Draft Deck Meta

Aetherdrift Draft Deck Metagame

Draft deck metagame only consists of decks with the maximum number of wins (3 wins in Traditional and 7 wins in Quick and Premier drafts).
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Mardu card breakdown - 2 decks, 0.28% of meta

Creatures

2.5 One mana 1/1s with death touch always punch above their weight-class, and this one even has some additional late game utility. 3.1 1x in 50%

4 The efficiency is incredible. You'd play this even if it couldn't be saddled, and if you can even get one Plains out of this you come out way ahead. 4 1x in 50%

4 This gets the engines started early, it has good stats, and a nice sacrifice ability -- and once you get to max speed it turns into an insane value engine. 4.3 1x in 50%

3.5 The set has enough Mounts and Vehicles for this to frequently offer a legit buff, and it can crew or mount almost everything in the set. 4.1 1x in 50%

3.5 Starting your engines on turn one is big, and the baseline here is excellent -- you always play a one mana 1/1 that leaves behind a 1/1. 3.4 1x in 50%

3 It's a vanilla creature, but it's got good stats, it's good at crewing, and it's an artifact -- and those last two things really matter in this format. 3.4 1x in 50%

3 This enters trigger is an absolute beating. It'll virtually always gain you some life and get a free attack in. 2.3 1x in 50%

4.5 This effectively draws you a card for every creature that hits your opponent, while also giving you treasure. You do have to be wide enough or evasive enough to get in in the first place, but the effect tends to snowball, since the more cards you draw the more likely you can hit your opponent some more. 4.5 1x in 50%

4 A 4-mana 3/4 with Reach is a passable baseline, and the max speed effect on this can win lots of games. 3 1x in 50%

4 He's great on turn one, and once he can't attack any more he spits out a nice token every other turn. The cycling mode won't come up a ton in Limited, but it's upside on an already very powerful card. 4.4 1x in 50%

4 A two mana 3/1 with Scry 2 is such a good starting point, and once this isn't needed for crewing or attacking, it'll start spitting out 1/1s. 2.1 1x in 50%

3 Starting your engines on turn one is great, and this is very capable of getting you to max speed quickly thanks to Menace. 4.4 1x in 50%

3.5 If you're good at getting max speed, this can be great. Problem is, even decks that are really good at getting max speed won't have it consistently enough for this to be completely insane -- instead, it's merely very good. 4.1 1x in 50%

2.5 This is a solid two-drop. It's never goign to be a great creature, but the surveil helps improve draws in a big way while helping with graveyard synergy, and the artifact typing certainly matters. 4.2 1x in 100%
Instant, Sorcery

4 Sometimes you'll be able to save your best creature and destroy everything else, and that's great -- but 4 damage isn't quite enough to destroy everything on every board state. 4 2x in 0%

3 It's a little expensive and a little hard to cast, but it answers most things in this format. 4.3 1x in 50%

4 It's very easy to trade up with this, and you can even finish your opponent off or raise your speed with it. 4 1x in 50%

4 This is a great removal spell that scales all game long while also giving you some graveyard help. 4.4 1x in 50%

2.5 This is a quality trick that blanks removal and wins virtually any creature combat against another creature. 2.2 1x in 50%

4 Sweepers can be super awkward in Limited, since if you're at parity or ahead they aren't very good -- but there's really nothing else that can pull you ahead from behind the same way. You can always cycle this when you don't need it. 4.4 1x in 50%

3 Paying 5 for this is not what you want to be doing, but paying two is great. If you're an aggressive deck it's far less good, but it pulls it's weight in many decks. 3.5 1x in 100%
Enchantment, Artifact

3.5 This is a fairly efficient removal spell, and it's nice that you can do some direct damage with it fairly often -- and raise your speed. Keep in mind the sacrifice ability is symmetrical, though. 4 1x in 50%

2.5 This is a pretty clunky vehicle, but the activated ability can help you get max speed while also wreaking havoc on a race thanks to lifelink. 2.6 1x in 50%

4.5 This is a great removal spell, and once you have Max Speed it also turns into a pretty amazing value engine. A free counter every turn is massive. 4.8 1x in 50%

2.5 The Scry trigger is pretty nice on turn two, and while this isn't the most intimidating vehicle, it's big enough to trade off for something. 1.5 1x in 50%

3.5 This is going to give you a 2-for-1 most of the time, and help with other graveyard and artifact synergies. 4.3 1x in 50%

4 This gives you so much for so little. Even without the ability I'd play this for one mana pretty happily, and the ability means it can remain relevant all game long by growing and going into the sky. 4.3 1x in 50%

3.5 This just gives you so much for only a single mana. It kills something up front and then provides all the artifact, sacrifice, and graveyard synergy you could ask for. 3.9 1x in 50%

