Premier Draft DFT 12 March 2025
12 March 12:45 - yeeun 7 Wins - 2 Losses
Pack 1 Pick 1: Hour of Victory
Rangers' Aetherhive
3.5 The Vehicle itself is pretty nice, and getting just one thopter out of this feels good, and it isn't hard to build around.
3.5 The Vehicle itself is pretty nice, and getting just one thopter out of this feels good, and it isn't hard to build around.
Haunt the Network
3.5 The baseline is 5-mana for two 1/1 thopters and you drain your opponent 2 life. That's not good, but it's the baseline. Sometimes this will just end the game, and it will frequently turn the game on it's head.
3.5 The baseline is 5-mana for two 1/1 thopters and you drain your opponent 2 life. That's not good, but it's the baseline. Sometimes this will just end the game, and it will frequently turn the game on it's head.
Marauding Mako
1.5 // 3.5 This is a great payoff if you're in the Blue/Red deck, which will have lots of ways to trigger this. It's going to be a lot less impressive in other Red decks, though.
1.5 // 3.5 This is a great payoff if you're in the Blue/Red deck, which will have lots of ways to trigger this. It's going to be a lot less impressive in other Red decks, though.
Pride of the Road
2.5 The baseline is solid, and the max speed pay off is enough to make almost anything into a threat -- including the Pride itself.
2.5 The baseline is solid, and the max speed pay off is enough to make almost anything into a threat -- including the Pride itself.
Push the Limit
0 Yeah, you're not setting this up and then getting to 7 mana in Limited.
0 Yeah, you're not setting this up and then getting to 7 mana in Limited.
Hazard of the Dunes
2.5 You're getting just about you should get for 4 mana, and in the late game it can become the biggest creature on the board.
2.5 You're getting just about you should get for 4 mana, and in the late game it can become the biggest creature on the board.
Mutant Surveyor
2.5 The buff effect helps gets this in on many boards, and the fact you can exile it from your graveyard means it has 2-for-1 potential. Alternatively, it can feel pretty good when it gets milled too.
2.5 The buff effect helps gets this in on many boards, and the fact you can exile it from your graveyard means it has 2-for-1 potential. Alternatively, it can feel pretty good when it gets milled too.
Voyager Quickwelder
2.5 Reducing the cost of artifacts certainly comes up in this format, especially in Blue/White. But it is the kind of card you sort of need to get in play on turn three, or it has diminishing returns.
2.5 Reducing the cost of artifacts certainly comes up in this format, especially in Blue/White. But it is the kind of card you sort of need to get in play on turn three, or it has diminishing returns.
Stall Out
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
Bestow Greatness
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
Gilded Ghoda
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
Trip Up
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
Thornwood Falls
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Haunt the Network
Rangers' Aetherhive
3.5 The Vehicle itself is pretty nice, and getting just one thopter out of this feels good, and it isn't hard to build around.
3.5 The Vehicle itself is pretty nice, and getting just one thopter out of this feels good, and it isn't hard to build around.
Haunt the Network
3.5 The baseline is 5-mana for two 1/1 thopters and you drain your opponent 2 life. That's not good, but it's the baseline. Sometimes this will just end the game, and it will frequently turn the game on it's head.
3.5 The baseline is 5-mana for two 1/1 thopters and you drain your opponent 2 life. That's not good, but it's the baseline. Sometimes this will just end the game, and it will frequently turn the game on it's head.
Marauding Mako
1.5 // 3.5 This is a great payoff if you're in the Blue/Red deck, which will have lots of ways to trigger this. It's going to be a lot less impressive in other Red decks, though.
1.5 // 3.5 This is a great payoff if you're in the Blue/Red deck, which will have lots of ways to trigger this. It's going to be a lot less impressive in other Red decks, though.
Pride of the Road
2.5 The baseline is solid, and the max speed pay off is enough to make almost anything into a threat -- including the Pride itself.
2.5 The baseline is solid, and the max speed pay off is enough to make almost anything into a threat -- including the Pride itself.
Push the Limit
0 Yeah, you're not setting this up and then getting to 7 mana in Limited.
0 Yeah, you're not setting this up and then getting to 7 mana in Limited.
Hazard of the Dunes
2.5 You're getting just about you should get for 4 mana, and in the late game it can become the biggest creature on the board.
2.5 You're getting just about you should get for 4 mana, and in the late game it can become the biggest creature on the board.
Mutant Surveyor
2.5 The buff effect helps gets this in on many boards, and the fact you can exile it from your graveyard means it has 2-for-1 potential. Alternatively, it can feel pretty good when it gets milled too.
2.5 The buff effect helps gets this in on many boards, and the fact you can exile it from your graveyard means it has 2-for-1 potential. Alternatively, it can feel pretty good when it gets milled too.
Voyager Quickwelder
2.5 Reducing the cost of artifacts certainly comes up in this format, especially in Blue/White. But it is the kind of card you sort of need to get in play on turn three, or it has diminishing returns.
2.5 Reducing the cost of artifacts certainly comes up in this format, especially in Blue/White. But it is the kind of card you sort of need to get in play on turn three, or it has diminishing returns.
Stall Out
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
Bestow Greatness
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
Gilded Ghoda
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
Trip Up
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
Thornwood Falls
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Deathless Pilot
Sabotage Strategist
2 If this can stick around, it's very powerful. But it is a horrible stat-line that means it can die to multiple one mana and two mana removal spells in the format, and that is just too big of a blowout for this to be anything special.
2 If this can stick around, it's very powerful. But it is a horrible stat-line that means it can die to multiple one mana and two mana removal spells in the format, and that is just too big of a blowout for this to be anything special.
Intimidation Tactics
2.5 This kind of disruption is great early, but drops off late. You can just cycle it once it's useless, though.
2.5 This kind of disruption is great early, but drops off late. You can just cycle it once it's useless, though.
Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
Endrider Catalyzer
2.5 This doesn't have the most exciting Max Speed ability since by the time you get there it's unlikely you're desperate for mana. But it's a solid card by virtue of simply being a two drop with okay stats that can start your engines on turn two.
2.5 This doesn't have the most exciting Max Speed ability since by the time you get there it's unlikely you're desperate for mana. But it's a solid card by virtue of simply being a two drop with okay stats that can start your engines on turn two.
Glitch Ghost Surveyor
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
Run Over
3.5 If this always cost two it would be a good card, but it will frequently only cost a single green, making it great. There's even a mount with death touch which makes for a particularly devastating combo.
3.5 If this always cost two it would be a good card, but it will frequently only cost a single green, making it great. There's even a mount with death touch which makes for a particularly devastating combo.
Deathless Pilot
1.5 This is a fairly sub-par creature, and while returning to your hand can be nice, it's also just an effect you use when you have nothing better to do. Typically, you don't want to spend 6 mana to put a 2/2 in play.
1.5 This is a fairly sub-par creature, and while returning to your hand can be nice, it's also just an effect you use when you have nothing better to do. Typically, you don't want to spend 6 mana to put a 2/2 in play.
Beastrider Vanguard
2 This is a decent two drop, and the ability might be a little more accessible than in most formats since there are several cards that produce mana for abilities. However, only hitting a land with the ability is a very real outcome.
2 This is a decent two drop, and the ability might be a little more accessible than in most formats since there are several cards that produce mana for abilities. However, only hitting a land with the ability is a very real outcome.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Leonin Surveyor
3 This is hard to block for much of the game, which means it's good at building speed, and it often turns into a 2-for-1 in the late game.
3 This is hard to block for much of the game, which means it's good at building speed, and it often turns into a 2-for-1 in the late game.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Sabotage Strategist
Sabotage Strategist
2 If this can stick around, it's very powerful. But it is a horrible stat-line that means it can die to multiple one mana and two mana removal spells in the format, and that is just too big of a blowout for this to be anything special.
