Use plot and activated abilities to spend turns without casting from your hand, unlocking end-step rewards.
Use plot and activated abilities to spend turns without casting from your hand, unlocking end-step rewards.
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 Heist from exile, leaving Jem’s end-step condition intact while refilling your hand.
Can I break a board stall without drawing one particular rare?
Use plot and activated abilities to spend turns without casting from your hand, unlocking end-step rewards.
Choose the missing job before another reward that needs it.
You have the payoff but too few ways to activate it.
Look for Plan the Heist.
Cast a previously plotted Heist from exile, leaving Jem’s end-step condition intact while refilling your hand.
Your synergy is already working but you keep falling behind.
Take an early play or answer before another expensive reward.
Plotting counts as neither casting from hand nor casting a spell. Holding spells unnecessarily can still lose to an aggressive start.
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 counts as neither casting from hand nor casting a spell. Holding spells unnecessarily can still lose to an aggressive start.
Lassoed by the Law57.4% GIH · 3,346 instances
Marauding Sphinx57.3% GIH · 4,221 instances
Getaway Glamer57.1% GIH · 3,687 instances
Nurturing Pixie56.8% GIH · 1,807 instances
Prairie Dog56.8% GIH · 4,844 instances
Essence Capture56.6% GIH · 3,831 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.
Frontier SeekerFinds a Mount or Plains among the top five, helping a creature-heavy deck keep making land drops.
Plan the HeistDraws three cards, with plot letting you pay now and use the cards on a later turn.
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. |
Trained Arynx
Phantom Interference
