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Azorius card breakdown - 4 decks, 12.9% of meta

Creatures

4.1 1x in 25%

4 This has reasonable aggressive flying stats and if you have something in your graveyard, your opponent is likely to get 2-for-1'd if they ever deal with it. 4.6 1x in 25%

2 This loads your graveyard for threshold and two mana for decent base stats and a loot is solid anyway. 2 1x in 25%

5 By design, Beza can pull you ahead from behind. If you're at parity you probably still get a couple triggers, and if you're ahead a 4/5 on it's own is still pretty scary. 4.8 1x in 25%

4 This lets you copy your own creatures or your opponents, although you do need to spend more mana to copy bigger creatures. Still, you're likely to get your mana's worth when you cast this. 4.2 1x in 25%

2.5 This is a Wind Drake with lots of upside! Gives something else flying, and in the late game it can send two creatures to the sky. 2 1x in 25%

2.5 A 4-mana 3/3 Flyer isn't as good as it used to be, but it's still a passable stat-line, and this will often enable another one of your creature's to attack when it attacks. 1.6 1x in 25%

4 This is usually going to be a 6-mana 4/4 that kills something on ETB. Obviously it takes some set up to get there, but all you have to do is have cast a removal spell at some point in the game, so it's not that much set up. 3 1x in 25%

3 If you can put a counter somewhere when this enters it feels great, and there's potential for more counters after that. 2.9 1x in 25%

2.5 White is good at going wide, so having a two drop that can buff the whole board is something you're going to be after. 3.2 1x in 25%

4 Banisher Priest-like creatures are always great, and this one is extra beefy -- and gets beefier if you exile a low power creature. Adding to the board while removing something of your opponent's is simply one of the strongest things you can do. 3.9 1x in 25%

1.5 // 3.5 You need to be a deck with lots of instants and sorceries to make this work, and that's a little frustrating in this set because most of the payoffs for this kind of thing look at noncreature spells more broadly. This'll work in UR and UB a decent chunk of the time and be pretty good, but even in those decks you don't alawys have enough instants and sorceries to feel good about playing this. 3.7 1x in 25%

3.5 Three mana 2/2s that make a 1/1 always perform well, and this one triggers Eerie. 2.3 1x in 50%

3 This has nice stats and an ability that makes it easier to trigger eerie. 3.5 1x in 75%
Instant, Sorcery

3 This trade 1-for-1 pretty efficiently and 2-for-1s are on the menu because it's an instant. 2.5 1x in 0%

2.5 An instant-speed 4-mana draw 2 that adds to the board -- and triggers eerie, is something that I'd like one copy of in many Blue decks. 2.7 1x in 25%

2.5 This effect for 4 mana is always solid removal. It's never insane, but it trades 1-for-1 and as an instant has 2-for-1 potential. The surveil is nice added value. 2.1 1x in 25%

2 When this effect is good, it's really good -- and when it isn't, you can just throw it away. This format doesn't have a spell deck though, and that hurts it's stock some. 1.1 1x in 25%

2.5 Two mana counterspells have been solid of late, and the Bird upside is nice. 1.9 1x in 25%

2.5 This'll feel pretty efficient when you have a nice target, especially if you're gaining life. However, even if this can hit attacking, blocking, and tapped creatures, it's inability to get a creature out of the way before it blocks, and the fact it can't deal with things with more than 4 toughness make it too restrictive to be great. 3.4 1x in 25%

2.5 This is a super efficient trick, which has extra value in a format with Valiant. 2.8 1x in 25%

5 If you're behind, you can make a token copy of your best creature and then bounce everything else. If you're at parity or ahead, you can make two token copies of your best creature and then draw a card. Either way, you're very likely to win the game. 2 1x in 25%

2.5 This is a great trick for Blue decks, especially when you get spell triggers while blanking a removal spell. 3.9 1x in 25%

2.5 Divination isn't always good in Limited these days, as you need to add to the board. But this will cost two mana reasonably often, and that's a huge upgrade. 1.7 1x in 25%

2 This is a passable removal spell if you're not an aggro deck, but if you're the beat down it's pretty bad since it's either inefficient or incapable of killing blockers. 2.9 2x in 25%
Enchantment, Artifact

2.5 This is a 4-mana 4/3 with tons of upside. Hard to be upset with that. 3.5 1x in 0%

2.5 I don't love that the cheaper side doesn't impact the board, but Slimy Aquarium does -- so it's sort of like you pay 5-mana for a 3/3 with Surveil 2, but you pay in installments. That's not too bad. 2.6 1x in 0%

3.5 This effect hasn't been as good lately, but in a format with Enchantmetn payoffs, I think this'll reclaim some of it's former glory. 4.1 1x in 25%

2 This is a solid equipment that can even trigger eerie. 2.9 1x in 25%

3 I think this is sneaky good. On rate alone it doesn't sound great, but it can trigger Eerie three times -- and on the cheap, and both sides of the room impact the board. 3.1 1x in 25%

