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Premier Draft PIO 17 December 2024

17 December 02:22 - callmarx 7 Wins - 2 Losses
Maindeck
Creature (12)
1 Cloudfin Raptor image
3 Lyev Skyknight image
1 Shipbreaker Kraken image
1 Windrider Patrol image
1 Aetherling image
1 Progenitor Mimic image
1 Syndicate Messenger image
1 Murmuring Mystic image
1 Pilgrim's Eye image
1 Ardenvale Tactician image
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (12)
2 Essence Scatter image
1 Mizzium Skin image
1 Treasure Cruise image
1 Scatter to the Winds image
1 Sejiri Shelter image
1 Azorius Charm image
2 Jwari Disruption image
2 Silundi Vision image
1 Gust of Wind image
Land (16)
1 Azorius Guildgate image
2 Selesnya Guildgate image
5 Plains image
7 Island image
1 Forest image
Sideboard
1 Gnarlback Rhino image
1 Lotus-Eye Mystics image
1 Windrider Patrol image
1 Tah-Crop Skirmisher image
1 Ingenious Skaab image
1 Bane of Bala Ged image
1 Gurmag Angler image
1 Gladecover Scout image
1 Returned Centaur image
1 Starfield of Nyx image
2 Aqueous Form image
1 Rapid Hybridization image
1 Mizzium Skin image
1 Oath of Jace image
1 Treasure Cruise image
1 Stain the Mind image
1 Furious Rise image

Pack 1 Pick 1: Cloudfin Raptor
Crush of Tentacles image 4 If you don't Surge this, it's pretty bad. You bounce everything sure, but your opponentl likely rebuilds before you do. But if your deck has lots of one and two mana cards and you Surge this, it feels absoultely absurd since you get that huge creature token and end up way ahead on board.
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.
Bane of Bala Ged image 2 Pseudo-annihilator is kind of cool, but it's understatted and expensive.
Artisan of Forms image 2 This certainly has some blowout potential, and it can permanently change into another creature -- but it's also a 2-mana 1/1 that takes some significant set up to be relevant.
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!
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.
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
Ghirapur Gearcrafter image 3.5 This was Red's best Common last time we saw it, and it'll be in the conversation here too. Three mana for a 2/1 and a 1/1 flyer is excellent.
Courier's Briefcase image 2 This fixes your mana pretty effectively while also adding a body to the board. I wouldn't count on cashing it in for 3 cards, though.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 2: Lyev Skyknight
Lumbering Falls image 3.5 A 3/3 body isn't always great, but we're still talking about a land that can attack and block in the late game.
Heart-Piercer Manticore image 1.5 This underperformed pretty hard last time we saw it. It's because it has some awkward tension. If you have a creature that is big enough to kill something big of your opponent's well...you probably don't want to sacrifice it. And sacrificing something that is fodder is likely to result in a very minimal effect.
Spawning Bed image 2.5 This isn't great for you mana early, but having a land that turns into 3 1/1s is worth the hit to your mana base sometimes.
Fight with Fire image 4 Three mana to deal 5 is already a card you'd always play, and this has absolutely absurd late-game upside.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 3: Gnarlback Rhino
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.
Rogue's Passage image 1.5 This is a decent late-game mana sink, but it hurts your mana base in the mean time.
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.
Experiment One image 2.5 Evolve creatures are awkward in Limited since they are good if you get them down early and terrible if you draw them late.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Orzhov Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Nissa's Pilgrimage image 2 Paying three to ramp your mana and not add to the board can be a liability, but this is a pretty potent way to do it, especially if you have spellmastery.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Starfield of Nyx
Starfield of Nyx image 0 // 3.5 This looks like a more legit Limited buildaround than it did last time we saw it, as this format has tons of Enchantments -- but it's still going to be difficult to really get it going. If you have like 10+ Enchantments I say go for it, but anything less and it'll be tough to get going.
Spawning Bed image 2.5 This isn't great for you mana early, but having a land that turns into 3 1/1s is worth the hit to your mana base sometimes.
Honored Hydra image 4.5 This is pretty insane at Uncommon. It gives you two very real bodies -- one of which is appropriately costed, and the other is undercosted. You can also mill or discard it and get a 6/6 trampler in the early game.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
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.
Azorius 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 5: Lotus-Eye Mystics
Steam Augury image 3 I don't love that this doesn't add to the board, but it's usually going to draw you a few card and stock your graveyard.