2 If this can stick around, it's very powerful. But it is a horrible stat-line that means it can die to multiple one mana and two mana removal spells in the format, and that is just too big of a blowout for this to be anything special.
Intimidation Tactics
2.5 This kind of disruption is great early, but drops off late. You can just cycle it once it's useless, though.
2.5 This kind of disruption is great early, but drops off late. You can just cycle it once it's useless, though.
Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
Endrider Catalyzer
2.5 This doesn't have the most exciting Max Speed ability since by the time you get there it's unlikely you're desperate for mana. But it's a solid card by virtue of simply being a two drop with okay stats that can start your engines on turn two.
2.5 This doesn't have the most exciting Max Speed ability since by the time you get there it's unlikely you're desperate for mana. But it's a solid card by virtue of simply being a two drop with okay stats that can start your engines on turn two.
Glitch Ghost Surveyor
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
Run Over
3.5 If this always cost two it would be a good card, but it will frequently only cost a single green, making it great. There's even a mount with death touch which makes for a particularly devastating combo.
3.5 If this always cost two it would be a good card, but it will frequently only cost a single green, making it great. There's even a mount with death touch which makes for a particularly devastating combo.
Deathless Pilot
1.5 This is a fairly sub-par creature, and while returning to your hand can be nice, it's also just an effect you use when you have nothing better to do. Typically, you don't want to spend 6 mana to put a 2/2 in play.
1.5 This is a fairly sub-par creature, and while returning to your hand can be nice, it's also just an effect you use when you have nothing better to do. Typically, you don't want to spend 6 mana to put a 2/2 in play.
Beastrider Vanguard
2 This is a decent two drop, and the ability might be a little more accessible than in most formats since there are several cards that produce mana for abilities. However, only hitting a land with the ability is a very real outcome.
2 This is a decent two drop, and the ability might be a little more accessible than in most formats since there are several cards that produce mana for abilities. However, only hitting a land with the ability is a very real outcome.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Leonin Surveyor
3 This is hard to block for much of the game, which means it's good at building speed, and it often turns into a 2-for-1 in the late game.
3 This is hard to block for much of the game, which means it's good at building speed, and it often turns into a 2-for-1 in the late game.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Intimidation Tactics
Greasewrench Goblin
3.5 This feels pretty good on one, and it's exhaust ability is sure to not only make it a more relevant creature later, but also reload your hand while potentially triggering discard payoffs.
3.5 This feels pretty good on one, and it's exhaust ability is sure to not only make it a more relevant creature later, but also reload your hand while potentially triggering discard payoffs.
Intimidation Tactics
2.5 This kind of disruption is great early, but drops off late. You can just cycle it once it's useless, though.
2.5 This kind of disruption is great early, but drops off late. You can just cycle it once it's useless, though.
Rocky Roads
2.5 These will often enter untapped, and they give you a very real body in the mid-to-late-game.
2.5 These will often enter untapped, and they give you a very real body in the mid-to-late-game.
Ooze Patrol
1.5 The floor here is a very bad creature, and the ceiling is a huge vanilla creature that still has a window where it is very vulnerable.
1.5 The floor here is a very bad creature, and the ceiling is a huge vanilla creature that still has a window where it is very vulnerable.
Venomsac Lagac
2.5 This can attack surprisingly well for most of the game, and it can of course always trade with anything. Particularly good with Run Over.
2.5 This can attack surprisingly well for most of the game, and it can of course always trade with anything. Particularly good with Run Over.
Deathless Pilot
1.5 This is a fairly sub-par creature, and while returning to your hand can be nice, it's also just an effect you use when you have nothing better to do. Typically, you don't want to spend 6 mana to put a 2/2 in play.
1.5 This is a fairly sub-par creature, and while returning to your hand can be nice, it's also just an effect you use when you have nothing better to do. Typically, you don't want to spend 6 mana to put a 2/2 in play.
Migrating Ketradon
2.5 This is a solid top-end creature that is pretty good at helping you stabilize between the huge body, reach, and life gain.
2.5 This is a solid top-end creature that is pretty good at helping you stabilize between the huge body, reach, and life gain.
Lightshield Parry
1.5 This is a mediocre trick, and while cycling makes it better, two generic to cycle isn't exciting either.
1.5 This is a mediocre trick, and while cycling makes it better, two generic to cycle isn't exciting either.
Dynamite Diver
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Hulldrifter
Spire Mechcycle
3.5 This looks very easy to Exhaust in Red. Provided you have another vehicle or mount, this will be a 5-mana 6/5 with Haste -- and if you have more than that (which is very possible) it'll be even bigger.
3.5 This looks very easy to Exhaust in Red. Provided you have another vehicle or mount, this will be a 5-mana 6/5 with Haste -- and if you have more than that (which is very possible) it'll be even bigger.
Shefet Archfiend
1.5 // 3.0 If you're good at reanimating, this can be a pretty great target because of it's ability to add a real threat to the board while wiping a bunch of stuff away. 7 mana is too expensive to be what you pay for this all the time, though.
1.5 // 3.0 If you're good at reanimating, this can be a pretty great target because of it's ability to add a real threat to the board while wiping a bunch of stuff away. 7 mana is too expensive to be what you pay for this all the time, though.
Walking Sarcophagus
2 This gets your engine started pretty early, and that's where most of it's value comes from, because beyond that it's very mediocre.
2 This gets your engine started pretty early, and that's where most of it's value comes from, because beyond that it's very mediocre.
Burner Rocket
2 You're overpaying for the vehicle for sure, but the enters trigger has the potential to help a creature win combat and sometimes trample can help with speed.
2 You're overpaying for the vehicle for sure, but the enters trigger has the potential to help a creature win combat and sometimes trample can help with speed.
Broadcast Rambler
3 This brings a long a way to crew it, and getting two artifacts with one card has some legit upside in the format.
3 This brings a long a way to crew it, and getting two artifacts with one card has some legit upside in the format.
Gearseeker Serpent
1.5 // 3.0 If you're a heavy artifact deck (most likely UW) this is good. If you're not, it's too tough to get a deal on it.
1.5 // 3.0 If you're a heavy artifact deck (most likely UW) this is good. If you're not, it's too tough to get a deal on it.
Bestow Greatness
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
Hulldrifter
3 This has pretty bad stats for a vehicle that is this hard to crew, but drawing two cards up front is definitely a big deal.
3 This has pretty bad stats for a vehicle that is this hard to crew, but drawing two cards up front is definitely a big deal.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Wreckage Wickerfolk
Hour of Victory
2 Three mana 2/2 is bad, but in the late game this can potentially tutor up your best card.
2 Three mana 2/2 is bad, but in the late game this can potentially tutor up your best card.
Wreckage Wickerfolk
2.5 This is a solid two-drop. It's never goign to be a great creature, but the surveil helps improve draws in a big way while helping with graveyard synergy, and the artifact typing certainly matters.
2.5 This is a solid two-drop. It's never goign to be a great creature, but the surveil helps improve draws in a big way while helping with graveyard synergy, and the artifact typing certainly matters.
Broadcast Rambler
3 This brings a long a way to crew it, and getting two artifacts with one card has some legit upside in the format.
3 This brings a long a way to crew it, and getting two artifacts with one card has some legit upside in the format.
Ticket Tortoise
2 This crews and blocks decently enough, but it's the Treasure that is really intriguing here. Not only does it give you some mana and fixing, it can give you two artifacts for only two mana, something that many decks in the format are interested in.
2 This crews and blocks decently enough, but it's the Treasure that is really intriguing here. Not only does it give you some mana and fixing, it can give you two artifacts for only two mana, something that many decks in the format are interested in.
