Draft Deck Meta

Theros: Beyond Death Draft Deck Metagame

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Temur card breakdown - 10 decks, 0.43% of meta

Creatures

1.0 This has bad stats for the cost, and Scry doesn’t really change that. 0.7 1x in 20%

2.0 I like looting a fair bit – and it gets some extra value in this set because of the Escape mechanic. This has passable stats too, so you’ll play it in some of the grindier decks. 2.1 1x in 20%

2.5 This is a solid creature that is especially good in the 4-power deck, as giving Trample to everybody is likely to have an immediate impact in a deck with enough larger creatures, and of course the Forerunner packs more than 4 power itself! 2.7 1x in 30%

2.5 A 4-mana 4/4 with Reach and downside doesn’t sound amazing, but it actually lines up fairly well in this format. It is a sizable creature, and as long as you’re just always attacking with him, the fact he can’t block a big chunk of the time doesn’t matter! It is a little annoying that he has Reach – a purely defensive ability – but won’t be able to block with it very often. He does do a good job of stonewalling a board that has like…one flyer and not much else, at least. 1.5 1x in 30%

3.0 This gives you some nice fixing that gets better if you have a big guy around. It is super vulnerable and dies to every removal in the set, which is especially painful when your opponent spend only one mana to kill it, but it is still a high quality common. 3.1 1x in 30%

3.0 This signpost uncommon feels a bit underwhelming to me. Sure, the guy is efficient and he has trample, but I feel like I should be getting a little something else to make up for the downside here. Sure, even if you don’t have a big enough creature, the Warden is a good blocker, and sure – RG is the color pair all about having high power – but still, just not that impressed here. Will you play him in all your RG decks? Absolutely. But he shouldn’t be the card that pulls you into the color pair. 2.8 1x in 30%

2.0 This is another cheap sacrifice outlet, which works quite well in the BR deck. It is pretty inefficient other than that, though. 1.2 1x in 30%

3.0 This is a great Common payoff for the 4-power deck, as it often will be a ¾, and in a set with lots of Auras, trample is pretty nice! Note by the way that it counts itself when looking for 4 power, so if you have suited him up with an Aura that allows him to have 4-power, it will still get the boost. 1.4 1x in 30%

4.0 Eutropia is a great payoff for Enchantments. If she could just put counters on things or just give them flying, she would be a good card – but she does both! Keep in mind too, that even if you have nothing on board, Eutropia can pump herself. 3.2 1x in 30%

1.5 This is basically affinity for Enchantments. I think you need to consistently only be paying 5 for this for it to be worth it, and even 5 isn’t anything impressive. Lower than that and it starts to be a little more passable. 1.8 1x in 30%

2.5 Witness of Tomorrows tends to overperform. It lines up really well against most other flyers in the format as a ¾, and can be a really threatening presence in the air, and it doesn’t have the worst manasink ability either. 2.7 1x in 30%

3.5 A two mana 2/1 that is relevant all game long is always nice, and that’s what we have here. You can set up two-for-ones pretty easily with this, and that’s the ideal situation, but even if you can’t do that, you can just trade up with it – since it can take down anything with 4 toughness all on its own! Situations will be created where your opponent’s attacks just don’t work for them because of this two drop, and that’s going to feel pretty good. 3.8 1x in 30%

3.5 So, this is 5-mana for a 4/4 and a 1/1, and it comes with the “Hero” clause – pumping the power of all of your creatures when you target it. That’s a pretty good deal, especially because the Heroes themselves help you go wide in the first place. 3 1x in 30%

3.0 This is a key common for Red aggro decks in this format. It has reasonably aggressive stats and doesn’t tend to stay dead, and can really represent inevitability. 2.2 1x in 60%
Instant, Sorcery

1.5 This is alright in aggro decks, as it can let you close out a game, but it is still highly situational – it doesn’t tend to do much unless you have lethal. 0.6 1x in 0%

2.0 This is a solid draw spell for Green, and it is nice that it puts at least three cards in the graveyard when you use it, because that will help you fuel Escape. 1.1 1x in 10%

1.5 This is a neat design for a counterspell that we haven’t really seen before. Most of the time in Limited, your opponent will just be controlling one spell or ability, so this is basically just a fancy Convolute, and that isn’t an amazing place to be. On occasion, you may be able to get more than just the one spell, but it isn’t that easy to make it happen. 1.9 1x in 10%

3.5 Well, it isn’t Lightning Bolt, or even Lightning Strike – but that’s ok, this is still premium removal. . It can kill stuff in response to Auras – which will be extra good in this format, as well as in response to combat tricks and other shenanigans, and it can kill the majority of creatures you’re going to see in this format, frequently trading up. Scry 1 might just seem like small value, and I guess it kind of is, but adding a little bit of card selection to a great removal spell is nice. 3.9 1x in 10%

