Premier Draft FDN 24 November 2024
24 November 11:48 - callmarx 7 Wins - 0 LossesMaindeck
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Sideboard
Pack 1 Pick 1: Sire of Seven Deaths
Sire of Seven Deaths
5 All of those keywords means it's basically impossible to block or attack through the Sire, and it'll also gain it's controller tons of life. Ward makes sure your opponent gets punished hard if they can kill it.
5 All of those keywords means it's basically impossible to block or attack through the Sire, and it'll also gain it's controller tons of life. Ward makes sure your opponent gets punished hard if they can kill it.
Good-Fortune Unicorn
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
Revenge of the Rats
1 / 3.5 This is definitely a buildaround, but a legit one for graveyard decks. Making a bunch of tokens is a good way to win the game once you've dumped your library in the graveyard.
1 / 3.5 This is definitely a buildaround, but a legit one for graveyard decks. Making a bunch of tokens is a good way to win the game once you've dumped your library in the graveyard.
Helpful Hunter
3.5 Two mana 1/1s that draw a card are also quality Limited cards, and there's no reason that won't be true here.
3.5 Two mana 1/1s that draw a card are also quality Limited cards, and there's no reason that won't be true here.
Soul-Shackled Zombie
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
Beast-Kin Ranger
2.5 Making tokens can make this hit really hard, but a 3-mana 3/3 trampler isn't anythign special.
2.5 Making tokens can make this hit really hard, but a 3-mana 3/3 trampler isn't anythign special.
Campus Guide
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
Marauding Blight-Priest
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
Pilfer
2 This is a nice way to disrupt your opponent, although not adding to the board is always a problem.
2 This is a nice way to disrupt your opponent, although not adding to the board is always a problem.
Strix Lookout
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
Gorehorn Raider
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
Meteor Golem
2 Adding a 3/3 to the board and destroying your opponents best permanent is powerful, but not all decks are going to get to 7 mana.
2 Adding a 3/3 to the board and destroying your opponents best permanent is powerful, but not all decks are going to get to 7 mana.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Rune-Scarred Demon
Rune-Scarred Demon
4.5 Adding a huge body to the board while tutoring up the next best card in your deck is tough to beat.
4.5 Adding a huge body to the board while tutoring up the next best card in your deck is tough to beat.
Quakestrider Ceratops
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
Self-Reflection
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
Youthful Valkyrie
2.5 This is an okayish stat-line, and most White decks will have like 3 angels, so the upside is accessible.
2.5 This is an okayish stat-line, and most White decks will have like 3 angels, so the upside is accessible.
Strix Lookout
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
Evolving Wilds
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
Crackling Cyclops
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
Refute
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
Crypt Feaster
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
Armasaur Guide
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
Gnarlid Colony
2 This was super underwhelming when we saw it last, and while this format has a +1/+1 counter theme, the creature is inefficient and trample only matters on the largest creatures.
2 This was super underwhelming when we saw it last, and while this format has a +1/+1 counter theme, the creature is inefficient and trample only matters on the largest creatures.
Dismal Backwater
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Grow from the Ashes
Frenzied Goblin
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
Exsanguinate
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
Juggernaut
1.5 If you need a 4-drop you can probably do worse, but how often are you desperate for a 4 drop in Limited?
1.5 If you need a 4-drop you can probably do worse, but how often are you desperate for a 4 drop in Limited?
Grow from the Ashes
2 It can be tough to play a card that doesn't add to the board, but this can fix and ramp really effecitvely, and can be particularly good with landfall.
2 It can be tough to play a card that doesn't add to the board, but this can fix and ramp really effecitvely, and can be particularly good with landfall.
Macabre Waltz
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Gleaming Barrier
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
Goblin Boarders
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Dwynen's Elite
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
Thornwood Falls
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Armasaur Guide
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Paradise Druid
Abrade
3.5 Two mana deal 3s are always great, and this one can take out an artifact on occasion.
3.5 Two mana deal 3s are always great, and this one can take out an artifact on occasion.
Aetherize
1.5 It's temping to imagine bouncing an entire alpha strike, but that won't happen very often. Can feel good in response to combat tricks, but if that's not the case, you're going down a card and your opponent isn't.
1.5 It's temping to imagine bouncing an entire alpha strike, but that won't happen very often. Can feel good in response to combat tricks, but if that's not the case, you're going down a card and your opponent isn't.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Prideful Parent
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
Sanguine Syphoner
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
Evolving Wilds
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Bushwhack
2.5 Each of these modes is kind of medium, but having a card that can fix your mana when you need it or be a mediocre removal spell is fine.
2.5 Each of these modes is kind of medium, but having a card that can fix your mana when you need it or be a mediocre removal spell is fine.
Paradise Druid
3.5 Hexproof means you're going to get the mana boost almost every time, and producing mana of any color is great.
3.5 Hexproof means you're going to get the mana boost almost every time, and producing mana of any color is great.
Blossoming Sands
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
3.5 If this attacks, the game is over -- but it does cost 7 mana including triple Red, and it's relatively vulnerable, so that's far from a guarantee.
3.5 If this attacks, the game is over -- but it does cost 7 mana including triple Red, and it's relatively vulnerable, so that's far from a guarantee.