Magmakin Artillerist
3 This is a nice way to raise your speed whether you cycle it or cast it, and it has a decent body.
3 This is a nice way to raise your speed whether you cycle it or cast it, and it has a decent body.
Howler's Heavy
2.5 Cycling this is going to be "Plan A" most of the time since it generates a decent amount of value for the cost, and can even sometimes give you a 2-for-1. But, running this out as a 4-mana 3/4 when you have to is nice.
2.5 Cycling this is going to be "Plan A" most of the time since it generates a decent amount of value for the cost, and can even sometimes give you a 2-for-1. But, running this out as a 4-mana 3/4 when you have to is nice.
Broken Wings
2 This has enough targets in the format for this to be main deck material, but it'll still be kind of a medium removal spell.
2 This has enough targets in the format for this to be main deck material, but it'll still be kind of a medium removal spell.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Spectral Interference
Alacrian Armory
1.0 // 2.5 This is a little bit too all on in the Mounts/Vehicles thing to consistently be good, but in the right deck it's a solid inclusion.
1.0 // 2.5 This is a little bit too all on in the Mounts/Vehicles thing to consistently be good, but in the right deck it's a solid inclusion.
Aetherjacket
2 The stats aren't great, but they are kind of okay, and being able to destroy Artifacts is some reall utility.
2 The stats aren't great, but they are kind of okay, and being able to destroy Artifacts is some reall utility.
Spectral Interference
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
Jibbirik Omnivore
2 You get an on-rate creature here, but it doesn't do a whole lot more. If you have Fang-Druid Summoner or Rise from the Wreck, it gets a little better.
2 You get an on-rate creature here, but it doesn't do a whole lot more. If you have Fang-Druid Summoner or Rise from the Wreck, it gets a little better.
Stall Out
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
Leonin Surveyor
3 This is hard to block for much of the game, which means it's good at building speed, and it often turns into a 2-for-1 in the late game.
3 This is hard to block for much of the game, which means it's good at building speed, and it often turns into a 2-for-1 in the late game.
Scrap Compactor
1.5 If you're desperate for removal, this can do the job, but it'll never be efficient.
1.5 If you're desperate for removal, this can do the job, but it'll never be efficient.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Hulldrifter
Unstoppable Plan
0 This effect is pretty useless in Limited.
0 This effect is pretty useless in Limited.
Walking Sarcophagus
2 This gets your engine started pretty early, and that's where most of it's value comes from, because beyond that it's very mediocre.
2 This gets your engine started pretty early, and that's where most of it's value comes from, because beyond that it's very mediocre.
Brightfield Glider
2 This is pretty hard to saddle for a medium upgrade, and the baseline isn't great.
2 This is pretty hard to saddle for a medium upgrade, and the baseline isn't great.
Camera Launcher
2 The baseline is pretty bad here, but it can Exhaust pretty early, and it gives you an extra body when it does.
2 The baseline is pretty bad here, but it can Exhaust pretty early, and it gives you an extra body when it does.
Hulldrifter
3 This has pretty bad stats for a vehicle that is this hard to crew, but drawing two cards up front is definitely a big deal.
3 This has pretty bad stats for a vehicle that is this hard to crew, but drawing two cards up front is definitely a big deal.
Pedal to the Metal
1.5 This is too inefficient to be a trick you play regularly, even with the pseudo-fireball upside.
1.5 This is too inefficient to be a trick you play regularly, even with the pseudo-fireball upside.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Thornwood Falls
Stall Out
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
Bestow Greatness
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
Gilded Ghoda
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
Trip Up
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
Thornwood Falls
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Wreck Remover
Country Roads
2.5 These will often enter untapped, and they give you a very real body in the mid-to-late-game.
2.5 These will often enter untapped, and they give you a very real body in the mid-to-late-game.
Wreck Remover
2 The stats aren't great, but this hates on the graveyard fairly well and in the incidental life gain can add up.
2 The stats aren't great, but this hates on the graveyard fairly well and in the incidental life gain can add up.
Kickoff Celebrations
2 This is a Speed card that doesn't do much to help you get max speed, and Enchantment isn't a very useful type in this format. It's mostly just Tormenting Voice, which you play sometimes -- but certainly not all the time.
2 This is a Speed card that doesn't do much to help you get max speed, and Enchantment isn't a very useful type in this format. It's mostly just Tormenting Voice, which you play sometimes -- but certainly not all the time.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Dynamite Diver
Dynamite Diver
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Forest
Possession Engine
4 Even though this nerfs the creature you steal, it's still basically a 5-mana 5/5 vehicle that removes a creature, and the creature you steal can probably crew the Engine -- and might even have some abilities.
4 Even though this nerfs the creature you steal, it's still basically a 5-mana 5/5 vehicle that removes a creature, and the creature you steal can probably crew the Engine -- and might even have some abilities.
Reckless Velocitaur
2 Hill Giant stats are bad, and while this Crew trigger is nice, the stuff it can crew can be crewed by lots of 2 drops in the format.
2 Hill Giant stats are bad, and while this Crew trigger is nice, the stuff it can crew can be crewed by lots of 2 drops in the format.
Risen Necroregent
3.5 If you're good at getting max speed, this can be great. Problem is, even decks that are really good at getting max speed won't have it consistently enough for this to be completely insane -- instead, it's merely very good.
3.5 If you're good at getting max speed, this can be great. Problem is, even decks that are really good at getting max speed won't have it consistently enough for this to be completely insane -- instead, it's merely very good.
Point the Way
0 A Max Speed card that doesn't do anything to help you get there is super weird, and if you're spending your turn one not adding to the board and turn 4 grabbing some lands, you're probably going to lose.
0 A Max Speed card that doesn't do anything to help you get there is super weird, and if you're spending your turn one not adding to the board and turn 4 grabbing some lands, you're probably going to lose.
Cloudspire Captain
3.5 The set has enough Mounts and Vehicles for this to frequently offer a legit buff, and it can crew or mount almost everything in the set.
3.5 The set has enough Mounts and Vehicles for this to frequently offer a legit buff, and it can crew or mount almost everything in the set.
Keen Buccaneer
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
Grim Bauble
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
Loxodon Surveyor
2.5 A three mana 3/3 is still okay, and this one is reasonably likely to give you a 2-for-1 later in the game.
2.5 A three mana 3/3 is still okay, and this one is reasonably likely to give you a 2-for-1 later in the game.
Goblin Surveyor
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
Spotcycle Scouter
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
Skystreak Engineer
2 This will never feel especially efficient, but it's nice that it feels fine on turn two and you can Exhaust it late to keep it relevant.
2 This will never feel especially efficient, but it's nice that it feels fine on turn two and you can Exhaust it late to keep it relevant.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Dynamite Diver
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
Rugged Highlands
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Possession Engine
Possession Engine
4 Even though this nerfs the creature you steal, it's still basically a 5-mana 5/5 vehicle that removes a creature, and the creature you steal can probably crew the Engine -- and might even have some abilities.
4 Even though this nerfs the creature you steal, it's still basically a 5-mana 5/5 vehicle that removes a creature, and the creature you steal can probably crew the Engine -- and might even have some abilities.
Reckless Velocitaur
2 Hill Giant stats are bad, and while this Crew trigger is nice, the stuff it can crew can be crewed by lots of 2 drops in the format.
2 Hill Giant stats are bad, and while this Crew trigger is nice, the stuff it can crew can be crewed by lots of 2 drops in the format.
Risen Necroregent
3.5 If you're good at getting max speed, this can be great. Problem is, even decks that are really good at getting max speed won't have it consistently enough for this to be completely insane -- instead, it's merely very good.
3.5 If you're good at getting max speed, this can be great. Problem is, even decks that are really good at getting max speed won't have it consistently enough for this to be completely insane -- instead, it's merely very good.
Point the Way
0 A Max Speed card that doesn't do anything to help you get there is super weird, and if you're spending your turn one not adding to the board and turn 4 grabbing some lands, you're probably going to lose.
