Draft Deck Meta

Murders at Karlov Manor Draft Deck Metagame

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Temur card breakdown - 29 decks, 1.27% of meta

Creatures

2.5 You're not usually going to be able to unlock this cards full power on turn two, and while a ⅓ with reach isn't a disaster for two mana, it isn't remotely close to good either. The good news is that the ETB is useful pretty much all game long. 2.6 1x in 24%

2.5 This fixes your mana well and sets up Collect Evidence 6 in the early game, and in the late game it's a passable creature. 3 1x in 24%

3.5 4-mana for a 2/2 and a 2/2 Menace that can’t block is a pretty amazing rate. Not much more to say there, but this is a really good Common. 3.3 1x in 24%

2 If you need to play a two drop well…it is one. A pretty bad one, but one nonetheless. Then if you need something on three you can disguise it, and then in the late game it can become a big monster. Now, this card isn’t ever going to make you feel like you’re doing something busted, as it’s kind of medium at all three points in the game, but the fact it can do all those things is enough for it to be fine. 2.3 1x in 24%

2.5 Here’s this format big ol’ green creature that gains you life, which can help you stabilize from behind. If the Weaver is alone, it’s a 7-mana 6/6 with Reach that gains you 6 life – that’s not amazing, but it’s passable – and because you can distribute the counters in any number of ways, it’s often going to be better than that. This is because you’ll be able to put it on creatures who can already attack and/or gain even more life than 6. Still, this is a 7-drop, something that gives me a little pause in today’s limited formats. I do think it’s the right kind of 7-drop because it gives you value on board almost no matter what and gains you life. 3.6 1x in 24%

3 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn’t what it once was, but it’s not a bad stat-line, and this one replaces itself with a valuable Clue and it has a useful creature type. 3.1 1x in 24%

2 Just playing this face up is going to be the play more often than not, and when you do it has a reasonable shot at giving you an attack you didn’t have before. This is the type of disguise creature you probably only play face down when you’ve got nothing else going on on turn three. Either way, this card looks like it will have trouble making the cut sometimes. 2.2 1x in 24%

2.5 5 mana for three 1/1s isn't great, but you can attack with all three tokens the next turn and really give your opponent a headache. At that point, you are definitely getting your mana's worth. 3.2 1x in 28%

2 So…without Disguise this wouldn’t be very good. A 6-mana 5/5 just doesn’t move the needle, especially one that can only do something if it hits your opponent. Disguise does enough to make this playable, though, because you can get it on the board much earlier of course, but you can also find a way to sneak it in and get that clue more easily. 2.5 1x in 28%

2.5 A three mana 2/2 flyer isn’t too bad, and one that stuns something on ETB is probably a 3.0, it’s just a great tempo play to add to the board while getting a creature out of the way. This won’t always stun stuff, and isn’t that likely to do it on turn three, but I think it will do it often enough. 2.8 1x in 28%

4 A two mana 1/1 that can tap for green is already a C-level card, and this has legitimate potential to grow throughout the game, which means it can stay more relevant than most mana dorks. Of course, if you draw it late it isn’t the most impressive thing ever, but playing this on turn two and playing a couple of Disguise creatures seems like a super common play pattern. This Common looks quite good. 4 1x in 31%

2.5 A 5-mana 5/5 is pretty beefy, and this one has some Disenchant upside. Feels like most Green decks will want one of these. 2.5 1x in 31%

2.5 When one mana filtering is attached to a creature, it has performed pretty well, and this even comes with the addition of graveyard hate, something that certainly matters in the format. 2.8 1x in 34%

2.5 This isn’t going to feel amazing either way you get the 6/7 with Reach, but the fact that it IS a huge creature with the upside of being castable as a three mana 2/2 Ward 2 makes it worthwhile. 2.3 1x in 38%
Instant, Sorcery

3 This is a two mana card selection spell that gives you an option of adding to the board, and that's pretty awesome. 1.3 1x in 10%

