Premier Draft FIN 17 June 2025
17 June 08:24 - OmniShawn 7 Wins - 2 LossesMaindeck
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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.
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.
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.
Demon Wall
2.5 This is a decent defensive body early, and can be a real win condition in the late game. If you have other ways to put counters on it, it'll be even better.
2.5 This is a decent defensive body early, and can be a real win condition in the late game. If you have other ways to put counters on it, it'll be even better.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Item Shopkeep
2.5 This feels like it will grant Menace often enough to be a solid two-drop.
2.5 This feels like it will grant Menace often enough to be a solid two-drop.
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.
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 1 Pick 2: Suplex
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.
Diamond Weapon
3 Reducing the cost on this is super doable even outside of graveyard decks, and it's a pretty scary threat when it comes down for 6 or so mana.
3 Reducing the cost on this is super doable even outside of graveyard decks, and it's a pretty scary threat when it comes down for 6 or so mana.
Garland, Knight of Cornelia
3.5 This is a nice early game creature with the ability to come back as a big flier late. That's a pretty nice 2-for-1.
3.5 This is a nice early game creature with the ability to come back as a big flier late. That's a pretty nice 2-for-1.
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.
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.
Lunatic Pandora
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
Cloudbound Moogle
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
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.
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.
Gran Pulse Ochu
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
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.
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 3: Garland, Knight of Cornelia
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.
Diamond Weapon
3 Reducing the cost on this is super doable even outside of graveyard decks, and it's a pretty scary threat when it comes down for 6 or so mana.
3 Reducing the cost on this is super doable even outside of graveyard decks, and it's a pretty scary threat when it comes down for 6 or so mana.
Garland, Knight of Cornelia
3.5 This is a nice early game creature with the ability to come back as a big flier late. That's a pretty nice 2-for-1.
3.5 This is a nice early game creature with the ability to come back as a big flier late. That's a pretty nice 2-for-1.
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.
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.
Lunatic Pandora
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
Cloudbound Moogle
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
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.
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.
Gran Pulse Ochu
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
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.
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 4: Sephiroth's Intervention
Self-Destruct
1.5 This is kind of like Fling, but a little more flexible because if your creature has higher toughness than power it can survive. Still, it feels too situational to be a card every deck wants.
1.5 This is kind of like Fling, but a little more flexible because if your creature has higher toughness than power it can survive. Still, it feels too situational to be a card every deck wants.
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.
Sahagin
1.5 This has a bad baseline, and even triggering it once -- which is far from automatic -- isn't going to make you feel very good.
1.5 This has a bad baseline, and even triggering it once -- which is far from automatic -- isn't going to make you feel very good.
Light of Judgment
2.5 This'll feel great when you get the 2-for-1, but it's clunky when it's not doing that.
2.5 This'll feel great when you get the 2-for-1, but it's clunky when it's not doing that.
Sephiroth's Intervention
2.5 It's a little expensive, but gaining life back helps offset that.
2.5 It's a little expensive, but gaining life back helps offset that.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 5: 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.
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.
Summon: Esper Ramuh
1.5 // 3.5 This is really only going to work super well in Black/Red and Blue/Red, because you need that Chapter I to kill something, otherwise you're playing a very mediocre card.
1.5 // 3.5 This is really only going to work super well in Black/Red and Blue/Red, because you need that Chapter I to kill something, otherwise you're playing a very mediocre card.
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.
Item Shopkeep
2.5 This feels like it will grant Menace often enough to be a solid two-drop.
2.5 This feels like it will grant Menace often enough to be a solid two-drop.
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.
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.
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.
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 6: Summon: Fat Chocobo
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.
Opera Love Song
2 The card draw mode is the good one here, but keep in mind that you only have until your next end step to use them.
2 The card draw mode is the good one here, but keep in mind that you only have until your next end step to use them.
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.
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.
Fate of the Sun-Cryst
3 This is a little more expensive than similar effects we've seen, but the full mana mode is also more flexible.
3 This is a little more expensive than similar effects we've seen, but the full mana mode is also more flexible.
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.
