Introduction to Pack Wars Triple Bill

Hey everybody,

Tams and I have decided that there just isn't enough Card Advantage in the average week. In order to bring you more regular content, we've got some things in the works, the first of which is about to hit you in the eyes!

When we come home from FNM, pockets brimming with fresh boosters, we generally do a pack war, and we've decided to share this experience with all of you! Check out the hillarity below.

We've been meaning to start this series for a couple of weeks now, and since we have no intention of waiting while we run through our back log, I decided to not only make the first episode a double, we're also putting out our first pack war with Origins as well. Enjoy!

So that was our Pack Wars triple bill. We'll be putting out a new pack war every Tuesday. If you're interested in seeing a quirky take on Magic: the Gathering, please join us!

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Origins Online Pre-Release

Be. Aggressive. Be-ee Aggressive!

Hey everyone! Welcome to MTG Origins online prerelease! We've got a pretty fun batch of matches lined up for you today. Why don't you go ahead and check it out?

Since Tams and I chose to run our favourite colours at the paper pre-release (Black and Green, respectively), we decided to take a different colour for our online sealed, and since white is part of two good archetypes (so far) in Origins (namely r/w aggro and g/w midrange), we thought white would be best.

As it turned out, those were exactly the two decks we ended up deciding between, and red just seemed too much fun to pass up. If you can be aggressive in sealed without sacrificing the long game, it's worth doing, and with a Sentinel of the Eternal Watch at our top end, we weren't sacrificing anything by running all of our efficient two drops.

Our flat out removal was a little light, as we didn't have a single good burn spell, but two Suppression Bonds were good enough to see us through, and a sideboard Act of Treason worked in one game to good effect.

All in all, we were quite happy with our deck and our play, even in the games we lost we played well, and we're looking forward to being able to bring you a draft this Friday!

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Magic: Origins Pre-release info

Happy Wednesday everyone,

I know this entry is a tad late, but we've finally got our pre-release video up from Origins. Tams and I had a lot of fun, and I think we both explain our pools and our decisions fairly well. Go ahead and have a look!

Also, I know that we should have announced this here, rather than just putting the video up, but we've started a new series with Origins. People have asked us when we're going to start doing set reviews, and while we may think about that in future, we decided that there was something much more valuable to offer those uf us who enjoy limited Magic.

Card Advantage: On the Stack is a series we designed to get you ready for battle. In this video we review only the instant speed effects of a set in order to remind us all what the opponent could have in hand to affect our main phases, and combat on their turn, or on ours. We thought this could be the most valuable contribution we could make to our viewers pre-releases, and also upcoming drafts. If you haven't already, I suggest you check it out as more information is always a good thing.

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Draft #51 - "Mirrodin Masters" - June 26, 2015

Full disclosure: Tams and I had no experience going into this set, and the only cards we knew going into it were the "best stuff", the ones which got reprinted in other sets, so we weren't expecting too much success. That having been said, it was a lot of fun to see these things in their original context.

I've always enjoyed the flavour of Mirrodin as a plane, and seeing as we're not likely to go back there any time soon, it was nice to have a chance to see the cards in action.

We fell into the trap of trying to stay in one colour, which is generally pretty good, but after seeing how the set interacted, we realized we should have splashed a few more powerful off colour cards.

Round one was really short, but it was long enough to notice several drafting errors on our part. We should have taken more equipment if that was our plan, and stayed away from situational cards which looked good on the surface. We had a lot of creatures which needed equipment and not enough equipment to go around. There may also have been an entirely situational card in our main board, which we should have noticed during deckbuilding.

In rounds two and three we began to see more of what our deck should have been trying to do. The games were entertaining and informative, and if we ever draft Mirrodin block again, we should have a better idea of what we're in for.

In the mean time, I will mention that this Draft is going up a day early this week to make room for our special release coming tomorrow. Stay tuned for a big surprise!

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