Beat that Boss

For most Magic: The Gathering releases, I publish some form of content evaluating individual cards for limited, constructed or both. For Hour of Devastation, I released a Prerelease Primer and a Draft Pick Order list and, while I think I was correct about most of my choices, there were enough cards that I wildly misjudged to spur me to write this article. With a number of MTGO drafts along with a handful of Sealed pools and prereleases under my belt, here are some of the cards that I overvalued or undervalued in my initial assessment. 1. Pride Sovereign - Overvalued When I saw this card, I was immediately impressed. Makes two 1/1 lifelink cats every other turn? Damn, that's spicy! Well, I played it and when it survived for more than a turn or two, it was great but honestly, it dies to literally every single piece of removal. Then the cats that it sometimes leaves behind are usually too inconsequential to make any lasting difference either against speed, size or evasion. ...

I'm pumped to finally get a chance to draft this set. Below you'll find that I've separated every single card in Hour of Devastation into ten tiers, ranking from the windmill slam bombs to the utterly unplayable. Please enjoy and good luck! Tier 1: Never pass, Windmill Slam, Deck-Defining Card The Locust God, The Scarab God, The Scorpion God, Kefnet's Last Word, Hour of Devastation, Angle of Condemnation, Pride Sovereign Tier 2: Great Rare, Worth First Picking, Will Always Be Excellent Ammit Eternal, Unesh, Criosphinx Sovereign, Neheb, the Eternal, Majestic Myriarch, Bontu's Last Reckoning, Rhonas's Last Stand, Hour of Glory, Chaos Maw, Grind to Dust, God Pharaoh's Gift Tier 3: Good, Solid Rares, Build-Around Powerful Rares, Better Than Every Uncommon Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh, Samut, the Tested, Crested Sunmare, Hour of Eternity, Resilient Khendra, Nimble Obstructionist, Champion of Wits, Torment of Hailfire, Dreamstealer, Ramunap...

The Hour of Devastation is upon us and Nicol Bolas is wreaking havoc on Amonkhet in some truly glorious ways. The final three gods have emerged and, just as Bolas planned long ago, they have torn down the Hekma barrier holding back the desert and the horrors it hides. Truly this set has upended the peaceful, if death-centric, community of Amonkhet. What this means for us Magic players is that we got a bunch of sweet new cards, many of which focus on destruction or removal. Our first taste of this set will come between July 8th and 9th and I'm hoping to win at least one of the prereleases that I attend. Here are some of my initial impressions of the strongest cards and archetypes and some strategies that I will be using going into the prerelease. Thanks for reading and please enjoy! 1. Gods Are Insane, Gods' 'Last' Cycle is Mixed, Hour Cycle is Goodd First off, if you open one of the new gods from Hour of Devastation, you should pretty much force whatever colo...