Heartfire Immolator
3.5 A two mana 2/2 with Prowess is a nice two-drop, and this can turn into removal when you need it to.
3.5 A two mana 2/2 with Prowess is a nice two-drop, and this can turn into removal when you need it to.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Gorehorn Raider
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
Infestation Sage
3 Getting two 1/1 bodies -- including one that can fly -- for only one mana is nice. Makes it good sacrifice fodder and a good Raid enabler.
3 Getting two 1/1 bodies -- including one that can fly -- for only one mana is nice. Makes it good sacrifice fodder and a good Raid enabler.
Quick-Draw Katana
2 This only offers a buff during your turn, and if you're an aggro deck you're probably more interested in playing more creatures than playing this thing.
2 This only offers a buff during your turn, and if you're an aggro deck you're probably more interested in playing more creatures than playing this thing.
Sanguine Syphoner
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
2.5 This attack trigger plays pretty well, especially in a format with a life gain deck.
Sure Strike
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
Tranquil Cove
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Goblin Negotiation
3 This is never going to feel like efficient removal, but being able to use this to add to the board in a big way too makes up for that a little bit.
3 This is never going to feel like efficient removal, but being able to use this to add to the board in a big way too makes up for that a little bit.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Fiery Annihilation
Brass's Bounty
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
Fiery Annihilation
4 This kills most stuff and turns off death triggers and any threat of recursion. Format has a decent number of equipment, too.
4 This kills most stuff and turns off death triggers and any threat of recursion. Format has a decent number of equipment, too.
Rune-Sealed Wall
1.5 Purely defensive creatures are rarely worth it in Limited, and while this can surveil, that's not enough upside.
1.5 Purely defensive creatures are rarely worth it in Limited, and while this can surveil, that's not enough upside.
Apothecary Stomper
2.5 This is pretty solid for the cost. The counters will augment your board in a pretty big way, and even as a 4/4 the stomper isn't really a creature that can be ignored.
2.5 This is pretty solid for the cost. The counters will augment your board in a pretty big way, and even as a 4/4 the stomper isn't really a creature that can be ignored.
Soul-Shackled Zombie
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
Firebrand Archer
1.5 // 2.5 You can only play this if you lots and lots of noncreature spells, since the stat-line is so bad. You need a few triggers to make up for that.
1.5 // 2.5 You can only play this if you lots and lots of noncreature spells, since the stat-line is so bad. You need a few triggers to make up for that.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Burglar Rat
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
Swiftwater Cliffs
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Gutless Plunderer
Strongbox Raider
2.5 Triggering Raid on this makes it a very nice 2-for-1, but a 4-mana 5/2 is otherwise abyssmal.
2.5 Triggering Raid on this makes it a very nice 2-for-1, but a 4-mana 5/2 is otherwise abyssmal.
Skyship Buccaneer
3.5 If you always drew with this, it would be a 4.5! However, you just can't count on always raiding. And when you don't, it's a 2.0.
3.5 If you always drew with this, it would be a 4.5! However, you just can't count on always raiding. And when you don't, it's a 2.0.
Refute
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
Gutless Plunderer
1.5 Three-mana 2/2s with death touch aren't anything special and even if you get this Raid trigger it's hard to feel good about casting this.
1.5 Three-mana 2/2s with death touch aren't anything special and even if you get this Raid trigger it's hard to feel good about casting this.
Courageous Goblin
2.5 This'll be able to rumble on turn 3 as a 3/2 Menace reasonably often in this format.
2.5 This'll be able to rumble on turn 3 as a 3/2 Menace reasonably often in this format.
Bigfin Bouncer
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
Quick-Draw Katana
2 This only offers a buff during your turn, and if you're an aggro deck you're probably more interested in playing more creatures than playing this thing.
2 This only offers a buff during your turn, and if you're an aggro deck you're probably more interested in playing more creatures than playing this thing.
Thornwood Falls
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Macabre Waltz
Brass's Bounty
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
Adventuring Gear
1.5 Offering no buff at all on many turns is a problem, even if the buff can be great in the early game when you're hitting all your land drops.
1.5 Offering no buff at all on many turns is a problem, even if the buff can be great in the early game when you're hitting all your land drops.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Bigfin Bouncer
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
Run Away Together
1.5 It's temping to imagine scenarios where you bounce a creature with an "enters" trigger or help a creature dodge removal, but this is mostly just an awkward bounce spell.
1.5 It's temping to imagine scenarios where you bounce a creature with an "enters" trigger or help a creature dodge removal, but this is mostly just an awkward bounce spell.
Gutless Plunderer
1.5 Three-mana 2/2s with death touch aren't anything special and even if you get this Raid trigger it's hard to feel good about casting this.
1.5 Three-mana 2/2s with death touch aren't anything special and even if you get this Raid trigger it's hard to feel good about casting this.
Macabre Waltz
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Beast-Kin Ranger
Meteor Golem
2 Adding a 3/3 to the board and destroying your opponents best permanent is powerful, but not all decks are going to get to 7 mana.
2 Adding a 3/3 to the board and destroying your opponents best permanent is powerful, but not all decks are going to get to 7 mana.
Revenge of the Rats
1 / 3.5 This is definitely a buildaround, but a legit one for graveyard decks. Making a bunch of tokens is a good way to win the game once you've dumped your library in the graveyard.
1 / 3.5 This is definitely a buildaround, but a legit one for graveyard decks. Making a bunch of tokens is a good way to win the game once you've dumped your library in the graveyard.