2.5 This is Black’s solid-but-unexciting draw spell in this format. It is nice it adds three cards to the graveyard for Escape. 1.4 1x in 10%

1.5 This kind of “Kill a big thing” removal spell is always fine, but generally not more than that. 1.9 1x in 10%

1.0 Six mana for a board pump effect like this honestly isn’t that impressive, especially because the boost it gives is so inconsistent, and it doesn’t even offer a keyword ability to sweeten the deal. You’ll play this in some of your Green decks, especially if you’re close to mono-green and going wide, but you’ll barely every play this. 1.8 1x in 10%

1.5 There aren’t many formats where removal spells that involve you sacrificing a creature end up working out in Limited, and this isn’t one of them, even with a fairly legit sacrifice deck around. 1.6 1x in 10%

2.0 This gives you some nice card selection, loads your graveyard, and provides an instant speed effect for the UR deck, so it fits into most decks in this format reasonably well. 1 1x in 20%

2.5 This is quality counter-magic in this format. It is capable of countering the vast majority of spells that you’ll run into, it does it relatively efficiently, and it even exiles the card cutting down on Escape shenanigans. 1.6 1x in 20%

1.0 This is an alright trick, but in a format with lots of playable offensive Auras, tricks are a little less valuable. 1 1x in 20%

2.5 This bounces things really efficiently, allowing you to come out ahead in terms of tempo virtually all the time. Leaving up the mana for it is pretty easy too, so it is more likely to be used in a blow-out type situation – like in response to a trick or an Aura. 1.2 1x in 30%

3.5 This can tuck a huge number of permanents in this set and it does it really efficiently, basically amounting to being premium removal. 3.1 1x in 30%

0.0 // 2.5 There is a real sacrifice deck in this format, and that means this Threaten effect is actually worthwhile sometimes! Stealing an opposing creature and then sacrificing it is one of the sweetest things you’ll ever do in Magic, and because there are good sacrifice outlets in this format, you’ll actually set that up sometimes. It is unplayable pretty much everywhere else, though. 1.3 1x in 30%
Enchantment, Artifact

4.0 This is good, as it will usually be well worth the 3 mana you spend on it. Even if you have nothing going on on the board, it helps add to the board for you, then makes the creature big, and can then also draw you a card. Obviously, your creature has to survive to the third chapter to draw that card, and sometimes it won’t – but most of the time you’ll also have more than just this 1/1 in play, too! The final chapter is probably the least impressive in most cases, but hey, at least it helps you fix and ramp your mana. 5 1x in 20%

1.5 Devotion is a much smaller theme in Theros this time around, but there are a few cards that care about it. This also fixes and ramps for you, which some decks will want, and it will even gain you life on occasion, which doesn’t hurt! 2.1 1x in 20%

3.0 Two mana to do two to anything at Instant speed is usually a solid card, if not premium removal. Adding some scry to the later game doesn’t hurt either. Then this gets a little bonus for both being an Enchantment, and a card with Flash -- since there are decks in this format interested in both things. This is cheap enough too, that killing 3 and 4 mana creatures who have two toughness with it will happen a decent chunk of the time. Sometimes you’ll break even on it, but I think you’ll trade up enough that this will feel really good. 2.9 1x in 20%

2.0 This gives a really nice stats boost for the cost, though it does come with some quite significant upside. If you’re an aggressive deck, slapping this on your one or two drop can often win you the game – but of course you’re going to get 2-for-1’d and Lightning Bolted if your opponent has an answer. This tends to be worth it in those aggro decks, but not really anywhere else. 1.2 1x in 20%

2.5 This is always nice in every format we see it in. It gives you serious fixing, and if your curve is low enough you can count it as a land in your deck, allowing you to play more meaningful cards. 1.8 1x in 20%

1.5 Granting flying to things is always a reasonable thing to do with Equipment, and the additional upside here of making the equipped creature unblockable doesn’t hurt, though you probably only do that if you can do lethal. 0.7 1x in 20%

5.0 This is an unbeatable bomb. It gives you a huge hexproof creature up front, which will usually be enough to keep you alive long enough to get to the next two chapters. Chapter II makes it so your whole board can probably get in on the next turn, and then Chapter III steals your opponents’ best permanent. So, this is basically a 3-for-1 that tends to do 10+ damage to your opponent. 5 1x in 20%

2.0 This is another Aura that feels like a combat trick that leaves some value behind, and the boost it often gives is well worth it in aggro decks. Still risky of course, so keep that in mind. 1.5 1x in 30%

