Draft Deck Meta

Tarkir: Dragonstorm Draft Deck Metagame

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Mardu card breakdown - 71 decks, 18.93% of meta

Creatures

3 Draining 1 life for every mobilize token is amazing, and this will do a lot more than that. It also counts itself, so it'll usually at least drain 1 life as a fail case. 2.7 1x in 24%

3 A three mana 0/4 with Vigilance isn't good -- but getting three 1/1 attackers every turn is, especially because there are so many good ways to take advantage of them in the format. If your opponent doesn't have big enough stuff to take the Packbeasts down, it's going to be a real problem for them. 4.1 1x in 25%

3 This effectively fills two different spots on the curve which is great. It's not gonna feel amazing on two or 5, but it can do both serviceably, and that's a big deal. 3 1x in 27%

2.5 This feels pretty good on turn two, and Menace means it can produce a token in many situations. 3.1 1x in 27%

3.5 A three mana 2/1 with lifelink that makes a 1/1 is a good card, and this has flexibility beyond that. 2.9 1x in 28%

2.5 The enters trigger often gives you a nice attack, and a creature with Mobilize is exactly what you want in Mardu. 1.8 1x in 31%

3 This does so much for one mana. It's a body that blocks Mobilize tokens, it filters your mana, and it Scries. The Scry helps it maintain relevance when you draw it late, too. 2.4 1x in 31%

4 This is an excellent common. Paying the base cost isn't a disaster, and it will virtually always cost a lot less while generating a nice 2-for-1. 3.6 1x in 31%

3.5 This is an excellent common. A two mana 1/2 that makes a 1/1 is an excellent rate, and this has another mode! 3.2 1x in 31%

4 This is one of the best payoffs for Mobilize, as turning those tokens into actual cards is insane -- and it works with Endure, too. 3 1x in 32%

2.5 A three mana 1/3, even with death touch -- isn't great, but it comes with two other little pieces of value that help it out. Death touch + mobilize is a real pain for your opponent, and Surveil 1 can really help you out. 1.5 1x in 32%

4 Giving your tokens -- especially the Mobilize ones -- death touch is nasty, and the baseline here is pretty good. 3.1 1x in 35%

2.5 This is a solid two drop that can attack well early thanks to first strike, and in the late game it can buff your whole board. 3 1x in 35%

4 Whether you drain your opponent's life and make them discard, or kill one of their creatures and gain 2, the investment here is very much worth it since it's a 2-for1. 4.3 1x in 35%
Instant, Sorcery

3 Exiling graveyards matters in a big way in this format, and two mana edicts are usually playable to begin with. 3 1x in 14%

3 Casting this for 4 is acceptable because it has three very useful modes -- and casting it for two is amazing, and super doable. 3.9 1x in 14%

3.5 If you've already gone wide this is a great trick, and if you haven't, it can help you do it. 3.3 1x in 17%

3 Three mana for 3 damage on an Instant is pretty good -- though not great. This will occasionally nab you a 2-for-1 though, which is nice. 3.5 1x in 17%

2.5 This is a serviceable removal spell, especially in Abzan and Mardu, since they are so good at making tokens. 2.6 1x in 18%

3 4 mana for sorcery-speed destroy target creature isn't great -- but adding two temporary tokens to the board is a very real upgrade. Between the removal and those new bodies, you're likely to have a much better combat than your opponent expected. 3.6 1x in 18%

3 Dividing damage is a big deal. Killing two X/1s with this feels great, and you can also use it to Shock your opponent, or do 1 to a creature and 1 to your opponent. 1.5 1x in 21%

3.5 It's not the most efficient removal ever, but adding a lightning helix to the mix goes a long way towards making this card worth the mana. 4.3 1x in 23%

3 This is a little bit narrow, and aggro decks won't love that a creature gets to block before they can use this, but it is reasonably efficient and will gain you life sometimes. 3.3 1x in 28%

2.0 // 3.5 This set has tons of tokens, so making this a servicable removal spell is pretty doable -- and in decks with lots of Mobilize, it might just be your best removal spell. 2.3 1x in 28%