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.
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.
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 7: Black Mage's Rod
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 1 Pick 8: Blitzball
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.
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.
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.
Hill Gigas
2 This is definitely going to feel underwhelming when you cast it, but mountaincycling gives it some flexibility.
2 This is definitely going to feel underwhelming when you cast it, but mountaincycling gives it some flexibility.
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.
Blitzball
2.5 If you're in the market for mana, this does the job, and giving it up to draw cards is very doable.
2.5 If you're in the market for mana, this does the job, and giving it up to draw cards is very doable.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Baron, Airship Kingdom
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.
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.
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.
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.
Item Shopkeep
2.5 This feels like it will grant Menace often enough to be a solid two-drop.
2.5 This feels like it will grant Menace often enough to be a solid two-drop.
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 1 Pick 10: Vayne's Treachery
Dark Knight's Greatsword
2 I like that you can move this the turn it comes down super easily, unlike other job select equipment. But the baseline is still a three mana 4/1, and that's not great. Putting this on a lifelinker seems good, though.
2 I like that you can move this the turn it comes down super easily, unlike other job select equipment. But the baseline is still a three mana 4/1, and that's not great. Putting this on a lifelinker seems good, though.
The Crystal's Chosen
2.5 It's expensive, but the fail case here is 7 mana for 4 2/2 tokens, and you're likely to put counters on a bunch of other stuff too. It's the kind of top curve that can certainly win the game, but not something you're always in the market for.
2.5 It's expensive, but the fail case here is 7 mana for 4 2/2 tokens, and you're likely to put counters on a bunch of other stuff too. It's the kind of top curve that can certainly win the game, but not something you're always in the market for.
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.
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 1 Pick 11: Lion Heart
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.
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.
Lunatic Pandora
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
Cloudbound Moogle
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Haste Magic
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Stolen Uniform
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.
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.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Qutrub Forayer
Dark Confidant
4 Left unchecked this can draw lots of cards, but make sure your curve isn't super high and/or that you have some life gain.
4 Left unchecked this can draw lots of cards, but make sure your curve isn't super high and/or that you have some life gain.
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.
Thief's Knife
3 This combat damage trigger is really strong, but you're probably not going to get in there with your Job Select token since a three mana 2/2 is pretty dismal. You can move it around later though, and I think you'll be able to find something worth putting it on.
3 This combat damage trigger is really strong, but you're probably not going to get in there with your Job Select token since a three mana 2/2 is pretty dismal. You can move it around later though, and I think you'll be able to find something worth putting it on.
The Emperor of Palamecia
3.5 Even if she couldn't transform she'd be really good, and it's very possible to transform her.
3.5 Even if she couldn't transform she'd be really good, and it's very possible to transform her.
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.
Capital City
2 This provides some decent fixing, but filter lands are a little to inefficient to be great.
2 This provides some decent fixing, but filter lands are a little to inefficient to be great.
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.
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.
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.
Combat Tutorial
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 1: Dark Confidant
Dark Confidant
4 Left unchecked this can draw lots of cards, but make sure your curve isn't super high and/or that you have some life gain.
4 Left unchecked this can draw lots of cards, but make sure your curve isn't super high and/or that you have some life gain.
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.
Thief's Knife
3 This combat damage trigger is really strong, but you're probably not going to get in there with your Job Select token since a three mana 2/2 is pretty dismal. You can move it around later though, and I think you'll be able to find something worth putting it on.
3 This combat damage trigger is really strong, but you're probably not going to get in there with your Job Select token since a three mana 2/2 is pretty dismal. You can move it around later though, and I think you'll be able to find something worth putting it on.
The Emperor of Palamecia
3.5 Even if she couldn't transform she'd be really good, and it's very possible to transform her.
3.5 Even if she couldn't transform she'd be really good, and it's very possible to transform her.
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.
Capital City
2 This provides some decent fixing, but filter lands are a little to inefficient to be great.
2 This provides some decent fixing, but filter lands are a little to inefficient to be great.
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.
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.
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.