3 We’ve seen Run Amok in the past, and it has a strictly worse text box because it can only target attacking creatures, and Run Amok was an absolute beating in aggro decks. I think this will be too. The stats boost + trample can just wreck combat in so many ways, and make damage lethal out of nowhere. The boost is enough to save a creature from some removal spells in a pinch too. You’re going to want to keep this card in the back of your mind any time you’re playing someone who is in Green. 2.5 1x in 14%

4 It’s always going to feel like very efficient removal, and it scales all game long and it’s likely to let you investigate in most situations, so you even get a 2-for-1! 4.5 1x in 14%

2.5 We’ve come a long way since Tormenting Voice. This is an Instant and you can choose to sacrifice an artifact or discard a card as an additional cost. That’s actually a pretty big deal, because this format has so many Clues. 1.5 1x in 14%

3 This trick gives +1/+1 as a floor, and it can give a way bigger boost than that. We've seen this card before without the Reach, and it's always a good trick. 2.5 1x in 17%

4 4-mana for two 2/2s is a pretty nice deal, especially because it’s likely you grabbed a couple of cards that won’t be 2/2s for long. 4.6 1x in 17%

3 because leaving up mana and hoping your opponent plays into it can be a really serious problem. You have to be careful about using them. 3.3 1x in 24%

3.5 Shock is a 3.5 as it usual is. It’s definitely premium because you can spend only a single mana to kill significantly more expensive creatures – and you can do it at instant speed! Plus, it can even finish off your opponent. 4 1x in 24%

3.5 If you aren't collecting evidence, this is pretty darn clunky. And clunky is dangerous on a removal spell like this, since your opponent interacting can 2-for-1 you. Still, if you choose your spot carefully, this is likely to kill most opposing stuff, and the stats boost might also really improve your attacks. Combine that with the Evidence upside and I think this manages to just sneak into “premium removal” range. 3.7 1x in 24%

3 5 mana to make a token copy of a permanent isn’t that great. Obviously, it’s highly dependent on what you copy, but when you’re evaluating a card like this you have to think about how often you’re getting that 5 mana worth of value and, there will probably be more times where you don’t get your mana’s worth. Still, when you cast this you’re going to get a copy of whatever the best permanent on the battlefield is – most of the time you’ll be going after creature, and that means you either have a copy of your best creature, or a copy of your opponent’s best creature. 4.4 1x in 24%

2 I’m not always a huge fan of cards that just Stun things, as it often doesn’t feel like they do enough to be worth a card. Sure, you can get two creatures out of the way for two attacks and two blocks, but if you don’t have the game in-hand by the time they untap, you’re going to be in trouble. But because this gives you a Clue, it gives you that card back. I still don’t really think you want more than one, but this looks like a pretty good version of this effect. It can even hit Disguised creatures without you having to worry about Ward. 2.5 1x in 24%

2 This card is always pretty decent. You go down a card in most cases, but you get some nice tempo, and Surveil 1 can improve your next draw and/or load your graveyard. It is hurt a little bit by the absence of a dedicated spell deck in the format. 2.1 1x in 24%

2 I like that this can ultimately give you a 2-for-1. I don’t like that it’s a Sorcery that doesn’t add to the board in any meaningful way. It definitely fixes your mana, and in games that go long enough that Clue is gonna feel pretty nice, but not doing anything to add to the board on turn three has been a liability in most formats of late. I kind of hope this is a format where you can do stuff like this, but I’m going to err on the side of caution. 2.2 1x in 24%

4 Two mana instant deal threes are always great, and this one will do 5 a chunk of the time. 4 1x in 38%
Enchantment, Artifact

4 This gives you a more expensive Tormenting Voice up front, and once you solve it, it becomes a pretty insane card advantage engine. If you’re a low-to-the-ground Red deck, it isn’t going to be that hard to solve this quickly, and the card’s baseline is already fairly acceptable – and once it’s fully unlocked it is very likely to win you the game. The card’s biggest downside is that it doesn’t impact the board, but the upside is so much that I think that's fine. 3.9 1x in 7%

