Build a defensive artifact board, then win with flying creatures or a crafted engine.
Build a defensive artifact board, then win with flying creatures or a crafted engine.
Commit when useful cards in both colors keep arriving and the support for this plan is present.
Four checks while you draft
Can this deck affect the board before its payoff arrives?
Keep early creatures and interaction while assembling the specific support below.
Do I have enough cards that make this interaction happen?
A Map left by Siren gives Glyph an inexpensive artifact to animate. Keep the artifact in play rather than spending it to explore.
Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?
Build a defensive artifact board, then win with flying creatures or a crafted engine.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.
Look for Zoetic Glyph.
A Map left by Siren gives Glyph an inexpensive artifact to animate. Keep the artifact in play rather than spending it to explore.
Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.
Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.
Craft is a late-game mana sink. Do not fill the deck with seven-mana craft plans and no early blockers.
The support is missing
Favor castable creatures and interaction if narrow support does not arrive.
Repeated useful cards are clues, not proof that the colors are open.
Craft is a late-game mana sink. Do not fill the deck with seven-mana craft plans and no early blockers.
Zoetic Glyph65.0% GIH · 19,941 instances
Spyglass Siren64.6% GIH · 18,325 instances
Spring-Loaded Sawblades62.8% GIH · 18,267 instances
Clay-Fired Bricks62.6% GIH · 21,260 instances
Staunch Crewmate62.4% GIH · 17,385 instances
Ruin-Lurker Bat62.1% GIH · 15,039 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.
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.
Kitesail Larcenist 2UTurns troublesome permanents into Treasures, but they revert if Larcenist leaves. Save protection or follow-up pressure to exploit the window.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Nov 9–Dec 25, 2023 · 100-instance minimum
Spyglass SirenA one-mana flyer plus a Map supplies both an attacker and an artifact for craft, counters or exploration.
Oltec Cloud GuardA flyer and a Gnome provide two bodies, with the Gnome also counting as an artifact.
Examples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
| 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. |
