Premier Draft FIN 11 June 2025
11 June 09:47 - Mooglun 7 Wins - 2 LossesMaindeck
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Hecteyes
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Ice Flan
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Sideboard
Pack 1 Pick 1: Astrologian's Planisphere
Astrologian's Planisphere
3.5 Growing this with noncreature spells is quite doable, and there are a few draw 2 effects in the format too that will trigger it.
3.5 Growing this with noncreature spells is quite doable, and there are a few draw 2 effects in the format too that will trigger it.
Omega, Heartless Evolution
4 This is a great Town payoff that is even capable of pulling you back ahead from behind.
4 This is a great Town payoff that is even capable of pulling you back ahead from behind.
Rufus Shinra
3 If you can get this token it's going to feel pretty awesome, but there are lots of board states where it just isn't possible.
3 If you can get this token it's going to feel pretty awesome, but there are lots of board states where it just isn't possible.
Adelbert Steiner
3 The starting stats aren't great, but he is a great creature to augment and he comes with a built-in way to do it.
3 The starting stats aren't great, but he is a great creature to augment and he comes with a built-in way to do it.
Freya Crescent
3 This is a one drop that delivers tons of value, and she's a good palce to put the Equipment that she helps you play.
3 This is a one drop that delivers tons of value, and she's a good palce to put the Equipment that she helps you play.
Lunatic Pandora
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
Haste Magic
2.5 This can produce some pretty serious blowouts when your creature wins combat. But because it replaces itself, even if your creature can't survive, the fail case isn't too bad.
2.5 This can produce some pretty serious blowouts when your creature wins combat. But because it replaces itself, even if your creature can't survive, the fail case isn't too bad.
Summon: G.F. Ifrit
3 This is a nice Common that generates tons of value, even if it does eventually sacrifice itself.
3 This is a nice Common that generates tons of value, even if it does eventually sacrifice itself.
Sage's Nouliths
1.5 This is a two mana 2/1 with super minimal upside, and moving the Equipment doesn't do much either.
1.5 This is a two mana 2/1 with super minimal upside, and moving the Equipment doesn't do much either.
Commune with Beavers
2 You can only have so many cards that don't add to the board, and this one has a relatively minor effect in a color without any sort of spell theme. It's just decent card selection and not much more.
2 You can only have so many cards that don't add to the board, and this one has a relatively minor effect in a color without any sort of spell theme. It's just decent card selection and not much more.
Airship Crash
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
Cornered by Black Mages
2.5 Edicts have diminishing returns, but this one always gives you a body to make up for that.
2.5 Edicts have diminishing returns, but this one always gives you a body to make up for that.
Dwarven Castle Guard
2.5 A creature with okay stats that dies into a 1/1 is also a solid card that plays especially well in sacrifice decks.
2.5 A creature with okay stats that dies into a 1/1 is also a solid card that plays especially well in sacrifice decks.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Ahriman
Triple Triad
1.5 This is very strong, but only if you can off turn 6, produce lots of Red mana, and have a bit of luck with the card it reveals. That seems like too much work.
1.5 This is very strong, but only if you can off turn 6, produce lots of Red mana, and have a bit of luck with the card it reveals. That seems like too much work.
Snow Villiers
2.5 This can hit pretty hard, and Vigilance let's it hang back and use it's high power on defense too, but sometimes it'll be too small -- and even the ceiling is still a 3 toughness creature.
2.5 This can hit pretty hard, and Vigilance let's it hang back and use it's high power on defense too, but sometimes it'll be too small -- and even the ceiling is still a 3 toughness creature.
Cactuar
1.5 As nice as a one mana 3/3 trampler can be, having one that bounces to your hand every other turn is pretty bad.
1.5 As nice as a one mana 3/3 trampler can be, having one that bounces to your hand every other turn is pretty bad.
Sidequest: Play Blitzball
1.5 This feels like a win-more card. Transforming it is strong, but it asks you to hit your opponent for 6 to get there, and when you can do that, you're already ahead. So it's not good at parity or behind.
1.5 This feels like a win-more card. Transforming it is strong, but it asks you to hit your opponent for 6 to get there, and when you can do that, you're already ahead. So it's not good at parity or behind.
Zidane, Tantalus Thief
3.5 This enters trigger is great when it's attached to a creature, and the lifelink + treasure means even when it's not a game breaking play, you can at least generate some value
3.5 This enters trigger is great when it's attached to a creature, and the lifelink + treasure means even when it's not a game breaking play, you can at least generate some value
Prishe's Wanderings
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
Weapons Vendor
2 This creature is really inefficient. It makes up for it a little with the card draw, and sometimes it's ability to make Equip cheaper will matter.
2 This creature is really inefficient. It makes up for it a little with the card draw, and sometimes it's ability to make Equip cheaper will matter.
Ahriman
2 I don't love this stat-line, but deathtouch + being a way to cash in stuff for cards in the late game is nice.
2 I don't love this stat-line, but deathtouch + being a way to cash in stuff for cards in the late game is nice.
World Map
1.5 Having to spend mana to use these abilities is a big bummer, but if you really need the fixing it can do the job.
1.5 Having to spend mana to use these abilities is a big bummer, but if you really need the fixing it can do the job.
Magic Pot
2 The death trigger makes this appealing in both Artifact decks and sacrifice decks.
2 The death trigger makes this appealing in both Artifact decks and sacrifice decks.
Thunder Magic
4 This is a creature-only Shock as a baseline, and it remains a relevant removal spell all game long because it's tiered.
4 This is a creature-only Shock as a baseline, and it remains a relevant removal spell all game long because it's tiered.
Scorpion Sentinel
2 This has a passable baseline and the useful artifact type, and it can maintain relevance once you reach the late game.
2 This has a passable baseline and the useful artifact type, and it can maintain relevance once you reach the late game.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Isshin, Two Heavens as One
Balamb Garden, SeeD Academy
4.5 This is a great way to fix your mana early, and in the late game it turns into a game-winning Vehicle.
4.5 This is a great way to fix your mana early, and in the late game it turns into a game-winning Vehicle.
Rydia's Return
2 These two modes have their place and are good in different situations, but this is still super clunky.
2 These two modes have their place and are good in different situations, but this is still super clunky.
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
1.5 This is bad for your mana and it's activated ability can feel good in the extreme late game, but that's enough to offset this card's problems.
1.5 This is bad for your mana and it's activated ability can feel good in the extreme late game, but that's enough to offset this card's problems.
Sidequest: Play Blitzball
1.5 This feels like a win-more card. Transforming it is strong, but it asks you to hit your opponent for 6 to get there, and when you can do that, you're already ahead. So it's not good at parity or behind.
1.5 This feels like a win-more card. Transforming it is strong, but it asks you to hit your opponent for 6 to get there, and when you can do that, you're already ahead. So it's not good at parity or behind.
Isshin, Two Heavens as One
2 The mana isn't easy and being able to cast her when you also have attack triggers on the board is a big ask.
2 The mana isn't easy and being able to cast her when you also have attack triggers on the board is a big ask.
Summon: Fat Chocobo
3.5 This gives you two bodies up front, and even though one of them is temporary, you'll still be able to generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
3.5 This gives you two bodies up front, and even though one of them is temporary, you'll still be able to generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
Paladin's Arms
1.5 I don't love the rate here, even in a set with Equipment and Artifact payoffs.
1.5 I don't love the rate here, even in a set with Equipment and Artifact payoffs.
Ice Magic
3.5 The "Blizzara" mode is a good removal spell we see in every set, and this has the upside of being a solid bounce spell early and a more powerful removal spell late.
