Draft Deck Meta

Wilds of Eldraine Draft Deck Metagame

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Dimir card breakdown - 223 decks, 8.3% of meta

Creatures

3.5 think I’m already in on a one mana 1/1 flyer that Surveils 1. So, the fact this can cash itself in from the graveyard and give you back a whole card is nice 3.6 1x in 24%

3.0 Like most of the Common adventure creatures, both sides of this look super underwhelming, but they do in fact often result in a 2-for-1, so it’s better than it looks 2.4 1x in 24%

2.5 Cursing an opposing creature isn’t the most powerful thing in the world, but when you Bargain this does upgrade your board and downgrade your opponents reasonably effectively. 1.8 1x in 25%

2.5 A 6-mana 4/6 Flyer with Ward 2 seems…kind of okay. There’s not much in the format that can kill it efficiently between it’s size and the Ward tax, and obviously this body is good at attacking or blocking. The Scry 2 is a nice additional effect to have, but I do feel kind of like I should be getting a little extra something here, especially on an Uncommon. I think having one of these at the top of your curve in Blue seems like a good idea, though. 3.3 1x in 27%

3.0 Three mana for a 1/1 flyer that stuns something is probably already a playable card – especially in a format with a Faerie deck and some payoffs for tapping things, so the fact that you also have the option of just playing this on turn one makes this a nice Common 1.8 1x in 27%

3.0 This doesn’t quite give you two cards, but I think it gets close enough, even with Croaking Curse being Sorcery speed. It lets you downgrade a creature and up your ability to attack, and then you get a decent creature on a future turn 2.1 1x in 27%

2.0 A two mana 1/3 with lifelink is a solid card, and that’s what this well be a decent chunk of the time, especially in Blue-Black. The buff effect is expensive and really only the kind of thing you use when you have nothing else to do 3.1 1x in 28%

3.0 There is a chance you miss with Free the Fae. You have a pretty good chance of not missing, especially in Blue/Red and Blue/Black, but this isn’t the kind of effect that will only miss on rare occasions. I think expecting it to wiff entirely a third of the time is reasonable. When you can get a card out of it it’s going to feel pretty good, especially because you also get a reasonable flyer. A creature with these two keywords goes great with the various Role tokens in the set too. 3.5 1x in 28%

2.5 A restricted Sorcery speed bounce effect isn’t amazing, but you’ll usually have something you can bounce with this early. Usually, a bounce effect is card disadvantage, but because you get a big vanilla creature out of this later, that isn’t really the case. While it doesn’t quite deliver the two cards of value that make some adventures really strong, this does do a whole lot for a single card 2.7 1x in 29%

3.0 A 3 mana ⅔ with Menace is passable, and you can augment one of your creatures with this on an earlier turn – or the same turn, if you have happen to have four mana. It just seems like plenty of value to get out of a single card, and it even seems reasonably efficient 3.2 1x in 31%

3.5 As with most of these, if you take the adventure away, we’re talking about a playable card. A 4-mana 2/3 flyer that forces your opponent to discard is exactly that, and in the earlier part of the game the fact that this bounces a spell is pretty nice. That effect normally isn’t that impressive, mostly because you would go down a card for tempo alone, but because you have the Coven to play later, that isn’t true in this case. That makes the effect a heck of a lot more powerful 3.4 1x in 32%

2.5 This has almost reasonable stats, and reducing the costs of spells has some extra weight in this format thanks to Adventures, in addition to the fact that it just plays well in any Blue/Red deck. 1.8 1x in 34%

4.0 A two mana 2/2 with Flash and Flying always makes the cut, so the fact that this will also chip in and make your opponent lose life while you play out other Faeries is nice, especially because so many Faeries are evasive that chipping in for one damage here and there makes it a lot easier for them to do lethal 2.9 1x in 34%

3.5 This has two-for-one potential, though it isn’t always going to be accessible. You need a board of some sort to turn Desperate Parry into a full card, but there are a number of ways you can. For example, you can triple block something and then use the Parry to make it so all your stuff survives and they lose their creature. Then you get a serviceable flyer later 1.6 1x in 38%
Instant, Sorcery

1.5 This is an interesting take on this type of effect since the creature gets to return with a buff. Unfortunately, when we see this effect completely absent of an upfront power boost, it hasn’t really played super well. It does work well against removal, but not working that well in combat is a an issue. 1.7 1x in 14%