Soul-Shackled Zombie
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
Beast-Kin Ranger
2.5 Making tokens can make this hit really hard, but a 3-mana 3/3 trampler isn't anythign special.
2.5 Making tokens can make this hit really hard, but a 3-mana 3/3 trampler isn't anythign special.
Gorehorn Raider
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Strix Lookout
Self-Reflection
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
Strix Lookout
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
Crackling Cyclops
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
Crypt Feaster
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
Armasaur Guide
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Goblin Boarders
Frenzied Goblin
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
Goblin Boarders
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
2 This isn't that exciting even when you do Raid.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Thornwood Falls
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Thrill of Possibility
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Spitfire Lagac
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
2 This has mediocre stats and an underwhelming landfall trigger.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Gorehorn Raider
Gorehorn Raider
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
Sure Strike
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Firebrand Archer
Firebrand Archer
1.5 // 2.5 You can only play this if you lots and lots of noncreature spells, since the stat-line is so bad. You need a few triggers to make up for that.
1.5 // 2.5 You can only play this if you lots and lots of noncreature spells, since the stat-line is so bad. You need a few triggers to make up for that.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Infernal Vessel
Brass's Bounty
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
Eager Trufflesnout
3 Getting one food out of this feels good, and if you get more than that you're going to be thrilled.
3 Getting one food out of this feels good, and if you get more than that you're going to be thrilled.
Infernal Vessel
4 You spend three mana for a 2/1 and a 4/3 -- that's an excellent deal, and usually a 2-for-1.
4 You spend three mana for a 2/1 and a 4/3 -- that's an excellent deal, and usually a 2-for-1.
Angel of Finality
2.5 This is a nice stat-line, and sometimes you'll take threshold away from your opponent.
2.5 This is a nice stat-line, and sometimes you'll take threshold away from your opponent.
Self-Reflection
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
Crackling Cyclops
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
Burglar Rat
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Luminous Rebuke
2.5 This is either too narrow or too expensive, but having the choice between the modes makes it greater than the sum of its parts.
2.5 This is either too narrow or too expensive, but having the choice between the modes makes it greater than the sum of its parts.
Crypt Feaster
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
Strix Lookout
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
Beast-Kin Ranger
2.5 Making tokens can make this hit really hard, but a 3-mana 3/3 trampler isn't anythign special.
2.5 Making tokens can make this hit really hard, but a 3-mana 3/3 trampler isn't anythign special.
Curator of Destinies
5 This is a huge flyer that can close out the game, and it also draws you a bunch of cards and loads the graveyard.
5 This is a huge flyer that can close out the game, and it also draws you a bunch of cards and loads the graveyard.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Nine-Lives Familiar
Nine-Lives Familiar
3 This gives you 9 1/1 bodies for three mana -- and can be particularly attractive for sacrificing or triggering Raid.
3 This gives you 9 1/1 bodies for three mana -- and can be particularly attractive for sacrificing or triggering Raid.
Shivan Dragon
2 This can win the game, but it's big, slow and clunky. It's a passable top-curve threat.
2 This can win the game, but it's big, slow and clunky. It's a passable top-curve threat.
Heraldic Banner
1.5 This is an awkward card, because you usually don't want to name the same color for both effects -- but you have no choice here.
1.5 This is an awkward card, because you usually don't want to name the same color for both effects -- but you have no choice here.
Gutless Plunderer
1.5 Three-mana 2/2s with death touch aren't anything special and even if you get this Raid trigger it's hard to feel good about casting this.
1.5 Three-mana 2/2s with death touch aren't anything special and even if you get this Raid trigger it's hard to feel good about casting this.
Dwynen's Elite
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
Evolving Wilds
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
Inspiring Paladin
3 Even without the +1/+1 counter upside this would be a solid card, and with it becomes a very good Common.
3 Even without the +1/+1 counter upside this would be a solid card, and with it becomes a very good Common.
Witness Protection
1 This is a removal spell that gives you less than a 1-for-1. Leaving a 1/1 creature around is brutal since it can still attack and block, and if you have any X/1s it can be super miserable.
1 This is a removal spell that gives you less than a 1-for-1. Leaving a 1/1 creature around is brutal since it can still attack and block, and if you have any X/1s it can be super miserable.
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Elementalist Adept
2 1 toughness prowess creatures can underperform, since they often need two triggers to survive being block by a 2/2, but Flash being in the mix helps make it more likely you can find a window to get in with it.
2 1 toughness prowess creatures can underperform, since they often need two triggers to survive being block by a 2/2, but Flash being in the mix helps make it more likely you can find a window to get in with it.
Gnarlid Colony
2 This was super underwhelming when we saw it last, and while this format has a +1/+1 counter theme, the creature is inefficient and trample only matters on the largest creatures.
2 This was super underwhelming when we saw it last, and while this format has a +1/+1 counter theme, the creature is inefficient and trample only matters on the largest creatures.
Rugged Highlands
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Llanowar Elves
Burnished Hart
2 This ramps and fixes your mana pretty well, while also providing a body that can chump block. Not all decks want that, but I think enough of them will.
2 This ramps and fixes your mana pretty well, while also providing a body that can chump block. Not all decks want that, but I think enough of them will.
