Put discard rewards on the battlefield, then use looting and cycling to grow evasive attackers and turn excess cards into damage without abandoning the curve.
Put discard rewards on the battlefield, then use looting and cycling to grow evasive attackers and turn excess cards into damage without abandoning the curve.
Commit when repeated useful cards and enough support make a complete deck in these colors.
Four checks while you draft
Can I affect the board before the payoff?
Play this before looting or cycling to turn discarded cards into counters. Cycling the Mako itself replaces it but gives up its future growth; make that choice from the board and mana available.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Deploy a discard payoff before Boosted Sloop, then declare one or more of your attackers. Sloop loots even if it stays home, producing one attack trigger and a discard event for your payoffs.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Put discard rewards on the battlefield, then use looting and cycling to grow evasive attackers and turn excess cards into damage without abandoning the curve.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
The key card is present but its support is thin.
Prioritize useful support such as Marauding Mako or Scrounging Skyray.
Deploy a discard payoff before Boosted Sloop, then declare one or more of your attackers. Sloop loots even if it stays home, producing one attack trigger and a discard event for your payoffs.
Your deck enables the plan but is losing the early turns.
Take a castable early creature or efficient answer before another expensive payoff.
Boosted Sloop triggers for your attack, not an opponent's, and only once for that declaration. Cycling a payoff away does not leave it in play to reward later discards.
The support is missing
Favor independently useful creatures and interaction if the narrow support does not arrive.
Repeated useful cards are clues, not proof that the colors are open.
Boosted Sloop triggers for your attack, not an opponent's, and only once for that declaration. Cycling a payoff away does not leave it in play to reward later discards.
Remove the growing flyer before the next discard event when possible. If the opponent spends mana cycling without adding a board, use that window to apply pressure.
Marshals' Pathcruiser61.6% GIH · 242 instances
Broadside Barrage59.2% GIH · 17,970 instances
Greasewrench Goblin59.0% GIH · 10,281 instances
Scrounging Skyray58.9% GIH · 16,436 instances
Marauding Mako58.4% GIH · 16,003 instances
Spikeshell Harrier58.4% GIH · 7,680 instances17Lands ↗ · Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Mu Yanling, Wind Rider 2UUShe arrives with a crew-1 Vehicle and gives all your Vehicles flying, but that new Vehicle still needs haste to attack immediately. Spread attacks through the air to draw once per combat-damage event; several simultaneous flying hits still draw one card.
Howlsquad Heavy 2RCast before combat to begin making hasty Goblins that must attack if able. The repeated bodies can support later crew or sacrifice plans, but the current token still faces blockers; protect the Heavy before counting on another turn's token.
Skysovereign, Consul Flagship 5Its entry deals three to an opposing creature or planeswalker even without crew. Keep three crew power for later flying attacks and repeated damage; the attack trigger can clear a blocker, but it cannot target the opposing player.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Feb 11–Mar 18, 2025 · 100-instance minimum
Marauding MakoPlay this before looting or cycling to turn discarded cards into counters. Cycling the Mako itself replaces it but gives up its future growth; make that choice from the board and mana available.
Scrounging SkyrayDiscarding cards grows a flying threat, whether the discard comes from cycling or a loot effect. Its own cycling is a fallback when the creature is unhelpful, not a way to grow itself on the battlefield.
Keen BuccaneerA vigilant creature can attack and still crew or block. Its exhaust loot grows it once and triggers discard rewards; use the activation when the card selection or counter matters.
Nimble ThopteristExamples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
| One-pick | Sealed |
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| With one pick at a time, fill the missing early play, answer or support card before adding another narrow payoff. The plan must work without drawing its key card. | Compare complete builds from the cards you opened. Keep the castable curve and interaction even if the draft theme is only partly supported. |
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