Make multiple bodies and use targeted activated abilities to concentrate power on the attacker most likely to connect.
Make multiple bodies and use targeted activated abilities to concentrate power on the attacker most likely to connect.
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?
Pair adds a Mercenary whose power-boosting ability Ertha Jo can copy, supporting a large attack without another card.
Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?
Make multiple bodies and use targeted activated abilities to concentrate power on the attacker most likely to connect.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.
Look for Prickly Pair.
Pair adds a Mercenary whose power-boosting ability Ertha Jo can copy, supporting a large attack without another card.
Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.
Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.
Ertha Jo copies activated abilities with creature or player targets, not ordinary creature-targeting spells.
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.
Ertha Jo copies activated abilities with creature or player targets, not ordinary creature-targeting spells.
Lassoed by the Law61.3% GIH · 4,336 instances
Longhorn Sharpshooter59.4% GIH · 4,679 instances
Ertha Jo, Frontier Mentor59.2% GIH · 8,797 instances
Journey to Nowhere59.0% GIH · 3,737 instances
Getaway Glamer58.7% GIH · 3,689 instances
Shepherd of the Clouds58.3% GIH · 3,566 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.
Prickly PairTwo outlaw bodies from one card support sacrifice, power boosts and Vial Smasher triggers.
Prosperity TycoonBrings a Mercenary and can sacrifice a token to survive destruction, though the activation taps it.
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. |
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