Enablers
Glimmerburst
Four mana at instant speed draws two cards and creates an enchantment creature token. That token triggers eerie even though the spell itself is an instant; it can also block or pay a later sacrifice.
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Duskmourn: House of Horror
One-pick Draft · Cards, plans & rules · Arena win rates (Premier Draft, Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024)
Released September 27, 2024
The ten-second pick check
4 questionsAsk them in this order.
Which door is useful now?
Read its own mana cost and effect. The other door may be a later option, but its jobs do not belong to a pair unable to pay for it.
What triggers eerie?
An enchantment entering or a Room becoming fully unlocked qualifies; a partial unlock of an already-present Room does not.
Can survival happen safely?
Find an attack or tap effect before the second main phase. Spending a creature on a losing attack is not automatically worth the reward.
What does the graveyard contain?
Count distinct card types for delirium and preserve important recursion targets before returning or exiling the only card of a needed type.
What job does this card do?
All 99 card notes →Look past the power level. Name the job before deciding whether it belongs.
Answers
Trapped in the Screen
An enchantment answer exiles an artifact, creature or enchantment and can trigger your eerie engines. Ward taxes targeted removal, but if the Screen leaves, the exiled permanent returns.
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Answers
Scorching Dragonfire
Three damage answers a creature or planeswalker, with exile replacing a death that turn. Exile can prevent death rewards and recursion, but the spell cannot target an opponent directly.
23 answers →What matters in Duskmourn: House of Horror
All mechanics →Evaluate each door separately
A Room offers two casting choices with separate costs. Plan which door helps now and whether you can use the other later; it remains one card and one permanent throughout.
Learn Duskmourn: House of Horror mechanics →Enchantments can also build a board
Enchantment creatures and Glimmer tokens trigger eerie while adding attackers or blockers. This lets a synergy deck develop defenses without spending every early turn on a noncreature engine.
Count types and timing carefully
Delirium needs four card types, and survival needs the creature tapped before the second main phase begins. Manifest dread can develop a body while finding a useful graveyard type.
Commons with strong Premier Draft results
Glimmerburst: 57.5% GIH over 117,373 instances; Trapped in the Screen: 57.5% GIH over 119,274 instances; Scorching Dragonfire: 57.4% GIH over 146,150 instances. Games recorded 2024-09-24–2024-10-28. The all-dataset baseline is 54.5%. These recorded Arena results are observational, not a causal ranking or a promise for paper Draft.
Before your event & where to play
Draft with friends
Event rules
Use three Play Boosters per player for ordinary Booster Draft, take one card per pick, and build at least 40 cards. Sealed starts from six Play Boosters.
Take with you
Outside strategy notes cannot be consulted during sanctioned drafting, construction or games. Brief prewritten notes may be reviewed between games; public Oracle lookup follows separate rules. Ask your organizer about devices and note use.