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Premier Draft PIO 15 December 2024

15 December 10:08 - StephenWilliams 7 Wins - 0 Losses
Maindeck
Creature (15)
1 Extricator of Sin // Extricator of Flesh image
2 Imposing Sovereign image
2 Lyev Skyknight image
1 Ardenvale Tactician image
1 Shipbreaker Kraken image
2 Windrider Patrol image
1 Cloudfin Raptor image
1 Hopeful Eidolon image
1 Illusory Angel image
1 Hushwing Gryff image
1 Ghostblade Eidolon image
1 Syndicate Messenger image
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (10)
1 Silkwrap image
2 Sejiri Shelter image
1 Darksteel Ingot image
1 Rapid Hybridization image
3 Stasis Snare image
1 Azorius Charm image
1 Mizzium Skin image
Land (15)
7 Plains image
8 Island image
Sideboard
1 Blood Scrivener image
1 Akoum Warrior image
1 Cartel Aristocrat image
1 Heliod's Pilgrim image
1 Notion Thief image
1 Dragon-Style Twins image
1 Lotus-Eye Mystics image
1 Ingenious Skaab image
1 Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image
1 Purphoros's Emissary image
1 Skyreaping image
1 Artful Maneuver image
1 Martial Glory image
1 Destructive Revelry image
1 Coordinated Assault image
1 Triplicate Spirits image
1 Retraction Helix image
1 Urban Evolution image
1 Silundi Vision image
1 Swift Reckoning image

Pack 1 Pick 1: Extricator of Sin
Silence image 0 This style of card is never good in Limited. You go down a card for a highly situational effect.
Tenth District Legionnaire image 3.5 This is a strong Heroic trigger, since it permanently grows the Legionnaire while also improving your draws -- which can often mean more heroic triggers.
Extricator of Sin image 3 Turning a land or something else expendable into a 3/2 is pretty sweet, and once it transforms it maintains the ability to churn out tokens while granting itself and all those tokens Vigilance.
Illusory Angel image 2 It's not always easy to set this up -- it's a terrible top deck, for example. But if you can play something that costs one on turn 4, and then play this it feels like a quality turn. Problem is it just doesn't always line up.
Nyx Weaver image 3 This is a good enabler for graveyard decks, and a passable payoff, too.
Bloodfire Enforcers image 2 If you have a nice mix of instants and sorceries this can be decent -- it becomes very difficult to block or attack into in combat. But it still dies to super cheap removal, and it frequently won't have these two keywords.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
Darksteel Ingot image 1.5 3-mana mana rocks are rarely good in Limited, but if you really need fixing or ramp, you'll use this.
Khalni Ambush image 3 The Ambush is a mediocre removal spell, but having a land that can also be a removal spell is amazing.
Ob Nixilis's Cruelty image 4 This kills almost anything for three mana, and even turns off graveyard shenanigans -- including death triggers.
Gateway Plaza image 2.5 This is a bit clunky since you need to effectively spend a mana on it, but the gate typing definitely matters.
Undead Butler image 2.5 This sets up the graveyard nicely, and even has a decent effect to take advantage of that fact.
Consider image 2.5 This is always a nice card selection spell, and in a format with plenty of Prowess and similar effects, it'll be solid.
Golgari Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Reckless Bushwhacker image 2.5 Surging this is where you really want to be, and it can add tons of damage to the board whether you Surge it or cast it normally. It's not great if you're behind, though.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Imposing Sovereign
Tidebinder Mage image 3 A surprisingly high percentage of your opponents will be playing Red or Green, and against them this is pretty close to a two mana 2/2 that destroys a creature. That means you should main deck this, since the fail case is passable and the upside is so good.
Pulse of Murasa image 3 This is a great recursive spell because it's an instant, and it gains you a ton of life -- which gives you the time to use the card that you brought back.
Imposing Sovereign image 2.5 This is a solid two-drop for aggro decks, as it can really allow you to get in for extra damage.
Draconic Roar image 4 Two mana deal 3s are always great, and sometimes you'll be able to bolt your opponent in the face, too.
Tomebound Lich image 3.5 This will always improve your hand while giving you a body that gains you life and can trade with anything -- that's all stuff Blue/Black decks are happy to do.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
Swift Reckoning image 2.5 It's efficient, but when it doesn't have Flash it's pretty bad -- since it means that your opponent will force you to deal with an attack before you kill their thing.
Undead Butler image 2.5 This sets up the graveyard nicely, and even has a decent effect to take advantage of that fact.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Nemesis of Mortals image 1 // 3 This is pretty bad in most decks, but if you're good at loading the graveyard it's a pretty slid threat.
Basilica Screecher image 2 Extort is never as good as it looks, mostly because it's tough having the extra mana available at the right time.
Orzhov Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Oath of Jace image 1.5 This is a mediocre draw spell as a baseline, so you probably need some Planeswalkers to get it going. Even with the "Planeswalker" bonus sheet, though, it's unlikely you have more than 2.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Lyev Skyknight
Ordeal of Purphoros image 1 This is just way too slow. Sure, making your creature bigger and casting Lightning Bolt for two mana is great, but you need a creature who can already attack, and if your opponent finds removal before it goes off, you get brutally 2-for-1'd.
Brineborn Cutthroat image 2 A two mana 2/1 with Flash really isn't worth playing, but if you have enough ways to grow it, it ends up being a solid card.
Gate Colossus image 0 // 4.0 This is a very powerful gate payoff, since you can get it down ahead of schedule and bring it back pretty easily. It's unplayable outside of the gate deck, though.
Rapid Hybridization image 0 This is terrible in Limited. If you use it on your opponent's creature, you effectively 2-for-1 yourself, and using it on your own is only moderately better.
Nimbus Naiad image 2 Wind Drake isn't that exciting, but it's sort of passable, and in the late game putting this on just about any creature makes it a major threat.
