Premier Draft TDM 26 May 2025
26 May 06:17 - Rippomad 7 Wins - 2 LossesMaindeck
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Sideboard
Pack 1 Pick 1: Roar of Endless Song
Roar of Endless Song
5 5 mana for two 5/5s is nuts, and chapter III will just end the game in most situations. Even if you just have those two elephants, that turn is going to be scary for your opponent -- and you'll usuall have more.
5 5 mana for two 5/5s is nuts, and chapter III will just end the game in most situations. Even if you just have those two elephants, that turn is going to be scary for your opponent -- and you'll usuall have more.
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.
Rakshasa's Bargain
3 This is a really good draw spell, especially when you only pay three. It loads up the graveyard and gives you a 2-for-1.
3 This is a really good draw spell, especially when you only pay three. It loads up the graveyard and gives you a 2-for-1.
Disruptive Stormbrood
3.5 The Omen here is a good removal spell, so it's nice it can sometimes be a dragon + Naturalize.
3.5 The Omen here is a good removal spell, so it's nice it can sometimes be a dragon + Naturalize.
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!
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.
Sagu Wildling
3 The Omen would probably be a playable card in this set on it's own since it's a nice way to fix. And while the creature isn't amazing, the life gain does make sure you get something out of it no matter what.
3 The Omen would probably be a playable card in this set on it's own since it's a nice way to fix. And while the creature isn't amazing, the life gain does make sure you get something out of it no matter what.
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.
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.
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.
Aggressive Negotiations
1.5 Three mana for a discard spell (even one that exiles) is just too much for most formats. It only adds minimally to the board.
1.5 Three mana for a discard spell (even one that exiles) is just too much for most formats. It only adds minimally to the board.
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 1 Pick 2: Inspirited Vanguard
Inspirited Vanguard
4 The baseline here is basically a 5-mana 3/2 and a 2/2, but it's so much better than that -- not only because it can just be one big creature, but also because endure keeps triggering when it attacks. So it can grow itself, or spit out more tokens -- either way, you're going to feel good about things.
4 The baseline here is basically a 5-mana 3/2 and a 2/2, but it's so much better than that -- not only because it can just be one big creature, but also because endure keeps triggering when it attacks. So it can grow itself, or spit out more tokens -- either way, you're going to feel good about things.
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.
Kheru Goldkeeper
3.5 This is inefficient as a creature, but it's going to be able to pay you back with treasure -- and it's Renew ability can make almost any creature into a threat.
3.5 This is inefficient as a creature, but it's going to be able to pay you back with treasure -- and it's Renew ability can make almost any creature into a threat.
Dragonclaw Strike
3.5 This will allow you to remove a creature in most situations and then smash in with a huge augmented creature.
3.5 This will allow you to remove a creature in most situations and then smash in with a huge augmented creature.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Bearer of Glory
2.5 This is a solid two drop that can attack well early thanks to first strike, and in the late game it can buff your whole board.
2.5 This is a solid two drop that can attack well early thanks to first strike, and in the late game it can buff your whole board.
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 3: Dragon Sniper
Equilibrium Adept
4 Even withotu Flurry this would be a card you play 100% of the time because it generates such a nice 2-for-1, and when this has double strike it'll be incredibly difficult to block.
4 Even withotu Flurry this would be a card you play 100% of the time because it generates such a nice 2-for-1, and when this has double strike it'll be incredibly difficult to block.
Dragon Sniper
3 This can trade for anything -- even dragons -- and it can even attack without giving up that ability.
3 This can trade for anything -- even dragons -- and it can even attack without giving up that ability.
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.
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.
Lightfoot Technique
2.5 This is a nice trick -- it blanks removal, can often win combat, and has the upside of sending something to the sky to swing in for lethal -- or block a dragon out of nowhere.
2.5 This is a nice trick -- it blanks removal, can often win combat, and has the upside of sending something to the sky to swing in for lethal -- or block a dragon out of nowhere.
Evolving Wilds
3 This is really good at fixing your mana, though I would value it slightly less than the gainlands.
3 This is really good at fixing your mana, though I would value it slightly less than the gainlands.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 4: Champion of Dusan
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.
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.
Temur 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.
Reverberating Summons
1.5 This won't do anything much of the time, and by the time you can make it into a 3/3, it's probably not that scary. It's nice that you can throw it away for more cards, though.
