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Premier Draft KLR 16 August 2021

16 August 01:39 - DarkMutton 7 Wins - 1 Losses
Maindeck
Instant, Sorcery, Enchantment, Artifact (10)
1 Chandra's Pyrohelix image
1 Attune with Aether image
2 Welding Sparks image
1 Bomat Bazaar Barge image
2 Prophetic Prism image
1 Chandra's Revolution image
1 Glimmer of Genius image
1 Fabrication Module image
Creature (14)
1 Aether Swooper image
1 Rishkar, Peema Renegade image
2 Gearseeker Serpent image
1 Thriving Turtle image
1 Padeem, Consul of Innovation image
1 Kari Zev, Skyship Raider image
1 Baral, Chief of Compliance image
1 Weldfast Monitor image
1 Enraged Giant image
1 Maverick Thopterist image
1 Maulfist Revolutionary image
2 Aether Chaser image
Land (17)
5 Forest image
5 Mountain image
6 Island image
1 Spirebluff Canal image
Sideboard
1 Weldfast Monitor image
1 Narnam Cobra image
1 Ruinous Gremlin image
1 Impeccable Timing image
2 Cathartic Reunion image
2 Leave in the Dust image
1 Ornamental Courage image
1 Hijack image
1 Precise Strike image
1 Destructive Tampering image
1 Siege Modification image
1 Ice Over image
2 Select for Inspection image
1 Inspired Charge image

Pack 1 Pick 1: Welding Sparks
Bomat Courier image 2.0 If you can play this on turn one and have it stick around, it ends up being a nice source of card advantage in the later game. Problem is, for the rest of the game it isn’t especially good, since it won’t be a very good attacker. Sure, even if it attacks and dies, you can pitch your hand to draw the card that goes under it, but that’s not exactly a big deal.
Skyship Plunderer image 3.0 This has nice evasive stats, and it can give you some extra Energy, which is no small thing.
Foundry Hornet image 2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 Flyer isn’t great, but it is kind of passable. You have to be able to give your opponent’s creatures -1/-1 with this a decent chunk of the time to really get there, but that’s not especially hard to do in Black.
Sly Requisitioner image 2.0 I really wanted this to be awesome, because it seems like a lot of fun as a value-engine type card, but it just doesn’t get there as often as you’d like. It is expensive for such a mediocre statline, even with Improvise, and cranking out 1/1s with it is harder to do than you might think, especially because it only counts nontokens.
Gearseeker Serpent image 3.0 This is a very nice Common for Blue decks in this format, which really like Artifacts. It often costs 4 or 5 mana, and is a great finisher in this format thanks to its bulk and potential evasiveness.
Unbridled Growth image 1.0 This is something you’ll play if you’re really hard up for fixing, but will avoid most of the time.
Chandra's Pyrohelix image 3.0 At worst, this kills an X/2 for two mana, which is fine – and sometimes you can take out 2 X/1s, which will feel amazing. It can also go after your opponent when necessary.
Countless Gears Renegade image 2.5 You’ll get the 1/1 out of this like half the time, and it will feel great when you do. When that doesn’t work out, it will feel pretty mediocre.
Welding Sparks image 4.0 This is a great Common, one that would be really good even if it always does 3, but will be doing 4+ pretty often.
Metallic Rebuke image 1.0 Even in an artifact deck, this isn’t great. Not being a hard counter gives it diminishing returns as the game goes on.
Lifecraft Cavalry image 2.0 This is kind of alright even when you don’t revolt, and pretty scary when you can. It isn’t terrible top curve.
Aether Poisoner image 3.5 This is another very good Common in this cycle. With death touch, it is a real pain to block or attack through, and that means it often has no problem making that 1/1 token. Attacking with it into a block and making that 1/1 feels pretty good, and it can obviously get even more out of hand!
Revolutionary Rebuff image 1.0 This is cheap, but it also isn’t anywhere close to a hard counter, and the fact that it can’t counter artifacts definitely matters in this set.
Kujar Seedsculptor image 3.0 You have to be careful with this, because your opponent killing the creature you put the counter on will just blow you out of the game. However, when the coast is clear, permanently pumping a creature and killing an opposing creature is quite strong, especially in a set that has +1/+1 counter payoffs.
Pack 1 Pick 2: Welding Sparks
Aetherborn Marauder image 3.0 If you can move even one counter to this, it becomes quite potent. Even with 0 counters, it is at least passable, and sometimes it will get even scarier!
Contraband Kingpin image 3.0 The Kingpin has a very annoying body for aggressive decks to deal with since it can block a ton of stuff and survive while also gaining you life. Then, in the mean time, you get to Scry any time an Artifact ETBs, and that’s some nice additional upside.
Speedway Fanatic image 2.0 Giving Vehicles haste is nice, and a two mana 2/1 with Haste isn’t the worst thing ever, either.
Welding Sparks image 4.0 This is a great Common, one that would be really good even if it always does 3, but will be doing 4+ pretty often.
Thriving Turtle image 2.5 If you play this on turn one, it can become a very real creature on the board. It generally won’t be able to attack forever because its power starts so low, but by the time it has to stop attacking, it has the kind of size that isn’t easy to attack through.
Herald of the Fair image 2.0 This has mediocre stats, but an ETB ability that often lets you attack more effectively. Still, it is pretty replaceable and not remotely impressive.
Ornamental Courage image 1.0 This isn’t a great trick. The small power boost doesn’t help you win very many combats.
Weldfast Monitor image 2.5 Like the rest of this cycle, this is a pretty solid creature to have in your Red decks.
Fen Hauler image 2.5 This is a solid finisher for Black decks with a decent number of Artifacts. It is quite large, paying 5 for it is pretty realistic, and it can’t be blacked by a ton of creatures in the format, including most of the creature tokens.
Consulate Skygate image 0.5 Yeah, you mostly won’t play this. It just doesn’t do anything but block, and it doesn’t even do that very well.
Pendulum of Patterns image 0.5 Yeah, this isn’t really worth it. Early on it gains you some life, but that doesn’t matter a whole lot in this format. Then, later, you can cash it in for a card for a wopping 5 mana. Even in a format that loves artifacts, there isn’t much of a reason to play this thing.
Propeller Pioneer image 3.0 This is another nice card that really gets you going wide, and having the option to make it a 4-mana 3/2 Flyer when that’s what you need is pretty nice.
Bastion Mastodon image 2.5 Being an artifact matters in this set, and this offers a decent body that can gain Vigilance. Like the rest of this cycle, Bastion Mastodon is pretty solid.
Pack 1 Pick 3: Spirebluff Canal
Spirebluff Canal image 3.0 These give you good fixing and will come into play untapped in the early game, which is nice.
Creeping Mold image 1.0 This does kill a lot of Artifacts, but as a 4 mana Sorcery, it is too clunky to be worth it most of the time.
Narnam Cobra image 2.5 Like the rest of this cycle, this is reasonably costed, is an artifact, and can gain a useful keyword. In this case, it can trade.
Prophetic Prism image 3.0 The fac this replaces itself is a pretty big deal. Most of the time filter artifacts aren’t worth a card, but this is literally worth a card and then some because of that. And, this format really cares about artifacts.
Frontline Rebel image 2.0 The aggressive decks in the format tend to feel fine about including this in their deck, even if it is a 3-mana 3/3 with downside.
Prakhata Pillar-Bug image 2.5 Yet another efficient artifact creature that can gain a useful keyword, and yet another 2.5.
Hunt the Weak image 3.0 You have to be careful with this, because your opponent killing the creature you put the counter on will just blow you out of the game. However, when the coast is clear, permanently pumping a creature and killing an opposing creature is quite strong, especially in a set that has +1/+1 counter payoffs.
Fen Hauler image 2.5 This is a solid finisher for Black decks with a decent number of Artifacts. It is quite large, paying 5 for it is pretty realistic, and it can’t be blacked by a ton of creatures in the format, including most of the creature tokens.
Revoke Privileges image 4.0 This is a really effective removal spell, capable of completely shutting down a whole lot of cards in the format for only three mana. The fact it stops Crewing from happening is really important.