Lyev Skyknight image 3.5 This removes a creature from the equation for a whole turn, while adding a pretty solid body to the board. That's some seroius tempo.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Heliod's Pilgrim image 0 // 3 If you don't have a few Enchantments to get with this, it's unplayable. If you do have some Enchantments -- especially if they are creatures or removal spells -- this ends up being a really good Common.
Nemesis of Mortals image 1 // 3 This is pretty bad in most decks, but if you're good at loading the graveyard it's a pretty slid threat.
Undead Butler image 2.5 This sets up the graveyard nicely, and even has a decent effect to take advantage of that fact.
Pelakka Predation image 3 Having a free discard spell attached to a land is surprisingly good. You won't always hit something with Predation, but it's great disruption when you can -- and if you're pretty sure that effect won't do anything, you can always play it as a land.
Gruul Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Flitterstep Eidolon image 2 A two mana 1/1 that can't block isn't very good -- and while casting this as an Aura late can definitely be nice, it's pretty expensive.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Silkwrap
Silkwrap image 3 It can't take down everything, but it can answer most early-game creatures quite efficiently.
Tomebound Lich image 3.5 This will always improve your hand while giving you a body that gains you life and can trade with anything -- that's all stuff Blue/Black decks are happy to do.
Kabira Takedown image 3.5 This is a land that can also be a removal spell. Sure, the removal is conditional -- but if you draw this in the late game you're going to be very happy you didn't draw a regular land, as this is likely to kill something for two mana. The modality here is great.
Commune with the Gods image 1.5 This can load your graveyard while giving you some card selection, but you need to be a graveyard deck and/or enchantment deck for this to get there, and that's not going to happen often enough. Most of the time it's better to play a two mana 2/2.
Sejiri Shelter image 2.5 This is a more situational modal double-faced land, but it's always nice when a land has the potential to be a real card.
Gateway Plaza image 2.5 This is a bit clunky since you need to effectively spend a mana on it, but the gate typing definitely matters.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
Nemesis of Mortals image 1 // 3 This is pretty bad in most decks, but if you're good at loading the graveyard it's a pretty slid threat.
Dragon Mantle image 2.5 This is a nice way to trigger heroic since it replaces itself, and that also makes it have a very reasonable baseline.
Gust of Wind image 2.5 Paying two for this feels pretty incredible, as it replaces itself and gives you some nice tempo. Paying 4 makes it a little harder to feel good about the tempo, but that's a passable card too.
Skyrider Elf image 2.5 This is a two mana 2/2 Flyer at worst, and with Gates in the format it isn't impossible for it to be a 4-mana 4/4 flyer or a 5-mana 5/5 flyer.
Gruul Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Sejiri Shelter
Nighthowler image 2 This can be huge for sure, but it can also be super underwhelming.
Bloodfire Enforcers image 2 If you have a nice mix of instants and sorceries this can be decent -- it becomes very difficult to block or attack into in combat. But it still dies to super cheap removal, and it frequently won't have these two keywords.
Knightly Valor image 2.5 This effectively adds 4/4 worth of Vigilance stats to the board, and 2/2 of it basically has Haste. Adding that body to the board really helps offset the downside Auras usually have.
Devour Flesh image 2 Edicts are nice, but letting your opponent gain life isn't the best. You can use it to gain life yourself in a pinch, but if you're forced to 2-for-1 yourself like that, you're probably losing.
Boulder Salvo image 2.5 A 5-mana deal 4 is bad, but Surging with this is pretty doable.
Nivix Cyclops image 2 This will be able to rumble as a 4/4 a decent chunk of the time in Blue-Red, but you're only getting a slightly above-rate deal when that's the case.
Commune with the Gods image 1.5 This can load your graveyard while giving you some card selection, but you need to be a graveyard deck and/or enchantment deck for this to get there, and that's not going to happen often enough. Most of the time it's better to play a two mana 2/2.
Sejiri Shelter image 2.5 This is a more situational modal double-faced land, but it's always nice when a land has the potential to be a real card.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
Simic Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Skyreaping image 0.5 Your deck needs to not have flyers and you need to be able to get your devotion reasonably high AND your opponent has to have a decent number of flyers, otherwise this is irrelevant.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Blood Scrivener
Blood Scrivener image 2.5 This is pretty bad until you reach the point where it draws you cards -- at which point it's pretty amazing. But it's pretty bad an early game play.
Clear Shot image 4 This is always an excellent Uncommon. It's very easy to destroy creatures with on most board states, and sometimes you even get a 2-for-1.
Devour Flesh image 2 Edicts are nice, but letting your opponent gain life isn't the best. You can use it to gain life yourself in a pinch, but if you're forced to 2-for-1 yourself like that, you're probably losing.
Artful Maneuver image 1.5 This is pretty expensive for the buff, and while Rebound does mean you get it twice -- the second time your opponent knows it's coming.
Ingenious Skaab image 3 2/3s with Prowess tend to feel pretty good, as the high toughness that can go even higher makes them tough to block, and the Skaab is a pretty nice threat even when you can't trigger Prowess, because your opponent has to respect it.
Gateway Plaza image 2.5 This is a bit clunky since you need to effectively spend a mana on it, but the gate typing definitely matters.
Zendikar Incarnate image 2 This is just a big vanilla creature. It'll never feel bad, but it'll never feel great either.
Bloodfire Enforcers image 2 If you have a nice mix of instants and sorceries this can be decent -- it becomes very difficult to block or attack into in combat. But it still dies to super cheap removal, and it frequently won't have these two keywords.
Nimbus Naiad image 2 Wind Drake isn't that exciting, but it's sort of passable, and in the late game putting this on just about any creature makes it a major threat.
Golgari Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Ardenvale Tactician
Steward of Solidarity image 4 This can attack like mos ttwo mana 2/2s early, and then it can crank out a 1/1 for free every couple of turns once it can't attack anymore. That's pretty great.
Valakut Awakening image 3 This is a great design for a MDFC, since early you'll just play it as a land -- and late, it can become a pretty nice draw spell.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
Martial Glory image 2 This is here to enable Heroic stuff in the Red-White deck, and it's a passable combat trick even when you're not pulling that off.
