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. ...

Ranking the Limited Archetypes in MM15 Today, I decided that I was going to create an article about another part of my life that I thoroughly enjoy: Magic: The Gathering.  I will most likely be mixing these in with my regular (or not-so-regular) content.   Coming off the release weekend of Modern Masters 2015, I’ve narrowed down the available archetypes and what, in my experience, has been the most and least successful. Below is a list of each the draft/sealed archetypes, short descriptions of the goals of each archetype, and key cards needed to make the synergy work. Additionally, I’ve listed the archetypes that work the best together and my overall grade of that strategy. B/G Sacrifice Strategy : Black and green sacrifice decks function much in the same way that they always have: Make a bunch of little worthless creatures using tokens or recursion and sacrifice them to powerful sacrifice outlets for a big effect. With plenty of ways to generate tokens, this for...