3.0 We just saw this card but with a Lord of the Ringsy name, and it ended up being solid. It’s a 4 mana instant that removes…pretty much any creature. Keep in mind it is your opponent who decides where the creature goes 0.9 1x in 16%

2.0 Seeing two cards for one mana tends to be a nice rate, and this will be especially good in this format’s spell deck, but running the first copy of this seems decent in most Blue decks. It is true that you only have so much space for cards that don’t impact the board, but this is efficient enough that it will make the cut a decent chunk of the time. 1.7 1x in 17%

3.5 Even without the enchantment part, you’d always play it in your black decks. Exiling something for 4 at instant speed is just always going to be good. When you also get this to scry, it will feel amazing 3.9 1x in 20%

2.0 The Rat not being able to block here is obviously a big deal, but if you can pick off an X/1 with this while adding something to your board that’s not…too bad. The problem is a 1/1 that can’t block isn’t exactly the most significant thing to add to your board. In fact, it’s pretty close to the least significant thing you can add 2.8 1x in 22%

4.0 Even without the Faerie upside this is an instant speed removal spell that scales all game long. If your deck has 0 Faeries you would always play it, but it does get far better if you do have some faeries around, as it becomes incredibly efficient. Heck, you can pay one to give something -3/-3 when you have a Faerie. There are enough faeries in black that setting this up for the extra value isn’t hard, and the baseline card is already really good 3.6 1x in 23%

2.0 This will never let you trade up, and that’s one of the best things to do with removal spells. With this, you’ll kill something that cost the same or less. Getting that Food helps, but you don’t even always get it. 3.8 1x in 24%

2.0 This is Cancel when you don’t Bargain it, and Counterspell when you do. 1 mana may not seem like much, but the chasm between those two cards is massive. The fact this has double blue in the cost really matters too, as Limited mana bases aren’t good enough for you to consistently be able to leave up two Blue mana for this. 2 1x in 27%

2.5 5 mana Sorcery speed removal isn’t anything special. It’s just too expensive and clunky for that to ever be the case. This can go after two card types and it does upgrade your board a tiny bit, but overall it still seems a little too slow to be anything special 3.1 1x in 28%

2.5 4 mana to bounce something and draw a card is usually playable. It lets you break even on cards while setting your opponent back a little. With bargain in the mix, this moves up another notch – probably to the point where the first copy is something you feel decent about having in all of your Blue decks 1.9 1x in 29%

1.5 A draw spell that adds to the board sounds attractive. It’s too bad that the thing it adds to the board is so insignificant though, and it makes me think this is probably a little bit too clunky to be something that always makes the cut in your Blue decks 2.4 1x in 32%

2.0 Instant speed Divination isn’t too shabby, though it doesn’t add to the board and that can always be a problem in Limited. 2 1x in 34%

4.0 Without Bargain this is premium removal, with it, it’s one of Black’s best commons. It can deal with so much when you Bargain, and there’s plenty of fodder around 4.3 1x in 34%

1.0 // 2.5 One of the downsides with counter magic that gives your opponent the option of paying mana to ignore it is that it gets worse as the game goes longer, but the Faerie upside here helps hedge against that. This probably needs a build around grade though, because if you’re in Blue and you’re short on Faeries it’s a lot worse 2.2 1x in 34%
Enchantment, Artifact

3.5 This is an interesting design, one that is really hard to wrap one’s head around without actually playing with it. But my instinct is…it seems pretty good. Exiling things is always nice, and making your opponent recast them does give you some nice tempo. So, the fact that this also draws you a card when they play those things from exile is going to generate a ton of value. In short, this can really let you pop off a big turn by exiling several things, and if that wasn’t enough to get you there, it will generate some nice value. 4.1 1x in 4%

5.0 This is utterly unbeatable on turn two, and no matter when you draw it, it represents a significant threat that will allow you to really snowball your advantage. It gets even sillier if you happen to be in the Faerie deck and can get extra value out of it 5 1x in 4%

3.5 This gives you a lot of value for two mana, that’s for sure. Two mana for just the Role token isn’t great, but if you can keep it or another Aura around, this starts doing the Phyrexian Arena thing. There are enough role tokens in Black for this to be pretty effective 4.7 1x in 4%