Consider image 2.5 This is always a nice card selection spell, and in a format with plenty of Prowess and similar effects, it'll be solid.
Ardenvale Tactician image 2.5 This is pretty nice in aggro decks, as it can get a couple blockers out of the way and then add a reasonable creature to the board.
Unravel the Aether image 0.5 This is mostly sideboard material in the format. You can't count on there being a permanent it can hit.
Gateway Plaza image 2.5 This is a bit clunky since you need to effectively spend a mana on it, but the gate typing definitely matters.
Boros Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Shipbreaker Kraken
Shipbreaker Kraken image 2 A 6-mana 6/6 is a reasonable top-curve creature -- and if this ever goest Monstrous you probably win the game, as it's probably smashing in for 10 all on it's own. Problem is, getting to 8 mana doesn't happen that often in Limited.
Pulse of Murasa image 3 This is a great recursive spell because it's an instant, and it gains you a ton of life -- which gives you the time to use the card that you brought back.
Heliod's Pilgrim image 0 // 3 If you don't have a few Enchantments to get with this, it's unplayable. If you do have some Enchantments -- especially if they are creatures or removal spells -- this ends up being a really good Common.
Nemesis of Mortals image 1 // 3 This is pretty bad in most decks, but if you're good at loading the graveyard it's a pretty slid threat.
Ingenious Skaab image 3 2/3s with Prowess tend to feel pretty good, as the high toughness that can go even higher makes them tough to block, and the Skaab is a pretty nice threat even when you can't trigger Prowess, because your opponent has to respect it.
Makindi Sliderunner image 2 A two mana 2/1 trample is bad -- and a two mana 3/2 trample isn't insane either. This makes you jump through hoops to get there.
Dimir Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Goblin Heelcutter image 3.5 This was an excellent Common last time we saw it. Turning off blockers is an aggro deck's dream, and the Heelcutter can Dash in and do it every turn. Your opponent also has to account for it every single turn, or risk dying.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Darksteel Ingot
Tenth District Legionnaire image 3.5 This is a strong Heroic trigger, since it permanently grows the Legionnaire while also improving your draws -- which can often mean more heroic triggers.
Nyx Weaver image 3 This is a good enabler for graveyard decks, and a passable payoff, too.
Bloodfire Enforcers image 2 If you have a nice mix of instants and sorceries this can be decent -- it becomes very difficult to block or attack into in combat. But it still dies to super cheap removal, and it frequently won't have these two keywords.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
Darksteel Ingot image 1.5 3-mana mana rocks are rarely good in Limited, but if you really need fixing or ramp, you'll use this.
Gateway Plaza image 2.5 This is a bit clunky since you need to effectively spend a mana on it, but the gate typing definitely matters.
Consider image 2.5 This is always a nice card selection spell, and in a format with plenty of Prowess and similar effects, it'll be solid.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Windrider Patrol
Pulse of Murasa image 3 This is a great recursive spell because it's an instant, and it gains you a ton of life -- which gives you the time to use the card that you brought back.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Nemesis of Mortals image 1 // 3 This is pretty bad in most decks, but if you're good at loading the graveyard it's a pretty slid threat.
Oath of Jace image 1.5 This is a mediocre draw spell as a baseline, so you probably need some Planeswalkers to get it going. Even with the "Planeswalker" bonus sheet, though, it's unlikely you have more than 2.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Rapid Hybridization
Rapid Hybridization image 0 This is terrible in Limited. If you use it on your opponent's creature, you effectively 2-for-1 yourself, and using it on your own is only moderately better.
Nimbus Naiad image 2 Wind Drake isn't that exciting, but it's sort of passable, and in the late game putting this on just about any creature makes it a major threat.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Nemesis of Mortals image 1 // 3 This is pretty bad in most decks, but if you're good at loading the graveyard it's a pretty slid threat.
Flitterstep Eidolon image 2 A two mana 1/1 that can't block isn't very good -- and while casting this as an Aura late can definitely be nice, it's pretty expensive.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Sejiri Shelter
Sejiri Shelter image 2.5 This is a more situational modal double-faced land, but it's always nice when a land has the potential to be a real card.
Gateway Plaza image 2.5 This is a bit clunky since you need to effectively spend a mana on it, but the gate typing definitely matters.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
Gruul Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Skyreaping
Bloodfire Enforcers image 2 If you have a nice mix of instants and sorceries this can be decent -- it becomes very difficult to block or attack into in combat. But it still dies to super cheap removal, and it frequently won't have these two keywords.
Nivix Cyclops image 2 This will be able to rumble as a 4/4 a decent chunk of the time in Blue-Red, but you're only getting a slightly above-rate deal when that's the case.
Skyreaping image 0.5 Your deck needs to not have flyers and you need to be able to get your devotion reasonably high AND your opponent has to have a decent number of flyers, otherwise this is irrelevant.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Artful Maneuver
Artful Maneuver image 1.5 This is pretty expensive for the buff, and while Rebound does mean you get it twice -- the second time your opponent knows it's coming.
Bloodfire Enforcers image 2 If you have a nice mix of instants and sorceries this can be decent -- it becomes very difficult to block or attack into in combat. But it still dies to super cheap removal, and it frequently won't have these two keywords.
Pack 1 Pick 15: Martial Glory
Martial Glory image 2 This is here to enable Heroic stuff in the Red-White deck, and it's a passable combat trick even when you're not pulling that off.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Imposing Sovereign
Burning Anger image 3.5 As soon as you remove a creature with this, the worst that's going to happen to you is a 2-for-2. And if the creature you put it on is left unchecked, it's going to take over the game in most scenarios.
Imposing Sovereign image 2.5 This is a solid two-drop for aggro decks, as it can really allow you to get in for extra damage.
Sphere of Safety image 0 Even if you have lots of Enchantments, this is a card that doesn't add to the board in any meaningful way, and it's not even guaranteed to keep your opponent from killing you.
Dragon-Style Twins image 3 Dying to two mana removal is pretty brutal -- but as soon as this attacks it puts your opponent in a very ugly spot. They can only chump it for so long.