Self-Assembler image 0.5 // 3.0 If you have one Self Assembler, don’t play it. If you manage to get a second one, you’re actually kind of in business. A 5-mana 4/4 isn’t good, but it does draw you another one, and making sure you have those plays on back to back turns is pretty nice. Because of the mana cost running more than 3 probably isn’t a great idea, but chaining those three together is pretty nice, even with mediocre stats.
Leave in the Dust image 2.5 Bounce + Draw a card is pretty solid, since it actually lets you go 1-for-1 with your opponent in addition to the tempo.
Sky Skiff image 2.5 The mana and crew cost here are both quite low, and thanks to Flying this can attack pretty much all game long.
Pack 1 Pick 4: Bomat Bazaar Barge
Bomat Bazaar Barge image 3.0 This doesn’t have as insane of stats as some of the other Vehicles around, but it draws you a card, and that more than makes up for that.
Woodweaver's Puzzleknot image 1.5 If you’re interested in energy, this can give you 6 all on its own while also gaining you 6 life. That life gain actually matters too, because playing this and sacrificing this is pretty slow, but the life gain does offset that a bit. You won’t play this in any but the most all-in energy decks.
Rush of Vitality image 1.5 This is a decent trick that you’ll run in some of your aggro decks.
Renegade Map image 3.0 This card might not look very exciting, but it does a whole lot! It does stuff with your Artifact synergies, can set up Revolt for free, lets you play fewer lands, and helps you splash.
Conviction image 1.0 This Aura just isn’t worth it. The stats boost isn’t great, and being able to return it to your hand doesn’t really help make it much better.
Cathartic Reunion image 1.0 This mostly isn’t worth it. It is just some clunky card selection that asks for significant set up. There isn’t enough of a graveyard theme in the format for it to be more than that.
Hunt the Weak image 3.0 You have to be careful with this, because your opponent killing the creature you put the counter on will just blow you out of the game. However, when the coast is clear, permanently pumping a creature and killing an opposing creature is quite strong, especially in a set that has +1/+1 counter payoffs.
Reservoir Walker image 1.5 3 life and 3 energy isn’t really enough to offset the bad stats this has. It isn’t unplayable, but you won’t play it very often.
Hijack image 1.0 While there are aggressive decks in this format, I haven’t really found that Hijack is worth it most of the time, even in them. It is basically a blank card until you can use it to do lethal, and that’s too inconsistent.
Aviary Mechanic image 2.5 This has a solid baseline as a bear, and its ETB ability actually does something like half the time, and that’s pretty nice.
Thriving Turtle image 2.5 If you play this on turn one, it can become a very real creature on the board. It generally won’t be able to attack forever because its power starts so low, but by the time it has to stop attacking, it has the kind of size that isn’t easy to attack through.
Pack 1 Pick 5: Prophetic Prism
Rishkar's Expertise image 3.5 This is expensive as well as conditional, and I don’t love that combination. Counting on drawing more than 4 with this is probably a bad idea – but there’s some really good news here. Unlike the other “Expertise” cards, which drop off in the late game because you just won’t have a thing to cast for free, with Rishkar’s Expertise you are drawing cards, and you can cast one of the cards that you draw with the effect. In other words, as long as you manage to draw at least 3 cards with it, you’re pretty likely to add something else to the board too. So, yeah, sometimes this will suck because you don’t have a big creature around, but most of the time? You’ll get a few cards and do something else on your turn, so it isn’t like you’re paying 6 and not doing anything but drawing cards.
Hazardous Conditions image 2.5 So BG likes +1/+1 counters, so the idea here is that you’re only weakening opposing creatures, but that idea quickly disintegrates for two reasons: First, not all of your creatures will have counters, even in a BG deck, and second, your opponent is reasonably likely to have some counters too! And it isn’t like -2/-2 really does enough on all board states anyway. You don’t even always play this in BG, which is a sad thing to say about a signpost uncommon.
Trophy Mage image 0.0 // 2.5 You do need some Instants and Sorceries in your graveyard to make the most of the Gearhulk, but that’s not a big ask by turn 6. The Gearhulk often represents a completely absurd three-for-one, since it can Flash in and ambush an opposing attacker, then cast a spell for free from your graveyard, and then leave behind a 5/6 body that generally has to be answered somehow. Even if the spell it gives you for free is mediocre, it is likely that it is worth a whole card, and if you copy removal, well, you just broke the game even more.
Dukhara Peafowl image 2.5 This is an artifact in a set that cares about that, and has decent stats and the ability to gain flying. You’ll play this pretty often in Blue.
Irontread Crusher image 2.0 This vehicle isn’t as exciting as some of the others, but it can do the job.
Ornamental Courage image 1.0 This isn’t a great trick. The small power boost doesn’t help you win very many combats.
Prophetic Prism image 3.0 The fac this replaces itself is a pretty big deal. Most of the time filter artifacts aren’t worth a card, but this is literally worth a card and then some because of that. And, this format really cares about artifacts.
Reckless Fireweaver image 2.5 This has alright stats and does often chip in a few damage with its ability, especially if you’re making servos.
Impeccable Timing image 2.5 This is situational, but the format does have a significant number of small creatures, and people will inevitably be attacking or blocking, so you’ll find yourself playing this a decent chunk of the time.
Conviction image 1.0 This Aura just isn’t worth it. The stats boost isn’t great, and being able to return it to your hand doesn’t really help make it much better.
Pack 1 Pick 6: Impeccable Timing
Barricade Breaker image 2.5 Powering this out with Improvise on turn 5 is pretty doable, and it is a real problem when that’s the case, though it does usually eventually meet its end since it won’t stop attacking.
Impeccable Timing image 2.5 This is situational, but the format does have a significant number of small creatures, and people will inevitably be attacking or blocking, so you’ll find yourself playing this a decent chunk of the time.
Cathartic Reunion image 1.0 This mostly isn’t worth it. It is just some clunky card selection that asks for significant set up. There isn’t enough of a graveyard theme in the format for it to be more than that.
Subtle Strike image 2.5 This can often give you a 2-for-1 for only two mana, and that’s great! It won’t always line up that way, but even when it doesn’t it tends to do a pretty good job of making combat go your way.
Irontread Crusher image 2.0 This vehicle isn’t as exciting as some of the others, but it can do the job.
Weldfast Wingsmith image 2.0 This has mediocre starting stats, but it does gain Flying often enough to be a decent inclusion in artifact-heavy decks.
Aether Tradewinds image 1.0 This effect is supposed to be here to help you abuse ETB abilities, but it often just isn’t worth going down a card to do this.
Die Young image 3.0 This is a nice removal spell. At worst, it is two mana to give something -2/-2, and if you have other energy around, it can take down larger things.
Defiant Salvager image 1.5 Only being able to sacrifice things at Sorcery speed is rough, even in a format that has a lot of Servos to gobble up.
Pack 1 Pick 7: Chandra's Revolution
Authority of the Consuls image 0.5 This doesn’t do enough in Limited. You might consider siding it in against some opponents who have a bunch of Haste creatures or something, but that’s a pretty limited use.
Woodweaver's Puzzleknot image 1.5 If you’re interested in energy, this can give you 6 all on its own while also gaining you 6 life. That life gain actually matters too, because playing this and sacrificing this is pretty slow, but the life gain does offset that a bit. You won’t play this in any but the most all-in energy decks.
Leave in the Dust image 2.5 Bounce + Draw a card is pretty solid, since it actually lets you go 1-for-1 with your opponent in addition to the tempo.
Attune with Aether image 3.0 This card is sneaky good. It is basically one mana to draw a card and gain two energy, and that’s a great deal. And sure, the card you draw is a land, but that’s fine! It basically lets you play fewer lands in your deck, gives you energy for all the cards that care about that and fixes your mana. It just does so much for only one Green.
Chandra's Revolution image 3.0 4 mana for 4 damage at Sorcery speed isn’t the most amazing thing, and the land tap down part of the card doesn’t give it much of an upgrade. Still, it is reasonably efficient removal.