1.5 This won't do anything much of the time, and by the time you can make it into a 3/3, it's probably not that scary. It's nice that you can throw it away for more cards, though.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 5: Sarkhan's Resolve
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.
Roiling Dragonstorm
2.5 The baseline here is sort of acceptable, and I think in most games you'll get to cast it a second time.
2.5 The baseline here is sort of acceptable, and I think in most games you'll get to cast it a second time.
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.
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.
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.
Sarkhan's Resolve
2 Plummet or a medium trick is what you get here, and if you're in the market for either of those, it's not bad.
2 Plummet or a medium trick is what you get here, and if you're in the market for either of those, it's not bad.
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.
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.
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.
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 6: Sagu Wildling
The Sibsig Ceremony
0 There's just no way to get this going in Limited. Youl would need every creature in your deck to either be very cheap or have an enters or death trigger, and that's not happening.
0 There's just no way to get this going in Limited. Youl would need every creature in your deck to either be very cheap or have an enters or death trigger, and that's not happening.
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.
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.
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.
Sagu Wildling
3 The Omen would probably be a playable card in this set on it's own since it's a nice way to fix. And while the creature isn't amazing, the life gain does make sure you get something out of it no matter what.
3 The Omen would probably be a playable card in this set on it's own since it's a nice way to fix. And while the creature isn't amazing, the life gain does make sure you get something out of it no matter what.
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.
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.
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.
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 7: Temur Devotee
Opulent Palace
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 8: Roamer's Routine
Jeskai Brushmaster
4 A 4-mana 2/4 with just double strike would be good, but with Prowess in the mix blocking -- or not blocking -- this thing is an absolute nightmare.
4 A 4-mana 2/4 with just double strike would be good, but with Prowess in the mix blocking -- or not blocking -- this thing is an absolute nightmare.
Rite of Renewal
2 You can use this to win longer games by getting your two best permanent decks, and the other effect can disrupt the opponent or be used to shuffle your best cards back into your deck.
2 You can use this to win longer games by getting your two best permanent decks, and the other effect can disrupt the opponent or be used to shuffle your best cards back into your deck.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Dirgur Island Dragon
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 10: Humbling Elder
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Abzan 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.
Lightfoot Technique
2.5 This is a nice trick -- it blanks removal, can often win combat, and has the upside of sending something to the sky to swing in for lethal -- or block a dragon out of nowhere.
2.5 This is a nice trick -- it blanks removal, can often win combat, and has the upside of sending something to the sky to swing in for lethal -- or block a dragon out of nowhere.
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.
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 12: Seize Opportunity
Reverberating Summons
1.5 This won't do anything much of the time, and by the time you can make it into a 3/3, it's probably not that scary. It's nice that you can throw it away for more cards, though.
1.5 This won't do anything much of the time, and by the time you can make it into a 3/3, it's probably not that scary. It's nice that you can throw it away for more cards, though.
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Wingspan Stride
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Poised Practitioner
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.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Eshki Dragonclaw
Eshki Dragonclaw
3.5 It's pretty hard to trigger this, but one trigger is more than enough when a creature has this good of a baseline.
3.5 It's pretty hard to trigger this, but one trigger is more than enough when a creature has this good of a baseline.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 2: Piercing Exhale
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.
Essence Anchor
1.5 / 3.5 An artifact that Surveils every upkeep isn't really worth this much mana, but if you have some ways to move cards out of your graveyard (and there are plenty of those) this turns into a very good value engine.
1.5 / 3.5 An artifact that Surveils every upkeep isn't really worth this much mana, but if you have some ways to move cards out of your graveyard (and there are plenty of those) this turns into a very good value engine.
Yathan Tombguard
3 Black has lots of counters in this set, so drawing cards with this isn't a pipe dream. It's even a good place to put counters in the first place thanks to Menace.
3 Black has lots of counters in this set, so drawing cards with this isn't a pipe dream. It's even a good place to put counters in the first place thanks to Menace.
Rakshasa's Bargain
3 This is a really good draw spell, especially when you only pay three. It loads up the graveyard and gives you a 2-for-1.
3 This is a really good draw spell, especially when you only pay three. It loads up the graveyard and gives you a 2-for-1.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Sagu Wildling
3 The Omen would probably be a playable card in this set on it's own since it's a nice way to fix. And while the creature isn't amazing, the life gain does make sure you get something out of it no matter what.