Priest of the Blood Rite image 4 5-mana for a 5/5 flyer and a 2/2 is pretty great, and Black has plenty of ways to get rid of the 2/2 so you can shut off the downside. Your opponent often won't want to block or attack into the 2/2 either -- which is itself a disadvantage.
Akoum Warrior image 2.5 You'd never play a card that's always a 6-mana 4/5 trample, but this is a land in the early game -- and it's a land that if you draw late, adds a pretty real body to the board.
Audacity image 3 This offers a buff that makes most creatures into decent attackers, and it doesn't really matter if your opponent trades for that creature because you get to draw a card.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
Ghostblade Eidolon image 1.5 A three mana 1/1 with double strike is way too fragile to be great, and paying 6 for +1/+1 and double strike doesn't really move the needle either.
Dreg Mangler image 3 Scavenge means this gives you value in addition to being a solid three mana 3/3 haste. While it's not quite a 2-for-1, getting 3 +1/+1 counters is pretty close to a card of value.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
Supernatural Stamina image 2.5 This is a very nice trick because it's so cheap, and great in combat or against removal.
Commune with the Gods image 1.5 This can load your graveyard while giving you some card selection, but you need to be a graveyard deck and/or enchantment deck for this to get there, and that's not going to happen often enough. Most of the time it's better to play a two mana 2/2.
Orzhov Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Sungrace Pegasus image 2 This is a nice place to put counters or Auras, but is fairly underwhelming otherwise.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Cloudfin Raptor
Legion Loyalist image 4 This can get out of control in a hurry in really aggressive decks. It's good on turn one, and also good when you draw it late and make your board incredibly difficult to block.
Tomebound Lich image 3.5 This will always improve your hand while giving you a body that gains you life and can trade with anything -- that's all stuff Blue/Black decks are happy to do.
Sight Beyond Sight image 2 This feels pretty bad the turn you cast it, but on the next turn you get the effect again with all of your mana available. Ultimately you get a pretty nice 2-for-1, and probably some spell triggers, too.
Essence Scatter image 3 This counters most spells and is easy to cast. It can generate some great tempo.
District Guide image 4 This at Common is pretty amazing! It gives you amazing fixing, especially if you're in a gate deck -- and it's almost always going to generate a 2-for-1.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
Dragon Mantle image 2.5 This is a nice way to trigger heroic since it replaces itself, and that also makes it have a very reasonable baseline.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
Cloudfin Raptor image 2 This is awesome on turn one -- and a lot less awesome the rest of the game, since it's unlikely to grow quite as much. It's a terrible topdeck, too.
Baleful Eidolon image 2 This doesn't feel great either way you cast it, but the flexibility keeps it from being too bad.
Wild Slash image 3.5 Shock is always great in Limited, and this is Shock with upside. Killing 3 or 4 mana creatures with this can swing a game wildly in your favor.
Unravel the Aether image 0.5 This is mostly sideboard material in the format. You can't count on there being a permanent it can hit.
Simic Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Smash to Smithereens image 0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough artifacts in this format for it to be main deck material -- but when your opponent has a few targets for it, it's pretty good.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Stasis Snare
Scourge of Valkas image 3 Dragons aren't a huge theme in this format, so this will usually just be pinging things. It's certainly imposing and the free pings are nice, but it's also very difficult to cast.
Sight Beyond Sight image 2 This feels pretty bad the turn you cast it, but on the next turn you get the effect again with all of your mana available. Ultimately you get a pretty nice 2-for-1, and probably some spell triggers, too.
Stasis Snare image 4 Instant speed Oblivion Ring is pretty sweet, as it means you're more likely to produce blow outs, and paying three to exile a creature is always good.
Destructive Revelry image 0.5 This is a great sideboard card, but even though this format has a decent number of Enchantments, it isn't really enough for you to ever want this in your main deck.
Treasure Cruise image 0 // 3.5 You need a graveyard deck, but if you have a good enough one this basically becomes Ancestral Recall.
Audacity image 3 This offers a buff that makes most creatures into decent attackers, and it doesn't really matter if your opponent trades for that creature because you get to draw a card.
Ingenious Skaab image 3 2/3s with Prowess tend to feel pretty good, as the high toughness that can go even higher makes them tough to block, and the Skaab is a pretty nice threat even when you can't trigger Prowess, because your opponent has to respect it.
Hero of Iroas image 3.5 The baseline here is nice, and the format has enough ways to target him -- including Auras -- that the upside is very accessible.
Leafcrown Dryad image 2.5 This feels fine on two, and Bestowing it for 4 is often going to make one of your creatures much more effective.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Savage Punch image 3 When you have Ferocious this is incredible. When you don't, it's pretty bad. Good news is, Green decks will often get there on Ferocious.
Izzet Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Cavern Lampad image 2 As with many Bestow cards, both modes are kind of underwhelming, but the modality keeps it from being terrible.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Azorius Charm
Oath of Nissa image 2.5 This is a nice card selection spell, and while the Planeswalker sheet is around, it's other effect might actually come up.
Azorius Charm image 4 This is a very nice removal spell that happens to have two other useful modes.
Coordinated Assault image 3 This can generate 2-for-1s incredibly efficiently, and it gets even better in a heroic format.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
Lyev Skyknight image 3.5 This removes a creature from the equation for a whole turn, while adding a pretty solid body to the board. That's some seroius tempo.
Pelakka Predation image 3 Having a free discard spell attached to a land is surprisingly good. You won't always hit something with Predation, but it's great disruption when you can -- and if you're pretty sure that effect won't do anything, you can always play it as a land.
Nemesis of Mortals image 1 // 3 This is pretty bad in most decks, but if you're good at loading the graveyard it's a pretty slid threat.
Dragon Mantle image 2.5 This is a nice way to trigger heroic since it replaces itself, and that also makes it have a very reasonable baseline.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Possessed Skaab image 3 This is a bit clunky, but it's also a 2-for-1 that usually gets you back a very real card -- like a creature or removal spell.