Inspiring Call
1.5 You need a lot of creatures with counters for this to feel worth it, and while this format certainly has decks that can do it, having a baseline of being a blank card is brutal.
1.5 You need a lot of creatures with counters for this to feel worth it, and while this format certainly has decks that can do it, having a baseline of being a blank card is brutal.
Think Twice
2.5 This is never super efficient, but it does draw you 2 cards, and if you mill it, it's like adding the card to your hand which is pretty sweet.
2.5 This is never super efficient, but it does draw you 2 cards, and if you mill it, it's like adding the card to your hand which is pretty sweet.
Llanowar Elves
3 Playing this on turn one will win you a lot of games, but it is a pretty bad top deck late.
3 Playing this on turn one will win you a lot of games, but it is a pretty bad top deck late.
Crackling Cyclops
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
Banishing Light
3.5 As usual, this is pretty efficient and flexible, so it's good removal.
3.5 As usual, this is pretty efficient and flexible, so it's good removal.
Prideful Parent
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
Infestation Sage
3 Getting two 1/1 bodies -- including one that can fly -- for only one mana is nice. Makes it good sacrifice fodder and a good Raid enabler.
3 Getting two 1/1 bodies -- including one that can fly -- for only one mana is nice. Makes it good sacrifice fodder and a good Raid enabler.
Vanguard Seraph
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Erudite Wizard
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Llanowar Elves
Cephalid Inkmage
2.5 This is pretty good at enabling threshold, making it more likely it will be unblockable.
2.5 This is pretty good at enabling threshold, making it more likely it will be unblockable.
Quakestrider Ceratops
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
Frenzied Goblin
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
Erudite Wizard
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
Burst Lightning
4 This is Shock with upside, and the upside is real -- since in the late game it can deal with much larger creatures or finish the opponent off.
4 This is Shock with upside, and the upside is real -- since in the late game it can deal with much larger creatures or finish the opponent off.
Dwynen's Elite
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
Fake Your Own Death
2.5 This is a quality trick that almost always wins combat and/or blanks removal, while generating extra value with a treasure.
2.5 This is a quality trick that almost always wins combat and/or blanks removal, while generating extra value with a treasure.
Llanowar Elves
3 Playing this on turn one will win you a lot of games, but it is a pretty bad top deck late.
3 Playing this on turn one will win you a lot of games, but it is a pretty bad top deck late.
Wary Thespian
2.5 Green isn't super graveyard-oriented in the format, but the solid stat-line and card selection this offers will be welcome in pretty much any Green deck.
2.5 Green isn't super graveyard-oriented in the format, but the solid stat-line and card selection this offers will be welcome in pretty much any Green deck.
Vanguard Seraph
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
2 It's been awhile since a 4-mana 3/3 Flyer was exciting, and this life gain payoff is underwhelming.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Bite Down
Exsanguinate
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Crypt Feaster
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
Fanatical Firebrand
2.5 This is really nice on turn one, and it's ping ability keeps it at least somewhat relevant all game long.
2.5 This is really nice on turn one, and it's ping ability keeps it at least somewhat relevant all game long.
Incinerating Blast
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
Bite Down
3.5 This is always great removal, and while you have to be careful agaisnt interaction, being an instant helps make it easy to find the rightw indow for it.
3.5 This is always great removal, and while you have to be careful agaisnt interaction, being an instant helps make it easy to find the rightw indow for it.
Marauding Blight-Priest
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
2 This isn't the most exciting payoff, but it's fine -- and it's a two-card combo with Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
Hare Apparent
1.5 // 2.5 You can't really play this if you only have one, but if you have 4+, you'll get enough tokens for them to be worthwhile.
1.5 // 2.5 You can't really play this if you only have one, but if you have 4+, you'll get enough tokens for them to be worthwhile.
Gutless Plunderer
1.5 Three-mana 2/2s with death touch aren't anything special and even if you get this Raid trigger it's hard to feel good about casting this.
1.5 Three-mana 2/2s with death touch aren't anything special and even if you get this Raid trigger it's hard to feel good about casting this.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Seeker's Folly
Brass's Bounty
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
Seeker's Folly
1.5 This has two weak, narrow effects. And while having the option to choose the most useful one is nice, it's not enough to make it something that makes the cut consistently.
1.5 This has two weak, narrow effects. And while having the option to choose the most useful one is nice, it's not enough to make it something that makes the cut consistently.
Heartfire Immolator
3.5 A two mana 2/2 with Prowess is a nice two-drop, and this can turn into removal when you need it to.
3.5 A two mana 2/2 with Prowess is a nice two-drop, and this can turn into removal when you need it to.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Strix Lookout
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
2 The stats aren't amazing, but it can attack for much of the game, and once it can't looting isn't too shabby.
Pilfer
2 This is a nice way to disrupt your opponent, although not adding to the board is always a problem.
2 This is a nice way to disrupt your opponent, although not adding to the board is always a problem.
Campus Guide
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Imprisoned in the Moon
1.5 This is flexible, but giving your opponent mana means that you can't really cast it early -- otherwise the downside can be monumental -- so it's really not that flexible.