3 The Omen would probably be a playable card in this set on it's own since it's a nice way to fix. And while the creature isn't amazing, the life gain does make sure you get something out of it no matter what.
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.
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 2 Pick 3: Piercing Exhale
Krumar Initiate
3 This is a little clunky to be sure, but it can make a whole lot of tokens -- or one big one, and that can help you take over a game.
3 This is a little clunky to be sure, but it can make a whole lot of tokens -- or one big one, and that can help you take over a game.
Lie in Wait
4 This is a very powerful 2-for-1, and while it isn't always going to be online, it won't be too difficult to get it there either.
4 This is a very powerful 2-for-1, and while it isn't always going to be online, it won't be too difficult to get it there either.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Evolving Wilds
3 This is really good at fixing your mana, though I would value it slightly less than the gainlands.
3 This is really good at fixing your mana, though I would value it slightly less than the gainlands.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 4: Cori Mountain Stalwart
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 5: Snakeskin Veil
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.
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.
Loxodon Battle Priest
3.5 Getting a counter every turn adds up quickly, and this can start the turn it comes down.
3.5 Getting a counter every turn adds up quickly, and this can start the turn it comes down.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 6: Stormshriek Feral
The Sibsig Ceremony
0 There's just no way to get this going in Limited. Youl would need every creature in your deck to either be very cheap or have an enters or death trigger, and that's not happening.
0 There's just no way to get this going in Limited. Youl would need every creature in your deck to either be very cheap or have an enters or death trigger, and that's not happening.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Stormplain Detainment
3 As usual, Banishing Light-like cards are pretty good in Limited. It's not the most efficient thing ever and it's Sorcery speed, but it can hit any nonland.
3 As usual, Banishing Light-like cards are pretty good in Limited. It's not the most efficient thing ever and it's Sorcery speed, but it can hit any nonland.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Iceridge Serpent
Stillness in Motion
0 This basically does nothing in Limited. There are self-mill decks in the format to be sure, but a card that only does that is a liability.
0 This basically does nothing in Limited. There are self-mill decks in the format to be sure, but a card that only does that is a liability.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Worthy Cost
2.0 // 3.5 This set has tons of tokens, so making this a servicable removal spell is pretty doable -- and in decks with lots of Mobilize, it might just be your best removal spell.
2.0 // 3.5 This set has tons of tokens, so making this a servicable removal spell is pretty doable -- and in decks with lots of Mobilize, it might just be your best removal spell.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Ureni's Rebuff
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.
Breaching Dragonstorm
1.5 Most of the time you won't hit something worth 5 mana. It does get sweet if you hit a dragon, though -- as you'll cast it and put the storm back in your hand. That'll feel great, but the rest of the time? It'll be pretty awful.
1.5 Most of the time you won't hit something worth 5 mana. It does get sweet if you hit a dragon, though -- as you'll cast it and put the storm back in your hand. That'll feel great, but the rest of the time? It'll be pretty awful.
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.
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.
Worthy Cost
2.0 // 3.5 This set has tons of tokens, so making this a servicable removal spell is pretty doable -- and in decks with lots of Mobilize, it might just be your best removal spell.
2.0 // 3.5 This set has tons of tokens, so making this a servicable removal spell is pretty doable -- and in decks with lots of Mobilize, it might just be your best removal 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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Highspire Bell-Ringer
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 10: Essence Anchor
Essence Anchor
1.5 / 3.5 An artifact that Surveils every upkeep isn't really worth this much mana, but if you have some ways to move cards out of your graveyard (and there are plenty of those) this turns into a very good value engine.
1.5 / 3.5 An artifact that Surveils every upkeep isn't really worth this much mana, but if you have some ways to move cards out of your graveyard (and there are plenty of those) this turns into a very good value engine.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Wingspan Stride
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 12: 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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Highspire Bell-Ringer
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.
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: 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 3 Pick 1: Traveling Botanist
Tersa Lightshatter
4 The stats are solid and the enters trigger is a pretty great way to dig deeper in your deck for better cards -- throw in it's attack trigger, and you have a very powerful creature.
4 The stats are solid and the enters trigger is a pretty great way to dig deeper in your deck for better cards -- throw in it's attack trigger, and you have a very powerful creature.
