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Premier Draft PIO 25 December 2024

25 December 02:00 - waynesun2010 7 Wins - 1 Losses
Maindeck
Creature (14)
1 Fleecemane Lion image
1 Boon Satyr image
1 Kraul Harpooner image
1 Gladecover Scout image
3 Gnarlback Rhino image
1 Experiment One image
1 Steward of Solidarity image
1 Bassara Tower Archer image
1 District Guide image
1 Ghostblade Eidolon image
1 Ardenvale Tactician image
1 Voyaging Satyr image
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (9)
1 Secure the Wastes image
1 Audacity image
1 Phalanx Tactics image
1 Unflinching Courage image
1 Triplicate Spirits image
1 Selesnya Charm image
1 Savage Punch image
1 Stasis Snare image
1 Kabira Takedown image
Planeswalker (1)
1 Gideon, Ally of Zendikar image
Land (16)
2 Selesnya Guildgate image
7 Forest image
7 Plains image
Sideboard
2 Syndicate Messenger image
1 Zephyr Winder image
1 Akroan Crusader image
1 Dreg Mangler image
1 Baleful Eidolon image
1 Tidebinder Mage image
1 Nivix Cyclops image
1 Dark Betrayal image
1 Valakut Awakening image
1 Jwari Disruption image
2 Sejiri Shelter image
1 Swift Reckoning image
1 Coordinated Assault image
1 Unravel the Aether image
1 Furious Rise image
1 Commune with the Gods image
1 Rakdos Guildgate image

Pack 1 Pick 1: Ghor-Clan Rampager
Hissing Quagmire image 4 Creature lands are amazing, especially when they can produce two colors of mana. This gives you the mana fixing you want, and later in the game it can attack or block as a very real creature thanks to death touch.
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.
Dreadhound image 3.5 This is great at stocking the graveyard, and it's ETB is usually going to make your opponent lose 1 life or more, while you get a pretty nice creature.
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.
Crackdown Construct image 0 The base stat-line is awful, and buffing the Construct isn't particularly easy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rakdos 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 1 Pick 2: Akroan Crusader
Spirit of the Labyrinth image 2.5 This has passable stats and Enchantment typing, and while the effect is symmetrical, it's less likely to affect you in White.
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.
Bane of Bala Ged image 2 Pseudo-annihilator is kind of cool, but it's understatted and expensive.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
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.
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.
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 3: Ghirapur Gearcrafter
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.
Dinrova Horror image 3.5 Adding a 4/4 body to the board, bouncing something, and making your opponent discard is very nice for six mana -- and sometimes it can effectively destroy the creature it bounces.
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.
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.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
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.
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.
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.
Khalni Ambush image 3 The Ambush is a mediocre removal spell, but having a land that can also be a removal spell is amazing.
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.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
Golgari 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 4: Ghirapur Gearcrafter
Labyrinth Champion image 2 The stat-line is bad, but Shocking something every time you trigger Heroic is pretty nice.
Rogue's Passage image 1.5 This is a decent late-game mana sink, but it hurts your mana base in the mean time.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
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.
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.
Izzet Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Akroan Crusader
Hopeful Eidolon image 2.5 Neither mode of this card is all that good individually, but the flexibility is nice.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
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.
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.
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.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is nice.
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.
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.
Boundary Lands Ranger image 3 This has a solid baseline and can really let you dig deeper into your deck by the mid-game.
Selesnya 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 6: Reckless Bushwhacker
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.
Azorius Charm image 4 This is a very nice removal spell that happens to have two other useful modes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Khalni Ambush image 3 The Ambush is a mediocre removal spell, but having a land that can also be a removal spell is amazing.
Orzhov 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 7: Coordinated Assault
Thunderclap Wyvern image 3.5 This can Flash in and buff a few creatures, and just adding a 2/3 to the board out of nowhere means it can ambush block 2/2s pretty effectively.
Coordinated Assault image 3 This can generate 2-for-1s incredibly efficiently, and it gets even better in a heroic format.
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.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard 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.
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.
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.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
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 8: Leafcrown Dryad
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.
Stab Wound image 3.5 This can outright kill something small, but it's almost better when you put it on a creature that doesn't die. Turning a 4/4 into a 2/2 is usually enough to take away it's relevance, and Stab Wound can bleed your opponent out surprisingly quickly.
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.
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.
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.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
Dimir Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Leafcrown Dryad
Crackdown Construct image 0 The base stat-line is awful, and buffing the Construct isn't particularly easy.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rakdos Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Sphere of Safety
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.
Bane of Bala Ged image 2 Pseudo-annihilator is kind of cool, but it's understatted and expensive.
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.
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 11: Valakut Awakening
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.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
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.
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.
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 12: Labyrinth Champion
Labyrinth Champion image 2 The stat-line is bad, but Shocking something every time you trigger Heroic is pretty nice.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Boundary Lands Ranger
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Pulse of Murasa
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.
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 1 Pick 15: Bloodfire Enforcers
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 2 Pick 1: Seed Guardian
Soulflayer image 2 This is mostly just a Delve creature that's a 4/4 -- that's where most of the value is, anyway. You shouldn't really count on getting a bunch of keywords in Limited.
