn't worth it. Limited decks aren't focused enough for this to legitimatley shut any of them down. It's not worth the card.
0 Even in a graveyard set, this isn't worth it. Limited decks aren't focused enough for this to legitimatley shut any of them down. It's not worth the card.
Nowhere to Run
4 Two mana for -3/-3 at instant speed is already great, but this also triggers Eerie and is good sacrifice fodder. Sometimes the ward/hexproof upside will matter too.
4 Two mana for -3/-3 at instant speed is already great, but this also triggers Eerie and is good sacrifice fodder. Sometimes the ward/hexproof upside will matter too.
Infernal Phantom
3.5 This is a nightmare for your opponent to interact with since even without Eerie it's going to be able to frequently 2-for-1 your opponent, and with eerie, it gets even sillier.
3.5 This is a nightmare for your opponent to interact with since even without Eerie it's going to be able to frequently 2-for-1 your opponent, and with eerie, it gets even sillier.
Fear of Falling
2.5 5-mana 4/4 Flyers aren't as good as they used to be, especially when they don't have ETB or death triggers, but this attack trigger is pretty good at giving this an effect even when it isn't your turn.
2.5 5-mana 4/4 Flyers aren't as good as they used to be, especially when they don't have ETB or death triggers, but this attack trigger is pretty good at giving this an effect even when it isn't your turn.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Valgavoth's Faithful
Get Out
2.5 This can counter almost every spell in the format, and the Enchantment mode is useful on occasion. The double Blue holds it back a bit, though.
2.5 This can counter almost every spell in the format, and the Enchantment mode is useful on occasion. The double Blue holds it back a bit, though.
Painter's Studio
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
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.
Valgavoth's Faithful
1.0 // 3.0 You only want this if you're in a really grindy graveyard deck, but it's going to work well in Black/White.
1.0 // 3.0 You only want this if you're in a really grindy graveyard deck, but it's going to work well in Black/White.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Murder
Valgavoth's Faithful
1.0 // 3.0 You only want this if you're in a really grindy graveyard deck, but it's going to work well in Black/White.
1.0 // 3.0 You only want this if you're in a really grindy graveyard deck, but it's going to work well in Black/White.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Glimmerburst
2.5 An instant-speed 4-mana draw 2 that adds to the board -- and triggers eerie, is something that I'd like one copy of in many Blue decks.
2.5 An instant-speed 4-mana draw 2 that adds to the board -- and triggers eerie, is something that I'd like one copy of in many Blue decks.
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.
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.
Malevolent Chandelier
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Miasma Demon
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Glimmerburst
2.5 An instant-speed 4-mana draw 2 that adds to the board -- and triggers eerie, is something that I'd like one copy of in many Blue decks.
2.5 An instant-speed 4-mana draw 2 that adds to the board -- and triggers eerie, is something that I'd like one copy of in many Blue decks.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Winter's Intervention
Saw
1.5 The buff is weak, and this is only worth using in the extreme late game in most cases.
1.5 The buff is weak, and this is only worth using in the extreme late game in most cases.
Greenhouse
1 Neither side affects the board, and Greenhouse is almost entirely irrelevant. The Gazebo is an overcosted draw spell.
1 Neither side affects the board, and Greenhouse is almost entirely irrelevant. The Gazebo is an overcosted draw spell.
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.
Winter's Intervention
3 Removing a creature -- and sometimes even trading up -- is pretty great when you also gain life.
3 Removing a creature -- and sometimes even trading up -- is pretty great when you also gain life.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Hardened Escort
Popular Egotist
2.5 This sacrifice is a little more expensive than I would like it to be, but also coming with a general sacrifice payoff is pretty sweet.
2.5 This sacrifice is a little more expensive than I would like it to be, but also coming with a general sacrifice payoff is pretty sweet.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Spectral Snatcher
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.
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.
Ticket Booth
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Derelict Attic
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.
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.
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.
Malevolent Chandelier
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Final Vengeance
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.
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.
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 12: Spectral Snatcher
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Valgavoth's Faithful
Valgavoth's Faithful
1.0 // 3.0 You only want this if you're in a really grindy graveyard deck, but it's going to work well in Black/White.
1.0 // 3.0 You only want this if you're in a really grindy graveyard deck, but it's going to work well in Black/White.
