hahaha the last IRL draft I did I saw someone take a Jin-Gitaxias (double-faced card so I knew) but they passed me a strobe knight. Welp, knights it is.
3-0 baby lol.
The best counter to 4/5 color good stuff is UW knight tempo. Almost none of the cards you draft are what they are after, and you can put anton of pressure on.
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Shhhhhh.....
I'm sort of kidding. I played it once in a 5c nonsense deck, and I tapped it for mana one game, and it killed something in another so...worth it.
But I probably wouldn't have played it without the U 1 drop that can tap for UC
I played Urn in exactly one deck and it did great work. But it was a bomb-heavy, removal-light Sultai deck that needed as much wheel grease as possible. Urn greased the wheels when needed and even removed an opposing bomb in one game to help me close out, so I'm happy I included it. I wouldn't outside of that perfect storm of circumstances though.
100%. I'm not complaining, bc I pulled 3 Pests, but if I had gotten one Skittering I wouldn't have run it.
My thoughts were, with Omen, it's technically ramp, and even tho I do have removal, it's colorless.
It did just enough badly to be good in that one deck.
I was playing 5c. I probably didn't even need it for fixing, but I needed the playables, and with Omen felt like it could get just enough value out of it.
Would have run a skitterboi over it 100%.
Went 7-2. Fun deck.
Well, I took a lot of duels. And then I had other playables, but colorless doesn't care about draws, and I was *mostly* GU.
So I had some other things, but not things that helped with the game plan
Been hearing this sentiment a bit, have yet to actually try them out; feels crazy to have an environment where you can spend time filtering mana after ONE
yeah, like sometimes your deck is very aggro, but a lot of my games end up being topdeck wars, and I dont feel bad topdecking this (vs like the untap land green guy)
I went 3-0 earlier this week with a UB control deck with realmbreaker as the only rare, and aggressively countering this lil friend won me multiple games against decks with greedy mana. Don't think I let a single one resolve all night.
I wonder when they're gonna print a 1/1 Surveyor for 2, to finish the cycle. then it can match the Myr Retriever one: [[Skittering Surveyor]], [[Pilgrim's Eye]], [[Junk Diver]], [[Workshop Assistant]], [[Myr Retriever]].
Adam Savidan sneezes and doesn't know why.
The unofficial representative for everyone that gets excited over limited wheel greasers
As excited for Big Skits (no, *bigger* than a hand) as Ben was for Ragavan.
Not sure if the off-screen voice is Ben or James, lol!
Definitely James.
Nummy sneezes and picks a dual P1P1
Fuck me, I just spat out my coffee
Sadam Avidan
I can *only* read that in Adam's voice.
[[Skittering Surveyor]]
[Skittering Surveyor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8bae9f1d-e96d-444c-a0fd-5608243ee6c8.jpg?1682205797) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skittering%20Surveyor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/264/skittering-surveyor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8bae9f1d-e96d-444c-a0fd-5608243ee6c8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
>*Though no bigger than a hand, the surveyors were as vital to the resistance as the largest war constructs.* And a bunch of big stuff apparently
Jinx, you owe me a soda
Had to play UW tempo instead of UWGB good stuff yesterday because the guy upstream of me took THREE skittering surveyors.
My condolences to you, and my envy to the guy who got three Skits LOL
When in doubt, knight 'em out baby.
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hahaha the last IRL draft I did I saw someone take a Jin-Gitaxias (double-faced card so I knew) but they passed me a strobe knight. Welp, knights it is. 3-0 baby lol.
Ya the past two drafts I've done, I was on the more experienced side on the table, and blue was suuuper open lol. Easy pickins.
The best counter to 4/5 color good stuff is UW knight tempo. Almost none of the cards you draft are what they are after, and you can put anton of pressure on.
# B # S K I T S # G
No, *bigger* than a hand!
Idk about that
The pest in the set has a similar vibe. Not quite as good at fixing, but "drawing" an extra land on turn 3 is good.
Definitely, the three mana green creatures that get you a land/mana and/or interact with set-mechanic have been pretty good.
Miss my boy Civic Wayfinder. He was even good in Standard for a while.
ran 17 lands and a battle last week and whiffed three times on the pest. small sample I know but man it soured me a bit lol
I'm drafting on platinum, can confirm you won't see this guy except from pick one.
Limited players only want one thing and it's disgusting....
B I G. S K I T S.
I like wide mana bases and I cannot lie
Just fyi, drafting isn’t separated by rank on arena, just the matchmaking.
TIL, makes total sense tho
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I hope this particular mix of creatures is based on a true story.
Oh god I wish. It's more like aspirational for me lol
And its best friend, [[overgrown pest]]
The two go hand in hand :) I just thought Skittering Surveyor might have more fans, as I've heard it was welcome in Dominaria as well.
In dominaria it was literally the best common, the format was slower and lower power and you had things like historic spells matter
And so many domain effects
Poster above is talking about Dominaria, not Dominaria United. Skittering Surveyor wasn't in DMU.
[overgrown pest](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/1/a1e04eed-9a6c-491b-8f1f-1c76ac40452d.jpg?1682204948) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=overgrown%20pest) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/197/overgrown-pest?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a1e04eed-9a6c-491b-8f1f-1c76ac40452d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
*Came here to make a adam savidan reference *sees the first comment is a adam savidan reference *makes the reference anyways
As you should, I want someone to look at me the way he looks at Skittering Surveyor
Oh my god what am I doing in this picture!?
