Premier Draft TDM 12 April 2025
12 April 03:51 - dilmiester 7 Wins - 2 Losses
Pack 1 Pick 1: Cori-Steel Cutter
United Battlefront
0 This is way too narrow for Limited. Your deck won't have enough nonland permanents with mana value 3 or less for you to consistently hit even one card with it, much less two.
0 This is way too narrow for Limited. Your deck won't have enough nonland permanents with mana value 3 or less for you to consistently hit even one card with it, much less two.
Cori-Steel Cutter
4 The equipment without Flurry is kind of passable, and with it, it's amazing. Just one token will feel like you're getting a steal, and more than that will feel amazing.
4 The equipment without Flurry is kind of passable, and with it, it's amazing. Just one token will feel like you're getting a steal, and more than that will feel amazing.
Wayspeaker Bodyguard
2.5 It feels like this enters trigger will usually give you something back, and the Flurry trigger will be nice in aggro decks.
2.5 It feels like this enters trigger will usually give you something back, and the Flurry trigger will be nice in aggro decks.
Mardu Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Overwhelming Surge
3 Three mana for 3 damage on an Instant is pretty good -- though not great. This will occasionally nab you a 2-for-1 though, which is nice.
3 Three mana for 3 damage on an Instant is pretty good -- though not great. This will occasionally nab you a 2-for-1 though, which is nice.
Undergrowth Leopard
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
Narset's Rebuke
2 5 mana for 5 damage is pretty bad. It's just hard to feel good about spending that much mana to remove most creatures, but the exile clause is nice, and if you can spend the three mana it gives you on something you'll feel pretty good. Most of the time, you won't be able to make use of the mana though.
2 5 mana for 5 damage is pretty bad. It's just hard to feel good about spending that much mana to remove most creatures, but the exile clause is nice, and if you can spend the three mana it gives you on something you'll feel pretty good. Most of the time, you won't be able to make use of the mana though.
Coordinated Maneuver
2.5 This is a serviceable removal spell, especially in Abzan and Mardu, since they are so good at making tokens.
2.5 This is a serviceable removal spell, especially in Abzan and Mardu, since they are so good at making tokens.
Heritage Reclamation
2 This has enough modes that it isn't terrible, but if you're mostly using the exile mode it probably isn't great.
2 This has enough modes that it isn't terrible, but if you're mostly using the exile mode it probably isn't great.
Gurmag Nightwatch
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
Dragon's Prey
3 Costing more against Dragons is a very real downside in this set, but it does a decent job against everything else.
3 Costing more against Dragons is a very real downside in this set, but it does a decent job against everything else.
Seize Opportunity
2.5 The trick mode is great when it lines up correctly, and when it doesn't you have a pretty good draw spell for Red -- one likely to help with Flurry.
2.5 The trick mode is great when it lines up correctly, and when it doesn't you have a pretty good draw spell for Red -- one likely to help with Flurry.
Dispelling Exhale
2.5 This is a solid counterspell normally, and a pretty good one when you can Behold.
2.5 This is a solid counterspell normally, and a pretty good one when you can Behold.
Jungle Hollow
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Glacial Dragonhunt
Nature's Rhythm
1.5 This is just too clunky and expensive for Limited. Your deck isn't going to have sweet tool box creatures and the like -- it's going to have a bunch of Limited creatures, so overpaying for them isn't exactly amazing.
1.5 This is just too clunky and expensive for Limited. Your deck isn't going to have sweet tool box creatures and the like -- it's going to have a bunch of Limited creatures, so overpaying for them isn't exactly amazing.
Glacial Dragonhunt
3 It's hard to be upset with a removal spell you can cast twice, and this one can also just be used to draw a card in a pinch.
3 It's hard to be upset with a removal spell you can cast twice, and this one can also just be used to draw a card in a pinch.
Frontline Rush
3.5 If you've already gone wide this is a great trick, and if you haven't, it can help you do it.
3.5 If you've already gone wide this is a great trick, and if you haven't, it can help you do it.
Sage of the Fang
3 The baseline here -- a three mana 3/3 -- is pretty decent, and it can go wild if you have more counters.
3 The baseline here -- a three mana 3/3 -- is pretty decent, and it can go wild if you have more counters.
Krotiq Nestguard
1.5 This can enable 4+ power payoffs and it's good with Harmonize, but it's a little too one dimensional.
1.5 This can enable 4+ power payoffs and it's good with Harmonize, but it's a little too one dimensional.
Feral Deathgorger
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
Sibsig Appraiser
4 This is an absurd common. A three mana 2/1 that just draws you a card would be a very good Common -- but this is way better, because it gives you selection and loads your graveyard.
4 This is an absurd common. A three mana 2/1 that just draws you a card would be a very good Common -- but this is way better, because it gives you selection and loads your graveyard.
Shock Brigade
2.5 This feels pretty good on turn two, and Menace means it can produce a token in many situations.
2.5 This feels pretty good on turn two, and Menace means it can produce a token in many situations.
Twin Bolt
3 Dividing damage is a big deal. Killing two X/1s with this feels great, and you can also use it to Shock your opponent, or do 1 to a creature and 1 to your opponent.
3 Dividing damage is a big deal. Killing two X/1s with this feels great, and you can also use it to Shock your opponent, or do 1 to a creature and 1 to your opponent.
Abzan Devotee
2.5 This has the worst stat-line of all the devotees, but it's fixing you have access to even when you mill it.
2.5 This has the worst stat-line of all the devotees, but it's fixing you have access to even when you mill it.
Tempest Hawk
1.5 Wind Drakes are pretty mediocre these days, and this one has to get in for you to get another copy -- and in a set with lots of efficient flyers, I don't see that happening enough.
1.5 Wind Drakes are pretty mediocre these days, and this one has to get in for you to get another copy -- and in a set with lots of efficient flyers, I don't see that happening enough.
Snowmelt Stag
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
Tranquil Cove
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Sage of the Fang
Dalkovan Encampment
3.5 This is pretty close to being a Plains with upside, and the upside is legit.
3.5 This is pretty close to being a Plains with upside, and the upside is legit.
Rally the Monastery
3 Casting this for 4 is acceptable because it has three very useful modes -- and casting it for two is amazing, and super doable.
3 Casting this for 4 is acceptable because it has three very useful modes -- and casting it for two is amazing, and super doable.
Sage of the Fang
3 The baseline here -- a three mana 3/3 -- is pretty decent, and it can go wild if you have more counters.
3 The baseline here -- a three mana 3/3 -- is pretty decent, and it can go wild if you have more counters.
Focus the Mind
2.5 Casting this for 5 is pretty rough, but I think you'll be able to spend 3 often enough for it to be a soli draw spell.
2.5 Casting this for 5 is pretty rough, but I think you'll be able to spend 3 often enough for it to be a soli draw spell.
Roamer's Routine
2.5 Spending three mana and not adding to the board is a little scary, but this gives you ramp and fixing in a format where that looks like what you want to be doing -- and it can ultimately generate a 2-for-1.
2.5 Spending three mana and not adding to the board is a little scary, but this gives you ramp and fixing in a format where that looks like what you want to be doing -- and it can ultimately generate a 2-for-1.
Dragon's Prey
3 Costing more against Dragons is a very real downside in this set, but it does a decent job against everything else.
3 Costing more against Dragons is a very real downside in this set, but it does a decent job against everything else.
Ringing Strike Mastery
2 It's frustrating that this kind of gets irrelevant in long games, but being a super cheap removal spell seems useful alongside Flurry.
2 It's frustrating that this kind of gets irrelevant in long games, but being a super cheap removal spell seems useful alongside Flurry.
Salt Road Packbeast
4 This is an excellent common. Paying the base cost isn't a disaster, and it will virtually always cost a lot less while generating a nice 2-for-1.
4 This is an excellent common. Paying the base cost isn't a disaster, and it will virtually always cost a lot less while generating a nice 2-for-1.
