Explore repeatedly to improve draws and grow creatures, then force through damage with an evasive reward.
Explore repeatedly to improve draws and grow creatures, then force through damage with an evasive reward.
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?
Use Scout’s Map to explore: revealing a land can put a land from your hand into play tapped; a nonland grows Nicanzil.
Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?
Explore repeatedly to improve draws and grow creatures, then force through damage with an evasive reward.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.
Look for Waterwind Scout.
Use Scout’s Map to explore: revealing a land can put a land from your hand into play tapped; a nonland grows Nicanzil.
Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.
Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.
Explore is not always a counter. If your plan needs a bigger creature, account for revealing a land instead.
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.
Explore is not always a counter. If your plan needs a bigger creature, account for revealing a land instead.
Zoetic Glyph61.2% GIH · 2,124 instances
Spyglass Siren60.5% GIH · 3,346 instances
Cenote Scout57.8% GIH · 3,953 instances
Waterwind Scout57.4% GIH · 9,969 instances
Staggering Size57.1% GIH · 4,358 instances
Cogwork Wrestler56.4% GIH · 3,900 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.
Kitesail Larcenist 2UTurns troublesome permanents into Treasures, but they revert if Larcenist leaves. Save protection or follow-up pressure to exploit the window.
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
Cenote ScoutExplores immediately, either finding a land or becoming a larger early creature.
Cogwork WrestlerWaterwind ScoutA flyer with a Map adds pressure while supporting artifact and explore rewards.
Pathfinding AxejawAdds a Dinosaur while exploring, helping both land flow and descend support.
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. |
Merfolk Cave-Diver