War Oracle image 2 A 4-mana 3/3 lifelink isn't very good, and that stat-line also means it'll be tough for this to ever become renowned.
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.
Voyaging Satyr image 3 This is a nice way to ramp your mana.
Treasure Cruise image 0 // 3.5 You need a graveyard deck, but if you have a good enough one this basically becomes Ancestral Recall.
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.
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.
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.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
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 1 Pick 6: Essence Scatter
Essence Scatter image 3 This counters most spells and is easy to cast. It can generate some great tempo.
Ghirapur Gearcrafter image 3.5 This was Red's best Common last time we saw it, and it'll be in the conversation here too. Three mana for a 2/1 and a 1/1 flyer is excellent.
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.
Halo Scarab image 1.5 This was pretty weak last time we saw it, and it will be here too. It has bad stats, and while getting Treasure can be nice, paying 2 mana for it isn't.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Orzhov Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Ovalchase Daredevil image 1 // 3.5 This was pretty good back in Kaladesh, but that was an artifact-heavy set. This one isn't. Still, even with just like 3 artifacts in your deck it's a pretty good card, since a 4/2 is relevant virtually all game long.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Aqueous Form
Aqueous Form image 1.5 Even in a format with an Aura/Heroic theme, I'm skeptical of this being worth a card in most cases. You open yourself up to a very real risk of a 2-for-1, and the payoff is pretty medium.
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.
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.
Baleful Eidolon image 2 This doesn't feel great either way you cast it, but the flexibility keeps it from being too bad.
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.
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.
Boros Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 1 Pick 8: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sungrace Pegasus image 2 This is a nice place to put counters or Auras, but is fairly underwhelming otherwise.
Pack 1 Pick 9: 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.
Artisan of Forms image 2 This certainly has some blowout potential, and it can permanently change into another creature -- but it's also a 2-mana 1/1 that takes some significant set up to be relevant.
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.
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
Ghirapur Gearcrafter image 3.5 This was Red's best Common last time we saw it, and it'll be in the conversation here too. Three mana for a 2/1 and a 1/1 flyer is excellent.
Courier's Briefcase image 2 This fixes your mana pretty effectively while also adding a body to the board. I wouldn't count on cashing it in for 3 cards, though.
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 1 Pick 10: Windrider Patrol
Spawning Bed image 2.5 This isn't great for you mana early, but having a land that turns into 3 1/1s is worth the hit to your mana base sometimes.
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.
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.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
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.
Stampeding Elk Herd image 2.5 This brings 5 power to the baord on it's own, so getting Formidable is certainly doable.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Mizzium Skin
Rogue's Passage image 1.5 This is a decent late-game mana sink, but it hurts your mana base in the mean time.
Experiment One image 2.5 Evolve creatures are awkward in Limited since they are good if you get them down early and terrible if you draw them late.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Oath of Jace
Spawning Bed image 2.5 This isn't great for you mana early, but having a land that turns into 3 1/1s is worth the hit to your mana base sometimes.
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.
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.
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 13: Treasure Cruise
Steam Augury image 3 I don't love that this doesn't add to the board, but it's usually going to draw you a few card and stock your graveyard.
Treasure Cruise image 0 // 3.5 You need a graveyard deck, but if you have a good enough one this basically becomes Ancestral Recall.
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 1 Pick 14: Tah-Crop Skirmisher
Halo Scarab image 1.5 This was pretty weak last time we saw it, and it will be here too. It has bad stats, and while getting Treasure can be nice, paying 2 mana for it isn't.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 15: Ingenious Skaab
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 2 Pick 1: Scatter to the Winds
Needle Spires image 4 A 2/1 with double strike is a body your opponent always has to respect. When a land has that relevant of a body in the late game, it feels almost like a 2-for-1.
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.
Scatter to the Winds image 2 Cancel isn't usually very good in Limited, but in the late game this turns into a 3/3 that counters a spell, and that's enough upside to make this Cancel variant worthwhile.
War Oracle image 2 A 4-mana 3/3 lifelink isn't very good, and that stat-line also means it'll be tough for this to ever become renowned.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
Ob Nixilis's Cruelty image 4 This kills almost anything for three mana, and even turns off graveyard shenanigans -- including death triggers.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
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.
Boulder Salvo image 2.5 A 5-mana deal 4 is bad, but Surging with this is pretty doable.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
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.