Combat Tutorial
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 2: Suplex
Starting Town
3.5 This is incredible fixing, and the fact it enters untapped early is really, really nice.
3.5 This is incredible fixing, and the fact it enters untapped early is really, really nice.
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.
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.
Ambrosia Whiteheart
3 This can save creatures or rebuy "enters" triggers, and it can also just bounce a land to trigger landfall.
3 This can save creatures or rebuy "enters" triggers, and it can also just bounce a land to trigger landfall.
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.
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.
Suplex
3.5 This is premium removal that comes with efficiency as well as flexibility.
3.5 This is premium removal that comes with efficiency as well as flexibility.
Combat Tutorial
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
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.
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.
White Auracite
3.5 This is a little more expensive than your typical Oblivion Ring, but it also gives you mana, so I still think this is a premium Common.
3.5 This is a little more expensive than your typical Oblivion Ring, but it also gives you mana, so I still think this is a premium Common.
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.
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 2 Pick 3: Undercity Dire Rat
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.
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.
Warrior's Sword
2 This is a little overcosted, but being a 4-mana noncreature spell and an Equipment has serious value in this set.
2 This is a little overcosted, but being a 4-mana noncreature spell and an Equipment has serious value in this set.
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.
White Auracite
3.5 This is a little more expensive than your typical Oblivion Ring, but it also gives you mana, so I still think this is a premium Common.
3.5 This is a little more expensive than your typical Oblivion Ring, but it also gives you mana, so I still think this is a premium Common.
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.
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.
Gran Pulse Ochu
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
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.
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 4: Malboro
Phantom Train
0 // 3.0 This is terrible if you don't have lots of sacrifice fodder, which mostly means you want this in Black/White and nowhere else. In that deck, it can turn lots of boards lethal.
0 // 3.0 This is terrible if you don't have lots of sacrifice fodder, which mostly means you want this in Black/White and nowhere else. In that deck, it can turn lots of boards lethal.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gaelicat
2 A three mana 1/3 flyer isn't great, but there will be decks that can make it a 3/3 in this format.
2 A three mana 1/3 flyer isn't great, but there will be decks that can make it a 3/3 in this format.
Vincent's Limit Break
2 This is a decent iteration of the trick that returns your creature. As usual, it gets better with "enters" and death triggers.
2 This is a decent iteration of the trick that returns your creature. As usual, it gets better with "enters" and death triggers.
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.
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.
Malboro
2.5 This enters trigger helps make up for the bad stats. Cycling this early to help with graveyard synergy is nice too.
2.5 This enters trigger helps make up for the bad stats. Cycling this early to help with graveyard synergy is nice too.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Sleep Magic
Rinoa Heartilly
3.5 The baseline is already pretty good, and her attack trigger can make almost anything -- including Angelo -- into a threat.
3.5 The baseline is already pretty good, and her attack trigger can make almost anything -- including Angelo -- into a threat.
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.
Sleep Magic
3.5 This definitely has some problems, but it's so cheap that I can get over them.
3.5 This definitely has some problems, but it's so cheap that I can get over them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 6: Hill Gigas
The Crystal's Chosen
2.5 It's expensive, but the fail case here is 7 mana for 4 2/2 tokens, and you're likely to put counters on a bunch of other stuff too. It's the kind of top curve that can certainly win the game, but not something you're always in the market for.
2.5 It's expensive, but the fail case here is 7 mana for 4 2/2 tokens, and you're likely to put counters on a bunch of other stuff too. It's the kind of top curve that can certainly win the game, but not something you're always in the market for.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Fate of the Sun-Cryst
3 This is a little more expensive than similar effects we've seen, but the full mana mode is also more flexible.
3 This is a little more expensive than similar effects we've seen, but the full mana mode is also more flexible.
Hill Gigas
2 This is definitely going to feel underwhelming when you cast it, but mountaincycling gives it some flexibility.
2 This is definitely going to feel underwhelming when you cast it, but mountaincycling gives it some flexibility.
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 2 Pick 7: Opera Love Song
Noctis, Prince of Lucis
1.5 // 3.5 If you're in a heavy artifact deck this is a nice way to generate value, although the life loss keeps you from being able to do it a ton.