Rakdos Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Stampeding Elk Herd image 2.5 This brings 5 power to the baord on it's own, so getting Formidable is certainly doable.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Hopeful Eidolon
Counterflux image 1.5 The Overload isn't relevant very often in Limited, and this is just a harder-to-cast Cancel most of the time.
Hopeful Eidolon image 2.5 Neither mode of this card is all that good individually, but the flexibility is nice.
Stormchaser Mage image 3.5 This is tough to block all game long because of Prowess, and if you get it down early it can put the game away on it's own.
Akoum Warrior image 2.5 You'd never play a card that's always a 6-mana 4/5 trample, but this is a land in the early game -- and it's a land that if you draw late, adds a pretty real body to the board.
Gurmag Angler image 1 // 3.0 If you are good at loading your graveyard, the Angler is a pretty nice payoff. It's just a big vanilla creature, but playing one of those for 1-3 mana is pretty nice.
Swift Reckoning image 2.5 It's efficient, but when it doesn't have Flash it's pretty bad -- since it means that your opponent will force you to deal with an attack before you kill their thing.
Nessian Asp image 2 A 4-mana 4/5 with Reach plays reasonably well, and in the late game it turns into a very big monster.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Baleful Eidolon image 2 This doesn't feel great either way you cast it, but the flexibility keeps it from being too bad.
Opal Lake Gatekeepers image 0 // 2.5 This is a solid build around for gates decks, where it's virtually always a 2-for-1.
Stain the Mind image 0 These "Lobotomy" effects are always terrible in Limited. It's tough to name the right card, and even if you do, you're spending lots of mana and/or tapping a bunch of creatures without affecting the board at all, and there are many games where you just whiff entirely.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Mizzium Skin
Bala Ged Recovery image 3.5 You'll always play this as a land early, and then in the late game it can get your best card back from the graveyard -- which is often exactly what you want at that stage of the game.
Cartel Aristocrat image 3.5 This is a great sacrifice outlet, and protection is pretty good at keeping it alive and/or allowing it to get in for damage.
Dreg Mangler image 3 Scavenge means this gives you value in addition to being a solid three mana 3/3 haste. While it's not quite a 2-for-1, getting 3 +1/+1 counters is pretty close to a card of value.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
Scion of Ugin image 1 A 6-mana 4/4 flyer doesn't real move the needle in Limited these days.
Voyaging Satyr image 3 This is a nice way to ramp your mana.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Cavern Lampad image 2 As with many Bestow cards, both modes are kind of underwhelming, but the modality keeps it from being terrible.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Illusory Angel
Illusory Angel image 2 It's not always easy to set this up -- it's a terrible top deck, for example. But if you can play something that costs one on turn 4, and then play this it feels like a quality turn. Problem is it just doesn't always line up.
Dark Deal image 0 This kind of card is almost never going to do something good. Sure, maybe you make your opponent discard some cards they wanted to hold on to, but that upside is negated by the fact that you are the one who used the card -- and it's just as likely that they draw into what they were looking for.
Heliod's Pilgrim image 0 // 3 If you don't have a few Enchantments to get with this, it's unplayable. If you do have some Enchantments -- especially if they are creatures or removal spells -- this ends up being a really good Common.
Gust of Wind image 2.5 Paying two for this feels pretty incredible, as it replaces itself and gives you some nice tempo. Paying 4 makes it a little harder to feel good about the tempo, but that's a passable card too.
Silundi Vision image 2 This is super situational, and not all decks will really be able to get a card out of it. But in decks that can, it's a land with some pretty solid upside.
Unravel the Aether image 0.5 This is mostly sideboard material in the format. You can't count on there being a permanent it can hit.
Boulder Salvo image 2.5 A 5-mana deal 4 is bad, but Surging with this is pretty doable.
Selesnya Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Smash to Smithereens image 0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough artifacts in this format for it to be main deck material -- but when your opponent has a few targets for it, it's pretty good.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Hushwing Gryff
Tenth District Legionnaire image 3.5 This is a strong Heroic trigger, since it permanently grows the Legionnaire while also improving your draws -- which can often mean more heroic triggers.
Gate Colossus image 0 // 4.0 This is a very powerful gate payoff, since you can get it down ahead of schedule and bring it back pretty easily. It's unplayable outside of the gate deck, though.
Knightly Valor image 2.5 This effectively adds 4/4 worth of Vigilance stats to the board, and 2/2 of it basically has Haste. Adding that body to the board really helps offset the downside Auras usually have.
Bloodfire Enforcers image 2 If you have a nice mix of instants and sorceries this can be decent -- it becomes very difficult to block or attack into in combat. But it still dies to super cheap removal, and it frequently won't have these two keywords.
Selesnya Charm image 3.5 Making a 2/2 for two is fine, and while the other two modes are more situational, they are both great in the right situation.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
Gnarlback Rhino image 3.5 This has a nice baseline, and while it doesn't technically have "Heroic" it works the same way. Combat tricks and fight spells are the Rhino's best friend, and there's enough of that in the format for this to be pretty amazing.
Hushwing Gryff image 2 This is symmetrical, so it can hurt your "enters" triggers too. But, it has Flash and you're the one who chooses when to cast it -- so you can do it when it's to your benefit. Still, blanking an "enters" trigger isn't always all that powerful.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Ghostblade Eidolon
Dragon-Style Twins image 3 Dying to two mana removal is pretty brutal -- but as soon as this attacks it puts your opponent in a very ugly spot. They can only chump it for so long.
Akoum Warrior image 2.5 You'd never play a card that's always a 6-mana 4/5 trample, but this is a land in the early game -- and it's a land that if you draw late, adds a pretty real body to the board.
Audacity image 3 This offers a buff that makes most creatures into decent attackers, and it doesn't really matter if your opponent trades for that creature because you get to draw a card.
Ghostblade Eidolon image 1.5 A three mana 1/1 with double strike is way too fragile to be great, and paying 6 for +1/+1 and double strike doesn't really move the needle either.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
Supernatural Stamina image 2.5 This is a very nice trick because it's so cheap, and great in combat or against removal.