Implement of Malice image 2.0 If you consistently can use this to make an opponent discard and you draw, it feels alright. It just won’t always do that. Still, at least it isn’t blank in the late game, since you can basically cash it in for a card. It also gets revolt going.
Spireside Infiltrator image 2.5 This can crew most of the vehicles worth playing in the format while also doing 1 damage to your opponent, and even if it isn’t crewing, it is a 3-mana 3/2 that does 1 to the opponent every time it attacks. It does surprisingly well in aggressive decks.
Fortuitous Find image 2.0 If your deck has a good mix of artifacts and creatures – and ideally, artifact creatures, this feels pretty good, since you can pay 3 to get two creatures back, and that’s a nice little play in the late game. Pretty much a dead card early, and if your graveyard doesn’t have the right composition, its pretty bad.
Pack 1 Pick 8: Gearseeker Serpent
Servo Schematic image 2.0 This gives you two artifacts on turn two, which is pretty good at setting up Improvise and other Artifact payoffs. Ideally, your deck also has some ways to sacrifice the Schematic so you can get that second servo.
Inspired Charge image 0.5 // 2.5 You would definitely prefer to get Dawnfeather Eagle, but with all of the Servos in White, you end up going wide enough to make this work in a decent chunk of decks, and it can definitely sub in for the eagle in those decks. If you aren’t good at going wide, it is pretty unplayable.
Eager Construct image 1.5 If you need a two drop or an Artifact, you could do worse.
Fireforger's Puzzleknot image 1.5 So, this can kill a couple of X/1s or an X/2 for 4 mana. That’s not exactly incredible, but hey – its an artifact, and that helps elevate it a bit.
Gearseeker Serpent image 3.0 This is a very nice Common for Blue decks in this format, which really like Artifacts. It often costs 4 or 5 mana, and is a great finisher in this format thanks to its bulk and potential evasiveness.
Defiant Salvager image 1.5 Only being able to sacrifice things at Sorcery speed is rough, even in a format that has a lot of Servos to gobble up.
Narnam Cobra image 2.5 Like the rest of this cycle, this is reasonably costed, is an artifact, and can gain a useful keyword. In this case, it can trade.
Pack 1 Pick 9: Gearseeker Serpent
Gearseeker Serpent image 3.0 This is a very nice Common for Blue decks in this format, which really like Artifacts. It often costs 4 or 5 mana, and is a great finisher in this format thanks to its bulk and potential evasiveness.
Unbridled Growth image 1.0 This is something you’ll play if you’re really hard up for fixing, but will avoid most of the time.
Chandra's Pyrohelix image 3.0 At worst, this kills an X/2 for two mana, which is fine – and sometimes you can take out 2 X/1s, which will feel amazing. It can also go after your opponent when necessary.
Countless Gears Renegade image 2.5 You’ll get the 1/1 out of this like half the time, and it will feel great when you do. When that doesn’t work out, it will feel pretty mediocre.
Lifecraft Cavalry image 2.0 This is kind of alright even when you don’t revolt, and pretty scary when you can. It isn’t terrible top curve.
Kujar Seedsculptor image 3.0 You have to be careful with this, because your opponent killing the creature you put the counter on will just blow you out of the game. However, when the coast is clear, permanently pumping a creature and killing an opposing creature is quite strong, especially in a set that has +1/+1 counter payoffs.
Pack 1 Pick 10: Thriving Turtle
Thriving Turtle image 2.5 If you play this on turn one, it can become a very real creature on the board. It generally won’t be able to attack forever because its power starts so low, but by the time it has to stop attacking, it has the kind of size that isn’t easy to attack through.
Fen Hauler image 2.5 This is a solid finisher for Black decks with a decent number of Artifacts. It is quite large, paying 5 for it is pretty realistic, and it can’t be blacked by a ton of creatures in the format, including most of the creature tokens.
Consulate Skygate image 0.5 Yeah, you mostly won’t play this. It just doesn’t do anything but block, and it doesn’t even do that very well.
Pendulum of Patterns image 0.5 Yeah, this isn’t really worth it. Early on it gains you some life, but that doesn’t matter a whole lot in this format. Then, later, you can cash it in for a card for a wopping 5 mana. Even in a format that loves artifacts, there isn’t much of a reason to play this thing.
Bastion Mastodon image 2.5 Being an artifact matters in this set, and this offers a decent body that can gain Vigilance. Like the rest of this cycle, Bastion Mastodon is pretty solid.
Pack 1 Pick 11: Prophetic Prism
Creeping Mold image 1.0 This does kill a lot of Artifacts, but as a 4 mana Sorcery, it is too clunky to be worth it most of the time.
Prophetic Prism image 3.0 The fac this replaces itself is a pretty big deal. Most of the time filter artifacts aren’t worth a card, but this is literally worth a card and then some because of that. And, this format really cares about artifacts.
Prakhata Pillar-Bug image 2.5 Yet another efficient artifact creature that can gain a useful keyword, and yet another 2.5.
Fen Hauler image 2.5 This is a solid finisher for Black decks with a decent number of Artifacts. It is quite large, paying 5 for it is pretty realistic, and it can’t be blacked by a ton of creatures in the format, including most of the creature tokens.
Pack 1 Pick 12: Cathartic Reunion
Woodweaver's Puzzleknot image 1.5 If you’re interested in energy, this can give you 6 all on its own while also gaining you 6 life. That life gain actually matters too, because playing this and sacrificing this is pretty slow, but the life gain does offset that a bit. You won’t play this in any but the most all-in energy decks.
Cathartic Reunion image 1.0 This mostly isn’t worth it. It is just some clunky card selection that asks for significant set up. There isn’t enough of a graveyard theme in the format for it to be more than that.
Aviary Mechanic image 2.5 This has a solid baseline as a bear, and its ETB ability actually does something like half the time, and that’s pretty nice.
Pack 1 Pick 13: Ornamental Courage
Hazardous Conditions image 2.5 So BG likes +1/+1 counters, so the idea here is that you’re only weakening opposing creatures, but that idea quickly disintegrates for two reasons: First, not all of your creatures will have counters, even in a BG deck, and second, your opponent is reasonably likely to have some counters too! And it isn’t like -2/-2 really does enough on all board states anyway. You don’t even always play this in BG, which is a sad thing to say about a signpost uncommon.
Ornamental Courage image 1.0 This isn’t a great trick. The small power boost doesn’t help you win very many combats.
Pack 1 Pick 14: Cathartic Reunion
Cathartic Reunion image 1.0 This mostly isn’t worth it. It is just some clunky card selection that asks for significant set up. There isn’t enough of a graveyard theme in the format for it to be more than that.
Pack 2 Pick 1: Padeem, Consul of Innovation
Padeem, Consul of Innovation image 3.5 Padeem is quite good in this set thanks to the large number of Artifacts. Granting them hexproof on its own actually matters a fair bit in the format, but the real value comes from Padeem’s ability to draw you cards. It doesn’t really take building around to take advantage of that. She’ll draw you a decent number of cards just in a regular Limited deck in this format.
Enraged Giant image 3.0 If you can cast this for either 4 or 5 mana, you generally feel pretty good about it. 4/4 is pretty nice size in this format.
Servant of the Conduit image 3.5 This is a bear that ramps and fixes for you. And gives you energy. Yeah, that’s a pretty nice Uncommon.
Empyreal Voyager image 3.5 This has solid stats and can supply you with Energy, which you’re very interested in UG, so it’s a pretty nice card to have.
Subtle Strike image 2.5 This can often give you a 2-for-1 for only two mana, and that’s great! It won’t always line up that way, but even when it doesn’t it tends to do a pretty good job of making combat go your way.
Select for Inspection image 2.0 One mana to bounce a creature is a really good deal, even if it can only go after tapped creatures. It can give you some very nice tempo, and tacking on the Scry is nice additional upside.
Peema Outrider image 3.5 The choice between a 4-mana 4/4 Trample and a 4-mana 3/3 Trample with a 1/1 Servo token is a good decision to have to make, because either option is giving you a great deal.