Malevolent Chandelier
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
Pack 1 Pick 14: 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 2 Pick 1: Unstoppable Slasher
Unstoppable Slasher
4 Your opponent can't ignore this in any way. Either they let it through and lose a bunch of life, or they have to trade for it because it has death touch. And it doesn't stay dead, either!
4 Your opponent can't ignore this in any way. Either they let it through and lose a bunch of life, or they have to trade for it because it has death touch. And it doesn't stay dead, either!
Gremlin Tamer
4 This is a great eerie trigger. Even getting it once is a big deal, and this turns into an insane engine if it isn't killed.
4 This is a great eerie trigger. Even getting it once is a big deal, and this turns into an insane engine if it isn't killed.
Painter's Studio
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
Popular Egotist
2.5 This sacrifice is a little more expensive than I would like it to be, but also coming with a general sacrifice payoff is pretty sweet.
2.5 This sacrifice is a little more expensive than I would like it to be, but also coming with a general sacrifice payoff is pretty sweet.
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.
Ticket Booth
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2: Fanatic of the Harrowing
Nashi, Searcher in the Dark
3.5 If he gets in, you're going to be pretty happy no matter what the outcome of his combat damage trigger is. The problem is a two mana 2/2 menace probably isn't getting in after the early game.
3.5 If he gets in, you're going to be pretty happy no matter what the outcome of his combat damage trigger is. The problem is a two mana 2/2 menace probably isn't getting in after the early game.
Let's Play a Game
1.5 Even if you always got all three of these effects, they are narrow enough that this card wouldn't be insane, so jumping through hoops to get them all doesn't seem worth it to me.
1.5 Even if you always got all three of these effects, they are narrow enough that this card wouldn't be insane, so jumping through hoops to get them all doesn't seem worth it to me.
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.
Scrabbling Skullcrab
1.5 I wouldn't count on milling your opponent out with this. You may get more value milling yourself in this format, but it's a super underwhelming body and the Eerie trigger isn't very good overall.
1.5 I wouldn't count on milling your opponent out with this. You may get more value milling yourself in this format, but it's a super underwhelming body and the Eerie trigger isn't very good overall.
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.
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.
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.
Slavering Branchsnapper
2 This is a big creature late -- albeit one that doesn't really give you 6 mana's worth of value -- and you can throw it away early for a land, which is necessary sometimes.
2 This is a big creature late -- albeit one that doesn't really give you 6 mana's worth of value -- and you can throw it away early for a land, which is necessary sometimes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Fear of Infinity
Withering Torment
3.5 This has lots of targets in the format, and it's well worth losing life for removal this efficient and flexible.
3.5 This has lots of targets in the format, and it's well worth losing life for removal this efficient and flexible.
Glimmer Seeker
3.5 You're happy no matter what you get out of the survival trigger, and the creature's solid stat-line makes it easier for it to survive.
3.5 You're happy no matter what you get out of the survival trigger, and the creature's solid stat-line makes it easier for it to survive.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fear of Infinity
2 I think not being able to block hurts this in a big way. Lifelink makes up for it a little bit. If this format ends up being slower, this'll go up -- but right now I'm not super impressed.
2 I think not being able to block hurts this in a big way. Lifelink makes up for it a little bit. If this format ends up being slower, this'll go up -- but right now I'm not super impressed.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Clammy Prowler
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.
Fear of Exposure
3.5 This alternate cost is pretty easy to pay, and you might even get some extra value thanks to Survival.
3.5 This alternate cost is pretty easy to pay, and you might even get some extra value thanks to Survival.
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.
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.
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.
Acrobatic Cheerleader
2.5 If you play this on two when you're on the play, there's a good chance it will get flying. And, there are plenty of ways to get it flying even in the late game. It's a quality two drop.
2.5 If you play this on two when you're on the play, there's a good chance it will get flying. And, there are plenty of ways to get it flying even in the late game. It's a quality two drop.
Grasping Longneck
2.5 This has passable stats and a death trigger that makes up for it's low toughness, and the Enchantment typing is pretty important.
2.5 This has passable stats and a death trigger that makes up for it's low toughness, and the Enchantment typing is pretty important.
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.
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.
Neglected Manor
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Valgavoth's Faithful
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.
Valgavoth's Faithful
1.0 // 3.0 You only want this if you're in a really grindy graveyard deck, but it's going to work well in Black/White.