Jade-Cast Sentinel
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
Ainok Wayfarer
2.5 This'll set up your graveyard and help you hit a land drop reasonably often, and sometimes a 1/1 with a counter is what you want too.
2.5 This'll set up your graveyard and help you hit a land drop reasonably often, and sometimes a 1/1 with a counter is what you want too.
Shock Brigade
2.5 This feels pretty good on turn two, and Menace means it can produce a token in many situations.
2.5 This feels pretty good on turn two, and Menace means it can produce a token in many situations.
Bloodfell Caves
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Ureni's Rebuff
Iridescent Tiger
2 This'll be great when you can slam another spell with the mana it produces. Problem is, you won't be able to do that all that often.
2 This'll be great when you can slam another spell with the mana it produces. Problem is, you won't be able to do that all that often.
Ureni's Rebuff
2.5 Without Harmonize this wouldn't be great -- it's a bad Unsummon. But adding Harmonzie to the mix changes the equation in a big way, since you'll often cast it twice.
2.5 Without Harmonize this wouldn't be great -- it's a bad Unsummon. But adding Harmonzie to the mix changes the equation in a big way, since you'll often cast it twice.
Sultai Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Champion of Dusan
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
Wild Ride
1 Sorcery-speed buffs that don't help toughness are pretty underwhelming.
1 Sorcery-speed buffs that don't help toughness are pretty underwhelming.
Wingspan Stride
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
Nightblade Brigade
2.5 A three mana 1/3, even with death touch -- isn't great, but it comes with two other little pieces of value that help it out. Death touch + mobilize is a real pain for your opponent, and Surveil 1 can really help you out.
2.5 A three mana 1/3, even with death touch -- isn't great, but it comes with two other little pieces of value that help it out. Death touch + mobilize is a real pain for your opponent, and Surveil 1 can really help you out.
Reputable Merchant
2.5 Even at 4 this isn't terribly inefficient, as it gives you 4/4 worth of stats in the long run.
2.5 Even at 4 this isn't terribly inefficient, as it gives you 4/4 worth of stats in the long run.
Temur Devotee
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
Coordinated Maneuver
2.5 This is a serviceable removal spell, especially in Abzan and Mardu, since they are so good at making tokens.
2.5 This is a serviceable removal spell, especially in Abzan and Mardu, since they are so good at making tokens.
Rugged Highlands
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Sibsig Appraiser
Zurgo's Vanguard
2.5 This'll often have pretty high power, and it can help raise it's own power thanks to Mobilize.
2.5 This'll often have pretty high power, and it can help raise it's own power thanks to Mobilize.
Jeskai Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Sibsig Appraiser
4 This is an absurd common. A three mana 2/1 that just draws you a card would be a very good Common -- but this is way better, because it gives you selection and loads your graveyard.
4 This is an absurd common. A three mana 2/1 that just draws you a card would be a very good Common -- but this is way better, because it gives you selection and loads your graveyard.
Jade-Cast Sentinel
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
Nightblade Brigade
2.5 A three mana 1/3, even with death touch -- isn't great, but it comes with two other little pieces of value that help it out. Death touch + mobilize is a real pain for your opponent, and Surveil 1 can really help you out.
2.5 A three mana 1/3, even with death touch -- isn't great, but it comes with two other little pieces of value that help it out. Death touch + mobilize is a real pain for your opponent, and Surveil 1 can really help you out.
Agent of Kotis
2 This has mediocre base stats, but the Renew ability is going to give you nice value in the late game.
2 This has mediocre base stats, but the Renew ability is going to give you nice value in the late game.
Undergrowth Leopard
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
Jeskai Devotee
2.5 This fiexes your mana well and can threaten to be a 3/3 when it attacks, allowing it to get through and/or trade reasonably well.
2.5 This fiexes your mana well and can threaten to be a 3/3 when it attacks, allowing it to get through and/or trade reasonably well.
Abzan Devotee
2.5 This has the worst stat-line of all the devotees, but it's fixing you have access to even when you mill it.
2.5 This has the worst stat-line of all the devotees, but it's fixing you have access to even when you mill it.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Swiftwater Cliffs
Wayspeaker Bodyguard
2.5 It feels like this enters trigger will usually give you something back, and the Flurry trigger will be nice in aggro decks.
2.5 It feels like this enters trigger will usually give you something back, and the Flurry trigger will be nice in aggro decks.
Temur Tawnyback
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
Sultai Devotee
2.5 This fixes mana well, and it can trade for anything once it's outlived it's usefulness.
2.5 This fixes mana well, and it can trade for anything once it's outlived it's usefulness.
Temur Devotee
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
Poised Practitioner
1.5 It feels like every set we get a three mana 2/3 with an effect that gives it a counter when you do something, and they've all been bad. They just have such a bad baseline, that it's really frustrating to jump through hoops for them.
1.5 It feels like every set we get a three mana 2/3 with an effect that gives it a counter when you do something, and they've all been bad. They just have such a bad baseline, that it's really frustrating to jump through hoops for them.
Osseous Exhale
3 This is a little bit narrow, and aggro decks won't love that a creature gets to block before they can use this, but it is reasonably efficient and will gain you life sometimes.
3 This is a little bit narrow, and aggro decks won't love that a creature gets to block before they can use this, but it is reasonably efficient and will gain you life sometimes.
Kin-Tree Nurturer
3.5 A three mana 2/1 with lifelink that makes a 1/1 is a good card, and this has flexibility beyond that.
3.5 A three mana 2/1 with lifelink that makes a 1/1 is a good card, and this has flexibility beyond that.
Wild Ride
1 Sorcery-speed buffs that don't help toughness are pretty underwhelming.
1 Sorcery-speed buffs that don't help toughness are pretty underwhelming.
Swiftwater Cliffs
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Dirgur Island Dragon
Sultai Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Gurmag Nightwatch
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
Kin-Tree Nurturer
3.5 A three mana 2/1 with lifelink that makes a 1/1 is a good card, and this has flexibility beyond that.
3.5 A three mana 2/1 with lifelink that makes a 1/1 is a good card, and this has flexibility beyond that.
Wild Ride
1 Sorcery-speed buffs that don't help toughness are pretty underwhelming.
1 Sorcery-speed buffs that don't help toughness are pretty underwhelming.
Jade-Cast Sentinel
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
Dirgur Island Dragon
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
Narset's Rebuke
2 5 mana for 5 damage is pretty bad. It's just hard to feel good about spending that much mana to remove most creatures, but the exile clause is nice, and if you can spend the three mana it gives you on something you'll feel pretty good. Most of the time, you won't be able to make use of the mana though.
2 5 mana for 5 damage is pretty bad. It's just hard to feel good about spending that much mana to remove most creatures, but the exile clause is nice, and if you can spend the three mana it gives you on something you'll feel pretty good. Most of the time, you won't be able to make use of the mana though.
Scoured Barrens
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Sultai Devotee
Dragonbroods' Relic
1.5 // 3.5 This is an almost adequate mana rock, and the token it makes it the late game is pretty amazing. If you don't have amazing mana, it's not very good -- but if you can use the activated ability, you'll be pretty happy with this.
1.5 // 3.5 This is an almost adequate mana rock, and the token it makes it the late game is pretty amazing. If you don't have amazing mana, it's not very good -- but if you can use the activated ability, you'll be pretty happy with this.
Kin-Tree Nurturer
3.5 A three mana 2/1 with lifelink that makes a 1/1 is a good card, and this has flexibility beyond that.
3.5 A three mana 2/1 with lifelink that makes a 1/1 is a good card, and this has flexibility beyond that.
Reigning Victor
2.5 The enters trigger often gives you a nice attack, and a creature with Mobilize is exactly what you want in Mardu.
2.5 The enters trigger often gives you a nice attack, and a creature with Mobilize is exactly what you want in Mardu.
Sultai Devotee
2.5 This fixes mana well, and it can trade for anything once it's outlived it's usefulness.
2.5 This fixes mana well, and it can trade for anything once it's outlived it's usefulness.
Dirgur Island Dragon
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
Jeskai Devotee
2.5 This fiexes your mana well and can threaten to be a 3/3 when it attacks, allowing it to get through and/or trade reasonably well.
