By his own admission, Nick is a fan of the Blue spells. Ravnica/Guildpact Draft is no exception to this… however, Nick has lately been dabbling in the murky waters of Green and Black, with strong results. Today, he presents a comprehensive Draft walkthrough, with each pick examined and each match replayed. Want to draft like the pros? Here’s how…
The Limited maestro returns, with tips and tricks on drafting the most powerful color-combination in RRG Draft. With Guildpact making the format one of the most skill-testing in years, Nick cuts a swathe through the mystery and sets out his tips for Limited success.
Can Nick transform his Magic Online success into a PTQ victory? The answer to that question… plus tips, tricks, and tech from one of the most feared Limited players in the game… is just one click away!
Following his excellent article on the Undervalued Gems of Guildpact, Nick takes us through a Ravnica/Ravnica/Guildpact draft, with each pick examined under a microscope. It’s all here: strengths and weaknesses, pick choices, draft summary, match reports and more! Whether you’re looking to qualify for Pro Tour Prague or just improve your understanding of the Ravnica/Ravnica/Guildpact draft format, you won’t want to miss this one!
Nick shares his views on the new Rav-Rav-Guildpact Draft environment, spilling the metaphorical beans on some underrated cards you may have missed. Cards that perform well, cards that fail to live up to the hype… cards you should, and should not, be playing.
With Guildpact finally upon us, a whole new world of Draft has been opened up. No longer are you constrained to play one of four or five possible archetypes in a Limited format, as was the case in triple Ravnica. If you can’t already tell, I’m excited.
As far as rogue archetypes in this format, Ken Krouner did an interesting piece on the Cloudstone Curio and Savra archetypes, and there has been some other writing out there as well. Triple Ravnica just doesn’t have the room for innovation that other stand-alone sets have had in the past. Yet there are still a few underdrafted archetype out there if you know where to look. Today I’ll discuss one such archetype that is probably a lot better than you think.
This week I felt like taking a break from writing about Ravnica to instead tackle the release of Mirage on Magic Online.
It’s that time again, the time where Nick gives you his take on over and underdrafted cards in the environment as well as discussing one of the better off-guild archetypes you can draft. Check it out!
What happens when you stick to the wrong colors during a draft and it all goes wrong? Nick deconstructs one of his drafts and shows you why it fell apart and how you can avoid certain Ravnica draft pitfalls. Plus, which cards are key to a successful Selesnya draft? Eisel’s got the answers!
Like many of you, Nick has been dreaming about cards games lately, and after a great deal of play with The City of Guilds, he’s come up witha set of rules for Limited play that you would do well to know, even if you don’t follow them. What’s the best card in the set for Limited? The best guild in draft? The answers to these questions and more are but a click away.
Lately my draft results have been showing that the best two decks by far in Ravnica Limited are R/W and U/B. Since I’ve already said my peace about the U/B Mill deck, I figured it was time to discuss the fastest archetype in Ravnica Limited.
I know I promised in my last article that I was going to do a draft guide for the R/W Boros archetype in Ravnica Limited this week, but I simply didn’t get to draft the deck enough yet to know all of the inner workings. While doing my usual weekly barrage of drafts though, I did come upon another archetype that has turned out to be much better than I’d ever expected from just looking at the spoiler. That archetype is the Dimir Guild’s Mill deck.
This series is going to be a slight departure from my usual card valuations articles (though I will still do some of those in the coming weeks) in that I am going to give you guys an inside look at the drafts I do, mistakes I make, and especially the important insights and conclusions I come to about the new Limited environment. What I’m going for here is a deeper approach to helping my readers understand the format and how I go about evaluating cards and archetypes through actual draft experience.
While most of the Magical world was off enjoying their Ravnica prerelease experience, Nick Eisel was at home battling Ken Krouner and others for digital glory.