5.0 This is amazing. The adventure side is an excellent premium removal spell, and would be a B all on its own. Then, this removal spell turns into a value train in the late game and will definitely win you the game within a few turns 4.9 1x in 5%

3.0 This is a pretty nice sacrifice outlet, and Black in this format has access to many rat tokens that will feel particularly good to sacrifice to this 1.6 1x in 5%

1.5 Scry 2 on turn one doesn’t sound like a bad idea in a lot of situations, although using up a whole card to do it definitely isn’t appealing. However, the fact you can cash this in for a card and life later means you don’t use up a whole card. Still, in a format without a big artifact theme, these artifacts that have tiny effects have been fairly underwhelming 2.2 1x in 8%

1.5 // 3.5 Just getting a Cursed token for two mana isn’t terrible…though certainly not good either. It is very easy for your opponent to move the Cursed Role since all they have to do is use an effect that lets them put a role on one of their creatures. So, it’s a good thing it does some other stuff. Scry 2 helps set up chapter III in theory, and if you can copy something like a removal spell with chapter III this card is going to feel pretty insane, especially for two mana! Not all decks will do that consistently, though 2.5 1x in 11%

3.0 This has been a nice Limited card every time we’ve seen it. It feels good to outright kill something with it, but it feels even better to put it on a creature that doesn’t die because the Aura usually does enough to make that creature irrelevant while it also starts quickly pressuring your opponent’s life 3.7 1x in 15%

2.0 This is pretty solid every time we see it. It’s not going to be as good here as it would be an artifact-heavy set, but it replaces itself and does an okay job of fixing your mana 2.8 1x in 16%

4.0 This looks strong. Sure, the three things it does are kind of small – but it’s almost always going to feel like you get two cards worth of value out of it. There will be situations where chapter 1 can’t kill something, but most of the time it will, and the Food and Role are going to feel like the cherry on top of a two-mana removal spell, which is pretty awesome 4.4 1x in 18%

3.0 This effect at two mana is nice, especially because this comes with some nice insurance most versions of it don’t. One of the big downsides of Aura removal is that if your opponent sacrifices or bounces their thing, it feels horrible. In this case, if you have 1 mana up, it’s going to feel a lot less horrible. So, this really gets around that downside in a significant way, and it’s efficient – so overall, I think this is actually Blue premium removal. Something we don’t see a whole lot of 3.2 1x in 23%

2.5 One mana to make your opponent discard and lose 2 life is an acceptable rate, and after that point the Nightmare is great fodder for cards with Bargain. It’s definitely a role-player, but something you probably want one of in Black if you have a few cards that Bargain 3.4 1x in 24%

3.0 This will be one of the absolute best things you can ever sacrifice to a Bargain card as you end up netting a bunch of cards and getting a bonus effect. Most decks in this format will have enough cards with Bargain to make this worth playing. The downside is, of course, that it does stone nothing when you can’t sacrifice it 3.3 1x in 26%

1.0 For this to do anything, the creature you put it on generally already has to be good, and when an Aura needs that from you it gets a lot worse. If you have a lot of flyers this isn’t a bad role player, but most of the time you won’t play it 2.8 1x in 27%
Planeswalkers

5.0 This looks amazing. You’re not exactly going to trigger the pay life effect, but the +1 and -2 are both so good that it doesn’t really matter. The +1 is a great card draw effect, especially because it will help grow the two 1/1s that the -2 makes. And that -2 is good on its own too, as having Ashiok come down and make those two bodies will often do enough to keep Ashiok around for a while, especially because those tokens are just going to grow every turn going forward – and they do it during combat so it will happen quickly. The ultimate is kind of an afterthought here, mostly because you will want to get real cards with the +1, so the mana value of the cards you exile won’t be that high, but there will be situations where you look at the board and just using Ashiok’s +1 twice to exile two expensive things, and then fire off the -7 will make sense. So, it is upside on a card that is already nuts without it. The total package here is an insane bomb 5 1x in 4%
Lands

3.5 Sure, a ¼ isn’t always going to get through, but this will drain 2 life any time it attacks, so your opponent will still usually need to alter how they are playing to account for it, and that gives you some pretty real value. 4.1 1x in 1%