2.5 This fiexes your mana well and can threaten to be a 3/3 when it attacks, allowing it to get through and/or trade reasonably well.
Dismal Backwater
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Dispelling Exhale
Undergrowth Leopard
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
Narset's Rebuke
2 5 mana for 5 damage is pretty bad. It's just hard to feel good about spending that much mana to remove most creatures, but the exile clause is nice, and if you can spend the three mana it gives you on something you'll feel pretty good. Most of the time, you won't be able to make use of the mana though.
2 5 mana for 5 damage is pretty bad. It's just hard to feel good about spending that much mana to remove most creatures, but the exile clause is nice, and if you can spend the three mana it gives you on something you'll feel pretty good. Most of the time, you won't be able to make use of the mana though.
Gurmag Nightwatch
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
Seize Opportunity
2.5 The trick mode is great when it lines up correctly, and when it doesn't you have a pretty good draw spell for Red -- one likely to help with Flurry.
2.5 The trick mode is great when it lines up correctly, and when it doesn't you have a pretty good draw spell for Red -- one likely to help with Flurry.
Dispelling Exhale
2.5 This is a solid counterspell normally, and a pretty good one when you can Behold.
2.5 This is a solid counterspell normally, and a pretty good one when you can Behold.
Jungle Hollow
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Twin Bolt
Nature's Rhythm
1.5 This is just too clunky and expensive for Limited. Your deck isn't going to have sweet tool box creatures and the like -- it's going to have a bunch of Limited creatures, so overpaying for them isn't exactly amazing.
1.5 This is just too clunky and expensive for Limited. Your deck isn't going to have sweet tool box creatures and the like -- it's going to have a bunch of Limited creatures, so overpaying for them isn't exactly amazing.
Krotiq Nestguard
1.5 This can enable 4+ power payoffs and it's good with Harmonize, but it's a little too one dimensional.
1.5 This can enable 4+ power payoffs and it's good with Harmonize, but it's a little too one dimensional.
Twin Bolt
3 Dividing damage is a big deal. Killing two X/1s with this feels great, and you can also use it to Shock your opponent, or do 1 to a creature and 1 to your opponent.
3 Dividing damage is a big deal. Killing two X/1s with this feels great, and you can also use it to Shock your opponent, or do 1 to a creature and 1 to your opponent.
Abzan Devotee
2.5 This has the worst stat-line of all the devotees, but it's fixing you have access to even when you mill it.
2.5 This has the worst stat-line of all the devotees, but it's fixing you have access to even when you mill it.
Snowmelt Stag
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Ainok Wayfarer
Ringing Strike Mastery
2 It's frustrating that this kind of gets irrelevant in long games, but being a super cheap removal spell seems useful alongside Flurry.
2 It's frustrating that this kind of gets irrelevant in long games, but being a super cheap removal spell seems useful alongside Flurry.
Jade-Cast Sentinel
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
Ainok Wayfarer
2.5 This'll set up your graveyard and help you hit a land drop reasonably often, and sometimes a 1/1 with a counter is what you want too.
2.5 This'll set up your graveyard and help you hit a land drop reasonably often, and sometimes a 1/1 with a counter is what you want too.
Bloodfell Caves
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Rugged Highlands
Sultai Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Temur Devotee
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
Rugged Highlands
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Jade-Cast Sentinel
Jade-Cast Sentinel
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Temur Tawnyback
Temur Tawnyback
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Glacial Dragonhunt
Rot-Curse Rakshasa
3 This is a super weird card, but I think it's pretty nice. It has trouble really adding to the board, even once you factor in Renew -- but it seems flexible enough. You can spend lots of mana to make your opponent unable to block, or a little mana to turn it into a bad removal spell.
3 This is a super weird card, but I think it's pretty nice. It has trouble really adding to the board, even once you factor in Renew -- but it seems flexible enough. You can spend lots of mana to make your opponent unable to block, or a little mana to turn it into a bad removal spell.
Dalkovan Encampment
3.5 This is pretty close to being a Plains with upside, and the upside is legit.
3.5 This is pretty close to being a Plains with upside, and the upside is legit.
Duty Beyond Death
1.5 // 3.0 If you have lots of Mobilize this is at it's best, since Mobilize tokens are temporary anyway -- and buffing your whole board and making it indestructible is pretty strong when you aren't actually giving something up.
1.5 // 3.0 If you have lots of Mobilize this is at it's best, since Mobilize tokens are temporary anyway -- and buffing your whole board and making it indestructible is pretty strong when you aren't actually giving something up.
Glacial Dragonhunt
3 It's hard to be upset with a removal spell you can cast twice, and this one can also just be used to draw a card in a pinch.
3 It's hard to be upset with a removal spell you can cast twice, and this one can also just be used to draw a card in a pinch.
Hundred-Battle Veteran
4 A 4-mana 4/2 is usually pretty bad, but this one can be cast from the graveyard once -- and that's already a 2-for-1. Throw in the fact it'll be a 6/6 sometimes, something that is more likely when you bring it back since it brings a Finality counter with it.
4 A 4-mana 4/2 is usually pretty bad, but this one can be cast from the graveyard once -- and that's already a 2-for-1. Throw in the fact it'll be a 6/6 sometimes, something that is more likely when you bring it back since it brings a Finality counter with it.
Riverwheel Sweep
2 The base effect here has not performed well in Limited in the past -- as in, most of them have been 1.0 or so -- but the fact that this replaces itself makes a big difference, especially with Flurry.
2 The base effect here has not performed well in Limited in the past -- as in, most of them have been 1.0 or so -- but the fact that this replaces itself makes a big difference, especially with Flurry.
Focus the Mind
2.5 Casting this for 5 is pretty rough, but I think you'll be able to spend 3 often enough for it to be a soli draw spell.
2.5 Casting this for 5 is pretty rough, but I think you'll be able to spend 3 often enough for it to be a soli draw spell.
Salt Road Packbeast
4 This is an excellent common. Paying the base cost isn't a disaster, and it will virtually always cost a lot less while generating a nice 2-for-1.
4 This is an excellent common. Paying the base cost isn't a disaster, and it will virtually always cost a lot less while generating a nice 2-for-1.
Stormshriek Feral
2.5 The Omen is good at getting Flurry going, and the creature -- while not amazing, does come with Haste so it can often get in for damage before your opponent takes it down.
2.5 The Omen is good at getting Flurry going, and the creature -- while not amazing, does come with Haste so it can often get in for damage before your opponent takes it down.
Unending Whisper
2.5 This gives you a 2-for-1 in the long run, and it's a cheap draw spell to help you get Flurry going.
2.5 This gives you a 2-for-1 in the long run, and it's a cheap draw spell to help you get Flurry going.
Shock Brigade
2.5 This feels pretty good on turn two, and Menace means it can produce a token in many situations.
2.5 This feels pretty good on turn two, and Menace means it can produce a token in many situations.
Unburied Earthcarver
2 I think this activated ability is a little bit too expensive to be easily accessible on most turns.
2 I think this activated ability is a little bit too expensive to be easily accessible on most turns.
Undergrowth Leopard
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
Swiftwater Cliffs
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Dragonback Assault
Dragonback Assault
5 This landfall trigger is absurd, especially in the aftermath of a card that wipes away much of the board.
5 This landfall trigger is absurd, especially in the aftermath of a card that wipes away much of the board.
Corroding Dragonstorm
2.5 This has a pretty solid base effect, and recasting it even once is going to feel like you're doing something sweet.
2.5 This has a pretty solid base effect, and recasting it even once is going to feel like you're doing something sweet.
Formation Breaker
3 Putting counters on this can be sweet since it becomes bigger and so much harder to block.
3 Putting counters on this can be sweet since it becomes bigger and so much harder to block.
Marshal of the Lost
3 The stat-line here is rough, but this does offer a buff the turn it comes down, provided you can attack.
3 The stat-line here is rough, but this does offer a buff the turn it comes down, provided you can attack.
Champion of Dusan
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
Coordinated Maneuver
2.5 This is a serviceable removal spell, especially in Abzan and Mardu, since they are so good at making tokens.
2.5 This is a serviceable removal spell, especially in Abzan and Mardu, since they are so good at making tokens.
Gurmag Nightwatch
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
Alesha's Legacy
2.5 This is a solid trick since it saves a creature from most removal and allows a creature to win virtually any combat.
2.5 This is a solid trick since it saves a creature from most removal and allows a creature to win virtually any combat.
Agent of Kotis
2 This has mediocre base stats, but the Renew ability is going to give you nice value in the late game.
2 This has mediocre base stats, but the Renew ability is going to give you nice value in the late game.
Molten Exhale
4 Even if this was Sorcery-speed 100% of the time it'd be a very good card. Two mana for 4 damage is a great rate and you can trade up, sometimes in a big way. So, the fact that this'll be an instant a significant chunk of the time is amazing.
