Defend and trade while milling or discarding enough cards for threshold, then win through evasive threats and card advantage.
Defend and trade while milling or discarding enough cards for threshold, then win through evasive threats and card advantage.
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?
Mindwhisker’s repeated surveil helps reach seven graveyard cards so Tidecaller’s enter trigger can bounce a nonland permanent.
Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?
Defend and trade while milling or discarding enough cards for threshold, then win through evasive threats and card advantage.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.
Look for Tidecaller Mentor.
Mindwhisker’s repeated surveil helps reach seven graveyard cards so Tidecaller’s enter trigger can bounce a nonland permanent.
Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.
Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.
Threshold checks the current graveyard. Foraging or recurring too many cards can switch off your rewards.
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.
Threshold checks the current graveyard. Foraging or recurring too many cards can switch off your rewards.
Shoreline Looter62.9% GIH · 11,813 instances
Thought-Stalker Warlock61.6% GIH · 6,310 instances
Fell61.6% GIH · 5,933 instances
Wick's Patrol61.4% GIH · 8,408 instances
Savor61.2% GIH · 15,833 instances
Downwind Ambusher60.6% GIH · 5,894 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.
Maha, Its Feathers Night 3BBMakes opposing creatures fragile and attacks through the air. Damage and small toughness reductions become much more effective while Maha stays in play.
Season of Loss 3BBChoose the mode combination for the board. Sacrificing creatures first can increase the following draw mode, but the sacrifice affects you too.
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
Shoreline LooterUnblockable attacks loot early and draw without discarding once you reach threshold.
MindwhiskerRepeated surveil builds threshold; its threshold reduction can stabilize combat against small attackers.
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. |
Daggerfang Duo
