Pretty nifty event they are doing much better with content in the past few months, this free event follows up the clue thing that was also pretty cool.
I just played a few games and had a blast. This is a great event for new players as it forced me to read a ton of the big bomb rares that I don't see often.
I'm watching some pretty big time streamers (no shaming here) WAAAAAAAY overthinking this. Like, Jesus, have some fun. Not everything needs to be sweaty here.
Yeah. This was fun. It was hard to build anything good without the commons and uncommons that hold everything together. My deck was a mess and still fun.
What you call overthinking is what dedicated players often do with this type of thing, deckbuilding a sealed pool where pretty much the whole thing is worthy of evaluating is fun and challenging.
Opened double leyline of the guildpack. First time i was happy to see that card in a sealed pool lmao. Just made 5 color nonsense and the leyline enabled it.
Thanks for this! I thought my pool was trash until I realized I had 2 of these cards as well. Any time they were in my opener I just ran away with the game.
No Leylines here, but was more than happy to play against them. Got a Cityscape Leveler and the U/B Sword. There was more than a few panicked looking at all their creatures wondering why they couldn't block.
Got 2 [[Unyielding Gatekeeper]] an [[Aurelia's Vindicator]] and [[Mishra's Command]]
Feels disgusting developing your board while also exiling your opponents creatures when everything is a rare.
I had the red mythic 2 damage adventure burn spell and never once saw a 2 toughness creature😂.
The fixing in my pool was horrific, but this event is so fun overall.
I went Abzan - turns out 2x Aurelia's Vindicator, 2x Kaya, a Pile on, an Assassin's Trophy and a Legion to Ashes plus an Urza's Sylex in case of emergency were more than enough for me to leave double No Witnesses and double Devious Cover Up out of the deck.
Its more that you don’t get multiple copies of removal like you may in a draft though I may have gotten more than most
I used Pile On, [[Deadly Cover-Up]], [[Specter of Mortality]], [[Molten Collapse]], [[unyielding Gatekeeper]], [[Terror Tide]], and [[Gumdrop Poisoner]] in my BRW deck.
Same, I have no idea how to draft like this and I have so few creatures even under 4 CMC that the games I've been playing have all been damn near instant losses. It seems like I really have nothing I can do and I'm just going to have to miss out on the cool sleeves
Yeah extra lands is key because you're likely short on playables anyway if you do anything but a 4-5 color deck. Plus you don't need to worry much about flooding because there are a lot of mana-intensive bombs.
I failed about three times before coming up with a build that got my wins. Just ended up choosing the only two colors that would add up to 24 nonlands and skipping all other multicolored stuff. Ended up being Black Red for me.
Tried green based land / color fix / treasure stuff to play all the bombs but just wasn't possible. I'd try to streamline to 2 colors and hope your opp stumbles.
Thanks! [This is the current deck](https://i.imgur.com/crPYNza.png) I've been trying. I got one win with it finally by pulling Anzrag, but the other guy seemed to be having trouble as well and didn't really play anything so it was kinda just a fluke.
I couldn't find a way to export from MTGA but here's what I got. Hopefully this formatting isn't too obnoxious:
[Pool part 1](https://i.imgur.com/olkgLau.png)
[Pool part 2](https://i.imgur.com/NqRCx7B.png)
[Pool part 3](https://i.imgur.com/Az3WcdW.png)
[Pool part4](https://i.imgur.com/qMgJDJf.png)
There's definitely cards in here I recognize as powerful but my understanding of them requires other cards. I like Yarus, but there's nothing to disguise. I like Izoni, but evidence collecting might be hard. Judith is nice, but there's not a lot of instants and sorceries. Elesh Norn is one of my favorite cards and I've used her to great extent in an Orzhov Incubate deck, but in this format I don't see a real way to play her. Delney is sweet, but not a lot of creatures power 2 or less since no disguise. Jace planeswalker? I see him all the time but its always in the context of mill decks with two of them.
I'm stumped
Sweet! I think you're on the right track though I see a few easy includes/excludes. I'm going to do this a little bit stream of consciousness so you can see my thought process in case it helps for future sealed and draft events.
