Premier Draft DSK 23 October 2024
23 October 01:21 - Braids1989 7 Wins - 2 LossesMaindeck
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Pack 1 Pick 1: Tyvar, the Pummeler
Central Elevator
0 Neither side adds to the board and costs way too much mana, and your chances of winning the game with Promising Stairs is super low, especially since you're not adding to the board.
0 Neither side adds to the board and costs way too much mana, and your chances of winning the game with Promising Stairs is super low, especially since you're not adding to the board.
Splitskin Doll
3.5 On turn two this is likely to only loot, but that means it's loading your graveyard, and in the late game it's going to be a straight up 2-for-1.
3.5 On turn two this is likely to only loot, but that means it's loading your graveyard, and in the late game it's going to be a straight up 2-for-1.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tyvar, the Pummeler
5 Tyvar is efficient and super hard to kill provided you have another creature around, and his activated ability turns most boards lethal.
5 Tyvar is efficient and super hard to kill provided you have another creature around, and his activated ability turns most boards lethal.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Gilded Ambusher
Undead Sprinter
3.5 This is pretty easy to get back, and that makes it good sacrifice fodder and a relentless attacker.
3.5 This is pretty easy to get back, and that makes it good sacrifice fodder and a relentless attacker.
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.
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.
Keys to the House
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
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.
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.
Glassworks
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Glassworks
Valgavoth, Terror Eater
0 // 4.5 You can't really play this unless you can reanimate it, but the Black/White deck can definitely do that, and it's game over when they pull it off.
0 // 4.5 You can't really play this unless you can reanimate it, but the Black/White deck can definitely do that, and it's game over when they pull it off.
Fear of Impostors
2 I don't love the idea of giving my opponent a Manifest when I counter their spell, but you do add this to the board in the process, so it's not a 2-for-1, at least. Although it can definitely backfire.
2 I don't love the idea of giving my opponent a Manifest when I counter their spell, but you do add this to the board in the process, so it's not a 2-for-1, at least. Although it can definitely backfire.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Glassworks
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Wildfire Wickerfolk
Live or Die
3 The modality here is important, because getting only one of these options wouldn't be great. Reanimating a creature at instant speed can generate blowouts when the situation is right, and you can just cast it as an inefficient removal spell when you have to.
3 The modality here is important, because getting only one of these options wouldn't be great. Reanimating a creature at instant speed can generate blowouts when the situation is right, and you can just cast it as an inefficient removal spell when you have to.
Savior of the Small
2 Not only do you need to trigger survival, you need a small creature in your graveyard for this ability to do something -- and the stats are below-rate. Triggering it once will be good, but I'm skeptical about that being easy.
2 Not only do you need to trigger survival, you need a small creature in your graveyard for this ability to do something -- and the stats are below-rate. Triggering it once will be good, but I'm skeptical about that being easy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Glassworks
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
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 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.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Oblivious Bookworm
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.
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.
Fear of Abduction
4 Even with the alternate cost this is very much worth it since you get a huge flyer and get rid of their best creature, and reanimating it is particularly spicy.
4 Even with the alternate cost this is very much worth it since you get a huge flyer and get rid of their best creature, and reanimating it is particularly spicy.
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.
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.
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.
Horrid Vigor
2.5 This wins a creature virtually any combat and blanks virtually any removal spell -- that's exactly what you want in a trick.
2.5 This wins a creature virtually any combat and blanks virtually any removal spell -- that's exactly what you want in a trick.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Bottomless Pool
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gloomlake 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.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Threats Around Every Corner
Floodfarm 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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
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 8: Terramorphic Expanse
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.
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.
Fear of Failed Tests
1.5 This is a largely defensive creature that wants you to do damage with it, which just seems...weird. It's not going to get in for a hit very often.
1.5 This is a largely defensive creature that wants you to do damage with it, which just seems...weird. It's not going to get in for a hit very often.
Cynical Loner
2 A two-mana 3/1 is fine, and this can help you get delirium or drop a reanimation target in the graveyard.
2 A two-mana 3/1 is fine, and this can help you get delirium or drop a reanimation target in the graveyard.
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.
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.
