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Battle for Zendikar Limited Analytics

Draft Priority: lower is better. This is how quickly a card is picked in comparison to the cards in the rest of the set. A card with a low draft priority means its drafted earlier. For example, the card that has been first pick, windmill-slammed the most will have a Draft Priority of 1. The worst, least drafted card in the set will have a draft priority of 249.

LSV: prerelease rating on a 0-5 scale by Luis-Scott Vargas, one of the best magic players of all time.

Top Draft Commons by Color

Top Draft Uncommons by Color

Limited Bombs

Bombs are hot picks that usually win the game for you if not answered quickly.

Removal

Combat Tricks

Watch out for these combat tricks.

Grip of Desolation
$0.14 (U)
Commander: 24
Stasis Snare
$0.14 (U)
Commander: 159
Cube: 2758 @ 15.4%
Brutal Expulsion
$0.42 (R)
Commander: 21
Cube: 1451 @ 10.7%
Roil's Retribution
$0.05 (U)
Gideon's Reproach
$0.09 (C)
Commander: 11
Cube: 1561 @ 15.4%
Adverse Conditions
$0.09 (U)
Commander: 8
Encircling Fissure
$0.05 (U)
Outnumber
$0.15 (C)
Commander: 30
Cube: 1056 @ 12.4%
Unnatural Aggression
$0.06 (C)
Commander: 16
Cube: 1073 @ 11.2%
Tandem Tactics
$0.14 (C)
Commander: 13
Sure Strike
$0.11 (C)
Commander: 16
Lithomancer's Focus
$0.05 (C)
Swell of Growth
$0.10 (C)
Commander: 21
Inspired Charge
$0.09 (C)
Commander: 8
Cube: 1239 @ 10.2%
Infuse with the Elements
$0.05 (U)
Roilmage's Trick
$0.05 (C)

Theft

Exert Influence
$0.34 (R)
Turn Against
$0.06 (U)
Commander: 13

Counters & Anti-counters

Counter your opponents' spells, and don't get countered.

Scatter to the Winds
$0.41 (R)
Commander: 63
MTGO Cubes: M
Cube: 2322 @ 13.1%
Ulamog's Nullifier
$0.14 (U)
Commander: 24
Horribly Awry
$0.09 (U)
Commander: 14
Spell Shrivel
$0.10 (C)
Commander: 30
Dispel
$0.54 (C)
Modern: 765
Commander: 659
Cube: 3241 @ 12.0%

Board Wipes

Board wipes often give you 3-for-1s and other amazing card advantage.

Planar Outburst
$0.42 (R)
Commander: 78
Cube: 1606 @ 12.9%
Radiant Flames
$0.55 (R)
Commander: 108
Cube: 1069 @ 12.5%
Rising Miasma
$0.05 (U)
Aligned Hedron Network
$0.34 (R)
Commander: 32
Boiling Earth
$0.05 (C)

MTGO Cubes

These cards are played in the Modern, Legacy, or Vintage Cubes on MTGO.

