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The Brothers' War Retro Artifacts Limited Quiz
Answered: 0/20
Accuracy: 0
Accuracy: 0
Average Picked At: 1.00
Total Times Picked: 2
Average Last Seen At: 1.50
Total Times Seen 4
Total Times Picked: 2
Average Last Seen At: 1.50
Total Times Seen 4
Pro Rating: 4.5
Pro Comment: Making it so you can’t lose and your opponent can’t win is pretty oppressive, and the Angel can even help you win the game with its 4/4 flying body. The downside of the card is always the massive mana investment coupled with the fact that it dies to a whole lot of stuff, and while the latter is still going to be true, the mana will be easier to come by in this format than normal. If she sticks around, your opponent just can’t win – obviously – and that’s enough for her to get into the lower bomb range. She doe still die to a lot, and gives you absolutely 0 value in situations where your opponent untaps and kills her, and that keeps her from being completely absurd. But she’s still great
Pro Comment: Making it so you can’t lose and your opponent can’t win is pretty oppressive, and the Angel can even help you win the game with its 4/4 flying body. The downside of the card is always the massive mana investment coupled with the fact that it dies to a whole lot of stuff, and while the latter is still going to be true, the mana will be easier to come by in this format than normal. If she sticks around, your opponent just can’t win – obviously – and that’s enough for her to get into the lower bomb range. She doe still die to a lot, and gives you absolutely 0 value in situations where your opponent untaps and kills her, and that keeps her from being completely absurd. But she’s still great
Average Picked At: 7.21
Total Times Picked: 48
Average Last Seen At: 5.62
Total Times Seen 298
Total Times Picked: 48
Average Last Seen At: 5.62
Total Times Seen 298
Pro Rating: 0.0 // 3.0
Pro Comment: Last time we saw this, it was the only Assembly-Worker in the set, so you needed multiple copies of it to get it going – and that was actually fairly doable. And a 5-mana 4/4 that draws you another 5-mana 4/4 is pretty nice in Limited. Efficiency matters in Limited, but outcarding your opponent matters a lot too, so the inefficiency didn’t matter! In this set, there are plenty of other assembly-workers for you to search up, so it is probably even better! It does need a build around grade, as you don’t want to play this if you have 0 Assembly-Workers to search up, and even just having one other assembly-worker can be a little sketchy, as once you draw them both you’re kind of in trouble. So, you really need 2+ assembly-workers to get this going – but the good news is, that’s doable
Pro Comment: Last time we saw this, it was the only Assembly-Worker in the set, so you needed multiple copies of it to get it going – and that was actually fairly doable. And a 5-mana 4/4 that draws you another 5-mana 4/4 is pretty nice in Limited. Efficiency matters in Limited, but outcarding your opponent matters a lot too, so the inefficiency didn’t matter! In this set, there are plenty of other assembly-workers for you to search up, so it is probably even better! It does need a build around grade, as you don’t want to play this if you have 0 Assembly-Workers to search up, and even just having one other assembly-worker can be a little sketchy, as once you draw them both you’re kind of in trouble. So, you really need 2+ assembly-workers to get this going – but the good news is, that’s doable
Average Picked At: 5.22
Total Times Picked: 9
Average Last Seen At: 4.33
Total Times Seen 59
Total Times Picked: 9
Average Last Seen At: 4.33
Total Times Seen 59
Pro Rating: 0.5
Pro Comment: Mill strategies are often bad in Limited, but this is one that might have some uses in the format, especially if you’re playing against the Black/Green self-mill deck, which will rapidly load its graveyard, allowing you to mill them out with one or two uses of this thing. Still, it costs a ton of mana to play and a ton of mana to activate, and sometimes won’t do anything at all! It is probably just a sideboard card – and not even that good of one.