Audacious Infiltrator image 2.5 This ability comes up more than you might think with all the thopters and servos running around. One of the big downsides about being an X/1 is usually that you die to something like a token, but that’s not a problem here, so it is just a creature with a decent aggressive statline.
Eddytrail Hawk image 2.5 Giving other stuff flying can have a pretty big impact, and the Hawk can do it twice without any outside help, making it a decent card.
Pendulum of Patterns image 0.5 Yeah, this isn’t really worth it. Early on it gains you some life, but that doesn’t matter a whole lot in this format. Then, later, you can cash it in for a card for a wopping 5 mana. Even in a format that loves artifacts, there isn’t much of a reason to play this thing.
Fragmentize image 2.0 This is actually mainboardable in this format, as there are plenty of targets for it. In an ideal world, you probably start it in your sideboard in best of 3, though.
Sweatworks Brawler image 2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 with Menace is kind of alright, and you’ll find yourself playing this for three mana pretty often.
Welding Sparks image 4.0 This is a great Common, one that would be really good even if it always does 3, but will be doing 4+ pretty often.
Kujar Seedsculptor image 3.0 You have to be careful with this, because your opponent killing the creature you put the counter on will just blow you out of the game. However, when the coast is clear, permanently pumping a creature and killing an opposing creature is quite strong, especially in a set that has +1/+1 counter payoffs.
Pack 2 Pick 2: Aether Chaser
Disallow image 1.5 This is an alright counterspell for Limited since it can deal with so many different things, but you still won’t play it that often.
Restoration Specialist image 2.5 Even in a set with this many Artifacts, you don’t often have one in your graveyard that is worth paying 4 mana to reanimate.
Wispweaver Angel image 3.5 There are lots of ETBs in this set – and remember that includes Fabricate creatures – so playing this on turn 6 as a 4/4 Flyer that gives you another ETB trigger happens pretty often, and that’s a pretty great deal.
Dawnfeather Eagle image 3.5 This is one of the sets best Commons. It just has such a massive impact on virtually any board state, and that’s a lot to say about a Common! +1/+1 and Vigilance to your whole team while you also add a flying threat to the table is amazing. The stats boost + Vigilance makes it so you can suddenly attack your opponent, both because your creatures get larger and because they have vigilance, making it much harder for your opponent to kill you on the back swing. This is excellent top curve for aggressive White decks in this format, and the best decks often have at least two of these.
Alley Strangler image 1.5 This has alright stats and an evasive keyword ability. You’ll play it sometimes.
Sage of Shaila's Claim image 1.5 Energy is important in this format and all, but this two drop still doesn’t usually feel like its worth the card.
Weldfast Wingsmith image 2.0 This has mediocre starting stats, but it does gain Flying often enough to be a decent inclusion in artifact-heavy decks.
Aether Chaser image 3.5 This has great stats to begin with, so adding the ability to make Servo tokens is great. A 2/1 first striker is often relevant pretty much all game, whether you’re the one attacking or blocking, so having that Energy/servo upside is great, especially because going wide is very viable in this set.
Rush of Vitality image 1.5 This is a decent trick that you’ll run in some of your aggro decks.
Hijack image 1.0 While there are aggressive decks in this format, I haven’t really found that Hijack is worth it most of the time, even in them. It is basically a blank card until you can use it to do lethal, and that’s too inconsistent.
Highspire Infusion image 1.5 Even with the Energy, this is a pretty mediocre trick.
Thriving Turtle image 2.5 If you play this on turn one, it can become a very real creature on the board. It generally won’t be able to attack forever because its power starts so low, but by the time it has to stop attacking, it has the kind of size that isn’t easy to attack through.
Implement of Malice image 2.0 If you consistently can use this to make an opponent discard and you draw, it feels alright. It just won’t always do that. Still, at least it isn’t blank in the late game, since you can basically cash it in for a card. It also gets revolt going.
Pack 2 Pick 3: Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
Kari Zev, Skyship Raider image 3.5 Kari Zev on turn two is tough to beat. She and her monkey friend will do a ton of damage before your opponent can ever block her, especially if you back her up with tricks and cheap removal spells. She’s less impressive in the mid to late game of course, but she also represents some pretty significant damage, and has decent stats too.
Foundry Hornet image 2.5 A 4-mana 2/3 Flyer isn’t great, but it is kind of passable. You have to be able to give your opponent’s creatures -1/-1 with this a decent chunk of the time to really get there, but that’s not especially hard to do in Black.
Glimmer of Genius image 3.0 Scry 2 + Draw 2 lets you see a large percentage of cards in your small Limited deck, and that’s great – and throwing in Energy definitely matters in this format.
Maulfist Squad image 2.5 Like most of the Fabricate creatures, this is pretty solid, as both options are pretty reasonable. A 4-mana 4/2 with Menace is nice on boards where you are the beat down and your opponent won’t be blocking it any time soon, and 4 mana for a 3/1 and a 1/1 is pretty good when you’re behind.
Consulate Turret image 1.0 This format has some nice Energy payoffs. This isn’t one of them. Only hitting players is a big problem, and even though it can just tap to give you energy, it usually doesn’t feel like its worth a card.
Fortuitous Find image 2.0 If your deck has a good mix of artifacts and creatures – and ideally, artifact creatures, this feels pretty good, since you can pay 3 to get two creatures back, and that’s a nice little play in the late game. Pretty much a dead card early, and if your graveyard doesn’t have the right composition, its pretty bad.
Herald of the Fair image 2.0 This has mediocre stats, but an ETB ability that often lets you attack more effectively. Still, it is pretty replaceable and not remotely impressive.
Aether Tradewinds image 1.0 This effect is supposed to be here to help you abuse ETB abilities, but it often just isn’t worth going down a card to do this.
Aether Chaser image 3.5 This has great stats to begin with, so adding the ability to make Servo tokens is great. A 2/1 first striker is often relevant pretty much all game, whether you’re the one attacking or blocking, so having that Energy/servo upside is great, especially because going wide is very viable in this set.
Chandra's Revolution image 3.0 4 mana for 4 damage at Sorcery speed isn’t the most amazing thing, and the land tap down part of the card doesn’t give it much of an upgrade. Still, it is reasonably efficient removal.
Destructive Tampering image 0.5 // 2.5 This looks like something you’d never play in most formats, but two things make this actually an okay card in really aggressive decks. One of these is simply the fact that it often has targets to destroy with the first option, the other is just that turning off (almost) all blockers is often enough for the aggro decks to finish off an opponent who has stabilized. You really only want it in that one deck, but you’re kind of always on the look out for that one copy if that’s what your deck looks like.
Renegade Map image 3.0 This card might not look very exciting, but it does a whole lot! It does stuff with your Artifact synergies, can set up Revolt for free, lets you play fewer lands, and helps you splash.
Pack 2 Pick 4: Leave in the Dust
Paradoxical Outcome image 0.0 This card is pretty much impossible to make work in Limited.
Weldfast Engineer image 3.5 This asks not only for Artifacts, but artifact creatures in particular. However, you’ll have them in this format, since there are lots of Servos among the other artifacts. And, making a servo into a 3/1 every turn can be a real problem for your opponent on many board states.
Cogworker's Puzzleknot image 2.5 This can really help you go wide in a hurry, which is useful for White decks, and it also gives you two artifacts on turn two, which can really help out cards with Improvise.
Reservoir Walker image 1.5 3 life and 3 energy isn’t really enough to offset the bad stats this has. It isn’t unplayable, but you won’t play it very often.
Precise Strike image 1.5 This is one mana, and can help enough creatures win combat that it is a semi-reasonable inclusion in aggro decks.
Eager Construct image 1.5 If you need a two drop or an Artifact, you could do worse.
Highspire Infusion image 1.5 Even with the Energy, this is a pretty mediocre trick.
Foundry Screecher image 2.5 This has passable stats to begin with, and becomes a 3/1 flyer for 3 if you have an Artifact, and that’s a pretty legitimate threat in the air.