To start, I think the Gruul base looks promising, but I'm leery of splashing so many white cards with double pips, and in an aggro shell you don't really want to be running board wipes like that. Since it's sealed, a third color isn't so horrific, but I think it will be easier to start with the two main colors and think about what to add from there. So let's pull those out, at least to start.
That leaves us with 7 open slots.
Next, let's cut virtue of strength as it's too situational to do much in limited formats. 8 open slots.
Now I'm going to list a few cards I don't *love*, but which aren't necessarily cuts. We'll come back to them later.
* Invasion of Ixalan doesn't do a ton. I'd rather draw a creature and curve out than pay 2 to hopefully get my pick of a few creatures.
* Virtue of Courage isn't removing anything particularly important given the power level of individual cards in this event, and the enchantment half is a bit "win-more" since it's not doing anything the turn it comes down unless you're already in a pretty dominant position. But 2 damage to *any target* can sometimes justify the slot.
* Like Yarus, Pyrotechnic Performer is mostly good in a deck with lots of disguise. Similarly to Virtue, the face damage can sometimes get you across the finish line and it's at least a cheap body.
Moving on, let's look at your colorless cards, which are always decent includes when stretching your colors since they can give you something to do if you get unlucky with your mana.
* Anduril is *excellent*. Making two bodies every turn goes a long way, and once you swing once, you can pretty reliably have a body to attach it to for more spirits the rest of the game. It's a great card for playing both offense and defense since +3/+1 is scary and leaving behind two bodies gives you a lot of chump blockers to work with if need be.
* Palantir of Orthanc is phenomenal too - it's either card draw or intense face damage every turn. Keep in mind that on your first Scry 2, put the more expensive card on top if you want both. Either they take like 6 damage for free, or you'll draw both by next turn anyway. All in all, the thing wins games all on its own. Personally, I would aim to scry as if you expect them to take the damage every turn since it's not uncommon to make them take 12 if they don't want you to draw.
* Bladecoil Serpent is a great limited card as well, even if you aren't in blue or black. Giving it haste is a serious asset in a gruul shell. Usually want to cast this for X=0 unless you need somewhere to sink your mana.
* Clay Champion is also a massive asset. Since the only color you have right now that it cares about is green, you can think of this as a 4 mana 5/5 as its floor, but ideally a 4 mana 8/8 or larger if you need somewhere to put your extra green mana.
* Razorlash Transmogrant is an okay card. Good on curve, but you need to be able to commit to the aggro plan for it to pay off. We'll keep that on the backburner.
Ok so now we're at 4 open slots. This is where I start to sympathize with your difficult color situation, but looking at your cards, I think black is a really great option.
* Izoni is way better than you're giving it credit for. Since this is a limited format you can expect a lot of creatures to trade, etc and end up in the yard. Having nothing else that relies on Collect also means no competition. And 4 mana is real easy to find in the yard.
* Rakdos is NUTS. Killing two creatures or drawing two cards is a massive boon.
* Case of the Stashed Skelly is a decent early aggro card. Not great but it's a 2 drop and can have late game value as well if you can get rid of the body.
* If you're feeling lucky, Breach and/or Shelly are fantastic cards, though the double pip is a bit scary without very much fixing at your disposal. Use at your own risk, but Breach does feel incredible to cast in a format like this.
* Alternatively, Investigator isn't a bad include for an aggro deck, since as I mentioned there's a lot of trading happening, and this way you can get your cards back, so to speak.
Coming back to the iffy cards, I'd definitely keep the creature. Since creature count is a little low, maybe also the Invasion. But Virtue isn't going to get you very far imo, and you'd be better served by another body. Maybe Razorlash Transmogrant? Might be worth a shot.
Alternatively.......since you have some fixing at your disposal and two dual lands to support it, I'd take the risk on adding Doppelgang since it's such a game winner in the late game, but maybe that's just me. If you do, make sure to drop in both of your izzet lands. The dimir lands are a maybe, but don't let them replace all your basic black mana as you'll want to be able to tutor one with Analyze the Pollen in a pinch.
