"Tripping Over Spirits" - August 08, 2014

Don't be confused by the date. This one is a little out of order. It also happens to be one of our best drafts ever.



Tams and I, along with our friend Garrett, paid close attention to the drafting process, and that shows in the quality of our deck. We also had very good luck with both the draft and our opening hands. I'm not about to take total credit for the cards which came to us. Magic is a high variance game, and It's just nice to get a smooth round once in a while.

We hope you enjoy watching this draft as much as we enjoyed doing it.


Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time.


-Step.

"Creatures? Who Needs Creatures?!" - August 20, 2014

There's something to be said for having creatures in your deck. I think the biggest thing I learned this week is that good spells don't necessarily take the place of creatures, even the weaker ones. Aside from the usual variance troubles, having a mitt full of spells doesn't do much if you don't have targets. You may notice that our sound issues have returned. Hopefully we'll get that patched up for next week. In the mean time, enjoy!




During the draft, we could have gone a few different ways. The way we ended up going had potential, but it didn't quite come together.


I've noticed during my M15 league experiences that the popular archetypes rule this format with marginal room to move outside of them, and if we'd settled on an archetype earlier, it probably would have gone much better for us.

Another thing I've noticed is that we should be more aware of what's in the colours we're facing, and not just what we've seen of a particular deck. For example, sideboarding in Hot Soup would have been a good idea in round three, as blue black has no direct damage, and it would have given us another target for our Ensoul Artifact.

As it stands, the deck worked pretty well considering, and the games were definitely fun.

Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time.


-Step.

P.S. Sorry for the crackling in round 3. I was hungry.

"Two Halves Leave a Big Hole" - August 13, 2014

I wish I could say that the inaugural draft for our new blog went better, but at least we learned some things! First, if you're going to go all in on your pack 1 pick 1, make sure you're thinking strategy, not just colour. By the end of the draft, we wound up with what I feel was two halves of a deck, with red aggro on the lower end, and red black control at the top, and they never quite met in the middle.



During the draft we probably should have paid more attention to artifacts and other synergy cards, and prioritized cards to make the game go long, especially after we decided on the Caustic Tar as another win condition.

Despite our one track drafting mentality, and Tams feeling off kilter for completely separate reasons, we still managed to play fairly well and enjoy ourselves.

Hope to see you next time,


-Step.

Hi there!

I'm Step, and this is Tams.











We're Card Advantage. We're here to learn how to draft on MTGO, and you can learn along with us.

I should start off by mentioning that we're not Limited Resources, and we're not Channel Fireball. We're not even Loading Ready Run, (though we highly suggest you check them out, because they've all got a lot to offer). What we are is a little bit different.

We're just beginners on MTGO. We've been playing paper magic for a while, but we don't know everything. What we do know, is how to be entertaining and informative. We hope to teach as much by the mistakes we make as by our successes, and hopefully make you laugh along the way.

This blog will be updated at least weekly on Friday when we put up a draft, and sporadically when we've got something to say.

We're Card Advantage, and we hope you enjoy.

-Step.