Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: While effects that make something unable to block play pretty well in this format, the Cerodon is a little too expensive to be in the same class as something like Ahn-Crop Crasher.

Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This has a baseline of a 2-mana 2/2 and it has some very real upside. This set is loaded up with Zombies – and remember, anything that is Embalmed comes back as a zombie too, so the Binding Mummy tends to be quite good at tapping down blockers and letting you go all out.

Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This X-costed planeswalker can come down whenever you want her too, and she packs some pretty nice abilities. Her +2 doesn’t net you a card or anything, but it does Scry 2, which is some nice selection. Her 0 ability does net you cards, and can even put some into play for free! Meanwhile, her ultimate is quite easy to reach, and it can do 10 damage to your opponent out of nowhere, which is often enough to just end the game. She is challenging to take over the game with all alone though, and for that reason I don’t think she’s quite a bomb.

Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: One blue mana for Scry 3 isn’t a complete disaster…though it certainly isn’t good either. Ideally, you want to cast both of these halves together, because individually they just aren’t guaranteed to do much. If you cast them together, you can make sure you get a creature card with Believe. That said, even when you do manage to do that, chances aren’t amazing that the six mana you just paid was worth the creature in the first place, so it isn’t like you’re getting an amazing deal or anything.

Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: A 3-mana 2/3 that gains you 2 life is a decent card. Adding Eternalize to the mix is what really makes this a nice card, since it will come back as a 4/4 that gains you 4 life. And sure, you do have to discard a card unlike most Eternalize Effects, but you also pay only 4 mana for that copy, and that’s actually pretty incredible. All these Embalm/Eternalize effects just give you great value over the course of the game.

Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: This is too difficult to get going in Limited.

Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: Like a lot of these Exert creatures, once this starts Exerting itself, it is difficult to block effectively, and a 4/3 with Menace can do a ton of damage in a hurry.

Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This set has a decent number of Minotaurs, so granting First Strike to other cards isn’t exactly far-fetched. But, even if your deck has 0 other minotaurs, Neheb is a 3-mana 2/2 with First Strike that becomes a 4/2 when you have few enough cards and it makes the opponent discard every time it hits them, and that’s pretty sweet.

Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This is premium removal that comes with the minor upside of Cycling. Normally in Limited, you won’t be Cycling this of course, since it is likely one of your best cards and it can answer almost anything. However, sometimes you end up stuck on two lands or something, and being able to cycle this away in that desperate situation definitely matters.

Pro Rating: 1.0
Pro Comment: This format has a lot of graveyard stuff, but you still mostly won’t play this. The only reason it isn’t just a sideboard card is because of Cycling.

Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: Sometimes this will get a blocker out of the way and damage your opponent, and suddenly their dead to an Alpha strike. That makes it a reasonable inclusion in aggressive decks, especially because it will always have a pretty decent effect in those decks.

Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: Being able to counter any spell without leaving mana up can definitely feel pretty good, but of course this isn’t quite as flexible as that sounds, since you’d better have 5 mana in play on your next turn, or you risk losing the game.

Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: This is far too difficult to set up in Limited.

Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This has nice stats as a 4-mana 4/4, and its exert ability has some nice uses. One can simply use it to grant the other creatures something akin to vigilance, or more ideally, you can use it to untap exerted creatures, who will then be able to exert themselves and become better attackers on a subsequent turn.

Pro Rating: 5.0
Pro Comment: Hazoret’s requirement to attack or block is something that just tends to happen in the later part of the game, even without using Hazoret’s ability. And, an indestructible 5/4 with Haste can attack and block well pretty much all game long. So yeah, you’re not normally going to drop it on turn four and be able to rumble right away, but it will be active before long, in addition to Shocking your opponent with any card you draw that isn’t useful. Hazoret’s a bomb.

Pro Rating: 5.0
Pro Comment: A 5-mana 5/4 Flyer is great, and the Archfiend comes with an absolutely insane cycling/discard payoff. -1/-1 to only your opponent’s side of the table is great, and can really bust open just about any combat, in addition to straight up killing all of their X/1s. In short, this can destroy your opponent in the air with its efficient flying body, and it can wreak havoc on their board in general. That’s certainly a bomb.

Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This is a nice Zombie lord. It has okay stats and will often impact the board immediately – having the option of giving all your undead guys Menace is some nice added upside too.

Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: This is a decent trick. The small toughness boost is a bit of a bummer, and means that sometimes you won’t be able to avert a 2-for-1 when you use it, but it can also result in a ton of unexpected damage for your opponent.

Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This is mostly just a creature with nice vanilla stats, which is a nice thing to have, but not something that is especially impactful.