1.5 This is flexible, but giving your opponent mana means that you can't really cast it early -- otherwise the downside can be monumental -- so it's really not that flexible.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Treetop Snarespinner
Ravenous Amulet
1.5 This is too slow to work out very well. If you have lots of fodder you might be able to go off, though.
1.5 This is too slow to work out very well. If you have lots of fodder you might be able to go off, though.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Soul-Shackled Zombie
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
2.5 Draining 2 with this is going to be pretty close to automatic, and the body does a decent job of trading.
Treetop Snarespinner
2 This is a decent defensive creature, and it's activated ability is pretty nice in the late game.
2 This is a decent defensive creature, and it's activated ability is pretty nice in the late game.
Crypt Feaster
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Firebrand Archer
1.5 // 2.5 You can only play this if you lots and lots of noncreature spells, since the stat-line is so bad. You need a few triggers to make up for that.
1.5 // 2.5 You can only play this if you lots and lots of noncreature spells, since the stat-line is so bad. You need a few triggers to make up for that.
Wind-Scarred Crag
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Burglar Rat
Affectionate Indrik
3 Adding this to the board while killing a 3/3 feels pretty good, though it does have limitations against larger creatures.
3 Adding this to the board while killing a 3/3 feels pretty good, though it does have limitations against larger creatures.
Burnished Hart
2 This ramps and fixes your mana pretty well, while also providing a body that can chump block. Not all decks want that, but I think enough of them will.
2 This ramps and fixes your mana pretty well, while also providing a body that can chump block. Not all decks want that, but I think enough of them will.
Fake Your Own Death
2.5 This is a quality trick that almost always wins combat and/or blanks removal, while generating extra value with a treasure.
2.5 This is a quality trick that almost always wins combat and/or blanks removal, while generating extra value with a treasure.
Burglar Rat
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
2.5 This is always a solid Limited creature. It's certainly not a full-blown 2-for-1, but it gets a card up front and then you have a body around to block or sacrifice.
Sure Strike
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
Wind-Scarred Crag
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Cephalid Inkmage
2.5 This is pretty good at enabling threshold, making it more likely it will be unblockable.
2.5 This is pretty good at enabling threshold, making it more likely it will be unblockable.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Beast-Kin Ranger
Brass's Bounty
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
Self-Reflection
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
1.5 It's tough to feel like you're getting your mana's worth, since you need an impressive creature to copy. Flashback does mean you get a 2-for-1 eventually, though.
Crackling Cyclops
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Beast-Kin Ranger
2.5 Making tokens can make this hit really hard, but a 3-mana 3/3 trampler isn't anythign special.
2.5 Making tokens can make this hit really hard, but a 3-mana 3/3 trampler isn't anythign special.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Evolving Wilds
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Elementalist Adept
2 1 toughness prowess creatures can underperform, since they often need two triggers to survive being block by a 2/2, but Flash being in the mix helps make it more likely you can find a window to get in with it.
2 1 toughness prowess creatures can underperform, since they often need two triggers to survive being block by a 2/2, but Flash being in the mix helps make it more likely you can find a window to get in with it.
Rugged Highlands
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Evolving Wilds
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
2.5 This plus a basic land is always a nice way to fix for a bomb, and it can even help you get threshold.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Broken Wings
Crackling Cyclops
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
1.5 This probably asks too much to be worth it. It'll be a 0/4 way too often, and it isn't like a 3/4 is that exciting.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Erudite Wizard
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
1.5 This has a weak starting stat-line and isn't that easy to grow.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Quakestrider Ceratops
Quakestrider Ceratops
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
Frenzied Goblin
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
2.5 This can definitely let an aggro deck get through for a big attack, even in the late game.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Incinerating Blast
Incinerating Blast
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
2 It's removal, but it's clunky as heck.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Brass's Bounty
Brass's Bounty
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Liliana, Dreadhorde General
Mossborn Hydra
3 This starts very small and very vulnerable, and you need two land fall triggers to make it so that's not the case. Once you get there, it starts to run away with the game -- but I don't love how this starts.
3 This starts very small and very vulnerable, and you need two land fall triggers to make it so that's not the case. Once you get there, it starts to run away with the game -- but I don't love how this starts.
Liliana, Dreadhorde General
5 Nearly impossible to beat, Liliana can protect herself while drawing you lots of cards, and her edict effect which might appear symmetrical really isn't because of those cards. Her ultimate is very much on the table, too.
5 Nearly impossible to beat, Liliana can protect herself while drawing you lots of cards, and her edict effect which might appear symmetrical really isn't because of those cards. Her ultimate is very much on the table, too.
Clinquant Skymage
2 This starting stat-line is absolutely abyssmal, but the text box does mean it can grow in a hurry.
2 This starting stat-line is absolutely abyssmal, but the text box does mean it can grow in a hurry.
Abrade
3.5 Two mana deal 3s are always great, and this one can take out an artifact on occasion.
3.5 Two mana deal 3s are always great, and this one can take out an artifact on occasion.
Hero's Downfall
3.5 This is premium removal. It's a little hard to cast at times, but answering creatures or planeswalkers for three mana is great on an instant.
3.5 This is premium removal. It's a little hard to cast at times, but answering creatures or planeswalkers for three mana is great on an instant.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Luminous Rebuke
2.5 This is either too narrow or too expensive, but having the choice between the modes makes it greater than the sum of its parts.
2.5 This is either too narrow or too expensive, but having the choice between the modes makes it greater than the sum of its parts.