2.5 This is nice fixing and ramp, and like all Omens it can be cashed in to Scry later in the game. If you aren’t splashing it probably isn’t something you’re super interested in playing. 2 1x in 30%

2.5 Blue always get a solid, but unexciting, removal spell that transforms a creature into something else. The downside with all of them is that the creature can still do stuff, even if it is shrunk. At best, this tends to mean the creature can still chump block, and at worst it means the creature can still be sizable thanks to Auras, +1/+1 counters, and Equipment. 2 1x in 30%

3.5 This gives a large enough boost to toughness that this enables a number of creatures to fight and survive than would have been able to without it. This often feels like a removal spell that leaves behind a permanent stats boost for one of your creatures, and that tends to feel pretty good – though it does have the usual downsides that Fight spells do – if you’re not careful, you might get 2-for-1’d. 3.5 1x in 30%

3.5 This is a removal spell that also gives one of your creatures a stats boost, and that’s pretty nice. It isn’t the most efficient at removing things, but it is nice that it actually impacts your side of the board too, even if +1/+1 isn’t always going to be a major thing. 3.5 1x in 30%

2.5 This replaces itself, and that’s quite nice. The +1/+0 and Trample boost probably wouldn’t have been enough, even in a format with Enchantmetn synergy, but because it draws you a card, you get to avoid the danger of a 2-for-1. 2.3 1x in 30%

2.0 The flexibility of this to feel like a combat trick that sticks around OR a counterspell against removal is pretty nice, especially in a set loaded with Enchantment payoffs. 1.7 1x in 60%
Planeswalkers
Lands

3.0 This is a nice utility land. Any land that becomes a meaningful card at some point in a game feels nice, since most lands have outlived their usefulness by that point of the game. This can really make it hard for your opponent to attack you, especially. 5 1x in 10%

1.0 Filterlands that don’t do anything else tend to be pretty bad, but you’ll run this if you’re desperate for fixing. 0.8 1x in 20%
Top Rated Cards

4.0 This is good, as it will usually be well worth the 3 mana you spend on it. Even if you have nothing going on on the board, it helps add to the board for you, then makes the creature big, and can then also draw you a card. Obviously, your creature has to survive to the third chapter to draw that card, and sometimes it won’t – but most of the time you’ll also have more than just this 1/1 in play, too! The final chapter is probably the least impressive in most cases, but hey, at least it helps you fix and ramp your mana. 5 1x in 20%

4.0 So, a 4-mana ⅗ with Reach is pretty darn efficient, and you’re going to get ½ spiders out of this often enough for it to be pretty nice. The fact is that this can block most of the flyers in the set, and your opponent is going to be frustrated with that, and if they want to get it or other creatures off the board, they’re going to have to give you a ½ spider in most cases, though there is Aura-based removal in this set. 5 1x in 20%

4.0 This is an excellent common. A 4-mana 4/4 virtually always makes the cut, but this one gets to come back in the late game much larger, guaranteeing you a 2-for-1, and sometimes just being a straight up win condition. 3.5 1x in 20%

4.0 This little two drop is good all game long. It has good stats, and it can animate your lands into pretty scary attackers in the late game, when it can often take over. 4.1 1x in 20%

4.0 Klothys does some very powerful things. This set has lots of graveyard stuff going on, so both your graveyard and your opponent’s will often have creatures in it, and Klothys gives you some great value when that is the case, either ramping you or draining the opponent for two. Klothys makes it a challenge for your opponent to race you, while also helping you ramp. Sometimes, in a set with escape, Klothys doesn’t have quite as much fuel as you would like, but overall is still a very good card. 5 1x in 20%

4.0 This gives you a great rate – you get 5/5 worth of stats for three mana! And sure, generally only one of them is going to be untapped, but when Alirios dies he leaves behind significant value. This is one of the best ETB abilities to abuse in this entire set too, so if you have ways to do that, considering utilizing them here. 4.1 1x in 20%

4.0 At worst she is a 4-mana 2/3 that makes your creatures come down with an additional counter – and that’s a card you would pretty much always play. But, the higher your devotion, the higher the power, and the more impressive she becomes. 4.2 1x in 20%

4.0 Eutropia is a great payoff for Enchantments. If she could just put counters on things or just give them flying, she would be a good card – but she does both! Keep in mind too, that even if you have nothing on board, Eutropia can pump herself. 3.2 1x in 30%

4.5 This is an incredibly powerful Constellation effect. Even if it just did one of the two things it does you would always play it – but getting a counter AND a card is amazing. Enchantments are everywhere in this set too, so setting that up isn’t exactly hard to do. He does start out a bit vulnerable, but as long as you trigger Constellation once with him you’re going to come out ahead, and anything more than that probably wins you the game. 5 1x in 10%

