Best Limited
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Limited Fundamentals: Manabases & Deck Composition
For now we're going to be starting with the fundamentals-of-the-fundamentals: Mana and Deck Composition. Mana is the bedrock resource system in Magic. Without functi…
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Limited Fundamentals: Drafting
Welcome back to my Limited Fundamentals series! Last time we talked about Manabases & Deck Composition. Even though deckbuilding comes after the draft portion, I sti…
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Limited Fundamentals: Gameplay
Welcome back to my Limited Fundamentals series! So far, we've covered Manabases and Drafting. This time we're covering the last of "The Big 3": Gameplay! I've writte…
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What makes a good limited deck?
I've written a lot about the drafting/pool-building process, but I wanted to take some time today to look more abstractly at limited deckbuilding. I also thought thi…
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How to Draft Flexibly
11 years ago, Ben Stark wrote Drafting the Hard Way. It was, and still is, considered a seminal piece of MTG Limited theory. Funny enough, I don't think I had read i…
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How to Build a Sealed Deck: The Sequel
I haven't written about Limited in a long time! Let's change that. For those who don't know, 6-pack Sealed is my favorite 'flagship' limited format (team sealed is m…
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Why Team Sealed is the best MTG Format
Howdy folks! Coming off of the Foundations prerelease where I was able to play Team Sealed with Mora and our friend Evan, I wanted to take some space to sing the pra…
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How to Build a Sealed Deck
It's time to talk about my favorite limited format. That's right! I'm a Sealed Enjoyer. Unsurprising given my love for limited, but most limited players prefer draft…
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Sweat the Small Things (How to evaluate cards better)
At some point I'll write up thoughts about MH3, but the format is still in its' early stages and I'm still very much in the exploratory phase with it. So instead tod…
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How to Learn any Limited Format (including OTJ!)
I've been a consumer of Limited content for a long time, and while I think there's some amazing stuff out there, I also think I have some perspectives that will be v…