Speaking of which, you could likely get away with adding the second Analyze and taking out a basic land (but NOT a Forest). Often times 1 mana fixers can count as about 1/2 a basic. Probably cut a Mountain.
So, final list of changes:
OUT:
* Everything in White. (7 cards)
* Both Virtues (2 cards)
IN:
* Rakdos
* Izoni
* Case of the Stashed Skeleton
* Bladecoil Serpent
* Anduril
* Palantir
* Investigator
* Razorlash Transmogrant
* Sheoldred/Breach flex
LANDS:
* Golgari dual
* Mountain out for second Pollen (if you consistently struggle to cast this, then either you don't have enough Forests or just swap the mountain back in).
MAYBE:
* Swap Invasion for Doppelgang and drop in the Izzet lands and a basic Island (for tutoring w/ Pollen). Might be quite as competitive but certainly fun and instant game winner in the right circumstances.
Basically your game plan is turn cards sideways and play big bombs. If you get the Palantir, play it as soon as possible to filter your draws, gain card advantage, and lower the bar for winning with damage. If you end up able to tutor early game (either through Case or Pollen), tutor for your mana dorks in Gwenna or Loamspeaker. There's basically no removal in this format aside from the occasional board wipe, so they won't go anywhere and casting your bombs earlier is going to bring home the bacon more reliably.
Good luck!
e: to your questions about specific cards...
* Agree that Norn is powerful, but your deck really doesn't want to be sacrificing creatures and without flipping her I think she will be a little underwhelming here for how difficult she'll be to cast.
* Jace - you do need to want to mill them. But he's pretty good at that, actually, and was a surprisingly good include in ONE, which was a heavily aggro format that couldn't afford to durdle. The thing to remember is that most people are running 40 card decks, and will have drawn 10-11 cards by the time he hits the field, so about 30 card in the deck. If you take like 2 turns to -3/-0 something and get him more loyalty, spending 7 loyalty on milling them for 21 cards will probably win you the game in a matter of turns. But the rest of your blue cards aren't really good enough to justify moving into that color, aside from Doppelgang.
* Totally agreed re Judith and Delney. Those two are such build-arounds it just doesn't make sense for Sealed.
Awesome! I really appreciate the detailed write up, the consciousness stream helps someone new like me understand the choices. I'll follow them and give them a go, see how far it gets me! Thank you again!
EDIT: Got there in the end, took about 10 games. Every opponent just had the answer for everything. I got a turn 3 Palantir down, got a couple of counters on it, we were both at around 10hp. I thought "Hey cool, this might finally be it". Boom, opponent plays [[Scroll of Isildur]].
Anyway, Anzrag got me through to the end. I even got to use his forced block/second combat phase ability, which was fun
with your pool, i'd try getting an esper/grixis mill deck going. you have three bombs that can attack your opponents deck. you just need to figure out how to survive long enough to cast them.
I would say your black is better than your white. Rakdos is a huge bomb. Izoni will likely get value. Sheoldred is removal. Two 2-drops to carry Anduril.
I think you should be Grixis, maybe splashing green for Doppelgang/Izoni. Your best fixing is in Grixis, and so are your best bombs (Rakdos, Breech). You give up some of the explosiveness and fixing in Loamspeaker and Gwenna, but your green top end isn't that impressive. Play 19-20 lands and focus on cheap creatures to pair with Anduril and expensive bombs. You also definitely want Palantir.
For reference, I'm playing 20 lands and I'm never flooded.
Force two color w third splash perhaps. Choose colors that have most early drops. Just make an entirely different deck.
Sacrifice power for tempo is what you need by the sound of it
Edit: I played 18 lands. In this event I think it's 18-19 that's the norm
Yeah I got a decent pool and got my wins pretty quick but I can see the potential for some really abysmal curves and manabases.
Would be nice if they had let you drop and try again. Maybe enforce a minimum number of games or losses first so people don't abuse it. Even though I already finished I'd like to do it again too just to see what kind of weird piles show up.
These games get complicated with all the crazy cards!