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 9: Tunnel Surveyor
Central Elevator
0 Neither side adds to the board and costs way too much mana, and your chances of winning the game with Promising Stairs is super low, especially since you're not adding to the board.
0 Neither side adds to the board and costs way too much mana, and your chances of winning the game with Promising Stairs is super low, especially since you're not adding to the board.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 10: Wildfire Wickerfolk
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.
Keys to the House
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
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.
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.
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 1 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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Glassworks
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.
Glassworks
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
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: 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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Impossible Inferno
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 15: Forest
Pack 2 Pick 1: Anguished Recollection
Unidentified Hovership
4.5 This is a good removal spell with absolutely massive upside, since it is an easily crewable evasive vehicle. And crewing this can give you big upside thanks to Survival.
4.5 This is a good removal spell with absolutely massive upside, since it is an easily crewable evasive vehicle. And crewing this can give you big upside thanks to Survival.
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.
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.
Splitskin Doll
3.5 On turn two this is likely to only loot, but that means it's loading your graveyard, and in the late game it's going to be a straight up 2-for-1.
3.5 On turn two this is likely to only loot, but that means it's loading your graveyard, and in the late game it's going to be a straight up 2-for-1.
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.
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.
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.
Glassworks
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2: Unwilling Vessel
Toby, Beastie Befriender
4 Three mana for a 1/1 and a 4/4 is a big deal, even if the 4/4 has a downside. And you'll even get four or more creature tokens in play in this format from time to time.
4 Three mana for a 1/1 and a 4/4 is a big deal, even if the 4/4 has a downside. And you'll even get four or more creature tokens in play in this format from time to time.
Reluctant Role Model
4 This Survival trigger can really snowball and help to make sure that he can keep on surviving. Throw in all the nonsense with moving counters around and this looks great.
4 This Survival trigger can really snowball and help to make sure that he can keep on surviving. Throw in all the nonsense with moving counters around and this looks great.
Unwilling Vessel
3.5 I don't love how inefficiently this starts out, but if you get even one counter on him that's no longer a problem.
3.5 I don't love how inefficiently this starts out, but if you get even one counter on him that's no longer a problem.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Horrid Vigor
2.5 This wins a creature virtually any combat and blanks virtually any removal spell -- that's exactly what you want in a trick.
2.5 This wins a creature virtually any combat and blanks virtually any removal spell -- that's exactly what you want in a trick.
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.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 3: Eager Flameguide
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fear of Surveillance
2.5 This is a solid two drop, and the Enchantment type gives it an extra bump.
2.5 This is a solid two drop, and the Enchantment type gives it an extra bump.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 4: Say Its Name
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Fear of Change
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Glimmerlight
2 This is a solid equipment that can even trigger eerie.
2 This is a solid equipment that can even trigger eerie.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Daggermaw Megalodon
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Unwanted Remake
0 Yeah...you don't want this. 2-for-1ing yourself is a bad call.
0 Yeah...you don't want this. 2-for-1ing yourself is a bad call.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Lakeside Shack
Central Elevator
0 Neither side adds to the board and costs way too much mana, and your chances of winning the game with Promising Stairs is super low, especially since you're not adding to the board.
0 Neither side adds to the board and costs way too much mana, and your chances of winning the game with Promising Stairs is super low, especially since you're not adding to the board.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 8: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 9: Glassworks
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.
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.
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.
Glassworks
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
4 Three mana to do 4 to something is perfectly solid, and this comes with Enchantment and door upside, plus just unlocking Shattered Yard late is pretty great.
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.
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.
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 10: Ripchain Razorkin
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.
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.
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.
Horrid Vigor
2.5 This wins a creature virtually any combat and blanks virtually any removal spell -- that's exactly what you want in a trick.
2.5 This wins a creature virtually any combat and blanks virtually any removal spell -- that's exactly what you want in a trick.
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 2 Pick 11: Wary Watchdog
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.
Fear of Surveillance
2.5 This is a solid two drop, and the Enchantment type gives it an extra bump.
2.5 This is a solid two drop, and the Enchantment type gives it an extra bump.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 12: Vicious Clown
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Optimistic Scavenger
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 14: Piranha Fly
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.
