Reuse enter abilities for cards and counters, building a board that improves each time a creature returns.
Reuse enter abilities for cards and counters, building a board that improves each time a creature returns.
Commit when useful cards in both colors keep arriving and the support for this plan is present.
Four checks while you draft
Can this deck affect the board before its payoff arrives?
Keep early creatures and interaction while assembling the specific support below.
Do I have enough cards that make this interaction happen?
Blink Prophet with Mentor to draw again and return it with a counter. Keep three mana available when the board is safe.
Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?
Reuse enter abilities for cards and counters, building a board that improves each time a creature returns.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.
Look for Pond Prophet.
Blink Prophet with Mentor to draw again and return it with a counter. Keep three mana available when the board is safe.
Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.
Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.
Mentor activates only at sorcery speed, so it cannot dodge removal on demand. A blinked offspring token disappears permanently.
The support is missing
Favor castable creatures and interaction if narrow support does not arrive.
Repeated useful cards are clues, not proof that the colors are open.
Mentor activates only at sorcery speed, so it cannot dodge removal on demand. A blinked offspring token disappears permanently.
Hunter's Talent62.6% GIH · 8,735 instances
Patchwork Banner62.3% GIH · 4,118 instances
Pond Prophet61.1% GIH · 43,744 instances
Shoreline Looter60.7% GIH · 11,324 instances
Brambleguard Veteran60.2% GIH · 4,191 instances
Lilysplash Mentor60.1% GIH · 21,530 instances17Lands ↗ · Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Fecund Greenshell 3GGBuild around creatures with toughness greater than power to keep finding lands or cards. The ten-land team bonus is a late-game possibility, not a requirement.
Dreamdew Entrancer 2GUEither shuts down an opposing creature for several untaps or taps your own creature to draw two. Pick the branch that best serves the current race.
Sword of Fire and Ice 3Fits any colors but needs a creature and equip mana. An evasive carrier makes its damage and draw trigger far more reliable.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Jul 30–Sep 3, 2024 · 100-instance minimum
Examples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
| One-pick | Sealed |
|---|---|
| Three Play Boosters per player; one card per pick. Premier statistics are recorded Arena games, not a prediction for your table. | Start from the cards you opened. Favor a complete curve, interaction and castable threats over forcing the draft theme. |
Sunshower Druid
Long River Lurker
Splash Lasher