Orzhov Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Windrider Patrol
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
Dragon Mantle image 2.5 This is a nice way to trigger heroic since it replaces itself, and that also makes it have a very reasonable baseline.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
Wild Slash image 3.5 Shock is always great in Limited, and this is Shock with upside. Killing 3 or 4 mana creatures with this can swing a game wildly in your favor.
Unravel the Aether image 0.5 This is mostly sideboard material in the format. You can't count on there being a permanent it can hit.
Smash to Smithereens image 0.5 This is a sideboard card. There aren't enough artifacts in this format for it to be main deck material -- but when your opponent has a few targets for it, it's pretty good.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Destructive Revelry
Destructive Revelry image 0.5 This is a great sideboard card, but even though this format has a decent number of Enchantments, it isn't really enough for you to ever want this in your main deck.
Audacity image 3 This offers a buff that makes most creatures into decent attackers, and it doesn't really matter if your opponent trades for that creature because you get to draw a card.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Izzet Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Cavern Lampad image 2 As with many Bestow cards, both modes are kind of underwhelming, but the modality keeps it from being terrible.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Coordinated Assault
Coordinated Assault image 3 This can generate 2-for-1s incredibly efficiently, and it gets even better in a heroic format.
Dragon Mantle image 2.5 This is a nice way to trigger heroic since it replaces itself, and that also makes it have a very reasonable baseline.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Rakdos Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Akoum Warrior
Akoum Warrior image 2.5 You'd never play a card that's always a 6-mana 4/5 trample, but this is a land in the early game -- and it's a land that if you draw late, adds a pretty real body to the board.
Nessian Asp image 2 A 4-mana 4/5 with Reach plays reasonably well, and in the late game it turns into a very big monster.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Cartel Aristocrat
Cartel Aristocrat image 3.5 This is a great sacrifice outlet, and protection is pretty good at keeping it alive and/or allowing it to get in for damage.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Pack 2 Pick 15: Heliod's Pilgrim
Heliod's Pilgrim image 0 // 3 If you don't have a few Enchantments to get with this, it's unplayable. If you do have some Enchantments -- especially if they are creatures or removal spells -- this ends up being a really good Common.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Stasis Snare
Bring to Light image 1 This is here for 60-card Pioneer. It's tough having good enough mana and something worth tutoring up with this.
Murmuring Mystic image 1.5 // 3.5 This is a pretty great spell build around. A 1/1 flyer is worth pretty close to an entire card, so stapling that to a spell is pretty amazing.
Stasis Snare image 4 Instant speed Oblivion Ring is pretty sweet, as it means you're more likely to produce blow outs, and paying three to exile a creature is always good.
Blackbloom Rogue image 3 This is a pretty decent creature when you need it to be -- and you can always play it as a land when it's in your opening hand.
Gate Colossus image 0 // 4.0 This is a very powerful gate payoff, since you can get it down ahead of schedule and bring it back pretty easily. It's unplayable outside of the gate deck, though.
Wild Slash image 3.5 Shock is always great in Limited, and this is Shock with upside. Killing 3 or 4 mana creatures with this can swing a game wildly in your favor.
Artful Maneuver image 1.5 This is pretty expensive for the buff, and while Rebound does mean you get it twice -- the second time your opponent knows it's coming.
Tah-Crop Skirmisher image 2.5 You get two bodies out of one card which is always nice, even if they are overcosted in both cases.
Nemesis of Mortals image 1 // 3 This is pretty bad in most decks, but if you're good at loading the graveyard it's a pretty slid threat.
Gnarlback Rhino image 3.5 This has a nice baseline, and while it doesn't technically have "Heroic" it works the same way. Combat tricks and fight spells are the Rhino's best friend, and there's enough of that in the format for this to be pretty amazing.
Silundi Vision image 2 This is super situational, and not all decks will really be able to get a card out of it. But in decks that can, it's a land with some pretty solid upside.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
Nantuko Husk image 3 Free sacrifice outlets always have a ton of potential, and the threat of activation on the Nantuko makes it hard for your opponent to block it.
Selesnya Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Oath of Liliana image 2.5 A three-mana edict isn't great, but this has useful typing, and her planeswalker payoff effect is great, since it gives you a free way to protect your planeswalkers.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Notion Thief
Notion Thief image 0.5 This is hard to make use of in Limited, as not all decks can draw extra cards. I think that makes it a sideboard card that you bring in against Blue opponents, more or less. When you can steal those draws, it feels pretty insane.
Furious Rise image 1.5 This wasn't very good last time, and I don't think it will be here, either. It does stone nothing on it's own, and that's a pretty big liability.
Aspect of Hydra image 1.5 This can be a pretty potent combat trick -- but it can also be a blank card. And you need three green pips just for it to be Giant Growth, so it's tough to make it worthwhile in Limited.
Gates Ablaze image 0 // 3 This is a nice build around if you have a controlling version of the 5-color gates deck, but unplayable otherwise.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Savage Punch image 3 When you have Ferocious this is incredible. When you don't, it's pretty bad. Good news is, Green decks will often get there on Ferocious.
Imperious Oligarch image 3.5 This is ultimately 2 mana for a 2/1 with Vigilance and a 1/1 Flyer. While you don't get both of those at the same time, the fact remains that you are getting a great rate.
Lotus-Eye Mystics image 2 The stat-line is bad, and even in a format with a decent number of Enchantments, you frequently don't have one to get back.
Pilgrim's Eye image 3.5 The body you get is bad, but it draws you a card that usually fixes your mana. It's great fixing.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
Dragon Mantle image 2.5 This is a nice way to trigger heroic since it replaces itself, and that also makes it have a very reasonable baseline.
Commune with the Gods image 1.5 This can load your graveyard while giving you some card selection, but you need to be a graveyard deck and/or enchantment deck for this to get there, and that's not going to happen often enough. Most of the time it's better to play a two mana 2/2.
Selesnya Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Stasis Snare
Stasis Snare image 4 Instant speed Oblivion Ring is pretty sweet, as it means you're more likely to produce blow outs, and paying three to exile a creature is always good.