3 Meat Locker has an effect that impacts the board, and Drowned Diner lets you dig deeper in your deck later in the game. I'm pretty happy with both of those things. 3 1x in 25%

-0 1x in 25%

3 This is pretty good removal even without the activated ability, but that ability is great because it gives you a mana sink late that lets you add to the board. 4 1x in 25%

2 If you're in an Enchantment heavy deck this can perform fairly well, although it's still risky like all auras are. 3.9 1x in 25%

3.5 A Sorcery-speed bounce for one mana is pretty decent -- and this comes with big Enchantment upside - and this turns into a card advantage engine in the late game. 3.9 1x in 25%

0.5 // 2.5 It's tough to get enough noncreature nonlands to get this going, but if you can it's a pretty solid buildaround. 3.1 1x in 25%

2 So, if you take all the parts together here – you pay 4 mana for 3 life and two 1/1s that scry 1. That’s not horrendous to begin with, and you can pay it for it in installments. 3.7 1x in 25%

3.5 Removal that buffs your creature is pretty sweet, and the Ward makes it significantly less risky. 4.5 1x in 50%

1 This style of removal is always bad, no mattter how efficient it looks. This is because you don't actually trade 1-for-1, since they hold on to their creature and can still do stuff with it -- like block. 3.3 1x in 75%
Planeswalkers
Lands

2.5 If you need fixing, this does it, and it's even decent in two-color decks. 2.5 1x in 25%

3 These offer great fixing, as they will usually be untapped by the mid to late game. 1.8 1x in 50%
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4 This gives you a stupid amount of value for only one mana, and it's a must-kill one-drop since it's ability to augment creatures is so easy to get going. It's very easy to run like 10+ Enchantments in this format and go whild. 4.3 1x in 0%

4 Banisher Priest-like creatures are always great, and this one is extra beefy -- and gets beefier if you exile a low power creature. Adding to the board while removing something of your opponent's is simply one of the strongest things you can do. 3.9 1x in 25%

4 This is usually going to be a 6-mana 4/4 that kills something on ETB. Obviously it takes some set up to get there, but all you have to do is have cast a removal spell at some point in the game, so it's not that much set up. 3 1x in 25%

4 This lets you copy your own creatures or your opponents, although you do need to spend more mana to copy bigger creatures. Still, you're likely to get your mana's worth when you cast this. 4.2 1x in 25%

4 This has reasonable aggressive flying stats and if you have something in your graveyard, your opponent is likely to get 2-for-1'd if they ever deal with it. 4.6 1x in 25%

4 This is pretty easy to trigger, especially in Red/White, and it's a card that actually adds to the board to -- at least at first. 4.8 1x in 25%

4 This is a great common. You pay 4 mana for two 2/2s, and the second 2/2 has massive upside. 2.9 1x in 25%

4 Three mana for a 1/1 and a 4/4 is a big deal, even if the 4/4 has a downside. And you'll even get four or more creature tokens in play in this format from time to time. 4.7 1x in 25%

4 This Survival trigger can really snowball and help to make sure that he can keep on surviving. Throw in all the nonsense with moving counters around and this looks great. 4.6 1x in 25%

4 Even with the alternate cost this is very much worth it since you get a huge flyer and get rid of their best creature, and reanimating it is particularly spicy. 3.3 1x in 25%

5 If you're behind, you can make a token copy of your best creature and then bounce everything else. If you're at parity or ahead, you can make two token copies of your best creature and then draw a card. Either way, you're very likely to win the game. 2 1x in 25%

5 By design, Beza can pull you ahead from behind. If you're at parity you probably still get a couple triggers, and if you're ahead a 4/5 on it's own is still pretty scary. 4.8 1x in 25%

5 Even if this didn't have Impending, it'd be great -- a 5-mana 5/3 flyer that makes sure you get a 2-for-1 and helps you load the graveyard. Add Impending to the mix, and this is obviously a huge bomb. 4.8 1x in 25%

5 This is a three-for-1 upfront -- and one that triggers eerie twice. Niko's activated ability isn't always useful, but it's upside on a card that's alredy excellent. -0 1x in 25%

Golgari	41 matches	5 decks
16.13% of Metagame
Gruul	27 matches	4 decks
12.90% of Metagame
Azorius	33 matches	4 decks
12.90% of Metagame
Selesnya	20 matches	4 decks
12.90% of Metagame
Rakdos	25 matches	3 decks
9.68% of Metagame
Orzhov	18 matches	2 decks
6.45% of Metagame
Grixis	18 matches	2 decks
6.45% of Metagame
Dimir	9 matches	1 decks
3.23% of Metagame
Abzan	9 matches	1 decks
3.23% of Metagame
Jund	8 matches	1 decks
3.23% of Metagame
Simic	9 matches	1 decks
3.23% of Metagame
Boros	8 matches	1 decks
3.23% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-red)	9 matches	1 decks
3.23% of Metagame
Sultai	9 matches	1 decks
3.23% of Metagame

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Azorius card breakdown - 4 decks, 12.9% of meta

Creatures

Instant, Sorcery

Enchantment, Artifact

Planeswalkers

Lands

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