Quick Draft OTJ 7 December 2024
7 December 08:04 - Lipagiel 7 Wins - 1 Losses
Pack 1 Pick 1: Spinewoods Armadillo
Annie Joins Up
2 This is moslty just a hard-to-cast removal spell that isn't even all that efficient. You'll sometimes get value out of the legendary creature part, but not often enough to give it much weight.
2 This is moslty just a hard-to-cast removal spell that isn't even all that efficient. You'll sometimes get value out of the legendary creature part, but not often enough to give it much weight.
Kraum, Violent Cacophony
3.5 Playing this and casting something with Plot in the same turn will be a big turn, and that's not even close to far-fetched.
3.5 Playing this and casting something with Plot in the same turn will be a big turn, and that's not even close to far-fetched.
Outlaw Stitcher
4 The baseline is great, and you'll often be able to get the extra large zombie out of the deal.
4 The baseline is great, and you'll often be able to get the extra large zombie out of the deal.
Demonic Ruckus
2.5 This Aura seems pretty pushed. It offers a stats-boost that makes just about any creature into a legit threat, it replaces itself, and it's really efficient.
2.5 This Aura seems pretty pushed. It offers a stats-boost that makes just about any creature into a legit threat, it replaces itself, and it's really efficient.
Spinewoods Armadillo
3.5 This is an imposing presence when it's on the board, and fixing your mana early is awesome. That life gain is no small thing either, as you need to counteract the fact that you don't impact the board when you cycle it.
3.5 This is an imposing presence when it's on the board, and fixing your mana early is awesome. That life gain is no small thing either, as you need to counteract the fact that you don't impact the board when you cycle it.
Take the Fall
2.5 This looks like it's well-positioned in this format. It's good if you're trying to play two spells a turn in UR, it's good if you're trying to commit crimes in UB, it's good if you're trying to only do stuff on your opponent's turn if you're in Blue-White. It's definitely a small effect, but it replacing itself and having a real effect seems doable.
2.5 This looks like it's well-positioned in this format. It's good if you're trying to play two spells a turn in UR, it's good if you're trying to commit crimes in UB, it's good if you're trying to only do stuff on your opponent's turn if you're in Blue-White. It's definitely a small effect, but it replacing itself and having a real effect seems doable.
Desert's Due
3 Two mana for -2/-2 is passable enough, and this will give -3/-3 in the mid to late game pretty consistently.
3 Two mana for -2/-2 is passable enough, and this will give -3/-3 in the mid to late game pretty consistently.
Hardbristle Bandit
3 I wouldn't count on getting a benefit out of untapping this with regularity, but doing it once per game isn't a stretch, and a two mana 1/1 that taps for mana of any color is always playable anyway.
3 I wouldn't count on getting a benefit out of untapping this with regularity, but doing it once per game isn't a stretch, and a two mana 1/1 that taps for mana of any color is always playable anyway.
Thunder Salvo
3 The baseline here is a playable card, and doing three with this seems pretty easy in Red between having a low curve and the Plot mechanic.
3 The baseline here is a playable card, and doing three with this seems pretty easy in Red between having a low curve and the Plot mechanic.
Spring Splasher
2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
Wanted Griffin
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
Fierce Retribution
2.5 This is solid removal, but not much more.
2.5 This is solid removal, but not much more.
Imp's Mischief
2 It's super situational, but redirecting a removal spell is pretty juicy.
2 It's super situational, but redirecting a removal spell is pretty juicy.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Requisition Raid
Take for a Ride
2//3.5 Being able to cast this at instant speed will feel insane sometimes, because if the stats line up right, you can make two of your opponents creatures destroy one another. That gives this a higher floor than most versions of this kind of effect, while it still has big sacrifice upside.
2//3.5 Being able to cast this at instant speed will feel insane sometimes, because if the stats line up right, you can make two of your opponents creatures destroy one another. That gives this a higher floor than most versions of this kind of effect, while it still has big sacrifice upside.
Requisition Raid
3 This is a really nice Disenchant that comes with big upside, between being able to take down two permanents once and buffing your whole board.
3 This is a really nice Disenchant that comes with big upside, between being able to take down two permanents once and buffing your whole board.
Treasure Dredger
2 This give Black access to some repeatable fixing, which we don't see every day. Still, the stat-line and ability are both pretty medium.
2 This give Black access to some repeatable fixing, which we don't see every day. Still, the stat-line and ability are both pretty medium.
Reach for the Sky
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Mine Raider
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
Sterling Supplier
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
Raven of Fell Omens
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Irascible Wolverine
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
Conduit Pylons
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Seize the Secrets
2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Concealed Courtyard
3 It's nice to have awesome fixing that enters the battlefield untapped.
3 It's nice to have awesome fixing that enters the battlefield untapped.
Thornado
0.5 Even with a cycling mode, Plummet just isn't worth it in the main deck.
0.5 Even with a cycling mode, Plummet just isn't worth it in the main deck.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Miriam, Herd Whisperer
Fblthp, Lost on the Range
4.5 Fblthp is a card advantage engine, and his Ward at least makes it so your opponent can never deal with him efficiently.
4.5 Fblthp is a card advantage engine, and his Ward at least makes it so your opponent can never deal with him efficiently.
Raucous Entertainer
3 Plot means getting multiple bodies into play in a turn is easier than normal in this format, and even when you aren't doing that this is a nice way to spend excess mana.
3 Plot means getting multiple bodies into play in a turn is easier than normal in this format, and even when you aren't doing that this is a nice way to spend excess mana.
Getaway Glamer
3 This is nice removal, with some added utility, and if your creature has the highest power, you can blink it to make sure you can still kill your opponent's creature.
3 This is nice removal, with some added utility, and if your creature has the highest power, you can blink it to make sure you can still kill your opponent's creature.
Miriam, Herd Whisperer
3.5 I love that your Mounts don't need to be saddled to get the buff, and hexproof on mounts and vehicles is pretty nice, as getting a crewed vehicle or saddled mount killed is a huge tempo-killer.
3.5 I love that your Mounts don't need to be saddled to get the buff, and hexproof on mounts and vehicles is pretty nice, as getting a crewed vehicle or saddled mount killed is a huge tempo-killer.
