Use Equipment and other artifacts that also affect the board, then reward their entries with a growing attacker and evasive pressure.
Use Equipment and other artifacts that also affect the board, then reward their entries with a growing attacker and evasive pressure.
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?
Job select supplies a Hero and equips it. The Hero is a creature, not an artifact; Tidus sees the Equipment’s entry only. Moving the Equipment later makes no new Hero.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Play Tidus before Paladin’s Arms when the curve allows. The Equipment gives Tidus one counter and makes a nonartifact Hero; later Tidus can tap a blocker when attacking.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Use Equipment and other artifacts that also affect the board, then reward their entries with a growing attacker and evasive pressure.
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 Paladin's Arms or Gaelicat.
Play Tidus before Paladin’s Arms when the curve allows. The Equipment gives Tidus one counter and makes a nonartifact Hero; later Tidus can tap a blocker when attacking.
Your deck already enables the plan but is losing the early turns.
Take a castable early creature or efficient answer before a second expensive payoff.
A job-select Hero is not a second artifact. Count actual artifacts for Gaelicat and keep enough creatures to survive while spending four mana on Auracite.
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.
A job-select Hero is not a second artifact. Count actual artifacts for Gaelicat and keep enough creatures to survive while spending four mana on Auracite.
Remove Tidus before later artifacts grow it. Destroy Auracite only when returning its exiled permanent helps you, and respect Equipment remaining after the Hero dies.
Windurst, Federation Center63.6% GIH · 140 instances
Dragoon's Lance61.8% GIH · 10,164 instances
White Auracite61.8% GIH · 24,009 instances
Wall of Omens60.8% GIH · 1,682 instances
Delivery Moogle60.7% GIH · 10,395 instances
Dragoon's Wyvern60.4% GIH · 23,140 instances17Lands ↗ · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Dion, Bahamut's Dominant 3WFour mana supplies Dion and a Knight, both able to fly during your turn. The six-mana tap activation exiles and returns him as a new Saga, so it normally cannot attack that turn. Use the first chapters to improve the rest of your board; the last chapter destroys a permanent and returns Dion for another Knight.
Cryptic Command 1UUUChoose the two modes that solve the current turn, often a counter plus a card or tapping blockers plus a card. Three blue symbols make this a demanding splash. If the only chosen target becomes illegal, the spell does not resolve even when its other mode would draw or tap creatures.
Urza, Lord High Artificer 2UUThe Construct grows with your artifacts, while spare Equipment and tokens can tap for blue mana through Urza’s ability. Even a newly entered artifact creature can pay that cost. Keep an artifact board for both mana and threat size, and remember a land exiled by the five-mana ability still needs an available land play.
Smuggler's Copter 2Crew one turns a small creature into a flying attacker or blocker, and either action can draw then discard. A creature that just entered can crew it, but a Copter that just entered still normally cannot attack. The rummage supports flashback and permanent-count graveyards without losing the Vehicle after combat.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Jun 10–Jul 14, 2025 · 100-instance minimum
Paladin's ArmsJob select supplies a Hero and equips it. The Hero is a creature, not an artifact; Tidus sees the Equipment’s entry only. Moving the Equipment later makes no new Hero.
Aerith Rescue Mission
GaelicatTwo artifacts turn the vigilant flyer into a larger attacker. Job-select Equipment helps reach that count while providing bodies to hold the ground.
Rook TurretEach later artifact offers a draw-and-discard. Deploy it before spare Equipment when practical, then discard an excess land or a usable flashback card.
Examples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
| One-pick | Sealed |
|---|---|
| With one pick, 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. |
Play Tidus before Paladin’s Arms when the curve allows. The Equipment gives Tidus one counter and makes a nonartifact Hero; later Tidus can tap a blocker when attacking.
