Use green acceleration and blue tempo to cast larger threats while keeping the opponent off balance.
Use green acceleration and blue tempo to cast larger threats while keeping the opponent off balance.
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?
Connive can grow any creature you control while setting up mayhem. Its hybrid cost lets it support either blue or black decks.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Cast Visionary for web-slinging after returning a tapped Manifestation. Visionary still triggers Lizards by mana value and supplies a land.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Use green acceleration and blue tempo to cast larger threats while keeping the opponent off balance.
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 Mob Lookout or Spider Manifestation.
Cast Visionary for web-slinging after returning a tapped Manifestation. Visionary still triggers Lizards by mana value and supplies a land.
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.
Returning your mana creature reduces the mana you can use next turn until you replay it. Compare that loss with the web-slinging discount.
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.
Returning your mana creature reduces the mana you can use next turn until you replay it. Compare that loss with the web-slinging discount.
Pressure the early turns and save bounce or removal for the enlarged threat rather than trading it into their small support creatures.
Mob LookoutConnive can grow any creature you control while setting up mayhem. Its hybrid cost lets it support either blue or black decks.
Gallant Citizen
Whoosh!Bounce buys tempo or reuses your own enter effect; kicker adds a card. Use the opening to advance your board.
Kapow!Examples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
| One-pick | Sealed |
|---|---|
| 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. |
Cast Visionary for web-slinging after returning a tapped Manifestation. Visionary still triggers Lizards by mana value and supplies a land.
Spider-Man, Brooklyn Visionary