Failed Fording
2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
Cactarantula
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
Outlaw Medic
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
Mine Raider
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
2.5 You'll get the treasure a significant percentage of the time, and the fail-case isn't too bad.
Desperate Bloodseeker
2.5 A two mana 2/2 Lifelink is a card you pretty much always play, so it's nice that this can commit a crime or load your graveyard too.
2.5 A two mana 2/2 Lifelink is a card you pretty much always play, so it's nice that this can commit a crime or load your graveyard too.
Eriette's Lullaby
2.5 This is efficient, but having to take a hit before you can use it isn't ideal. The life gain makes up for that a little.
2.5 This is efficient, but having to take a hit before you can use it isn't ideal. The life gain makes up for that a little.
Lonely Arroyo
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Loan Shark
3 When you draw a card with this it will feel like a 4.0, when you don't, it will feel like a 1.0. I think it will be easy enough to draw with to get up to a 3.
3 When you draw a card with this it will feel like a 4.0, when you don't, it will feel like a 1.0. I think it will be easy enough to draw with to get up to a 3.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Aloe Alchemist
Betrayal at the Vault
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
Aloe Alchemist
4 Two mana for +3/+2 and Trample and a two mana 3/2 with Trample is nuts, even if you wait a turn for the last part.
4 Two mana for +3/+2 and Trample and a two mana 3/2 with Trample is nuts, even if you wait a turn for the last part.
Vengeful Townsfolk
2.5 This is more efficient than most creatures with this ability that we've seen. A 3-mana 3/3 really won't feel terrible, like the two-mana 1/1s and 4-mana 3/3s we usually see.
2.5 This is more efficient than most creatures with this ability that we've seen. A 3-mana 3/3 really won't feel terrible, like the two-mana 1/1s and 4-mana 3/3s we usually see.
Snakeskin Veil
2.5 This is a great trick since it can efficiently blank removal and help your creature win combat.
2.5 This is a great trick since it can efficiently blank removal and help your creature win combat.
Deadeye Duelist
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
Harrier Strix
2.5 This is a nice turn one play, and in the later game it's ETB can do some work -- especially if you need to commit some crimes.
2.5 This is a nice turn one play, and in the later game it's ETB can do some work -- especially if you need to commit some crimes.
Sterling Supplier
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
Spinewoods Paladin
3 The rate on this is pretty crazy for a Common! It's a very real body that gains you life, and that can go a long way towards helping you stabilize.
3 The rate on this is pretty crazy for a Common! It's a very real body that gains you life, and that can go a long way towards helping you stabilize.
Forlorn Flats
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Gold Pan
2 You can equip this right away if you want to, thanks to the treasure. Paying one to Equip for this boost is kind of passable, too.
2 You can equip this right away if you want to, thanks to the treasure. Paying one to Equip for this boost is kind of passable, too.
Fierce Retribution
2.5 This is solid removal, but not much more.
2.5 This is solid removal, but not much more.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Beastbond Outcaster
Form a Posse
3 This isn't very good early, but in the late game it can stabilize you out of nowhere or make so many tokens that you can overwhelm your opponent.
3 This isn't very good early, but in the late game it can stabilize you out of nowhere or make so many tokens that you can overwhelm your opponent.
Beastbond Outcaster
3.5 You'll draw with this often enough for it to be a very good card. And even if you don't draw, it's not a bad rate.
3.5 You'll draw with this often enough for it to be a very good card. And even if you don't draw, it's not a bad rate.
Plan the Heist
2.5 Not affecting the board can be a liability, but a 4-mana draw 3 is pretty efficient -- and this has some additional upside.
2.5 Not affecting the board can be a liability, but a 4-mana draw 3 is pretty efficient -- and this has some additional upside.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Mourner's Surprise
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
Tumbleweed Rising
2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
Oasis Gardener
2 If you need fixing, this can do it. While the stat-line isn't especially good, the life gain helps even that out a tiny bit.
2 If you need fixing, this can do it. While the stat-line isn't especially good, the life gain helps even that out a tiny bit.
Spring Splasher
2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
Prickly Pair
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s always perform well in Limited, and these tokens both come with an "Outlaw" creature type.
3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make 1/1s always perform well in Limited, and these tokens both come with an "Outlaw" creature type.
Festering Gulch
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Giant Beaver
Luxurious Locomotive
2 This is super easy to crew and pretty big, and sometimes the treasure will be nice, but I have a feeling this'll only really be worth in the Mount/Vehicle decks.
2 This is super easy to crew and pretty big, and sometimes the treasure will be nice, but I have a feeling this'll only really be worth in the Mount/Vehicle decks.
Baron Bertram Graywater
3.5 Black/White makes plenty of tokens, so adding more to the board is great, especially when you can sacrifice them for value.
3.5 Black/White makes plenty of tokens, so adding more to the board is great, especially when you can sacrifice them for value.
This Town Ain't Big Enough
2 The best way to use this is to bounce your thing and an opponent's thing, and if you do that in response to removal or something that seems nice. However, it won't always line up that way, and the other options with the card aren't very attractive.
2 The best way to use this is to bounce your thing and an opponent's thing, and if you do that in response to removal or something that seems nice. However, it won't always line up that way, and the other options with the card aren't very attractive.
Armored Armadillo
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
Giant Beaver
3 A 4-mana 4/4 Vigilance is a great starting point, and it's Saddle can come in handy in the mid to late game.
3 A 4-mana 4/4 Vigilance is a great starting point, and it's Saddle can come in handy in the mid to late game.
Outlaw Medic
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
Phantom Interference
3 This can take care of a spell on turn two, and it has the upside of being a 5-mana 2/2 flyer that counters a spell -- that's a card I would always play.
3 This can take care of a spell on turn two, and it has the upside of being a 5-mana 2/2 flyer that counters a spell -- that's a card I would always play.
Skewer the Critics
3.5 This is fine if you pay three for it, and paying one is awesome and very attainable.
3.5 This is fine if you pay three for it, and paying one is awesome and very attainable.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Tumbleweed Rising
Shifting Grift
0 Even with three options an the ability to choose all of them, it's too hard to line this up so it does something worth a card.
0 Even with three options an the ability to choose all of them, it's too hard to line this up so it does something worth a card.
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
Baron Bertram Graywater
3.5 Black/White makes plenty of tokens, so adding more to the board is great, especially when you can sacrifice them for value.
