Malamet Veteran
Put the pieces together
- A boosted attacker that connects can trigger Kutzil; trample helps it get damage past a small blocker.
- Kutzil draws once for each combat-damage event, not once for every qualifying creature that connects at the same time.
GW
Malamet Tactics
Green–White (GW)Grow creatures beyond their base power and attack to convert those improvements into cards.
Mode
How it wins
Grow creatures beyond their base power and attack to convert those improvements into cards.
- Early
- Develop mana and an early creature or answer.
- Middle
- A boosted attacker that connects can trigger Kutzil; trample helps it get damage past a small blocker.
- Finish
- Grow creatures beyond their base power and attack to convert those improvements into cards.
What it needs
Commit when useful cards in both colors keep arriving and the support for this plan is present.
Four checks while you draft
- 1A playable curve
Can this deck affect the board before its payoff arrives?
Keep early creatures and interaction while assembling the specific support below.
- 2Support the plan
Do I have enough cards that make this interaction happen?
A boosted attacker that connects can trigger Kutzil; trample helps it get damage past a small blocker.
- 3Answers and a finish
Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?
Grow creatures beyond their base power and attack to convert those improvements into cards.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
What to take next
You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.
Look for Staggering Size.
A boosted attacker that connects can trigger Kutzil; trample helps it get damage past a small blocker.
Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.
Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.
Kutzil draws once for each combat-damage event, not once for every qualifying creature that connects at the same time.
The support is missing
Favor castable creatures and interaction if narrow support does not arrive.
Signals to watch
- Repeated access to Miner's Guidewing, Cenote Scout, Staggering Size is better evidence than one gold card.
Repeated useful cards are clues, not proof that the colors are open.
Don’t
Check the support
Kutzil draws once for each combat-damage event, not once for every qualifying creature that connects at the same time.
Best commons & uncommons
Ruin-Lurker Bat61.9% GIH · 3,987 instances
Cenote Scout60.3% GIH · 4,410 instances
Miner's Guidewing60.2% GIH · 10,314 instances
Explorer's Cache59.4% GIH · 4,418 instances
Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar59.3% GIH · 9,267 instances
Dusk Rose Reliquary59.1% GIH · 2,465 instances17Lands ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Bombs in these colors
Sanguine Evangelist 2WAdds flying material on both entry and death. Battle cry is strongest when you can attack with several other creatures.
Unstable Glyphbridge 3WWA board reset that can later craft into a large flyer. Be deliberate about which small creature each player keeps.
Sentinel of the Nameless City 2GAn efficient vigilant creature that repeatedly makes Maps. Choose when to turn those artifacts into exploration and when to keep them for other rewards.
Huatli, Poet of Unity 2GFinds a land early and can become a Dinosaur-producing Saga later. The transformation needs red or white mana as well as the initial green.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 100-instance minimum
Cards for this pair
By jobA card can fill more than one job.
Miner's GuidewingAn inexpensive flyer whose death can grow another creature or find a land.
Cenote ScoutExplores immediately, either finding a land or becoming a larger early creature.
Staggering SizeAdds power and trample for a combat swing; it also turns on Kutzil’s improved-power condition.
Oltec Cloud GuardBuild-arounds
GoldUncommons and rares in both colors
All 174 castable cards →Including hybrid and colorless cards
Worked turns
1 examplesExamples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
Adapt the plan to your format
| One-pick | Sealed |
|---|---|
| Three Draft Boosters per player; one card per pick. Premier statistics are recorded Arena games, not a prediction for your table. | Start from the cards you opened. Favor a complete curve, interaction and castable threats over forcing the draft theme. |
Rules for every deck →What every two-color deck needs before the plan: early plays, answers, a curve and mana · BuildLearn deck building →
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