Anticipate
$0.16 (C)
Commander: 289
Draft: 174
LSV: 2.5
MTGO Cubes: M
Cube: 4824 @ 15.1%
Bring to Light
$1.55 (R)
Modern: 75
Commander: 209
Draft: 131
LSV: 1
MTGO Cubes: V
Cube: 1910 @ 11.0%
Drana, Liberator of Malakir
$6.90 (M)
Commander: 620
Draft: 4
LSV: 4.5
MTGO Cubes: ML
Cube: 4164 @ 12.7%
Evolving Wilds
$0.56 (C)
Commander: 4999
Draft: 108
LSV: 3
MTGO Cubes: M
Cube: 23808 @ 13.2%
Gideon, Ally of Zendikar
$10.22 (M)
Modern: 127
Legacy: 323
Commander: 250
Draft: 1
LSV: 5
MTGO Cubes: VML
Cube: 4040 @ 17.4%
Greenwarden of Murasa
$1.52 (M)
Commander: 394
Draft: 12
LSV: 4
MTGO Cubes: L
Cube: 3071 @ 12.8%
Hedron Archive
$0.17 (U)
Commander: 1220
Draft: 96
LSV: 2.5
MTGO Cubes: VM
Cube: 5468 @ 15.3%
Lumbering Falls
$0.79 (R)
Commander: 272
Draft: 69
LSV: 3.5
MTGO Cubes: VL
Cube: 4252 @ 11.4%
Ob Nixilis Reignited
$1.51 (M)
Commander: 500
Draft: 2
LSV: 4
MTGO Cubes: ML
Cube: 3895 @ 16.7%
Painful Truths
$0.47 (R)
Legacy: 12
Commander: 860
Draft: 62
LSV: 3
MTGO Cubes: V
Cube: 2107 @ 12.5%
Part the Waterveil
$1.78 (M)
Commander: 272
Draft: 15
LSV: 2
MTGO Cubes: L
Pilgrim's Eye
$0.15 (U)
Commander: 306
Draft: 100
LSV: 3
MTGO Cubes: M
Cube: 6240 @ 14.2%
Quarantine Field
$0.77 (M)
Commander: 98
Draft: 10
LSV: 5
MTGO Cubes: ML
Cube: 1929 @ 12.2%
Ruinous Path
$0.57 (R)
Commander: 174
Draft: 19
LSV: 4.5
MTGO Cubes: M
Cube: 3503 @ 13.0%
Scatter to the Winds
$0.41 (R)
Commander: 63
Draft: 50
LSV: 3
MTGO Cubes: M
Cube: 2322 @ 13.1%
Shambling Vent
$1.51 (R)
Modern: 188
Commander: 378
Draft: 56
LSV: 3.5
MTGO Cubes: VL
Cube: 4275 @ 11.6%
Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger
$45.00 (M)
Modern: 271
Legacy: 300
Commander: 793
Draft: 7
LSV: 2
MTGO Cubes: VML
Cube: 3890 @ 16.5%

Videos of Battle for Zendikar Draft & Sealed

Channel Marshall - Battle for Zendikar Draft #3

January 1st, 2016
Player: Marshall Sutcliffe via ChannelFireball

Battle for Zendikar Draft 6: Windmill Slam Rob Special

December 21st, 2015
Player: Windmill Slam

Channel Marshall - Battle for Zendikar Draft #4

December 16th, 2015
Player: Marshall Sutcliffe via ChannelFireball

BFZ Draft #1

December 14th, 2015
Player: Windmill Slam via windmillslammtg

Channel Reid - Battle for Zendikar Draft #2

December 14th, 2015
Player: Reid Duke via ChannelFireball

BFZ Draft with MTG Valkyrie!

December 14th, 2015
Player: Windmill Slam via windmillslammtg

Battle for Zendikar Draft #47

December 10th, 2015

Channel McClain - Battle for Zendikar Draft #2

December 4th, 2015
Player: Josh McClain via ChannelFireball

Channel Mengucci - Battle for Zendikar Draft

December 2nd, 2015
Player: Andrea Mengucci via ChannelFireball

Channel Neal - Battle for Zendikar Draft

November 27th, 2015
Player: Neal Oliver via ChannelFireball

Channel PCox - Battle for Zendikar Draft #3

November 25th, 2015
Player: Pat Cox via ChannelFireball

Channel Reid - Battle for Zendikar Draft

November 23rd, 2015
Player: Reid Duke via ChannelFireball

Channel LSV - Battle for Zendikar Draft #2

November 18th, 2015
Player: Luis Scott-Vargas via ChannelFireball

Channel Marshall - Battle for Zendikar Draft #3

November 7th, 2015
Player: Marshall Sutcliffe via ChannelFireball

Channel Marshall - Battle for Zendikar Draft #2

November 1st, 2015
Player: Marshall Sutcliffe via ChannelFireball

Channel Neal - PTQ Top 8 Battle for Zendikar Draft

October 30th, 2015
Player: Neal Oliver via ChannelFireball

Channel PCox - Battle for Zendikar Draft #2

October 28th, 2015
Player: Pat Cox via ChannelFireball

Channel Marshall - Battle for Zendikar Draft

October 21st, 2015
Player: Marshall Sutcliffe via ChannelFireball

Channel PCox - Battle for Zendikar Draft

October 20th, 2015
Player: Pat Cox via ChannelFireball

Channel Cheon - Battle for Zendikar Draft

October 16th, 2015
Player: Paul Cheon via ChannelFireball

#TeamCFB Pro Tour Testing - Battle for Zendikar Draft

October 14th, 2015

Channel CalebD - Battle for Zendikar Draft

October 12th, 2015
Player: Caleb Durward via ChannelFireball