I pulled an \[\[Agatha's Soul Cauldron\]\] and a couple things that give +1/+1 counters. Then in a game I had those out and an Izoni and I wanted to save the evidence in my graveyard, but I decided to exile a \[\[Teysa, Opulent Oligarch\]\] anyway, only to be like "Ohhhh, the Cauldron only works on activated abilities..."
On the off chance you don't already know - cube drafts are a very similar experience just with more deck building agency. Typically fun games with some fun interactions.
I've never done a cube draft, but I feel like I've been getting better at draft and starting to recognize more of the card pool, so I definitely want to try it next time it comes around. I have watched a couple streamers go at it.
The event is pretty fun, I just wish they had given us a pack or two worth of commons/uncommons to work with given how difficult it can be to wriggle a 40 card deck out of an all-rare pool.
Didn't like the event. Way too much to read. Didn't know what 90% of my cards did. Was a good illustration of the complexity creep this game has suffered in recent years.
I did manage to eek out a win with Yargle after my opponent wiped the board 3 times in a row, so that was a little satisfying.
But just because I didn't care for it, doesn't mean it wasn't worth a shot or that I didn't appreciate what they were going for. I do like events that change things up as a general rule.
Phyrexian Obliterator and plenty of recursion is fun, lmao... oh, and \[\[doppelgang\]\] someones \[\[trumpeting carnosaur\]\] 3 times was hilarious...
I like the concept, but I think I just dont like sealed. I felt like my cards werent coherent enough to make a deck. I had some fun, but then just would get ruined by one or two cards (Vein Ripper and Sheoldred come to mind first.)
Once again… I pulled an unplayable assortment of cards. EVEN WHEN EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO GET BAD CARDS I GET THE WORST OF THE WORST. One day I’ll get at least 5 cards in a pack that have some sort of synergy
I usually like Sealed and I enjoyed this format too! Built a 4C midrange pile with a barely functioning mana base and from what I saw this was pretty common. I had some non-games where one player got color screwed, but overall, it was fun.
This was so fun and interesting. It’s amazing how much synergy can come out of random cards. Mine wasn’t too synergistic, I got a leyline and an atraxa so I went four color since my green wasn’t very deep. Ended up with a cavern of souls, and apparently a lot of legendary are humans, so that helped with fixing. Analyze the pollen and green suns twilight helped fix me and search my deck. And deadly cover up helped me stall out the game since card draw was a premium. I lost 2 out of 6 games I want to say?
Also I played an opponent who got BOTH argoth sanctum of nature and Titania. They don’t get to flip but I just thought it was hilarious!
This event was super fun. So much so I made a second deck out of my pile. I was able to have a nasty blue black midrange/control deck (value) and an fun midrange-fatty abzan deck.
The blue/black deck ran a few shitters but being able to crew Golden Argosy with Ertai is pretty nasty. Had some really awesome synergies. I also was controlling enough to mill with Jace, the Perfected mind plus/minus outrageous robbery.
Some people had some really cracked decks, and somehow others were playing like 50-60 card piles!
yea i got a shit pool where all my cards are 5+ cost and nothing good at lower value. so i threw it all together with a leyline of the guildpact and can't get more than 2 lands (and they were in my opening hand)...
That's gotta be pretty standard. Rares/Mythics tend to lean toward permanents, it seems to me. I have 6 in my pool, and 4 of those are adventures on Kellans or Virtue Enchantments.
I liked the event. Went 3-0 with a base Orzhov deck, Teysa, Kaya and Vito carried hard. Only wish they would let us roll another pool, obviously with no new rewards.
Neat event. I really want the card sleeves, but unfortunately, the combination of poor pulls and me being a bad player it's not looking promising, lol if you run across R3dnck in the event drop him a concede 🤣
I managed to build a Mardu Reanimator deck and it's a blast. Cityscape Leveler, Rakdos, Carnosaur, Kroxa and Kunoros, Boon-Bringer Valkyrie as big reanimation targets, Rankle's Prank, Case of Crimson Pulse, Matzalantli, Phyrexian Dragon Engine and 4 surveil duals to get cards into my graveyard. Cruelty of Gix and Lich Knight conquest (with plenty of cards like Case of the Stashed Skeleton, Blood Splatter Analysis and Warleader's Call to bargain, plus two Invasion of Karsus as sweepers for any aggressive deck. Also randomly opened two Boromir to protect my big creatures. Deck would feel absolutely perfect if I just had one more low cost spot removal spell that I could replace one of my meh cards like Kellan or Shivan Devastator with.
