Set up inexpensive or plotted spells, then cast two in one turn to turn tempo into cards and permanent growth.
Set up inexpensive or plotted spells, then cast two in one turn to turn tempo into cards and permanent growth.
Commit when useful cards in both colors keep arriving and the support for this plan is present.
Four checks while you draft
Can this deck affect the board before its payoff arrives?
Keep early creatures and interaction while assembling the specific support below.
Do I have enough cards that make this interaction happen?
Cast a previously plotted Coyote for free, then another spell to trigger Kraum without needing a large mana reserve.
Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?
Set up inexpensive or plotted spells, then cast two in one turn to turn tempo into cards and permanent growth.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.
Look for Cunning Coyote.
Cast a previously plotted Coyote for free, then another spell to trigger Kraum without needing a large mana reserve.
Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.
Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.
Plotting a card is not your first spell. Loan Shark must enter after you have cast at least two spells that turn.
The support is missing
Favor castable creatures and interaction if narrow support does not arrive.
Repeated useful cards are clues, not proof that the colors are open.
Plotting a card is not your first spell. Loan Shark must enter after you have cast at least two spells that turn.
Slick Sequence56.1% GIH · 9,190 instances
Cunning Coyote55.9% GIH · 3,800 instances
Repulse55.7% GIH · 4,680 instances
Marauding Sphinx55.7% GIH · 4,122 instances
Longhorn Sharpshooter55.5% GIH · 4,574 instances
Demonic Ruckus55.2% GIH · 2,504 instances17Lands ↗ · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · at least 100 card-in-hand instances in this pair’s no-splash decks. Choose the job your deck needs first.
Cunning CoyotePlot it for a later turn when its free cast and haste boost support a double-spell attack.
Plan the Heist
Razzle-DazzlerYour second spell gives it a permanent counter and makes it unblockable for the turn.
Loan SharkCast it as your second spell to draw. A previously plotted copy makes that sequence easier to afford.
Kraum, Violent CacophonyCast a previously plotted Coyote for free, then another spell to trigger Kraum without needing a large mana reserve.
Razzle-DazzlerCast a previously plotted Coyote for free, then another spell to trigger Kraum without needing a large mana reserve.
Loan SharkCast a previously plotted Coyote for free, then another spell to trigger Kraum without needing a large mana reserve.
Examples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.
| One-pick | Sealed |
|---|---|
| Three Play Boosters per player; one card per pick. Premier statistics are recorded Arena games, not a prediction for your table. | Start from the cards you opened. Favor a complete curve, interaction and castable threats over forcing the draft theme. |