Courier's Briefcase image 2 This fixes your mana pretty effectively while also adding a body to the board. I wouldn't count on cashing it in for 3 cards, though.
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.
Boros 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 2 Pick 2: Aetherling
Aetherling image 4.5 It's definitely expensive, but if you can play this and leave mana up to blink it, it's probably never going to die, and it's always a threat since it's hard to block and can hit pretty hard.
Garruk, Apex Predator image 5 Garruk is a planeswalker that completely takes over the game. The 3/3 tokens it makes are incredibly imposing and nearly impossible to deal with effectively for your opponent -- and he also comes with the ability to destroy creatures. That's where most of this card's value comes from in Limited, and that's plenty to win most games.
Anchor to the Aether image 3 This is some nice 1-for-1 removal that even improves your card quality.
Rogue's Passage image 1.5 This is a decent late-game mana sink, but it hurts your mana base in the mean time.
Archway Angel image 1.5 // 4 This was a pretty legit buildaround last time we saw it. Gate decks really want this card, since they often have slow starts because they are playing so many colors and so many tap lands, the Angel helps even things out on turn 5, and often pulls you ahead. If you don't have lots of gates though, she's pretty bad.
Zendikar Incarnate image 2 This is just a big vanilla creature. It'll never feel bad, but it'll never feel great either.
Gladecover Scout image 1 // 3.5 This is a great creature to augment thanks to hexproof, but it's very bad if you can't do that.
Witch's Mark image 2.5 You get a pretty good return on your two mana investment + a card, since you add something to the board while digging deeper into your deck.
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.
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.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
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.
Azorius 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 2 Pick 3: Essence Scatter
Seed Guardian image 4 Without even trying, this will usually leave behind at least a 1/1, and by the later stages of the game killing this will result in a huge monster token.
Bane of Bala Ged image 2 Pseudo-annihilator is kind of cool, but it's understatted and expensive.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Essence Scatter image 3 This counters most spells and is easy to cast. It can generate some great tempo.
Boulder Salvo image 2.5 A 5-mana deal 4 is bad, but Surging with this is pretty doable.
Akroan Crusader image 2 This is a solid Heroic trigger, but the ones that make a creature better in combat are the truly backbreaking ones.
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.
Selesnya 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: Bane of Bala Ged
Bane of Bala Ged image 2 Pseudo-annihilator is kind of cool, but it's understatted and expensive.
Aqueous Form image 1.5 Even in a format with an Aura/Heroic theme, I'm skeptical of this being worth a card in most cases. You open yourself up to a very real risk of a 2-for-1, and the payoff is pretty medium.
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.
Nighthowler image 2 This can be huge for sure, but it can also be super underwhelming.
Baleful Eidolon image 2 This doesn't feel great either way you cast it, but the flexibility keeps it from being too bad.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Sejiri Shelter
Labyrinth Champion image 2 The stat-line is bad, but Shocking something every time you trigger Heroic is pretty nice.
Humble Defector image 2.5 This is better than it looks! Sure, symmetrical draw isn't awesome -- nor is giving your opponent a card, but you always get to draw cards with it first, and that makes a huge difference. It can get especially nice if you sacrifice it in response to the ability.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Boulder Salvo image 2.5 A 5-mana deal 4 is bad, but Surging with this is pretty doable.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
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.
Dimir Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
The Chain Veil image 0 Even with the planeswalker bonus sheet around, I'm very skeptical about The Chain Veil working. You might have 1-2 planeswalkers in most decks, but that just isn't enough.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Progenitor Mimic
Progenitor Mimic image 4 Typically, you won't be able to copy a creature that is worth the 6 mana you spend -- but if the Mimic makes it to your next turn and spits out a token, you'll come out ahead -- and if your opponent can't kill the Mimic, things will snowball in your favor.
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.
Gladecover Scout image 1 // 3.5 This is a great creature to augment thanks to hexproof, but it's very bad if you can't do that.
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.
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.
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.
Undead Butler image 2.5 This sets up the graveyard nicely, and even has a decent effect to take advantage of that fact.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Azorius Charm
Azorius Charm image 4 This is a very nice removal spell that happens to have two other useful modes.
Nyx Weaver image 3 This is a good enabler for graveyard decks, and a passable payoff, too.
Artisan of Forms image 2 This certainly has some blowout potential, and it can permanently change into another creature -- but it's also a 2-mana 1/1 that takes some significant set up to be relevant.
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.
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.
