Dominaria United Draft Guide

Dominaria United Draft Guide

Tom AndersonLimited

As a plane, Dominaria’s mechanical identity is roughly “Magic the way Richard Garfield intended” — and Dominaria United returns to the core gameplay values people praised in the last Dominaria draft format.  Matches are slower on average than in Streets of New Capenna or even Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. A lot of cards lock their power behind kicker costs or activated …

Draft Format basics

Magic Draft Format Basics

Dan TrohaLimited, Strategy

Booster Drafts have been one of the most popular ways to play Magic: The Gathering since the game’s inception. Played everywhere from the most casual of kitchen tables all the way to the Magic World Championship, draft is a format that really does have something for everyone. However, it’s not quite as simple as picking up some cards and playing …

Streets of New Capenna Draft Guide

Tom AndersonLimited

Tom dives deep into the Streets of New Capenna, and gives us an archetype guide for this oddly deceptive Limited environment! Streets of New Capenna is the latest set in what has become quite the golden age of Limited Magic. Appropriately enough, the aesthetic for this new world is glamorous art deco; a stylish if lawless city populated by demonic …

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Draft By The Numbers

Tom AndersonLimited

Welcome back, my scientifically-minded Draft players! At time of writing, almost two weeks of Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Limited are on the record. Various surveillance thopters and cyber kami have begun filtering that data into a more complete picture of the format – one that can supplement and validate our first instincts as Magic players. That’s what this Draft By Numbers …

Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Draft Guide

Tom AndersonLimited

Heed my word, Magic players: the future is now! Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty has launched to much fanfare and applause, with its daring cyberpunk setting drawing many curious players back into the game after the holiday lull.  Just glancing over the spoiler for Neon Dynasty gives you the feel of something different and special, with a remarkably high density of artifacts …

Crimson Vow Draft by the Numbers

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Draft By The Numbers

Tom AndersonLimited

I’m not sure what it is about the plane of Innistrad that keeps producing such historically cool draft environments. Is it the design teams at WotC working to live up to the staggering heights of the original Innistrad format? Or are the plane’s mechanical themes of graveyard value and tribal synergies simply a recipe for good Limited gameplay? I’m sure …

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Draft Guide

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Draft Guide

Tom AndersonLimited

Crimson Vow follows immediately on the heels of Innistrad: Midnight Hunt, without even a supplemental Draft product like Commander Legends or a Masters set to separate them. It’s been quite a while since we had consecutive sets share a thematic and mechanical base like this, and I admire how WotC has used this chance to express the grindy, graveyard-driven nature …