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The Brothers' War Limited Quiz

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Goblin Blast-Runner
Average Picked At: 9.03
Total Times Picked: 138
Average Last Seen At: 8.46
Total Times Seen 1112
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This seems like a pretty nice sacrifice payoff at Common. A 3/2 with Menace can swing effectively for a long time, and sometimes it will be bigger! At the same time, it will also be a ½ a decent chunk of the time, and that’s not so good
Argoth, Sanctum of Nature
Average Picked At: 4.56
Total Times Picked: 16
Average Last Seen At: 3.87
Total Times Seen 60
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: Again, you won’t really be able to make the Meld happen very often in Limited, but the card is pretty good all on its own, so that’s okay! It will enter tapped most of the time, but the ability to generate creature tokens is pretty massive, as it lets this land add to the board in a very real way. Green/Black decks in the format love milling themselves too, although sometimes the mill part of this card will feel more like a downside than an upside. Still, you can take this pretty early – it just generates so much value for a card in the land slot
Mightstone's Animation
Average Picked At: 7.89
Total Times Picked: 157
Average Last Seen At: 7.33
Total Times Seen 904
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: In most formats this kind of effect is overwhelming, but THIS format has a ton of Powerstones running around, and paying 4 to make one into a 4/4 is definitely something you can do, especially because this can replace itself. In a pinch, you can even put it on something that is already a creature, but generally for full value you’ll want to stick this on a powerstone or other noncreature artifact, as that is far more of an upgrade. The card draw effect will also trigger the draw 2 payoffs for the Blue-Black deck.
Tower Worker
Average Picked At: 8.38
Total Times Picked: 90
Average Last Seen At: 7.52
Total Times Seen 965
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: Ramp is a real thing in this format, so this will certainly be seeing some play. Getting the other two Assembly-Workers in play at the same time is a fun goal, but don’t count on it
Gixian Infiltrator
Average Picked At: 7.92
Total Times Picked: 112
Average Last Seen At: 7.65
Total Times Seen 971
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is a solid, if unexciting sacrifice payoff that will work especially well in the Black/Red deck. It starts with decent stats and a few counters are enough to make it a threat
Drafna, Founder of Lat-Nam
Average Picked At: 2.30
Total Times Picked: 10
Average Last Seen At: 2.57
Total Times Seen 37
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: This has decent base stats, and a couple of nice abilities that work well together. The idea is, you’ll use the first ability to bounce an artifact to your hand, and then ont he next turn make a copy of that artifact when you cast it again. Now, three mana is a pretty big cost to play to make a dual copy, but in the late game Drafna is going to do stuff that really wins you the game, and it is also fine on turn two.
Tocasia's Welcome
Average Picked At: 2.20
Total Times Picked: 15
Average Last Seen At: 2.46
Total Times Seen 28
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This is a pretty nice engine if you have a bunch of cards that can trigger it. Luckily, it counts creature tokens as well as creature cards with a low mana value, so building around it seems pretty doable. The turn you play it will be kind of miserable sometimes, and it never actually adds to the board, and those are both problems – and even drawing like 2 cards of it won’t feel insane, since it is basically Divination at that point
Harbin, Vanguard Aviator
Average Picked At: 2.29
Total Times Picked: 17
Average Last Seen At: 3.14
Total Times Seen 39
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: This has a great baseline as a two mana 3/2 Flyer, and it slots perfectly into the UW deck in the format, which is soldier tribal! You will generally only need to trigger this once and it will probably win you the game, and that seems fairly doable
Steel Exemplar
Average Picked At: 6.20
Total Times Picked: 45
Average Last Seen At: 4.85
Total Times Seen 259
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: This is going to be easier to play as a 6/6 Trampler than you might think – once again, because of powerstones! Obviously most Limited decks are two colors, so your mana base probably can’t support doing this all on its own, but if you have a few powerstones in play, it becomes much easier to cast this at full size. The fail case isn’t the worst thing ever either
Sibling Rivalry
Average Picked At: 10.81
Total Times Picked: 119
Average Last Seen At: 9.27
Total Times Seen 1224
Pro Rating: 0.5 // 3.0
Pro Comment: This format has a very real Sacrifice deck in it, meaning that Sibling Rivalry is going to be pretty well-positioned, as the best thing to do with these is to steal an opposing creature or artifact and sacrifice it to one of your sacrifice outlets – like the Minotaur we saw earlier. This also gives you a powerstone, which gives you something else to sacrifice in many cases! This is definitely a build around, as it isn’t very good in just any deck in the format
Gurgling Anointer
Average Picked At: 4.70
Total Times Picked: 60
Average Last Seen At: 3.93
Total Times Seen 205
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This is a very impressive Uncommon. The Blue-Black deck in the format is all about drawing extra cards and getting value out of it, and this is going to be your premier payoff for doing so, because its crazy! Not only does it get larger and larger – which is great on a Flyer – it also lets you reanimate something when it dies. Directly to the board! And sure, your creature needs to have high enough power to make it happen, but because it is “less than or equal to” just getting it to 2 power will often allow you to reap the benefits and get that 2-for-1. So yeah, if it stays in play it wins the game by attacking, and if your opponent deals with it they get 2-for-1’d. Yeah, I wouldn’t have been surprised if this were a rare – but its an Uncommon..one that I think is better than most rares.