Traveling Botanist
3.5 This has nice stats and this trigger is pretty sweet. You either draw a card or Surveil 1, and I'm happy with either.
3.5 This has nice stats and this trigger is pretty sweet. You either draw a card or Surveil 1, and I'm happy with either.
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.
Sunset Strikemaster
4 This red mana dork is sweet, as it can help with your mana in a big way. Dropping 4-drops when your opponent only has 3 mana is sweet -- and once you don't really need mana anymore, it can take down dragons.
4 This red mana dork is sweet, as it can help with your mana in a big way. Dropping 4-drops when your opponent only has 3 mana is sweet -- and once you don't really need mana anymore, it can take down dragons.
Fresh Start
1.5 This type of removal is rarely good because it doesn't deliver a card worth of value. After all, what you put it on can still block -- and if it had high toughness, that's going to feel particularly brutal.
1.5 This type of removal is rarely good because it doesn't deliver a card worth of value. After all, what you put it on can still block -- and if it had high toughness, that's going to feel particularly brutal.
Starry-Eyed Skyrider
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, but giving flying to other things -- including mobilize tokens, does enough to make up for that.
2.5 The stat-line's pretty ugly, but giving flying to other things -- including mobilize tokens, does enough to make up for that.
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.
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.
Bearer of Glory
2.5 This is a solid two drop that can attack well early thanks to first strike, and in the late game it can buff your whole board.
2.5 This is a solid two drop that can attack well early thanks to first strike, and in the late game it can buff your whole board.
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.
Trade Route Envoy
3.5 This is such a good Common, no matter which mode you get. If you get a 4-mana 5/4 that helps with token synergy -- fine, and if you get a 4-mana 4/3 that draws you a card -- great!
3.5 This is such a good Common, no matter which mode you get. If you get a 4-mana 5/4 that helps with token synergy -- fine, and if you get a 4-mana 4/3 that draws you a card -- 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.
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.
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 3 Pick 2: Temur Tawnyback
Dragonfire Blade
3 You'll be able to equip this for 3 or 2 pretty easily, and anything with three colors can be equipped for only one mana, and the buff it offers is pretty legit.
3 You'll be able to equip this for 3 or 2 pretty easily, and anything with three colors can be equipped for only one mana, and the buff it offers is pretty legit.
Kishla Skimmer
3.5 Drawing cards with this is very doable, and it has a good stat-line too. Basically it can get in early, and in the late game it turns into a value engine.
3.5 Drawing cards with this is very doable, and it has a good stat-line too. Basically it can get in early, and in the late game it turns into a value engine.
Alchemist's Assistant
3 A two mana 2/1 with lifelink is already playable, and getting lifelink out of your graveyard is pretty sweet.
3 A two mana 2/1 with lifelink is already playable, and getting lifelink out of your graveyard is pretty sweet.
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.
Constrictor Sage
3 Without Renew this is pretty solid, and with it this can provide a really nice effect out of the graveyard.
3 Without Renew this is pretty solid, and with it this can provide a really nice effect out of the graveyard.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 3: Kishla Skimmer
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.
Kishla Skimmer
3.5 Drawing cards with this is very doable, and it has a good stat-line too. Basically it can get in early, and in the late game it turns into a value engine.
3.5 Drawing cards with this is very doable, and it has a good stat-line too. Basically it can get in early, and in the late game it turns into a value engine.
Sunset Strikemaster
4 This red mana dork is sweet, as it can help with your mana in a big way. Dropping 4-drops when your opponent only has 3 mana is sweet -- and once you don't really need mana anymore, it can take down dragons.
4 This red mana dork is sweet, as it can help with your mana in a big way. Dropping 4-drops when your opponent only has 3 mana is sweet -- and once you don't really need mana anymore, it can take down dragons.
Loxodon Battle Priest
3.5 Getting a counter every turn adds up quickly, and this can start the turn it comes down.
3.5 Getting a counter every turn adds up quickly, and this can start the turn it comes down.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Craterhoof Behemoth
Craterhoof Behemoth
3.5 There's enough ramp in this format for this to be a real win condition, but it will still get stuck in your hand a little bit too often to be a bomb.
3.5 There's enough ramp in this format for this to be a real win condition, but it will still get stuck in your hand a little bit too often to be a bomb.
