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 Durdles
01:36 — Premodern Threat Levels Are Back
02:01 — The Cards We're Tracking
03:27 — Swords to Plowshares
04:27 — The Threat Level Extension
05:01 — What Is a Blechman?
05:36 — What Does a Threat Level Actually Mean?
06:50 — Premodern Is a Healthy Format
08:28 — Gush Is Everywhere
09:19 — What Is Premodern's Next Most-Played Land?
10:27 — Counterspell Breaks the Data
11:08 — City of Brass?!
11:32 — Mogg Fanatic Is Everywhere
12:16 — The Goblins Math
14:34 — Goblin Sharpshooter Needs More Respect
16:03 — The Phyrexian Dreadnought Package
17:28 — Dreadnought vs. Parallax Wave
19:19 — Survival of the Fittest & Squee
20:40 — Jackal Pup & Burn
22:00 — Portent Is Apparently a 4-of
22:21 — Terravore & Wall of Roots
23:20 — Exalted Angel Falls Off
24:17 — Where Is Meddling Mage?
25:30 — Wall of Blossoms Is Disappearing
25:54 — The Zombie Trailblazer Discovery
27:06 — THIS CARD IS BUSTED
28:36 — "It Dies to Swords"
29:28 — How Many Blackmans Is Zombie Trailblazer?
30:13 — The Deepest Part of the Data
31:24 — Orcish Lumberjack Is MOVING
33:09 — More Zombies?!
33:55 — Zombie Trailblazer Deck Incoming
34:54 — Masticore & Chain of Vapor
35:52 — Dark Ritual Is a 36-Blackman Card
36:03 — Stifle & Portent
37:09 — Subscribe to Returnal Durdles
38:46 — Why Your Subscription Matters Right Now
39:14 — The Zombie Trailblazer Challenge
40:11 — Final Thoughts