3.5 Black/White makes plenty of tokens, so adding more to the board is great, especially when you can sacrifice them for value.
Tumbleweed Rising
2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
Fake Your Own Death
2.5 This type of trick is always solid. It's good in combat, good against removal, and has the upside of working well with ETB.
2.5 This type of trick is always solid. It's good in combat, good against removal, and has the upside of working well with ETB.
Eroded Canyon
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Razzle-Dazzler
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Hindering Light
2 This feels good when you can cast it, but it is a little too narrow to be good.
2 This feels good when you can cast it, but it is a little too narrow to be good.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Tumbleweed Rising
Boom Box
1 Don't let this tempt you too much. It's too expensive and too slow, and the destroy creature part is generally all that will actually matter.
1 Don't let this tempt you too much. It's too expensive and too slow, and the destroy creature part is generally all that will actually matter.
Lively Dirge
1.5 If you can get two bodies back with this it can feel reasonable, but setting your graveyard up just right isn't super easy, even with the tutor effect.
1.5 If you can get two bodies back with this it can feel reasonable, but setting your graveyard up just right isn't super easy, even with the tutor effect.
Tumbleweed Rising
2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
Corrupted Conviction
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
Reach for the Sky
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Inventive Wingsmith
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Fierce Retribution
Take the Fall
2.5 This looks like it's well-positioned in this format. It's good if you're trying to play two spells a turn in UR, it's good if you're trying to commit crimes in UB, it's good if you're trying to only do stuff on your opponent's turn if you're in Blue-White. It's definitely a small effect, but it replacing itself and having a real effect seems doable.
2.5 This looks like it's well-positioned in this format. It's good if you're trying to play two spells a turn in UR, it's good if you're trying to commit crimes in UB, it's good if you're trying to only do stuff on your opponent's turn if you're in Blue-White. It's definitely a small effect, but it replacing itself and having a real effect seems doable.
Hardbristle Bandit
3 I wouldn't count on getting a benefit out of untapping this with regularity, but doing it once per game isn't a stretch, and a two mana 1/1 that taps for mana of any color is always playable anyway.
3 I wouldn't count on getting a benefit out of untapping this with regularity, but doing it once per game isn't a stretch, and a two mana 1/1 that taps for mana of any color is always playable anyway.
Spring Splasher
2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
Wanted Griffin
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
Fierce Retribution
2.5 This is solid removal, but not much more.
2.5 This is solid removal, but not much more.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Conduit Pylons
Reach for the Sky
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Irascible Wolverine
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
Conduit Pylons
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Thornado
0.5 Even with a cycling mode, Plummet just isn't worth it in the main deck.
0.5 Even with a cycling mode, Plummet just isn't worth it in the main deck.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Cactarantula
Failed Fording
2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
Cactarantula
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
Outlaw Medic
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
Lonely Arroyo
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Snakeskin Veil
Betrayal at the Vault
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
Snakeskin Veil
2.5 This is a great trick since it can efficiently blank removal and help your creature win combat.
2.5 This is a great trick since it can efficiently blank removal and help your creature win combat.
Sterling Supplier
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
3 It's a 5-drop so you don't want a bunch of them, but 5-mana for 4/5 worth of stats, 3/4 of which has Flying, is a really good deal. You probably don't want more than one of these, though.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Sterling Hound
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Spring Splasher
2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
2 Pretty nice on turn two, as there isn't much that can block it in the early game. It isn't terrible in the mid to late game either, as it can really improve an attack for you.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Mountain
Pack 2 Pick 1: Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
5 This is 6 mana for a 6/5 and a 6/6 that will get bigger and she draws you cards. She's an insane bomb.
5 This is 6 mana for a 6/5 and a 6/6 that will get bigger and she draws you cards. She's an insane bomb.
Rise of the Varmints
1 // 4.0 This looks like a legit win condition for Black/Green decks, but pretty mediocre for everyone else.
1 // 4.0 This looks like a legit win condition for Black/Green decks, but pretty mediocre for everyone else.
Prairie Dog
3.5 A two mana 2/2 with lifelink is a creature you always play, and this can grow fairly easily. In the late game, you can use it's ability as a nice mana sink.
3.5 A two mana 2/2 with lifelink is a creature you always play, and this can grow fairly easily. In the late game, you can use it's ability as a nice mana sink.
Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor
3.5 I'd be happy just getting a 2/4 and a 1/1 for this cost, but doubling abilities -- including the mercenary token tap abilty, can really alter combat.
3.5 I'd be happy just getting a 2/4 and a 1/1 for this cost, but doubling abilities -- including the mercenary token tap abilty, can really alter combat.
Blacksnag Buzzard
2.5 If you get the counter, this'll feel pretty good. If you don't...it's pasasble. That makes it solid filler over all.
2.5 If you get the counter, this'll feel pretty good. If you don't...it's pasasble. That makes it solid filler over all.
Jailbreak Scheme
2 Just the bounce option is a decent card, so the fact you have a whole other option for later in the game is pretty nice.
2 Just the bounce option is a decent card, so the fact you have a whole other option for later in the game is pretty nice.
Armored Armadillo
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
1 A one mana 0/4 is largely irrelevant, and the ability is too expensive.
Patient Naturalist
2.5 This won't be quite as good as Eccentric Farmer was, as this format isn't all about the graveyard. But the B/G deck is, and this will do good work there.
2.5 This won't be quite as good as Eccentric Farmer was, as this format isn't all about the graveyard. But the B/G deck is, and this will do good work there.
Deadeye Duelist
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
Steer Clear
2.5 This is conditional but efficient, especially if you have a Mount.
2.5 This is conditional but efficient, especially if you have a Mount.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Stagecoach Security
2.5 Buffing your whole board and giving it Vigilance is great, as it allows you to attack a lot better while not giving anything up on defense.
2.5 Buffing your whole board and giving it Vigilance is great, as it allows you to attack a lot better while not giving anything up on defense.
Hypothesizzle
3 You can just draw two with this if you want, but turning one of those cards into a deal 4 is pretty good.
3 You can just draw two with this if you want, but turning one of those cards into a deal 4 is pretty good.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Path to Exile
Betrayal at the Vault
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
Arid Archway
2.5 If you haven't had the pleasure of playing with bounce lands before -- trust me, this is better than it looks. It essentially provides card advantage as you end up with two lands that produce three mana.