4 If this always cost 2 mana it'd be a great removal spell, but it will cost one mana reasonably often -- at which point it's absurd. 3.8 1x in 28%

4 Even if this was Sorcery-speed 100% of the time it'd be a very good card. Two mana for 4 damage is a great rate and you can trade up, sometimes in a big way. So, the fact that this'll be an instant a significant chunk of the time is amazing. 4.3 1x in 30%

3 Costing more against Dragons is a very real downside in this set, but it does a decent job against everything else. 3.8 1x in 31%

3.5 This is a pretty nice removal spell whether you spend 3 or 4 to cast it. 3.4 1x in 34%
Enchantment, Artifact

2.5 This has a pretty solid base effect, and recasting it even once is going to feel like you're doing something sweet. 1.2 1x in 4%

3 You'll be able to equip this for 3 or 2 pretty easily, and anything with three colors can be equipped for only one mana, and the buff it offers is pretty legit. 4.6 1x in 4%

4 The equipment without Flurry is kind of passable, and with it, it's amazing. Just one token will feel like you're getting a steal, and more than that will feel amazing. 4.7 1x in 6%

4.5 Getting a free token every turn adds up in a hurry, and if you have a bunch of Mobilize on the board, the Mardu mode is likely to do a ton of work. 5 1x in 7%

4 This buff is enough to make almost any creature into a significant presence on the board, and in a format with Mobilize it looks especially spicy. The extra combat step isn't always meaningful, though. 4.6 1x in 8%

1.5 This is an okay trick. It lets lots of creatures win combat, but it's not good against removal, and while the buff it leaves behind is okay, it's not great. 1.6 1x in 8%

1.5 This will feel good when it works out, but the baseline is pretty bad. 3.4 1x in 11%

4.5 The Abzan mode will very quickly upgrade your board, and the Mardu mode can be good when you have lots of tokens and sacrifice stuff going on. 4.6 1x in 13%

3 Casting this only once feels fine, and it won't be unusual to get to cast it again later in the game. 4.1 1x in 14%

2 Just the buff and a 1/1 every turn isn't really worth a card most of the time -- but if you've gone wid enough, that buff gets much better. 3.4 1x in 15%

3 This never adds to the board on it's own, but presumably the cards it draws you will help you add to the board on subsequent turns and the drain life effect is nuts with Mobilize. 3.9 1x in 15%

3.5 Paying 5 for this 100% of the time would be like a 2.0, but this will typically cost less. Keep in mind it counts attacking creatures either player controls. 4.2 1x in 24%

3 As usual, Banishing Light-like cards are pretty good in Limited. It's not the most efficient thing ever and it's Sorcery speed, but it can hit any nonland. 3.6 1x in 34%

3 This is great at fixing your mana early and then can give you a real presence on board late. The Monuments all give you nice 2-for-1s, and I think that makes up for them not adding to the board on turn two. 3.3 1x in 34%
Planeswalkers

5 He comes down, exiles your opponent's best permanent and then stats drawing you cards and gaining you life. His loyalty is massive, so taking him down is not easy, and the card advantage he grants is absurd. 5 1x in 1%

5 This is the biggest bomb in the set. She can easily kill you with tokens or counters, and even if you're behind she kills something and threatens to start doing token and counter things next turn. 4.9 1x in 4%
Lands

3.5 In other 3-color formats, the tri-lands are worth pretty high picks because they make your mana so much better. 3.6 1x in 24%

3 This is really good at fixing your mana, though I would value it slightly less than the gainlands. 3.5 1x in 30%

3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters. 2.8 1x in 39%

3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters. 2.4 1x in 42%

3 These offer great fixing in a format where that really matters. 2.4 1x in 44%
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4 Whether you drain your opponent's life and make them discard, or kill one of their creatures and gain 2, the investment here is very much worth it since it's a 2-for1. 4.3 1x in 35%

4 Giving your tokens -- especially the Mobilize ones -- death touch is nasty, and the baseline here is pretty good. 3.1 1x in 35%

