Limited Draft Guide

Core 2021 (M21)

Crush your next MTG draft with our Core 2021 draft guide, including a color tier list, card ratings, set mechanics, and more.

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Set OverviewStats based on: Premier Draft

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Archetypes & Signpost Uncommons

Popular Combat Tricks

Set Mechanics

Players have been putting the top card of their library into their graveyard since the Antiquities set, and that's quite a lot of words to say to describe the action. Players have called this "mill," named after the card Millstone, and this term has now been promoted to an official game term.

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Prowess is a triggered ability that gives the creature that has it +1/+1 until end of turn whenever you cast a noncreature spell. Any spell you cast that isn't a creature will cause prowess to trigger. Remember that lands aren't spells, so playing a land won't cause prowess to trigger. Casting a spell that's a creature and also another type (such as an artifact creature) is still casting a creature spell, so prowess won't trigger in that case either.

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Core Set 2021 features six legendary Shrines. Shrine is an enchantment type that has no inherent rules meaning, but each Shrine gets better and better as you control more and more Shrines.

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