1 This is a bad mana rock that is way too slow at making Clues. 1.1 1x in 7%

2.5 A colorless source of fixing is a nice thing to have around, and this format has enough multicolored stuff going on that solving this isn’t impossible, and obviously the Case itself increases your chances of having a deck that lets you solve this, but I still think this will be hard enough to solve that most of the value just comes from its ability to fix your mana, with some occasional late-game upside. 2.6 1x in 7%

4 Even if it didn’t have anything after it’s ETB, it would be a very good card, so everything else is just gravy – and it’s pretty good gravy, too, since it ends up being a 2-for-1 if you manage to solve it – and solving this is easier than most of the Cases. Three sources of damage can just mean you attack with three creatures after all, and the turn you play this the Case will count as a source too. So, killing something and attacking with two creatures is enough to get you there. 3.7 1x in 7%

3 What this gives you up front is fairly acceptable, and Green decks will certainly be capable of solving this. Once you do, buffing an attacking creature every turn is going to feel pretty good. Still, it doesn’t do a ton up front. 3.3 1x in 7%

2.5 This is a very interesting version of this “Frogify”-type effect. Lately it seems like they are doing their darnedest to design one that’s actually solid in Limited, and they’ve had some success with that lately. I think they’ve done it again here. The usual problem with this type of card is that you don’t really entirely remove a creature when you turn it into a 1/1, so you’re often coming out behind. However, this adds a couple of important wrinkles. First, it has Flash – so you can turn something into a 1/1 at instant speed, which all-but-guarantees that it’s going down. Second, if your creature is a detective, this is a powerful combat trick. It’s also really nice that they made it only buff detectives you control, otherwise this card would be super frustrating. 1.5 1x in 7%

3 It’s nice you get a clue up front, and if your deck has enough artifacts in it, you can definitely end up animating that clue or something else into a 4/4 flyer. Blue is adept enough at making clues that I don’t think this needs a build around grade. 3 1x in 10%

4 Its an Oblivion Ring stapled to a mana ramp Aura. 'Nuff said. 4.2 1x in 10%

2.5 The Cluequipments in Blue and Red might just be the best since the Blue-Red deck is so into sacrificing artifacts, but lots of decks in the format like Clues too, and this one can help set up collect evidence. 2.2 1x in 10%

2 When you can use this correctly, it can be an absolute beating. It can work as a decent trick that leaves the buff behind, and it can blank removal. Turning off Suspect will usually be more upside than downside, too. Still, it's tricky to leave up this much mana. 1.8 1x in 14%

5 This is an unblockable three mana 3/2 with all kinds of upside. Upside because it might actually grab you a creature you want to turn face up, and upside because it can bounce back to your hand and make a new body for itself even when you don’t have any other creatures around. 4.9 1x in 14%

2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 that makes a Clue is fine, and this will be a 4/4 Vigilance from time to time. 3.8 1x in 17%

2.5 Three mana Blue Auras that tap a creature down usually aren’t anything special. The problem is that they don’t entirely remove the creature in all situations, so abilities are still relevant, and if your opponent has a way to sacrifice or otherwise utilize the tapped down creature you end up feeling like you’re really far behind. The Accusation’s activated ability adds an interesting wrinkle to this, since now you can get rid of the creature if it has problematic abilities and everything. The downside is your opponent might draw it again later. 2.2 1x in 21%

3 This gives you three artifacts which is great for the Blue-Red sacrifice deck, and then it gives you an amazing payoff for sacrificing those artifacts, since you’ll get a nice token out of the deal. I do’nt love that it doesn’t add meaningfully to the board the turn you play it, but the engine potential here is very real. 3.6 1x in 21%
Planeswalkers

5 All three of her abilities are pretty awesome. The +2 gives you serious card selection, and also makes her loyalty high enough that she won’t be easy to take down right away. Her +1 can protect her and/or pressure your opponent, and her -2 is basically Bone Splinters. Obviously enough, the -2 and +1 synergize with her triggered ability too. The +1 makes sure you have tokens, and the -2 exiles stuff, so you’re going to get some extra value out of that -2. 4.7 1x in 3%
Lands

