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Throne of Eldraine Limited Quiz

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Doom Foretold
Average Picked At: 3.00
Total Times Picked: 4
Average Last Seen At: 2.72
Total Times Seen 18
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: So, the sacrifice effect is symmetrical, meaning this will be most useful in a deck that can go wide. Once your opponent runs out of nonland permanents you get some nice value – but that is going to take a while, and I think there will be plenty of board states where this is just irrelevant. Note also, that if you run out of permanents that aren’t Doom Forteold, you have to sacrifice the Doom Foretold, which means you’re not going to be getting the nice effect.
Opportunistic Dragon
Average Picked At: 3.40
Total Times Picked: 5
Average Last Seen At: 2.70
Total Times Seen 10
Pro Rating: 4.5
Pro Comment: So, a 4-mana 4/3 flyer is already great. The ETB ability is kind of weird, but there are enough humans and artifacts in this format that you’ll steal something with this like half the time, maybe. While you don’t really get to reap the benefits of stealing that permanent, it does effectively act as a removal spell. Even if you’re just getting rid of a Food your opponent has, that’s some nice additional value. Other times you’ll be getting rid of a real permanent, and when you do that it will be completely absurd.
Flaxen Intruder
Average Picked At: 9.14
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 4.89
Total Times Seen 66
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: I am not super impressed by this card, as both halves seem rather underwhelming. 7 mana for 3 2/2 Bears isn’t a great deal, and a ½ that can Naturalize stuff when she hits the opponent isn’t either. Now, it is cool that Adventure might allow you to do both of these things with the one card, but paying 8 mana for three 2/2 bears and the ½ still doesn’t feel that good to me. I don’t really see myself wanting to play this in most situations.
Rosethorn Acolyte
Average Picked At: 5.17
Total Times Picked: 29
Average Last Seen At: 5.40
Total Times Seen 187
Pro Rating: 2.5
Pro Comment: So, the Acolyte’s Adventure effect is one of the more underwhelming ones around, essentially just letting you filter mana. But hey, sometimes that does matter. Most of the time though you’re going to get value out of it being a creature, as a 3-mana 2/3 that fixes and ramps for you is a pretty nice thing to have around.
Mystical Dispute
Average Picked At: 8.87
Total Times Picked: 15
Average Last Seen At: 7.20
Total Times Seen 102
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: A 3-mana Mana Leak is close to unplayable in Limited. Having to leave up 3 mana for a counterspell is a big ask, especially when your counter isn’t a hard counter. The later the game goes, the weaker something like this gets, and it is way easier to play around this type of counterspell than a hard counter. Still, I think you can get away with mainboarding this, because a one-mana Mana Leak is pretty solid, and that’s what it will be sometimes. I think in an ideal world it starts in your sideboard, though.
Crashing Drawbridge
Average Picked At: 10.25
Total Times Picked: 24
Average Last Seen At: 8.45
Total Times Seen 324
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: I never like walls that try to do aggressive things, and that’s what this is. You’ll play it in some aggro decks, but the fact that you’re playing a creature who can’t attack in your aggro deck is annoying.
Spinning Wheel
Average Picked At: 8.50
Total Times Picked: 14
Average Last Seen At: 5.31
Total Times Seen 75
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: Having a card that helps you fix your mana and ramp that can ALSO do something in the game once that stuff doesn’t really matter is pretty nice. It is no Icy Manipulator, since 5 mana is a ton -- but you could do worse for a mana sink, and it is certainly an effect that your opponent has to respect every turn -- well, provided you have the mana to do it, at least.
Clockwork Servant
Average Picked At: 4.12
Total Times Picked: 16
Average Last Seen At: 3.41
Total Times Seen 42
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: This will draw you a card pretty often, and while that’s ideal, you can also play it as a reasonably efficient creature.
Bake into a Pie
Average Picked At: 3.65
Total Times Picked: 37
Average Last Seen At: 3.15
Total Times Seen 106
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This is a premium. 4 mana instant speed removal is already in the premium range, and the fact that this makes a Food token is some nice additional value. You can use that token to gain some life on a later turn, or use it with a card that takes advantage of the tokens in some other way.
Realm-Cloaked Giant
Average Picked At: 1.50
Total Times Picked: 4
Average Last Seen At: 1.38
Total Times Seen 8
Pro Rating: 5.0
Pro Comment: Having one card that wraths, and then is a 7-mana 7/7 a few turns later is pretty amazing – it is sort of like guaranteeing when you cast a Wrath, that you’ll be hitting a creature that will help reload your board. It isn’t THAT far from being a 5-mana wrath that puts a 7/7 into play in two turns, and that’s pretty awesome. A 7-mana 7/7 with Vigilance is certainly not an incredible card on its own. But after a Wrath? It is almost guaranteed to be the most intimdating thing on the board. Wraths aren’t good in every deck usually, but I think this one can be good in any deck – especially because if you end up in a situation where you don’t really want to Wrath, you still have your Realm-Cloaked Giant – it doesn’t stay in your hand while you wait for an opportunity that makes sense, it gives you a creature. This is a big ol’ bomb.