Fragmentize image 2.0 This is actually mainboardable in this format, as there are plenty of targets for it. In an ideal world, you probably start it in your sideboard in best of 3, though.
Implement of Malice image 2.0 If you consistently can use this to make an opponent discard and you draw, it feels alright. It just won’t always do that. Still, at least it isn’t blank in the late game, since you can basically cash it in for a card. It also gets revolt going.
Leave in the Dust image 2.5 Bounce + Draw a card is pretty solid, since it actually lets you go 1-for-1 with your opponent in addition to the tempo.
Pack 2 Pick 5: Fabrication Module
Ceremonious Rejection image 0.5 Even in a format with this many Artifacts, this is mostly just too narrow to put in your main deck.
Fabrication Module image 3.5 If you’re good at making Energy, this is a pretty darn powerful payoff for it, as getting those +1/+1 counters is a big deal. In the late game, its ability basically gives you an energy AND a +1/+1 counter too, and that’s not a terrible mana sink.
Foundry Screecher image 2.5 This has passable stats to begin with, and becomes a 3/1 flyer for 3 if you have an Artifact, and that’s a pretty legitimate threat in the air.
Destructive Tampering image 0.5 // 2.5 This looks like something you’d never play in most formats, but two things make this actually an okay card in really aggressive decks. One of these is simply the fact that it often has targets to destroy with the first option, the other is just that turning off (almost) all blockers is often enough for the aggro decks to finish off an opponent who has stabilized. You really only want it in that one deck, but you’re kind of always on the look out for that one copy if that’s what your deck looks like.
Precise Strike image 1.5 This is one mana, and can help enough creatures win combat that it is a semi-reasonable inclusion in aggro decks.
Consulate Skygate image 0.5 Yeah, you mostly won’t play this. It just doesn’t do anything but block, and it doesn’t even do that very well.
Maulfist Squad image 2.5 Like most of the Fabricate creatures, this is pretty solid, as both options are pretty reasonable. A 4-mana 4/2 with Menace is nice on boards where you are the beat down and your opponent won’t be blocking it any time soon, and 4 mana for a 3/1 and a 1/1 is pretty good when you’re behind.
Inspired Charge image 0.5 // 2.5 You would definitely prefer to get Dawnfeather Eagle, but with all of the Servos in White, you end up going wide enough to make this work in a decent chunk of decks, and it can definitely sub in for the eagle in those decks. If you aren’t good at going wide, it is pretty unplayable.
Commencement of Festivities image 0.5 Fog is slightly better in this format than in most, where I would give it a 0.0. This is because there are decks in the format that try to win the game in a single swing either after pumping their whole board or casting Destructive Revelry, and siding this in against those decks is actually kind of reasonable.
Highspire Artisan image 2.5 The two choices you have here are pretty nice. A 3-mana ¼ with Reach can block a lot of stuff all game long while also turning on +1/+1 counter synergies, and a 3-mana 0/3 with Reach that also gives you a 1/1 token isn’t too shabby either.
Pack 2 Pick 6: Baral, Chief of Compliance
Baral, Chief of Compliance image 3.0 In Limited, this is mostly just a two mana 1/3 that decreases the cost of instants and sorceries – but the good news is that ability is actually pretty nice in most Blue decks in the format.
Siege Modification image 1.0 So, this is a crazy swingy card. If you get a vehicle down early and slap this on it, your opponent just dies if they don’t have an answer. Problem is, if they do have that answer, you probably lose as a result of the devastating 2-for-1 you just endured that probably left you with almost no board state. That’s generally too risky for me.
Subtle Strike image 2.5 This can often give you a 2-for-1 for only two mana, and that’s great! It won’t always line up that way, but even when it doesn’t it tends to do a pretty good job of making combat go your way.
Aether Inspector image 2.0 This whole cycle is pretty nice, but the Inspector is probably the worst of the bunch. It starts out with worse stats and feels a little bit overcosted. But still, it’s a reasonable playable.
Chandra's Revolution image 3.0 4 mana for 4 damage at Sorcery speed isn’t the most amazing thing, and the land tap down part of the card doesn’t give it much of an upgrade. Still, it is reasonably efficient removal.
Consulate Turret image 1.0 This format has some nice Energy payoffs. This isn’t one of them. Only hitting players is a big problem, and even though it can just tap to give you energy, it usually doesn’t feel like its worth a card.
Renegade Map image 3.0 This card might not look very exciting, but it does a whole lot! It does stuff with your Artifact synergies, can set up Revolt for free, lets you play fewer lands, and helps you splash.
Maulfist Squad image 2.5 Like most of the Fabricate creatures, this is pretty solid, as both options are pretty reasonable. A 4-mana 4/2 with Menace is nice on boards where you are the beat down and your opponent won’t be blocking it any time soon, and 4 mana for a 3/1 and a 1/1 is pretty good when you’re behind.
Ruinous Gremlin image 1.5 This is passable in your main deck because there are enough Artifacts it can target, but you sort of hope you have some better artifact hate.
Pack 2 Pick 7: Leave in the Dust
Veteran Motorist image 3.5 Most of the time, this will kill your opponent’s best creature and bolt your opponent in the face. If that’s not premium removal, I don’t know what is.
Ceremonious Rejection image 0.5 Even in a format with this many Artifacts, this is mostly just too narrow to put in your main deck.
Leave in the Dust image 2.5 Bounce + Draw a card is pretty solid, since it actually lets you go 1-for-1 with your opponent in addition to the tempo.
Built to Last image 2.0 This is a decent trick that gets even better if you’re rumbling with artifact creatures. It is a decent inclusion in aggro decks.
Self-Assembler image 0.5 // 3.0 If you have one Self Assembler, don’t play it. If you manage to get a second one, you’re actually kind of in business. A 5-mana 4/4 isn’t good, but it does draw you another one, and making sure you have those plays on back to back turns is pretty nice. Because of the mana cost running more than 3 probably isn’t a great idea, but chaining those three together is pretty nice, even with mediocre stats.
Appetite for the Unnatural image 2.0 This is a passable main deck card in this format since there are plenty of targets.
Precise Strike image 1.5 This is one mana, and can help enough creatures win combat that it is a semi-reasonable inclusion in aggro decks.
Herald of the Fair image 2.0 This has mediocre stats, but an ETB ability that often lets you attack more effectively. Still, it is pretty replaceable and not remotely impressive.
Pack 2 Pick 8: Weldfast Monitor
Pendulum of Patterns image 0.5 Yeah, this isn’t really worth it. Early on it gains you some life, but that doesn’t matter a whole lot in this format. Then, later, you can cash it in for a card for a wopping 5 mana. Even in a format that loves artifacts, there isn’t much of a reason to play this thing.
Appetite for the Unnatural image 2.0 This is a passable main deck card in this format since there are plenty of targets.
Precise Strike image 1.5 This is one mana, and can help enough creatures win combat that it is a semi-reasonable inclusion in aggro decks.
Weldfast Monitor image 2.5 Like the rest of this cycle, this is a pretty solid creature to have in your Red decks.
Fireforger's Puzzleknot image 1.5 So, this can kill a couple of X/1s or an X/2 for 4 mana. That’s not exactly incredible, but hey – its an artifact, and that helps elevate it a bit.
Alley Evasion image 1.0 This set does have lots of ETB abilities, but this card is still mostly just a dud. Both modes are underpowered and situational.
Tezzeret's Ambition image 1.5 This is a really clunky draw spell, but some decks will be interested in paying 5 to draw 3 with this.
Pack 2 Pick 9: Enraged Giant
Enraged Giant image 3.0 If you can cast this for either 4 or 5 mana, you generally feel pretty good about it. 4/4 is pretty nice size in this format.
Select for Inspection image 2.0 One mana to bounce a creature is a really good deal, even if it can only go after tapped creatures. It can give you some very nice tempo, and tacking on the Scry is nice additional upside.
Peema Outrider image 3.5 The choice between a 4-mana 4/4 Trample and a 4-mana 3/3 Trample with a 1/1 Servo token is a good decision to have to make, because either option is giving you a great deal.