4 Even if this was Sorcery-speed 100% of the time it'd be a very good card. Two mana for 4 damage is a great rate and you can trade up, sometimes in a big way. So, the fact that this'll be an instant a significant chunk of the time is amazing.
Wingspan Stride
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
Reputable Merchant
2.5 Even at 4 this isn't terribly inefficient, as it gives you 4/4 worth of stats in the long run.
2.5 Even at 4 this isn't terribly inefficient, as it gives you 4/4 worth of stats in the long run.
Thornwood Falls
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Rainveil Rejuvenator
Rainveil Rejuvenator
2.5 The stats aren't great, but this goes well in mill and ramp strategies, which seem to be there for the taking in Green.
2.5 The stats aren't great, but this goes well in mill and ramp strategies, which seem to be there for the taking in Green.
Wail of War
2.5 The second mode on this card usually makes for a playable card in Limited, but it can be awkward because it's only good later. So it's great they gave this a mode that can be useful in the early game for picking off X/1s.
2.5 The second mode on this card usually makes for a playable card in Limited, but it can be awkward because it's only good later. So it's great they gave this a mode that can be useful in the early game for picking off X/1s.
Host of the Hereafter
3.5 If it's alone, it's a 4-mana 4/4 that lets you put two counters on something when it dies, but it helps all your other counter cards, too.
3.5 If it's alone, it's a 4-mana 4/4 that lets you put two counters on something when it dies, but it helps all your other counter cards, too.
Kin-Tree Severance
3.5 This'll always feel like a pretty good deal since you can usuall trade up.
3.5 This'll always feel like a pretty good deal since you can usuall trade up.
Gurmag Nightwatch
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
Coordinated Maneuver
2.5 This is a serviceable removal spell, especially in Abzan and Mardu, since they are so good at making tokens.
2.5 This is a serviceable removal spell, especially in Abzan and Mardu, since they are so good at making tokens.
Dirgur Island Dragon
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
Champion of Dusan
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
Summit Intimidator
2 This trigger can be really good when you're the beat down and curving out. But it can also be useless if you're at parity or behind.
2 This trigger can be really good when you're the beat down and curving out. But it can also be useless if you're at parity or behind.
Watcher of the Wayside
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
Delta Bloodflies
2 If you can play this on two and put counters on it or your other stuff, it can chip in for a lot of damage -- but it's going to get outclassed by dragons pretty quickly.
2 If you can play this on two and put counters on it or your other stuff, it can chip in for a lot of damage -- but it's going to get outclassed by dragons pretty quickly.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Sibsig Appraiser
Wail of War
2.5 The second mode on this card usually makes for a playable card in Limited, but it can be awkward because it's only good later. So it's great they gave this a mode that can be useful in the early game for picking off X/1s.
2.5 The second mode on this card usually makes for a playable card in Limited, but it can be awkward because it's only good later. So it's great they gave this a mode that can be useful in the early game for picking off X/1s.
Mystic Monastery
3.5 In other 3-color formats, the tri-lands are worth pretty high picks because they make your mana so much better.
3.5 In other 3-color formats, the tri-lands are worth pretty high picks because they make your mana so much better.
Unsparing Boltcaster
3 It feels like you'll be able to set this up to do 5 without too much trouble, thanks to mobilize. When you can, it'll feel great -- and when you can't, you won't feel terrible about a three mana 3/3.
3 It feels like you'll be able to set this up to do 5 without too much trouble, thanks to mobilize. When you can, it'll feel great -- and when you can't, you won't feel terrible about a three mana 3/3.
Sibsig Appraiser
4 This is an absurd common. A three mana 2/1 that just draws you a card would be a very good Common -- but this is way better, because it gives you selection and loads your graveyard.
4 This is an absurd common. A three mana 2/1 that just draws you a card would be a very good Common -- but this is way better, because it gives you selection and loads your graveyard.
Arashin Sunshield
2 This has mediocre stats, a mediocre enters ability, and a mediocre activated ability. It is nice that you got all of that from one card, and the tap ability can have it's moments, but overall this isn't a card you're ever going to be very excited about playing.
2 This has mediocre stats, a mediocre enters ability, and a mediocre activated ability. It is nice that you got all of that from one card, and the tap ability can have it's moments, but overall this isn't a card you're ever going to be very excited about playing.
Devoted Duelist
1.5 This is super underwhelming. The Flurry trigger is weak and the stat-line is bad. If you need a two drop, you'll play it -- but only if you don't have something better. And hopefully you do.
1.5 This is super underwhelming. The Flurry trigger is weak and the stat-line is bad. If you need a two drop, you'll play it -- but only if you don't have something better. And hopefully you do.
Unburied Earthcarver
2 I think this activated ability is a little bit too expensive to be easily accessible on most turns.
2 I think this activated ability is a little bit too expensive to be easily accessible on most turns.
Tempest Hawk
1.5 Wind Drakes are pretty mediocre these days, and this one has to get in for you to get another copy -- and in a set with lots of efficient flyers, I don't see that happening enough.
1.5 Wind Drakes are pretty mediocre these days, and this one has to get in for you to get another copy -- and in a set with lots of efficient flyers, I don't see that happening enough.
Krotiq Nestguard
1.5 This can enable 4+ power payoffs and it's good with Harmonize, but it's a little too one dimensional.
1.5 This can enable 4+ power payoffs and it's good with Harmonize, but it's a little too one dimensional.
Snowmelt Stag
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
Jungle Hollow
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Ambling Stormshell
Ambling Stormshell
4.5 This is a massive road block that your opponent can't just ignore, and because of Ward they will never destroy it efficiently. It can protect you when it has to, and then turn into a turtle Ancestral Recall once you feel like you can attack. It's likely the cards you draw let you add to the board, making up for it being tapped.
4.5 This is a massive road block that your opponent can't just ignore, and because of Ward they will never destroy it efficiently. It can protect you when it has to, and then turn into a turtle Ancestral Recall once you feel like you can attack. It's likely the cards you draw let you add to the board, making up for it being tapped.
Spectral Denial
3 This is a very nice counterspell because it scales all game long, and it can even be super efficient at times.
3 This is a very nice counterspell because it scales all game long, and it can even be super efficient at times.
Kin-Tree Severance
3.5 This'll always feel like a pretty good deal since you can usuall trade up.
3.5 This'll always feel like a pretty good deal since you can usuall trade up.
Rescue Leopard
2 This is here to enable Harmonize, but I'm a little skeptical you want to play a creature with very mediocre stats and a rummage trigger.
2 This is here to enable Harmonize, but I'm a little skeptical you want to play a creature with very mediocre stats and a rummage trigger.
Nightblade Brigade
2.5 A three mana 1/3, even with death touch -- isn't great, but it comes with two other little pieces of value that help it out. Death touch + mobilize is a real pain for your opponent, and Surveil 1 can really help you out.