0 A Max Speed card that doesn't do anything to help you get there is super weird, and if you're spending your turn one not adding to the board and turn 4 grabbing some lands, you're probably going to lose.
Cloudspire Captain
3.5 The set has enough Mounts and Vehicles for this to frequently offer a legit buff, and it can crew or mount almost everything in the set.
3.5 The set has enough Mounts and Vehicles for this to frequently offer a legit buff, and it can crew or mount almost everything in the set.
Keen Buccaneer
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
Grim Bauble
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
Loxodon Surveyor
2.5 A three mana 3/3 is still okay, and this one is reasonably likely to give you a 2-for-1 later in the game.
2.5 A three mana 3/3 is still okay, and this one is reasonably likely to give you a 2-for-1 later in the game.
Goblin Surveyor
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
Spotcycle Scouter
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
Skystreak Engineer
2 This will never feel especially efficient, but it's nice that it feels fine on turn two and you can Exhaust it late to keep it relevant.
2 This will never feel especially efficient, but it's nice that it feels fine on turn two and you can Exhaust it late to keep it relevant.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Dynamite Diver
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
Rugged Highlands
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Memory Guardian
Skyseer's Chariot
3 "Crew" is an activated ability, so you'll often have something in play to name when you play this. Sometimes you won't, but it's a decent vehicle on it's own.
3 "Crew" is an activated ability, so you'll often have something in play to name when you play this. Sometimes you won't, but it's a decent vehicle on it's own.
Memory Guardian
3 Even casting this for 4 feels pretty good, and if you can go lower it feels even better.
3 Even casting this for 4 feels pretty good, and if you can go lower it feels even better.
Gloryheath Lynx
4 The efficiency is incredible. You'd play this even if it couldn't be saddled, and if you can even get one Plains out of this you come out way ahead.
4 The efficiency is incredible. You'd play this even if it couldn't be saddled, and if you can even get one Plains out of this you come out way ahead.
Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
Locust Spray
3 When this can kill something it feels great, and when it can't and you cycle it for a single Black mana, it's perfectly solid.
3 When this can kill something it feels great, and when it can't and you cycle it for a single Black mana, it's perfectly solid.
Guidelight Pathmaker
3.5 Tutoring up your best artifact is awesome, and if you're really in a pinch you can grab something that goes to the battlefield for free.
3.5 Tutoring up your best artifact is awesome, and if you're really in a pinch you can grab something that goes to the battlefield for free.
Starting Column
1.5 It's rare for mana rocks that cost 3 to be worth it in Limited, because you want to add to the board on turn three pretty badly. The Max Speed effect does mean it isn't always a dead card, but you won't always get there.
1.5 It's rare for mana rocks that cost 3 to be worth it in Limited, because you want to add to the board on turn three pretty badly. The Max Speed effect does mean it isn't always a dead card, but you won't always get there.
Clamorous Ironclad
2 Casting this doesn't feel amazing, but there are board states where it's good. Cycling for only one mana really helps bail this out, though.
2 Casting this doesn't feel amazing, but there are board states where it's good. Cycling for only one mana really helps bail this out, though.
Engine Rat
2.5 One mana 1/1s with death touch always punch above their weight-class, and this one even has some additional late game utility.
2.5 One mana 1/1s with death touch always punch above their weight-class, and this one even has some additional late game utility.
Flood the Engine
2.5 This type of removal is never great because it's a little too expensive and a little too easy for your opponent to deal with.
2.5 This type of removal is never great because it's a little too expensive and a little too easy for your opponent to deal with.
Interface Ace
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
Jibbirik Omnivore
2 You get an on-rate creature here, but it doesn't do a whole lot more. If you have Fang-Druid Summoner or Rise from the Wreck, it gets a little better.
2 You get an on-rate creature here, but it doesn't do a whole lot more. If you have Fang-Druid Summoner or Rise from the Wreck, it gets a little better.
Bloodfell Caves
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Haunt the Network
Haunt the Network
3.5 The baseline is 5-mana for two 1/1 thopters and you drain your opponent 2 life. That's not good, but it's the baseline. Sometimes this will just end the game, and it will frequently turn the game on it's head.
3.5 The baseline is 5-mana for two 1/1 thopters and you drain your opponent 2 life. That's not good, but it's the baseline. Sometimes this will just end the game, and it will frequently turn the game on it's head.
Spire Mechcycle
3.5 This looks very easy to Exhaust in Red. Provided you have another vehicle or mount, this will be a 5-mana 6/5 with Haste -- and if you have more than that (which is very possible) it'll be even bigger.
3.5 This looks very easy to Exhaust in Red. Provided you have another vehicle or mount, this will be a 5-mana 6/5 with Haste -- and if you have more than that (which is very possible) it'll be even bigger.
Hour of Victory
2 Three mana 2/2 is bad, but in the late game this can potentially tutor up your best card.
2 Three mana 2/2 is bad, but in the late game this can potentially tutor up your best card.
Skycrash
3.5 This will often have targets and just be a really good removal spell, and when it doesn't you can always cycle it.
3.5 This will often have targets and just be a really good removal spell, and when it doesn't you can always cycle it.
Gilded Ghoda
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
Swiftwing Assailant
2 The baseline isn't very good, but if you're good at getting to max speed, it become a bit more palatable.
2 The baseline isn't very good, but if you're good at getting to max speed, it become a bit more palatable.
Grim Javelineer
2 This stat-line doesn't perform well in formats where there are multiple one mana ways to kill three drops, and while the attack trigger makes up for it to a degree, it doesn't do enough for this to be a card that always makes the cut.
2 This stat-line doesn't perform well in formats where there are multiple one mana ways to kill three drops, and while the attack trigger makes up for it to a degree, it doesn't do enough for this to be a card that always makes the cut.
Spectral Interference
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
Night Market
2.5 This style of land is always good for your mana base, and adding Cycling to a land is always nice because it gives you some flood insurance.
2.5 This style of land is always good for your mana base, and adding Cycling to a land is always nice because it gives you some flood insurance.
Stampeding Scurryfoot
3.5 This is a very good Common. If it was always 5-mana for a 2/2 and a 3/3, you'd be pretty happy with that card -- but you can run this out on turn one and still have that upside for later in the game.
3.5 This is a very good Common. If it was always 5-mana for a 2/2 and a 3/3, you'd be pretty happy with that card -- but you can run this out on turn one and still have that upside for later in the game.
Kickoff Celebrations
2 This is a Speed card that doesn't do much to help you get max speed, and Enchantment isn't a very useful type in this format. It's mostly just Tormenting Voice, which you play sometimes -- but certainly not all the time.
2 This is a Speed card that doesn't do much to help you get max speed, and Enchantment isn't a very useful type in this format. It's mostly just Tormenting Voice, which you play sometimes -- but certainly not all the time.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Spin Out
Bleachbone Verge
3 These offer excellent fixing which you can use to make your mana base more consistent in a two-color deck, or to help you splash.
3 These offer excellent fixing which you can use to make your mana base more consistent in a two-color deck, or to help you splash.
Foul Roads
2.5 These will often enter untapped, and they give you a very real body in the mid-to-late-game.
2.5 These will often enter untapped, and they give you a very real body in the mid-to-late-game.
Goblin Surveyor
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
Broken Wings
2 This has enough targets in the format for this to be main deck material, but it'll still be kind of a medium removal spell.
2 This has enough targets in the format for this to be main deck material, but it'll still be kind of a medium removal spell.
Guidelight Optimizer
2.5 Tapping for mana for artifacts and Exhaust abilities is pretty sweet, and the fact this is an artifact itself really makes it a solid Common.
2.5 Tapping for mana for artifacts and Exhaust abilities is pretty sweet, and the fact this is an artifact itself really makes it a solid Common.