Pendulum of Patterns image 0.5 Yeah, this isn’t really worth it. Early on it gains you some life, but that doesn’t matter a whole lot in this format. Then, later, you can cash it in for a card for a wopping 5 mana. Even in a format that loves artifacts, there isn’t much of a reason to play this thing.
Fragmentize image 2.0 This is actually mainboardable in this format, as there are plenty of targets for it. In an ideal world, you probably start it in your sideboard in best of 3, though.
Kujar Seedsculptor image 3.0 You have to be careful with this, because your opponent killing the creature you put the counter on will just blow you out of the game. However, when the coast is clear, permanently pumping a creature and killing an opposing creature is quite strong, especially in a set that has +1/+1 counter payoffs.
Pack 2 Pick 10: Hijack
Restoration Specialist image 2.5 Even in a set with this many Artifacts, you don’t often have one in your graveyard that is worth paying 4 mana to reanimate.
Dawnfeather Eagle image 3.5 This is one of the sets best Commons. It just has such a massive impact on virtually any board state, and that’s a lot to say about a Common! +1/+1 and Vigilance to your whole team while you also add a flying threat to the table is amazing. The stats boost + Vigilance makes it so you can suddenly attack your opponent, both because your creatures get larger and because they have vigilance, making it much harder for your opponent to kill you on the back swing. This is excellent top curve for aggressive White decks in this format, and the best decks often have at least two of these.
Rush of Vitality image 1.5 This is a decent trick that you’ll run in some of your aggro decks.
Hijack image 1.0 While there are aggressive decks in this format, I haven’t really found that Hijack is worth it most of the time, even in them. It is basically a blank card until you can use it to do lethal, and that’s too inconsistent.
Implement of Malice image 2.0 If you consistently can use this to make an opponent discard and you draw, it feels alright. It just won’t always do that. Still, at least it isn’t blank in the late game, since you can basically cash it in for a card. It also gets revolt going.
Pack 2 Pick 11: Aether Chaser
Aether Tradewinds image 1.0 This effect is supposed to be here to help you abuse ETB abilities, but it often just isn’t worth going down a card to do this.
Aether Chaser image 3.5 This has great stats to begin with, so adding the ability to make Servo tokens is great. A 2/1 first striker is often relevant pretty much all game, whether you’re the one attacking or blocking, so having that Energy/servo upside is great, especially because going wide is very viable in this set.
Chandra's Revolution image 3.0 4 mana for 4 damage at Sorcery speed isn’t the most amazing thing, and the land tap down part of the card doesn’t give it much of an upgrade. Still, it is reasonably efficient removal.
Destructive Tampering image 0.5 // 2.5 This looks like something you’d never play in most formats, but two things make this actually an okay card in really aggressive decks. One of these is simply the fact that it often has targets to destroy with the first option, the other is just that turning off (almost) all blockers is often enough for the aggro decks to finish off an opponent who has stabilized. You really only want it in that one deck, but you’re kind of always on the look out for that one copy if that’s what your deck looks like.
Pack 2 Pick 12: Precise Strike
Cogworker's Puzzleknot image 2.5 This can really help you go wide in a hurry, which is useful for White decks, and it also gives you two artifacts on turn two, which can really help out cards with Improvise.
Reservoir Walker image 1.5 3 life and 3 energy isn’t really enough to offset the bad stats this has. It isn’t unplayable, but you won’t play it very often.
Precise Strike image 1.5 This is one mana, and can help enough creatures win combat that it is a semi-reasonable inclusion in aggro decks.
Pack 2 Pick 13: Destructive Tampering
Siege Modification image 1.0 So, this is a crazy swingy card. If you get a vehicle down early and slap this on it, your opponent just dies if they don’t have an answer. Problem is, if they do have that answer, you probably lose as a result of the devastating 2-for-1 you just endured that probably left you with almost no board state. That’s generally too risky for me.
Pack 2 Pick 14: Siege Modification
Siege Modification image 1.0 So, this is a crazy swingy card. If you get a vehicle down early and slap this on it, your opponent just dies if they don’t have an answer. Problem is, if they do have that answer, you probably lose as a result of the devastating 2-for-1 you just endured that probably left you with almost no board state. That’s generally too risky for me.
Pack 3 Pick 1: Rishkar, Peema Renegade
Rishkar, Peema Renegade image 4.5 So, even if you only have one other creature, Rishkar will put a +1/+1 counter on that and one on himself, so he’ll be a 3/3 that adds a counter to the board on a creature that can attack right away! On top of that, all your +1/+1 counter creatures, including the ones he just made, can also tap for mana, helping you power out more powerful spells. Yeah, Rishkar is crazy good, and a frightening thing to see on turn three in this format.
Fabrication Module image 3.5 If you’re good at making Energy, this is a pretty darn powerful payoff for it, as getting those +1/+1 counters is a big deal. In the late game, its ability basically gives you an energy AND a +1/+1 counter too, and that’s not a terrible mana sink.
Thopter Arrest image 4.0 This can exile most stuff in the format very efficiently. And sure, if your opponent gets rid of it they get their card back, but you’ll still have disrupted them a ton and traded 1-for-1 in the process. And, oftentimes, they just can’t deal with it.
Outland Boar image 3.5 This definitely isn’t exciting but it has good stats and is hard to block, and that’s a nice thing to have in RG.
Nimble Innovator image 1.5 4-mana for a 2/2 is pretty ugly, but at least it draws you a card. It can give you a 2-for-1 often enough to make the cut sometimes.
Precise Strike image 1.5 This is one mana, and can help enough creatures win combat that it is a semi-reasonable inclusion in aggro decks.
Aviary Mechanic image 2.5 This has a solid baseline as a bear, and its ETB ability actually does something like half the time, and that’s pretty nice.
Fen Hauler image 2.5 This is a solid finisher for Black decks with a decent number of Artifacts. It is quite large, paying 5 for it is pretty realistic, and it can’t be blacked by a ton of creatures in the format, including most of the creature tokens.
Ornamental Courage image 1.0 This isn’t a great trick. The small power boost doesn’t help you win very many combats.
Aether Swooper image 3.5 This often feels like a two mana ½ that makes a 1/1 token on ETB, and that is a very powerful card. If you play this on turn two, you are virtually guaranteed to get that token, and if you can generate a little bit more Energy, it can really get going. It is also a great place to put Artificer’s Goggles!
Ruinous Gremlin image 1.5 This is passable in your main deck because there are enough Artifacts it can target, but you sort of hope you have some better artifact hate.
Prakhata Pillar-Bug image 2.5 Yet another efficient artifact creature that can gain a useful keyword, and yet another 2.5.
Kujar Seedsculptor image 3.0 You have to be careful with this, because your opponent killing the creature you put the counter on will just blow you out of the game. However, when the coast is clear, permanently pumping a creature and killing an opposing creature is quite strong, especially in a set that has +1/+1 counter payoffs.
Pendulum of Patterns image 0.5 Yeah, this isn’t really worth it. Early on it gains you some life, but that doesn’t matter a whole lot in this format. Then, later, you can cash it in for a card for a wopping 5 mana. Even in a format that loves artifacts, there isn’t much of a reason to play this thing.
Pack 3 Pick 2: Maverick Thopterist
Narnam Renegade image 2.5 This can trade with anything without Revolt, and with Revolt it also becomes a decent attacker.
Maverick Thopterist image 4.0 So even without Improvise, this would be a fairly solid card. 5 mana for a 2/2 and two 1/1 Thopters just isn’t that bad! And it comes with improvise, so you often end up paying 3 or 4 to add these three bodies to the board, and two of them have evasion! This is a very strong signpost uncommon.
Aether Meltdown image 3.0 This can pretty much shut down a lot of creatures – and vehicles – in the format for only two mana, while also giving you a bit of Energy to use with other cards. It is of course frustrating that things can still block once you use this, and that keeps it from being amazing, but it does a pretty good job.
Universal Solvent image 1.5 If you really need Artifacts and/or removal, you can play this, but most of the time you won’t.