Pro Comment: Mill strategies are often bad in Limited, but this is one that might have some uses in the format, especially if you’re playing against the Black/Green self-mill deck, which will rapidly load its graveyard, allowing you to mill them out with one or two uses of this thing. Still, it costs a ton of mana to play and a ton of mana to activate, and sometimes won’t do anything at all! It is probably just a sideboard card – and not even that good of one.
Average Picked At: 2.00
Total Times Picked: 10
Average Last Seen At: 2.13
Total Times Seen 23
Total Times Picked: 10
Average Last Seen At: 2.13
Total Times Seen 23
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: There’s really only one tribal deck in the format – UW Soldiers - and this will definitely fit in nicely there. However, you might be surprised how easily this can fit into other decks too – the format also has tons of humans and Phyrexians! I think that probably means this will work out often enough to value fairly highly.
Pro Comment: There’s really only one tribal deck in the format – UW Soldiers - and this will definitely fit in nicely there. However, you might be surprised how easily this can fit into other decks too – the format also has tons of humans and Phyrexians! I think that probably means this will work out often enough to value fairly highly.
Average Picked At: 2.91
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 2.23
Total Times Seen 27
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 2.23
Total Times Seen 27
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: If you can have this trade and get you an artifact back, you’re going to feel pretty good about it – and that isn’t an insanely tall order. It obviously gets better if you can trade other artifacts and get back value, and if you can combine it with sacrifice effects – which this format has – it gets even sillier. Basically, this is a 3-mana 3/2 with fairly attainable 2-for-1 upside.
Pro Comment: If you can have this trade and get you an artifact back, you’re going to feel pretty good about it – and that isn’t an insanely tall order. It obviously gets better if you can trade other artifacts and get back value, and if you can combine it with sacrifice effects – which this format has – it gets even sillier. Basically, this is a 3-mana 3/2 with fairly attainable 2-for-1 upside.
Average Picked At: 4.29
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 3.45
Total Times Seen 38
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 3.45
Total Times Seen 38
Pro Rating: 1.0 // 3.0
Pro Comment: In the right deck, this makes any creature into a threat that just can’t be blocked effectively, and luckily this format does have a deck interested in instants and sorceries – and there is also a pretty hefty self-mill theme. It is definitely a build around, because this is bad if you aren’t granting a significant power boost to go with the first strike.
Pro Comment: In the right deck, this makes any creature into a threat that just can’t be blocked effectively, and luckily this format does have a deck interested in instants and sorceries – and there is also a pretty hefty self-mill theme. It is definitely a build around, because this is bad if you aren’t granting a significant power boost to go with the first strike.
Average Picked At: 6.33
Total Times Picked: 3
Average Last Seen At: 6.27
Total Times Seen 27
Total Times Picked: 3
Average Last Seen At: 6.27
Total Times Seen 27
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: There aren’t enough legendary creatures in this format for you to ever play this here.
Pro Comment: There aren’t enough legendary creatures in this format for you to ever play this here.
Average Picked At: 5.00
Total Times Picked: 3
Average Last Seen At: 3.94
Total Times Seen 17
Total Times Picked: 3
Average Last Seen At: 3.94
Total Times Seen 17
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This is a lot of mana of course, but it is also quite the reset button, as it rids the board of all permanents apart from lands, and it even exiles them! The effect is almost unrivaled in its ability to change the state of the game, and power stones make it more doable. All that good stuff out of the way, it does still have the very real problem of being bad in situations where you’re ahead of your opponent or at parity – but it is just about the best thing you can do when you’re behind.
Pro Comment: This is a lot of mana of course, but it is also quite the reset button, as it rids the board of all permanents apart from lands, and it even exiles them! The effect is almost unrivaled in its ability to change the state of the game, and power stones make it more doable. All that good stuff out of the way, it does still have the very real problem of being bad in situations where you’re ahead of your opponent or at parity – but it is just about the best thing you can do when you’re behind.
Average Picked At: 2.20
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 1.92
Total Times Seen 12
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 1.92
Total Times Seen 12
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: This can churn out some beefy tokens, and that’s something made a bit easier by power stones. It does cost a fair bit of mana to get it going, but it does become a pretty nice engine before long.