3.5 The "Blizzara" mode is a good removal spell we see in every set, and this has the upside of being a solid bounce spell early and a more powerful removal spell late.
Adventurer's Airship
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
Mysidian Elder
2 This feels a little bit overcosted for what it is. A 0/1 is nice because of it's trigger, but three mana for a 1/3 is super bad.
2 This feels a little bit overcosted for what it is. A 0/1 is nice because of it's trigger, but three mana for a 1/3 is super bad.
Monk's Fist
2 It may not seem great at first, but it's a decent two drop for decks like UW (artifacts) RW (equipment, and BR (cheap spells), so I think it'll make the cut surprisingly often.
2 It may not seem great at first, but it's a decent two drop for decks like UW (artifacts) RW (equipment, and BR (cheap spells), so I think it'll make the cut surprisingly often.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Shambling Cie'th
The Gold Saucer
1.5 This is another town that's not good for your mana. This one can make treasures, but the coin flip is pretty bad. I think it'll make the cut on occasion though in artifact decks becuase it can give them up for cards.
1.5 This is another town that's not good for your mana. This one can make treasures, but the coin flip is pretty bad. I think it'll make the cut on occasion though in artifact decks becuase it can give them up for cards.
Shambling Cie'th
2.5 This can come back pretty cheaply, and Black/Red (which likes spells) and Black/Green (which likes the graveyard) can probably take advantage of it.
2.5 This can come back pretty cheaply, and Black/Red (which likes spells) and Black/Green (which likes the graveyard) can probably take advantage of it.
Summon: Primal Garuda
3 You really need Chapter 1 to be meaningful for this to be good, but the good news is it usually will be.
3 You really need Chapter 1 to be meaningful for this to be good, but the good news is it usually will be.
Dragoon's Wyvern
3.5 This is really good on rate and is the kind of Common you'd play as many copies of as you can get.
3.5 This is really good on rate and is the kind of Common you'd play as many copies of as you can get.
Dwarven Castle Guard
2.5 A creature with okay stats that dies into a 1/1 is also a solid card that plays especially well in sacrifice decks.
2.5 A creature with okay stats that dies into a 1/1 is also a solid card that plays especially well in sacrifice decks.
Prishe's Wanderings
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
Iron Giant
1.5 Those keywords are nice, but you're still going to feel like you're overpaying in a big way.
1.5 Those keywords are nice, but you're still going to feel like you're overpaying in a big way.
Blazing Bomb
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Instant Ramen
2 This is never going to feel terrible, but it's rarely going to feel great either.
2 This is never going to feel terrible, but it's rarely going to feel great either.
Vector, Imperial Capital
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Counterspell
Kain, Traitorous Dragoon
2.5 This is okay as a defensive creature, and has a powerful combat damage trigger. Giving your opponent access to that isn't always ideal, but you get it first, so I think it ends up benefitting you more often than it benefits them.
2.5 This is okay as a defensive creature, and has a powerful combat damage trigger. Giving your opponent access to that isn't always ideal, but you get it first, so I think it ends up benefitting you more often than it benefits them.
The Wandering Minstrel
1.5 // 4.0 This is a very strong Town payoff, but you need a whole lot of them -- probably 8+ -- to have a chance of making those tokens.
1.5 // 4.0 This is a very strong Town payoff, but you need a whole lot of them -- probably 8+ -- to have a chance of making those tokens.
Queen Brahne
2 This stat-line isn't great, even with Prowess, but the attack trigger is.
2 This stat-line isn't great, even with Prowess, but the attack trigger is.
Summon: Fenrir
4 This ramps your mana and fixes it in a big way, and is also likely to give you a counter and a card. That's a pretty sweet 2-for-1.
4 This ramps your mana and fixes it in a big way, and is also likely to give you a counter and a card. That's a pretty sweet 2-for-1.
Counterspell
3 It's not always easy to leave up double blue, but paying only two mana to counter any spell no questions asked is quite powerful.
3 It's not always easy to leave up double blue, but paying only two mana to counter any spell no questions asked is quite powerful.
Adventurer's Airship
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
Scorpion Sentinel
2 This has a passable baseline and the useful artifact type, and it can maintain relevance once you reach the late game.
2 This has a passable baseline and the useful artifact type, and it can maintain relevance once you reach the late game.
White Mage's Staff
2.5 This is a two mana 2/2 with some real upside, and not just because of it's attack trigger. It's an artifact and an equipment in a set where both of those things matter.
2.5 This is a two mana 2/2 with some real upside, and not just because of it's attack trigger. It's an artifact and an equipment in a set where both of those things matter.
Gysahl Greens
3 The token for two mana isn't too shabby, but the fact you can flash this back for another one in the late game is what makes this a good Common.
3 The token for two mana isn't too shabby, but the fact you can flash this back for another one in the late game is what makes this a good Common.
Guadosalam, Farplane Gateway
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Undercity Dire Rat
Sidequest: Card Collection
2.5 It's a little clunky, but ultimately a pretty good draw effect, and transforming this is doable in Blue.
2.5 It's a little clunky, but ultimately a pretty good draw effect, and transforming this is doable in Blue.
Snow Villiers
2.5 This can hit pretty hard, and Vigilance let's it hang back and use it's high power on defense too, but sometimes it'll be too small -- and even the ceiling is still a 3 toughness creature.
2.5 This can hit pretty hard, and Vigilance let's it hang back and use it's high power on defense too, but sometimes it'll be too small -- and even the ceiling is still a 3 toughness creature.
Red Mage's Rapier
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
Loporrit Scout
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
Undercity Dire Rat
3 You get good value for two mana here, especially if you're in a sacrifice deck or need some fixing.
3 You get good value for two mana here, especially if you're in a sacrifice deck or need some fixing.
Crossroads Village
2.5 This is good fixing, although I think the duals are usually a little better.
2.5 This is good fixing, although I think the duals are usually a little better.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Haste Magic
2.5 This can produce some pretty serious blowouts when your creature wins combat. But because it replaces itself, even if your creature can't survive, the fail case isn't too bad.
2.5 This can produce some pretty serious blowouts when your creature wins combat. But because it replaces itself, even if your creature can't survive, the fail case isn't too bad.
Insomnia, Crown City
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Hecteyes
Clash of the Eikons
2.5 This has a mediocre Fight spell as a baseline, and if you have Sagas around you can generate some additional value.
2.5 This has a mediocre Fight spell as a baseline, and if you have Sagas around you can generate some additional value.
Unexpected Request
1.0 // 3.0 This is pretty good in aggro decks or decks with sacrifice outlets, but not so good anywhere else.
1.0 // 3.0 This is pretty good in aggro decks or decks with sacrifice outlets, but not so good anywhere else.
Town Greeter
3 This is a good enabler for graveyard decks and Town decks, and it helps all decks hit their land drops.
3 This is a good enabler for graveyard decks and Town decks, and it helps all decks hit their land drops.
Ice Flan
2 This doesn't feel horrible when you cast it, and it can grab you an island early.
2 This doesn't feel horrible when you cast it, and it can grab you an island early.
Lunatic Pandora
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
Adventurer's Inn
0 Even in a town deck I don't think it's a good idea to run this. It's really bad for your mana and a tiny bit of lifegain doesn't offset that.
0 Even in a town deck I don't think it's a good idea to run this. It's really bad for your mana and a tiny bit of lifegain doesn't offset that.
Hecteyes
3 Two mana 1/1s that make the opponent discard always play quite well, especially when a set has some sacrifice stuff going on.
3 Two mana 1/1s that make the opponent discard always play quite well, especially when a set has some sacrifice stuff going on.