2.5 If you haven't had the pleasure of playing with bounce lands before -- trust me, this is better than it looks. It essentially provides card advantage as you end up with two lands that produce three mana.
Beastbond Outcaster
3.5 You'll draw with this often enough for it to be a very good card. And even if you don't draw, it's not a bad rate.
3.5 You'll draw with this often enough for it to be a very good card. And even if you don't draw, it's not a bad rate.
Gold Pan
2 You can equip this right away if you want to, thanks to the treasure. Paying one to Equip for this boost is kind of passable, too.
2 You can equip this right away if you want to, thanks to the treasure. Paying one to Equip for this boost is kind of passable, too.
Outlaw Medic
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
Trick Shot
2.5 This is a little expensive, but it'll have a token to hit reasonably often and it can kill just about anything at instant speed. You probably don't want more than one of them, though.
2.5 This is a little expensive, but it'll have a token to hit reasonably often and it can kill just about anything at instant speed. You probably don't want more than one of them, though.
Stop Cold
2 Blue's usual passable removal spell that you kind of hope you don't have to use, but it's fine if you do.
2 Blue's usual passable removal spell that you kind of hope you don't have to use, but it's fine if you do.
Mourner's Surprise
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
Drover Grizzly
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
Molten Duplication
1 It's rarely worth it to get a temporary copy of a creature.
1 It's rarely worth it to get a temporary copy of a creature.
Slickshot Lockpicker
4 When you can cast a spell with this it will feel incredible, and thanks to Plot you can set it aside until you do have one. The fail-case isn't amazing, but not a complete disaster, either.
4 When you can cast a spell with this it will feel incredible, and thanks to Plot you can set it aside until you do have one. The fail-case isn't amazing, but not a complete disaster, either.
Path to Exile
3.5 The rate here is really good of course, but it's also not a removal spell you can use early, as the value you get is seriously diminished when you ramp and fix your opponent's mana.
3.5 The rate here is really good of course, but it's also not a removal spell you can use early, as the value you get is seriously diminished when you ramp and fix your opponent's mana.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Throw from the Saddle
Pitiless Carnage
0 This can have a super powerful effect in the extreme late game. But it's pretty awful the rest of the game, so you really can't play it.
0 This can have a super powerful effect in the extreme late game. But it's pretty awful the rest of the game, so you really can't play it.
Redrock Sentinel
1.5 This is pretty good late, but kind of meanginless the rest of the game.
1.5 This is pretty good late, but kind of meanginless the rest of the game.
Rictus Robber
3.5 If you can get the Zombie out of this, it'll feel great. Thanks to Plot, you have a better chance at finding a spot where that works out.
3.5 If you can get the Zombie out of this, it'll feel great. Thanks to Plot, you have a better chance at finding a spot where that works out.
Jem Lightfoote, Sky Explorer
4 This is a pretty amazing payoff for doing things at instant speed or plotting, and the stat-line isn't bad either.
4 This is a pretty amazing payoff for doing things at instant speed or plotting, and the stat-line isn't bad either.
Raven of Fell Omens
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Boneyard Desecrator
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
Slickshot Vault-Buster
1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
Throw from the Saddle
3.5 This is a great "bite" effect that allows smaller creatures to punch up, and you're going to have enough mounts in Green for that bonus to come up.
3.5 This is a great "bite" effect that allows smaller creatures to punch up, and you're going to have enough mounts in Green for that bonus to come up.
Vengeful Townsfolk
2.5 This is more efficient than most creatures with this ability that we've seen. A 3-mana 3/3 really won't feel terrible, like the two-mana 1/1s and 4-mana 3/3s we usually see.
2.5 This is more efficient than most creatures with this ability that we've seen. A 3-mana 3/3 really won't feel terrible, like the two-mana 1/1s and 4-mana 3/3s we usually see.
Discerning Peddler
2 Red doesn't have much of a discard theme in this set. So, this is mostly just a card with a mediocre statline and a mediocre ETB.
2 Red doesn't have much of a discard theme in this set. So, this is mostly just a card with a mediocre statline and a mediocre ETB.
Daring Thunder-Thief
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Outlaw Medic
Gila Courser
3.5 This saddle trigger is super strong, and saddling this is easy. If you get to attack, you're all but guaranteed a 2-for-1.
3.5 This saddle trigger is super strong, and saddling this is easy. If you get to attack, you're all but guaranteed a 2-for-1.
Return the Favor
3 This is situational of course, but if you can cast it with both Spree effects, it's kind of insane. If you can copy an opposing removal spell and then change the target of another, you get a 3-for-1.
3 This is situational of course, but if you can cast it with both Spree effects, it's kind of insane. If you can copy an opposing removal spell and then change the target of another, you get a 3-for-1.
Slickshot Lockpicker
4 When you can cast a spell with this it will feel incredible, and thanks to Plot you can set it aside until you do have one. The fail-case isn't amazing, but not a complete disaster, either.
4 When you can cast a spell with this it will feel incredible, and thanks to Plot you can set it aside until you do have one. The fail-case isn't amazing, but not a complete disaster, either.
Quick Draw
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
Boneyard Desecrator
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
Outlaw Medic
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
Tumbleweed Rising
2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
2 This doesn't do anything on its own, and while you can Plot it when you're stuck in a spot like that, the upside isn't insane here.
Giant Beaver
3 A 4-mana 4/4 Vigilance is a great starting point, and it's Saddle can come in handy in the mid to late game.
3 A 4-mana 4/4 Vigilance is a great starting point, and it's Saddle can come in handy in the mid to late game.
Quilled Charger
2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
Heartless Pillage
1.5 Mind Rot isn't a good card. This is Mind Rot with minor upside.
1.5 Mind Rot isn't a good card. This is Mind Rot with minor upside.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Lush Oasis
Luxurious Locomotive
2 This is super easy to crew and pretty big, and sometimes the treasure will be nice, but I have a feeling this'll only really be worth in the Mount/Vehicle decks.
2 This is super easy to crew and pretty big, and sometimes the treasure will be nice, but I have a feeling this'll only really be worth in the Mount/Vehicle decks.
