The Ultimate Guide to Drafting on MTG Arena
This epic guide covers everything you ever wanted to know about the cost of drafting, traditional vs. ranked draft, and basic strategy for improving your drafts.
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Here’s How to Win Your First Limited PTQ
I’m here to tell you how I made the top 8 and won several Limited PTQs.
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Ranked: The Top 12 Best Draft Formats Ever
I love Limited. I thought it might be fun to look back a bit and spotlight some of my all-time favorite draft formats. To make things simple I’m going to pick 12 sets that I loved and would recommend today.
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The Ultimate Guide to Splashing in Draft and Sealed (Examples)
Sometimes you run into bombs outside of the colors you’re playing or you just don’t get the cards you need to make your build work as-is. Maybe you need removal but don’t get any in your colors or they don’t have the removal you need. Or maybe...
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How Many Lands Should You Really Play in Limited?
As 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?
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The Ultimate List of 28 MTG, MTG Arena, and MTGO Formats Explained
Magic: The Gathering, a collectible card game by Wizards of the Coast, is almost 30 years old. Its popularity continues to grow and for good reason. It’s arguably the best game, full stop. Granted, I am speaking from a biased viewpoint; I love...
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Introducing the New Draftsim Sealed Deck Builder
MTG Arena has grown leaps and bounds since it was originally introduced. For example, they’ve finally added player draft, direct challenges against friends, and a lot of cool formats like cube. But one thing has always been lacking —...
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How to Use Draftsim to Play Draft Against Your Friends on MTGA
As many of us bide our time in quarantine or in lockdown, waiting out social distancing restrictions due to COVID-19, we’re seriously starting to miss out on “The Gathering” part of Magic: the Gathering. A couple weeks ago, I...
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Trapped at Home but Still Want to Play Mystery Booster? Here’s How to Do It…
I don’t know about you, but I was pretty darn excited for the release of the Mystery Booster set in stores last Friday. We’d already known for months the content of the so-called “Convention Edition” of Mystery Boosters...
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Traveler’s Amulet is the Golden Egg of THB Limited
There are two format-warping forces in THB limited: The Graveyard Bombs Traveler’s Amulet is a colorless way to simultaneously take advantage of both these forces. It is a strong addition to most decks in the format. In this article, I will...
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Draftsim Mobile UI Update
Well then. As you might know, back in September, I pushed a major update to Draftsim’s user interface. It was a lot snazzier and fancier than the old site and it included a major redesign up to and even including the blog. Overall, I think...
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Review: Ben Stark’s Spikes Academy Limited Course
I have to say, I was pretty excited when I found out that Ben Stark had created a Spikes Academy course. Ben has the reputation of being one of the best – if not the best – limited players in the world. His Magic resume is impeccable, with an...
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