Swiftwing Assailant
2 The baseline isn't very good, but if you're good at getting to max speed, it become a bit more palatable.
2 The baseline isn't very good, but if you're good at getting to max speed, it become a bit more palatable.
Spin Out
3 It's a little expensive and a little hard to cast, but it answers most things in this format.
3 It's a little expensive and a little hard to cast, but it answers most things in this format.
Aetherjacket
2 The stats aren't great, but they are kind of okay, and being able to destroy Artifacts is some reall utility.
2 The stats aren't great, but they are kind of okay, and being able to destroy Artifacts is some reall utility.
Wreck Remover
2 The stats aren't great, but this hates on the graveyard fairly well and in the incidental life gain can add up.
2 The stats aren't great, but this hates on the graveyard fairly well and in the incidental life gain can add up.
Nimble Thopterist
3.5 Blue creatures that make a token are very frequently the best Common in Limited, and this is definitely in the conversation. You get good stats for what you pay and the artifact upside is nice.
3.5 Blue creatures that make a token are very frequently the best Common in Limited, and this is definitely in the conversation. You get good stats for what you pay and the artifact upside is nice.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Grim Bauble
Roadside Blowout
3.5 Even if this always cost three mana it would be good, since you can get some nice tempo while drawing a card, so the fact this'll be one mana sometimes is really nice.
3.5 Even if this always cost three mana it would be good, since you can get some nice tempo while drawing a card, so the fact this'll be one mana sometimes is really nice.
Swiftwing Assailant
2 The baseline isn't very good, but if you're good at getting to max speed, it become a bit more palatable.
2 The baseline isn't very good, but if you're good at getting to max speed, it become a bit more palatable.
Pothole Mole
2.5 This gives some nice graveyard synergy and can even insure you hit a land drop.
2.5 This gives some nice graveyard synergy and can even insure you hit a land drop.
Risky Shortcut
2.5 Making your opponent lose life while you draw cards is definitely a nice upgrade to this effect, and it helps with speed.
2.5 Making your opponent lose life while you draw cards is definitely a nice upgrade to this effect, and it helps with speed.
Spectral Interference
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
Dynamite Diver
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
Camera Launcher
2 The baseline is pretty bad here, but it can Exhaust pretty early, and it gives you an extra body when it does.
2 The baseline is pretty bad here, but it can Exhaust pretty early, and it gives you an extra body when it does.
Gilded Ghoda
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Roadside Blowout
Air Response Unit
2.5 This is easy to crew and quite good on offense and defense.
2.5 This is easy to crew and quite good on offense and defense.
Diversion Unit
3 This has a nice baseline as a two mana 2/1 flyer with nice typing, and sometimes it can help keep your bigger threats alive.
3 This has a nice baseline as a two mana 2/1 flyer with nice typing, and sometimes it can help keep your bigger threats alive.
Endrider Catalyzer
2.5 This doesn't have the most exciting Max Speed ability since by the time you get there it's unlikely you're desperate for mana. But it's a solid card by virtue of simply being a two drop with okay stats that can start your engines on turn two.
2.5 This doesn't have the most exciting Max Speed ability since by the time you get there it's unlikely you're desperate for mana. But it's a solid card by virtue of simply being a two drop with okay stats that can start your engines on turn two.
Spectral Interference
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Spotcycle Scouter
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
Guidelight Matrix
1.5 It's nice this replaces itself, because the effects it gives you are super mediocre. If you want to crew or mount vehicles/mounts, just play creatures.
1.5 It's nice this replaces itself, because the effects it gives you are super mediocre. If you want to crew or mount vehicles/mounts, just play creatures.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Diversion Unit
Air Response Unit
2.5 This is easy to crew and quite good on offense and defense.
2.5 This is easy to crew and quite good on offense and defense.
Diversion Unit
3 This has a nice baseline as a two mana 2/1 flyer with nice typing, and sometimes it can help keep your bigger threats alive.
3 This has a nice baseline as a two mana 2/1 flyer with nice typing, and sometimes it can help keep your bigger threats alive.
Endrider Catalyzer
2.5 This doesn't have the most exciting Max Speed ability since by the time you get there it's unlikely you're desperate for mana. But it's a solid card by virtue of simply being a two drop with okay stats that can start your engines on turn two.
2.5 This doesn't have the most exciting Max Speed ability since by the time you get there it's unlikely you're desperate for mana. But it's a solid card by virtue of simply being a two drop with okay stats that can start your engines on turn two.
Spectral Interference
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Spotcycle Scouter
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
Guidelight Matrix
1.5 It's nice this replaces itself, because the effects it gives you are super mediocre. If you want to crew or mount vehicles/mounts, just play creatures.
1.5 It's nice this replaces itself, because the effects it gives you are super mediocre. If you want to crew or mount vehicles/mounts, just play creatures.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Aether Syphon
Adrenaline Jockey
3 This has a decent baseline, and getting counters on it isn't a big challenge. Keep in mind the 4 damage ability is symmetrical, though.
3 This has a decent baseline, and getting counters on it isn't a big challenge. Keep in mind the 4 damage ability is symmetrical, though.
Aether Syphon
0 This is just too slow to ever be worthwhile. Drawing cards is nice, but not when you have to spend this much for it, and while it has Max Speed, it doesn't help you get it at all.
0 This is just too slow to ever be worthwhile. Drawing cards is nice, but not when you have to spend this much for it, and while it has Max Speed, it doesn't help you get it at all.
Guidelight Optimizer
2.5 Tapping for mana for artifacts and Exhaust abilities is pretty sweet, and the fact this is an artifact itself really makes it a solid Common.
2.5 Tapping for mana for artifacts and Exhaust abilities is pretty sweet, and the fact this is an artifact itself really makes it a solid Common.
Prowcatcher Specialist
2 This won't feel that good on turn two, or on turn 4 when you can potentially buff it. But it never feels awful either.
2 This won't feel that good on turn two, or on turn 4 when you can potentially buff it. But it never feels awful either.
Scrap Compactor
1.5 If you're desperate for removal, this can do the job, but it'll never be efficient.
1.5 If you're desperate for removal, this can do the job, but it'll never be efficient.
Grim Bauble
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
Interface Ace
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Keen Buccaneer
Point the Way
0 A Max Speed card that doesn't do anything to help you get there is super weird, and if you're spending your turn one not adding to the board and turn 4 grabbing some lands, you're probably going to lose.
0 A Max Speed card that doesn't do anything to help you get there is super weird, and if you're spending your turn one not adding to the board and turn 4 grabbing some lands, you're probably going to lose.
Keen Buccaneer
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
Goblin Surveyor
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
Spotcycle Scouter
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Dynamite Diver
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Guidelight Pathmaker
Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
Guidelight Pathmaker
3.5 Tutoring up your best artifact is awesome, and if you're really in a pinch you can grab something that goes to the battlefield for free.
3.5 Tutoring up your best artifact is awesome, and if you're really in a pinch you can grab something that goes to the battlefield for free.
Starting Column
1.5 It's rare for mana rocks that cost 3 to be worth it in Limited, because you want to add to the board on turn three pretty badly. The Max Speed effect does mean it isn't always a dead card, but you won't always get there.
1.5 It's rare for mana rocks that cost 3 to be worth it in Limited, because you want to add to the board on turn three pretty badly. The Max Speed effect does mean it isn't always a dead card, but you won't always get there.
Interface Ace
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
Bloodfell Caves
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Spectral Interference
Gilded Ghoda
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
Spectral Interference
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
2.5 This can counter a lot very efficiently, though not hitting most removal spells is a bummer.
Kickoff Celebrations
2 This is a Speed card that doesn't do much to help you get max speed, and Enchantment isn't a very useful type in this format. It's mostly just Tormenting Voice, which you play sometimes -- but certainly not all the time.
