Combine red’s extra bodies with black’s sacrifice interaction, allowing creatures to keep dealing damage even when attacks become awkward.
Combine red’s extra bodies with black’s sacrifice interaction, allowing creatures to keep dealing damage even when attacks become awkward.
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?
Makes a Robot on entry and on leaving. Its later damage ability turns one artifact into removal and another body.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Sacrifice Foundry to a kicked Stomped by the Foot for a Robot and stronger removal. Cast Mystic afterward for another body and Raphael trigger.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Combine red’s extra bodies with black’s sacrifice interaction, allowing creatures to keep dealing damage even when attacks become awkward.
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 Mouser Foundry or Mechanized Ninja Cavalry.
Sacrifice Foundry to a kicked Stomped by the Foot for a Robot and stronger removal. Cast Mystic afterward for another body and Raphael trigger.
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.
Do not sacrifice a creature you need to survive combat just to upgrade removal against a small target.
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.
Do not sacrifice a creature you need to survive combat just to upgrade removal against a small target.
Prioritize Raphael or another repeated payoff; trading one-for-one with token makers may not reduce their ability to rebuild.
Manhole Missile56.2% GIH · 169 instances
Anchovy & Banana Pizza54.3% GIH · 129 instances
Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising53.7% GIH · 108 instances
Stomped by the Foot45.5% GIH · 112 instances17Lands ↗ · Mar 3–Apr 4, 2026 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Armaggon, Future Shark 6BBEight mana is a real constraint despite the powerful flash removal. Play it when your mana and early defense support reaching that turn, or use a verified reanimation route.
Ravenous Robots 1RCast artifact spells to build a Robot army, then use the haste ability when an immediate attack matters. Creating an artifact token does not itself trigger another Robot.
Shadowspear 1Equip a substantial attacker for trample and lifelink. Its separate one-mana ability can also strip opposing hexproof and indestructible before your removal spell.
Umezawa's Jitte 2Any combat damage by the equipped creature adds two counters, even when blocked. Keep a carrier alive and use the first counters to control combat or remove small creatures.17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Mar 3–Apr 4, 2026 · 100-instance minimum
Mouser FoundryMakes a Robot on entry and on leaving. Its later damage ability turns one artifact into removal and another body.
Mechanized Ninja CavalryProvides a creature and a Robot for two mana. Both bodies help alliance; the Robot also supports artifact rewards.
Foot MysticAfter a permanent has left this turn, adds a Ninja token alongside its lifelinking body. Sequence the sacrifice or bounce before casting.
Oroku Saki, Shredder RisingExamples 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. |
Sacrifice Foundry to a kicked Stomped by the Foot for a Robot and stronger removal. Cast Mystic afterward for another body and Raphael trigger.