Visage Bandit
2.5 Clones that only let you do stuff with your side of the battlefield usually aren't great, but having Plot makes it more intriguing.
2.5 Clones that only let you do stuff with your side of the battlefield usually aren't great, but having Plot makes it more intriguing.
Wanted Griffin
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Freestrider Commando
2 Neither mode on this is much more than a decent vanilla creature. A 4-mana 5/5 might sound amazing, but getting a turn later makes it a lot less impressive.
2 Neither mode on this is much more than a decent vanilla creature. A 4-mana 5/5 might sound amazing, but getting a turn later makes it a lot less impressive.
Desperate Bloodseeker
2.5 A two mana 2/2 Lifelink is a card you pretty much always play, so it's nice that this can commit a crime or load your graveyard too.
2.5 A two mana 2/2 Lifelink is a card you pretty much always play, so it's nice that this can commit a crime or load your graveyard too.
Djinn of Fool's Fall
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
Corrupted Conviction
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
2 If you have lots of Mercenary tokens, this isn't a bad way to cash them in.
Lush Oasis
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Conduit Pylons
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Dance of the Tumbleweeds
Wrangler of the Damned
3.5 This is a pretty insane payoff for plotting and doing things at instant speed, and Flash makes it easy to get that first token.
3.5 This is a pretty insane payoff for plotting and doing things at instant speed, and Flash makes it easy to get that first token.
Magebane Lizard
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
1.5 This is a weirdly defensive stat-line on a creature with an aggressive ability. It's also pretty awkward that Red is one of the colors that wants to cast multiple spells in a turn, and the effect is symmetrical.
Dance of the Tumbleweeds
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
Djinn of Fool's Fall
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
Skulduggery
3 Generating a two-for-one with this is surprisingly easy, and even when you can't it makes for a good combat trick that efficiently commits crime.
3 Generating a two-for-one with this is surprisingly easy, and even when you can't it makes for a good combat trick that efficiently commits crime.
Bridled Bighorn
2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
Badlands Revival
3 This gives you a 2-for-1, and it even adds to the board. It does need a well-stocked graveyard for you to really get good value, though.
3 This gives you a 2-for-1, and it even adds to the board. It does need a well-stocked graveyard for you to really get good value, though.
Humiliate
2 This is a reasonable discard spell, as it will usually hit something and add a little to your board.
2 This is a reasonable discard spell, as it will usually hit something and add a little to your board.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Ankle Biter
Betrayal at the Vault
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
Ankle Biter
2.5 Green one mana 1/1s with Deathtouch tend to be a little better than black ones because of bite effects.
2.5 Green one mana 1/1s with Deathtouch tend to be a little better than black ones because of bite effects.
Djinn of Fool's Fall
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
1.5 This feels really inefficient no matter how you cast it.
Seize the Secrets
2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Slickshot Vault-Buster
1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
Consuming Ashes
2.5 There was a time when this would have been great removal, but once you're paying 4+ mana on removal it needs to do something extra to be premium. Surveil is extra, but not extra enough.
2.5 There was a time when this would have been great removal, but once you're paying 4+ mana on removal it needs to do something extra to be premium. Surveil is extra, but not extra enough.
Festering Gulch
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Ferocification
1 These Enchantments that just buff your creature during your turn pretty much never work out. They do nothing on their own, and the buff it offers just isn't enough. I kind of wish they had made this so it could target any creature, because then you could commit crimes with it at least.
1 These Enchantments that just buff your creature during your turn pretty much never work out. They do nothing on their own, and the buff it offers just isn't enough. I kind of wish they had made this so it could target any creature, because then you could commit crimes with it at least.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Snakeskin Veil
Visage Bandit
2.5 Clones that only let you do stuff with your side of the battlefield usually aren't great, but having Plot makes it more intriguing.
2.5 Clones that only let you do stuff with your side of the battlefield usually aren't great, but having Plot makes it more intriguing.
Wanted Griffin
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
Conduit Pylons
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Snakeskin Veil
2.5 This is a great trick since it can efficiently blank removal and help your creature win combat.
2.5 This is a great trick since it can efficiently blank removal and help your creature win combat.
Overzealous Muscle
2 This only working on your turn is kind of sad, but it's a fairly capable attacker thanks to it's ability to gain indestructibility.
2 This only working on your turn is kind of sad, but it's a fairly capable attacker thanks to it's ability to gain indestructibility.
Fling
1 It's very hard to make Fling work in Limited. Maybe in a format with a bunch of mercenaries it will fair better?
1 It's very hard to make Fling work in Limited. Maybe in a format with a bunch of mercenaries it will fair better?
Pack 2 Pick 9: Rise of the Varmints
Rise of the Varmints
1 // 4.0 This looks like a legit win condition for Black/Green decks, but pretty mediocre for everyone else.
1 // 4.0 This looks like a legit win condition for Black/Green decks, but pretty mediocre for everyone else.
Deadeye Duelist
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
2 This lets you repeat crimes repeatedly, but the stat-line isn't great.
Steer Clear
2.5 This is conditional but efficient, especially if you have a Mount.
2.5 This is conditional but efficient, especially if you have a Mount.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Stagecoach Security
2.5 Buffing your whole board and giving it Vigilance is great, as it allows you to attack a lot better while not giving anything up on defense.
2.5 Buffing your whole board and giving it Vigilance is great, as it allows you to attack a lot better while not giving anything up on defense.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Drover Grizzly
Betrayal at the Vault
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
2.5 This has huge blowout potential, but it's too expensive to be something you really prioritize.
Outlaw Medic
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
2.5 This has solid stats that are good for augmenting, and it's good sacrifie fodder.
Stop Cold
2 Blue's usual passable removal spell that you kind of hope you don't have to use, but it's fine if you do.
2 Blue's usual passable removal spell that you kind of hope you don't have to use, but it's fine if you do.
Mourner's Surprise
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
Drover Grizzly
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
2.5 The stat-line is passable, and don't forget it grants itself trample too.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Redrock Sentinel
Redrock Sentinel
1.5 This is pretty good late, but kind of meanginless the rest of the game.
1.5 This is pretty good late, but kind of meanginless the rest of the game.
Raven of Fell Omens
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Boneyard Desecrator
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
2 A 4-mana 3/4 with Menace is okay, but this ability is generally too expensive to be worthwhile often enough.
Slickshot Vault-Buster
1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Heartless Pillage
Quick Draw
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
Heartless Pillage
1.5 Mind Rot isn't a good card. This is Mind Rot with minor upside.
1.5 Mind Rot isn't a good card. This is Mind Rot with minor upside.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Luxurious Locomotive
Luxurious Locomotive
2 This is super easy to crew and pretty big, and sometimes the treasure will be nice, but I have a feeling this'll only really be worth in the Mount/Vehicle decks.