Gohn, Town of Ruin
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Magic Damper
Galuf's Final Act
0 It's always tough to have something like this line up correctly. When it does, it feels great, but it's far too narrow to be a playable Limited card.
0 It's always tough to have something like this line up correctly. When it does, it feels great, but it's far too narrow to be a playable Limited card.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Dwarven Castle Guard
2.5 A creature with okay stats that dies into a 1/1 is also a solid card that plays especially well in sacrifice decks.
2.5 A creature with okay stats that dies into a 1/1 is also a solid card that plays especially well in sacrifice decks.
Magic Damper
2.5 Shore Up is always a nice trick because it can blank removal and win combat so cheaply, and this is just a reskinned version of it.
2.5 Shore Up is always a nice trick because it can blank removal and win combat so cheaply, and this is just a reskinned version of it.
Summon: Fat Chocobo
3.5 This gives you two bodies up front, and even though one of them is temporary, you'll still be able to generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
3.5 This gives you two bodies up front, and even though one of them is temporary, you'll still be able to generate a 2-for-1 most of the time.
Magic Pot
2 The death trigger makes this appealing in both Artifact decks and sacrifice decks.
2 The death trigger makes this appealing in both Artifact decks and sacrifice decks.
Gongaga, Reactor Town
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Haste Magic
Omega, Heartless Evolution
4 This is a great Town payoff that is even capable of pulling you back ahead from behind.
4 This is a great Town payoff that is even capable of pulling you back ahead from behind.
Lunatic Pandora
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
Haste Magic
2.5 This can produce some pretty serious blowouts when your creature wins combat. But because it replaces itself, even if your creature can't survive, the fail case isn't too bad.
2.5 This can produce some pretty serious blowouts when your creature wins combat. But because it replaces itself, even if your creature can't survive, the fail case isn't too bad.
Sage's Nouliths
1.5 This is a two mana 2/1 with super minimal upside, and moving the Equipment doesn't do much either.
1.5 This is a two mana 2/1 with super minimal upside, and moving the Equipment doesn't do much either.
Airship Crash
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Zidane, Tantalus Thief
Cactuar
1.5 As nice as a one mana 3/3 trampler can be, having one that bounces to your hand every other turn is pretty bad.
1.5 As nice as a one mana 3/3 trampler can be, having one that bounces to your hand every other turn is pretty bad.
Zidane, Tantalus Thief
3.5 This enters trigger is great when it's attached to a creature, and the lifelink + treasure means even when it's not a game breaking play, you can at least generate some value
3.5 This enters trigger is great when it's attached to a creature, and the lifelink + treasure means even when it's not a game breaking play, you can at least generate some value
Prishe's Wanderings
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
Magic Pot
2 The death trigger makes this appealing in both Artifact decks and sacrifice decks.
2 The death trigger makes this appealing in both Artifact decks and sacrifice decks.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Adventurer's Airship
Rydia's Return
2 These two modes have their place and are good in different situations, but this is still super clunky.
2 These two modes have their place and are good in different situations, but this is still super clunky.
Eden, Seat of the Sanctum
1.5 This is bad for your mana and it's activated ability can feel good in the extreme late game, but that's enough to offset this card's problems.
1.5 This is bad for your mana and it's activated ability can feel good in the extreme late game, but that's enough to offset this card's problems.
Adventurer's Airship
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
Pack 1 Pick 12: The Gold Saucer
The Gold Saucer
1.5 This is another town that's not good for your mana. This one can make treasures, but the coin flip is pretty bad. I think it'll make the cut on occasion though in artifact decks becuase it can give them up for cards.
1.5 This is another town that's not good for your mana. This one can make treasures, but the coin flip is pretty bad. I think it'll make the cut on occasion though in artifact decks becuase it can give them up for cards.
Prishe's Wanderings
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Adventurer's Airship
Adventurer's Airship
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
Guadosalam, Farplane Gateway
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Haste Magic
Haste Magic
2.5 This can produce some pretty serious blowouts when your creature wins combat. But because it replaces itself, even if your creature can't survive, the fail case isn't too bad.
2.5 This can produce some pretty serious blowouts when your creature wins combat. But because it replaces itself, even if your creature can't survive, the fail case isn't too bad.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
Jenova, Ancient Calamity
4 You'll usually get a counter of this the turn it comes down, and it will start to snowball as you buff creatures and make them into Mutants.
4 You'll usually get a counter of this the turn it comes down, and it will start to snowball as you buff creatures and make them into Mutants.
Stolen Uniform
0 Combat tricks are narrow enough, you don't need one that doesn't really do anything unless someone has a useful equipment in play.
0 Combat tricks are narrow enough, you don't need one that doesn't really do anything unless someone has a useful equipment in play.
Ashe, Princess of Dalmasca
1.5 // 3.5 You need a lot of artifacts for her to really go off, although the floor on her isn't terrible since most White decks will have at least a few.
1.5 // 3.5 You need a lot of artifacts for her to really go off, although the floor on her isn't terrible since most White decks will have at least a few.
Sorceress's Schemes
1.5 This has a cool effect, but it's a super clunky Sorcery that it seems a little too dangerous to try to cast against aggressive opponents.
1.5 This has a cool effect, but it's a super clunky Sorcery that it seems a little too dangerous to try to cast against aggressive opponents.
Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
4 This makes Warrior tokens even when it's doing the attacking, and it's not that hard to keep triggering it thanks to the tokens it gives you. I wouldn't count on having the mana for the activated ability, though.
4 This makes Warrior tokens even when it's doing the attacking, and it's not that hard to keep triggering it thanks to the tokens it gives you. I wouldn't count on having the mana for the activated ability, though.
Mysidian Elder
2 This feels a little bit overcosted for what it is. A 0/1 is nice because of it's trigger, but three mana for a 1/3 is super bad.
2 This feels a little bit overcosted for what it is. A 0/1 is nice because of it's trigger, but three mana for a 1/3 is super bad.
Gysahl Greens
3 The token for two mana isn't too shabby, but the fact you can flash this back for another one in the late game is what makes this a good Common.
3 The token for two mana isn't too shabby, but the fact you can flash this back for another one in the late game is what makes this a good Common.
Slash of Light
2.5 It's definnitely situational removal, but it will be easier than normal to drive the damage up on this thanks to Job Select equipment, each of which adds 2 damage to this.
2.5 It's definnitely situational removal, but it will be easier than normal to drive the damage up on this thanks to Job Select equipment, each of which adds 2 damage to this.
Vayne's Treachery
3.5 Without kicker this would often make the cut, and with it you can kill almost anything. There's plenty of fodder to sacrifice to it, too.
3.5 Without kicker this would often make the cut, and with it you can kill almost anything. There's plenty of fodder to sacrifice to it, too.
Loporrit Scout
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
Monk's Fist
2 It may not seem great at first, but it's a decent two drop for decks like UW (artifacts) RW (equipment, and BR (cheap spells), so I think it'll make the cut surprisingly often.
2 It may not seem great at first, but it's a decent two drop for decks like UW (artifacts) RW (equipment, and BR (cheap spells), so I think it'll make the cut surprisingly often.
