Soon after Khans of Tarkir came the second set of the block, Fate Reforged. This set proved particularly unique, as it was not only the middle set but also created a Limited environment never seen before or since. Up until this point, Wizards released sets to be drafted either with the other sets of their respective block or, in the case of select sets, drafted on their own. With Fate Reforged, they wanted to try a set that could be drafted either alongside Khans of Tarkir or with Dragons of Tarkir to play into the set's themes of alternate timelines.

This different take on set construction provided some unique designs, including several cool mythic rares. Today we're going to rank all of them from worst to best! Ready? Let's jump in and start ranking them!

Number Ten

We're actually starting off pretty strong with this one. Most people aren't going to think too highly of it, but in Limited, this card was close to unbeatable. Getting to tap down your opponent's board every turn meant it was nearly impossible to stop this creature, as well as all of your other creatures. In most situations, the returning from exile is largely irrelevant, but it happened to play solidly with the Delve mechanic. Despite this, it was still the weakest of the bunch by quite a bit, but it's hardly a whiff like the low end of many of these mythic rankings tend to be.

Number Nine

Ghastly Conscription is too expensive to make work in a meaningful way most of the time. For just a few more mana, you can run Rise of the Dark Realms or, for a bit less, you could run Living Death. Still, this card does enough fun and interesting things that it frequently shows up in plenty of Commander decks to this day. It's about as casual as it gets, but when it works, it's a pretty great time.

Number Eight

When it was first previewed, Shaman of the Great Hunt had a lot of players worried. It hit hard and fast, turned on ferocious by itself, and let all your creatures get bigger as well. Couple that with the fact that it could draw tons of cards, and you had one heck of a powerhouse! ...In theory, anyway. The card never made a particularly huge splash, yet remains a potent effect in Temur lists that utilize lots of big cards.

Number Seven

Much like Shaman of the Great Hunt, this was another incredibly hyped card during preview season. Not only could it seriously drain your opponents' life away, but it could also cast Master Warcraft every single turn, allowing you to set them up in whatever way benefits you best. This card never saw major competitive play, but has proven more useful in casual settings as a truly monstrous creature for aggressive Mardu decks.

Number Six

Few cards are as iconic as Figure of Destiny, and Warden of the First Tree was the first of many cards that took inspiration from it. The card was immediately popular in both Standard and Cube environments and commanded a decent price tag for some time as a result. The Warden's popularity has diminished quite a bit since then, but in his prime, he was one heck of a creature to contend with.

Number Five

Two words: Time Walk.

Players saw this card and were immediately ecstatic about the possibility of using Soulfire Grand Master in conjunction with various extra turn effects. If you could pay enough mana to start up a loop, it was pretty much game over once you got going. In practice, the card proved harder to utilize than many hoped, yet it was still one of the most exciting cards in some time that bore out to some degree once players got to play with it. Thanks to the interaction with Time Walk in particular being so cheap, Soulfire Grand Master was a Vintage Cube staple for quite some time and deserves to be recognized as such.

Number Four

For a good long while, this card was only a little more than bulk, owing to its difficulty to cast despite the delve mechanic and the fact that it exiled itself on cast. As time has gone on, however, it has proven to be more and more popular and has even found its way into several competitive decks, including the Pioneer Izzet Phoenix list. The deck is currently one of the top archetypes in the format and often runs a copy or two to combine with Galvanic Iteration for some mighty plays that are difficult to beat.

Number Three

It's hard to talk about this card without recalling how painful the Selesnya deck that also utilized Courser of Kruphix and Mastery of the Unseen could get, particularly in mirror matches. This made Whisperwood Elemental particularly strong as a way to keep the board flowing while also providing a means of board wipe protection to keep you in the game. Even after its time in Standard came to a close, it continues to be a great option in formats like Commander and Cube for this very reason.

Number Two

During its tenure in Standard, Monastery Mentor didn't do all that much. It's what the card did outside of Standard, though, that caught the attention of players everywhere. The card was an instant hit in formats like Commander, Cube, Legacy, and Vintage - all of which can cast an absolute deluge of cheap spells. Given its power with cards like the Moxen, Black Lotus, Sol Ring, Mana Crypt, and so on, it was even granted a rare restriction in the Vintage format. The card would eventually see a surprise return in March of the Machine, where it fueled a unique Azorius Tempo deck in Standard for a while.

Number One

If Nicol Bolas' first planeswalker card was an unmitigated success, so too was the very first card for Ugin, the Spirit Dragon. An instant staple in Ramp lists, Commander decks, and Cubes rocking Channel, the power of Ugin was felt all over. Even now, it's still fairly common to see him utilized in Modern Tron decks where it's trivial to get him onto the battlefield and wipe out whatever the opposing player is trying to do. You can then whittle down the opponent's life total with his +2, and if you can ultimate him, you might as well win the game on the spot. An instant icon of the game that still proves tremendously popular to this day.

Paige Smith

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