1.5 // 3.5 If you're in a heavy artifact deck this is a nice way to generate value, although the life loss keeps you from being able to do it a ton.
Opera Love Song
2 The card draw mode is the good one here, but keep in mind that you only have until your next end step to use them.
2 The card draw mode is the good one here, but keep in mind that you only have until your next end step to use them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 8: Qutrub Forayer
Ether
0 This is way too all in on only doing one thing.
0 This is way too all in on only doing one thing.
Ambrosia Whiteheart
3 This can save creatures or rebuy "enters" triggers, and it can also just bounce a land to trigger landfall.
3 This can save creatures or rebuy "enters" triggers, and it can also just bounce a land to trigger landfall.
Cloudbound Moogle
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
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.
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.
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 2 Pick 9: Capital City
Thief's Knife
3 This combat damage trigger is really strong, but you're probably not going to get in there with your Job Select token since a three mana 2/2 is pretty dismal. You can move it around later though, and I think you'll be able to find something worth putting it on.
3 This combat damage trigger is really strong, but you're probably not going to get in there with your Job Select token since a three mana 2/2 is pretty dismal. You can move it around later though, and I think you'll be able to find something worth putting it on.
Capital City
2 This provides some decent fixing, but filter lands are a little to inefficient to be great.
2 This provides some decent fixing, but filter lands are a little to inefficient to be great.
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.
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.
Combat Tutorial
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
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 10: White Auracite
Ambrosia Whiteheart
3 This can save creatures or rebuy "enters" triggers, and it can also just bounce a land to trigger landfall.
3 This can save creatures or rebuy "enters" triggers, and it can also just bounce a land to trigger landfall.
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.
White Auracite
3.5 This is a little more expensive than your typical Oblivion Ring, but it also gives you mana, so I still think this is a premium Common.
3.5 This is a little more expensive than your typical Oblivion Ring, but it also gives you mana, so I still think this is a premium Common.
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.
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 2 Pick 11: Treno, Dark City
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.
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.
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.
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 12: Magic Damper
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.
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.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Snow Villiers
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.
Pack 2 Pick 14: The Crystal's Chosen
The Crystal's Chosen
2.5 It's expensive, but the fail case here is 7 mana for 4 2/2 tokens, and you're likely to put counters on a bunch of other stuff too. It's the kind of top curve that can certainly win the game, but not something you're always in the market for.
2.5 It's expensive, but the fail case here is 7 mana for 4 2/2 tokens, and you're likely to put counters on a bunch of other stuff too. It's the kind of top curve that can certainly win the game, but not something you're always in the market for.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Undercity Dire Rat
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 Regalia
3.5 This is easy to crew and attack with, and it's going to give you a land every single time you do.
3.5 This is easy to crew and attack with, and it's going to give you a land every single time you do.
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.
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.
Quina, Qu Gourmet
1.5 // 3.5 If you're good at making tokens, this is quite the payoff. If you're not, it's a sub-par creature.
1.5 // 3.5 If you're good at making tokens, this is quite the payoff. If you're not, it's a sub-par creature.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Warrior's Sword
2 This is a little overcosted, but being a 4-mana noncreature spell and an Equipment has serious value in this set.
2 This is a little overcosted, but being a 4-mana noncreature spell and an Equipment has serious value in this set.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Zodiark, Umbral God
Zodiark, Umbral God
0 This is really, really strong. But 5 Black mana is pretty impossible to consistently produce in Limited.
0 This is really, really strong. But 5 Black mana is pretty impossible to consistently produce in Limited.
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.
Circle of Power
2.5 It's a little bit clunky to be sure, but it does add to the board and lifelink on Wizards means your pings will gain you life back.
2.5 It's a little bit clunky to be sure, but it does add to the board and lifelink on Wizards means your pings will gain you life back.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blitzball Shot
2 This is a solid trick that can definitely do some work in aggro decks.
2 This is a solid trick that can definitely do some work in aggro 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.
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.