3 This looks like a pretty solid source of fixing. You’re not always gonna want to tap your creatures to make mana, as that can be a very real cost, but at least this can also produce colorless mana normally, it has useful typing as both an artifact and a clue, and you can of course throw it away for a card. This means all your eggs aren’t in that mana-fixing basket, so it will almost never feel terrible, while still having the upside of shoring up your mana. 2.8 1x in 14%

3.6 1x in 14%

3 Dual lands always provide excellent fixing, and Surveil has extra synergy in the format. Green also has a few cards that can grab these because of their typing. 3.4 1x in 17%

3 This is Evolving Wilds with upside, and that upside can allow you send in an unblockable Disguise creature. 3.7 1x in 28%

2.5 This is another nice source of fixing, even if it does require you to jump through a few hoops. Being able to only tap a Clue or something once when you play it is nice. 2.5 1x in 41%
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4 There are no shortage of Clues in the format, and even giving up a full card for the bolt effect is going to be worthwhile a big chunk of the time. This will feel like a 2-for-1 when you can give up a clue, and you’ll still come out ahead most of the time if you have to give up something else. 3.3 1x in 17%

4 A two mana 1/1 that can tap for green is already a C-level card, and this has legitimate potential to grow throughout the game, which means it can stay more relevant than most mana dorks. Of course, if you draw it late it isn’t the most impressive thing ever, but playing this on turn two and playing a couple of Disguise creatures seems like a super common play pattern. This Common looks quite good. 4 1x in 31%

4 Two mana instant deal threes are always great, and this one will do 5 a chunk of the time. 4 1x in 38%

4.0 A 4-mana 6/6 with Hexproof is the kind of thing that can really tear up your opponent, though this comes with some not insignificant downsides! For one thing, you can’t cast noncreature spells. Now, most Limited decks have relatively few of these, so that’s not the end of the world. The other downside is that your opponent can turn off the Hexproof. On the plus side, you can also use that ability to turn off the “You can’t cast noncreature spells” part of the card, which isn’t bad. Still, it isn’t quite a bomb, just really good! 0 1x in 3%

4.5 A a 4-mana 8/4 is probably a 3.0 or 3.5. Those are some way above rate stats. And Anzrag comes with a bunch of extra upside too! Getting extra combat phases is notoriously an effect that sounds super powerful but generally underwhelms, but attaching the effect to an 8/4 is pretty sweet. It’s kind of hard for your opponent to just take 8 to the face in most situations, but that’s what they’re going to have to do sometimes. I mean, if they can block Anzrag but not kill him, there’s really no point, since this effect will just keep happening each time they block. And this is only talking about having Anzrag around, by the way – if your board is well developed your opponent is in for even more of a problem. The ability to force stuff to block him is kind of silly, because in the late game it’s pretty likely your opponent can block him with a couple of 2/2s or something. But…still, you get that extra combat phase, which you might just be able to take advantage of. 5 1x in 10%

4.5 A three mana 3/3 Flyer is great, and this one can refuse to die when you have some action in the graveyard, and bringing this back the first time doesn’t seem like a huge stretch in many situations. I think this sneaks into the lower bomb range – it’s hard not to love a creature this efficient that isn’t that hard to keep around. 4.6 1x in 10%

4.5 I’m already thrilled about a 4-mana 4/4 that gives Haste to your stuff, so…the fact that this has insane face-down card synergy is amazing. If you’ve got a Disguised creature and you attack with it with Yarus in play, your opponent either has to let it through and let you draw a card, or kill it and pray that the disguised creature won’t be that scary when it comes back. Of course, if the best they can do is trade with a 2 toughness creature, that will be an especially brutal beating. The whole haste thing combos nicely here, because it means your disguised creatures will make your opponent make those decisions even more quickly. 4.6 1x in 14%

5 This reminds me of Ishkanah, and that’s good company to keep. In black green, this will be a 6 mana 5/4 with Menace thar makes two 2/1s with Menace and reach more often than it isn't, and on rate alone that's a bomb. Throw in the ability to make more spiders every time it attacks, and the ability to give up tokens for value, and this might just be the biggest bomb in the set. 4.7 1x in 0%