Arcanist's Owl
Average Picked At: 3.15
Total Times Picked: 13
Average Last Seen At: 4.30
Total Times Seen 60
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: A 4-mana 3/3 flyer is already great, and this one will draw you a card a decent chunk of the time, since UW decks will already be loaded up with artifacts and enchantments for other purposes.
Torbran, Thane of Red Fell
Average Picked At: 1.45
Total Times Picked: 11
Average Last Seen At: 1.72
Total Times Seen 18
Pro Rating: 4.0
Pro Comment: This whole cycle looks really fun, and they present another group of cards, in addition to the Adamant mechanic, that really seems to be pushing you to either be mono-colored, or at least very much in their color. Torbran’s effect includes himself, so he is effectively a 4-mana 4/4, and it can effectively pump a board that has gone wide, or make a burn spell more capable of killing the opponent’s creature. If you’re mono-red or close to it, he will be utterly game-breaking.
Locthwain Paladin
Average Picked At: 8.40
Total Times Picked: 20
Average Last Seen At: 7.12
Total Times Seen 246
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: 4-mana for a 3/2 with Menace isn’t a great rate but is almost passable. Obviousy, though, this comes with additional upside thanks to Adamant – and a 4-mana 4/3 with Menace is some serious business.
Embercleave
Average Picked At: 3.50
Total Times Picked: 4
Average Last Seen At: 3.20
Total Times Seen 5
Pro Rating: 5.0
Pro Comment: This is incredibly strong, and difficult for an opponent to beat. You can win the game out of nowhere with this quite easily, since you can cast it so cheaply and it gives such a massive boost between the keywords and the stats boost. It can let you run over an opponents’ creature too, and just do a bunch of damage instead of lethal. Even if your opponent kills the creature with the Embercleave on it, the Equipment is going to stick around, and that’s just awesome.
Covetous Urge
Average Picked At: 5.00
Total Times Picked: 18
Average Last Seen At: 4.04
Total Times Seen 63
Pro Rating: 3.0
Pro Comment: So, if you go after a card in your opponents’ hand with this, you get a 2-for-1, and that feels pretty great! Going after their graveyard is more just card selection than card advantage, but if they have a bomb there, stealing that is going to be worth it anyway.
Golden Egg
Average Picked At: 6.42
Total Times Picked: 33
Average Last Seen At: 5.52
Total Times Seen 202
Pro Rating: 1.5
Pro Comment: So, we’ve seen cards a lot like this before, and they’re always alright. Mana filtering that replaces itself isn’t a bad thing to have a round, since it can help you splash, and you don’t end up using a whole card for it since it draws you one. If you don’t need the fixing during your game, it can also gain you life I guess, but that isn’t so good. Note also that it is technically “Food” so any cards that interact with Food tokens will make this better. I think this is an easy-to-cut last card in your deck.
Festive Funeral
Average Picked At: 10.09
Total Times Picked: 32
Average Last Seen At: 9.15
Total Times Seen 355
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This is a conditional removal spell that will almost never be efficient. But hey, it IS still removal.
Lovestruck Beast
Average Picked At: 2.00
Total Times Picked: 7
Average Last Seen At: 2.11
Total Times Seen 9
Pro Rating: 3.5
Pro Comment: A 3-mana 5/5 is pretty good. If we just take away the Adventure part of the card, and assume this is a 3-mana 5/5 with Defender – that would still be a good card in a lot of decks, since that is a pretty frightening blocker. The fact that he can attack if you have a 1/1 in play is some nice additional value, especially because you can send him on an Adventure on turn 1 or so, and then actually cast him on turn 3. Here your total investment is pretty drawn nice, since it is 4 mana for a 5/5 and a 1/1!
Rosethorn Halberd
Average Picked At: 10.09
Total Times Picked: 23
Average Last Seen At: 8.91
Total Times Seen 322
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: I think this seems decent. One mana for +2/+1 stats boost, provided you have a non-human in play – is a pretty nice rate. BUT your deck has to have enough non-humans around for this to be worth it, and man – after that first creature, the Equip cost is super steep.
Reaper of Night
Average Picked At: 7.77
Total Times Picked: 31
Average Last Seen At: 6.33
Total Times Seen 228
Pro Rating: 2.0
Pro Comment: This can be a decent discard spell early, and then a very real threat late. It isn’t super good at being either of those things, but it isn’t too shabby.
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