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WB

White–Black

Develop expendable creatures, trade value for removal, and recover small permanents to keep your board supplied.

Designed56.8% game win · 38,323 games · +2.7 vs 54.1% average · Premier Draft, Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 17Lands ↗
Mode

How it wins

Develop expendable creatures, trade value for removal, and recover small permanents to keep your board supplied.

Early
Develop mana and an early creature or answer.
Middle
Lasso supplies a token that Lawbringer can sacrifice, letting you answer another nonland permanent without giving up a full card.
Finish
Develop expendable creatures, trade value for removal, and recover small permanents to keep your board supplied.

What it needs

Commit when useful cards in both colors keep arriving and the support for this plan is present.

Four checks while you draft

  1. 1
    A playable curve

    Can this deck affect the board before its payoff arrives?

    Keep early creatures and interaction while assembling the specific support below.

  2. 2
    Support the plan

    Do I have enough cards that make this interaction happen?

    Lasso supplies a token that Lawbringer can sacrifice, letting you answer another nonland permanent without giving up a full card.

  3. 3
    Answers and a finish

    Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?

    Develop expendable creatures, trade value for removal, and recover small permanents to keep your board supplied.

Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.

What to take next

You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.

Look for Lassoed by the Law.

Lasso supplies a token that Lawbringer can sacrifice, letting you answer another nonland permanent without giving up a full card.

Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.

Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.

Lawbringer cannot sacrifice itself for its enter ability. Have another creature available before counting it as removal.

The support is missing

Favor castable creatures and interaction if narrow support does not arrive.

Signals to watch
  • Repeated access to Prosperity Tycoon, Lassoed by the Law, Vault Plunderer is better evidence than one gold card.

Repeated useful cards are clues, not proof that the colors are open.

Don’t
Check the support

Lawbringer cannot sacrifice itself for its enter ability. Have another creature available before counting it as removal.

Best commons & uncommons

17Lands ↗ · 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.

Bombs in these colors

17Lands Premier Draft ↗ · Apr 16–May 27, 2024 · 100-instance minimum

Cards for this pair

Worked turns

1 examples

Examples apply the printed rules; judge the board, costs and timing.

Put the pieces together

  1. Lasso supplies a token that Lawbringer can sacrifice, letting you answer another nonland permanent without giving up a full card.
  2. Lawbringer cannot sacrifice itself for its enter ability. Have another creature available before counting it as removal.

Adapt the plan to your format

One-pickSealed
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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