Innistrad: Crimson Vow Standard Wildcard Crafting Guide • MTG Arena Zone

Table of Contents

1. Lands
2. Ubiquitous Rares
3. Ubiquitous Mythic Rares
4. Specific Rares
5. Specific Mythic Rares
6. Junk/Extremely Specific Rares
7. Junk/Extremely Specific Mythics

Lands
Ubiquitous Rares
Ubiquitous Mythic Rares
Specific Rares
Specific Mythic Rares
Junk/Extremely Situational Rares
Junk/Extremely Specific Mythic Rares
End Step

Hello everyone! Today I’m going to harken back to my very first article here on MTG Arena Zone, a Wildcard Crafting Guide! With a new set coming out, Wildcards are always going to be strained so many players like to know ahead of time what are the safest crafts so they don’t waste all of their wildcards. With that, I combed through the entire set and separated every single Rare and Mythic into particular categories so you know how safe they are to craft. Here are the parameters I used:

1. Lands

Lands should always be your first priority as those are generally going to be the most ubiquitous cards in Standard. The cycle of Innistrad duals are all excellent so those are extremely safe crafts.

2. Ubiquitous Rares

This is a pretty general category, but what I mean here is to next craft Rares you see in multiple decklists. Examples of this could include Esika’s Chariot or Luminarch Aspirant as they see play in functionally any deck that can cast them. Furthermore you want to start with Rares as Mythics are going to be much harder to stockpile.

3. Ubiquitous Mythic Rares

Although you generally want to avoid crafting Mythics if you’re just upgrading budget decks, there are plenty of Mythics that see so much play they are very safe crafts. The most popular ones that come to mind are something like Alrund’s Epiphany or Goldspan Dragon as they’re cards that have literally no replacement.

4. Specific Rares

These are Rares that may see minimal play or some small amounts of play, but are really just for the deck you are making such as Werewolf Pack Leader or Orcus, Prince of Undeath.

5. Specific Mythic Rares

These are mythics that see minimal or small amounts of play. These are definitely the last thing you want to craft as these will be hard to use in other strategies with cards like Galazeth Prismari or Turntimber Symbiosis.

6. Junk/Extremely Specific Rares

These rares are unlikely to see any play and even if they do, it’s likely in 1 strategy that can somehow make good use of their effect. Unless you have an excess of Wildcards, I would generally avoid these.

7. Junk/Extremely Specific Mythics

The best way to use this list is as a means of deciding which decks to go for based on how likely the cards you craft can be applied to other strategies. So if you have limited Wildcards to spare, crafting decks that have a high amount of Ubiquitous Rares or Mythics is definitely your best bet, or a budget deck that forgoes as much rares and mythic rares as possible (pending a full update for Innistrad: Crimson Vow):

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As a final note, these cards aren’t in order within their grouping. With that out of the way, let’s get to the list!

Lands

Ubiquitous Rares

Ubiquitous Mythic Rares

Specific Rares

Specific Mythic Rares

Junk/Extremely Situational Rares

Junk/Extremely Specific Mythic Rares

End Step

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