2 The vehicle you get here is pretty bad, and while I like making my opponent discard, it's less good on a card this expensive that doesn't always add to the board. I'd much rather have it on a two mana 1/1. 1.8 1x in 50%

3 This brings a long a way to crew it, and getting two artifacts with one card has some legit upside in the format. 2.2 1x in 100%
Planeswalkers
Lands

2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana. 2.6 1x in 0%

2.5 This style of land is always good for your mana base, and adding Cycling to a land is always nice because it gives you some flood insurance. 3 1x in 50%

2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana. 1.5 1x in 50%

2.5 Gaining a bit of life helps make up for the fact that these always enter tapped, and they are pretty good at fixing your mana. 3.1 2x in 50%
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3.5 This feels pretty good on one, and it's exhaust ability is sure to not only make it a more relevant creature later, but also reload your hand while potentially triggering discard payoffs. 3.4 1x in 50%

4 Sometimes you'll be able to save your best creature and destroy everything else, and that's great -- but 4 damage isn't quite enough to destroy everything on every board state. 4 2x in 0%

4 This gives you so much for so little. Even without the ability I'd play this for one mana pretty happily, and the ability means it can remain relevant all game long by growing and going into the sky. 4.3 1x in 50%

4 Sweepers can be super awkward in Limited, since if you're at parity or ahead they aren't very good -- but there's really nothing else that can pull you ahead from behind the same way. You can always cycle this when you don't need it. 4.4 1x in 50%

4 This is a great removal spell that scales all game long while also giving you some graveyard help. 4.4 1x in 50%

4 It's very easy to trade up with this, and you can even finish your opponent off or raise your speed with it. 4 1x in 50%

4 A two mana 3/1 with Scry 2 is such a good starting point, and once this isn't needed for crewing or attacking, it'll start spitting out 1/1s. 2.1 1x in 50%

4 He's great on turn one, and once he can't attack any more he spits out a nice token every other turn. The cycling mode won't come up a ton in Limited, but it's upside on an already very powerful card. 4.4 1x in 50%

4 A 4-mana 3/4 with Reach is a passable baseline, and the max speed effect on this can win lots of games. 3 1x in 50%

4 This gets the engines started early, it has good stats, and a nice sacrifice ability -- and once you get to max speed it turns into an insane value engine. 4.3 1x in 50%

4 The efficiency is incredible. You'd play this even if it couldn't be saddled, and if you can even get one Plains out of this you come out way ahead. 4 1x in 50%

4 The baseline of three mana for a 1/2 and a 2/2 is a very good Magic card, and in the later game this can make combat impossible for your opponent. 2.6 1x in 50%

4.5 This is a great removal spell, and once you have Max Speed it also turns into a pretty amazing value engine. A free counter every turn is massive. 4.8 1x in 50%

4.5 This effectively draws you a card for every creature that hits your opponent, while also giving you treasure. You do have to be wide enough or evasive enough to get in in the first place, but the effect tends to snowball, since the more cards you draw the more likely you can hit your opponent some more. 4.5 1x in 50%

Selesnya	725 matches	89 decks
12.38% of Metagame
Golgari	702 matches	87 decks
12.10% of Metagame
Simic	686 matches	84 decks
11.68% of Metagame
Izzet	519 matches	62 decks
8.62% of Metagame
Orzhov	458 matches	56 decks
7.79% of Metagame
Gruul	468 matches	56 decks
7.79% of Metagame
Azorius	438 matches	53 decks
7.37% of Metagame
Rakdos	435 matches	53 decks
7.37% of Metagame
Dimir	423 matches	52 decks
7.23% of Metagame
Boros	418 matches	51 decks
7.09% of Metagame
Naya	115 matches	14 decks
1.95% of Metagame
Sultai	106 matches	13 decks
1.81% of Metagame
Bant	97 matches	12 decks
1.67% of Metagame
Abzan	60 matches	8 decks
1.11% of Metagame
Temur	68 matches	8 decks
1.11% of Metagame
Esper	54 matches	7 decks
0.97% of Metagame
Jund	28 matches	4 decks
0.56% of Metagame
Grixis	30 matches	4 decks
0.56% of Metagame
Mardu	18 matches	2 decks
0.28% of Metagame
Mono White	9 matches	1 decks
0.14% of Metagame
Mono Green	9 matches	1 decks
0.14% of Metagame
Mono Blue	9 matches	1 decks
0.14% of Metagame
Jeskai	9 matches	1 decks
0.14% of Metagame

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Aetherdrift Draft Deck Metagame

Mardu card breakdown - 2 decks, 0.28% of meta

Creatures

Instant, Sorcery

Enchantment, Artifact

Planeswalkers

Lands

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