1.0 // 3.0 You only want this if you're in a really grindy graveyard deck, but it's going to work well in Black/White.
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.
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.
Slavering Branchsnapper
2 This is a big creature late -- albeit one that doesn't really give you 6 mana's worth of value -- and you can throw it away early for a land, which is necessary sometimes.
2 This is a big creature late -- albeit one that doesn't really give you 6 mana's worth of value -- and you can throw it away early for a land, which is necessary sometimes.
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.
Winter's Intervention
3 Removing a creature -- and sometimes even trading up -- is pretty great when you also gain life.
3 Removing a creature -- and sometimes even trading up -- is pretty great when you also gain life.
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.
Patchwork Beastie
3 This helps you det delirium and then takes advantage of that fact -- that's exactly what you want from a delirium card.
3 This helps you det delirium and then takes advantage of that fact -- that's exactly what you want from a delirium card.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Rite of the Moth
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.
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.
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.
Acrobatic Cheerleader
2.5 If you play this on two when you're on the play, there's a good chance it will get flying. And, there are plenty of ways to get it flying even in the late game. It's a quality two drop.
2.5 If you play this on two when you're on the play, there's a good chance it will get flying. And, there are plenty of ways to get it flying even in the late game. It's a quality two drop.
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.
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!
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Appendage Amalgam
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.
Skullsnap Nuisance
3 The stat-line's solid, and you're definitely going to load your graveyard and smooth out your draws with this trigger.
3 The stat-line's solid, and you're definitely going to load your graveyard and smooth out your draws with this trigger.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Murky Sewer
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: Shepherding Spirits
Smoky Lounge
1.0 // 3.5 I don't love that the Loung doesn't impact the board at all, but Misty Salon can really allow you to win the game with a bunch of doors in play. Problem is, I don't think every blue-red deck can pull that off, so it needs a build around grade.
1.0 // 3.5 I don't love that the Loung doesn't impact the board at all, but Misty Salon can really allow you to win the game with a bunch of doors in play. Problem is, I don't think every blue-red deck can pull that off, so it needs a build around grade.
Sporogenic Infection
3 This is a pretty weird take on an edict effect. You have some control over it, since the creature it gets put on can't be sacrificed -- and you can even put it on your own creature if your opponent only has one. But it definitely removes something and then gives you a ltitle upside beyond that.
3 This is a pretty weird take on an edict effect. You have some control over it, since the creature it gets put on can't be sacrificed -- and you can even put it on your own creature if your opponent only has one. But it definitely removes something and then gives you a ltitle upside beyond that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Final Vengeance
Ticket Booth
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
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.
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.
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.
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 10: Let's Play a Game
Let's Play a Game
1.5 Even if you always got all three of these effects, they are narrow enough that this card wouldn't be insane, so jumping through hoops to get them all doesn't seem worth it to me.
1.5 Even if you always got all three of these effects, they are narrow enough that this card wouldn't be insane, so jumping through hoops to get them all doesn't seem worth it to me.
Scrabbling Skullcrab
1.5 I wouldn't count on milling your opponent out with this. You may get more value milling yourself in this format, but it's a super underwhelming body and the Eerie trigger isn't very good overall.
1.5 I wouldn't count on milling your opponent out with this. You may get more value milling yourself in this format, but it's a super underwhelming body and the Eerie trigger isn't very good overall.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Give In to Violence
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.
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.
Grasping Longneck
2.5 This has passable stats and a death trigger that makes up for it's low toughness, and the Enchantment typing is pretty important.
2.5 This has passable stats and a death trigger that makes up for it's low toughness, and the Enchantment typing is pretty important.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Winter's Intervention
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.
Winter's Intervention
3 Removing a creature -- and sometimes even trading up -- is pretty great when you also gain life.
3 Removing a creature -- and sometimes even trading up -- is pretty great when you also gain life.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Swamp
Pack 3 Pick 1: Daggermaw Megalodon
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.
Cursed Windbreaker
3.5 You get a ton for your investment here, between a 2/2 with upside and an Equipment that can offer flying to anything.
3.5 You get a ton for your investment here, between a 2/2 with upside and an Equipment that can offer flying to anything.
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.