3.5 A 2/1 with First Strike can attack on a whole lot of boards, and the fact that this one is so cheap to animate is pretty amazing. Adding Scry as the attack trigger is definitely a nice addition 3.6 1x in 1%

3.0 This looks like a very nice land. Sure it enters tapped, but unlike a lot of utility lands we see, this one can produce colored mana so it isn’t a liability for your mana base. And that’s great, because the late game ability this has is pretty big. Getting back an Adventure late is going to be something that really helps you grind out a long game, since you often get a card that gives you impressive value when you do. You don’t really want more than one, but I think most decks will have enough adventures to make that first copy pretty nice 4 1x in 7%

1.0 Mana filter lands usually aren’t very good in Limited. It’s just really costly to have to tap two lands for one mana, and that’s effectively what happens when you need to filter using a land. The fact that Prophetic Prism and that Scarecrow are in the set probably also means that the demand for this will be even lower, as those two can filter your mana and you only have to tap one land to do it. Crystal Grotto is usually a 1.5, and with better Common colorless fixing around, this will probably drop down to a 1.0 2.3 1x in 12%

2.5 As usual, this provides nice fixing. Makes it pretty easy to splash a single card if you have one Evolving Wilds, since it effectively gives you two sources of your splash color 3 1x in 25%
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4.5 The Adventure side of this isn’t always going to be super useful, but it is more flexible than most versions of the effect that we see. It can go after opposing creatures, which means that in addition to helping you blink your own stuff, you can use it to temporarily get rid of a blocker. Then, the creature side is incredibly imposing and can take over the game all on its own 4.8 1x in 9%

4.5 A two mana 1/1 with Flying that can tap to loot is probably a 3.5 at the very worst. Looting for free just…always plays amazingly well in Limited. So, this added upside of turning into a copy of creatures in your graveyard is pretty amazing, especially because it holds on to flying 2.9 1x in 11%

4.5 Lagoon Breach is removal, even if it is situational, and then the whale is certainly beefy enough to trade for something, so we’re talking about a 2-for-1 here. And it is pretty much always an imposing board presence 4.5 1x in 12%

4.5 This reminds me a little of Diregraf Horde, and that’s very good company to keep. You pay 5 mana here for at least 5/6 worth of stats across two bodies. And sure, one of those bodies can’t block, but that’s still completely insane! Especially because should you have any other Rats around, the Witch buffs them too. And…I think it’s safe to say you’ll have at least one other one a huge chunk of the time when you play her. This may just be the best Uncommon in the set. 3.8 1x in 13%

5.0 5/5 worth of stats for 4 mana is a great starting point, and the Gutter-Dweller also happens to be able to grow and draw you cards using the expendable bodies he gives you. This can really snowball out of control in a big way 4.7 1x in 0%

5.0 The Adventure side gives you a full card, and the creature side usually will too. Sometimes more, because if you trade and get to cast an Adventure we’re talking about a 3-for-1 here. I can’t imagine you normally want to play this on turn two, as a creature, although I suppose if you’ve got a really nasty curve out it can do the trick. But even treating this as a 4-mana 3/2 that draws you a card sounds really good, and you can obviously divide up when you cast the two halves to make it feel even better and if you always have the mana available when it dies, it will just keep coming back 4.7 1x in 0%

5.0 A 6-mana 4/6 with Flying and Haste is already pretty impressive, and this activated ability is really strong and a great place to sink your mana. It can pick off creatures or finish off your opponent quite impressively, and because of Bargain, you have the option of giving up something to get four mana right away that you can use to do 1 damage twice the turn it comes down! Most of the time, that’s going to be a deal worth taking, especially if you have some Treasure or Food lying around. This thing will basically always give you an immediate impact that is powerful and then if it sticks around the game is well and truly over for your opponent 4.9 1x in 0%

5.0 It isn’t quite Hydroid Krasis, but it does a pretty good impression. It scales all game long and becomes even more of a flying threat – that also pumps out an increasingly impressive amount of food, which you can not only use to gain life, but also draws cards. As long as you pay at least 2 for X, the Goose Mother is always going to give you some permanent value and a very efficient body, and if it’s left unchecked it will draw you a ton of cards too 5 1x in 1%

