Drafting Digest: My Drafts Know What You Did In The Dark
Mishra’s Self-Replicator, Cloudreader Sphinx, and Settle the Score? Talk about a tough pack! Would you make the same choice Ryan Saxe did?
AuthorRyan Saxe
Ryan is a Limited specialist who prides himself in his efficacy for problem solving and innovative solutions to Draft formats. Finding exploitable strategies within a Limited format is what he does best, and teaching the skills necessary to succeed in Limited is a close second.
Drafting Digest: Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?
Ryan Saxe is staring down some quirky Dominaria packs! After his first pick, he tries delaying his color commitment as long as possible. Will you agree with choice?
Drafting Digest: Dominaria Post-Prerelease Edition
With the Prerelease in the rearview mirror, Ryan Saxe is ready to take on the Draft format! Will he take a powerful red card to start things off or a colorless rare? And the puzzles get harder from there…
Drafting Digest: The Edge Of Glory?
Ryan Saxe might be taking a wild leap in today’s Drafting Digest! Is he really going to first-pick a gold uncommon in Dominaria Draft? And is he considering a utility land with his fourth pick? What’s going on here?
Drafting Digest: Launch The Weatherlight!
With all of Dominaria revealed, Ryan Saxe kicks off his Drafting Digest series on the new set! Today’s intriguing picks show just how difficult an unfamiliar format can be to navigate…and how a little logic can go a long way!
Drafting Digest: Legendary Sorceries? Let’s Go!
At worst, Dominaria’s Legendary Sorceries might as well be blank cardboard. At best, they’ll win you the game. But where will they usually fall? Ryan Saxe gives them a look before all of Dominaria is revealed!
Drafting Digest: Dominaria Observations And Interactions
Sometimes your intuition fails you in a new Limited format! Ryan Saxe takes you through several unusual Dominaria interactions that require some thought…and perhaps a new stop for Magic Online players!
Drafting Digest: Optimizing And Evaluating Sagas In Limited
Evaluating a new Magic card subtype can be tricky business! Ryan Saxe lays out a two-pronged approach for optimizing and evaluating these novelties and puts it to work on the Sagas of Dominaria!
Drafting Digest: Masters From Amsterdam
Ryan Saxe returns from Grand Prix Amsterdam with a stroopwafel-scented Drafting Digest! While a first-pick Ravenous Chupacabra was promising, the second pick is a lot trickier. Can you help him out of this Masters 25 disaster?
Drafting Digest: Stars On 25
Masters 25 remains a treat of a Limited format for Ryan Saxe! Today’s Drafting Digest starts with a choice between Portal Three Kingdoms and Prophecy (?!), and it gets weirder from there!
Drafting Digest: Black Thumb
Masters 25 remains an unruly Draft format, and Ryan Saxe is here to pull the weeds! But after a tough first pick between Murder and Cultivate, will he find his choice has led him down a dark path?
Drafting Digest: Mastering Masters 25
Masters 25 threw Ryan Saxe for a loop, but he’s starting to get a handle on the chaos of a Draft format lacking in linear archetypes! Today he picks from a pair of perplexing packs! Do his choices match yours?
Draft Digest: Paid To Raid
We’re proud to welcome back Ryan Saxe! Why? Because Masters 25 Draft is in season, and he’s the expert! Try your hand at these tough picks!
Drafting Digest Special: The Rise Of Black/Red
Get the lowdown on one of the archetypes creeping up in the rankings in Rivals of Ixalan Limited! Ryan Saxe takes a minute to explain why this archetype is great (but can also be a trap!)
Drafting Digest: A Tribe Called Questions
Ryan Saxe sees way too many Rivals of Ixalan drafters getting into tribal trouble! Today’s Drafting Digest covers the perils of first-picking a tribal lord and the tough decisions posed by tribal synergy versus premium cards!