5 All three of her abilities are pretty awesome. The +2 gives you serious card selection, and also makes her loyalty high enough that she won’t be easy to take down right away. Her +1 can protect her and/or pressure your opponent, and her -2 is basically Bone Splinters. Obviously enough, the -2 and +1 synergize with her triggered ability too. The +1 makes sure you have tokens, and the -2 exiles stuff, so you’re going to get some extra value out of that -2. 4.7 1x in 3%

5 This will usually either be a 5-mana 2/2 with Flash that draws 3, or a 5-mana 3/3 with Flash that draws 2, and in both cases it also stocks the graveyard. That's nuts. 4.8 1x in 3%

5 If this hits your opponent, it's game over for them. That's definitely a bomb. 4.9 1x in 3%

5 Rakdos can end the game in a hurry, and most of the time when you play him he’s going to give you something before your opponent ever has a chance to remove him. The fact he only lets them sacrifice nontoken/nonlands is important, and it makes the ability significantly stronger. If they choose to give you cards instead, you’re pretty excited about that too. Rakdos is a huge, fairly efficient creature that will deliver some value even if your opponent has removal in most cases. I think that makes him a bomb. 4.8 1x in 3%

5 A 4-mana 2/4 with Vigilance and Double Strike is a quality card already, so adding Suspect to the mix is pretty nice. You can use it to remove an opposing suspect if there is one, and if there’s not you can choose to give something suspect – which can be beneficial when you want to turn off a creature’s ability to block or if giving your guy menace is a big deal. Both of those are really great if you’re on the offensive, although going after your opponents creature is probably best since Agrus can exile it later. Argus can also target himself, so don’t forget that. The efficiency here is amazing, and his ability to remove creatures and/or weaken or augment them makes him a bomb. -0 1x in 3%

5 This is an unblockable three mana 3/2 with all kinds of upside. Upside because it might actually grab you a creature you want to turn face up, and upside because it can bounce back to your hand and make a new body for itself even when you don’t have any other creatures around. 4.9 1x in 14%

Boros	2599 matches	315 decks
13.82% of Metagame
Orzhov	1864 matches	231 decks
10.13% of Metagame
Selesnya	1896 matches	230 decks
10.09% of Metagame
Azorius	1578 matches	189 decks
8.29% of Metagame
Golgari	1294 matches	156 decks
6.84% of Metagame
Izzet	1235 matches	155 decks
6.80% of Metagame
Rakdos	1278 matches	154 decks
6.75% of Metagame
Simic	1025 matches	126 decks
5.53% of Metagame
Dimir	857 matches	106 decks
4.65% of Metagame
Gruul	787 matches	96 decks
4.21% of Metagame
Naya	643 matches	79 decks
3.46% of Metagame
Bant	606 matches	74 decks
3.25% of Metagame
Sultai	418 matches	51 decks
2.24% of Metagame
Jeskai	395 matches	49 decks
2.15% of Metagame
Mardu	411 matches	48 decks
2.11% of Metagame
Abzan	356 matches	46 decks
2.02% of Metagame
Esper	302 matches	37 decks
1.62% of Metagame
Temur	232 matches	29 decks
1.27% of Metagame
Jund	240 matches	28 decks
1.23% of Metagame
Grixis	209 matches	25 decks
1.10% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-black)	75 matches	10 decks
0.44% of Metagame
Mono Green	80 matches	9 decks
0.39% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-blue)	49 matches	7 decks
0.31% of Metagame
Five Color	61 matches	7 decks
0.31% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-red)	52 matches	6 decks
0.26% of Metagame
Mono Black	32 matches	4 decks
0.18% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-white)	34 matches	4 decks
0.18% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-green)	25 matches	3 decks
0.13% of Metagame
Mono Red	27 matches	3 decks
0.13% of Metagame
Mono White	16 matches	2 decks
0.09% of Metagame
Mono Blue	9 matches	1 decks
0.04% of Metagame

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Murders at Karlov Manor Draft Deck Metagame

Temur card breakdown - 29 decks, 1.27% of meta

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