ARB Draft Critique #1
June 20, 2009
One of the best ways to practice the Magic The Gathering draft format for free is to look at other players’ drafts and see how you would’ve drafted it.
Here’s a critique I did on an ARB draft on MTG Salvation.
Alara Reborn Draft Walkthrough #1
June 19, 2009
This is from a Shards of Alara – Conflux – Alara Reborn draft in the Swiss queue on Magic Online.
A Competitive Elementals Decklist for Standard
June 18, 2009
MTG pro Manuel Bucher took this 5 Color Elementals list to a 10th place finish out of 637 players in Grand Prix Sao Paulo.
How Good is Pithing Needle in Standard?
June 18, 2009
Gifts Ungiven evaluated the strength of Pithing Needle versus these popular archetypes in MTG Type 2:
- Kithkin
- Doran
- B/W Tokens
- Reveillark
- G/W Tokens
- Swans Combo
- Faeries
- Cascade Aggro
- R/B Aggro
Source: Needle Time?
Sideboarding With Standard Faeries: Scion of Oona
June 4, 2009
It can be difficult to sideboard when playing Faeries as it is a streamlined linear tribal decklist. Here’s a general rule from Sam Black, who recently got a top 8 finish in a Grand Prix with the Fae. He says he sides out Scion of Oona against almost everything expect the mirror match. This makes sense since most players will bring in sweepers like Volcanic Fallout, Zealous Persecution, and Cloudthreshers. Scion is just not very good against those cards.
Source: Understanding Grand Prix: Seattle (Premium Article)


