Build several Kithkin bodies, keep cards flowing, and turn temporary boosts or a team pump into a wide attack.
Build several Kithkin bodies, keep cards flowing, and turn temporary boosts or a team pump into a wide attack.
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 cheap Kithkin also provides a late team pump. Add bodies early and save the activation for a profitable wide attack.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Festival supplies two Kithkin triggers for Lieutenant. Council later costs less with a Kithkin and replaces itself while adding another attacker.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Build several Kithkin bodies, keep cards flowing, and turn temporary boosts or a team pump into a wide attack.
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 Timid Shieldbearer or Clachan Festival.
Festival supplies two Kithkin triggers for Lieutenant. Council later costs less with a Kithkin and replaces itself while adding another attacker.
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.
Temporary Lieutenant boosts vanish at end of turn. Make the creatures before combat if those boosts are meant to push 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.
Temporary Lieutenant boosts vanish at end of turn. Make the creatures before combat if those boosts are meant to push damage.
Trade early and keep sweepers in mind. Removing Lieutenant before the next token maker limits the explosive attack.
Eclipsed Kithkin67.1% GIH · 12,201 instances
Wanderbrine Trapper61.8% GIH · 4,056 instances
Kinsbaile Aspirant61.6% GIH · 11,004 instances
Eclipsed Realms61.4% GIH · 254 instances
Thoughtweft Imbuer61.1% GIH · 10,567 instances
Thoughtweft Lieutenant60.6% GIH · 12,878 instances17Lands ↗ · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Curious Colossus 5WWIts enter trigger strips abilities and sets the opposing creatures currently on the battlefield to base 1/1. The effect has no end-of-turn limit; later creatures are unaffected, and counters or later boosts still matter.
Kinbinding 3WWEach creature entering this turn strengthens your whole team. Its combat trigger supplies a creature every turn, so play additional bodies before combat when you want a larger attack.
Figure of Fable G/WStarts as an early play and turns spare mana into a larger threat. Follow the Scout and Soldier requirements in order; its final protection makes opposing targeting, blocking and damage difficult.
Chronicle of Victory 6Choose the creature type your deck actually supports. Changelings help, but six mana is a major investment: retain enough early creatures to survive and use the immediate team bonus.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Jan 20–Mar 5, 2026 · 100-instance minimum
Timid ShieldbearerA cheap Kithkin also provides a late team pump. Add bodies early and save the activation for a profitable wide attack.
Wanderbrine Preacher
Clachan FestivalTwo Kithkin on entry and a repeatable token outlet provide bodies for typal rewards and convoke.
Mistmeadow CouncilCosts less with a Kithkin and draws on entry. Changelings can satisfy the Kithkin condition without forcing a weak creature.
Brigid, Clachan's Heart
Eirdu, Carrier of Dawn
Trystan, Callous Cultivator
Abigale, Eloquent First-Year
Brigid's Command
Catharsis
Eclipsed ElfEclipsed Kithkin
Eclipsed Merrow
EmptinessFigure of Fable
Glister Bairn
Hovel Hurler
Kirol, Attentive First-Year
Lluwen, Imperfect Naturalist
Noggle Robber
Reaping Willow
Tam, Mindful First-YearThoughtweft Lieutenant
Vibrance
Wistfulness
Manamorphose
Slippery BogleExamples 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. |
Festival supplies two Kithkin triggers for Lieutenant. Council later costs less with a Kithkin and replaces itself while adding another attacker.
Assert Perfection