Kraul Harpooner image 2.5 This ETB usually results in the Harpooner dying too, but if you're paying 2 to kill a big flyer you're going to be happy with that. And when you can't use the ETB, it's still a solid 2 drop.
Ubul Sar Gatekeepers image 0 // 3 This is unplayable if you don't have like 6+ gates, but if you do it's a pretty nice payoff.
Anchor to the Aether image 3 This is some nice 1-for-1 removal that even improves your card quality.
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.
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.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Golgari 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: Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma
Ashen Rider image 4.5 This is hard to cast, but well worth the effort. It adds a big evasive body to the board that permanently eliminates a permanent, and even if your opponent kills it, they lose another one. Make sure to take Orzhov gates when you see them, though.
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.
Phalanx Leader image 2.5 The Heroic trigger is strong, but it's hard to cast and super vulnerable when it comes down.
Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma image 4 The attack trigger counts itself, so even if it's all alone it attacks as a 5/4 trampler, and there's a good chance that you have plenty of other cards that this makes much better.
Silkwrap image 3 It can't take down everything, but it can answer most early-game creatures quite efficiently.
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.
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.
Baleful Eidolon image 2 This doesn't feel great either way you cast it, but the flexibility keeps it from being too bad.
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.
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.
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.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
Azorius Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Call the Gatewatch image 0 // 1.5 There's going to be a planeswalker bonus sheet during part of this set's run, and when that's the case it might be sort of kind of playable, but you're still basically paying 3 extra mana for it, which tends to make a card a lot worse.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Fight with Fire
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.
Azorius Charm image 4 This is a very nice removal spell that happens to have two other useful modes.
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.
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.
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.
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
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.
Khalni Ambush image 3 The Ambush is a mediocre removal spell, but having a land that can also be a removal spell is amazing.
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.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
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.
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 2 Pick 4: Khalni Ambush
Quicken image 1.5 It replace itself so that it's not a complete dud, but you just don't have this and a Sorcery worth giving Flash to in your hand often enough for it to be very good.
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.
Thunderclap Wyvern image 3.5 This can Flash in and buff a few creatures, and just adding a 2/3 to the board out of nowhere means it can ambush block 2/2s pretty effectively.
Khalni Ambush image 3 The Ambush is a mediocre removal spell, but having a land that can also be a removal spell is amazing.
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.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
Scion of Ugin image 1 A 6-mana 4/4 flyer doesn't real move the needle in Limited these days.
Fallaji Archaeologist image 3 This was a SUPER good common last time we saw it. If you're in Blue with lots of spells, you're going to frequently make this a two mana 0/3 that draws a card on ETB, and the fail case is a two mana 1/4 that helps you load the graveyard.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 5: Wild Slash
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!
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.
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.
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.
Fallaji Archaeologist image 3 This was a SUPER good common last time we saw it. If you're in Blue with lots of spells, you're going to frequently make this a two mana 0/3 that draws a card on ETB, and the fail case is a two mana 1/4 that helps you load the graveyard.
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.
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.
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.
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 6: Zendikar Incarnate
Stab Wound image 3.5 This can outright kill something small, but it's almost better when you put it on a creature that doesn't die. Turning a 4/4 into a 2/2 is usually enough to take away it's relevance, and Stab Wound can bleed your opponent out surprisingly quickly.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Essence Scatter image 3 This counters most spells and is easy to cast. It can generate some great tempo.
Zendikar Incarnate image 2 This is just a big vanilla creature. It'll never feel bad, but it'll never feel great either.
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 2 Pick 7: Zendikar Incarnate
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
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.
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.
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.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
Zendikar Incarnate image 2 This is just a big vanilla creature. It'll never feel bad, but it'll never feel great either.
Selesnya 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: Gruul Guildgate
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.
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.
Windrider Patrol image 2 This is a bit overcosted, but the combat damage trigger is 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.
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.
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.
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.
Gruul Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Anchor to the Aether
Ubul Sar Gatekeepers image 0 // 3 This is unplayable if you don't have like 6+ gates, but if you do it's a pretty nice payoff.
Anchor to the Aether image 3 This is some nice 1-for-1 removal that even improves your card quality.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
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.
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.
Golgari Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Call the Gatewatch
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.
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.
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.
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.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
Call the Gatewatch image 0 // 1.5 There's going to be a planeswalker bonus sheet during part of this set's run, and when that's the case it might be sort of kind of playable, but you're still basically paying 3 extra mana for it, which tends to make a card a lot worse.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Evolving Wilds
Mizzium Skin image 2.5 This is a nice cheap way to blank removal, and sometimes it can even win combat.
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.
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.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Skyreaping
Quicken image 1.5 It replace itself so that it's not a complete dud, but you just don't have this and a Sorcery worth giving Flash to in your hand often enough for it to be very good.
Returned Centaur image 1.5 The stat-line is bad, and there are better ways to load the graveyard in the format.
Scion of Ugin image 1 A 6-mana 4/4 flyer doesn't real move the needle in Limited these days.
