Use job select to keep creatures and Equipment coming, then improve attacks with evasion, cheap reattachment and a temporary stolen blocker.
Use job select to keep creatures and Equipment coming, then improve attacks with evasion, cheap reattachment and a temporary stolen blocker.
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?
An equipped attacker gains menace on your attack. Equip before declaring attackers; adding Equipment afterward cannot retroactively choose a different target for the trigger.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Develop an equipped attacker and Shopkeep, then use Vendor’s combat trigger to move a large Equipment for one mana before declaring attackers. Zidane can later steal the blocker that prevents a finishing attack.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Use job select to keep creatures and Equipment coming, then improve attacks with evasion, cheap reattachment and a temporary stolen blocker.
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 Item Shopkeep or White Mage's Staff.
Develop an equipped attacker and Shopkeep, then use Vendor’s combat trigger to move a large Equipment for one mana before declaring attackers. Zidane can later steal the blocker that prevents a finishing attack.
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.
Re-equipping creates no new Hero. Expensive printed equip costs can leave you unable to redeploy after removal unless Vendor or another effect actually helps.
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.
Re-equipping creates no new Hero. Expensive printed equip costs can leave you unable to redeploy after removal unless Vendor or another effect actually helps.
Remove the equipped attacker before combat if that strands an expensive equip cost. Artifact removal removes the continuing Equipment value but does not undo an already-triggered job-select Hero.
Samurai's Katana64.4% GIH · 10,843 instances
Dragoon's Lance63.4% GIH · 8,634 instances
Delivery Moogle61.2% GIH · 7,766 instances
Battle Menu60.5% GIH · 6,542 instances
Zidane, Tantalus Thief60.1% GIH · 11,217 instances
White Auracite59.9% GIH · 15,471 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.
Nibelheim Aflame 2RRChoose your strongest useful creature to damage every other creature, including your own. Deathtouch on the source can make even small damage lethal. If that sole target is removed, neither the damage nor the flashback discard-and-draw happens, so protect the target or choose the window carefully.
Winota, Joiner of Forces 2RWAttack with non-Humans to find Human creatures among each six-card look. Colorless Hero tokens are not Humans, but actual Human creature cards are needed in the library for hits. The Humans enter attacking without being declared as attackers, so they do not generate their own attack triggers.
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
Item ShopkeepAn equipped attacker gains menace on your attack. Equip before declaring attackers; adding Equipment afterward cannot retroactively choose a different target for the trigger.
White Mage's StaffTwo mana supplies a Hero with a persistent Equipment. Later re-equip to a creature that can attack safely when the life trigger and extra size matter.
Weapons VendorEntry replaces itself, and its combat trigger can attach Equipment for one mana. Pay during the trigger; this does not repeat job select or create another Hero.
Aerith Rescue MissionExamples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
| One-pick | Sealed |
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| 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. |
Develop an equipped attacker and Shopkeep, then use Vendor’s combat trigger to move a large Equipment for one mana before declaring attackers. Zidane can later steal the blocker that prevents a finishing attack.
Warrior's Sword
