Build a steady creature curve, turn disposable tokens into disappear growth, and use larger creatures to make damage spells effective.
Build a steady creature curve, turn disposable tokens into disappear growth, and use larger creatures to make damage spells effective.
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?
Fixes and accelerates mana, while deathtouch and optional reach keep it useful as a blocker. Decide whether mana or defense matters more.
Do my actual cards enable this plan?
With Michelangelo present, sacrifice a spare artifact during your turn. His end-step counter improves future Tenderize damage.
Can I stop their strongest play and finish a stalled game?
Build a steady creature curve, turn disposable tokens into disappear growth, and use larger creatures to make damage spells effective.
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 Frog Butler or Mouser Foundry.
With Michelangelo present, sacrifice a spare artifact during your turn. His end-step counter improves future Tenderize damage.
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.
A Mutagen or Food still costs mana to activate. Include that cost when planning both the sacrifice and your main spell.
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.
A Mutagen or Food still costs mana to activate. Include that cost when planning both the sacrifice and your main spell.
Remove the growing creature before it supplies a big damage spell. Keep pace while they spend mana on token activations.
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.
Zoo EscapeesA departure makes Mutagen, whether the creature dies or returns to hand. Use it as a trade, sneak return or sacrifice resource.
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. |
With Michelangelo present, sacrifice a spare artifact during your turn. His end-step counter improves future Tenderize damage.
Tenderize