2 This is super easy to crew and pretty big, and sometimes the treasure will be nice, but I have a feeling this'll only really be worth in the Mount/Vehicle decks.
Conduit Pylons
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
2.5 This is very nice fixing.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Swamp
Pack 3 Pick 1: Mystical Tether
Laughing Jasper Flint
5 Jasper can draw you tons and tons of cards, and his ability snowballs since you're likely to steal opposing creatures with his trigger.
5 Jasper can draw you tons and tons of cards, and his ability snowballs since you're likely to steal opposing creatures with his trigger.
Doc Aurlock, Grizzled Genius
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
3 Discounting plots is big, but I don't love that that's pretty much all Doc has going on.
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
Beastbond Outcaster
3.5 You'll draw with this often enough for it to be a very good card. And even if you don't draw, it's not a bad rate.
3.5 You'll draw with this often enough for it to be a very good card. And even if you don't draw, it's not a bad rate.
Skulduggery
3 Generating a two-for-one with this is surprisingly easy, and even when you can't it makes for a good combat trick that efficiently commits crime.
3 Generating a two-for-one with this is surprisingly easy, and even when you can't it makes for a good combat trick that efficiently commits crime.
Cactarantula
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
Peerless Ropemaster
1.5 It's a decent body, but bounce effects have been getting worse lately with all the ETB abilities and the like. Plus, not being able to bounce a creature that can block is a big problem.
1.5 It's a decent body, but bounce effects have been getting worse lately with all the ETB abilities and the like. Plus, not being able to bounce a creature that can block is a big problem.
Mystical Tether
3.5 This is really good even without the Flash upside. With it, it has blow-out potential and some synergy in the UW color pair.
3.5 This is really good even without the Flash upside. With it, it has blow-out potential and some synergy in the UW color pair.
Trick Shot
2.5 This is a little expensive, but it'll have a token to hit reasonably often and it can kill just about anything at instant speed. You probably don't want more than one of them, though.
2.5 This is a little expensive, but it'll have a token to hit reasonably often and it can kill just about anything at instant speed. You probably don't want more than one of them, though.
Eriette's Lullaby
2.5 This is efficient, but having to take a hit before you can use it isn't ideal. The life gain makes up for that a little.
2.5 This is efficient, but having to take a hit before you can use it isn't ideal. The life gain makes up for that a little.
Rooftop Assassin
2 Killing things that have already been damaged is surprisingly hard to take advantage of. They pushed this pretty hard with all these keywords, so I think it'll be better than most similar creatures we have seen. But it's still nothing special.
2 Killing things that have already been damaged is surprisingly hard to take advantage of. They pushed this pretty hard with all these keywords, so I think it'll be better than most similar creatures we have seen. But it's still nothing special.
Dance of the Tumbleweeds
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
Decisive Denial
3 Neither mode here absolutely blows you away, but being able to fight or counter stuff is pretty nice.
3 Neither mode here absolutely blows you away, but being able to fight or counter stuff is pretty nice.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Shepherd of the Clouds
Slickshot Lockpicker
4 When you can cast a spell with this it will feel incredible, and thanks to Plot you can set it aside until you do have one. The fail-case isn't amazing, but not a complete disaster, either.
4 When you can cast a spell with this it will feel incredible, and thanks to Plot you can set it aside until you do have one. The fail-case isn't amazing, but not a complete disaster, either.
Tomb Trawler
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
0 This is a meaningless body and a meaningless ability.
Shepherd of the Clouds
3 This will typically generate 2-for-1s, and when you can consistently reanimate something to the battlefield, this will feel like one of the best cards in your deck.
3 This will typically generate 2-for-1s, and when you can consistently reanimate something to the battlefield, this will feel like one of the best cards in your deck.
Harrier Strix
2.5 This is a nice turn one play, and in the later game it's ETB can do some work -- especially if you need to commit some crimes.
2.5 This is a nice turn one play, and in the later game it's ETB can do some work -- especially if you need to commit some crimes.
Raven of Fell Omens
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
2 The stats are mediocre, and the crime trigger is decent.
Reach for the Sky
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Thunder Salvo
3 The baseline here is a playable card, and doing three with this seems pretty easy in Red between having a low curve and the Plot mechanic.
3 The baseline here is a playable card, and doing three with this seems pretty easy in Red between having a low curve and the Plot mechanic.
Mystical Tether
3.5 This is really good even without the Flash upside. With it, it has blow-out potential and some synergy in the UW color pair.
3.5 This is really good even without the Flash upside. With it, it has blow-out potential and some synergy in the UW color pair.
Fake Your Own Death
2.5 This type of trick is always solid. It's good in combat, good against removal, and has the upside of working well with ETB.
2.5 This type of trick is always solid. It's good in combat, good against removal, and has the upside of working well with ETB.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Jagged Barrens
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Irascible Wolverine
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
Skewer the Critics
3.5 This is fine if you pay three for it, and paying one is awesome and very attainable.
3.5 This is fine if you pay three for it, and paying one is awesome and very attainable.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Cactarantula
Bovine Intervention
0 This is awful removal, you practically 2-for-1 yourself in exchange for some efficiency.
0 This is awful removal, you practically 2-for-1 yourself in exchange for some efficiency.
At Knifepoint
2 I don't like that this doesn't do anything on it's own in many cases, nor do I like that it's effect largely only matters on your turn. It can definitely churn out some tokens, but I'm skeptical paying three mana for a do-nothing enchantment to set that up is worth it.
2 I don't like that this doesn't do anything on it's own in many cases, nor do I like that it's effect largely only matters on your turn. It can definitely churn out some tokens, but I'm skeptical paying three mana for a do-nothing enchantment to set that up is worth it.