Synchronized Charge
3 The base form of this card is very solid, and Harmonizing it late is likely to have a big impact on the board in a format with lots of counters.
3 The base form of this card is very solid, and Harmonizing it late is likely to have a big impact on the board in a format with lots of counters.
Alchemist's Assistant
3 A two mana 2/1 with lifelink is already playable, and getting lifelink out of your graveyard is pretty sweet.
3 A two mana 2/1 with lifelink is already playable, and getting lifelink out of your graveyard is pretty sweet.
Auroral Procession
2 This is a pretty underwhelming rate to get one card back from the graveyard, even with payoffs for doing so.
2 This is a pretty underwhelming rate to get one card back from the graveyard, even with payoffs for doing so.
Fresh Start
1.5 This type of removal is rarely good because it doesn't deliver a card worth of value. After all, what you put it on can still block -- and if it had high toughness, that's going to feel particularly brutal.
1.5 This type of removal is rarely good because it doesn't deliver a card worth of value. After all, what you put it on can still block -- and if it had high toughness, that's going to feel particularly brutal.
Sagu Pummeler
2.5 This has good stats, and while it's Renew ability is a bit pricy, it is likely to make one of your creatures far more relevant.
2.5 This has good stats, and while it's Renew ability is a bit pricy, it is likely to make one of your creatures far more relevant.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 5: Temur Monument
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.
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.
Temur 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 3 Pick 6: Roamer's Routine
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Roiling Dragonstorm
Roiling Dragonstorm
2.5 The baseline here is sort of acceptable, and I think in most games you'll get to cast it a second time.
2.5 The baseline here is sort of acceptable, and I think in most games you'll get to cast it a second time.
Abzan 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.
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.
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.
Stormplain Detainment
3 As usual, Banishing Light-like cards are pretty good in Limited. It's not the most efficient thing ever and it's Sorcery speed, but it can hit any nonland.
3 As usual, Banishing Light-like cards are pretty good in Limited. It's not the most efficient thing ever and it's Sorcery speed, but it can hit any nonland.
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.
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.
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 8: Ureni's Rebuff
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Trade Route Envoy
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.
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.
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.
Trade Route Envoy
3.5 This is such a good Common, no matter which mode you get. If you get a 4-mana 5/4 that helps with token synergy -- fine, and if you get a 4-mana 4/3 that draws you a card -- great!
3.5 This is such a good Common, no matter which mode you get. If you get a 4-mana 5/4 that helps with token synergy -- fine, and if you get a 4-mana 4/3 that draws you a card -- 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.
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 3 Pick 10: Constrictor Sage
Constrictor Sage
3 Without Renew this is pretty solid, and with it this can provide a really nice effect out of the graveyard.
3 Without Renew this is pretty solid, and with it this can provide a really nice effect out of the graveyard.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Rebellious Strike
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Auroral Procession
Auroral Procession
2 This is a pretty underwhelming rate to get one card back from the graveyard, even with payoffs for doing so.
2 This is a pretty underwhelming rate to get one card back from the graveyard, even with payoffs for doing so.
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.
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 13: Snowmelt Stag
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.
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 3 Pick 14: 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.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Roar of Endless Song
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Inspirited Vanguard
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Dragon Sniper
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Champion of Dusan
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Sarkhan's Resolve
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Sagu Wildling
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Temur Devotee
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Roamer's Routine
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Dirgur Island Dragon
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Humbling Elder
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Abzan Devotee
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Seize Opportunity
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Wingspan Stride
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Poised Practitioner
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Eshki Dragonclaw
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Piercing Exhale
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Piercing Exhale
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Cori Mountain Stalwart
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Snakeskin Veil
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Stormshriek Feral
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Iceridge Serpent
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Ureni's Rebuff
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Highspire Bell-Ringer
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Essence Anchor
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Wingspan Stride
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Meticulous Artisan
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Highspire Bell-Ringer
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Jade-Cast Sentinel
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Traveling Botanist
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Temur Tawnyback
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Kishla Skimmer
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Craterhoof Behemoth
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Temur Monument
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Roamer's Routine
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Roiling Dragonstorm
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Ureni's Rebuff
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Trade Route Envoy
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Constrictor Sage
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Rebellious Strike
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Auroral Procession
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Snowmelt Stag
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Highspire Bell-Ringer
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