Lunatic Pandora
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
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 3: Reno and Rude
Reno and Rude
2.5 This asks for a ton to actually go off. You have to have it get in, you have to have something to sacrifice, and you need mana to cast it. That's a big ask, and when it's easiest to get in with it -- in the early game -- you won't have any of that going on. This is mostly just a two mana 2/1 with Menace.
2.5 This asks for a ton to actually go off. You have to have it get in, you have to have something to sacrifice, and you need mana to cast it. That's a big ask, and when it's easiest to get in with it -- in the early game -- you won't have any of that going on. This is mostly just a two mana 2/1 with Menace.
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.
The Crystal's Chosen
2.5 It's expensive, but the fail case here is 7 mana for 4 2/2 tokens, and you're likely to put counters on a bunch of other stuff too. It's the kind of top curve that can certainly win the game, but not something you're always in the market for.
2.5 It's expensive, but the fail case here is 7 mana for 4 2/2 tokens, and you're likely to put counters on a bunch of other stuff too. It's the kind of top curve that can certainly win the game, but not something you're always in the market for.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Namazu Trader
2.5 Treasure has some nice additional benefits in Black, since there are lets of payoffs for artifacts going to the graveyard.
2.5 Treasure has some nice additional benefits in Black, since there are lets of payoffs for artifacts going to the graveyard.
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.
White Auracite
3.5 This is a little more expensive than your typical Oblivion Ring, but it also gives you mana, so I still think this is a premium Common.
3.5 This is a little more expensive than your typical Oblivion Ring, but it also gives you mana, so I still think this is a premium Common.
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 3 Pick 4: Sephiroth's Intervention
Circle of Power
2.5 It's a little bit clunky to be sure, but it does add to the board and lifelink on Wizards means your pings will gain you life back.
2.5 It's a little bit clunky to be sure, but it does add to the board and lifelink on Wizards means your pings will gain you life back.
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.
Travel the Overworld
1 // 3.5 You need a lot of towns for this to be worthwhile, but the good news is Blue/Green decks will definitely get there.
1 // 3.5 You need a lot of towns for this to be worthwhile, but the good news is Blue/Green decks will definitely get there.
Call the Mountain Chocobo
3.5 Getting a 2/2 with upside and drawing a Mountain is pretty good for 4 mana, and you can do it again from the graveyard.
3.5 Getting a 2/2 with upside and drawing a Mountain is pretty good for 4 mana, and you can do it again from the graveyard.
Sahagin
1.5 This has a bad baseline, and even triggering it once -- which is far from automatic -- isn't going to make you feel very good.
1.5 This has a bad baseline, and even triggering it once -- which is far from automatic -- isn't going to make you feel very good.
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.
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.
Sephiroth's Intervention
2.5 It's a little expensive, but gaining life back helps offset that.
2.5 It's a little expensive, but gaining life back helps offset that.
Cloudbound Moogle
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
2 This can put the counter on itself, so the floor is a 5-mana 3/4 flyer, which isn't terrible. And it has upside beyond that because you can put the counter elsewhere or cycle it early.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Cornered by Black Mages
Ultros, Obnoxious Octopus
2.5 Just triggering the "4 mana or more" mode once is going to make this feel like a good play.
2.5 Just triggering the "4 mana or more" mode once is going to make this feel like a good play.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Blitzball Shot
2 This is a solid trick that can definitely do some work in aggro decks.
2 This is a solid trick that can definitely do some work in aggro decks.
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.
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 3 Pick 6: Black Mage's Rod
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.
Opera Love Song
2 The card draw mode is the good one here, but keep in mind that you only have until your next end step to use them.
2 The card draw mode is the good one here, but keep in mind that you only have until your next end step to use them.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Shinra Reinforcements
3 This looks like a key card for graveyard decks, as there aren't a plethora of ways to mill yourself in the format, and this does it along with a passable body and some life gain.
3 This looks like a key card for graveyard decks, as there aren't a plethora of ways to mill yourself in the format, and this does it along with a passable body and some life gain.