2 This is a Speed card that doesn't do much to help you get max speed, and Enchantment isn't a very useful type in this format. It's mostly just Tormenting Voice, which you play sometimes -- but certainly not all the time.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Nimble Thopterist
Goblin Surveyor
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
Nimble Thopterist
3.5 Blue creatures that make a token are very frequently the best Common in Limited, and this is definitely in the conversation. You get good stats for what you pay and the artifact upside is nice.
3.5 Blue creatures that make a token are very frequently the best Common in Limited, and this is definitely in the conversation. You get good stats for what you pay and the artifact upside is nice.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Dynamite Diver
Dynamite Diver
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
Pedal to the Metal
1.5 This is too inefficient to be a trick you play regularly, even with the pseudo-fireball upside.
1.5 This is too inefficient to be a trick you play regularly, even with the pseudo-fireball upside.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Swamp
Pack 3 Pick 1: Vnwxt, Verbose Host
Riptide Gearhulk
4.5 This straight up removes something when it enters, and double strike and prowess make this a complete nightmare in combat.
4.5 This straight up removes something when it enters, and double strike and prowess make this a complete nightmare in combat.
Vnwxt, Verbose Host
1 Blue is bad at max speed, and this card is awful if you don't have it.
1 Blue is bad at max speed, and this card is awful if you don't have it.
Dracosaur Auxiliary
2.5 This isn't an ideally-sized creature for 6 mana, but saddling this is a pretty big deal as it can burn something out of the way often allowing it and other things to attack more effectively.
2.5 This isn't an ideally-sized creature for 6 mana, but saddling this is a pretty big deal as it can burn something out of the way often allowing it and other things to attack more effectively.
Terrian, World Tyrant
1.5 I know the stat-line seems exciting, but it's just a big dumb creature that dies to a bunch of cheap removal. These days, you need a 5-drop to do something when it enters or dies to get around taht problem.
1.5 I know the stat-line seems exciting, but it's just a big dumb creature that dies to a bunch of cheap removal. These days, you need a 5-drop to do something when it enters or dies to get around taht problem.
Scrounging Skyray
1.5 // 4.0 This is an amazing discard/cycling payoff that can completely run away with the game, and you can't say that about most two drops. You do need lots of discard and cycling to get there, but it's very doable in Blue.
1.5 // 4.0 This is an amazing discard/cycling payoff that can completely run away with the game, and you can't say that about most two drops. You do need lots of discard and cycling to get there, but it's very doable in Blue.
Silken Strength
1.5 The risk isn't really worth the reward here. The buff is fairly small, and Reach isn't exactly the most exciting keyword.
1.5 The risk isn't really worth the reward here. The buff is fairly small, and Reach isn't exactly the most exciting keyword.
Aetherjacket
2 The stats aren't great, but they are kind of okay, and being able to destroy Artifacts is some reall utility.
2 The stats aren't great, but they are kind of okay, and being able to destroy Artifacts is some reall utility.
Guidelight Matrix
1.5 It's nice this replaces itself, because the effects it gives you are super mediocre. If you want to crew or mount vehicles/mounts, just play creatures.
1.5 It's nice this replaces itself, because the effects it gives you are super mediocre. If you want to crew or mount vehicles/mounts, just play creatures.
Chitin Gravestalker
2 We've never seen a creature that is this specific about graveyard contents be super good in Limited. It won't be cheap enough often enough to be a card you really want, even in graveyard decks.
2 We've never seen a creature that is this specific about graveyard contents be super good in Limited. It won't be cheap enough often enough to be a card you really want, even in graveyard decks.
Goblin Surveyor
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
Keen Buccaneer
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
Ride's End
3 Paying 5 for this is not what you want to be doing, but paying two is great. If you're an aggressive deck it's far less good, but it pulls it's weight in many decks.
3 Paying 5 for this is not what you want to be doing, but paying two is great. If you're an aggressive deck it's far less good, but it pulls it's weight in many decks.
Bestow Greatness
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
2 This has some serious blowout potential, but it's a little bit too expensive to be a great trick.
Jungle Hollow
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Maximum Overdrive
Hazoret, Godseeker
3 You really need Max Speed or this is an awful card. Sure, it can help you get to Max Speed with it's ability, but that ability is incredibly narrow. I think you can get to max speed enough in red for this to be good, but not so often that it's great.
3 You really need Max Speed or this is an awful card. Sure, it can help you get to Max Speed with it's ability, but that ability is incredibly narrow. I think you can get to max speed enough in red for this to be good, but not so often that it's great.
Far Fortune, End Boss
4 This is great at getting you speed, which is good -- because it has a powerful Max Speed effect too.
4 This is great at getting you speed, which is good -- because it has a powerful Max Speed effect too.
Guidelight Synergist
2.5 Many White decks, and especially Blue/White, will have enough artifacts for this to hit reasonably hard.
2.5 Many White decks, and especially Blue/White, will have enough artifacts for this to hit reasonably hard.
Adrenaline Jockey
3 This has a decent baseline, and getting counters on it isn't a big challenge. Keep in mind the 4 damage ability is symmetrical, though.
3 This has a decent baseline, and getting counters on it isn't a big challenge. Keep in mind the 4 damage ability is symmetrical, though.
Fang Guardian
2.5 This is a decent combat trick stapled to a creature, and it gives it some 2-for-1 potential, but I don't love the base stat-line.
2.5 This is a decent combat trick stapled to a creature, and it gives it some 2-for-1 potential, but I don't love the base stat-line.
Lightning Strike
4 It's very easy to trade up with this, and you can even finish your opponent off or raise your speed with it.
4 It's very easy to trade up with this, and you can even finish your opponent off or raise your speed with it.
Collision Course
3 There are enough artifacts in the set for that mode to be useful pretty often, and when it isn't, you have a mediocre removal spell you can use.
3 There are enough artifacts in the set for that mode to be useful pretty often, and when it isn't, you have a mediocre removal spell you can use.
Maximum Overdrive
2.5 This is a quality trick that blanks removal and wins virtually any creature combat against another creature.
2.5 This is a quality trick that blanks removal and wins virtually any creature combat against another creature.
Skystreak Engineer
2 This will never feel especially efficient, but it's nice that it feels fine on turn two and you can Exhaust it late to keep it relevant.
2 This will never feel especially efficient, but it's nice that it feels fine on turn two and you can Exhaust it late to keep it relevant.
Run Over
3.5 If this always cost two it would be a good card, but it will frequently only cost a single green, making it great. There's even a mount with death touch which makes for a particularly devastating combo.
3.5 If this always cost two it would be a good card, but it will frequently only cost a single green, making it great. There's even a mount with death touch which makes for a particularly devastating combo.
Thunderhead Gunner
2.5 It's a little expensive, but this ability is pretty nice even in a vacuum. It gets better in a set with lots of discard payoffs.
2.5 It's a little expensive, but this ability is pretty nice even in a vacuum. It gets better in a set with lots of discard payoffs.
Lightwheel Enhancements
1.5 The buff might help you get in for a hit and raise your speed, but it's pretty mediocre overall. Once you get to max speed it gets kind of sweet, but it's less likely getting the buff out of the graveyard by that stage is relevant.
1.5 The buff might help you get in for a hit and raise your speed, but it's pretty mediocre overall. Once you get to max speed it gets kind of sweet, but it's less likely getting the buff out of the graveyard by that stage is relevant.
Swiftwater Cliffs
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Grim Bauble
Rover Blades
1.5 This is too pretty bad cards stapled together. That's enough to make it somewhat playable, but most of the time you're cutting it.
1.5 This is too pretty bad cards stapled together. That's enough to make it somewhat playable, but most of the time you're cutting it.
Cloudspire Skycycle
3.5 As long as you have one other creature or vehicle, you're going to be happy with this enters trigger, and that's almost always going to be the case.
3.5 As long as you have one other creature or vehicle, you're going to be happy with this enters trigger, and that's almost always going to be the case.