Halo Scarab image 1.5 This was pretty weak last time we saw it, and it will be here too. It has bad stats, and while getting Treasure can be nice, paying 2 mana for it isn't.
Treasure Cruise image 0 // 3.5 You need a graveyard deck, but if you have a good enough one this basically becomes Ancestral Recall.
Gruul Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
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 8: Jwari Disruption
Ghor-Clan Rampager image 3.5 The "Bloodrush" here is the more potent part of the card, as that buff helps basically any creature win any combat. The creature does have to be attacking though, and if you're behind on board and you can't attack, you can just play this out as a decent creature.
Conclave Naturalists image 0.5 This is a great sideboard card, but there aren't enough enchantments or artifacts in this set for it to be good in the main deck.
Jwari Disruption image 3.5 A land that can also counter spells is amazing. Basically, if you have this early you can hold on to it and hope to snipe a spell in the first few turns -- and once you need a land, it can do that 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 9: Silundi Vision
Needle Spires image 4 A 2/1 with double strike is a body your opponent always has to respect. When a land has that relevant of a body in the late game, it feels almost like a 2-for-1.
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.
Boulder Salvo image 2.5 A 5-mana deal 4 is bad, but Surging with this is pretty doable.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
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.
Boros 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 2 Pick 10: Azorius Guildgate
Rogue's Passage image 1.5 This is a decent late-game mana sink, but it hurts your mana base in the mean time.
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.
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.
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.
Azorius 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 2 Pick 11: Selesnya Guildgate
Seed Guardian image 4 Without even trying, this will usually leave behind at least a 1/1, and by the later stages of the game killing this will result in a huge monster token.
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.
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.
Selesnya 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: Aqueous Form
Aqueous Form image 1.5 Even in a format with an Aura/Heroic theme, I'm skeptical of this being worth a card in most cases. You open yourself up to a very real risk of a 2-for-1, and the payoff is pretty medium.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Gurmag Angler
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.
Boulder Salvo image 2.5 A 5-mana deal 4 is bad, but Surging with this is pretty doable.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Gladecover Scout
Gladecover Scout image 1 // 3.5 This is a great creature to augment thanks to hexproof, but it's very bad if you can't do that.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 15: Stain the Mind
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 3 Pick 1: Syndicate Messenger
Shambling Vent image 3.5 A 2/3 with lifelink is usually capable of doing something -- like chumping and gaining you life at least -- and in the mean time this provides great fixing.
Gatebreaker Ram image 0 // 3.5 This is a great gate payoff that can serve as a very legitimate win condition when you have a bunch of Gates.
Spawning Bed image 2.5 This isn't great for you mana early, but having a land that turns into 3 1/1s is worth the hit to your mana base sometimes.
Fight with Fire image 4 Three mana to deal 5 is already a card you'd always play, and this has absolutely absurd late-game upside.
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.
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
Read the Bones image 2.5 This is always a nice draw spell. You can see up to 4 cards, which is great for 3 mana.
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.
Gladecover Scout image 1 // 3.5 This is a great creature to augment thanks to hexproof, but it's very bad if you can't do that.
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.
Treasure Cruise image 0 // 3.5 You need a graveyard deck, but if you have a good enough one this basically becomes Ancestral Recall.
Ghirapur Gearcrafter image 3.5 This was Red's best Common last time we saw it, and it'll be in the conversation here too. Three mana for a 2/1 and a 1/1 flyer is excellent.
Zendikar Incarnate image 2 This is just a big vanilla creature. It'll never feel bad, but it'll never feel great either.
Izzet 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 3 Pick 2: Gust of Wind
Knight of the White Orchid image 3 This costing double white really holds it back, as you're unlikely to be able to consistently cast it on turn two. However, it does help with Devotion and a 2/2 first strike is pretty much always relevant.
Coordinated Assault image 3 This can generate 2-for-1s incredibly efficiently, and it gets even better in a heroic format.
Nighthowler image 2 This can be huge for sure, but it can also be super underwhelming.
Bloodtithe Harvester image 3.5 This isn't going to be as insane as it was in Crimson Vow, because there isn't much Blood in the format. But this is still an excellent card because of the stat-line, the useful blood token, and on occasion you can turn the Harvester into removal.
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.
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.
Scion of Ugin image 1 A 6-mana 4/4 flyer doesn't real move the needle in Limited these days.
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.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
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.
