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Throne of Eldraine Limited Quiz

Answered: 0/20
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Glass Casket
Average Picked At: 5.20
Total Times Picked: 10
Average Last Seen At: 4.03
Total Times Seen 44
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: Sure, it only kills smaller guys, but that’s fine because it does it so efficiently. This is in the lower range of premium removal.
Opt
Average Picked At: 8.03
Total Times Picked: 30
Average Last Seen At: 7.34
Total Times Seen 248
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: Opt is pretty much the definition of a fine but easily cuttable Limited card. It gives you some card selection, but doesn’t impact the board or give you card advantage. This set doesn’t really have a spell theme, or it would be a little better.
Redcap Melee
Average Picked At: 5.23
Total Times Picked: 22
Average Last Seen At: 5.53
Total Times Seen 92
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: So, I think this is pretty good – even if you are sacrificing a land for it. One mana to do 4 at Instant speed is incredibly efficiency, and not the kind of thing we see very often. I will gladly sacrifice a land for that type of efficiency. I think even without the clause that makes it better against Red permanents it is already premium removal.
Smitten Swordmaster
Average Picked At: 5.57
Total Times Picked: 23
Average Last Seen At: 4.74
Total Times Seen 165
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: If your deck has lots of Knights in it, his Adventure can be absolutely devastating – and this becomes even more true because you don’t even use up a card to do it! Effects like that often aren’t awesome, because if you aren’t killing your opponent with them, you are going down a card to not have a direct effect on the board – but this guy can come down as a 2-mana 2/1 with Lifelink, which is already a pretty decent card – especially with the Knight creature type. I mean, if we think of this as a 3-mana 2/1 with lifelink that does 1 to the opponent for each Knight – that would be a pretty high quality card, and this is better than that in some ways!
Wandermare
Average Picked At: 7.69
Total Times Picked: 13
Average Last Seen At: 5.64
Total Times Seen 72
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: A 3-mana 3/3 as a base level is already good, and if you can put even one +1/+1 counter on this, I think you’ll be pretty happy. Anything more than that and things get silly. Keep in mind, too, that like most Adventure build arounds in this set, it doesn’t matter whether or not the creature has gone on its Adventure to trigger this – you can just cast a creature that has an Adventure option, even if you never used the Adventure half, and Wandermare will be getting a +1/+1 counter. GW will have no problems getting cards with Adventure, I don’t think it is unreasonable to assume 5-7 is kind of a guarantee.
Ogre Errant
Average Picked At: 8.83
Total Times Picked: 41
Average Last Seen At: 8.37
Total Times Seen 295
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is harder to get going than you might think, and even when it does, it finds itself on boards where it still doesn’t have a good attack.
Silverflame Ritual
Average Picked At: 9.85
Total Times Picked: 33
Average Last Seen At: 8.36
Total Times Seen 302
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: If you have like 6 White cards in your deck, you’re not going to be getting the adamant part here. That said, this card on its own, without Adamant would already be kind of playable. Sure, you need some set up, and you have to be going wide, but that seems doable in this set. Giving Vigilance with Adamant is very real upside, because it means that you can attack with everyone, and still leave blockers behind – turns like that can really turn the tide in games. But yeah, it is a little clunky at 4 mana, and it won’t always be giving your guys Vigilance unless you’re mono-colored.
Searing Barrage
Average Picked At: 6.84
Total Times Picked: 38
Average Last Seen At: 6.46
Total Times Seen 218
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: This is solid removal for Red, but like to Reduce to Ashes and command the Storm before that, it isn’t premium. Costing 5 is a ton, and most of the time it is going to feel a little clunky. It will frequently cost more mana than whatever you kill with it, and that does put you behind the eight ball a little bit.
Thrill of Possibility
Average Picked At: 9.84
Total Times Picked: 31
Average Last Seen At: 8.61
Total Times Seen 326
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is an always alright but also always replaceable card. It gets a little better in this format because it lets you trigger “draw 2” payoffs on your opponents’ turn.
Raging Redcap
Average Picked At: 8.00
Total Times Picked: 32
Average Last Seen At: 7.36
Total Times Seen 258
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: So, a 3-mana ½ with Double Strike is an ok deal. This set also has a pretty heavy theme of auras and equipment, and he is a good place to put those.
Syr Elenora, the Discerning
Average Picked At: 3.47
Total Times Picked: 17
Average Last Seen At: 3.54
Total Times Seen 53
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: At worse you’re paying 5 mana for a ¼ that draws you a card and costs your opponent some extra mana to kill. That isn’t a great card. This has more going on than that though, since it can get larger if you’re holding on to more cards in your hand. The kind of awkward thing, though, is most Limited decks just aren’t clutching cards all the time, so frequently she won’t be much more than 0/4 or a ¼, especially in the late game. Sure, you hold on to lands and she gets bigger once it gets late, and she can progressively get larger once you know that’s your plan, but I still think she is held back in Limited since hand size just doesn’t stay high late in most games.