Greenbelt Guardian
3.5 This has a passable baseline, and a 5/5 that can gain trample is going to be relevant all game long.
3.5 This has a passable baseline, and a 5/5 that can gain trample is going to be relevant all game long.
Glitch Ghost Surveyor
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
Spotcycle Scouter
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
Skystreak Engineer
2 This will never feel especially efficient, but it's nice that it feels fine on turn two and you can Exhaust it late to keep it relevant.
2 This will never feel especially efficient, but it's nice that it feels fine on turn two and you can Exhaust it late to keep it relevant.
Veloheart Bike
2 If you're in the market for mana fixing and ramp, you could do worse. I'm just not sure how often you're going to want to play an understtated vehicle to gain access to that.
2 If you're in the market for mana fixing and ramp, you could do worse. I'm just not sure how often you're going to want to play an understtated vehicle to gain access to that.
Grim Bauble
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
Ticket Tortoise
2 This crews and blocks decently enough, but it's the Treasure that is really intriguing here. Not only does it give you some mana and fixing, it can give you two artifacts for only two mana, something that many decks in the format are interested in.
2 This crews and blocks decently enough, but it's the Treasure that is really intriguing here. Not only does it give you some mana and fixing, it can give you two artifacts for only two mana, something that many decks in the format are interested in.
Gastal Blockbuster
2.5 This can give itself up to destroy an artifact, and if you have expendable stuff around it feels even better. It doesn't always have a target, but it has one often enough to be decent.
2.5 This can give itself up to destroy an artifact, and if you have expendable stuff around it feels even better. It doesn't always have a target, but it has one often enough to be decent.
Stampeding Scurryfoot
3.5 This is a very good Common. If it was always 5-mana for a 2/2 and a 3/3, you'd be pretty happy with that card -- but you can run this out on turn one and still have that upside for later in the game.
3.5 This is a very good Common. If it was always 5-mana for a 2/2 and a 3/3, you'd be pretty happy with that card -- but you can run this out on turn one and still have that upside for later in the game.
Scoured Barrens
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Night Market
Detention Chariot
4 Adding a big vehicle to the board while exiling your opponent's best creature or vehicle is a big swing, and you can even cycle this early when you need to. It's even possible to bring it back ahead of schedule.
4 Adding a big vehicle to the board while exiling your opponent's best creature or vehicle is a big swing, and you can even cycle this early when you need to. It's even possible to bring it back ahead of schedule.
Racers' Scoreboard
1.5 Not adding to the board is very bad, and this Max Speed effect is rarely relevant in Limited.
1.5 Not adding to the board is very bad, and this Max Speed effect is rarely relevant in Limited.
Interface Ace
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
Hulldrifter
3 This has pretty bad stats for a vehicle that is this hard to crew, but drawing two cards up front is definitely a big deal.
3 This has pretty bad stats for a vehicle that is this hard to crew, but drawing two cards up front is definitely a big deal.
Broadcast Rambler
3 This brings a long a way to crew it, and getting two artifacts with one card has some legit upside in the format.
3 This brings a long a way to crew it, and getting two artifacts with one card has some legit upside in the format.
Chitin Gravestalker
2 We've never seen a creature that is this specific about graveyard contents be super good in Limited. It won't be cheap enough often enough to be a card you really want, even in graveyard decks.
2 We've never seen a creature that is this specific about graveyard contents be super good in Limited. It won't be cheap enough often enough to be a card you really want, even in graveyard decks.
Trip Up
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
Clamorous Ironclad
2 Casting this doesn't feel amazing, but there are board states where it's good. Cycling for only one mana really helps bail this out, though.
2 Casting this doesn't feel amazing, but there are board states where it's good. Cycling for only one mana really helps bail this out, though.
Maximum Overdrive
2.5 This is a quality trick that blanks removal and wins virtually any creature combat against another creature.
2.5 This is a quality trick that blanks removal and wins virtually any creature combat against another creature.
Night Market
2.5 This style of land is always good for your mana base, and adding Cycling to a land is always nice because it gives you some flood insurance.
2.5 This style of land is always good for your mana base, and adding Cycling to a land is always nice because it gives you some flood insurance.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Engine Rat
District Mascot
3 This can get really out of control when you play it on turn one, and in the late game it has potential to turn into an Artifact removal spell, since you can just Saddle it, attack, and sacrifice it. That second option isn't amazing, but it's enough to keep this really good one drop relevant even when you draw it late.
3 This can get really out of control when you play it on turn one, and in the late game it has potential to turn into an Artifact removal spell, since you can just Saddle it, attack, and sacrifice it. That second option isn't amazing, but it's enough to keep this really good one drop relevant even when you draw it late.
Carrion Cruiser
3.5 This is going to give you a 2-for-1 most of the time, and help with other graveyard and artifact synergies.
3.5 This is going to give you a 2-for-1 most of the time, and help with other graveyard and artifact synergies.
Hour of Victory
2 Three mana 2/2 is bad, but in the late game this can potentially tutor up your best card.
2 Three mana 2/2 is bad, but in the late game this can potentially tutor up your best card.
Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
2 It's really good at crewing, and that's worth something in this format.
Veloheart Bike
2 If you're in the market for mana fixing and ramp, you could do worse. I'm just not sure how often you're going to want to play an understtated vehicle to gain access to that.
2 If you're in the market for mana fixing and ramp, you could do worse. I'm just not sure how often you're going to want to play an understtated vehicle to gain access to that.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Gilded Ghoda
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
Brightfield Glider
2 This is pretty hard to saddle for a medium upgrade, and the baseline isn't great.
2 This is pretty hard to saddle for a medium upgrade, and the baseline isn't great.
Trip Up
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
Engine Rat
2.5 One mana 1/1s with death touch always punch above their weight-class, and this one even has some additional late game utility.
2.5 One mana 1/1s with death touch always punch above their weight-class, and this one even has some additional late game utility.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Grim Bauble
Dune Drifter
2 It's hard to ever feel like you're getting a good deal with this, but by the mid-game it doesn't feel too bad.
2 It's hard to ever feel like you're getting a good deal with this, but by the mid-game it doesn't feel too bad.
Pit Automaton
1.5 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you've got a bunch of cycling and/or Exhaust, but even then this card's very one dimensional.
1.5 // 2.5 You can't really play this unless you've got a bunch of cycling and/or Exhaust, but even then this card's very one dimensional.
Air Response Unit
2.5 This is easy to crew and quite good on offense and defense.
2.5 This is easy to crew and quite good on offense and defense.
Back on Track
2 This has some potential in this format, but the set up is a big deal and even with the Pilot tacked on you're not guaranteed to get your mana's worth.
2 This has some potential in this format, but the set up is a big deal and even with the Pilot tacked on you're not guaranteed to get your mana's worth.
Lotusguard Disciple
3 This enters trigger is an absolute beating. It'll virtually always gain you some life and get a free attack in.
3 This enters trigger is an absolute beating. It'll virtually always gain you some life and get a free attack in.
Stall Out
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
1.5 Without Cycling this would be close to unplayable since it involves going down a card for some tempo, making it only good when you're ahead.
Grim Bauble
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for.
Chitin Gravestalker
2 We've never seen a creature that is this specific about graveyard contents be super good in Limited. It won't be cheap enough often enough to be a card you really want, even in graveyard decks.
2 We've never seen a creature that is this specific about graveyard contents be super good in Limited. It won't be cheap enough often enough to be a card you really want, even in graveyard decks.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Haunted Hellride
Muraganda Raceway
1.5 As with the other start your engines! lands, this just isn't worth the hit to your mana base. You don't exactly need extra mana by the point you have Max Speed.
1.5 As with the other start your engines! lands, this just isn't worth the hit to your mana base. You don't exactly need extra mana by the point you have Max Speed.
Coalstoke Gearhulk
4 The keywords make sure that whatever you get back with this is going to have an effective attack, and sometimes you'll get something great.
