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Uneasy Partings

common Instant

This spell costs less to cast if it targets an attacking nontoken creature.

Target creature's owner puts it on their choice of the top or bottom of their library.

C+ Grade from the win rate

Win rate when drawn 56.2% +0.0 vs average 38,308 games

Win rates and picks

54.9% 65,730 games
Average pick ()
8.9

By deck

  • Draw Two 57.8% 22,082 games
  • Elf Landfall 53.6% 7,049 games
  • Removal Control 53.5% 4,086 games
  • Burn and Draw 57.9% 1,734 games

Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).

Reviews

Oh look, it's the generic 4-mana blue spell that puts a creature on the top or bottom of its owner's library. Uneasy Partings, like all of its predecessors over the last few years, will probably be one of the best blue commons and that's that.

Its spells (Uneasy Partings, Enchanted River's Grasp) aren't too bad, but it tends to play best when another color is providing cheap, reliable removal.

Uneasy Partings: Costs your opponent if you don't attack into it. You can safely attack Goblin into this on turn 3 thanks to the totally unnecessary nerf against black.

How to draft it

Roles in each deck

  • Draw Two Removal

    The owner chooses the top or bottom of their library and usually picks the top, so the spell costs them their next draw and the mana to cast the creature again. Against a it is full , because a token put into a library stops existing.

    How to play it

    Aim it at an attacker they spent a lot on, best of all one carrying an or . They lose the Aura, and the Equipment has to be equipped again. Against a you pay the full 4.

    Learn the Draw Two deck

  • Elf Landfall Removal

    Their creature goes into their library at speed, and since its owner picks top or bottom, they usually redraw it next turn. That buys a turn and the mana they spend to recast it. Counters and on the creature are gone for good, so it hits hardest on a creature they have built up.

    How to play it

    Against an attacking nontoken creature it costs 3 instead of 4, so cast it on their turn after attackers are declared. A sent to the library stops existing, so it answers a big token for good, at the full 4 mana. Attack on the turn they spend recasting what you sent back.

    Learn the Elf Landfall deck

  • Burn and Draw Removal

    Blue's answer to a big creature puts it into its owner's library, on top or bottom as they choose. Against an attacking nontoken creature it costs less, and since this deck blocks and waits, the 3-mana price comes up most games. They usually choose the top and draw it again, so it costs them a turn and their next draw.

    How to play it

    Hold 3 mana on their turn and cast it after they declare attackers. The best targets carry an or counters, since those are gone for good. A put into a library stops existing, so on a big it is , but tokens never get the discount.

    Learn the Burn and Draw deck