Scars of Mirrodin best draft commons

Quality Magic: The Gathering Scars of Mirrodin draft and limited play will require that you make some of your decisions in regard to your deck synergy rather than single card strength, but there are some commons that present themselves as the best options for your pick value.  Let's take a look at some of Scars of Mirrodin's best draft commons. Considering the heavy artifact nature of the set, we're not going to break it down by color this time around.

Glint Hawk Idol:  A 2/2 flying creature that will avoid any kind of sorcery-style targeting and will almost always be active when you'd like it to be, triggers metalcraft, and only costs 2 colorless mana.  While it's true it is a better option when you have the white mana to activate in a pinch, this is sort of a subtle hint - As you're going to want to field Glint Hawk Idol in the better metalcraft colors.

Galvanic Blast: 1 mana instant common red removal rarely needs much explanation, especially in a set with many dangerous low toughness drops.

Grasp of Darkness: It's no Doom Blade, but it gets the job done just fine.

Revoke Existence: Common, 2 mana, exile-style removal that will almost always have a target is pretty salty, even at sorcery speed.

Neurok Invisimancer: You'll need to work hard to find the deck where Neurok Invisimancer works, since it doesn't fit in Red/White or Black/Green "force-metalcraft-or-infect" templates, but this unblockable wizard can get there.

Plague Stinger: Plague Stinger and a piece of equipment or some power boost is all you need to win quickly and efficiently.

Shatter: Scars of Mirrodin is a set where a common card that has been relegated to the 12th-15th pick slot in other formats is an amazingly efficient removal card.

Turn to Slag: 5 mana may seem like a lot for a creature-only removal spell, but Turn to Slag takes out threats that nothing else in the format can reasonably touch, and has the added benefit of being able to get rid of dangerous game breaking equipment like Strata Scythe and Argentum Armor as part of the package.

Cystbearer: In contention for the best common slot infect creature, this beast has a thick hide and two points of poisonous venom for a very reasonable casting cost.

Untamed Might: If you've played any significant amount of Scars of Mirrodin Limited, you've either dished out or been on the receiving end of an unblocked infect creature coming in for a not-so-surprising smash with Untamed Might.  It is not fair to compare Untamed Might to Fireball, but it is a very dangerous card - Even when you can put your opponent on it, it can be potentially difficult to play around.

Corpse Cur: We've already extolled the exploitable virtues of this common carrion-collecting cur, but this specialty Gravedigger is one of the best common slot creatures available.

Ichorclaw Myr: This common artifact creature slides easy into any infect deck, has syngery with any number of Myr cards, and creates difficult decisions for your opponent every attack.

Perilous Myr: Chump blocker, "unblockable" attacker, and annoying 2-for-1 removal potential make Perilous Myr one of the best commons in Scars of Mirrodin.

Arrest: Solid removal in the common slot for white.  While not as good as hard removal options, it gets the job done.

Commons in Scars of Mirrodin really need assistance from your other rarity slots to take off, but they can be excellent indicators of what archetypes and templates are being passed around the table, and signal what options are open to you.

It's important to take note that most of the common replicas are playable as well within their respective colors, especially Sylvok Replica which acts comfortably as a Shatter on a stick. (Toss him inside a Mimic Vat for some real fun).

Play with some of the best Scars of Mirrodin commons in your next Magic: The Gathering draft or limited event!

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