4 The keywords make sure that whatever you get back with this is going to have an effective attack, and sometimes you'll get something great.
Fuel the Flames
2 This is usually purely a sideboard card because it's difficult to set it up so that it hurts your opponent more than you, but because it has Cycling you can have access to this powerful effect in your main deck without it weighing you down too much.
2 This is usually purely a sideboard card because it's difficult to set it up so that it hurts your opponent more than you, but because it has Cycling you can have access to this powerful effect in your main deck without it weighing you down too much.
Haunted Hellride
3 This attack trigger is really good, and the vehicle isn't too shabby.
3 This attack trigger is really good, and the vehicle isn't too shabby.
Wreck Remover
2 The stats aren't great, but this hates on the graveyard fairly well and in the incidental life gain can add up.
2 The stats aren't great, but this hates on the graveyard fairly well and in the incidental life gain can add up.
Gilded Ghoda
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
2.5 If you can get a treasure out of this and trade it off you're going to feel pretty good about stuff. If you can get more than one treasure out of it you'll feel great. And if you can't get any, it's going to feel kind of bad. Basically, this is really good on two, and less good thereafter.
Daring Mechanic
2 The baseline's alright, but the activated ability is too expensive to be used reliably.
2 The baseline's alright, but the activated ability is too expensive to be used reliably.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Gearseeker Serpent
Nesting Bot
3.5 Starting your engines on turn one is big, and the baseline here is excellent -- you always play a one mana 1/1 that leaves behind a 1/1.
3.5 Starting your engines on turn one is big, and the baseline here is excellent -- you always play a one mana 1/1 that leaves behind a 1/1.
Gearseeker Serpent
1.5 // 3.0 If you're a heavy artifact deck (most likely UW) this is good. If you're not, it's too tough to get a deal on it.
1.5 // 3.0 If you're a heavy artifact deck (most likely UW) this is good. If you're not, it's too tough to get a deal on it.
Dynamite Diver
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
3 A one mana 1/1 that pings when it dies is a solid card in most Limited formats, and in this one it works especially nicely with Speed. Being able to crew above it's weight class is great too.
Prowcatcher Specialist
2 This won't feel that good on turn two, or on turn 4 when you can potentially buff it. But it never feels awful either.
2 This won't feel that good on turn two, or on turn 4 when you can potentially buff it. But it never feels awful either.
Glitch Ghost Surveyor
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
Spotcycle Scouter
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Scrounging Skyray
Scrounging Skyray
1.5 // 4.0 This is an amazing discard/cycling payoff that can completely run away with the game, and you can't say that about most two drops. You do need lots of discard and cycling to get there, but it's very doable in Blue.
1.5 // 4.0 This is an amazing discard/cycling payoff that can completely run away with the game, and you can't say that about most two drops. You do need lots of discard and cycling to get there, but it's very doable in Blue.
Silken Strength
1.5 The risk isn't really worth the reward here. The buff is fairly small, and Reach isn't exactly the most exciting keyword.
1.5 The risk isn't really worth the reward here. The buff is fairly small, and Reach isn't exactly the most exciting keyword.
Aetherjacket
2 The stats aren't great, but they are kind of okay, and being able to destroy Artifacts is some reall utility.
2 The stats aren't great, but they are kind of okay, and being able to destroy Artifacts is some reall utility.
Guidelight Matrix
1.5 It's nice this replaces itself, because the effects it gives you are super mediocre. If you want to crew or mount vehicles/mounts, just play creatures.
1.5 It's nice this replaces itself, because the effects it gives you are super mediocre. If you want to crew or mount vehicles/mounts, just play creatures.
Goblin Surveyor
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
2.5 I don't love the stat-line, but trample + start your engines is a nice combination, and cashing this in for a card in mid to late game is very doable.
Keen Buccaneer
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
3 Even if this was always 5-mana for a 3/4 with Vigilance that loots when it enters, it'd be solid -- and this is way better since you can pay in installments.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Far Fortune, End Boss
Far Fortune, End Boss
4 This is great at getting you speed, which is good -- because it has a powerful Max Speed effect too.
4 This is great at getting you speed, which is good -- because it has a powerful Max Speed effect too.
Adrenaline Jockey
3 This has a decent baseline, and getting counters on it isn't a big challenge. Keep in mind the 4 damage ability is symmetrical, though.
3 This has a decent baseline, and getting counters on it isn't a big challenge. Keep in mind the 4 damage ability is symmetrical, though.
Thunderhead Gunner
2.5 It's a little expensive, but this ability is pretty nice even in a vacuum. It gets better in a set with lots of discard payoffs.
2.5 It's a little expensive, but this ability is pretty nice even in a vacuum. It gets better in a set with lots of discard payoffs.
Lightwheel Enhancements
1.5 The buff might help you get in for a hit and raise your speed, but it's pretty mediocre overall. Once you get to max speed it gets kind of sweet, but it's less likely getting the buff out of the graveyard by that stage is relevant.
1.5 The buff might help you get in for a hit and raise your speed, but it's pretty mediocre overall. Once you get to max speed it gets kind of sweet, but it's less likely getting the buff out of the graveyard by that stage is relevant.
Swiftwater Cliffs
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Glitch Ghost Surveyor
Rover Blades
1.5 This is too pretty bad cards stapled together. That's enough to make it somewhat playable, but most of the time you're cutting it.
1.5 This is too pretty bad cards stapled together. That's enough to make it somewhat playable, but most of the time you're cutting it.
Glitch Ghost Surveyor
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
2 The Wind Drake stat-line is pretty bad, and while it helps you with Speed a little bit and can eventually be a 2-for-1, this card doesn't quite overcome that mediocre baseline.
Spotcycle Scouter
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something.
Ticket Tortoise
2 This crews and blocks decently enough, but it's the Treasure that is really intriguing here. Not only does it give you some mana and fixing, it can give you two artifacts for only two mana, something that many decks in the format are interested in.
2 This crews and blocks decently enough, but it's the Treasure that is really intriguing here. Not only does it give you some mana and fixing, it can give you two artifacts for only two mana, something that many decks in the format are interested in.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Interface Ace
Racers' Scoreboard
1.5 Not adding to the board is very bad, and this Max Speed effect is rarely relevant in Limited.
1.5 Not adding to the board is very bad, and this Max Speed effect is rarely relevant in Limited.
Interface Ace
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
1.5 This set has lots of mounts and vehicles for sure, but this is still too one-dimensional. It basically can't do anything but crew and mount them, and I don't think that's enough.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Trip Up
Trip Up
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
3 This 4-mana removal spell always ends up playing pretty well since it's a nice 1-for-1 trade, and this comes with Cycling upside.
Avishkar Raceway
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
1.5 Starting your engines as early as turn one can be nice, but it's not really worth damaging your mana base.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Plains
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Hour of Victory
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Haunt the Network
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Deathless Pilot
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Sabotage Strategist
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Intimidation Tactics
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Hulldrifter
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Wreckage Wickerfolk
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Spectral Interference
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Hulldrifter
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Thornwood Falls
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Wreck Remover
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Tyrox, Saurid Tyrant
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Dynamite Diver
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Forest
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Possession Engine
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Memory Guardian
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Haunt the Network
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Spin Out
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Grim Bauble
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Roadside Blowout
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Diversion Unit
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Aether Syphon
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Keen Buccaneer
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Guidelight Pathmaker
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Spectral Interference
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Nimble Thopterist
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Dynamite Diver
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Swamp
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Vnwxt, Verbose Host
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Maximum Overdrive
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Grim Bauble
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Night Market
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Engine Rat
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Grim Bauble
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Haunted Hellride
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Gearseeker Serpent
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Scrounging Skyray
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Far Fortune, End Boss
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Glitch Ghost Surveyor
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Interface Ace
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Trip Up
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Plains
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