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 2 Pick 13: Smash to Smithereens
Fallaji Archaeologist image 3 This was a SUPER good common last time we saw it. If you're in Blue with lots of spells, you're going to frequently make this a two mana 0/3 that draws a card on ETB, and the fail case is a two mana 1/4 that helps you load the graveyard.
Scion of Ugin image 1 A 6-mana 4/4 flyer doesn't real move the needle in Limited these days.
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 14: Silumgar Butcher
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 15: Syndicate Messenger
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Ghirapur Gearcrafter
Woodland Wanderer image 4 This'll be a 4-mana 4/4 with vigilance and trample without you even having to try, and if you have more colors of mana around it becomes even more efficient.
Day's Undoing image 0 It's generally not worth giving your opponent a bunch of cards and giving them the opportunity to use those cards first makes this truly terrible.
Thunderclap Wyvern image 3.5 This can Flash in and buff a few creatures, and just adding a 2/3 to the board out of nowhere means it can ambush block 2/2s pretty effectively.
Ultimate Price image 4 This can't hit artifact creature or multicolored creatures, but that still means it can kill almost everything in the format at instant speed for only 2 mana.
Bane of Bala Ged image 2 Pseudo-annihilator is kind of cool, but it's understatted and expensive.
Essence Scatter image 3 This counters most spells and is easy to cast. It can generate some great tempo.
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rakdos Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Crumble to Dust image 0.0 Land destruction is rarely where you want to be in Limited, and even with a Gate theme this will typically be a blank and/or irrelevant card.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Fall of the Hammer
Haven of the Spirit Dragon image 0 There aren't enough dragons in this format for it to be worth playing a land that is bad for your mana base.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zendikar Incarnate image 2 This is just a big vanilla creature. It'll never feel bad, but it'll never feel great either.
Dimir 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 3 Pick 3: Gladecover Scout
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Boulder Salvo image 2.5 A 5-mana deal 4 is bad, but Surging with this is pretty doable.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Simic 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 3 Pick 4: Akroan Crusader
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.
Anax and Cymede image 4 A three mana 3/2 with first strike and vigilance is already pretty good -- and this Heroic trigger can be devastating.
Celestial Archon image 3 This is a fairly formidable threat on it's own, and if you get it late you can buff a creature you already have in a big way, while also making sure you have some value left over.
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.
Zendikar Incarnate image 2 This is just a big vanilla creature. It'll never feel bad, but it'll never feel great either.
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.
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.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
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.
Boros 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 3 Pick 5: Ordeal of Purphoros
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.
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.
Crackdown Construct image 0 The base stat-line is awful, and buffing the Construct isn't particularly easy.
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.
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.
Voyaging Satyr image 3 This is a nice way to ramp your mana.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 6: Witch's Mark
Hopeful Eidolon image 2.5 Neither mode of this card is all that good individually, but the flexibility is nice.
Anax and Cymede image 4 A three mana 3/2 with first strike and vigilance is already pretty good -- and this Heroic trigger can be devastating.
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.
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.
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.
Evolving Wilds image 2.5 These give you good fixing, though there isn't much additional synergy in the format for it.
Fallaji Archaeologist image 3 This was a SUPER good common last time we saw it. If you're in Blue with lots of spells, you're going to frequently make this a two mana 0/3 that draws a card on ETB, and the fail case is a two mana 1/4 that helps you load the graveyard.
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.
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.
Oath of Gideon image 2 This has a kind of passable baseline, and while the Planeswalker bonus sheet is active, you might actually be able to get some additional value out of it.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Boundary Lands Ranger
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Simic Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Brood Monitor image 4.5 This gives you a ton of value for 6 mana. Even if those tokens couldn't be sacrificed for mana, this is a card that gives you four very real bodies. If you're behind, it brings you to parity. If you're at parity it pulls you ahead, and if you're ahead, the game's probably over.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Audacity
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Keening Apparition image 2 This has okay stats, and the format has enough Enchantments for this ability to be relevant sometimes.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Crumble to Dust
Thunderclap Wyvern image 3.5 This can Flash in and buff a few creatures, and just adding a 2/3 to the board out of nowhere means it can ambush block 2/2s pretty effectively.
Bane of Bala Ged image 2 Pseudo-annihilator is kind of cool, but it's understatted and expensive.
Syndicate Messenger image 2.5 4 mana for a 3/4 worth of flying stats is an okay deal.
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.
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.
Rakdos Guildgate image 3 These offer great fixing, and the format has tons of gate payoffs, too.
Crumble to Dust image 0.0 Land destruction is rarely where you want to be in Limited, and even with a Gate theme this will typically be a blank and/or irrelevant card.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Dragon Mantle
Haven of the Spirit Dragon image 0 There aren't enough dragons in this format for it to be worth playing a land that is bad for your mana base.
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.
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.
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.
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 11: 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 12: Goblin Heelcutter
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.
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.
Lagonna-Band Trailblazer image 2 A one mana 0/4 is kind of brutal, but buffing this is plenty doable in the format.
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: Lotus-Eye Mystics
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Commune with the Gods
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 15: Nemesis of Mortals
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.
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