The Amonkhet Block consists of two sets, the main Amonkhet large set with 269 cards and the Hour of Devastation small set with 199 cards. There were also some extra cards that break the numbering system, because who expects numbers to add up to a stated sum? Nonetheless, let's take a look at the contents of these three packs! I think I'll continue making an arc of common cards, keeping the trio of uncommons in the bottom left, and the rares and other interesting stuff in the top right. If you'd prefer something else, let me know in the comments!

If you were to join a booster draft event during the Hour of Devastation release, you would get two packs from that set and one from Amonkhet. However, the general consensus seems to be that the small set was underwhelming, so I bought only one. Let's take a look at the contents!

As you can see, the second Amonkhet pack contained a foil card and a full-art land card. There were no Amonkhet Invocation cards in these packs, but that's not much of a surprise due to their rarity. I went through the commons and pulled the cards that look particularly useful for my budget decks.

While this isn't necessarily representative of the sets as a whole, I find it interesting that while one third of the cards were from Hour of Devastation, only one fourth of the common cards from that set interested me. It's not much of a deviation from statistical odds of such a small sample size, but it might indicate something. Or maybe not.

If you ever want to explore what any given card does, check out the official card catalog at the Gatherer website from Wizards of the Coast. For example, here's Blur of Blades along with an official ruling from a question on how it works from the judging committee under certain circumstances that may arise in the game.

As for the uncommons and rares, there's a much smaller sample size to consider. I also included the foil card and the full art land with the rares.

Liliana's Mastery is useful in any zombie tribal deck, but not especially valuable. Shadow of the Grave relies on cycling and discarding deck archetypes to be useful, so it's quite hit-and-miss with more miss than hit in most cases. Hour of Revelation could be a handy board reset when facing multiple opponents. Painted bluff is a useful card in multi-color decks because many other cards with the same ability enter tapped or have an extra cost of some sort. Even in foil, though, it's not exactly a valuable card.

All things considered, I like the theme of Egyptian mythology that flavored this set, and there are some interesting cards in it, but these packs were a tad underwhelming. You'd be better off buying single cards online or at a card shop if you want something specific.

---

Previously:

Let's Open Two Iconic Masters Packs!
Let's Open an Ixalan Two-Player Booster Battle Pack!

---

If you like this post, please comment, follow, and resteem!