Simic 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 3: Selesnya Guildgate
Needle Spires image 4 A 2/1 with double strike is a body your opponent always has to respect. When a land has that relevant of a body in the late game, it feels almost like a 2-for-1.
Bassara Tower Archer image 2.0 // 3.5 This is where you want to put your Auras, counters, and equipment -- but without those things, it's pretty mediocre.
Bane of Bala Ged image 2 Pseudo-annihilator is kind of cool, but it's understatted and expensive.
War Oracle image 2 A 4-mana 3/3 lifelink isn't very good, and that stat-line also means it'll be tough for this to ever become renowned.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
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.
Supernatural Stamina image 2.5 This is a very nice trick because it's so cheap, and great in combat or against removal.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
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.
Scion of Ugin image 1 A 6-mana 4/4 flyer doesn't real move the needle in Limited these days.
Selesnya Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Hidden Strings image 0 This is here for Pioneer constructed, not Pioneer Remastered draft. This does very little in your typical game of Limited Magic.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Lyev Skyknight
Zurgo Bellstriker image 2 If you could always play him on turn one he'd be really good -- but that's not how Magic works. In the later stages of the game it's just a bad card.
Gatebreaker Ram image 0 // 3.5 This is a great gate payoff that can serve as a very legitimate win condition when you have a bunch of Gates.
Monastery Swiftspear image 3.5 While not as good in Limited as it is in 60-card formats, the Swiftspear is still very good. It does a ton of damage early, and prowess helps keep it relevant all game.
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.
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.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 5: Murmuring Mystic
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.
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.
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.
Voyaging Satyr image 3 This is a nice way to ramp your mana.
Ob Nixilis's Cruelty image 4 This kills almost anything for three mana, and even turns off graveyard shenanigans -- including death triggers.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Selesnya Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Lyev Skyknight
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.
Jwari Disruption image 3.5 A land that can also counter spells is amazing. Basically, if you have this early you can hold on to it and hope to snipe a spell in the first few turns -- and once you need a land, it can do that too.
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.
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.
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.
Undead Butler image 2.5 This sets up the graveyard nicely, and even has a decent effect to take advantage of that fact.
Essence Scatter image 3 This counters most spells and is easy to cast. It can generate some great tempo.
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.
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.
Gruul Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Windrider Patrol
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.
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.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
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.
Witch's Mark image 2.5 You get a pretty good return on your two mana investment + a card, since you add something to the board while digging deeper into your deck.
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.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
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 8: Pilgrim's Eye
Scytheclaw Raptor image 2.5 This has a nice aggressive stat-line and it does punish your opponent in a pretty big way for casting stuff on your turn.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stampeding Elk Herd image 2.5 This brings 5 power to the baord on it's own, so getting Formidable is certainly doable.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Treasure Cruise
Spawning Bed image 2.5 This isn't great for you mana early, but having a land that turns into 3 1/1s is worth the hit to your mana base sometimes.
Gladecover Scout image 1 // 3.5 This is a great creature to augment thanks to hexproof, but it's very bad if you can't do that.
Treasure Cruise image 0 // 3.5 You need a graveyard deck, but if you have a good enough one this basically becomes Ancestral Recall.
Ghirapur Gearcrafter image 3.5 This was Red's best Common last time we saw it, and it'll be in the conversation here too. Three mana for a 2/1 and a 1/1 flyer is excellent.
Zendikar Incarnate image 2 This is just a big vanilla creature. It'll never feel bad, but it'll never feel great either.
Izzet 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 3 Pick 10: Ardenvale Tactician
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.
Scion of Ugin image 1 A 6-mana 4/4 flyer doesn't real move the needle in Limited these days.
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.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Mizzium Skin
War Oracle image 2 A 4-mana 3/3 lifelink isn't very good, and that stat-line also means it'll be tough for this to ever become renowned.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
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.
Supernatural Stamina image 2.5 This is a very nice trick because it's so cheap, and great in combat or against removal.
Scion of Ugin image 1 A 6-mana 4/4 flyer doesn't real move the needle in Limited these days.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Silundi Vision
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.
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 13: Furious Rise
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Jwari Disruption
Jwari Disruption image 3.5 A land that can also counter spells is amazing. Basically, if you have this early you can hold on to it and hope to snipe a spell in the first few turns -- and once you need a land, it can do that too.
Undead Butler image 2.5 This sets up the graveyard nicely, and even has a decent effect to take advantage of that fact.
Pack 3 Pick 15: Returned Centaur
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
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