Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief + Feather, the Redeemed Nothing is as discouraging as not being able to play your commander because youre severely mana screwed, so 2-mana commanders like Ivy, Gleeful Spellthief with fun abilities are good to learn with
Example: If you have 55% win rate while picking 3.5 Rares per pack, and 60% win rate by picking 2 Rares per pack (ie, only ones for your deck), then the number of drafts you need to do to complete the set moves from 47 to 68
Cloth top with rubber bottom for traction
It's pretty much a slightly worse Vampiric Rites, which is one of my go-to budget sac outlets: same cmc, same mana cost activation, same payoff, but Cauldron taps to activate so can't sacrifice multiple creatures per turn unless you have other ways to untap it
Birds of Paradise Birds of Paradise might not have the raw offensive power of other creatures on this list, but its the gold standard for mana dorks
But I thought I would get rid of the boring decks before getting to the veritable spice bazaar down below