Helpful Hunter
3.5 Two mana 1/1s that draw a card are also quality Limited cards, and there's no reason that won't be true here.
3.5 Two mana 1/1s that draw a card are also quality Limited cards, and there's no reason that won't be true here.
Pilfer
2 This is a nice way to disrupt your opponent, although not adding to the board is always a problem.
2 This is a nice way to disrupt your opponent, although not adding to the board is always a problem.
Dwynen's Elite
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
2.5 This'll just be a two mana 2/2 reasonably often, but it'll also make a 1/1 token a decent chunk of the time, and if it always did that it would be a 4.0.
Bake into a Pie
3.5 It's a little expensive but makes up for that in a big way with that food token.
3.5 It's a little expensive but makes up for that in a big way with that food token.
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Bloodfell Caves
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Ambush Wolf
2.5 This can trade up when it ambush blocks, and when it doesn't it can add significantly to the board during your opponent's end step, and maybe even hate on the graveyard.
2.5 This can trade up when it ambush blocks, and when it doesn't it can add significantly to the board during your opponent's end step, and maybe even hate on the graveyard.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Heraldic Banner
Rite of the Dragoncaller
0 / 4 Most decks can't use this -- spending 6 mana to not impact the board is really bad, so you had better untap and cast a spell or two. And your deck needs lots of spells to make that happen. It is super strong in the right deck.
0 / 4 Most decks can't use this -- spending 6 mana to not impact the board is really bad, so you had better untap and cast a spell or two. And your deck needs lots of spells to make that happen. It is super strong in the right deck.
Diregraf Ghoul
2 Entering tapped is a big downside unless you drop this on turn one, but at least a 2/2 body is sort of relevant on most boards.
2 Entering tapped is a big downside unless you drop this on turn one, but at least a 2/2 body is sort of relevant on most boards.
Heraldic Banner
1.5 This is an awkward card, because you usually don't want to name the same color for both effects -- but you have no choice here.
1.5 This is an awkward card, because you usually don't want to name the same color for both effects -- but you have no choice here.
Sun-Blessed Healer
4 A two mana 3/1 with lifelink is something you play 100% of the time, and this has an insane kicker mode in the late game.
4 A two mana 3/1 with lifelink is something you play 100% of the time, and this has an insane kicker mode in the late game.
Lightshell Duo
2.5 This'll never be great, but it slots in nicely to your spell and graveyard decks.
2.5 This'll never be great, but it slots in nicely to your spell and graveyard decks.
Squad Rallier
2.5 The stat-line is a bit underwhelming, but that activated ability is exactly what you want in the mid-to-late game. It's some serious flood insurance.
2.5 The stat-line is a bit underwhelming, but that activated ability is exactly what you want in the mid-to-late game. It's some serious flood insurance.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Macabre Waltz
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
2.5 Giving up a land late to get two good creatures back from the yard is a good way to win those games, although this is pretty bad when you get it early.
Giant Growth
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
2 This is always a nice trick. It wins most combats very efficiently and can even blank some removal.
Axgard Cavalry
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
Tolarian Terror
1.5 // 4 If you're in a spell heavy deck like UR, or a UB deck that's good at milling itself, the Terror is going to be a super powerful card that can often end games.
1.5 // 4 If you're in a spell heavy deck like UR, or a UB deck that's good at milling itself, the Terror is going to be a super powerful card that can often end games.
Lightshell Duo
2.5 This'll never be great, but it slots in nicely to your spell and graveyard decks.
2.5 This'll never be great, but it slots in nicely to your spell and graveyard decks.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Blasphemous Edict
Blasphemous Edict
3.5 This is basically a 5-mana wrath, but it can be pretty awkward at times. Paying one Black will feel good on the rare occasions it happens, since you're more likely to have mana left to rebuild your board.
3.5 This is basically a 5-mana wrath, but it can be pretty awkward at times. Paying one Black will feel good on the rare occasions it happens, since you're more likely to have mana left to rebuild your board.
Crystal Barricade
1 Hexproof and preventing noncombat damage is almost irrelevant in Limited, so you're left with a purely defensive creature which is rarely good in Limited.
1 Hexproof and preventing noncombat damage is almost irrelevant in Limited, so you're left with a purely defensive creature which is rarely good in Limited.
Wildwood Scourge
2 This never feels like an efficient creature, and it doesn't exactly grow quickly.
2 This never feels like an efficient creature, and it doesn't exactly grow quickly.
An Offer You Can't Refuse
0 One mana to counter a noncreature spell is great! Giving your opponent a huge mana boost, though? Not so much. You basically 2-for-1 yourself when you cast this.
0 One mana to counter a noncreature spell is great! Giving your opponent a huge mana boost, though? Not so much. You basically 2-for-1 yourself when you cast this.
Slumbering Cerberus
2 This is an early enabler for the Red/Green deck, and it can definitely swing hard for the cost -- but it also dies to pretty much everything.
2 This is an early enabler for the Red/Green deck, and it can definitely swing hard for the cost -- but it also dies to pretty much everything.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Campus Guide
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
1.5 This is the fixing you play when you're desperate. Or the two drop you play when you're desperate. Mostly, it's bad at being either of those things, so you hope you don't play it.