Labyrinth Champion image 2 The stat-line is bad, but Shocking something every time you trigger Heroic is pretty nice.
Aspect of Hydra image 1.5 This can be a pretty potent combat trick -- but it can also be a blank card. And you need three green pips just for it to be Giant Growth, so it's tough to make it worthwhile in Limited.
Sanitarium Skeleton image 0 // 2.5 If you've got a sacrifice deck, this is a decent build around since it can constantly give you fodder, albeit inefficiently.
Artful Maneuver image 1.5 This is pretty expensive for the buff, and while Rebound does mean you get it twice -- the second time your opponent knows it's coming.
Dreg Mangler image 3 Scavenge means this gives you value in addition to being a solid three mana 3/3 haste. While it's not quite a 2-for-1, getting 3 +1/+1 counters is pretty close to a card of value.
Possessed Skaab image 3 This is a bit clunky, but it's also a 2-for-1 that usually gets you back a very real card -- like a creature or removal spell.
Nessian Asp image 2 A 4-mana 4/5 with Reach plays reasonably well, and in the late game it turns into a very big monster.
Ingenious Skaab image 3 2/3s with Prowess tend to feel pretty good, as the high toughness that can go even higher makes them tough to block, and the Skaab is a pretty nice threat even when you can't trigger Prowess, because your opponent has to respect it.
Leafcrown Dryad image 2.5 This feels fine on two, and Bestowing it for 4 is often going to make one of your creatures much more effective.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Izzet Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Flitterstep Eidolon image 2 A two mana 1/1 that can't block isn't very good -- and while casting this as an Aura late can definitely be nice, it's pretty expensive.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Lyev Skyknight
Nighthowler image 2 This can be huge for sure, but it can also be super underwhelming.
Mogis's Warhound image 2.0 Neither mode on this is especially exciting, but they are both passable. Playing it as an Aura on your creature does usually give you the best value. On occasion, you can put it on an opposing creature to force an attack, which is kind of funny.
Rescue from the Underworld image 1.5 This is a reanimation spell that requires you to have a creature for it to do it's thing -- with the added upside of potentially triggering that creature's death and/or enters trigger. Still, it's way too fiddly to work out very often.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Commune with the Gods image 1.5 This can load your graveyard while giving you some card selection, but you need to be a graveyard deck and/or enchantment deck for this to get there, and that's not going to happen often enough. Most of the time it's better to play a two mana 2/2.
Lyev Skyknight image 3.5 This removes a creature from the equation for a whole turn, while adding a pretty solid body to the board. That's some seroius tempo.
Silumgar Butcher image 2.5 The stat-line is bad, but there's plenty of fodder in the format -- and in a pinch it can sacrifice itself for the effect.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
Dreadbore image 4 Two mana to kill any creature or planeswalker is an incredible deal. This will be extra good when the Planeswalker bonus sheet is around.
Ingenious Skaab image 3 2/3s with Prowess tend to feel pretty good, as the high toughness that can go even higher makes them tough to block, and the Skaab is a pretty nice threat even when you can't trigger Prowess, because your opponent has to respect it.
Martial Glory image 2 This is here to enable Heroic stuff in the Red-White deck, and it's a passable combat trick even when you're not pulling that off.
Azorius Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Triplicate Spirits
Triplicate Spirits image 4 This was an amazing card last time we saw it, as you can usually get those spirits for very little mana. They get better in multiples too!
Essence Scatter image 3 This counters most spells and is easy to cast. It can generate some great tempo.
Selesnya Charm image 3.5 Making a 2/2 for two is fine, and while the other two modes are more situational, they are both great in the right situation.
Dragon Mantle image 2.5 This is a nice way to trigger heroic since it replaces itself, and that also makes it have a very reasonable baseline.
Savage Punch image 3 When you have Ferocious this is incredible. When you don't, it's pretty bad. Good news is, Green decks will often get there on Ferocious.
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
Devour Flesh image 2 Edicts are nice, but letting your opponent gain life isn't the best. You can use it to gain life yourself in a pinch, but if you're forced to 2-for-1 yourself like that, you're probably losing.
Purphoros's Emissary image 2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Menace is passable, and if you draw it late, it's likely to drastically improve your attack.
Cloudfin Raptor image 2 This is awesome on turn one -- and a lot less awesome the rest of the game, since it's unlikely to grow quite as much. It's a terrible topdeck, too.
Dimir Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Clutch of Currents image 3 This is solid when you only spend one mana on it, and great when you can also get a 3/3 out of the deal.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Retraction Helix
Pulse of Murasa image 3 This is a great recursive spell because it's an instant, and it gains you a ton of life -- which gives you the time to use the card that you brought back.
Savage Punch image 3 When you have Ferocious this is incredible. When you don't, it's pretty bad. Good news is, Green decks will often get there on Ferocious.
Lyev Skyknight image 3.5 This removes a creature from the equation for a whole turn, while adding a pretty solid body to the board. That's some seroius tempo.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
Swift Reckoning image 2.5 It's efficient, but when it doesn't have Flash it's pretty bad -- since it means that your opponent will force you to deal with an attack before you kill their thing.
Gurmag Angler image 1 // 3.0 If you are good at loading your graveyard, the Angler is a pretty nice payoff. It's just a big vanilla creature, but playing one of those for 1-3 mana is pretty nice.
Nimbus Naiad image 2 Wind Drake isn't that exciting, but it's sort of passable, and in the late game putting this on just about any creature makes it a major threat.
Makindi Sliderunner image 2 A two mana 2/1 trample is bad -- and a two mana 3/2 trample isn't insane either. This makes you jump through hoops to get there.
Rakdos Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Retraction Helix image 2 This doesn't have the silly combo potential it has in 60-card formats, but it is a roundabout way to bounce something for one mana. Granted, having an untapped creature is a requirement, and that holds it back -- but it's a playable card.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Urban Evolution
Urban Evolution image 2 Not adding to the board is always risky at 5 mana, but this does give you serious card advantage, and ramping your mana makes it more likely you will have a big play on your next turn.