Pro Comment: This can churn out some beefy tokens, and that’s something made a bit easier by power stones. It does cost a fair bit of mana to get it going, but it does become a pretty nice engine before long.
Average Picked At: 9.67
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.65
Total Times Seen 87
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.65
Total Times Seen 87
Pro Rating: 0.0 // 3.5
Pro Comment: There are ways to gain life in this format, and I think there are actually enough of them that this isn’t a straight up F. It will be an F in most decks in the format, but if you have 5+ ways to gain life – especially if those ways are repeatable – this can draw you a ton of cards, and powerstones will make it easier for you to pay the cost. It is a bit of a bummer that this is the only life gain payoff in the deck, making it less organic for you to find somewhere to play this.
Pro Comment: There are ways to gain life in this format, and I think there are actually enough of them that this isn’t a straight up F. It will be an F in most decks in the format, but if you have 5+ ways to gain life – especially if those ways are repeatable – this can draw you a ton of cards, and powerstones will make it easier for you to pay the cost. It is a bit of a bummer that this is the only life gain payoff in the deck, making it less organic for you to find somewhere to play this.
Average Picked At: 13.26
Total Times Picked: 38
Average Last Seen At: 9.60
Total Times Seen 547
Total Times Picked: 38
Average Last Seen At: 9.60
Total Times Seen 547
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: You don’t want to be doing this. For the most part, this effect is meaningless! There are of course some cornercases – like if you have a card that destroys artifacts you can make it destroy any permanent – or if you need another artifact in play for some effect it can do that, but there’s a reason I said “corner cases.” This just doesn’t do enough.
Pro Comment: You don’t want to be doing this. For the most part, this effect is meaningless! There are of course some cornercases – like if you have a card that destroys artifacts you can make it destroy any permanent – or if you need another artifact in play for some effect it can do that, but there’s a reason I said “corner cases.” This just doesn’t do enough.
Average Picked At: 7.34
Total Times Picked: 47
Average Last Seen At: 5.27
Total Times Seen 298
Total Times Picked: 47
Average Last Seen At: 5.27
Total Times Seen 298
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is another artifact that replaces itself, making it useful in the format. It also hates on the graveyard – something else of value in a format with Unearth and a couple of graveyard decks. You can main deck this pretty happily
Pro Comment: This is another artifact that replaces itself, making it useful in the format. It also hates on the graveyard – something else of value in a format with Unearth and a couple of graveyard decks. You can main deck this pretty happily
Average Picked At: 12.57
Total Times Picked: 21
Average Last Seen At: 8.17
Total Times Seen 430
Total Times Picked: 21
Average Last Seen At: 8.17
Total Times Seen 430
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: 0 mana artifacts are exciting for constructed, but they aren’t nearly as good in Limited because what you get is usually a card that isn’t worth an entire card – and that’s definitely what Bone Saw is. Especially in a set without any real equipment theme. Playing this will feel like you took a mulligan
Pro Comment: 0 mana artifacts are exciting for constructed, but they aren’t nearly as good in Limited because what you get is usually a card that isn’t worth an entire card – and that’s definitely what Bone Saw is. Especially in a set without any real equipment theme. Playing this will feel like you took a mulligan
Average Picked At: 9.20
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 4.95
Total Times Seen 46
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 4.95
Total Times Seen 46
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: Two to play and two to equip for this bonus is probably a 1.5, but this format actually has some stuff going on that makes this interesting. While you can’t go full on Thopter-Sword combo, the format does have a lot of 1/1 creature tokens. So, sacrificing this to something in the Black-Red deck, and then making a creature token one way or another means you get it back and at that point you’ve gotten some nice value – and you can even sacrifice it again if you have the means.