Insidious Fungus
2.5 This will have plenty of targets, and when it doesn't throwing it away for Explore isn't too shabby.
2.5 This will have plenty of targets, and when it doesn't throwing it away for Explore isn't too shabby.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Malevolent Chandelier
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
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.
Winter's Intervention
3 Removing a creature -- and sometimes even trading up -- is pretty great when you also gain life.
3 Removing a creature -- and sometimes even trading up -- is pretty great when you also gain life.
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 3 Pick 2: Daggermaw Megalodon
Fear of Falling
2.5 5-mana 4/4 Flyers aren't as good as they used to be, especially when they don't have ETB or death triggers, but this attack trigger is pretty good at giving this an effect even when it isn't your turn.
2.5 5-mana 4/4 Flyers aren't as good as they used to be, especially when they don't have ETB or death triggers, but this attack trigger is pretty good at giving this an effect even when it isn't your turn.
Wildfire Wickerfolk
3 A two mana 3/2 Haste puts your opponent under pressure early, and by the time that body's less relevant, it'll usually be a 4/3 trampler.
3 A two mana 3/2 Haste puts your opponent under pressure early, and by the time that body's less relevant, it'll usually be a 4/3 trampler.
Sporogenic Infection
3 This is a pretty weird take on an edict effect. You have some control over it, since the creature it gets put on can't be sacrificed -- and you can even put it on your own creature if your opponent only has one. But it definitely removes something and then gives you a ltitle upside beyond that.
3 This is a pretty weird take on an edict effect. You have some control over it, since the creature it gets put on can't be sacrificed -- and you can even put it on your own creature if your opponent only has one. But it definitely removes something and then gives you a ltitle upside beyond that.
Ethereal Armor
2 If you're in an Enchantment heavy deck this can perform fairly well, although it's still risky like all auras are.
2 If you're in an Enchantment heavy deck this can perform fairly well, although it's still risky like all auras are.
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.
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.
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.
Acrobatic Cheerleader
2.5 If you play this on two when you're on the play, there's a good chance it will get flying. And, there are plenty of ways to get it flying even in the late game. It's a quality two drop.
2.5 If you play this on two when you're on the play, there's a good chance it will get flying. And, there are plenty of ways to get it flying even in the late game. It's a quality two drop.
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.
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.
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.
Sawblade Skinripper
3.5 This has nice base stats and the ability to grow and ping stuff is a huge deal, especially if you have some more sacrifice around. It counts sacrifices of any kind, too.
3.5 This has nice base stats and the ability to grow and ping stuff is a huge deal, especially if you have some more sacrifice around. It counts sacrifices of any kind, too.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Shepherding Spirits
Restricted Office
0 The sweeper on Restricted Office is too narrow, and Lecture Hall is almost entirely meaningless in Limited.
0 The sweeper on Restricted Office is too narrow, and Lecture Hall is almost entirely meaningless in Limited.
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.
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.
Painter's Studio
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
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.
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.
Clockwork Percussionist
2 This is a decent one drop, especially for Black-Red where you can sacrifice it and get the trigger.
2 This is a decent one drop, especially for Black-Red where you can sacrifice it and get the trigger.
Malevolent Chandelier
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Spectral Snatcher
Painter's Studio
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
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.
Paranormal Analyst
1.5 // 4.0 This is an insane Manifest Dread build around, as it turns every manifest into a 2/2 that draws you a card - - and there's plenty of manifest.
1.5 // 4.0 This is an insane Manifest Dread build around, as it turns every manifest into a 2/2 that draws you a card - - and there's plenty of manifest.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
Slavering Branchsnapper
2 This is a big creature late -- albeit one that doesn't really give you 6 mana's worth of value -- and you can throw it away early for a land, which is necessary sometimes.
2 This is a big creature late -- albeit one that doesn't really give you 6 mana's worth of value -- and you can throw it away early for a land, which is necessary sometimes.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Rite of the Moth
Coordinated Clobbering
4 This would be good in a set without the survival mechanic -- in a set where tapping your creatures can come with extra value, it's pretty insane.
4 This would be good in a set without the survival mechanic -- in a set where tapping your creatures can come with extra value, it's pretty insane.
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.
Saw
1.5 The buff is weak, and this is only worth using in the extreme late game in most cases.
1.5 The buff is weak, and this is only worth using in the extreme late game in most cases.
Glimmerburst
2.5 An instant-speed 4-mana draw 2 that adds to the board -- and triggers eerie, is something that I'd like one copy of in many Blue decks.