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 2 Pick 15: 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 1: Most Valuable Slayer
Marvin, Murderous Mimic
2.5 Don't count on this having an ability every time, but I think it'll have them often enough to be decent.
2.5 Don't count on this having an ability every time, but I think it'll have them often enough to be decent.
Splitskin Doll
3.5 On turn two this is likely to only loot, but that means it's loading your graveyard, and in the late game it's going to be a straight up 2-for-1.
3.5 On turn two this is likely to only loot, but that means it's loading your graveyard, and in the late game it's going to be a straight up 2-for-1.
Keys to the House
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 2: Fear of Change
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.
Keys to the House
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
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.
Ragged Playmate
2 This is a sub-par stat-line and it has a mediocre activated ability, but it's a two drop with two types, so it's more playable than it looks.
2 This is a sub-par stat-line and it has a mediocre activated ability, but it's a two drop with two types, so it's more playable than it looks.
Fear of Surveillance
2.5 This is a solid two drop, and the Enchantment type gives it an extra bump.
2.5 This is a solid two drop, and the Enchantment type gives it an extra bump.
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.
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.
Glimmerlight
2 This is a solid equipment that can even trigger eerie.
2 This is a solid equipment that can even trigger eerie.
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.
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.
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!
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 3 Pick 3: Housemeld
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.
Beastie Beatdown
3.5 Even without Delirium you'd play this, and when you do have it, this lets your creatures punch up in a big way, and they can usually attack too!
3.5 Even without Delirium you'd play this, and when you do have it, this lets your creatures punch up in a big way, and they can usually attack too!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Spineseeker Centipede
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.
Vile Mutilator
3 This is great when you reanimate it, and definitely gives you 7 mana worth of value when you have to cast it.
3 This is great when you reanimate it, and definitely gives you 7 mana worth of value when you have to cast it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 5: Harrowing Swarm
Fear of Failed Tests
1.5 This is a largely defensive creature that wants you to do damage with it, which just seems...weird. It's not going to get in for a hit very often.
1.5 This is a largely defensive creature that wants you to do damage with it, which just seems...weird. It's not going to get in for a hit very often.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
Pack 3 Pick 6: Betrayer's Bargain
Floodfarm 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Unnatural Summons
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.
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.
Glimmerlight
2 This is a solid equipment that can even trigger eerie.
2 This is a solid equipment that can even trigger eerie.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Get Out
Leyline of Resonance
0 This only doubles spells you target your creatures with, that's way too narrow.
0 This only doubles spells you target your creatures with, that's way too narrow.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 9: Keys to the House
Keys to the House
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
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.
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 10: Cathartic Parting
Keys to the House
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
1.5 This is a slow way to fix your mana and can occasionally get you some extra door value.
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.
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.
Glimmerlight
2 This is a solid equipment that can even trigger eerie.
2 This is a solid equipment that can even trigger eerie.
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 3 Pick 11: Moldering Gym
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Daggermaw Megalodon
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.
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.
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 13: Enter the Enigma
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.
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 3 Pick 14: Bashful Beastie
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 15: Anthropede
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.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Tyvar, the Pummeler
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Gilded Ambusher
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Glassworks
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Wildfire Wickerfolk
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Oblivious Bookworm
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Bottomless Pool
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Threats Around Every Corner
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Terramorphic Expanse
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Tunnel Surveyor
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Wildfire Wickerfolk
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Cathartic Parting
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Glassworks
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Miasma Demon
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Impossible Inferno
- Pack 1 Pick 15: Forest
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Anguished Recollection
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Unwilling Vessel
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Eager Flameguide
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Say Its Name
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Fear of Change
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Daggermaw Megalodon
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Lakeside Shack
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Frantic Strength
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Glassworks
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Ripchain Razorkin
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Wary Watchdog
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Vicious Clown
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Optimistic Scavenger
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Piranha Fly
- Pack 2 Pick 15: Cracked Skull
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Most Valuable Slayer
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Fear of Change
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Housemeld
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Spineseeker Centipede
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Harrowing Swarm
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Betrayer's Bargain
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Unnatural Summons
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Get Out
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Keys to the House
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Cathartic Parting
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Moldering Gym
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Daggermaw Megalodon
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Enter the Enigma
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Bashful Beastie
- Pack 3 Pick 15: Anthropede
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