Create resources that are useful to sacrifice, enable disappear each turn, and turn leftover artifacts or creatures into larger threats or more cards.
Create resources that are useful to sacrifice, enable disappear each turn, and turn leftover artifacts or creatures into larger threats or more cards.
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?
A departure makes Mutagen, whether the creature dies or returns to hand. Use it as a trade, sneak return or sacrifice resource.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
Pizza Face supplies Food. On a later turn, Kitty can sacrifice that token to draw and enable Pizza Face’s end-step counters.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Create resources that are useful to sacrifice, enable disappear each turn, and turn leftover artifacts or creatures into larger threats or more cards.
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 Zoo Escapees or Ice Cream Kitty.
Pizza Face supplies Food. On a later turn, Kitty can sacrifice that token to draw and enable Pizza Face’s end-step counters.
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 wait until after the end step begins to create the first departure of the turn; the disappear trigger may already have been missed.
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 wait until after the end step begins to create the first departure of the turn; the disappear trigger may already have been missed.
Remove Pizza Face before the end step and preserve exile effects for recurring creatures. Their sacrifice outlet can make simple removal less effective.
Tainted Treats60.9% GIH · 1,576 instances
Courier of Comestibles60.8% GIH · 1,593 instances
Saved by the Shell59.5% GIH · 749 instances
West Wind Avatar59.2% GIH · 1,101 instances
Lord Dregg, Insect Invader58.7% GIH · 1,135 instances
Michelangelo, Mutant BFF58.7% GIH · 888 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.
The Last Ronin 4BGThe first chapter destroys your creatures too. Plan to rebuild after the sweep, then use the third chapter’s lone-attacker bonus to stabilize or finish.
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
Zoo EscapeesA departure makes Mutagen, whether the creature dies or returns to hand. Use it as a trade, sneak return or sacrifice resource.
Ice Cream KittyTurns spare creatures or tokens into cards at sorcery speed. Sacrifice the resource with the lowest immediate board value.
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. |
Pizza Face supplies Food. On a later turn, Kitty can sacrifice that token to draw and enable Pizza Face’s end-step counters.
Anchovy & Banana Pizza
