Limited Draft Guide


Zendikar Rising (ZNR)
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Set OverviewStats based on: Premier Draft
Archetypes & Signpost Uncommons
Most Popular Combat Tricks
Set Mechanics
Previous Magic sets have included double-faced cards that required you to play them with their front faces up and transform them in some way to get to the back faces. The Zendikar Rising set features an exciting new take on this concept with modal double-faced cards: they don't transform, but instead you can play either face right away!
View all 0 Modal Double-Faced Cards cardsIf you've got a land in your party—well, lands can't be party members, but you can certainly be rewarded each time one enters the battlefield under your control. The landfall ability word highlights these abilities for you. An ability word appears in italics and has no rules meaning.
View all 0 Landfall cardsKicker is an optional additional cost. As you cast a spell with kicker, you choose whether you're just paying the mana cost to get the spell's normal effects. If you have the mana available, you can choose to kick the spell, paying the mana cost and the kicker cost.
View all 0 Kicker cardsThere ain't no party like an adventuring party, and the expedition houses of Zendikar strongly encourage you to take a well-formed party on your journey. You never know when you'll need someone to heal you, sneak around, deliver a good solid punch, or harness the mystical forces that make up the very fabric of the Multiverse to produce the perfect cup of tea.
View all 0 Party cardsIf you've got a Cleric in your party, you may be rewarded for gaining life.
View all 0 Cleric Theme: Gaining Life cardsThreshold abilities care about you having seven or more cards in your graveyard. Some threshold abilities are, like the one Crypt Feaster has, a triggered ability. Whenever Crypt Feaster attacks, its ability checks to see if there are seven or more cards in your graveyard. If there are, the ability triggers and goes onto the stack. Players can respond to this ability with instants or activated abilities.
View all 0 Threshold cardsIf you've got a Warrior in your party, you probably like to attack. A lot. Warriors in this set don't have a unifying mechanic, but they benefit greatly both from attacking and from these "snap-on" Equipment, each of which comes with one free attachment.
View all 0 Warrior Theme: Snap-On Equipment cardsIf you've got a Wizard in your party, you may be rewarded for casting certain spells that Wizards like: instants, sorceries, and even more Wizards.
View all 0 Wizard Theme: Casting Spells cards