Crimson Vow Early Draft & Sealed Format Tips
This writeup is for players who will be battling it out in Sealed (and hopefully Draft Day 2) in Vegas this weekend, but applies to anyone playing 40-card formats with Crimson Vow.
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Deck Guide: Niv to Light in Pioneer
The Pioneer metagame changes weekly as top decks get attacked and new decks form and refine. One of the longest standing decks that’s still a player in challenges and PTQs every week is Niv to Light.
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Crimson Vow Constructed Set Review: Top 25 Cards
Today I’ll be going over the 25 cards that I think are going to have the biggest impacts on Magic’s many constructed formats. The cards I cover can be impactful in any of Standard, Pioneer, Historic, Modern or Legacy. Most of these will be for...
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The Ultimate Innistrad: Crimson Vow Limited Set Review
In this article, I’ll be reviewing every card from Crimson Vow in the context of limited (i.e. sealed deck and booster draft), along with a rating out of 10. These reviews are based entirely on my initial impressions of the cards and as the...
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Deck Guide: Selesnya Cats in Historic
Cats in Magic are a fairly underused tribe. I’ve taken the foundation of a Modern Cats deck I built with my brother a couple years ago and converted it to Historic. This list is a fairly simple, tribal-based aggro build with some nice...
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The Ultimate Guide to Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Draft
It’s time for the ultimate Innistrad: Midnight Hunt draft guide. This is my attempt to cover everything I can about this new, awesome format. Let’s just jump right in!
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The Ultimate Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Limited Set Review
I’ve always loved reading set reviews over my 12+ years playing Magic. This time around, I get to write my own! Hopefully it’ll help guide you as you jump into playing Limited with Innistrad: Midnight Hunt.
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The Ultimate Guide to Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Draft
As Magic’s first foray into another universe, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms is a very unique thematic set. Long-time D&D fans will enjoy many references to characters, monsters, and spells that they’ve played with. In terms of draft...
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Deck Guide: Selesnya Company in Historic
Historic is a diverse format where people try to do the things they enjoy the most, whether that’s casting spells from the graveyard for free or playing long games with their control archetypes. But there’s one deck in the metagame that puts a...
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Deck Guide: Jund Sacrifice in Historic
Today, I’ll be diving into the world of Jund Sacrifice, a relatively top tier deck in the Historic format. This deck takes a bit of setting up, but you’ll easily overwhelm your opponent once all the key pieces are in place. If you were a fan of...
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Modern Horizons 2 Draft Guide and Archetypes
Greetings! Our time is short, as unfortunately Modern Horizons 2 will be gone from MTGO on July 8. So it’s vital that I quickly impart all of my hard-fought knowledge to you, as there isn’t much time left for you to use it. Well, unless you’re...
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Strixhaven Draft Data Analysis: The Best Colleges and Cards
| 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...
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