Cityscape Leveler
Average Picked At: 1.25
Total Times Picked: 8
Average Last Seen At: 1.25
Total Times Seen 8
Pro Rating: 4.5
Pro Comment: This costs a lot, but it won’t be quite as hard to cast as it looks thanks to power stones! And that’s good, because this thing is pretty dang powerful. Your opponent might get a power stone back, but destroying a nonland permanent on being cast and when it attacks is going to quickly become a problem for them, and it even comes with Unearth – so even if they do manage to deal with this thing, they’re going to end up losing at least one more permanent. In most formats something that costs 8 mana wouldn’t really be a bomb because the mana would be too challenging, but in this one it is a bomb – power stones really change things
Yotian Medic
Average Picked At: 11.21
Total Times Picked: 81
Average Last Seen At: 8.82
Total Times Seen 1154
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is a solid little defensive creature. It can block for a lot of the game while giving you back some life, which is certainly going to be a pain for aggro decks
Fog of War
Average Picked At: 14.13
Total Times Picked: 99
Average Last Seen At: 11.75
Total Times Seen 1476
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: Fogs are unplayable in Limited. You spend a card to delay the inevitable in most cases.
Argothian Sprite
Average Picked At: 6.73
Total Times Picked: 131
Average Last Seen At: 6.33
Total Times Seen 825
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: This is better than it looks. There are lots of Artifact creatures in the set, including most of the format’s creature tokens, so this will be a nice attacker on many boards. Then, in the mid-to-late game you can buff it to make sure it stays relevant. As I’ve been saying, power stones make an ability like this easier to use than it looks! This looks like a quality two-drop for Green decks int he format
Monastery Swiftspear
Average Picked At: 7.36
Total Times Picked: 53
Average Last Seen At: 5.93
Total Times Seen 307
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: This is a pretty spicy reprint for constructed! It isn’t nearly as good in Limited, though. It just isn’t that easy to load up on enough spells to trigger it, and it also has diminishing returns as the game goes on. That said it is still solid, just not “one of the best Limited one drops ever” good
Thran Spider
Average Picked At: 1.75
Total Times Picked: 16
Average Last Seen At: 1.71
Total Times Seen 26
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: It starts with solid stats, and it ramps your mana! It is a little unfortunate your opponent gets a powerstone too, and they will be able to use their much sooner than you can use yours, since they get to untap it on their turn. However, I think the spider’s ability really makes up for that, since it will be able to draw you cards pretty consistently, and your Powerstones can help pay for it
Go for the Throat
Average Picked At: 2.65
Total Times Picked: 54
Average Last Seen At: 2.58
Total Times Seen 110
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: As usual, this is a premium removal spell. Yes, the set has lots of Artifact creatures – but that was true last time we saw this card too. It still kills 80+% of the creatures in the set at a very efficient rate
Shoot Down
Average Picked At: 8.62
Total Times Picked: 138
Average Last Seen At: 7.99
Total Times Seen 1045
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: This has a whole lot of targets in this format. It is a bit clunky as a 4 mana Sorcery, but it just feels like this will be able to deal with enough permanents in this format that I like the first copy in most Green decks
Mine Worker
Average Picked At: 10.65
Total Times Picked: 94
Average Last Seen At: 8.20
Total Times Seen 1059
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: If this format had a life gain deck, it would be way better. As is, it is fairly mediocre, as it has poor stats and an ability that doesn’t really do enough. Obviously if you can get the Tron going here you’re going to be happier, but even with all three at Common, I wouldn’t count on that
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