4.5 Tectonic Giant comes with fairly decent stats as a 4-mana ¾, and an ability that triggers every time he attacks. And, his ability is pretty flexible! Sometimes you’ll want the damage, especially if your opponent’s life is in danger. Other times, you’ll want the shot to cast some extra cards, if you are trying to pull back ahead. So, you repeatedly can get a pretty powerful effect out of it. And, even if your opponent kills your Giant right away, you’re going to get value out of it, since it gives you one of those two abilities when it becomes targeted by the opponent too! 5 1x in 10%

4.5 If you’re allowed to untap with this you end up with a ¾ and a 1/1, which is excellent for a 4-mana investment, and it just starts to snowball from there, getting massive and making more friends. Obviously if you have additional ways to draw cards it gets to be even sillier. This is a bomb -- that isn’t something you can say about a lot of three drops, but you can say it here. It can take over the game no matter when you play it. The one downside it has is that it is pretty vulnerable initially, as a ⅔, but it can grow big enough to avoid a lot of removal, and even if you only get two or three turns with this, you’re doing a great job, and if you get more than that you probably just win. 5 1x in 10%

4.5 A 3-mana 2/2 with Flying and Haste is already good -- then, the Phoenix comes with the ability to pump its power if you pump mana into it, which means even if your opponent manages to get something with Reach or Flying into play, the Phoenix can take it down if it needs to. Then, like all Phoenixes, Ash Phoenix can rise from the ashes, and in this case come back as a 3/3 with Flying and Haste. It also only asks for three cards to be exiled to Escape, and because of that Escaping with this over and over again isn’t really far-fetched. That means this Phoenix is going to be a nightmare for opponents, constantly coming back and dealing lots of damage in the sky. While this Phoenix is small, I think that its recursion and efficiency are enough to make into a bomb. 4.7 1x in 10%

5.0 So, if it doesn’t escape, you basically have a three mana spell that gains you 3 life, draws you a card, and puts a land on to the battlefield. That is already pretty close to a playable card. Then, when this escapes, it gets to be completely absurd -- amounting to a 4-mana 6/6 that will then draw you a card, gain you 3 life, and let you play a land etc., And, true to the “Titan” in its name, then it does it all again every time it attacks! The escape does require double-colored mana, and asks for five other cards in your graveyard, and both of those things are far from completely guaranteed, but it is easier to accomplish than you might think. If Uro escapes, you probably win the game. 4.7 1x in 10%

5.0 This is an unbeatable bomb. It gives you a huge hexproof creature up front, which will usually be enough to keep you alive long enough to get to the next two chapters. Chapter II makes it so your whole board can probably get in on the next turn, and then Chapter III steals your opponents’ best permanent. So, this is basically a 3-for-1 that tends to do 10+ damage to your opponent. 5 1x in 20%

Selesnya	2752 matches	323 decks
13.87% of Metagame
Golgari	2343 matches	275 decks
11.81% of Metagame
Gruul	2194 matches	260 decks
11.17% of Metagame
Rakdos	2062 matches	242 decks
10.40% of Metagame
Azorius	1847 matches	219 decks
9.41% of Metagame
Boros	1695 matches	200 decks
8.59% of Metagame
Orzhov	1349 matches	157 decks
6.74% of Metagame
Dimir	1059 matches	123 decks
5.28% of Metagame
Simic	863 matches	102 decks
4.38% of Metagame
Bant	558 matches	65 decks
2.79% of Metagame
Izzet	537 matches	62 decks
2.66% of Metagame
Jund	306 matches	36 decks
1.55% of Metagame
Mono Black	291 matches	35 decks
1.50% of Metagame
Mono White	287 matches	34 decks
1.46% of Metagame
Naya	211 matches	25 decks
1.07% of Metagame
Mono Red	208 matches	24 decks
1.03% of Metagame
Mono Green	189 matches	22 decks
0.95% of Metagame
Esper	163 matches	20 decks
0.86% of Metagame
Abzan	167 matches	20 decks
0.86% of Metagame
Mardu	151 matches	18 decks
0.77% of Metagame
Sultai	151 matches	18 decks
0.77% of Metagame
Grixis	147 matches	17 decks
0.73% of Metagame
Jeskai	88 matches	10 decks
0.43% of Metagame
Temur	84 matches	10 decks
0.43% of Metagame
Mono Blue	35 matches	4 decks
0.17% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-black)	24 matches	3 decks
0.13% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-white)	18 matches	2 decks
0.09% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-green)	9 matches	1 decks
0.04% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-blue)	9 matches	1 decks
0.04% of Metagame

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Theros: Beyond Death Draft Deck Metagame

Temur card breakdown - 10 decks, 0.43% of meta

Creatures

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Planeswalkers

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