Use efficient creatures and cards that naturally fill several graveyard types, then attack with delirium bonuses while keeping blockers out of the way.
Use efficient creatures and cards that naturally fill several graveyard types, then attack with delirium bonuses while keeping blockers out of the way.
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?
Surveil on entry and death prepares draws and the graveyard while a three-power body trades. Look for missing card types rather than milling every useful spell merely to chase delirium.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Let Wary Watchdog's surveil find a missing graveyard type without throwing away needed lands. With delirium active, Beastie Beatdown puts counters on your creature before it deals damage.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Use efficient creatures and cards that naturally fill several graveyard types, then attack with delirium bonuses while keeping blockers out of the way.
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 Wary Watchdog or Patchwork Beastie.
Let Wary Watchdog's surveil find a missing graveyard type without throwing away needed lands. With delirium active, Beastie Beatdown puts counters on your creature before it deals damage.
Your deck enables the plan but is losing the early turns.
Take a castable early creature or efficient answer before another expensive payoff.
Delirium needs four card types, not four cards. Patchwork Beastie is unable to block before then, so an opening built around it still needs a realistic way to survive.
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.
Delirium needs four card types, not four cards. Patchwork Beastie is unable to block before then, so an opening built around it still needs a realistic way to survive.
Disrupt the graveyard before combat to shrink continuous delirium bonuses. Targeted removal of a creature used by Beastie Beatdown can prevent its damage, though other legal parts may still resolve.
Patchwork Beastie60.8% GIH · 11,945 instances
Under the Skin60.6% GIH · 9,454 instances
Wildfire Wickerfolk60.6% GIH · 22,647 instances
Razorkin Hordecaller59.8% GIH · 10,034 instances
Fear of Burning Alive59.4% GIH · 10,383 instances
Beastie Beatdown59.4% GIH · 19,595 instances17Lands ↗ · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Overlord of the Boilerbilges 4RRIts four-mana impending mode deals four to any target immediately, even while it is not a creature. Six mana supplies the 5/5 body now; later attacks repeat the damage, so clear a blocker or finish the opponent according to the race.
Tyvar, the Pummeler 1GGKeep another untapped creature available to protect Tyvar: activating that ability taps both the helper and Tyvar, but does not remove Tyvar from combat. With several creatures, its five-mana team pump can finish a game; the greatest power is checked on resolution, and the bonus grants no trample.
Valgavoth's Onslaught XXGThe double-X cost means five mana makes two manifested 4/4s, while seven makes three 5/5s. Choose the investment around the board and available mana; the counters stay if a creature is later turned face up, but none of these face-down creatures has inherent ward.
Dissection Tools 5Five mana manifests a body and attaches this Equipment, making that face-down creature a 4/4 with deathtouch and lifelink. Later equips cost a sacrificed creature and still use sorcery timing; use expendable bodies to move the Tools onto a flyer or other threat likely to connect.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Sep 24–Oct 28, 2024 · 100-instance minimum
Wary WatchdogSurveil on entry and death prepares draws and the graveyard while a three-power body trades. Look for missing card types rather than milling every useful spell merely to chase delirium.
Patchwork BeastieThe one-mana 3/3 cannot attack or block until delirium is active. Its optional upkeep mill helps, but an opening hand still needs functional defense if reaching four types takes time.
Charred Foyer3RRoom: cast this door from hand. On the battlefield, unlock a locked door by paying its cost as a sorcery; unlocking is not casting.Fear of Burning Alive
Scorching DragonfireThree 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.
Monstrous EmergenceChoose a creature you control or reveal one from hand as a casting cost; the spell then deals damage using that power. Only the opposing creature is targeted, so protecting the chosen source is not required for the spell to have a legal target.
Wildfire WickerfolkLet Wary Watchdog's surveil find a missing graveyard type without throwing away needed lands. With delirium active, Beastie Beatdown puts counters on your creature before it deals damage.
Walk-In Closet2GRoom: cast this door from hand. On the battlefield, unlock a locked door by paying its cost as a sorcery; unlocking is not casting.Self-mill and trades can leave lands in your graveyard for this green three-mana door to replay. It improves access to land drops but grants no extra land play; keep enough creatures and interaction while setting up.
Examples 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. |