Warrior's Sword
2 This is a little overcosted, but being a 4-mana noncreature spell and an Equipment has serious value in this set.
2 This is a little overcosted, but being a 4-mana noncreature spell and an Equipment has serious value in this set.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Call the Mountain Chocobo
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.
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.
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.
Gaelicat
2 A three mana 1/3 flyer isn't great, but there will be decks that can make it a 3/3 in this format.
2 A three mana 1/3 flyer isn't great, but there will be decks that can make it a 3/3 in this format.
Gran Pulse Ochu
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
Call the Mountain Chocobo
3.5 Getting a 2/2 with upside and drawing a Mountain is pretty good for 4 mana, and you can do it again from the graveyard.
3.5 Getting a 2/2 with upside and drawing a Mountain is pretty good for 4 mana, and you can do it again from the graveyard.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Unexpected Request
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.
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.
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.
Gran Pulse Ochu
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
2.5 A one mana 1/1 with death touch is always playable, and this has an effect you can use in the extreme late game that is likely to make it massive.
Combat Tutorial
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
2.5 Adding a counter to Divination is a pretty big deal, because now it actually adds to the board.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Iron Giant
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Barret Wallace
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lunatic Pandora
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
1.5 Both of these abilities are incredibly overcosted.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Laughing Mad
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Sahagin
Sahagin
1.5 This has a bad baseline, and even triggering it once -- which is far from automatic -- isn't going to make you feel very good.
1.5 This has a bad baseline, and even triggering it once -- which is far from automatic -- isn't going to make you feel very good.
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.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Magic Pot
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 3 Pick 14: Paladin's Arms
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.
Draft Pick Overview
- Pack 1 Pick 1: Astrologian's Planisphere
- Pack 1 Pick 2: Suplex
- Pack 1 Pick 3: Garland, Knight of Cornelia
- Pack 1 Pick 4: Sephiroth's Intervention
- Pack 1 Pick 5: Vayne's Treachery
- Pack 1 Pick 6: Summon: Fat Chocobo
- Pack 1 Pick 7: Black Mage's Rod
- Pack 1 Pick 8: Blitzball
- Pack 1 Pick 9: Baron, Airship Kingdom
- Pack 1 Pick 10: Vayne's Treachery
- Pack 1 Pick 11: Lion Heart
- Pack 1 Pick 12: Haste Magic
- Pack 1 Pick 13: Stolen Uniform
- Pack 1 Pick 14: Qutrub Forayer
- Pack 2 Pick 1: Dark Confidant
- Pack 2 Pick 2: Suplex
- Pack 2 Pick 3: Undercity Dire Rat
- Pack 2 Pick 4: Malboro
- Pack 2 Pick 5: Sleep Magic
- Pack 2 Pick 6: Hill Gigas
- Pack 2 Pick 7: Opera Love Song
- Pack 2 Pick 8: Qutrub Forayer
- Pack 2 Pick 9: Capital City
- Pack 2 Pick 10: White Auracite
- Pack 2 Pick 11: Treno, Dark City
- Pack 2 Pick 12: Magic Damper
- Pack 2 Pick 13: Snow Villiers
- Pack 2 Pick 14: The Crystal's Chosen
- Pack 3 Pick 1: Undercity Dire Rat
- Pack 3 Pick 2: Zodiark, Umbral God
- Pack 3 Pick 3: Reno and Rude
- Pack 3 Pick 4: Sephiroth's Intervention
- Pack 3 Pick 5: Cornered by Black Mages
- Pack 3 Pick 6: Black Mage's Rod
- Pack 3 Pick 7: Call the Mountain Chocobo
- Pack 3 Pick 8: Unexpected Request
- Pack 3 Pick 9: Iron Giant
- Pack 3 Pick 10: Barret Wallace
- Pack 3 Pick 11: Laughing Mad
- Pack 3 Pick 12: Sahagin
- Pack 3 Pick 13: Magic Pot
- Pack 3 Pick 14: Paladin's Arms
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