2.5 A three mana 1/3, even with death touch -- isn't great, but it comes with two other little pieces of value that help it out. Death touch + mobilize is a real pain for your opponent, and Surveil 1 can really help you out.
Ainok Wayfarer
2.5 This'll set up your graveyard and help you hit a land drop reasonably often, and sometimes a 1/1 with a counter is what you want too.
2.5 This'll set up your graveyard and help you hit a land drop reasonably often, and sometimes a 1/1 with a counter is what you want too.
Highspire Bell-Ringer
2.5 This has solid base stats and is a pretty good enabler for Flurry.
2.5 This has solid base stats and is a pretty good enabler for Flurry.
Monastery Messenger
2 This is not card advantage, just selection -- and while that's a decent effect, it certainly isn't amazing. Even at three mana this is kind of underwhelming.
2 This is not card advantage, just selection -- and while that's a decent effect, it certainly isn't amazing. Even at three mana this is kind of underwhelming.
Fire-Rim Form
1.5 This is an okay trick. It lets lots of creatures win combat, but it's not good against removal, and while the buff it leaves behind is okay, it's not great.
1.5 This is an okay trick. It lets lots of creatures win combat, but it's not good against removal, and while the buff it leaves behind is okay, it's not great.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Awaken the Honored Dead
Awaken the Honored Dead
4 Most of the value here comes from the first chapter, but it's pretty sweet you get a bunch of extra stuff after casting a good removal spell.
4 Most of the value here comes from the first chapter, but it's pretty sweet you get a bunch of extra stuff after casting a good removal spell.
Skirmish Rhino
3 Baby Siege Rhino is definitely pretty good -- draining life is really strong in Limited since it alters races in such a big way.
3 Baby Siege Rhino is definitely pretty good -- draining life is really strong in Limited since it alters races in such a big way.
Osseous Exhale
3 This is a little bit narrow, and aggro decks won't love that a creature gets to block before they can use this, but it is reasonably efficient and will gain you life sometimes.
3 This is a little bit narrow, and aggro decks won't love that a creature gets to block before they can use this, but it is reasonably efficient and will gain you life sometimes.
Dragonback Lancer
2 4-mana 3/3 flyers aren't what they once were, and while adding Mobilize to the mix helps, this is still a very underwhelming creature.
2 4-mana 3/3 flyers aren't what they once were, and while adding Mobilize to the mix helps, this is still a very underwhelming creature.
Dragonstorm Globe
1 It takes an unusual format for a three mana mana rock that doesn't add to the board to be worth it, and I don't think this is that kind of format.
1 It takes an unusual format for a three mana mana rock that doesn't add to the board to be worth it, and I don't think this is that kind of format.
Champion of Dusan
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
Temur Devotee
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
Jade-Cast Sentinel
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
1 this is almost entirely a defensive creature, and those rarely work in Limited.
Tranquil Cove
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Songcrafter Mage
Songcrafter Mage
4 This is going to feel like a better Snapcaster Mage in many situations since it can help you cast the things it gives Harmonize too. Sometimes it won't have anything in the graveyard to target, though.
4 This is going to feel like a better Snapcaster Mage in many situations since it can help you cast the things it gives Harmonize too. Sometimes it won't have anything in the graveyard to target, though.
Defibrillating Current
3.5 This is a pretty nice removal spell whether you spend 3 or 4 to cast it.
3.5 This is a pretty nice removal spell whether you spend 3 or 4 to cast it.
Dusyut Earthcarver
3 6 mana for a 4/4 with Reach and a 3/3 is awesome, and if you just one one big body it can do that for you.
3 6 mana for a 4/4 with Reach and a 3/3 is awesome, and if you just one one big body it can do that for you.
Agent of Kotis
2 This has mediocre base stats, but the Renew ability is going to give you nice value in the late game.
2 This has mediocre base stats, but the Renew ability is going to give you nice value in the late game.
Delta Bloodflies
2 If you can play this on two and put counters on it or your other stuff, it can chip in for a lot of damage -- but it's going to get outclassed by dragons pretty quickly.
2 If you can play this on two and put counters on it or your other stuff, it can chip in for a lot of damage -- but it's going to get outclassed by dragons pretty quickly.
Fortress Kin-Guard
3.5 This is an excellent common. A two mana 1/2 that makes a 1/1 is an excellent rate, and this has another mode!
3.5 This is an excellent common. A two mana 1/2 that makes a 1/1 is an excellent rate, and this has another mode!
Reputable Merchant
2.5 Even at 4 this isn't terribly inefficient, as it gives you 4/4 worth of stats in the long run.
2.5 Even at 4 this isn't terribly inefficient, as it gives you 4/4 worth of stats in the long run.
Bloodfell Caves
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Mammoth Bellow
Dragonstorm Forecaster
0.0 / 1.5 This can grab two cards that you probably shouldn't play in this format. Even drawing bad cards can be okay, but spending two generic to do it is pretty rough. Even if you have a couple card to draw with it, I think it maxes out at a 1.5.
0.0 / 1.5 This can grab two cards that you probably shouldn't play in this format. Even drawing bad cards can be okay, but spending two generic to do it is pretty rough. Even if you have a couple card to draw with it, I think it maxes out at a 1.5.
Mammoth Bellow
4 This gives you two 5/5s, and that's quite the two for one. The first token can help you Harmonize the second one.
4 This gives you two 5/5s, and that's quite the two for one. The first token can help you Harmonize the second one.
Snowmelt Stag
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
Dragonback Lancer
2 4-mana 3/3 flyers aren't what they once were, and while adding Mobilize to the mix helps, this is still a very underwhelming creature.
2 4-mana 3/3 flyers aren't what they once were, and while adding Mobilize to the mix helps, this is still a very underwhelming creature.
Riverwalk Technique
3 We see this card all the time without the counter mode, and it's always at least a 2.5, and often better. So, throw in the fact that this can be bad Negate in a pinch, and this looks like a quality card.
3 We see this card all the time without the counter mode, and it's always at least a 2.5, and often better. So, throw in the fact that this can be bad Negate in a pinch, and this looks like a quality card.
Snakeskin Veil
3 This is a super annoying trick that blanks removal super efficiently while leaving behind a very real buff, and it can even do the job in combat.
3 This is a super annoying trick that blanks removal super efficiently while leaving behind a very real buff, and it can even do the job in combat.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Swiftwater Cliffs
Riverwheel Sweep
2 The base effect here has not performed well in Limited in the past -- as in, most of them have been 1.0 or so -- but the fact that this replaces itself makes a big difference, especially with Flurry.
2 The base effect here has not performed well in Limited in the past -- as in, most of them have been 1.0 or so -- but the fact that this replaces itself makes a big difference, especially with Flurry.
Focus the Mind
2.5 Casting this for 5 is pretty rough, but I think you'll be able to spend 3 often enough for it to be a soli draw spell.
2.5 Casting this for 5 is pretty rough, but I think you'll be able to spend 3 often enough for it to be a soli draw spell.
Stormshriek Feral
2.5 The Omen is good at getting Flurry going, and the creature -- while not amazing, does come with Haste so it can often get in for damage before your opponent takes it down.
2.5 The Omen is good at getting Flurry going, and the creature -- while not amazing, does come with Haste so it can often get in for damage before your opponent takes it down.
Unending Whisper
2.5 This gives you a 2-for-1 in the long run, and it's a cheap draw spell to help you get Flurry going.
2.5 This gives you a 2-for-1 in the long run, and it's a cheap draw spell to help you get Flurry going.
Undergrowth Leopard
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
2 This has an okay baseline, and occasionally it'll turn into Naturalize.
Swiftwater Cliffs
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Thornwood Falls
Champion of Dusan
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, even with trample -- but this offers a pretty efficient buff from the graveyard.
Gurmag Nightwatch
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
Agent of Kotis
2 This has mediocre base stats, but the Renew ability is going to give you nice value in the late game.
2 This has mediocre base stats, but the Renew ability is going to give you nice value in the late game.
Wingspan Stride
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
Thornwood Falls
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Dirgur Island Dragon
Gurmag Nightwatch
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
2 This gives you a bit of card selection and loads the graveyard, but it's hard enough to cast for three and inefficient enough at 4 that I don't think it looks great.
