| Illustration by Randy Vargas Draftsim has long catered to the nerdier side of Magic (yes that is a thing!) and I’ve always been quite proud of that fact. We’ve done this for years with various data analysis blog articles, including big studies...
Read moreAs you probably know being a reader of ours and most likely a frequent Limited player, 17 is the industry standard for lands played in 40-card formats. But why is this, and when should you play more or less than 17 lands?
Read moreHello everyone and welcome to the wizarding world of Strixhaven! In a land where the students want to do nothing more than to learn, you’ll find fierce rivalries between some houses and close alliances between others. The new mechanics in this...
Read moreCommander is a fun experience, right? Getting to play with your favorite cards you’ve collected over the years and sharing your deck ideas and cool strategies is one of the most appealing things WotC has to offer with Magic. More often than not...
Read moreYou gotta love it — right now is the most exciting time of year here at Draftsim. Strixhaven: School of Mages preview season is over and we’ve finally got our hands on the full spoiler. Draftsim even got three cards to preview this...
Read moreIt’s time to go over a fresh take on one of my favorite decks, Dimir Rogues. Today, we’re taking a closer look at the mill variant, which is the more competitive build. If you like decks that require constant thinking, planning, and...
Read moreWelcome, everyone, to one of the wildest formats in recent memory. Are you a fan of drafting 5-color piles? Do you like to take multiple turns to cast a spell? Do you like massive blocks of text on your Magic cards? Well boy, do I have the format...
Read moreAre you a big fan of combo decks like me? Do you want to win on turn 4? I can see you nodding your head, so I’ll take that as a yes. Welcome, my fellow combo enthusiast, and get ready to learn about my go-to Historic combo deck: Neostorm.
Read moreIt’s now been a week since Kaldheim was released and as usual, I have drafted as much as my mind, body, and spirit can tolerate. After 20 drafts with a 86% win rate I’m going to give you the tips and tricks that have taken me 40 hours to learn...
Read moreHere we are on the brink of Kaldheim’s release, and it’s been four months since we’ve had a new draft format. I don’t know about you, but I am starved. What better way is there to whet your appetite than to talk about...
Read moreKaladesh Remastered is here, and it brought a lot of fun tools for Mono Red with it, namely [REPLACE CARD]Bomat Courier[/REPLACE] and [REPLACE CARD]Chandra, Torch of Defiance[/REPLACE]. Mono Red was a great deck in Historic even before this set...
Read moreStandard has gone through some drastic changes since the last two ban lists. With [REPLACE CARD]Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath[/REPLACE] gone and [REPLACE CARD]Omnath, Locus of Creation[/REPLACE] finally no longer making people pull their hair out...
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