The Great Henge
Average Picked At: 1.00
Total Times Picked: 2
Average Last Seen At: 1.00
Total Times Seen 3
Pro Rating: 5.0
Pro Comment: Obviously you’re going to need some beefy creatures to really take advantage -- but even a 4 power creature reduces this to 5 mana, and that’s a great price for something like this. Putting a +1/+1 counter on all your nontoken creatures and drawing a card in the process is what really makes this an impressive card to me. It doesn’t hurt, though, that it can also produce mana and gain you life. After all, if you’re drawing cards, you might have use for that mana, and gaining 2 life a turn off of this will be a nice way to pay you back for taking off an entire turn just to play this thing. I think that this might just be the best of this cycle in Limited, I think it is definitely a bomb.
Murderous Rider
Average Picked At: 2.00
Total Times Picked: 6
Average Last Seen At: 2.10
Total Times Seen 10
Pro Rating: 4.5
Pro Comment: One half is basically Murder, and the other side is Vampire Nighthawk. Ok, yes – neither half is quite as good as those two cards, but the fact that two cards close to those in power are on a single card is pretty awesome. The fact it goes to the bottom of your library doesn’t hurt either, as if a game goes long you know you have a kill spell waiting at the bottom that might help you win before you run out of cards.
Syr Konrad, the Grim
Average Picked At: 2.50
Total Times Picked: 2
Average Last Seen At: 4.33
Total Times Seen 5
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This feels like it should have been a rare, and not just because he is Legendary, but because he is so complex – and also pretty awesome. So a 5-mana 5/4 does alright on the vanilla test, and then this guy has an absolutely massive text box, which lets you damage the opponent any time a creature is put into the graveyard from someone’s hand or their library. Konrad is going to provide some nice late game reach for decks. His ability is pretty cheap, and gives you a chance to do between 0 and 2 damage every time you use it. If this format also has a graveyard deck, I think he will get better, since if you can take advantage of loading your own graveyard, you’re going to like him even more.
Loch Dragon
Average Picked At: 5.13
Total Times Picked: 15
Average Last Seen At: 4.66
Total Times Seen 60
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This card is pretty nice, a 4-mana 3/2 Flyer is always a playable card in Limited, though not exciting. Then, you add the fact that you get to rummage with it when it comes into play and when it attacks, and you’re looking at a card that can not only beat your opponent down in the sky, but you’re looking at one that can also help you drastically improve your draws throughout the game.
Prized Griffin
Average Picked At: 9.91
Total Times Picked: 32
Average Last Seen At: 8.15
Total Times Seen 323
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: 5-mana ¾ flyers have played pretty well lately. Obviously it isn’t a great rate for those stats, but we have seen several of these lately, and they have always been reasonable 5-drops.
Vantress Gargoyle
Average Picked At: 3.00
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 2.92
Total Times Seen 12
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: A twomana 5/4 with flying is obviously pretty insane, and it obviously has to come with some drawbacks -- and this Gargoyle comes with some pretty hefty ones. He won’t be able to attack early in most games, but at least he can mill the opponent on his own and eventually get them to 7 cards all on his own. Plus, there’s a mill deck in this format that makes that easier. Blocking with him might be trickier, if only because he doesn’t really have a way to make sure you are holding on to cards. Holding on to 4 cards in Limited is not always an easy thing to do. Still, even if you play this late, the fact that this is a two mana 5/4 flyer that can attack your opponent is pretty impressive.
Bog Naughty
Average Picked At: 6.27
Total Times Picked: 15
Average Last Seen At: 4.23
Total Times Seen 60
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: Even if you just have one or two ways to make food, you’ll play this. And most of the time, I think you end up with 3+ ways to do it without trying too hard. If you end up with a lot of food, this becomes one of the very best cards in your deck, capable of machine gunning your opponent’s creatures and making combat a nightmare.
Fires of Invention
Average Picked At: 6.00
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 4.74
Total Times Seen 26
Pro Rating: 0.0
Pro Comment: Not paying mana for spells is cool and all, but this gives you some other major limitations that are just too much to overcome in Limited.
Gadwick, the Wizened
Average Picked At: 3.12
Total Times Picked: 8
Average Last Seen At: 3.00
Total Times Seen 10
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: I like creatures that draw me cards, and this one scales as the game goes on. Granted, it has a difficult mana cost – but that’s probably ok here, you don’t have to play this early for it to be at its best – you can just wait until you get your Blue mana and draw a bunch of cards. Plus, this format does have some serious incentives for mono-colored anyway.
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