The Most Dangerous Cards in Premodern

The Premodern Threat Levels are back, and this time we have three months of new data to dig through.Zac and Phil revisit the cards they've been tracking across the format, using the Blackman threat metric to measure both how widely cards are played and how many copies appear in those decks. The new browser extension makes it easier than ever to snapshot the format and compare how these numbers change over time. We look at Swords to Plowshares, Counterspell, Wasteland, Mishra's Factory, Mogg Fanatic, Phyrexian Dreadnought, Parallax Wave, Survival of the Fittest, Grim Lavamancer, Jackal Pup, Terravore, Exalted Angel, Wall of Roots, Wall of Blossoms, Squee, Masticore, Chain of Vapor and more.Then Phil discovers something potentially much more important:ZOMBIE TRAILBLAZER.Is this the next great Premodern brew? Probably not.But we're absolutely going to find out.00:00 — Welcome to Returnal Durdles01:36 — Premodern Threat Levels Are Back02:01 — The Cards We're Tracking03:27 — Swords to Plowshares04:27 — The Threat Level Extension05:01 — What Is a Blechman?05:36 — What Does a Threat Level Actually Mean?06:50 — Premodern Is a Healthy Format08:28 — Gush Is Everywhere09:19 — What Is Premodern's Next Most-Played Land?10:27 — Counterspell Breaks the Data11:08 — City of Brass?!11:32 — Mogg Fanatic Is Everywhere12:16 — The Goblins Math14:34 — Goblin Sharpshooter Needs More Respect16:03 — The Phyrexian Dreadnought Package17:28 — Dreadnought vs. Parallax Wave19:19 — Survival of the Fittest & Squee20:40 — Jackal Pup & Burn22:00 — Portent Is Apparently a 4-of22:21 — Terravore & Wall of Roots23:20 — Exalted Angel Falls Off24:17 — Where Is Meddling Mage?25:30 — Wall of Blossoms Is Disappearing25:54 — The Zombie Trailblazer Discovery27:06 — THIS CARD IS BUSTED28:36 — "It Dies to Swords"29:28 — How Many Blackmans Is Zombie Trailblazer?30:13 — The Deepest Part of the Data31:24 — Orcish Lumberjack Is MOVING33:09 — More Zombies?!33:55 — Zombie Trailblazer Deck Incoming34:54 — Masticore & Chain of Vapor35:52 — Dark Ritual Is a 36-Blackman Card36:03 — Stifle & Portent37:09 — Subscribe to Returnal Durdles38:46 — Why Your Subscription Matters Right Now39:14 — The Zombie Trailblazer Challenge40:11 — Final Thoughts