Dreams of Laguna
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
Treno, Dark City
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Syncopate
Barret Wallace
2.5 His attack trigger is typically going to do 0-1 damage, but it's upside on a solid creature.
2.5 His attack trigger is typically going to do 0-1 damage, but it's upside on a solid creature.
Judge Magister Gabranth
3 Growing off of both artifacts and creatures can allow the Judge to get pretty massive.
3 Growing off of both artifacts and creatures can allow the Judge to get pretty massive.
Cactuar
1.5 As nice as a one mana 3/3 trampler can be, having one that bounces to your hand every other turn is pretty bad.
1.5 As nice as a one mana 3/3 trampler can be, having one that bounces to your hand every other turn is pretty bad.
Sidequest: Card Collection
2.5 It's a little clunky, but ultimately a pretty good draw effect, and transforming this is doable in Blue.
2.5 It's a little clunky, but ultimately a pretty good draw effect, and transforming this is doable in Blue.
Fight On!
2 Most Black decks want one of this kind of effect, but because it's a Common no one wants more than one of, you don't need to go after it very hard either.
2 Most Black decks want one of this kind of effect, but because it's a Common no one wants more than one of, you don't need to go after it very hard either.
Adventurer's Airship
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
Syncopate
2.5 X counterspells scale as the game goes on, allowing them to remain relevant, and this one even exiles it's target.
2.5 X counterspells scale as the game goes on, allowing them to remain relevant, and this one even exiles it's target.
Vayne's Treachery
3.5 Without kicker this would often make the cut, and with it you can kill almost anything. There's plenty of fodder to sacrifice to it, too.
3.5 Without kicker this would often make the cut, and with it you can kill almost anything. There's plenty of fodder to sacrifice to it, too.
Red Mage's Rapier
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
Dreams of Laguna
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
Chocobo Kick
3.5 This has a Kicker you can literally always pay, and you can turn that downside into even more upside with landfall. And it's premium removal to begin with.
3.5 This has a Kicker you can literally always pay, and you can turn that downside into even more upside with landfall. And it's premium removal to begin with.
You're Not Alone
2.5 This is a solid combat trick. The base mode is fine, and the +4/+4 mode is incredibly efficient and very accessible.
2.5 This is a solid combat trick. The base mode is fine, and the +4/+4 mode is incredibly efficient and very accessible.
Windurst, Federation Center
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Retrieve the Esper
Giott, King of the Dwarves
3 He likes Equipment a lot, and this format has a lot of them. Rummaging is nice upside to add to them, and because he's a double striker he's a great creature to Equip too.
3 He likes Equipment a lot, and this format has a lot of them. Rummaging is nice upside to add to them, and because he's a double striker he's a great creature to Equip too.
Lion Heart
2 While I like the "enters" trigger, the cost of casting this and equipping it doesn't seem great.
2 While I like the "enters" trigger, the cost of casting this and equipping it doesn't seem great.
Phoenix Down
1.5 This feels too narrow to be a card that always makes the cut.
1.5 This feels too narrow to be a card that always makes the cut.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Balamb T-Rexaur
3 This is a really nice top-curve card because it's such a big body and it gains you life, and cycling it away earlier can help you with graveyard synergy.
3 This is a really nice top-curve card because it's such a big body and it gains you life, and cycling it away earlier can help you with graveyard synergy.
Loporrit Scout
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
Retrieve the Esper
2 I don't like that this is basically a Blue Hill Giant, but the fact you can flash it back does mean you get a 2-for-1 in the end.
2 I don't like that this is basically a Blue Hill Giant, but the fact you can flash it back does mean you get a 2-for-1 in the end.
Adventurer's Airship
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
Summon: G.F. Ifrit
3 This is a nice Common that generates tons of value, even if it does eventually sacrifice itself.
3 This is a nice Common that generates tons of value, even if it does eventually sacrifice itself.
Sage's Nouliths
1.5 This is a two mana 2/1 with super minimal upside, and moving the Equipment doesn't do much either.
1.5 This is a two mana 2/1 with super minimal upside, and moving the Equipment doesn't do much either.
Coeurl
2 This ability is pretty medium these days, as you can't use it until late, and oftentimes you'd rather be using your mana on something else. But it's still a decent 2-drop, and you need those.
2 This ability is pretty medium these days, as you can't use it until late, and oftentimes you'd rather be using your mana on something else. But it's still a decent 2-drop, and you need those.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Qutrub Forayer
Stolen Uniform
0 Combat tricks are narrow enough, you don't need one that doesn't really do anything unless someone has a useful equipment in play.
0 Combat tricks are narrow enough, you don't need one that doesn't really do anything unless someone has a useful equipment in play.
Rufus Shinra
3 If you can get this token it's going to feel pretty awesome, but there are lots of board states where it just isn't possible.
3 If you can get this token it's going to feel pretty awesome, but there are lots of board states where it just isn't possible.
The Final Days
1.5 // 3.5 This is a legit win condition in a graveyard deck, but not so good otherwise.
1.5 // 3.5 This is a legit win condition in a graveyard deck, but not so good otherwise.
Summon: Primal Garuda
3 You really need Chapter 1 to be meaningful for this to be good, but the good news is it usually will be.
3 You really need Chapter 1 to be meaningful for this to be good, but the good news is it usually will be.
Dovin's Veto
1.5 Negate usually isn't great, and for Limited purposes, this is really just a harder to cast Negate.
1.5 Negate usually isn't great, and for Limited purposes, this is really just a harder to cast Negate.
Ice Flan
2 This doesn't feel horrible when you cast it, and it can grab you an island early.
2 This doesn't feel horrible when you cast it, and it can grab you an island early.
Loporrit Scout
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
Dreams of Laguna
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
Red Mage's Rapier
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
Qutrub Forayer
1.5 The stat-line's bad and these two enters triggers are difficult to generate real value with.
1.5 The stat-line's bad and these two enters triggers are difficult to generate real value with.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Ahriman
A Realm Reborn
0 This effect isn't worth a card in Limited. You won't have anything to spend all that mana on 90% of the time.
0 This effect isn't worth a card in Limited. You won't have anything to spend all that mana on 90% of the time.
Undercity Dire Rat
3 You get good value for two mana here, especially if you're in a sacrifice deck or need some fixing.
3 You get good value for two mana here, especially if you're in a sacrifice deck or need some fixing.
Paladin's Arms
1.5 I don't love the rate here, even in a set with Equipment and Artifact payoffs.
1.5 I don't love the rate here, even in a set with Equipment and Artifact payoffs.
Dreams of Laguna
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
Blazing Bomb
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
Laughing Mad
2 This is decent card selection, and Flashing it back triggers 4-mana payoffs.
2 This is decent card selection, and Flashing it back triggers 4-mana payoffs.
Commune with Beavers
2 You can only have so many cards that don't add to the board, and this one has a relatively minor effect in a color without any sort of spell theme. It's just decent card selection and not much more.
2 You can only have so many cards that don't add to the board, and this one has a relatively minor effect in a color without any sort of spell theme. It's just decent card selection and not much more.
Ahriman
2 I don't love this stat-line, but deathtouch + being a way to cash in stuff for cards in the late game is nice.
2 I don't love this stat-line, but deathtouch + being a way to cash in stuff for cards in the late game is nice.
Aerith Rescue Mission
2 You're overpaying for either mode, but at least they are good in very different situations.
2 You're overpaying for either mode, but at least they are good in very different situations.
Rabanastre, Royal City
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Hecteyes
Auron's Inspiration
1.5 This is all in on being aggressive and going wide -- even limited to only buffing attackers. That can make it really impressive sometimes, but it's also useless or close to it way too often.
1.5 This is all in on being aggressive and going wide -- even limited to only buffing attackers. That can make it really impressive sometimes, but it's also useless or close to it way too often.
Tifa's Limit Break
3 This is a really good trick. The first mode is passable, but it scales as the game continues.
3 This is a really good trick. The first mode is passable, but it scales as the game continues.
Swallowed by Leviathan
2.5 This is a solid counterspell. When you can use the Surveil for card selection in addition to countering a spell, it'll feel especially good.