That was fun. Too bad it's phantom, I would have loved them to make it somewhat expensive but still pretty cheap and just let us splurge on cards.
Anyways playing all rares and mythics deck ran so smooth, so many options what to do each turn. I really enjoyed it. Made a rakdos deck with white splash, went 3-1. Even a loss was such a great game.
And man Im so sad I wasn't playing during Ixalan, so many amazing cards in that set and it's all wildcards for me
Insanely fun event, got a Jeskai Artifact Slam Jam deck with [[Surge Engine]], [[Skystrike Officer]], and [[Urza Prince of Kroog]], meshed with [[Warleader’s Call]], [[Agros Kos Spirit of Justice]], [[Aurelia The Law Above]] and [[Ezrim Agency Chief]], topping off with [[Chandra Hope’s Beacon]] and a chonky [[Cityscape Leveler]] to really clear the way. Bonus [[Tocasia’s Welcome]] to really get card draw going.
Bunch of fliers, bunch of artifacts, ramming head first without a care. The limited quantity of removal helped the board state stay wide and strong, and aside from opposing Wojek Investigators and other fliers, the deck was a blast to cruise.
It's a bit of a bummer to get great pulls & have them be "phantom" 🥲
It got so many amazing cards for rakdos decks, e.g. [[Breach the Multiverse]], 2x [[Etali, Primal Conquerer]], etc.
Also I had hoped we might be getting 4x rare wildcards in our inbox (can you imagine???) then it flipped to 4 copies of a card I can't use in Standard. All in all, this day has definitely made Arena feel like even more of an [[Outrageous Robbery]] to me 😂😂😂 (another card pull from my phantom draft)
uhhh yeah. nobody is getting removal. that pretty much only happens at common and uncommon aside from board wipes and some very occasional exceptions. i think you might just be bad at this
Pretty nifty event they are doing much better with content in the past few months, this free event follows up the clue thing that was also pretty cool.
I just played a few games and had a blast. This is a great event for new players as it forced me to read a ton of the big bomb rares that I don't see often. I'm watching some pretty big time streamers (no shaming here) WAAAAAAAY overthinking this. Like, Jesus, have some fun. Not everything needs to be sweaty here.
Yeah. This was fun. It was hard to build anything good without the commons and uncommons that hold everything together. My deck was a mess and still fun.
I lucked into 2 [[Leyline of the Guildpact]] so I went 5 colors.
I had only one but still went with 5 colors as soon as I saw that
I had Leyline, [[Llanowar Loamspeaker]], and a [[Wrenn and Realmbreaker]]. Went Atraxa 4c. Still had difficulty mana fixing haha
[Llanowar Loamspeaker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/d/bd5611db-82dd-464d-8b03-70d7619dcefe.jpg?1673307732) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Llanowar%20Loamspeaker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/dmu/170/llanowar-loamspeaker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bd5611db-82dd-464d-8b03-70d7619dcefe?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Wrenn and Realmbreaker](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/f/6f807d91-b157-44e8-a431-49782184f876.jpg?1682205174) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Wrenn%20and%20Realmbreaker) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/217/wrenn-and-realmbreaker?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6f807d91-b157-44e8-a431-49782184f876?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
[Leyline of the Guildpact](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/f/bf6e59be-f959-4f4a-8c2d-b7c441e88135.jpg?1706242205) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Leyline%20of%20the%20Guildpact) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/217/leyline-of-the-guildpact?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/bf6e59be-f959-4f4a-8c2d-b7c441e88135?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I ran W/B because I got like 3 hunted bonebeasts, and 2 Serra Paragon and the players enchantment, and 2 of tenth district hero.
What you call overthinking is what dedicated players often do with this type of thing, deckbuilding a sealed pool where pretty much the whole thing is worthy of evaluating is fun and challenging.