Dirgur Island Dragon
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
Watcher of the Wayside
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Krotiq Nestguard
Devoted Duelist
1.5 This is super underwhelming. The Flurry trigger is weak and the stat-line is bad. If you need a two drop, you'll play it -- but only if you don't have something better. And hopefully you do.
1.5 This is super underwhelming. The Flurry trigger is weak and the stat-line is bad. If you need a two drop, you'll play it -- but only if you don't have something better. And hopefully you do.
Krotiq Nestguard
1.5 This can enable 4+ power payoffs and it's good with Harmonize, but it's a little too one dimensional.
1.5 This can enable 4+ power payoffs and it's good with Harmonize, but it's a little too one dimensional.
Snowmelt Stag
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
1.5 It's kind of cool that this has a fluctuating stat-line, and that it can be good with Harmonize -- but spending 4 mana on a 5/2 is terrible, and that's what this is half the time. Your opponent will be able to spend 1-2 mana to kill it with ease, and that's brutal.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Highspire Bell-Ringer
Highspire Bell-Ringer
2.5 This has solid base stats and is a pretty good enabler for Flurry.
2.5 This has solid base stats and is a pretty good enabler for Flurry.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Temur Devotee
Temur Devotee
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Stormscale Scion
Lotuslight Dancers
4 The idea here is to search up cards with Harmonize or Renew -- and the Dancers is pretty good with both mechanics thanks to it's large lifelink body.
4 The idea here is to search up cards with Harmonize or Renew -- and the Dancers is pretty good with both mechanics thanks to it's large lifelink body.
Stormscale Scion
3 If you can't get a second copy of this, it's not very good. It will maybe be buffing one other thing if you're lucky, and be way below rate. However, getting two copies of it seems pretty doable -- keep in mind it counts your opponent's spells too!
3 If you can't get a second copy of this, it's not very good. It will maybe be buffing one other thing if you're lucky, and be way below rate. However, getting two copies of it seems pretty doable -- keep in mind it counts your opponent's spells too!
Cori Mountain Stalwart
3 This has a passable baseline and even flurrying once with it in play is pretty nice.
3 This has a passable baseline and even flurrying once with it in play is pretty nice.
Attuned Hunter
3 This has a passable baseline and getting even one counter on is doable -- and it'll feel pretty good.
3 This has a passable baseline and getting even one counter on is doable -- and it'll feel pretty good.
Sunpearl Kirin
4 A two mana 2/1 with Flash and Flying is already playable, and this has massive upside. As usual the bounce effect can save a creature or rebuy an "enters" trigger, but in this case you can also give up a Mobilize token to draw a card, which is pretty sweet.
4 A two mana 2/1 with Flash and Flying is already playable, and this has massive upside. As usual the bounce effect can save a creature or rebuy an "enters" trigger, but in this case you can also give up a Mobilize token to draw a card, which is pretty sweet.
Jeskai Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Adorned Crocodile
3 This seems like a lot of value for the cost. The stat-line isn't great obviously, but it's great against removal and can trade for most stuff while giving you lots of extra value.
3 This seems like a lot of value for the cost. The stat-line isn't great obviously, but it's great against removal and can trade for most stuff while giving you lots of extra value.
Arashin Sunshield
2 This has mediocre stats, a mediocre enters ability, and a mediocre activated ability. It is nice that you got all of that from one card, and the tap ability can have it's moments, but overall this isn't a card you're ever going to be very excited about playing.
2 This has mediocre stats, a mediocre enters ability, and a mediocre activated ability. It is nice that you got all of that from one card, and the tap ability can have it's moments, but overall this isn't a card you're ever going to be very excited about playing.
Roamer's Routine
2.5 Spending three mana and not adding to the board is a little scary, but this gives you ramp and fixing in a format where that looks like what you want to be doing -- and it can ultimately generate a 2-for-1.
2.5 Spending three mana and not adding to the board is a little scary, but this gives you ramp and fixing in a format where that looks like what you want to be doing -- and it can ultimately generate a 2-for-1.
Seize Opportunity
2.5 The trick mode is great when it lines up correctly, and when it doesn't you have a pretty good draw spell for Red -- one likely to help with Flurry.
2.5 The trick mode is great when it lines up correctly, and when it doesn't you have a pretty good draw spell for Red -- one likely to help with Flurry.
Wingspan Stride
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
Temur Tawnyback
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
Humbling Elder
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
Scoured Barrens
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
4 This is a very real upgrade to your mobilize, and Zurgo even comes with it.
4 This is a very real upgrade to your mobilize, and Zurgo even comes with it.
Mistrise Village
1 This effect is rarely relevant in Limited, so this is mostly an Island with downside.
1 This effect is rarely relevant in Limited, so this is mostly an Island with downside.
Mardu Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Stormbeacon Blade
1.5 This will feel good when it works out, but the baseline is pretty bad.
1.5 This will feel good when it works out, but the baseline is pretty bad.
Gurmag Rakshasa
4 This enters trigger will often kill something and make one of your creatures into a much better attacker for a turn, and then you have a 5/5 Menace that your opponent likely just can't ignore.
4 This enters trigger will often kill something and make one of your creatures into a much better attacker for a turn, and then you have a 5/5 Menace that your opponent likely just can't ignore.
Dusyut Earthcarver
3 6 mana for a 4/4 with Reach and a 3/3 is awesome, and if you just one one big body it can do that for you.
3 6 mana for a 4/4 with Reach and a 3/3 is awesome, and if you just one one big body it can do that for you.
Iceridge Serpent
2.5 It's a tiny bit overcosted, but it's still a fairly relevant body that subtracts from your opponent's board.
2.5 It's a tiny bit overcosted, but it's still a fairly relevant body that subtracts from your opponent's board.
Dragonstorm Globe
1 It takes an unusual format for a three mana mana rock that doesn't add to the board to be worth it, and I don't think this is that kind of format.
1 It takes an unusual format for a three mana mana rock that doesn't add to the board to be worth it, and I don't think this is that kind of format.
Rebellious Strike
1.5 // 2.5 If you aren't trying to trigger Prowess or Flurry, this isn't all that good. It gives a small buff and replaces itself, but that buff doesn't always do something meaningful. If you are in on flurry or prowess, it gets significantly better.
1.5 // 2.5 If you aren't trying to trigger Prowess or Flurry, this isn't all that good. It gives a small buff and replaces itself, but that buff doesn't always do something meaningful. If you are in on flurry or prowess, it gets significantly better.
Feral Deathgorger
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
Humbling Elder
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
Underfoot Underdogs
2.5 This activated ability isn't great, but the baseline of a three mana 1/2 and a 1/1 is fine. The ability may also play better in a format with lots of low-power Mobilize creatures.
2.5 This activated ability isn't great, but the baseline of a three mana 1/2 and a 1/1 is fine. The ability may also play better in a format with lots of low-power Mobilize creatures.
Dismal Backwater
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Piercing Exhale
Fleeting Effigy
1.5 This is supposed to enable Flurry, but it seems to me there are way better ways to do that than a creature who is never on the battlefield during your opponents turn, and one that takes a ton of mana just to be able to trade when it attacks.
1.5 This is supposed to enable Flurry, but it seems to me there are way better ways to do that than a creature who is never on the battlefield during your opponents turn, and one that takes a ton of mana just to be able to trade when it attacks.
Mardu Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Spectral Denial
3 This is a very nice counterspell because it scales all game long, and it can even be super efficient at times.
3 This is a very nice counterspell because it scales all game long, and it can even be super efficient at times.
Sandskitter Outrider
3.5 Getting a 2/1 with menace and a 2/2 for 4 mana is a good deal, and Endure's flexibility can give you a 4/3 Menace instead when that's what you need.