2.5 An instant-speed 4-mana draw 2 that adds to the board -- and triggers eerie, is something that I'd like one copy of in many Blue decks.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 6: Fear of the Dark
Let's Play a Game
1.5 Even if you always got all three of these effects, they are narrow enough that this card wouldn't be insane, so jumping through hoops to get them all doesn't seem worth it to me.
1.5 Even if you always got all three of these effects, they are narrow enough that this card wouldn't be insane, so jumping through hoops to get them all doesn't seem worth it to me.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ticket Booth
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
3 I love that the Booth adds a real body to the board earlier, and you can unlock the Tunnel late at a time where it makes your attacks way better.
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.
Murky Sewer
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 7: Found Footage
Nowhere to Run
4 Two mana for -3/-3 at instant speed is already great, but this also triggers Eerie and is good sacrifice fodder. Sometimes the ward/hexproof upside will matter too.
4 Two mana for -3/-3 at instant speed is already great, but this also triggers Eerie and is good sacrifice fodder. Sometimes the ward/hexproof upside will matter too.
Greenhouse
1 Neither side affects the board, and Greenhouse is almost entirely irrelevant. The Gazebo is an overcosted draw spell.
1 Neither side affects the board, and Greenhouse is almost entirely irrelevant. The Gazebo is an overcosted draw spell.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Peculiar Lighthouse
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.
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 3 Pick 8: Fear of the Dark
Let's Play a Game
1.5 Even if you always got all three of these effects, they are narrow enough that this card wouldn't be insane, so jumping through hoops to get them all doesn't seem worth it to me.
1.5 Even if you always got all three of these effects, they are narrow enough that this card wouldn't be insane, so jumping through hoops to get them all doesn't seem worth it to me.
Trial of Agony
2.5 You're never going to kill the creature you most want to kill with this, but paying one mana to kill your opponent's second best creature is still worth it. And sometimes making two things unable to block is going to win you the game.
2.5 You're never going to kill the creature you most want to kill with this, but paying one mana to kill your opponent's second best creature is still worth it. And sometimes making two things unable to block is going to win you the game.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 9: 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.
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.
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.
Malevolent Chandelier
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play 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 3 Pick 10: Resurrected Cultist
Sporogenic Infection
3 This is a pretty weird take on an edict effect. You have some control over it, since the creature it gets put on can't be sacrificed -- and you can even put it on your own creature if your opponent only has one. But it definitely removes something and then gives you a ltitle upside beyond that.
3 This is a pretty weird take on an edict effect. You have some control over it, since the creature it gets put on can't be sacrificed -- and you can even put it on your own creature if your opponent only has one. But it definitely removes something and then gives you a ltitle upside beyond 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.
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.
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 11: Fear of the Dark
Painter's Studio
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
2 Neither side really impact the board and that's a pretty big problem. Painter's Studio is basically a red Divination, and the Gallery can augment attacks -- but it's a bit of a win-more card.
Malevolent Chandelier
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
0 The stat-line is bad, and the activated ability is clunky. You shouldn't play this.
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 3 Pick 12: Clammy Prowler
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Spectral Snatcher
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Give In to Violence
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.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: The Rollercrusher Ride
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Optimistic Scavenger
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Nowhere to Run
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Valgavoth's Faithful
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Murder
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Miasma Demon
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Winter's Intervention
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Hardened Escort
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Spectral Snatcher
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Derelict Attic
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Final Vengeance
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Spectral Snatcher
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Valgavoth's Faithful
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Cracked Skull
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Unstoppable Slasher
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Fanatic of the Harrowing
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Fear of Infinity
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Clammy Prowler
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Valgavoth's Faithful
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Rite of the Moth
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Appendage Amalgam
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Shepherding Spirits
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Final Vengeance
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Let's Play a Game
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Give In to Violence
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Winter's Intervention
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Swamp
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Daggermaw Megalodon
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Daggermaw Megalodon
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Shepherding Spirits
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Spectral Snatcher
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Rite of the Moth
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Fear of the Dark
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Found Footage
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Fear of the Dark
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Cracked Skull
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Resurrected Cultist
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Fear of the Dark
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Clammy Prowler
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Spectral Snatcher
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Give In to Violence
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