Aether Poisoner image 3.5 This is another very good Common in this cycle. With death touch, it is a real pain to block or attack through, and that means it often has no problem making that 1/1 token. Attacking with it into a block and making that 1/1 feels pretty good, and it can obviously get even more out of hand!
Peema Outrider image 3.5 The choice between a 4-mana 4/4 Trample and a 4-mana 3/3 Trample with a 1/1 Servo token is a good decision to have to make, because either option is giving you a great deal.
Riparian Tiger image 2.0 This isn’t the greatest finisher ever for Green energy decks, but you could do worse too. Even without any other help, it is a 5-mana 4/4 Trampler that attacks as a 6/6 the first time it attacks, and that’s a creature that is very difficult to effectively block.
Mobile Garrison image 2.0 This isn’t as impressive stats-wise as some other vehicles, but it crews for 2 and untaps an artifact or creature when it attacks, which can include whatever crewed it, and that ends up being pretty decent.
Glint-Sleeve Artisan image 3.0 This is one of White’s best commons. A 3-mana 3/3 or a 3-mana 2/2 and a 1/1 is quite nice, especially because White has lots of ways to pay you off for going wide.
Select for Inspection image 2.0 One mana to bounce a creature is a really good deal, even if it can only go after tapped creatures. It can give you some very nice tempo, and tacking on the Scry is nice additional upside.
Revoke Privileges image 4.0 This is a really effective removal spell, capable of completely shutting down a whole lot of cards in the format for only three mana. The fact it stops Crewing from happening is really important.
Hijack image 1.0 While there are aggressive decks in this format, I haven’t really found that Hijack is worth it most of the time, even in them. It is basically a blank card until you can use it to do lethal, and that’s too inconsistent.
Bastion Mastodon image 2.5 Being an artifact matters in this set, and this offers a decent body that can gain Vigilance. Like the rest of this cycle, Bastion Mastodon is pretty solid.
Pack 3 Pick 3: Maulfist Revolutionary
Concealed Courtyard image 3.0 These give you good fixing and will come into play untapped in the early game, which is nice.
Maulfist Revolutionary image 4.0 This has great stats + trample, and also gives you extra +1/+1 counters and energy, both things Green decks are interested in.
Built to Smash image 2.0 This is a really nice trick for aggro decks, as +3/+3 for one mana is enough to win just about any combat. When you can give an artifact creature Trample, it feels especially absurd! Obviously, since the trick only works on attackers, you’ve really gotta be the beatdown to take advantage of it.
Lifecraft Cavalry image 2.0 This is kind of alright even when you don’t revolt, and pretty scary when you can. It isn’t terrible top curve.
Druid of the Cowl image 2.5 This has decent stats and ramps your mana, which makes it a solid card.
Daring Demolition image 4.0 4 mana to kill any creature or artifact is great in this format, even at Sorcery speed. This is premium removal.
Select for Inspection image 2.0 One mana to bounce a creature is a really good deal, even if it can only go after tapped creatures. It can give you some very nice tempo, and tacking on the Scry is nice additional upside.
Shipwreck Moray image 1.0 This probably isn’t the Energy payoff you were looking for. It has really mediocre starting stats, and takes a ton of energy to ever actually do anything.
Precise Strike image 1.5 This is one mana, and can help enough creatures win combat that it is a semi-reasonable inclusion in aggro decks.
Peema Outrider image 3.5 The choice between a 4-mana 4/4 Trample and a 4-mana 3/3 Trample with a 1/1 Servo token is a good decision to have to make, because either option is giving you a great deal.
Sage of Shaila's Claim image 1.5 Energy is important in this format and all, but this two drop still doesn’t usually feel like its worth the card.
Propeller Pioneer image 3.0 This is another nice card that really gets you going wide, and having the option to make it a 4-mana 3/2 Flyer when that’s what you need is pretty nice.
Pack 3 Pick 4: Ice Over
Sly Requisitioner image 2.0 I really wanted this to be awesome, because it seems like a lot of fun as a value-engine type card, but it just doesn’t get there as often as you’d like. It is expensive for such a mediocre statline, even with Improvise, and cranking out 1/1s with it is harder to do than you might think, especially because it only counts nontokens.
Embraal Bruiser image 3.0 This is often a two mana 3/1 with Menace, and that’s a pretty real threat – not just something your opponent can just disregard. It is hard to effectively stop this thing early.
Sky Skiff image 2.5 The mana and crew cost here are both quite low, and thanks to Flying this can attack pretty much all game long.
Eddytrail Hawk image 2.5 Giving other stuff flying can have a pretty big impact, and the Hawk can do it twice without any outside help, making it a decent card.
Fragmentize image 2.0 This is actually mainboardable in this format, as there are plenty of targets for it. In an ideal world, you probably start it in your sideboard in best of 3, though.
Ruinous Gremlin image 1.5 This is passable in your main deck because there are enough Artifacts it can target, but you sort of hope you have some better artifact hate.
Ice Over image 2.5 It is a bummer that this doesn’t tap down the thing you attach it too, but it is still some serviceable removal.
Inventor's Goggles image 3.0 This gives a kind of passable boost for the casting and Equip cost, but what really makes it a nice card is the fact that it equips for free to an Artificer when it enters the battlefield, and this format has a ton of them. Playing this on turn one and an Artificer on turn two happens all the time in this format, and is a pretty amazing start.
Fourth Bridge Prowler image 1.5 You can play this and kill something with the ETB a decent chunk of the time, but it does tend to get worse as the game goes on.
Cogworker's Puzzleknot image 2.5 This can really help you go wide in a hurry, which is useful for White decks, and it also gives you two artifacts on turn two, which can really help out cards with Improvise.
Tezzeret's Ambition image 1.5 This is a really clunky draw spell, but some decks will be interested in paying 5 to draw 3 with this.
Pack 3 Pick 5: Glimmer of Genius
Whir of Invention image 0.0 You just won’t have enough Artifacts or mana to make this worth it in Limited.
Glimmer of Genius image 3.0 Scry 2 + Draw 2 lets you see a large percentage of cards in your small Limited deck, and that’s great – and throwing in Energy definitely matters in this format.
Ornamental Courage image 1.0 This isn’t a great trick. The small power boost doesn’t help you win very many combats.
Chandra's Pyrohelix image 3.0 At worst, this kills an X/2 for two mana, which is fine – and sometimes you can take out 2 X/1s, which will feel amazing. It can also go after your opponent when necessary.
Self-Assembler image 0.5 // 3.0 If you have one Self Assembler, don’t play it. If you manage to get a second one, you’re actually kind of in business. A 5-mana 4/4 isn’t good, but it does draw you another one, and making sure you have those plays on back to back turns is pretty nice. Because of the mana cost running more than 3 probably isn’t a great idea, but chaining those three together is pretty nice, even with mediocre stats.
Weldfast Monitor image 2.5 Like the rest of this cycle, this is a pretty solid creature to have in your Red decks.
Shipwreck Moray image 1.0 This probably isn’t the Energy payoff you were looking for. It has really mediocre starting stats, and takes a ton of energy to ever actually do anything.
Impeccable Timing image 2.5 This is situational, but the format does have a significant number of small creatures, and people will inevitably be attacking or blocking, so you’ll find yourself playing this a decent chunk of the time.
Reckless Fireweaver image 2.5 This has alright stats and does often chip in a few damage with its ability, especially if you’re making servos.
Prakhata Pillar-Bug image 2.5 Yet another efficient artifact creature that can gain a useful keyword, and yet another 2.5.
Pack 3 Pick 6: Chandra's Pyrohelix
Servo Exhibition image 2.5 White really is loaded up with ways to go wide at the lower rarities, and this is another nice example of that.
Ravenous Intruder image 2.0 This is a pretty threatening attacker even with just a single artifact on the table, and if you have more, it can be a real problem for the opponent. Problem is, you don’t always have artifacts you want to give up to pump the Intruder.