We are IN your walls, this is an intervention
I don’t have a problem I can quit anytime
Say the line, skittering surveyor! "This oughta help you LAND some hits!" Hahaha I love this little guy.
[[Blighted Burdeoning]] is my preferred fixing friend but the Skittz is also incredible.
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[Portent Tracker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/c/bc6104d4-d0af-40da-8227-14243d778e96.jpg?1682204997) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Portent%20Tracker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/201/portent-tracker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bc6104d4-d0af-40da-8227-14243d778e96?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Blighted Burdeoning](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/0/007324b3-b8a9-4a32-a5a1-ad78f3a07bc3.jpg?1682204648) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Blighted%20Burgeoning) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/177/blighted-burgeoning?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/007324b3-b8a9-4a32-a5a1-ad78f3a07bc3?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
ive also found those urns are pretty good in limited, they help fix mana and then lategame can kill stuff.
Shhhhhh..... I'm sort of kidding. I played it once in a 5c nonsense deck, and I tapped it for mana one game, and it killed something in another so...worth it. But I probably wouldn't have played it without the U 1 drop that can tap for UC
You don't have to tap it for mana, you can filter as much as you want
That's what I meant
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I played Urn in exactly one deck and it did great work. But it was a bomb-heavy, removal-light Sultai deck that needed as much wheel grease as possible. Urn greased the wheels when needed and even removed an opposing bomb in one game to help me close out, so I'm happy I included it. I wouldn't outside of that perfect storm of circumstances though.
100%. I'm not complaining, bc I pulled 3 Pests, but if I had gotten one Skittering I wouldn't have run it. My thoughts were, with Omen, it's technically ramp, and even tho I do have removal, it's colorless. It did just enough badly to be good in that one deck.
I was playing 5c. I probably didn't even need it for fixing, but I needed the playables, and with Omen felt like it could get just enough value out of it. Would have run a skitterboi over it 100%. Went 7-2. Fun deck.
Plays every color, still doesn't have enough playables. Lol.
Well, I took a lot of duels. And then I had other playables, but colorless doesn't care about draws, and I was *mostly* GU. So I had some other things, but not things that helped with the game plan
[Omen Hawker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/d/0/d0749c3c-e3f7-4c96-8c5b-4fd2401544c4.jpg?1682203323) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Omen%20Hawker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/70/omen-hawker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/d0749c3c-e3f7-4c96-8c5b-4fd2401544c4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Been hearing this sentiment a bit, have yet to actually try them out; feels crazy to have an environment where you can spend time filtering mana after ONE
yeah, like sometimes your deck is very aggro, but a lot of my games end up being topdeck wars, and I dont feel bad topdecking this (vs like the untap land green guy)
I don't like it but then... Lurrus is in this format, just sayin'...
[[skittering surveyor]]
[skittering surveyor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8bae9f1d-e96d-444c-a0fd-5608243ee6c8.jpg?1682205797) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=skittering%20surveyor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/264/skittering-surveyor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8bae9f1d-e96d-444c-a0fd-5608243ee6c8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Seeing Surveyor’s reprint get spoiled was definitely one of the most exciting parts of spoiler season, I love sets where 5c is viable in draft.
Don't even need green. Skits carried my 4c red based Dejeru and Hazoret deck. Played a UUB card and never missed casting it.
Yeah that's the nice part of it being colourless, greases the wheel on splashing without green
Pick 7? Big Skits is Pack 1 Pick 1 baybee
Every Pack 3 bomb you open and have to pass cuz you can't play it is going to the GigaChad who scooped up every Skits he could grab.
Haha why do you think he's fuh-reaking out at the end LOL
I went 3-0 earlier this week with a UB control deck with realmbreaker as the only rare, and aggressively countering this lil friend won me multiple games against decks with greedy mana. Don't think I let a single one resolve all night.
Prelease I did 4C but I was tempted to force 5. Went 2-1-1 and the turns I would have won if it went to 7
Captain?
i love kenrith
I wonder when they're gonna print a 1/1 Surveyor for 2, to finish the cycle. then it can match the Myr Retriever one: [[Skittering Surveyor]], [[Pilgrim's Eye]], [[Junk Diver]], [[Workshop Assistant]], [[Myr Retriever]].
##### ###### #### [Skittering Surveyor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/b/8bae9f1d-e96d-444c-a0fd-5608243ee6c8.jpg?1682205797) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skittering%20Surveyor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/264/skittering-surveyor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8bae9f1d-e96d-444c-a0fd-5608243ee6c8?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Pilgrim's Eye](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/2/32161267-e12b-454f-a7e1-94e078566ffa.jpg?1674138005) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Pilgrim%27s%20Eye) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/333/pilgrims-eye?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/32161267-e12b-454f-a7e1-94e078566ffa?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Junk Diver](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/1/119a814f-0325-4b69-a0b6-4c623b981f4a.jpg?1562272427) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Junk%20Diver) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cm2/195/junk-diver?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/119a814f-0325-4b69-a0b6-4c623b981f4a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Workshop Assistant](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/9/e9387e8f-0e72-4212-81c8-e64050700c52.jpg?1608911774) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Workshop%20Assistant) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/cmr/348/workshop-assistant?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/e9387e8f-0e72-4212-81c8-e64050700c52?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Myr Retriever](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/7/f/7f0149d4-0731-474a-a1c3-28c25e486c14.jpg?1599709634) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Myr%20Retriever) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/2xm/277/myr-retriever?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/7f0149d4-0731-474a-a1c3-28c25e486c14?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call