Reality Fracture Draft Guide

Ten archetypes, ten color pairs: five Hexhaven colleges and five Echoverse planeswalkers.

FRA · released 2026-10-02 · 276 cards · pick ratings are the ScrollVault draft simulator's bot evaluations (0–5)

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Reality Fracture format overview

Reality Fracture is a ten-archetype format: every two-color pair has a plan. The five allied pairs are Hexhaven's colleges (Fatehold, Theorix, Stingerquill, Konstrari and Vigorbloom), and the five enemy pairs follow Echoverse versions of Liliana, Chandra, Garruk, Ajani and Jace. Two mechanics run through the set: surveil, which appears on 42 cards and powers white-blue, and empower Jace, on 35 cards, which grows a Jace planeswalker token and anchors green-blue. On early 17Lands Premier Draft data, blue has the strongest commons by average games-in-hand win rate (57.2%, against 54 to 55% for the other colors), and gold cards perform well at both common and uncommon, which rewards settling into a color pair rather than staying mono-color too long. Every color pair has a gold Charm or signpost uncommon, so the uncommons you see in the first few picks are a reliable signal. The numbers on this page come from day-one data and will move as more drafts are played; the card ratings refresh daily.

Splashing & fixing: Each allied pair has a rare dual land that enters untapped once you control two other lands (Deserted Beach, Shipwreck Marsh, Haunted Ridge, Rockfall Vale, Overgrown Farmland), and red-green's Heartwood tokens tap for red or green. Splash a single off-color pip only for a bomb.

Archetypes

Archetype	Colors	Game plan
Fatehold	WU	Surveil and scry payoffs; flyers like Denzilore Fatehold and Desperate Futurescribe grow when you look at the top of your library.
Theorix	UB	Graveyard value: mill, flashback and threshold, with Recursive Recruitment and Null Summoner as payoffs.
Stingerquill	BR	Noncombat damage and Cadet tokens; Stingerquill Charm and Ingris Stingerquill turn attacks and spells into direct damage.
Konstrari	RG	Heartwood artifact tokens that tap for red or green ramp into big threats like Craftwork Crusher.
Vigorbloom	WG	Lifegain and +1/+1 counters; Bloombrute draws a card the first time you gain life each turn.
Liliana's Attrition	WB	Removal and creature trades; Edgar, Ancient Bloodlord gains life whenever your creatures die.
Chandra's Prowess	UR	Noncreature spells: prowess creatures, and Saheeli, Jewel of Avishkar makes a flying Thopter each time you cast one.
Garruk's Bestiary	BG	Self-mill into a big graveyard that fuels Hapatra, the Desert Fang and Primal Witchstalker.
Ajani's Army	RW	Go-wide with +1/+1 counters and equipment; Mabel, Valley Hero puts a counter on each creature as it enters.
Jace's Mastery	UG	Empower Jace: build a Jace planeswalker token with cards like Mind Meanderer and landfall payoffs.

Top 10 bombs (highest pick rating)

#	Card	Rarity	Color	Rating
1	Emrakul, the Exigent Doom	mythic	C	5.1
2	Seasoned Cryomancer	mythic	U	5.0
3	Darklight Phoenix	mythic	B	5.0
4	Aerid Konstrari	mythic	GR	5.0
5	Avatar of Burgeoning Echoes	mythic	GU	5.0
6	Denzilore Fatehold	mythic	UW	5.0
7	Ingris Stingerquill	mythic	BR	5.0
8	Kwia Vigorbloom	mythic	GW	5.0
9	Uldaros Theorix	mythic	BU	5.0
10	Chandra, Torch of Defiance	mythic	R	5.0

Best commons by color

White — best commons

Campus Crier 2.7
Shatterwing Pegasus 2.7
Surgical Precision 2.7
Graft Surgeon 2.5

Blue — best commons

Divining Duelist 2.7
Mindseeker Oculus 2.7
Surveillance Phantasm 2.7
Cryotheory Adept 2.5

Black — best commons

Screeching Soulbreaker 2.7
Extended Absence 2.5
Rank Rat 2.5
Silence the Echo 2.5

Red — best commons

Tether Technician 2.8
No Admittance 2.7
Awaken the Inferno 2.5
Chandra's Emberling 2.5

Green — best commons

Budding Insurgent 3.2
Sureshot Sower 3.2
Arcane Amphisbaena 2.7
Inspired Tethermage 2.7

Color depth (avg common/uncommon pick rating)

Rank	Color	Avg rating	Cards
1	Red	3.11	25
2	White	3.02	25
3	Green	3.02	27
4	Black	3.01	27
5	Blue	3.01	27

Highest-rated removal

Derived from card text + pick rating, not hand-verified — use as a starting point.

Card	Rarity	Rating
Ingris Stingerquill	mythic	5.0
Chandra, Torch of Defiance	mythic	5.0
Vraska, the Cutting Glare	rare	4.8
Garruk, Veiled Butcher	mythic	4.8
Vraska's Final Mercy	rare	4.7
Solitary Cell	rare	4.7

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Card data and images via Scryfall. Pick ratings are the ScrollVault draft simulator's bot evaluations on a 0–5 scale; for sets played on MTG Arena they incorporate real-game win-rate data from 17Lands. Not official WotC ratings. Drafted against 7 AI opponents in the Reality Fracture draft simulator.