Connect with small flyers, sneak in a card-drawing threat, and use artifacts as resources for black interaction.
Connect with small flyers, sneak in a card-drawing threat, and use artifacts as resources for black interaction.
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?
An artifact flyer that replaces itself on death contributes to machines, sneak setup and trading without exhausting your hand.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Return an unblocked Buzz Bots with Oroku Saki, then cast Foot Mystic after combat; the returned permanent already enabled disappear.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Connect with small flyers, sneak in a card-drawing threat, and use artifacts as resources for black interaction.
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 Buzz Bots or Crustacean Commando.
Return an unblocked Buzz Bots with Oroku Saki, then cast Foot Mystic after combat; the returned permanent already enabled disappear.
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 Buzz Bots is not dying, so it does not draw on that return. Its death trigger matters only if it actually dies.
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 Buzz Bots is not dying, so it does not draw on that return. Its death trigger matters only if it actually dies.
Block the cheap evasive route when possible and remove the Ninja before it deals combat damage to stop its draw.
Ooze Spill67.3% GIH · 104 instances
Dream Beavers62.5% GIH · 136 instances
Oroku Saki, Shredder Rising61.2% GIH · 219 instances
Squirrelanoids59.0% GIH · 166 instances
Mind Transfer Protocol57.3% GIH · 131 instances
Fugitive Droid56.0% GIH · 109 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.
April O'Neil, Hacktivist 3UVary the card types among spells you cast to draw more at your end step. Artifact creatures count as both types, making cheap machines useful follow-ups.
Kitsune, Dragon's Daughter 4UUExchange a small creature or token for a stronger opposing creature on entry or after connecting. Both exchange targets must remain legal for the exchange to happen; Kitsune herself cannot be one of them.
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.
Don & Leo, Problem Solvers 3W/UW/UAt your end step, reuse enter abilities on an artifact and a creature. Choose two distinct nontoken permanents for two returns; exiled tokens cannot return. Their vigilance also leaves a large blocker after attacking.
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
Crustacean CommandoA defensive body plus a Mutagen supports artifacts and counters. Spend the Mutagen in a main phase when its counter matters.
Donatello, Turtle Techie
Foot MysticAfter a permanent has left this turn, adds a Ninja token alongside its lifelinking body. Sequence the sacrifice or bounce before casting.
Donatello, Way with MachinesExamples 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. |
Return an unblocked Buzz Bots with Oroku Saki, then cast Foot Mystic after combat; the returned permanent already enabled disappear.
Stomped by the Foot