Pro Comment: Two to play and two to equip for this bonus is probably a 1.5, but this format actually has some stuff going on that makes this interesting. While you can’t go full on Thopter-Sword combo, the format does have a lot of 1/1 creature tokens. So, sacrificing this to something in the Black-Red deck, and then making a creature token one way or another means you get it back and at that point you’ve gotten some nice value – and you can even sacrifice it again if you have the means.
Average Picked At: 9.78
Total Times Picked: 9
Average Last Seen At: 6.84
Total Times Seen 91
Total Times Picked: 9
Average Last Seen At: 6.84
Total Times Seen 91
Pro Rating: 0.5
Pro Comment: If you are a super heavy creature deck, the tax this puts on your opponent can be interesting, but ending up in such a deck is tough in Limited – and this is still something that doesn’t add to the board in a meaningful way
Pro Comment: If you are a super heavy creature deck, the tax this puts on your opponent can be interesting, but ending up in such a deck is tough in Limited – and this is still something that doesn’t add to the board in a meaningful way
Average Picked At: 12.48
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 7.71
Total Times Seen 469
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 7.71
Total Times Seen 469
Pro Rating: 1.0
Pro Comment: This is another 0 mana artifact that doesn’t really give you a full card of value. You just don’t get enough out of playing a 0/2 Flyer to make it worth the card, and that matters a ton in Limited. This can basically come down and chump block something – and sometimes you can equip it or give it some counters, which makes things more interesting – but that’s a lot of work to make a terrible card passable
Pro Comment: This is another 0 mana artifact that doesn’t really give you a full card of value. You just don’t get enough out of playing a 0/2 Flyer to make it worth the card, and that matters a ton in Limited. This can basically come down and chump block something – and sometimes you can equip it or give it some counters, which makes things more interesting – but that’s a lot of work to make a terrible card passable
Average Picked At: 10.33
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.80
Total Times Seen 88
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 5.80
Total Times Seen 88
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: 2-for-1ing yourself to get a discount on one type of spell isn’t what you want to be doing in Limited 99% of the time. You end up really putting yourself back, and only for a discount, which is basically never what you want to do
Pro Comment: 2-for-1ing yourself to get a discount on one type of spell isn’t what you want to be doing in Limited 99% of the time. You end up really putting yourself back, and only for a discount, which is basically never what you want to do
Average Picked At: 8.85
Total Times Picked: 53
Average Last Seen At: 6.48
Total Times Seen 383
Total Times Picked: 53
Average Last Seen At: 6.48
Total Times Seen 383
Pro Rating: 1.0
Pro Comment: It is surprisingly hard to set up this kind of mana ramp in Limited. This can get your mana going incredibly fast provided you have some early creatures, but that’s far from guaranteed, and then by the mid-to-late game it has waning usefulness
Pro Comment: It is surprisingly hard to set up this kind of mana ramp in Limited. This can get your mana going incredibly fast provided you have some early creatures, but that’s far from guaranteed, and then by the mid-to-late game it has waning usefulness
Average Picked At: 5.42
Total Times Picked: 12
Average Last Seen At: 3.58
Total Times Seen 55
Total Times Picked: 12
Average Last Seen At: 3.58
Total Times Seen 55
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: You won’t always actually do something with the ETB ability here, but when you do get to shut down activated abilities it feels pretty nice, and the fail case is still a two mana 2/1 with a useful card type.
Pro Comment: You won’t always actually do something with the ETB ability here, but when you do get to shut down activated abilities it feels pretty nice, and the fail case is still a two mana 2/1 with a useful card type.
Average Picked At: 8.86
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 5.07
Total Times Seen 69
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 5.07
Total Times Seen 69
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is pretty bad in most Limited formats, but I think the fact that this deck has many high-mana things to ramp into, coupled with the fact that you can accelerate into the Lotus itself with powerstones, actually makes it playable.
Pro Comment: This is pretty bad in most Limited formats, but I think the fact that this deck has many high-mana things to ramp into, coupled with the fact that you can accelerate into the Lotus itself with powerstones, actually makes it playable.
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