2.5 This is a solid counterspell. When you can use the Surveil for card selection in addition to countering a spell, it'll feel especially good.
Hecteyes
3 Two mana 1/1s that make the opponent discard always play quite well, especially when a set has some sacrifice stuff going on.
3 Two mana 1/1s that make the opponent discard always play quite well, especially when a set has some sacrifice stuff going on.
Lunatic Pandora
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
Summon: Choco/Mog
3 This is a really good rate for what it is. It's a temporary creature for sure, but sticks around for long enough and meaningfully buffs your board several times.
3 This is a really good rate for what it is. It's a temporary creature for sure, but sticks around for long enough and meaningfully buffs your board several times.
Balamb T-Rexaur
3 This is a really nice top-curve card because it's such a big body and it gains you life, and cycling it away earlier can help you with graveyard synergy.
3 This is a really nice top-curve card because it's such a big body and it gains you life, and cycling it away earlier can help you with graveyard synergy.
Sabotender
2 This isn't a great stat-line, but it's a 2-drop that can chip in lots of damage.
2 This isn't a great stat-line, but it's a 2-drop that can chip in lots of damage.
Gigantoad
2.5 This has a decent baseline and kind of scales up later in the game.
2.5 This has a decent baseline and kind of scales up later in the game.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Quistis Trepe
Poison the Waters
2 Neither mode is all that amazing, but they can both be pretty good in the right situation.
2 Neither mode is all that amazing, but they can both be pretty good in the right situation.
Quistis Trepe
4 This can cast a spell from either graveyard, so it's not that hard to set it up to do exactly that. You do have to run it out on turn three in a pinch sometimes and that stinks, but most of the time you'll be able to wait and get a sweet 2-for-1.
4 This can cast a spell from either graveyard, so it's not that hard to set it up to do exactly that. You do have to run it out on turn three in a pinch sometimes and that stinks, but most of the time you'll be able to wait and get a sweet 2-for-1.
Airship Crash
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
Blazing Bomb
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
Rook Turret
2 4-mana 3/3 flyers haven't done very well lately, they just aren't efficient enough when they don't have an enters trigger -- and this doesn't have one. The loot trigger can be nice when it sticks around.
2 4-mana 3/3 flyers haven't done very well lately, they just aren't efficient enough when they don't have an enters trigger -- and this doesn't have one. The loot trigger can be nice when it sticks around.
Iron Giant
1.5 Those keywords are nice, but you're still going to feel like you're overpaying in a big way.
1.5 Those keywords are nice, but you're still going to feel like you're overpaying in a big way.
Qutrub Forayer
1.5 The stat-line's bad and these two enters triggers are difficult to generate real value with.
1.5 The stat-line's bad and these two enters triggers are difficult to generate real value with.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Sage's Nouliths
Relentless X-ATM092
2.5 It's definitely overcosted at first, but the fact it can come back in the late game is pretty nice upside.
2.5 It's definitely overcosted at first, but the fact it can come back in the late game is pretty nice upside.
Random Encounter
0 This is just too random to be a reliable card in Limited.
0 This is just too random to be a reliable card in Limited.
Sage's Nouliths
1.5 This is a two mana 2/1 with super minimal upside, and moving the Equipment doesn't do much either.
1.5 This is a two mana 2/1 with super minimal upside, and moving the Equipment doesn't do much either.
World Map
1.5 Having to spend mana to use these abilities is a big bummer, but if you really need the fixing it can do the job.
1.5 Having to spend mana to use these abilities is a big bummer, but if you really need the fixing it can do the job.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Instant Ramen
2 This is never going to feel terrible, but it's rarely going to feel great either.
2 This is never going to feel terrible, but it's rarely going to feel great either.
Loporrit Scout
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Vayne's Treachery
Stolen Uniform
0 Combat tricks are narrow enough, you don't need one that doesn't really do anything unless someone has a useful equipment in play.
0 Combat tricks are narrow enough, you don't need one that doesn't really do anything unless someone has a useful equipment in play.
Mysidian Elder
2 This feels a little bit overcosted for what it is. A 0/1 is nice because of it's trigger, but three mana for a 1/3 is super bad.
2 This feels a little bit overcosted for what it is. A 0/1 is nice because of it's trigger, but three mana for a 1/3 is super bad.
Gysahl Greens
3 The token for two mana isn't too shabby, but the fact you can flash this back for another one in the late game is what makes this a good Common.
3 The token for two mana isn't too shabby, but the fact you can flash this back for another one in the late game is what makes this a good Common.
Vayne's Treachery
3.5 Without kicker this would often make the cut, and with it you can kill almost anything. There's plenty of fodder to sacrifice to it, too.
3.5 Without kicker this would often make the cut, and with it you can kill almost anything. There's plenty of fodder to sacrifice to it, too.
Loporrit Scout
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
2 The base stats are bad, and even growing to a 4/3 isn't great. It gets better if you can put multiple creatures into play with regularity.
Treno, Dark City
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Dreams of Laguna
Judge Magister Gabranth
3 Growing off of both artifacts and creatures can allow the Judge to get pretty massive.
3 Growing off of both artifacts and creatures can allow the Judge to get pretty massive.
Adventurer's Airship
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
Red Mage's Rapier
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
Dreams of Laguna
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
You're Not Alone
2.5 This is a solid combat trick. The base mode is fine, and the +4/+4 mode is incredibly efficient and very accessible.
2.5 This is a solid combat trick. The base mode is fine, and the +4/+4 mode is incredibly efficient and very accessible.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Resentful Revelation
Phoenix Down
1.5 This feels too narrow to be a card that always makes the cut.
1.5 This feels too narrow to be a card that always makes the cut.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Adventurer's Airship
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
2 The attack trigger is good, but the body is incredibly underwhelming.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Dreams of Laguna
Rufus Shinra
3 If you can get this token it's going to feel pretty awesome, but there are lots of board states where it just isn't possible.
3 If you can get this token it's going to feel pretty awesome, but there are lots of board states where it just isn't possible.
Dreams of Laguna
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
Pack 2 Pick 13: A Realm Reborn
A Realm Reborn
0 This effect isn't worth a card in Limited. You won't have anything to spend all that mana on 90% of the time.
0 This effect isn't worth a card in Limited. You won't have anything to spend all that mana on 90% of the time.
Blazing Bomb
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Auron's Inspiration
Auron's Inspiration
1.5 This is all in on being aggressive and going wide -- even limited to only buffing attackers. That can make it really impressive sometimes, but it's also useless or close to it way too often.
1.5 This is all in on being aggressive and going wide -- even limited to only buffing attackers. That can make it really impressive sometimes, but it's also useless or close to it way too often.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Tellah, Great Sage
Tellah, Great Sage
3.5 This is really powerful, and can draw tons of cards and give you a bunch of tokens. However, the bad stat-line does mean you frequently won't make it to your next turn so he can go off.
3.5 This is really powerful, and can draw tons of cards and give you a bunch of tokens. However, the bad stat-line does mean you frequently won't make it to your next turn so he can go off.
Locke Cole
3.5 The combination of these keywords and the combat damage trigger is really frustrating to play against.
3.5 The combination of these keywords and the combat damage trigger is really frustrating to play against.
Fire Magic
2 Mass damage spells are pretty awkward in Limited, but this one's modal, so in theory you can find the right window for it.
2 Mass damage spells are pretty awkward in Limited, but this one's modal, so in theory you can find the right window for it.
