and are the on-color mutate commons to go with . Both cards look fairly solid. “Draw a card” tends to be more valuable than “discard a card” and a 3/4 flyer is almost always better than a 4/4 on the ground, hence takes this battle, but the competition is stiff and I don’t think this flying mutation can beat out the next blue common.
I have Of One as the best blue common. I think it can be easy to think of interaction like and as the clear best blue commons because “removal is removal” but I strongly don’t advocate that kind of thinking. Yes, removal is an important piece of a successful Draft deck, but it isn’t the end-all-be-all. will be quite good and will be playable, yet unexciting. The exciting blue common is the one with the ceiling of only “draw a card” away from ! I think it would be a great follow-up to Wingspan Mentor, since both cards incentivize similar deckbuilding restraints.
But is Of One better than ? This comparison is difficult without format context. Blue has a clear flash theme, as can be seen by . This makes counterspells better, as the more instant-speed spells one has, the better each one gets. Cycling as a main mechanic helps push playing at instant speed and is a perfect example of that since it’s somewhat of a one-card combo. Just like flash cards make each other better, putting cycling on a conditional piece of interaction skyrockets the value. My gut says that Of One is a better pick because the ceiling is just so incredible while the floor is good old . However, I could see format context drastically changing this pick.
I had to read a couple of times before I understood what it did. Most importantly, it’s a splashable 6/6 for five mana. That may not seem like a big deal, but I promise it is. A 6/6 is the top-end of sizing in most Limited formats and tends to be the bread-and-butter example for these cards. They rarely offer card advantage on top of the beefy body but has a ceiling of plopping monsters onto the battlefield with ease. However, hitting lands is no longer particularly beneficial once in the mid- to late-game and I can see this card ranging from an incredibly high pick to a fine top-end to any green deck.
I think the pick between and Of One is oddly close, but believe the correct card to take is . It’s a mutate card to go with , and the base rate of a five-mana 6/6 is much stronger than .