5.0 This is going to play a whole lot like Luminarch Aspirant. Sure, you can’t stack roles on a creature, so it isn’t like this will always be able to buff your board, especially because it also costs one mana to do it’s thing. But that’s okay, because once it’s already put this Role on each of your creatures, you’re probably going to have an insurmountable advantage anyway. It isn’t hard for you to make sure you get some permanent value out of this either, as if you wait until turn three to play and then put the Aura on something else, you’ve already gotten there. Then, left unchecked, this will just win games 5 1x in 2%

5.0 This looks amazing. You’re not exactly going to trigger the pay life effect, but the +1 and -2 are both so good that it doesn’t really matter. The +1 is a great card draw effect, especially because it will help grow the two 1/1s that the -2 makes. And that -2 is good on its own too, as having Ashiok come down and make those two bodies will often do enough to keep Ashiok around for a while, especially because those tokens are just going to grow every turn going forward – and they do it during combat so it will happen quickly. The ultimate is kind of an afterthought here, mostly because you will want to get real cards with the +1, so the mana value of the cards you exile won’t be that high, but there will be situations where you look at the board and just using Ashiok’s +1 twice to exile two expensive things, and then fire off the -7 will make sense. So, it is upside on a card that is already nuts without it. The total package here is an insane bomb 5 1x in 4%

5.0 This is utterly unbeatable on turn two, and no matter when you draw it, it represents a significant threat that will allow you to really snowball your advantage. It gets even sillier if you happen to be in the Faerie deck and can get extra value out of it 5 1x in 4%

5.0 This is amazing. The adventure side is an excellent premium removal spell, and would be a B all on its own. Then, this removal spell turns into a value train in the late game and will definitely win you the game within a few turns 4.9 1x in 5%

5.0 If you can exile two things and pick off a bunch of stuff with this it’s going to feel pretty good, especially if it hurts your opponent more than it hurts you. Then, this will have the upside of allowing you to sweep the board of everything apart from the Specter, which is an absurdly powerful effect 4.7 1x in 8%

5.0 This is really strong, even on its own. Looting on attack is a powerful thing as we just saw in Lord of the Rings, and this also feels kind of like Connive, another strong mechanic from the recent past. Basically, this improves your card quality while growing on its own, and then there’s the fact that it lends the ability to other Faeries too. I think you’ll have another Faerie in play often enough when you play the Messenger that it will have an immediate impact on the board, and that combined with it’s ability to snowball makes it a bomb 4.7 1x in 19%

Golgari	3813 matches	463 decks
17.23% of Metagame
Rakdos	3367 matches	416 decks
15.48% of Metagame
Boros	2624 matches	321 decks
11.95% of Metagame
Dimir	1852 matches	223 decks
8.30% of Metagame
Orzhov	1796 matches	220 decks
8.19% of Metagame
Selesnya	1805 matches	218 decks
8.11% of Metagame
Gruul	1633 matches	200 decks
7.44% of Metagame
Izzet	1178 matches	144 decks
5.36% of Metagame
Simic	713 matches	84 decks
3.13% of Metagame
Azorius	656 matches	83 decks
3.09% of Metagame
Abzan	574 matches	69 decks
2.57% of Metagame
Jund	338 matches	40 decks
1.49% of Metagame
Naya	247 matches	29 decks
1.08% of Metagame
Sultai	224 matches	27 decks
1.00% of Metagame
Temur	180 matches	23 decks
0.86% of Metagame
Esper	167 matches	21 decks
0.78% of Metagame
Mono Red	141 matches	17 decks
0.63% of Metagame
Bant	127 matches	16 decks
0.60% of Metagame
Grixis	130 matches	15 decks
0.56% of Metagame
Mardu	108 matches	13 decks
0.48% of Metagame
Jeskai	71 matches	9 decks
0.33% of Metagame
Mono White	65 matches	8 decks
0.30% of Metagame
Mono Black	67 matches	8 decks
0.30% of Metagame
Mono Blue	65 matches	8 decks
0.30% of Metagame
Mono Green	52 matches	6 decks
0.22% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-white)	27 matches	3 decks
0.11% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-red)	9 matches	1 decks
0.04% of Metagame
Four Color (Non-blue)	9 matches	1 decks
0.04% of Metagame
Colorless	8 matches	1 decks
0.04% of Metagame

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Wilds of Eldraine Draft Deck Metagame

Dimir card breakdown - 223 decks, 8.3% of meta

Creatures

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Planeswalkers

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