4.5 Casting this will win you the game virtually every time, and there's enough ramp around for this to be castable -- but it will get stuck in your hand sometimes. 4.8 1x in 1%

4.5 This'll usually have something to reanimate, and paying 4 mana for a 3/3 + something that costs 2 or 3 mana is going to feel like a great deal. 3.9 1x in 1%

4.5 Getting a free token every turn adds up in a hurry, and if you have a bunch of Mobilize on the board, the Mardu mode is likely to do a ton of work. 5 1x in 7%

4.5 The Abzan mode will very quickly upgrade your board, and the Mardu mode can be good when you have lots of tokens and sacrifice stuff going on. 4.6 1x in 13%

5 He comes down, exiles your opponent's best permanent and then stats drawing you cards and gaining you life. His loyalty is massive, so taking him down is not easy, and the card advantage he grants is absurd. 5 1x in 1%

5 This will end the game in a few turns if you can't deal with it. Not only does it grow, it also makes all of your creature spells way better. 4.8 1x in 1%

5 This is the biggest bomb in the set. She can easily kill you with tokens or counters, and even if you're behind she kills something and threatens to start doing token and counter things next turn. 4.9 1x in 4%

5 Even if this was always a dragon it'd be pretty good, since it's efficient and your opponent can't remove it without getting 2-for-1'd, but throw in the fact that this can be a sweeper when that's what you need, and this looks excellent. 5 1x in 4%

5 Flash makes it a lot easier for you to successfully set up an Endure trigger. Just set up any trade and flash in Anafenza, and you come out way ahead -- and then she sticks around and gives you more value. She has pretty solid starting stats too! 5 1x in 4%

5 This is a two drop that can take over the game quickly. Spitting out 1/1s is nice, but it's also great it can grow itself, because it makes it more likely it can keep attacking and triggering endure. Things will snowball and get out of hand if it's not dealt with. 4.6 1x in 6%

5 This is Vampire Nighthawk on steroids, even before we talk about the Renew ability! Once you add Renew to the mix, it's going to produce 2-for-1s with regularity -- either that, or just outright kill your opponent. There's basically no good outcome for your opponent when this thing hits the table. 4.6 1x in 8%

5 Even if you only ever got a three mana 2/3 with Flying and lifelink, this would be a 3.5, but you're going to be able to get two copies often enough for this to be a bomb. 4.8 1x in 13%

Mardu	562 matches	71 decks
18.93% of Metagame
Sultai	492 matches	60 decks
16.00% of Metagame
Abzan	400 matches	49 decks
13.07% of Metagame
Temur	373 matches	47 decks
12.53% of Metagame
Jeskai	354 matches	43 decks
11.47% of Metagame
Boros	188 matches	23 decks
6.13% of Metagame
Orzhov	168 matches	20 decks
5.33% of Metagame
Simic	94 matches	12 decks
3.20% of Metagame
Golgari	89 matches	10 decks
2.67% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-black)	65 matches	8 decks
2.13% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-white)	63 matches	8 decks
2.13% of Metagame
Five Color	57 matches	7 decks
1.87% of Metagame
Izzet	25 matches	3 decks
0.80% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-blue)	18 matches	2 decks
0.53% of Metagame
Azorius	18 matches	2 decks
0.53% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-red)	17 matches	2 decks
0.53% of Metagame
Rakdos	9 matches	1 decks
0.27% of Metagame
Bant	8 matches	1 decks
0.27% of Metagame
Jund	3 matches	1 decks
0.27% of Metagame
Esper	8 matches	1 decks
0.27% of Metagame
Naya	8 matches	1 decks
0.27% of Metagame
Mono White	8 matches	1 decks
0.27% of Metagame
Selesnya	3 matches	1 decks
0.27% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-green)	9 matches	1 decks
0.27% of Metagame

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Tarkir: Dragonstorm Draft Deck Metagame

Mardu card breakdown - 71 decks, 18.93% of meta

Creatures

Instant, Sorcery

Enchantment, Artifact

Planeswalkers

Lands

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