Valkyrie Aerial Unit
1.5 // 3.5 If you don't have plenty of artifacts this is pretty mediocre, but once you're casting it for 5 or less you're going to be pretty happy.
1.5 // 3.5 If you don't have plenty of artifacts this is pretty mediocre, but once you're casting it for 5 or less you're going to be pretty happy.
Restoration Magic
2.5 The best mode here is the first one because of it's efficiency. Blanking removal or winning combat for one mana is a powerful thing! But the fact you get more powerful versions of it if you have the spare mana is really nice.
2.5 The best mode here is the first one because of it's efficiency. Blanking removal or winning combat for one mana is a powerful thing! But the fact you get more powerful versions of it if you have the spare mana is really nice.
Rydia's Return
2 These two modes have their place and are good in different situations, but this is still super clunky.
2 These two modes have their place and are good in different situations, but this is still super clunky.
Wall of Omens
3 This is a nice defensive creature that digs you deeper in your deck, and many decks are in the market for that.
3 This is a nice defensive creature that digs you deeper in your deck, and many decks are in the market for that.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Balamb T-Rexaur
3 This is a really nice top-curve card because it's such a big body and it gains you life, and cycling it away earlier can help you with graveyard synergy.
3 This is a really nice top-curve card because it's such a big body and it gains you life, and cycling it away earlier can help you with graveyard synergy.
Monk's Fist
2 It may not seem great at first, but it's a decent two drop for decks like UW (artifacts) RW (equipment, and BR (cheap spells), so I think it'll make the cut surprisingly often.
2 It may not seem great at first, but it's a decent two drop for decks like UW (artifacts) RW (equipment, and BR (cheap spells), so I think it'll make the cut surprisingly often.
Qiqirn Merchant
2.5 Looting is nice, but way worse when you have to pay mana for it. Giving this up to draw a bunch of cards late seems like legit upside too, especially if you have Towns.
2.5 Looting is nice, but way worse when you have to pay mana for it. Giving this up to draw a bunch of cards late seems like legit upside too, especially if you have Towns.
Aerith Rescue Mission
2 You're overpaying for either mode, but at least they are good in very different situations.
2 You're overpaying for either mode, but at least they are good in very different situations.
Blazing Bomb
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
Rabanastre, Royal City
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Golbez, Crystal Collector
Golbez, Crystal Collector
2.0 / 3.5 Not every Blue/black deck will have enough artifacts for this card to shine. If you have a ton of them, though, this is a great value engine. And the baseline for the card keeps the floor from being all that low.
2.0 / 3.5 Not every Blue/black deck will have enough artifacts for this card to shine. If you have a ton of them, though, this is a great value engine. And the baseline for the card keeps the floor from being all that low.
Coliseum Behemoth
3.5 It's expensive, but it generates a 2-for-1 every time you cast it and represents a very real threat.
3.5 It's expensive, but it generates a 2-for-1 every time you cast it and represents a very real threat.
Sidequest: Play Blitzball
1.5 This feels like a win-more card. Transforming it is strong, but it asks you to hit your opponent for 6 to get there, and when you can do that, you're already ahead. So it's not good at parity or behind.
1.5 This feels like a win-more card. Transforming it is strong, but it asks you to hit your opponent for 6 to get there, and when you can do that, you're already ahead. So it's not good at parity or behind.
Tidus, Blitzball Star
3 The starting stats are bad, but this can quickly grow and it's attack trigger can help aggro decks get in for lots of damage early.
3 The starting stats are bad, but this can quickly grow and it's attack trigger can help aggro decks get in for lots of damage early.
PuPu UFO
1.5 It's always pretty hard to take advantage of cards that let you put a land from your hand on the battlefield, mostly because you don't usually ahve a whole bunch of extra lands in your hand. The town payoff effect is also pretty expensive.
1.5 It's always pretty hard to take advantage of cards that let you put a land from your hand on the battlefield, mostly because you don't usually ahve a whole bunch of extra lands in your hand. The town payoff effect is also pretty expensive.
Coeurl
2 This ability is pretty medium these days, as you can't use it until late, and oftentimes you'd rather be using your mana on something else. But it's still a decent 2-drop, and you need those.
2 This ability is pretty medium these days, as you can't use it until late, and oftentimes you'd rather be using your mana on something else. But it's still a decent 2-drop, and you need those.
Red Mage's Rapier
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
Prishe's Wanderings
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
3 Adding a counter to this, making it an isntant, and giving it the ability to grab Towns makes this one of the better lower rarity ramp effects we've seen in Limited for a long time. You can even generate a 2-for-1 when things line up correctly.
Sabotender
2 This isn't a great stat-line, but it's a 2-drop that can chip in lots of damage.
2 This isn't a great stat-line, but it's a 2-drop that can chip in lots of damage.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
3 In most cases, this can fully remove a creature, and doing that at instant speed is pretty nice.
3 In most cases, this can fully remove a creature, and doing that at instant speed is pretty nice.
World Map
1.5 Having to spend mana to use these abilities is a big bummer, but if you really need the fixing it can do the job.
1.5 Having to spend mana to use these abilities is a big bummer, but if you really need the fixing it can do the job.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Cornered by Black Mages
Sidequest: Hunt the Mark
3.5 5 mana to destroy a creature and get a treasure is probably a 2.5, and this has the major upside of spitting out more treasure and even transforming into a threat.
3.5 5 mana to destroy a creature and get a treasure is probably a 2.5, and this has the major upside of spitting out more treasure and even transforming into a threat.
Sidequest: Catch a Fish
1.5 I'm worried this will end up not transforming the turn after you play it way too often for a three mana card that doesn't impact the board.
1.5 I'm worried this will end up not transforming the turn after you play it way too often for a three mana card that doesn't impact the board.
Tidus, Blitzball Star
3 The starting stats are bad, but this can quickly grow and it's attack trigger can help aggro decks get in for lots of damage early.
3 The starting stats are bad, but this can quickly grow and it's attack trigger can help aggro decks get in for lots of damage early.
Relentless X-ATM092
2.5 It's definitely overcosted at first, but the fact it can come back in the late game is pretty nice upside.
2.5 It's definitely overcosted at first, but the fact it can come back in the late game is pretty nice upside.
Cornered by Black Mages
2.5 Edicts have diminishing returns, but this one always gives you a body to make up for that.
2.5 Edicts have diminishing returns, but this one always gives you a body to make up for that.
Laughing Mad
2 This is decent card selection, and Flashing it back triggers 4-mana payoffs.
2 This is decent card selection, and Flashing it back triggers 4-mana payoffs.
Fight On!
2 Most Black decks want one of this kind of effect, but because it's a Common no one wants more than one of, you don't need to go after it very hard either.
2 Most Black decks want one of this kind of effect, but because it's a Common no one wants more than one of, you don't need to go after it very hard either.
Scorpion Sentinel
2 This has a passable baseline and the useful artifact type, and it can maintain relevance once you reach the late game.
2 This has a passable baseline and the useful artifact type, and it can maintain relevance once you reach the late game.
You're Not Alone
2.5 This is a solid combat trick. The base mode is fine, and the +4/+4 mode is incredibly efficient and very accessible.
2.5 This is a solid combat trick. The base mode is fine, and the +4/+4 mode is incredibly efficient and very accessible.
Dragoon's Wyvern
3.5 This is really good on rate and is the kind of Common you'd play as many copies of as you can get.
3.5 This is really good on rate and is the kind of Common you'd play as many copies of as you can get.
Chocobo Kick
3.5 This has a Kicker you can literally always pay, and you can turn that downside into even more upside with landfall. And it's premium removal to begin with.
