Lost Days
Put the pieces together
- Hawk supplies a Clue; on your turn, sacrificing it after your normal draw triggers Spirit Keeper and boosts Hawk.
- A reward creature alone does not make a second draw happen.
UB
Draw Two
Blue–Black (UB)Draw Two
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How it wins
Block early, make Clues, and use the second card drawn in a turn to earn extra threats. Your normal draw is the first card on your own turn; one Clue can supply the second.
- Early
- Develop mana and a useful creature; avoid spending a turn on a reward with no support.
- Middle
- Hawk supplies a Clue; on your turn, sacrificing it after your normal draw triggers Spirit Keeper and boosts Hawk.
- Finish
- Block early, make Clues, and use the second card drawn in a turn to earn extra threats. Your normal draw is the first card on your own turn; one Clue can supply the second.
What it needs
Stay open early. Move toward this pair when you receive useful cards for both colors and the support described below.
Four checks while you draft
- 1Start playing early
Can I add a creature or useful answer by turn two?
Falling behind makes your later synergies harder to use.
- 2Cheap ways to draw the second card
Does this card supply a missing piece of this plan?
Hawk supplies a Clue; on your turn, sacrificing it after your normal draw triggers Spirit Keeper and boosts Hawk.
- 3A way to win
Can my deck finish without drawing its single best card?
Block early, make Clues, and use the second card drawn in a turn to earn extra threats. Your normal draw is the first card on your own turn; one Clue can supply the second.
- 4An answer
Can I stop a large threat or an opposing engine?
Keep removal for a card your creatures cannot handle.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
What to take next
You already have Foggy Swamp Spirit Keeper but lack support.
Prioritize Messenger Hawk or Forecasting Fortune Teller.
Cheap ways to draw the second card. A reward creature alone does not make a second draw happen.
You have Foggy Swamp Spirit Keeper and can use the interaction.
Consider Messenger Hawk for the next useful piece.
Hawk supplies a Clue; on your turn, sacrificing it after your normal draw triggers Spirit Keeper and boosts Hawk.
The support is missing
Keep broadly useful creatures and answers; if the special reward is missing, build a complete deck before chasing it.
Signals to watch
- Seeing several of Messenger Hawk, Forecasting Fortune Teller, Lost Days arrive after your opening picks is more meaningful than one isolated gold card.
Repeated useful cards are clues, not proof that the colors are open.
Don’t
Check the support
A reward creature alone does not make a second draw happen.
Against this deck
Pressure them before their card engine is comfortable. Kill Spirit Keeper before the second draw resolves if you need to stop its trigger; the unblockable Spirits cannot block ordinary creatures.
Best commons & uncommons
Invasion Submersible64.6% GIH · 5,312 instances
Zhao, Ruthless Admiral64.2% GIH · 109 instances
Heartless Act62.7% GIH · 5,051 instances
Gran-Gran62.4% GIH · 4,096 instances
Foggy Swamp Spirit Keeper62.1% GIH · 10,956 instances
Cat-Gator61.2% GIH · 3,531 instances17Lands ↗ · Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Bombs in these colors
The Legend of Kuruk 2UUBuild a blue deck that can defend while the Saga draws cards. Cheap spells become evasive Spirits after it transforms; double blue discourages a light splash.
Wan Shi Tong, Librarian XUUKeep blue mana available, then choose an X you can afford. Ramp helps it grow and draw cards; {U}{U} is demanding for a splash.
Noxious Gearhulk 4BBTake it early, then find early blockers and enough black sources to cast a six-drop with {B}{B}. This is a black deck card, not an easy splash.
The Fire Nation Drill 2BBTake it and add cheap creatures with enough power to crew it. The entry ability removes a small-to-medium creature; you still need double black.
The Rise of Sozin 4BBPlan to survive until six mana, then rebuild after its sweeper. It destroys your creatures too; double black makes a casual splash risky.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Nov 18–Dec 31, 2025 · 100-instance minimum
Cards for this pair
By jobA card can fill more than one job.
Corrupt Court OfficialMakes them discard on entry; afterward its small body can trade or pay a sacrifice cost.
First-Time Flyer
Messenger HawkFlying plus a Clue links drawing, waterbending and aerial attacks. Either blue or black can cast its hybrid cost.
Forecasting Fortune TellerA creature and a Clue support blocking, drawing a second card, and waterbending.
GoldUncommons and rares in both colors
All 212 castable cards →Including hybrid and colorless cards
Worked turns
2 examplesExamples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
Playing against this plan
- Pressure them before their card engine is comfortable. Kill Spirit Keeper before the second draw resolves if you need to stop its trigger; the unblockable Spirits cannot block ordinary creatures.
Adapt the plan to your format
| One-pick | Sealed |
|---|---|
| Normal one-pick draft: pick one card, pass the pack, and reassess which colors are arriving. Arena statistics are useful evidence, not the exact odds at your home table. | Use the cards you actually opened. If the support is missing, favor a complete curve and answers over forcing this theme. |
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