Bigfin Bouncer
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
Make Your Move
0.5 There aren't enough artifacts or enchantments in this format for this to be main deck material.
0.5 There aren't enough artifacts or enchantments in this format for this to be main deck material.
Good-Fortune Unicorn
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
3 Extra counters are great, but starting as a three mana 2/2 isn't.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Treetop Snarespinner
Quakestrider Ceratops
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
2.5 This is a huge vanilla creature -- so huge that I think it's actually going to make the cut in most Green decks, even if it doesn't do anything other than attack or block.
Shivan Dragon
2 This can win the game, but it's big, slow and clunky. It's a passable top-curve threat.
2 This can win the game, but it's big, slow and clunky. It's a passable top-curve threat.
Imprisoned in the Moon
1.5 This is flexible, but giving your opponent mana means that you can't really cast it early -- otherwise the downside can be monumental -- so it's really not that flexible.
1.5 This is flexible, but giving your opponent mana means that you can't really cast it early -- otherwise the downside can be monumental -- so it's really not that flexible.
Treetop Snarespinner
2 This is a decent defensive creature, and it's activated ability is pretty nice in the late game.
2 This is a decent defensive creature, and it's activated ability is pretty nice in the late game.
Uncharted Voyage
3 These 4-mana "Time Ebb" effects always tend to perform well. They give you good 1-for-1 removal that can even be disruptive, and adding Surveil to the mix is nice.
3 These 4-mana "Time Ebb" effects always tend to perform well. They give you good 1-for-1 removal that can even be disruptive, and adding Surveil to the mix is nice.
Prideful Parent
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s are always quality cards in Limited, and the 2/2 in this case even comes with Vigilance.
Gorehorn Raider
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Vampire Soulcaller
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
2 Not being able to block is a big downside, as it makes it way harder to generate a 2-for-1 with this than with something like Gravedigger.
Cathar Commando
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
2.5 This has a passable stat-line and Flash can allow it to trade up sometimes, and having disenchant in your main deck is nice.
Apothecary Stomper
2.5 This is pretty solid for the cost. The counters will augment your board in a pretty big way, and even as a 4/4 the stomper isn't really a creature that can be ignored.
2.5 This is pretty solid for the cost. The counters will augment your board in a pretty big way, and even as a 4/4 the stomper isn't really a creature that can be ignored.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Mild-Mannered Librarian
Chandra, Flameshaper
5 7 mana's a lot, but Chandra's going to win you the game almost every time. Her -4 can wipe your opponent's board, and then her other abilities allow you to take over the game.
5 7 mana's a lot, but Chandra's going to win you the game almost every time. Her -4 can wipe your opponent's board, and then her other abilities allow you to take over the game.
Brazen Scourge
2.5 This is a good stat-line, but the double red makes it less likely you actually run it out on 3.
2.5 This is a good stat-line, but the double red makes it less likely you actually run it out on 3.
Meteor Golem
2 Adding a 3/3 to the board and destroying your opponents best permanent is powerful, but not all decks are going to get to 7 mana.
2 Adding a 3/3 to the board and destroying your opponents best permanent is powerful, but not all decks are going to get to 7 mana.
Mild-Mannered Librarian
2.5 This becomes a 2-for-1 in the late game, though it'll never be that great as a creature.
2.5 This becomes a 2-for-1 in the late game, though it'll never be that great as a creature.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Crypt Feaster
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
2 The floor is mediocre and so is the ceiling. This isn't really the graveyard payoff you're looking for, but you'll play it.
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Elfsworn Giant
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
3.5 This is a very strong landfall trigger, and while the stat-line isn't incredible, it's not thard to make sure you get at least one 1/1 out of this, and if it's left alone, it becomes a value engine.
Refute
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
2 Cancel is usually not a card that always makes the cut, and this probably doesn't quite get there either -- although adding Loot to the mix is definitely better.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Cackling Prowler
Brass's Bounty
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
0 You never need 7 treasure in Limited when you already have 7 mana.
Shivan Dragon
2 This can win the game, but it's big, slow and clunky. It's a passable top-curve threat.
2 This can win the game, but it's big, slow and clunky. It's a passable top-curve threat.
Sure Strike
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
Armasaur Guide
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
2.5 You can get a counter from this even when it doesn't attack, and it's nice it can put the counter on itself too, as a 5/5 vigilance is pretty formidable.
Goblin Surprise
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
2.5 Neither mode is great. The tokens are a bit below rate and the buff is situational, but having a choice between them is a big upgrade.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Cackling Prowler
2.5 A 4-mana 4/3 with Ward 2 is pretty decent, as the Ward heps offset some of the problems of that stat-line, and it gives it more time to grow.
2.5 A 4-mana 4/3 with Ward 2 is pretty decent, as the Ward heps offset some of the problems of that stat-line, and it gives it more time to grow.
Witness Protection
1 This is a removal spell that gives you less than a 1-for-1. Leaving a 1/1 creature around is brutal since it can still attack and block, and if you have any X/1s it can be super miserable.
1 This is a removal spell that gives you less than a 1-for-1. Leaving a 1/1 creature around is brutal since it can still attack and block, and if you have any X/1s it can be super miserable.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Gleaming Barrier
Dreadwing Scavenger
4 This is a very strong signpost Uncommon. Looting on entering and attack is super powerful, and it's likely to get you to threshold even on it's own.
4 This is a very strong signpost Uncommon. Looting on entering and attack is super powerful, and it's likely to get you to threshold even on it's own.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Mocking Sprite
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
2 Last time we saw this, the stat-line really held it back. This format has fewer incidental ways to kill it, but I'm still skeptical of it being able to stick around.