Lively Dirge
1.5 If you can get two bodies back with this it can feel reasonable, but setting your graveyard up just right isn't super easy, even with the tutor effect.
1.5 If you can get two bodies back with this it can feel reasonable, but setting your graveyard up just right isn't super easy, even with the tutor effect.
Cactarantula
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Hardbristle Bandit
3 I wouldn't count on getting a benefit out of untapping this with regularity, but doing it once per game isn't a stretch, and a two mana 1/1 that taps for mana of any color is always playable anyway.
3 I wouldn't count on getting a benefit out of untapping this with regularity, but doing it once per game isn't a stretch, and a two mana 1/1 that taps for mana of any color is always playable anyway.
Highway Robbery
2 Because you can sacrifice lands to this, it's much better in the late game than most Tormenting Voice-like effects.
2 Because you can sacrifice lands to this, it's much better in the late game than most Tormenting Voice-like effects.
Razzle-Dazzler
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Ambush Gigapede
1.5 It's temping to imagine the 2-for-1s this can give you, but it's super expensive and surprisingly ineffective.
1.5 It's temping to imagine the 2-for-1s this can give you, but it's super expensive and surprisingly ineffective.
Eriette's Lullaby
2.5 This is efficient, but having to take a hit before you can use it isn't ideal. The life gain makes up for that a little.
2.5 This is efficient, but having to take a hit before you can use it isn't ideal. The life gain makes up for that a little.
Overzealous Muscle
2 This only working on your turn is kind of sad, but it's a fairly capable attacker thanks to it's ability to gain indestructibility.
2 This only working on your turn is kind of sad, but it's a fairly capable attacker thanks to it's ability to gain indestructibility.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Outcaster Greenblade
Shepherd of the Clouds
3 This will typically generate 2-for-1s, and when you can consistently reanimate something to the battlefield, this will feel like one of the best cards in your deck.
3 This will typically generate 2-for-1s, and when you can consistently reanimate something to the battlefield, this will feel like one of the best cards in your deck.
Outcaster Greenblade
3.5 This will provide amazing fixing since it can grab this format's dual lands, so it will often amount to a three mana 2/3 that draws you a very real card. That's amazing, and it has more upside than that.
3.5 This will provide amazing fixing since it can grab this format's dual lands, so it will often amount to a three mana 2/3 that draws you a very real card. That's amazing, and it has more upside than that.
Requisition Raid
3 This is a really nice Disenchant that comes with big upside, between being able to take down two permanents once and buffing your whole board.
3 This is a really nice Disenchant that comes with big upside, between being able to take down two permanents once and buffing your whole board.
Consuming Ashes
2.5 There was a time when this would have been great removal, but once you're paying 4+ mana on removal it needs to do something extra to be premium. Surveil is extra, but not extra enough.
2.5 There was a time when this would have been great removal, but once you're paying 4+ mana on removal it needs to do something extra to be premium. Surveil is extra, but not extra enough.
Irascible Wolverine
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
Seize the Secrets
2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Desperate Bloodseeker
2.5 A two mana 2/2 Lifelink is a card you pretty much always play, so it's nice that this can commit a crime or load your graveyard too.
2.5 A two mana 2/2 Lifelink is a card you pretty much always play, so it's nice that this can commit a crime or load your graveyard too.
Bridled Bighorn
2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
2 This has decent base stats, and spitting out a token is sometimes valuable.
Reach for the Sky
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Highway Robbery
2 Because you can sacrifice lands to this, it's much better in the late game than most Tormenting Voice-like effects.
2 Because you can sacrifice lands to this, it's much better in the late game than most Tormenting Voice-like effects.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Outcaster Greenblade
Outcaster Greenblade
3.5 This will provide amazing fixing since it can grab this format's dual lands, so it will often amount to a three mana 2/3 that draws you a very real card. That's amazing, and it has more upside than that.
3.5 This will provide amazing fixing since it can grab this format's dual lands, so it will often amount to a three mana 2/3 that draws you a very real card. That's amazing, and it has more upside than that.
Redrock Sentinel
1.5 This is pretty good late, but kind of meanginless the rest of the game.
1.5 This is pretty good late, but kind of meanginless the rest of the game.
Razzle-Dazzler
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Quilled Charger
2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
2 This has a passable baseline, and it's saddle ability means it can attack effectively at most stages of the game.
Reach for the Sky
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Wanted Griffin
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
2.5 4-mana 3/2s can be abyssmal, since there is one mana removal that can deal with it, but this leaves a body behind to make up for that.
Quick Draw
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
Bristling Backwoods
2 This is a solid source of fixing, though you're probably hoping to get one of the other deserts that fixes your mana.
2 This is a solid source of fixing, though you're probably hoping to get one of the other deserts that fixes your mana.
Failed Fording
2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
Terminal Agony
2.5 The base mode of this card is pretty mediocre, but if you have a few ways to discard it -- and this format has them -- it gets a lot better.
2.5 The base mode of this card is pretty mediocre, but if you have a few ways to discard it -- and this format has them -- it gets a lot better.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Lonely Arroyo
Slick Sequence
3.5 Two mana to deal two to anything is probably a 2.0, but you're going to draw with this a huge chunk of the time.
3.5 Two mana to deal two to anything is probably a 2.0, but you're going to draw with this a huge chunk of the time.
Bandit's Haul
1 Three mana rocks rarely work in Limited, and while this can draw you cards it only does it very slowly.
1 Three mana rocks rarely work in Limited, and while this can draw you cards it only does it very slowly.
Resilient Roadrunner
3.5 This is great on turn two, and it's often going to be unblockable in the late game.
3.5 This is great on turn two, and it's often going to be unblockable in the late game.
Daring Thunder-Thief
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
2 This is a fairly beefy creature, and the fact it has flash should work nicely in UW decks.
Throw from the Saddle
3.5 This is a great "bite" effect that allows smaller creatures to punch up, and you're going to have enough mounts in Green for that bonus to come up.
3.5 This is a great "bite" effect that allows smaller creatures to punch up, and you're going to have enough mounts in Green for that bonus to come up.
Reach for the Sky
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Quick Draw
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
Lonely Arroyo
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Mobile Homestead
2 The rate isn't very good, but I think the upside of ramping your mana sometimes makes it playable.
2 The rate isn't very good, but I think the upside of ramping your mana sometimes makes it playable.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Bristlepack Sentry
Lavaspur Boots
1 This buff looks tempting, but if it's anything like other cheap haste-granting Equipment, it isn't going to be worth a card.