3.5 This has a Kicker you can literally always pay, and you can turn that downside into even more upside with landfall. And it's premium removal to begin with.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
Random Encounter
0 This is just too random to be a reliable card in Limited.
0 This is just too random to be a reliable card in Limited.
Swallowed by Leviathan
2.5 This is a solid counterspell. When you can use the Surveil for card selection in addition to countering a spell, it'll feel especially good.
2.5 This is a solid counterspell. When you can use the Surveil for card selection in addition to countering a spell, it'll feel especially good.
Vanille, Cheerful l'Cie
3.5 This is a really nice 2-for-1, and while melding won't be happening very often, it's upside on a really good card.
3.5 This is a really nice 2-for-1, and while melding won't be happening very often, it's upside on a really good card.
Judge Magister Gabranth
3 Growing off of both artifacts and creatures can allow the Judge to get pretty massive.
3 Growing off of both artifacts and creatures can allow the Judge to get pretty massive.
Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
3 In most cases, this can fully remove a creature, and doing that at instant speed is pretty nice.
3 In most cases, this can fully remove a creature, and doing that at instant speed is pretty nice.
Goobbue Gardener
3 Two mana 1/3s that tap for Green always play pretty well.
3 Two mana 1/3s that tap for Green always play pretty well.
Ice Magic
3.5 The "Blizzara" mode is a good removal spell we see in every set, and this has the upside of being a solid bounce spell early and a more powerful removal spell late.
3.5 The "Blizzara" mode is a good removal spell we see in every set, and this has the upside of being a solid bounce spell early and a more powerful removal spell late.
Town Greeter
3 This is a good enabler for graveyard decks and Town decks, and it helps all decks hit their land drops.
3 This is a good enabler for graveyard decks and Town decks, and it helps all decks hit their land drops.
Red Mage's Rapier
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
Magitek Infantry
1.5 // 3.5 If you just have one of these it isn't very good. But it's really good if you can get 3+, as they can generate amazing card advantage by tutoring one another to the battlefield.
1.5 // 3.5 If you just have one of these it isn't very good. But it's really good if you can get 3+, as they can generate amazing card advantage by tutoring one another to the battlefield.
Sharlayan, Nation of Scholars
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Shambling Cie'th
The Fire Crystal
1 Ironically, this is really slow and clunky despite granting Haste. The activated ability is super expensive for what it is, and cost reduction barely matters in Limited.
1 Ironically, this is really slow and clunky despite granting Haste. The activated ability is super expensive for what it is, and cost reduction barely matters in Limited.
Rydia, Summoner of Mist
3 This landfall trigger is a little awkward, since you will often want to dsicard lands to it. Her ability to reanimate sagas can come up in a big way in the late game.
3 This landfall trigger is a little awkward, since you will often want to dsicard lands to it. Her ability to reanimate sagas can come up in a big way in the late game.
Shambling Cie'th
2.5 This can come back pretty cheaply, and Black/Red (which likes spells) and Black/Green (which likes the graveyard) can probably take advantage of it.
2.5 This can come back pretty cheaply, and Black/Red (which likes spells) and Black/Green (which likes the graveyard) can probably take advantage of it.
Delivery Moogle
1.5 // 4.0 If you only have one Artifact this tutors for, it's not very good -- but if you have 2+, it consistently becomes a 2-for-1 that is also a decent flyer, and that's a great thing.
1.5 // 4.0 If you only have one Artifact this tutors for, it's not very good -- but if you have 2+, it consistently becomes a 2-for-1 that is also a decent flyer, and that's a great thing.
Light Up the Stage
3.5 This is a great draw spell for Red. Paying one red mana for two card is very doable.
3.5 This is a great draw spell for Red. Paying one red mana for two card is very doable.
Black Mage's Rod
2.5 This happens to trigger all the noncreature spell payoffs in the set, and this fits in nicely with everything Black/Red is doing.
2.5 This happens to trigger all the noncreature spell payoffs in the set, and this fits in nicely with everything Black/Red is doing.
Red Mage's Rapier
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
Dreams of Laguna
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
2 This is a solid card selection spell, especially if you're in one of the spell or graveyard decks.
Ahriman
2 I don't love this stat-line, but deathtouch + being a way to cash in stuff for cards in the late game is nice.
2 I don't love this stat-line, but deathtouch + being a way to cash in stuff for cards in the late game is nice.
Ice Flan
2 This doesn't feel horrible when you cast it, and it can grab you an island early.
2 This doesn't feel horrible when you cast it, and it can grab you an island early.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Cornered by Black Mages
The Prima Vista
1.5 This card's baseline isn't great, and triggering it so that it can become a creature multiple times is going to be tough.
1.5 This card's baseline isn't great, and triggering it so that it can become a creature multiple times is going to be tough.
Elixir
0 This doesn't do anything very meaningful, and you have to wait a long time before it can ever do something. If someone plays this against me, I'm going to be pretty happy -- because they may as well have mulliganed.
0 This doesn't do anything very meaningful, and you have to wait a long time before it can ever do something. If someone plays this against me, I'm going to be pretty happy -- because they may as well have mulliganed.
Choco-Comet
3.5 This is going to feel like a 2/2 bird token that does X when it enters, and if you look at it that way, it's actually pretty efficient.
3.5 This is going to feel like a 2/2 bird token that does X when it enters, and if you look at it that way, it's actually pretty efficient.
Dragoon's Wyvern
3.5 This is really good on rate and is the kind of Common you'd play as many copies of as you can get.
3.5 This is really good on rate and is the kind of Common you'd play as many copies of as you can get.
Cornered by Black Mages
2.5 Edicts have diminishing returns, but this one always gives you a body to make up for that.
2.5 Edicts have diminishing returns, but this one always gives you a body to make up for that.
Magitek Infantry
1.5 // 3.5 If you just have one of these it isn't very good. But it's really good if you can get 3+, as they can generate amazing card advantage by tutoring one another to the battlefield.
1.5 // 3.5 If you just have one of these it isn't very good. But it's really good if you can get 3+, as they can generate amazing card advantage by tutoring one another to the battlefield.
Laughing Mad
2 This is decent card selection, and Flashing it back triggers 4-mana payoffs.
2 This is decent card selection, and Flashing it back triggers 4-mana payoffs.
Airship Crash
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
Treno, Dark City
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Vivi Ornitier
Vivi Ornitier
3.5 Spell decks won't have much of a problem buffing Vivi, and the mana he produces can really help you go off.
3.5 Spell decks won't have much of a problem buffing Vivi, and the mana he produces can really help you go off.
PuPu UFO
1.5 It's always pretty hard to take advantage of cards that let you put a land from your hand on the battlefield, mostly because you don't usually ahve a whole bunch of extra lands in your hand. The town payoff effect is also pretty expensive.
1.5 It's always pretty hard to take advantage of cards that let you put a land from your hand on the battlefield, mostly because you don't usually ahve a whole bunch of extra lands in your hand. The town payoff effect is also pretty expensive.
Summon: Anima
4 It's a little expensive, but it ultimately draws you three cards and takes one away from your opponent. That's absurd value, and even if your opponent kills it right away you come out ahead.
4 It's a little expensive, but it ultimately draws you three cards and takes one away from your opponent. That's absurd value, and even if your opponent kills it right away you come out ahead.
Sazh's Chocobo
2.5 This feels great on turn one, as it can become an absolute monster after you spend only one mana on it. But it's a pretty bad top-deck.
2.5 This feels great on turn one, as it can become an absolute monster after you spend only one mana on it. But it's a pretty bad top-deck.
Sidequest: Catch a Fish
1.5 I'm worried this will end up not transforming the turn after you play it way too often for a three mana card that doesn't impact the board.