3.5 Getting a 2/1 with menace and a 2/2 for 4 mana is a good deal, and Endure's flexibility can give you a 4/3 Menace instead when that's what you need.
Piercing Exhale
3.5 This effect is great at instant speed, since you need to find a window when it's safe to cast -- otherwhise you risk a 2-for-1, and an instant can obviously be cast in a wider variety of situations than a Sorcery can. Also, when you do get to surveil with this it'll feel amazing.
3.5 This effect is great at instant speed, since you need to find a window when it's safe to cast -- otherwhise you risk a 2-for-1, and an instant can obviously be cast in a wider variety of situations than a Sorcery can. Also, when you do get to surveil with this it'll feel amazing.
Rebellious Strike
1.5 // 2.5 If you aren't trying to trigger Prowess or Flurry, this isn't all that good. It gives a small buff and replaces itself, but that buff doesn't always do something meaningful. If you are in on flurry or prowess, it gets significantly better.
1.5 // 2.5 If you aren't trying to trigger Prowess or Flurry, this isn't all that good. It gives a small buff and replaces itself, but that buff doesn't always do something meaningful. If you are in on flurry or prowess, it gets significantly better.
Underfoot Underdogs
2.5 This activated ability isn't great, but the baseline of a three mana 1/2 and a 1/1 is fine. The ability may also play better in a format with lots of low-power Mobilize creatures.
2.5 This activated ability isn't great, but the baseline of a three mana 1/2 and a 1/1 is fine. The ability may also play better in a format with lots of low-power Mobilize creatures.
Salt Road Packbeast
4 This is an excellent common. Paying the base cost isn't a disaster, and it will virtually always cost a lot less while generating a nice 2-for-1.
4 This is an excellent common. Paying the base cost isn't a disaster, and it will virtually always cost a lot less while generating a nice 2-for-1.
Watcher of the Wayside
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
Temur Devotee
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
Rescue Leopard
2 This is here to enable Harmonize, but I'm a little skeptical you want to play a creature with very mediocre stats and a rummage trigger.
2 This is here to enable Harmonize, but I'm a little skeptical you want to play a creature with very mediocre stats and a rummage trigger.
Wind-Scarred Crag
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Rugged Highlands
Great Arashin City
3.5 Turning stuff into your graveyard into on-board presence is exactly what you want to be doing in the late game when you're flooding out.
3.5 Turning stuff into your graveyard into on-board presence is exactly what you want to be doing in the late game when you're flooding out.
Sandsteppe Citadel
3.5 In other 3-color formats, the tri-lands are worth pretty high picks because they make your mana so much better.
3.5 In other 3-color formats, the tri-lands are worth pretty high picks because they make your mana so much better.
Spectral Denial
3 This is a very nice counterspell because it scales all game long, and it can even be super efficient at times.
3 This is a very nice counterspell because it scales all game long, and it can even be super efficient at times.
Temur Tawnyback
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
Heritage Reclamation
2 This has enough modes that it isn't terrible, but if you're mostly using the exile mode it probably isn't great.
2 This has enough modes that it isn't terrible, but if you're mostly using the exile mode it probably isn't great.
Watcher of the Wayside
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
Fire-Rim Form
1.5 This is an okay trick. It lets lots of creatures win combat, but it's not good against removal, and while the buff it leaves behind is okay, it's not great.
1.5 This is an okay trick. It lets lots of creatures win combat, but it's not good against removal, and while the buff it leaves behind is okay, it's not great.
Feral Deathgorger
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
Salt Road Packbeast
4 This is an excellent common. Paying the base cost isn't a disaster, and it will virtually always cost a lot less while generating a nice 2-for-1.
4 This is an excellent common. Paying the base cost isn't a disaster, and it will virtually always cost a lot less while generating a nice 2-for-1.
Temur Devotee
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
Rugged Highlands
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Snakeskin Veil
Unrooted Ancestor
3 A three mana 3/2 isn't great, even with Flash -- but gaining indestructibility is no small thing, and will allow this to wreck many attacks -- while being a scarier attacker itself. It gets even better with Mobilize.
3 A three mana 3/2 isn't great, even with Flash -- but gaining indestructibility is no small thing, and will allow this to wreck many attacks -- while being a scarier attacker itself. It gets even better with Mobilize.
Mardu Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Feral Deathgorger
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
Boulderborn Dragon
1.5 If you're really desperate for a dragon this can...kind of do the job.
1.5 If you're really desperate for a dragon this can...kind of do the job.
Osseous Exhale
3 This is a little bit narrow, and aggro decks won't love that a creature gets to block before they can use this, but it is reasonably efficient and will gain you life sometimes.
3 This is a little bit narrow, and aggro decks won't love that a creature gets to block before they can use this, but it is reasonably efficient and will gain you life sometimes.
Summit Intimidator
2 This trigger can be really good when you're the beat down and curving out. But it can also be useless if you're at parity or behind.
2 This trigger can be really good when you're the beat down and curving out. But it can also be useless if you're at parity or behind.
Alesha's Legacy
2.5 This is a solid trick since it saves a creature from most removal and allows a creature to win virtually any combat.
2.5 This is a solid trick since it saves a creature from most removal and allows a creature to win virtually any combat.
Humbling Elder
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
Snakeskin Veil
3 This is a super annoying trick that blanks removal super efficiently while leaving behind a very real buff, and it can even do the job in combat.
3 This is a super annoying trick that blanks removal super efficiently while leaving behind a very real buff, and it can even do the job in combat.
Dismal Backwater
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Rugged Highlands
Call the Spirit Dragons
0 Even in this format, I dont' think you're getting there with this. The mana is tough and so is the set up.
0 Even in this format, I dont' think you're getting there with this. The mana is tough and so is the set up.
Kin-Tree Severance
3.5 This'll always feel like a pretty good deal since you can usuall trade up.
3.5 This'll always feel like a pretty good deal since you can usuall trade up.
War Effort
2 Just the buff and a 1/1 every turn isn't really worth a card most of the time -- but if you've gone wid enough, that buff gets much better.
2 Just the buff and a 1/1 every turn isn't really worth a card most of the time -- but if you've gone wid enough, that buff gets much better.
Jeskai Monument
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two.
Unburied Earthcarver
2 I think this activated ability is a little bit too expensive to be easily accessible on most turns.
2 I think this activated ability is a little bit too expensive to be easily accessible on most turns.
Meticulous Artisan
2 I don't love th starting stat-line, but it does fix and ramp your mana, and any time it attacks your opponent has to take into account the fact that it might grow.
2 I don't love th starting stat-line, but it does fix and ramp your mana, and any time it attacks your opponent has to take into account the fact that it might grow.
Dirgur Island Dragon
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
2.5 This is two 1.5 cards stapled together -- but having an Omen does mean that this doesn't have the biggest downside about being a 6-drop -- that it doesn't do anything until you get to 6!
Watcher of the Wayside
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
Rugged Highlands
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Wingspan Stride
Corroding Dragonstorm
2.5 This has a pretty solid base effect, and recasting it even once is going to feel like you're doing something sweet.
2.5 This has a pretty solid base effect, and recasting it even once is going to feel like you're doing something sweet.
Wingspan Stride
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
Jeskai Devotee
2.5 This fiexes your mana well and can threaten to be a 3/3 when it attacks, allowing it to get through and/or trade reasonably well.
2.5 This fiexes your mana well and can threaten to be a 3/3 when it attacks, allowing it to get through and/or trade reasonably well.
Ringing Strike Mastery
2 It's frustrating that this kind of gets irrelevant in long games, but being a super cheap removal spell seems useful alongside Flurry.
2 It's frustrating that this kind of gets irrelevant in long games, but being a super cheap removal spell seems useful alongside Flurry.
Snakeskin Veil
3 This is a super annoying trick that blanks removal super efficiently while leaving behind a very real buff, and it can even do the job in combat.
3 This is a super annoying trick that blanks removal super efficiently while leaving behind a very real buff, and it can even do the job in combat.