1 This buff looks tempting, but if it's anything like other cheap haste-granting Equipment, it isn't going to be worth a card.
Kraum, Violent Cacophony
3.5 Playing this and casting something with Plot in the same turn will be a big turn, and that's not even close to far-fetched.
3.5 Playing this and casting something with Plot in the same turn will be a big turn, and that's not even close to far-fetched.
Mourner's Surprise
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
Cactarantula
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
Ankle Biter
2.5 Green one mana 1/1s with Deathtouch tend to be a little better than black ones because of bite effects.
2.5 Green one mana 1/1s with Deathtouch tend to be a little better than black ones because of bite effects.
Bristlepack Sentry
3 This is going to overperform because it counts itself. This means buffing it with a mercenary allows it to attack, as do buffs from counters and equipment.
3 This is going to overperform because it counts itself. This means buffing it with a mercenary allows it to attack, as do buffs from counters and equipment.
Slickshot Vault-Buster
1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
1.5 A 4-mana 3/4 with Vigilance 100% of the time is a 2.5 at the very best, and this isn't pretty far from having those stats all the time.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Cactarantula
Neutralize the Guards
0.5 As with most cards with this effect, this mostly seems like a sideboard card.
0.5 As with most cards with this effect, this mostly seems like a sideboard card.
Shifting Grift
0 Even with three options an the ability to choose all of them, it's too hard to line this up so it does something worth a card.
0 Even with three options an the ability to choose all of them, it's too hard to line this up so it does something worth a card.
Cactarantula
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
Failed Fording
2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
2 This style of card is virtually always a 2, even with a little bit of upside. It's nice that you can interact, but the price you pay is often card disadvantage.
Mourner's Surprise
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
2.5 This will feel close enough to a two-mana 2-for-1 that I'm definitely playing the first copy in most Black decks.
Inventive Wingsmith
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
2 Getting this to Fly isn't too challenging, especially in Blue-White.
Eroded Canyon
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
1 This weak ability isn't worth the hit to your mana base.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Cactarantula
Lazav, Familiar Stranger
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
3.5 Growing Lazav won't be hard, and sometimes making him into a copy of a graveyard creature will be real upside.
Cactarantula
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
2.5 This has decent stats and it's hard for your opponent to interact with it outside of combat without giving you some serious value.
Peerless Ropemaster
1.5 It's a decent body, but bounce effects have been getting worse lately with all the ETB abilities and the like. Plus, not being able to bounce a creature that can block is a big problem.
1.5 It's a decent body, but bounce effects have been getting worse lately with all the ETB abilities and the like. Plus, not being able to bounce a creature that can block is a big problem.
Dance of the Tumbleweeds
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
2.5 Ramp spells that don't impact the board can hurt, but this provides really nice fixing early and can be a legit win conditoin late.
Decisive Denial
3 Neither mode here absolutely blows you away, but being able to fight or counter stuff is pretty nice.
3 Neither mode here absolutely blows you away, but being able to fight or counter stuff is pretty nice.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Sterling Hound
Harrier Strix
2.5 This is a nice turn one play, and in the later game it's ETB can do some work -- especially if you need to commit some crimes.
2.5 This is a nice turn one play, and in the later game it's ETB can do some work -- especially if you need to commit some crimes.
Reach for the Sky
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Fake Your Own Death
2.5 This type of trick is always solid. It's good in combat, good against removal, and has the upside of working well with ETB.
2.5 This type of trick is always solid. It's good in combat, good against removal, and has the upside of working well with ETB.
Sterling Hound
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
1.5 This does very little for the cost, and you'll only run it when your'e desperate for creatures.
Irascible Wolverine
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
3 This is a great ETB trigger. Plot allows you to take full advantage, but even without Plot this can help you hit a land drop in the early stages of the game, and if you draw it late you can just cast it right away because you'll be able to use the card either way.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Lively Dirge
Lively Dirge
1.5 If you can get two bodies back with this it can feel reasonable, but setting your graveyard up just right isn't super easy, even with the tutor effect.
1.5 If you can get two bodies back with this it can feel reasonable, but setting your graveyard up just right isn't super easy, even with the tutor effect.
Razzle-Dazzler
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Ambush Gigapede
1.5 It's temping to imagine the 2-for-1s this can give you, but it's super expensive and surprisingly ineffective.
1.5 It's temping to imagine the 2-for-1s this can give you, but it's super expensive and surprisingly ineffective.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Reach for the Sky
Seize the Secrets
2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
2.5 A two mana draw 2 is pretty serious business, and that mode will be accessible enough.
Reach for the Sky
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
1.5 It's great that this replaces itself, but it's too expensive for it to be a trick/aura that I'm interested in using.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Razzle-Dazzler
Razzle-Dazzler
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
2.5 Growing this will be fairly easy, and even just getting one counter and one swing will make you feel like you are getting there.
Quick Draw
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Quick Draw
Quick Draw
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
2 This is a solid trick, but it's only useful in combat, which makes it hard for it to be one you really want to seek out.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Spinewoods Armadillo
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Requisition Raid
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Miriam, Herd Whisperer
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Aloe Alchemist
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Beastbond Outcaster
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Giant Beaver
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Tumbleweed Rising
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Tumbleweed Rising
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Fierce Retribution
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Conduit Pylons
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Cactarantula
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Snakeskin Veil
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Sterling Hound
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Mountain
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Bonny Pall, Clearcutter
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Path to Exile
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Throw from the Saddle
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Outlaw Medic
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Lush Oasis
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Dance of the Tumbleweeds
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Ankle Biter
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Snakeskin Veil
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Rise of the Varmints
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Drover Grizzly
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Redrock Sentinel
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Heartless Pillage
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Luxurious Locomotive
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Swamp
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Mystical Tether
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Shepherd of the Clouds
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Cactarantula
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Outcaster Greenblade
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Outcaster Greenblade
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Lonely Arroyo
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Bristlepack Sentry
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Cactarantula
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Cactarantula
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Sterling Hound
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Lively Dirge
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Reach for the Sky
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Razzle-Dazzler
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Quick Draw
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