Breaking News Draft Tier List & Limited Meta (OTP)

Best color pairs in Breaking News Draft

Win rates vs the whole field (average 54.5%) · tiers are relative to the field average

Updated Sep 1

S

1 Selesnya WG

57.4% 272,468 games

A

2 Orzhov WB

56.1% 99,740 games

3 Golgari BG

55.8% 186,348 games

4 Boros WR

55.7% 65,965 games

5 Gruul RG

55.3% 103,449 games

B

6 Simic UG

54.3% 74,992 games

C

7 Dimir UB

53.9% 126,591 games

8 Rakdos BR

53.2% 103,535 games

D

9 Azorius WU

52.0% 54,718 games

10 Izzet UR

50.8% 60,323 games

Format pulse

The cards that define Breaking News — hover any card to see it

Bombs

The most powerful cards in the set. See one? Take it.

Oko, Thief of Crowns M 80 power

Path to Exile R 78 power

Anguished Unmaking M 78 power

Fractured Identity M 76 power

Leyline Binding M 75 power

Hidden gems

High win rate, still going late — free wins in your next draft.

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Most contested

Snapped up earliest — don't count on them wheeling.

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Trap cards

Drafted far above what they win. Let someone else take the bait.

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Sidekick drafters vs the field

Where our community's pick order diverges most from 17Lands' millions of picks

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Card ratings: every Breaking News card ranked

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| 65 cards

Card	Power	MV	SK WR
Fell the Mighty R	43	5	—
Fierce Retribution U	57	2	—
Journey to Nowhere U	74	2	—
Leyline Binding M	75	6	0.0%
Pariah R	22	3	—
Path to Exile R	78	1	—
Archive Trap R	20	5	—
Archmage's Charm R	46	3	—
Commandeer R	20	7	—
Essence Capture U	50	2	—
Mana Drain M	73	2	50.0%
Mindbreak Trap M	21	4	—
Repulse U	57	3	—
Heartless Pillage U	26	3	—
Imp's Mischief R	21	2	—
Murder U	74	3	—
Overwhelming Forces M	69	8	—
Reanimate R	63	1	100.0%
Surgical Extraction R	20	1	—
Thoughtseize M	31	1	66.7%
Collective Defiance R	67	3	—
Crackle with Power M	30	2	—
Electrodominance R	50	2	—
Fling U	25	2	—
Indomitable Creativity M	22	3	—
Skewer the Critics U	43	3	—
Skullcrack R	22	2	—
Clear Shot U	59	3	—
Force of Vigor M	21	4	—
Pest Infestation R	41	1	—
Primal Command R	55	5	—
Primal Might R	63	1	—
Thornado U	25	3	—
Abrupt Decay R	61	2	—
Anguished Unmaking M	78	3	—
Back for More U	53	6	—
Bedevil R	74	3	—
Buried in the Garden U	50	4	—
Crime // Punishment M	34	7	—
Cruel Ultimatum R	23	7	—
Decimate R	21	4	—
Decisive Denial U	53	2	—
Detention Sphere R	73	3	—
Endless Detour R	43	3	—
Fractured Identity M	76	5	—
Hindering Light U	24	2	—
Humiliate U	46	2	—
Hypothesizzle U	65	5	—
Ionize R	61	3	—
Oko, Thief of Crowns M	80	3	—
Outlaws' Merriment R	70	4	—
Ride Down U	27	2	—
Savage Smash U	53	3	—
Siphon Insight R	68	2	—
Terminal Agony U	59	4	—
Tyrant's Scorn U	62	2	—
Vanishing Verse R	67	2	—
Villainous Wealth R	57	3	—
Void Rend R	73	3	—
Voidslime R	53	3	—
Contagion Engine M	59	6	—
Grindstone M	20	1	—
Mindslaver M	23	6	—
Unlicensed Hearse R	63	2	—
Dust Bowl R	30	0	—