Build several early bodies, keep attacks profitable with temporary bonuses and removal, then finish with a team-wide haste and power burst.
Build several early bodies, keep attacks profitable with temporary bonuses and removal, then finish with a team-wide haste and power burst.
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?
Two bodies from one card help go-wide attacks and sacrifice plans. Flash lets you wait, but cast before your team-wide pump resolves if both new creatures should receive it.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Develop token makers, then cast Heroic Reinforcements before attackers so both new Soldiers and the existing team receive the bonus. Use Battlesong Berserker to make the best attacker harder to block.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Build several early bodies, keep attacks profitable with temporary bonuses and removal, then finish with a team-wide haste and power burst.
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 Resolute Reinforcements or Prideful Parent.
Develop token makers, then cast Heroic Reinforcements before attackers so both new Soldiers and the existing team receive the bonus. Use Battlesong Berserker to make the best attacker harder to block.
Your deck enables the plan but is losing the early turns.
Take a castable early creature or efficient answer before another expensive payoff.
A pump spell needs a board and safe attacks. Do not fill the deck with temporary bonuses at the expense of early creatures, or spend every token on an attack that still cannot end the game.
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 pump spell needs a board and safe attacks. Do not fill the deck with temporary bonuses at the expense of early creatures, or spend every token on an attack that still cannot end the game.
Keep the board small and respect a sudden team-wide bonus. Removing one key attacker before the pump can reduce the burst, but the spell still improves every other creature it affects.
Sun-Blessed Healer59.1% GIH · 6,306 instances
Hidetsugu's Second Rite59.1% GIH · 557 instances
Fiery Annihilation58.9% GIH · 6,095 instances
Battlesong Berserker58.7% GIH · 6,998 instances
Bloodfell Caves58.0% GIH · 119 instances
Burst Lightning58.0% GIH · 17,684 instances17Lands ↗ · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Celestial Armor 2WFlash it in response to targeted removal or before combat damage so its entry trigger protects a creature with hexproof and indestructible for the turn. The lasting bonus is +2/+0 and flying; later equip costs four and does not repeat that protection trigger.
Embercleave 4RRDeclare attackers before casting it to reduce the generic cost, then attach through its entry trigger to a creature that can use double strike and trample. You still need two red mana, and removal of the chosen creature can stop the free attachment; later equip costs three.
Sire of Seven Deaths 7Seven mana buys a resilient attacker and blocker: vigilance keeps it available, first strike and trample punish blocks, and lifelink can reverse races. Ward asks an opponent to pay seven life to target it; it is a cost they may pay, and untargeted removal still works normally.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Nov 12–Dec 15, 2024 · 100-instance minimum
Resolute ReinforcementsTwo bodies from one card help go-wide attacks and sacrifice plans. Flash lets you wait, but cast before your team-wide pump resolves if both new creatures should receive it.
Sun-Blessed Healer
Prideful ParentThree mana supplies a vigilant Cat and another Cat token. The bodies support wide attacks and creature-entry rewards; the smaller token is often useful as a safe block or sacrifice.
Cat CollectorBattlesong BerserkerWhen you attack, one of your creatures gains power and menace. Choose an attacker that benefits from the evasion, and count whether the opponent can still assemble a profitable double block.
Cat CollectorExamples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
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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. |
Gorehorn Raider