Hero of Iroas image 3.5 The baseline here is nice, and the format has enough ways to target him -- including Auras -- that the upside is very accessible.
Gnarlback Rhino image 3.5 This has a nice baseline, and while it doesn't technically have "Heroic" it works the same way. Combat tricks and fight spells are the Rhino's best friend, and there's enough of that in the format for this to be pretty amazing.
Silumgar Butcher image 2.5 The stat-line is bad, but there's plenty of fodder in the format -- and in a pinch it can sacrifice itself for the effect.
Purphoros's Emissary image 2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Menace is passable, and if you draw it late, it's likely to drastically improve your attack.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
Scion of Ugin image 1 A 6-mana 4/4 flyer doesn't real move the needle in Limited these days.
Gruul Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Sungrace Pegasus image 2 This is a nice place to put counters or Auras, but is fairly underwhelming otherwise.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Dragon-Style Twins
Dragon-Style Twins image 3 Dying to two mana removal is pretty brutal -- but as soon as this attacks it puts your opponent in a very ugly spot. They can only chump it for so long.
Unflinching Courage image 1.5 // 3.5 It's a little risky playing this on just any creature, although the lifelink does mean you can usually get some value out of it before your opponent 2-for-1s you by destroying your creature. But if you have some of the hexproof creatures in the set, this can be a devastating play.
Tah-Crop Skirmisher image 2.5 You get two bodies out of one card which is always nice, even if they are overcosted in both cases.
Gnarlback Rhino image 3.5 This has a nice baseline, and while it doesn't technically have "Heroic" it works the same way. Combat tricks and fight spells are the Rhino's best friend, and there's enough of that in the format for this to be pretty amazing.
Rimrock Knight image 3.5 This was surprisignly great last time we saw it. The buff doesn't always let your creature survive combat, but even just chipping in for extra damage and then adding a 3/1 to the board is a pretty good deal.
Ghostblade Eidolon image 1.5 A three mana 1/1 with double strike is way too fragile to be great, and paying 6 for +1/+1 and double strike doesn't really move the needle either.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Boros Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Silundi Vision
Wild Slash image 3.5 Shock is always great in Limited, and this is Shock with upside. Killing 3 or 4 mana creatures with this can swing a game wildly in your favor.
Artful Maneuver image 1.5 This is pretty expensive for the buff, and while Rebound does mean you get it twice -- the second time your opponent knows it's coming.
Tah-Crop Skirmisher image 2.5 You get two bodies out of one card which is always nice, even if they are overcosted in both cases.
Nemesis of Mortals image 1 // 3 This is pretty bad in most decks, but if you're good at loading the graveyard it's a pretty slid threat.
Silundi Vision image 2 This is super situational, and not all decks will really be able to get a card out of it. But in decks that can, it's a land with some pretty solid upside.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
Nantuko Husk image 3 Free sacrifice outlets always have a ton of potential, and the threat of activation on the Nantuko makes it hard for your opponent to block it.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Lotus-Eye Mystics
Furious Rise image 1.5 This wasn't very good last time, and I don't think it will be here, either. It does stone nothing on it's own, and that's a pretty big liability.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
Fall of the Hammer image 3.5 Getting this effect at instant speed for two mana has always played well. Sure, you need a creature -- and you have to be careful not to play it when your opponent can interact, but because it's an instant finding that window isn't too hard.
Savage Punch image 3 When you have Ferocious this is incredible. When you don't, it's pretty bad. Good news is, Green decks will often get there on Ferocious.
Imperious Oligarch image 3.5 This is ultimately 2 mana for a 2/1 with Vigilance and a 1/1 Flyer. While you don't get both of those at the same time, the fact remains that you are getting a great rate.
Lotus-Eye Mystics image 2 The stat-line is bad, and even in a format with a decent number of Enchantments, you frequently don't have one to get back.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Ingenious Skaab
Aspect of Hydra image 1.5 This can be a pretty potent combat trick -- but it can also be a blank card. And you need three green pips just for it to be Giant Growth, so it's tough to make it worthwhile in Limited.
Artful Maneuver image 1.5 This is pretty expensive for the buff, and while Rebound does mean you get it twice -- the second time your opponent knows it's coming.
Nessian Asp image 2 A 4-mana 4/5 with Reach plays reasonably well, and in the late game it turns into a very big monster.
Ingenious Skaab image 3 2/3s with Prowess tend to feel pretty good, as the high toughness that can go even higher makes them tough to block, and the Skaab is a pretty nice threat even when you can't trigger Prowess, because your opponent has to respect it.
Leafcrown Dryad image 2.5 This feels fine on two, and Bestowing it for 4 is often going to make one of your creatures much more effective.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Commune with the Gods image 1.5 This can load your graveyard while giving you some card selection, but you need to be a graveyard deck and/or enchantment deck for this to get there, and that's not going to happen often enough. Most of the time it's better to play a two mana 2/2.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
Ingenious Skaab image 3 2/3s with Prowess tend to feel pretty good, as the high toughness that can go even higher makes them tough to block, and the Skaab is a pretty nice threat even when you can't trigger Prowess, because your opponent has to respect it.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Syndicate Messenger
Dragon Mantle image 2.5 This is a nice way to trigger heroic since it replaces itself, and that also makes it have a very reasonable baseline.
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
Clutch of Currents image 3 This is solid when you only spend one mana on it, and great when you can also get a 3/3 out of the deal.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Swift Reckoning
Swift Reckoning image 2.5 It's efficient, but when it doesn't have Flash it's pretty bad -- since it means that your opponent will force you to deal with an attack before you kill their thing.
Nimbus Naiad image 2 Wind Drake isn't that exciting, but it's sort of passable, and in the late game putting this on just about any creature makes it a major threat.
Pack 3 Pick 15: Purphoros's Emissary
Purphoros's Emissary image 2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Menace is passable, and if you draw it late, it's likely to drastically improve your attack.
Draft Pick Overview