Accelerate into creatures with power four or greater, then use those bodies to turn smaller attackers and one-way damage spells into meaningful pressure.
Accelerate into creatures with power four or greater, then use those bodies to turn smaller attackers and one-way damage spells into meaningful 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?
A one-mana creature accelerates green spells from the next turn onward. It must survive and wait through summoning sickness, so do not cut needed lands just because one copy is present.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Ruby can tap for mana immediately because it has haste, helping deploy a larger creature. Establish four power before attacking with Courageous Goblin, then use Felling Blow to clear a blocker.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Accelerate into creatures with power four or greater, then use those bodies to turn smaller attackers and one-way damage spells into meaningful 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 Llanowar Elves or Courageous Goblin.
Ruby can tap for mana immediately because it has haste, helping deploy a larger creature. Establish four power before attacking with Courageous Goblin, then use Felling Blow to clear a blocker.
Your deck enables the plan but is losing the early turns.
Take a castable early creature or efficient answer before another expensive payoff.
Felling Blow is not a fight, and a surviving legal friendly target still gets its counter if only the opposing target becomes illegal. A removal-heavy hand still needs an actual creature to provide damage.
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.
Felling Blow is not a fight, and a surviving legal friendly target still gets its counter if only the opposing target becomes illegal. A removal-heavy hand still needs an actual creature to provide damage.
Remove the large creature before attackers to prevent power-four attack triggers. Against a damage spell that uses their creature, removing that source can stop the damage and buy a turn.
Felling Blow61.1% GIH · 6,063 instances
Burst Lightning59.8% GIH · 15,523 instances
Eager Trufflesnout59.5% GIH · 6,776 instances
Battlesong Berserker59.4% GIH · 6,658 instances
Nessian Hornbeetle59.1% GIH · 7,197 instances
Abrade59.1% GIH · 6,174 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.
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.
Spinner of Souls 2GA three-mana 4/3 with reach pressures or blocks while replacing your other nontoken creatures that die with creature cards from the library. It does not reward its own death or dying tokens, and the replacements go to hand rather than directly onto the battlefield.
Sylvan Scavenging 1GGCast before your end step and choose the mode that develops the board. A counter can help a creature reach four power for future Raccoons; the token mode checks for a four-power creature as it resolves, so opposing removal can deny that token.
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
Llanowar ElvesA one-mana creature accelerates green spells from the next turn onward. It must survive and wait through summoning sickness, so do not cut needed lands just because one copy is present.
Courageous GoblinA two-drop attacks with extra power and menace when you already control a creature with power four or greater. Establish that larger creature before attackers rather than assuming a later pump creates the trigger.
Apothecary StomperThe six-mana vigilant body can add counters to a creature or gain four life. Use the counters for immediate board pressure and the life mode when stabilizing matters more than extra power.
Battlesong BerserkerExamples 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. |