Inspired Charge image 0.5 // 2.5 You would definitely prefer to get Dawnfeather Eagle, but with all of the Servos in White, you end up going wide enough to make this work in a decent chunk of decks, and it can definitely sub in for the eagle in those decks. If you aren’t good at going wide, it is pretty unplayable.
Chandra's Pyrohelix image 3.0 At worst, this kills an X/2 for two mana, which is fine – and sometimes you can take out 2 X/1s, which will feel amazing. It can also go after your opponent when necessary.
Live Fast image 2.0 Drawing some cards and getting some energy is something you’ll want in some Black decks, but not all of them.
Conviction image 1.0 This Aura just isn’t worth it. The stats boost isn’t great, and being able to return it to your hand doesn’t really help make it much better.
Prakhata Pillar-Bug image 2.5 Yet another efficient artifact creature that can gain a useful keyword, and yet another 2.5.
Ice Over image 2.5 It is a bummer that this doesn’t tap down the thing you attach it too, but it is still some serviceable removal.
Countless Gears Renegade image 2.5 You’ll get the 1/1 out of this like half the time, and it will feel great when you do. When that doesn’t work out, it will feel pretty mediocre.
Pack 3 Pick 7: Attune with Aether
Implement of Examination image 2.0 So, you basically pay a total of 4 mana for two cards, which isn’t completely terrible – and you can spread it out over a couple of turns. It is also an artifact, and one that can get Revolt going.
Glint-Sleeve Artisan image 3.0 This is one of White’s best commons. A 3-mana 3/3 or a 3-mana 2/2 and a 1/1 is quite nice, especially because White has lots of ways to pay you off for going wide.
Nimble Innovator image 1.5 4-mana for a 2/2 is pretty ugly, but at least it draws you a card. It can give you a 2-for-1 often enough to make the cut sometimes.
Attune with Aether image 3.0 This card is sneaky good. It is basically one mana to draw a card and gain two energy, and that’s a great deal. And sure, the card you draw is a land, but that’s fine! It basically lets you play fewer lands in your deck, gives you energy for all the cards that care about that and fixes your mana. It just does so much for only one Green.
Dawnfeather Eagle image 3.5 This is one of the sets best Commons. It just has such a massive impact on virtually any board state, and that’s a lot to say about a Common! +1/+1 and Vigilance to your whole team while you also add a flying threat to the table is amazing. The stats boost + Vigilance makes it so you can suddenly attack your opponent, both because your creatures get larger and because they have vigilance, making it much harder for your opponent to kill you on the back swing. This is excellent top curve for aggressive White decks in this format, and the best decks often have at least two of these.
Lathnu Sailback image 0.5 You’re almost never desperate enough to stick this in your deck. A 5-mana 5/4 just doesn’t do anything in this format.
Bastion Mastodon image 2.5 Being an artifact matters in this set, and this offers a decent body that can gain Vigilance. Like the rest of this cycle, Bastion Mastodon is pretty solid.
Built to Last image 2.0 This is a decent trick that gets even better if you’re rumbling with artifact creatures. It is a decent inclusion in aggro decks.
Pack 3 Pick 8: Narnam Cobra
Aviary Mechanic image 2.5 This has a solid baseline as a bear, and its ETB ability actually does something like half the time, and that’s pretty nice.
Narnam Cobra image 2.5 Like the rest of this cycle, this is reasonably costed, is an artifact, and can gain a useful keyword. In this case, it can trade.
Frontline Rebel image 2.0 The aggressive decks in the format tend to feel fine about including this in their deck, even if it is a 3-mana 3/3 with downside.
Nimble Innovator image 1.5 4-mana for a 2/2 is pretty ugly, but at least it draws you a card. It can give you a 2-for-1 often enough to make the cut sometimes.
Aether Tradewinds image 1.0 This effect is supposed to be here to help you abuse ETB abilities, but it often just isn’t worth going down a card to do this.
Rush of Vitality image 1.5 This is a decent trick that you’ll run in some of your aggro decks.
Fragmentize image 2.0 This is actually mainboardable in this format, as there are plenty of targets for it. In an ideal world, you probably start it in your sideboard in best of 3, though.
Pack 3 Pick 9: Aether Swooper
Nimble Innovator image 1.5 4-mana for a 2/2 is pretty ugly, but at least it draws you a card. It can give you a 2-for-1 often enough to make the cut sometimes.
Precise Strike image 1.5 This is one mana, and can help enough creatures win combat that it is a semi-reasonable inclusion in aggro decks.
Fen Hauler image 2.5 This is a solid finisher for Black decks with a decent number of Artifacts. It is quite large, paying 5 for it is pretty realistic, and it can’t be blacked by a ton of creatures in the format, including most of the creature tokens.
Ornamental Courage image 1.0 This isn’t a great trick. The small power boost doesn’t help you win very many combats.
Aether Swooper image 3.5 This often feels like a two mana ½ that makes a 1/1 token on ETB, and that is a very powerful card. If you play this on turn two, you are virtually guaranteed to get that token, and if you can generate a little bit more Energy, it can really get going. It is also a great place to put Artificer’s Goggles!
Pendulum of Patterns image 0.5 Yeah, this isn’t really worth it. Early on it gains you some life, but that doesn’t matter a whole lot in this format. Then, later, you can cash it in for a card for a wopping 5 mana. Even in a format that loves artifacts, there isn’t much of a reason to play this thing.
Pack 3 Pick 10: Select for Inspection
Universal Solvent image 1.5 If you really need Artifacts and/or removal, you can play this, but most of the time you won’t.
Mobile Garrison image 2.0 This isn’t as impressive stats-wise as some other vehicles, but it crews for 2 and untaps an artifact or creature when it attacks, which can include whatever crewed it, and that ends up being pretty decent.
Glint-Sleeve Artisan image 3.0 This is one of White’s best commons. A 3-mana 3/3 or a 3-mana 2/2 and a 1/1 is quite nice, especially because White has lots of ways to pay you off for going wide.
Select for Inspection image 2.0 One mana to bounce a creature is a really good deal, even if it can only go after tapped creatures. It can give you some very nice tempo, and tacking on the Scry is nice additional upside.
Bastion Mastodon image 2.5 Being an artifact matters in this set, and this offers a decent body that can gain Vigilance. Like the rest of this cycle, Bastion Mastodon is pretty solid.
Pack 3 Pick 11: Select for Inspection
Select for Inspection image 2.0 One mana to bounce a creature is a really good deal, even if it can only go after tapped creatures. It can give you some very nice tempo, and tacking on the Scry is nice additional upside.
Shipwreck Moray image 1.0 This probably isn’t the Energy payoff you were looking for. It has really mediocre starting stats, and takes a ton of energy to ever actually do anything.
Precise Strike image 1.5 This is one mana, and can help enough creatures win combat that it is a semi-reasonable inclusion in aggro decks.
Sage of Shaila's Claim image 1.5 Energy is important in this format and all, but this two drop still doesn’t usually feel like its worth the card.
Pack 3 Pick 12: Ruinous Gremlin
Fragmentize image 2.0 This is actually mainboardable in this format, as there are plenty of targets for it. In an ideal world, you probably start it in your sideboard in best of 3, though.
Ruinous Gremlin image 1.5 This is passable in your main deck because there are enough Artifacts it can target, but you sort of hope you have some better artifact hate.
Fourth Bridge Prowler image 1.5 You can play this and kill something with the ETB a decent chunk of the time, but it does tend to get worse as the game goes on.
Pack 3 Pick 13: Weldfast Monitor
Weldfast Monitor image 2.5 Like the rest of this cycle, this is a pretty solid creature to have in your Red decks.
Shipwreck Moray image 1.0 This probably isn’t the Energy payoff you were looking for. It has really mediocre starting stats, and takes a ton of energy to ever actually do anything.
Pack 3 Pick 14: Inspired Charge
Inspired Charge image 0.5 // 2.5 You would definitely prefer to get Dawnfeather Eagle, but with all of the Servos in White, you end up going wide enough to make this work in a decent chunk of decks, and it can definitely sub in for the eagle in those decks. If you aren’t good at going wide, it is pretty unplayable.
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