1.5 I'm worried this will end up not transforming the turn after you play it way too often for a three mana card that doesn't impact the board.
Aerith Rescue Mission
2 You're overpaying for either mode, but at least they are good in very different situations.
2 You're overpaying for either mode, but at least they are good in very different situations.
Qiqirn Merchant
2.5 Looting is nice, but way worse when you have to pay mana for it. Giving this up to draw a bunch of cards late seems like legit upside too, especially if you have Towns.
2.5 Looting is nice, but way worse when you have to pay mana for it. Giving this up to draw a bunch of cards late seems like legit upside too, especially if you have Towns.
Bard's Bow
2.5 A three mana 3/3 Reach is fine, and in the late game this boost is decent.
2.5 A three mana 3/3 Reach is fine, and in the late game this boost is decent.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Ice Flan
Tifa's Limit Break
3 This is a really good trick. The first mode is passable, but it scales as the game continues.
3 This is a really good trick. The first mode is passable, but it scales as the game continues.
Garnet, Princess of Alexandria
3 She needs Sagas to go off, but that's not a huge ask in this set. If you can simultaneously buff your lifelinker and help your Saga Creatures stay around longer to generate more value, she's going to feel great. She will just be a two mana 2/2 with lifelink a big chunk of the time, though.
3 She needs Sagas to go off, but that's not a huge ask in this set. If you can simultaneously buff your lifelinker and help your Saga Creatures stay around longer to generate more value, she's going to feel great. She will just be a two mana 2/2 with lifelink a big chunk of the time, though.
Dragoon's Lance
3 A two mana 2/1 with flying on your turn is a solid aggro play, and this has a ton of upside beyond that since you get two permanents.
3 A two mana 2/1 with flying on your turn is a solid aggro play, and this has a ton of upside beyond that since you get two permanents.
Dwarven Castle Guard
2.5 A creature with okay stats that dies into a 1/1 is also a solid card that plays especially well in sacrifice decks.
2.5 A creature with okay stats that dies into a 1/1 is also a solid card that plays especially well in sacrifice decks.
Ice Flan
2 This doesn't feel horrible when you cast it, and it can grab you an island early.
2 This doesn't feel horrible when you cast it, and it can grab you an island early.
Coeurl
2 This ability is pretty medium these days, as you can't use it until late, and oftentimes you'd rather be using your mana on something else. But it's still a decent 2-drop, and you need those.
2 This ability is pretty medium these days, as you can't use it until late, and oftentimes you'd rather be using your mana on something else. But it's still a decent 2-drop, and you need those.
Baron, Airship Kingdom
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Qiqirn Merchant
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Monk's Fist
2 It may not seem great at first, but it's a decent two drop for decks like UW (artifacts) RW (equipment, and BR (cheap spells), so I think it'll make the cut surprisingly often.
2 It may not seem great at first, but it's a decent two drop for decks like UW (artifacts) RW (equipment, and BR (cheap spells), so I think it'll make the cut surprisingly often.
Qiqirn Merchant
2.5 Looting is nice, but way worse when you have to pay mana for it. Giving this up to draw a bunch of cards late seems like legit upside too, especially if you have Towns.
2.5 Looting is nice, but way worse when you have to pay mana for it. Giving this up to draw a bunch of cards late seems like legit upside too, especially if you have Towns.
Aerith Rescue Mission
2 You're overpaying for either mode, but at least they are good in very different situations.
2 You're overpaying for either mode, but at least they are good in very different situations.
Blazing Bomb
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
3 This does a lot for a one drop, between it's ability to grow and turn itself into removal.
Rabanastre, Royal City
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
3 The Town duals all provide nice fixing and a useful subtype.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
PuPu UFO
1.5 It's always pretty hard to take advantage of cards that let you put a land from your hand on the battlefield, mostly because you don't usually ahve a whole bunch of extra lands in your hand. The town payoff effect is also pretty expensive.
1.5 It's always pretty hard to take advantage of cards that let you put a land from your hand on the battlefield, mostly because you don't usually ahve a whole bunch of extra lands in your hand. The town payoff effect is also pretty expensive.
Resentful Revelation
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
2 This is solid card selection that's pretty good at loading your graveyard.
Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
3 In most cases, this can fully remove a creature, and doing that at instant speed is pretty nice.
3 In most cases, this can fully remove a creature, and doing that at instant speed is pretty nice.
World Map
1.5 Having to spend mana to use these abilities is a big bummer, but if you really need the fixing it can do the job.
1.5 Having to spend mana to use these abilities is a big bummer, but if you really need the fixing it can do the job.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Dragoon's Wyvern
Sidequest: Catch a Fish
1.5 I'm worried this will end up not transforming the turn after you play it way too often for a three mana card that doesn't impact the board.
1.5 I'm worried this will end up not transforming the turn after you play it way too often for a three mana card that doesn't impact the board.
Relentless X-ATM092
2.5 It's definitely overcosted at first, but the fact it can come back in the late game is pretty nice upside.
2.5 It's definitely overcosted at first, but the fact it can come back in the late game is pretty nice upside.
Dragoon's Wyvern
3.5 This is really good on rate and is the kind of Common you'd play as many copies of as you can get.
3.5 This is really good on rate and is the kind of Common you'd play as many copies of as you can get.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Swallowed by Leviathan
Swallowed by Leviathan
2.5 This is a solid counterspell. When you can use the Surveil for card selection in addition to countering a spell, it'll feel especially good.
2.5 This is a solid counterspell. When you can use the Surveil for card selection in addition to countering a spell, it'll feel especially good.
Judge Magister Gabranth
3 Growing off of both artifacts and creatures can allow the Judge to get pretty massive.
3 Growing off of both artifacts and creatures can allow the Judge to get pretty massive.
Red Mage's Rapier
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Black Mage's Rod
Black Mage's Rod
2.5 This happens to trigger all the noncreature spell payoffs in the set, and this fits in nicely with everything Black/Red is doing.
2.5 This happens to trigger all the noncreature spell payoffs in the set, and this fits in nicely with everything Black/Red is doing.
Red Mage's Rapier
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
1.5 This has a very bad baseline as a two mana 1/1, and getting a power boost isn't enough to overcome that.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Airship Crash
Airship Crash
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
2 This has enough targets in the format to be playable in the main deck, but it's probably still optimal out of the sideboard.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Astrologian's Planisphere
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Ahriman
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Isshin, Two Heavens as One
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Shambling Cie'th
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Counterspell
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Undercity Dire Rat
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Hecteyes
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Magic Damper
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Haste Magic
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Zidane, Tantalus Thief
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Adventurer's Airship
- Pack 1 Pick 12: The Gold Saucer
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Adventurer's Airship
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Haste Magic
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Najeela, the Blade-Blossom
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Syncopate
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Retrieve the Esper
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Qutrub Forayer
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Ahriman
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Hecteyes
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Quistis Trepe
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Sage's Nouliths
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Vayne's Treachery
- Pack 2 Pick 10: Dreams of Laguna
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Resentful Revelation
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Dreams of Laguna
- Pack 2 Pick 13: A Realm Reborn
- Pack 2 Pick 14: Auron's Inspiration
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Tellah, Great Sage
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Golbez, Crystal Collector
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Cornered by Black Mages
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Shambling Cie'th
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Cornered by Black Mages
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Vivi Ornitier
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Ice Flan
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Qiqirn Merchant
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Stuck in Summoner's Sanctum
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Dragoon's Wyvern
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Swallowed by Leviathan
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Black Mage's Rod
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Airship Crash
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