Wild Ride
1 Sorcery-speed buffs that don't help toughness are pretty underwhelming.
1 Sorcery-speed buffs that don't help toughness are pretty underwhelming.
Sandskitter Outrider
3.5 Getting a 2/1 with menace and a 2/2 for 4 mana is a good deal, and Endure's flexibility can give you a 4/3 Menace instead when that's what you need.
3.5 Getting a 2/1 with menace and a 2/2 for 4 mana is a good deal, and Endure's flexibility can give you a 4/3 Menace instead when that's what you need.
Blossoming Sands
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Stormshriek Feral
Glacierwood Siege
1 Neither of these modes is very meaningful in Limited. Milling your opponent out is possible, though difficult to achieve -- and playing lands from the graveyard is almost entirely relevant.
1 Neither of these modes is very meaningful in Limited. Milling your opponent out is possible, though difficult to achieve -- and playing lands from the graveyard is almost entirely relevant.
Strategic Betrayal
3 Exiling graveyards matters in a big way in this format, and two mana edicts are usually playable to begin with.
3 Exiling graveyards matters in a big way in this format, and two mana edicts are usually playable to begin with.
Poised Practitioner
1.5 It feels like every set we get a three mana 2/3 with an effect that gives it a counter when you do something, and they've all been bad. They just have such a bad baseline, that it's really frustrating to jump through hoops for them.
1.5 It feels like every set we get a three mana 2/3 with an effect that gives it a counter when you do something, and they've all been bad. They just have such a bad baseline, that it's really frustrating to jump through hoops for them.
Humbling Elder
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
Boulderborn Dragon
1.5 If you're really desperate for a dragon this can...kind of do the job.
1.5 If you're really desperate for a dragon this can...kind of do the job.
Cruel Truths
2 This lets you see a lot of cards, but it's a little expensive for drawing 2 and not adding to the board.
2 This lets you see a lot of cards, but it's a little expensive for drawing 2 and not adding to the board.
Stormshriek Feral
2.5 The Omen is good at getting Flurry going, and the creature -- while not amazing, does come with Haste so it can often get in for damage before your opponent takes it down.
2.5 The Omen is good at getting Flurry going, and the creature -- while not amazing, does come with Haste so it can often get in for damage before your opponent takes it down.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Temur Tawnyback
Lotuslight Dancers
4 The idea here is to search up cards with Harmonize or Renew -- and the Dancers is pretty good with both mechanics thanks to it's large lifelink body.
4 The idea here is to search up cards with Harmonize or Renew -- and the Dancers is pretty good with both mechanics thanks to it's large lifelink body.
Arashin Sunshield
2 This has mediocre stats, a mediocre enters ability, and a mediocre activated ability. It is nice that you got all of that from one card, and the tap ability can have it's moments, but overall this isn't a card you're ever going to be very excited about playing.
2 This has mediocre stats, a mediocre enters ability, and a mediocre activated ability. It is nice that you got all of that from one card, and the tap ability can have it's moments, but overall this isn't a card you're ever going to be very excited about playing.
Seize Opportunity
2.5 The trick mode is great when it lines up correctly, and when it doesn't you have a pretty good draw spell for Red -- one likely to help with Flurry.
2.5 The trick mode is great when it lines up correctly, and when it doesn't you have a pretty good draw spell for Red -- one likely to help with Flurry.
Wingspan Stride
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
1.5 This buff is pretty good for the cost, and the fact it can bounce is kind of sweet with Flurry and Prowess -- but it's still a card that risks a 2-for-1, and I don't think it does enough to offset that.
Temur Tawnyback
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
3 I'm reasonably happy paying 4 for this, and paying 3 for it will feel great. Looting is super good in Limited, especially when there are two graveyard mechanics.
Humbling Elder
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Dismal Backwater
Dusyut Earthcarver
3 6 mana for a 4/4 with Reach and a 3/3 is awesome, and if you just one one big body it can do that for you.
3 6 mana for a 4/4 with Reach and a 3/3 is awesome, and if you just one one big body it can do that for you.
Iceridge Serpent
2.5 It's a tiny bit overcosted, but it's still a fairly relevant body that subtracts from your opponent's board.
2.5 It's a tiny bit overcosted, but it's still a fairly relevant body that subtracts from your opponent's board.
Feral Deathgorger
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
Humbling Elder
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
Dismal Backwater
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Watcher of the Wayside
Rebellious Strike
1.5 // 2.5 If you aren't trying to trigger Prowess or Flurry, this isn't all that good. It gives a small buff and replaces itself, but that buff doesn't always do something meaningful. If you are in on flurry or prowess, it gets significantly better.
1.5 // 2.5 If you aren't trying to trigger Prowess or Flurry, this isn't all that good. It gives a small buff and replaces itself, but that buff doesn't always do something meaningful. If you are in on flurry or prowess, it gets significantly better.
Underfoot Underdogs
2.5 This activated ability isn't great, but the baseline of a three mana 1/2 and a 1/1 is fine. The ability may also play better in a format with lots of low-power Mobilize creatures.
2.5 This activated ability isn't great, but the baseline of a three mana 1/2 and a 1/1 is fine. The ability may also play better in a format with lots of low-power Mobilize creatures.
Watcher of the Wayside
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
Rescue Leopard
2 This is here to enable Harmonize, but I'm a little skeptical you want to play a creature with very mediocre stats and a rummage trigger.
2 This is here to enable Harmonize, but I'm a little skeptical you want to play a creature with very mediocre stats and a rummage trigger.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Temur Devotee
Watcher of the Wayside
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
1.5 This has bad stats and a mediocre enters trigger. You'll play it in your graveyard decks when you're desperate.
Fire-Rim Form
1.5 This is an okay trick. It lets lots of creatures win combat, but it's not good against removal, and while the buff it leaves behind is okay, it's not great.
1.5 This is an okay trick. It lets lots of creatures win combat, but it's not good against removal, and while the buff it leaves behind is okay, it's not great.
Temur Devotee
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
2.5 This is a solid defensive creature that helps filter your mana, and those two things go together pretty well.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Humbling Elder
Feral Deathgorger
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
2.5 Neither of these cards is great individually, but Dusk Sight replaces itself and impacts the board, and the Deathgorger isn't a completely terrible 6-drop. It can trade with most dragons and will cause problems for any that have less than 5 power, while also hating on the graveyard -- or helping you trigger your own stuff.
Humbling Elder
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
3 Other cards like this have performed quite well. You'd be surprised how often you can flash this in and just kill something while keeping the Elder. It's also super cheap in a color where that really matters.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Meticulous Artisan
Meticulous Artisan
2 I don't love th starting stat-line, but it does fix and ramp your mana, and any time it attacks your opponent has to take into account the fact that it might grow.
2 I don't love th starting stat-line, but it does fix and ramp your mana, and any time it attacks your opponent has to take into account the fact that it might grow.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Cori-Steel Cutter
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Glacial Dragonhunt
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Sage of the Fang
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Ureni's Rebuff
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Sibsig Appraiser
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Swiftwater Cliffs
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Dirgur Island Dragon
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Sultai Devotee
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Dispelling Exhale
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Twin Bolt
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Ainok Wayfarer
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Rugged Highlands
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Jade-Cast Sentinel
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Temur Tawnyback
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Glacial Dragonhunt
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Dragonback Assault
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Rainveil Rejuvenator
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Sibsig Appraiser
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Ambling Stormshell
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Awaken the Honored Dead
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Songcrafter Mage
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Mammoth Bellow
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Swiftwater Cliffs
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Thornwood Falls
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Dirgur Island Dragon
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Krotiq Nestguard
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Highspire Bell-Ringer
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Temur Devotee
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Stormscale Scion
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Zurgo, Thunder's Decree
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Piercing Exhale
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Rugged Highlands
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Snakeskin Veil
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Rugged Highlands
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Wingspan Stride
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Stormshriek Feral
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Temur Tawnyback
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Dismal Backwater
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Watcher of the Wayside
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Temur Devotee
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Humbling Elder
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Meticulous Artisan
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