Broken Wings
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough targets in most decks for it to be wortwhile in the main deck.
Courageous Goblin
2.5 This'll be able to rumble on turn 3 as a 3/2 Menace reasonably often in this format.
2.5 This'll be able to rumble on turn 3 as a 3/2 Menace reasonably often in this format.
Gleaming Barrier
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
1 If this format had an artifact theme this might be more useful, as is it's just a bad defensive creature that gives you a little mana back.
Exsanguinate
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
1 You need a ton of mana before this is worth casting, and even then it doesn't impact the board.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Spectral Sailor
Spectral Sailor
3 This is a great one drop that can chip in for damage early, and in the late game it has a nice mana sink ability.
3 This is a great one drop that can chip in for damage early, and in the late game it has a nice mana sink ability.
Firespitter Whelp
2.5 Wind Drake stats aren't what they used to be, but the upside is enough to make this solid.
2.5 Wind Drake stats aren't what they used to be, but the upside is enough to make this solid.
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Uncharted Voyage
3 These 4-mana "Time Ebb" effects always tend to perform well. They give you good 1-for-1 removal that can even be disruptive, and adding Surveil to the mix is nice.
3 These 4-mana "Time Ebb" effects always tend to perform well. They give you good 1-for-1 removal that can even be disruptive, and adding Surveil to the mix is nice.
Sure Strike
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
Sure Strike
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
1.5 This is a good trick in combat, but it's a little bit expensive and not useful against most removal.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Bake into a Pie
Clinquant Skymage
2 This starting stat-line is absolutely abyssmal, but the text box does mean it can grow in a hurry.
2 This starting stat-line is absolutely abyssmal, but the text box does mean it can grow in a hurry.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Pilfer
2 This is a nice way to disrupt your opponent, although not adding to the board is always a problem.
2 This is a nice way to disrupt your opponent, although not adding to the board is always a problem.
Bake into a Pie
3.5 It's a little expensive but makes up for that in a big way with that food token.
3.5 It's a little expensive but makes up for that in a big way with that food token.
Thrill of Possibility
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
2 This is always a decent card, especially in spell decks that can use it to chain multiple spell triggers together.
Bloodfell Caves
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
2.5 These all offer nice fixing, and the lifegain on the BW can be extra nice.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Lightshell Duo
Axgard Cavalry
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
1.5 This stat-line is pretty bad these days, and Haste is too narrow of a keyword ability for this to be very useful.
Tolarian Terror
1.5 // 4 If you're in a spell heavy deck like UR, or a UB deck that's good at milling itself, the Terror is going to be a super powerful card that can often end games.
1.5 // 4 If you're in a spell heavy deck like UR, or a UB deck that's good at milling itself, the Terror is going to be a super powerful card that can often end games.
Lightshell Duo
2.5 This'll never be great, but it slots in nicely to your spell and graveyard decks.
2.5 This'll never be great, but it slots in nicely to your spell and graveyard decks.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Slumbering Cerberus
Slumbering Cerberus
2 This is an early enabler for the Red/Green deck, and it can definitely swing hard for the cost -- but it also dies to pretty much everything.
2 This is an early enabler for the Red/Green deck, and it can definitely swing hard for the cost -- but it also dies to pretty much everything.
Sower of Chaos
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
1.5 The stat-line's mediocre and the ability is too expensive.
Bigfin Bouncer
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
3 Adding a 3/2 to the board and bouncing your opponent's best creature feels pretty nice -- although it can be a little rough against "enters" triggers.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Shivan Dragon
Shivan Dragon
2 This can win the game, but it's big, slow and clunky. It's a passable top-curve threat.
2 This can win the game, but it's big, slow and clunky. It's a passable top-curve threat.
Gorehorn Raider
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
2.5 This is strong when you can Raid, and pretty mediocre when you can't.
Icewind Elemental
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
2.5 5-mana 3/4 Flyers have held up pretty well in Limited, and a loot trigger is pretty powerful.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Involuntary Employment
Involuntary Employment
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
1.0 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you're crazy aggressive or you have good sacrifice outlets. If you do have those things, it can be solid.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Forest
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Sire of Seven Deaths
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Rune-Scarred Demon
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Grow from the Ashes
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Paradise Druid
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Drakuseth, Maw of Flames
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Fiery Annihilation
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Gutless Plunderer
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Macabre Waltz
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Beast-Kin Ranger
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Strix Lookout
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Goblin Boarders
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Thrill of Possibility
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Gorehorn Raider
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Firebrand Archer
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Infernal Vessel
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Nine-Lives Familiar
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Llanowar Elves
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Llanowar Elves
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Bite Down
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Seeker's Folly
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Treetop Snarespinner
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Burglar Rat
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Beast-Kin Ranger
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Evolving Wilds
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Broken Wings
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Quakestrider Ceratops
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Incinerating Blast
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Brass's Bounty
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Liliana, Dreadhorde General
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Heraldic Banner
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Blasphemous Edict
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Treetop Snarespinner
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Mild-Mannered Librarian
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Cackling Prowler
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Gleaming Barrier
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Spectral Sailor
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Bake into a Pie
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Lightshell Duo
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Slumbering Cerberus
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Shivan Dragon
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Involuntary Employment
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Forest
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