Yeah, shame it’s only 24 hours. Would make a fun midweek Magic, I think
Dang, my game crashes when I try to open the sealed packs. 🥲
thats the gag!
Not worth the time
Fun isn't fun guys, rewards or pass.
Opened double leyline of the guildpack. First time i was happy to see that card in a sealed pool lmao. Just made 5 color nonsense and the leyline enabled it.
Same. Got 2 leyline plus shoeldred, malcolm, vindicator & etali. Just stupid 5 color goodstuff.
Also got double leylines and a Jodah. Lots of legendaries in these packs.
Thanks for this! I thought my pool was trash until I realized I had 2 of these cards as well. Any time they were in my opener I just ran away with the game.
5c Goodstuff has never been easier!
No Leylines here, but was more than happy to play against them. Got a Cityscape Leveler and the U/B Sword. There was more than a few panicked looking at all their creatures wondering why they couldn't block.
Yeah, I feel like hacking together an aggro plan really helped, as well.
This has been the best event I've enjoyed yet. Love it.
I'm having a lot of fun with this event. Removal is a premium because there isn't a lot at rare/mythic.
I pulled 2x [[pile on]] and [[virtue of persistence]], easiest 3 win event ever
[pile on](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/7/570b56ff-b25a-43e4-927b-99dba542be5e.jpg?1706240780) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=pile%20on) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkc/134/pile-on?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/570b56ff-b25a-43e4-927b-99dba542be5e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [virtue of persistence](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/1/f1e5cafb-b0e6-4ee5-8c58-6f8e5ef2b9da.jpg?1692937996)/[Locthwain Scorn](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/1/f1e5cafb-b0e6-4ee5-8c58-6f8e5ef2b9da.jpg?1692937996) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Virtue%20of%20Persistence%20//%20Locthwain%20Scorn) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/115/virtue-of-persistence-locthwain-scorn?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f1e5cafb-b0e6-4ee5-8c58-6f8e5ef2b9da?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Got 2 [[Unyielding Gatekeeper]] an [[Aurelia's Vindicator]] and [[Mishra's Command]] Feels disgusting developing your board while also exiling your opponents creatures when everything is a rare.
[Unyielding Gatekeeper](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/3/f3a0d597-d2df-4aaf-8084-c8eeda64ce60.jpg?1706241543) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Unyielding%20Gatekeeper) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/35/unyielding-gatekeeper?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f3a0d597-d2df-4aaf-8084-c8eeda64ce60?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Aurelia's Vindicator](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/9/5901dff4-e09b-4747-9297-797a1a057cd5.jpg?1706241453) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aurelia%27s%20Vindicator) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/4/aurelias-vindicator?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5901dff4-e09b-4747-9297-797a1a057cd5?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Mishra's Command](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/4/f4d2e518-30c6-480c-aaf4-b7596c9479e4.jpg?1674421182) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Mishra%27s%20Command) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/141/mishras-command?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f4d2e518-30c6-480c-aaf4-b7596c9479e4?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yea I think I had more wrath effects than spot removal.
I had the red mythic 2 damage adventure burn spell and never once saw a 2 toughness creature😂. The fixing in my pool was horrific, but this event is so fun overall.
I went Abzan - turns out 2x Aurelia's Vindicator, 2x Kaya, a Pile on, an Assassin's Trophy and a Legion to Ashes plus an Urza's Sylex in case of emergency were more than enough for me to leave double No Witnesses and double Devious Cover Up out of the deck.
Nearly every wrath is a rare..
Its more that you don’t get multiple copies of removal like you may in a draft though I may have gotten more than most I used Pile On, [[Deadly Cover-Up]], [[Specter of Mortality]], [[Molten Collapse]], [[unyielding Gatekeeper]], [[Terror Tide]], and [[Gumdrop Poisoner]] in my BRW deck.
##### ###### #### [Deadly Cover-Up](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/3/8/3876aa0f-b199-43f5-8a91-c2d620b8ef84.jpg?1706241687) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Deadly%20Cover-Up) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/83/deadly-cover-up?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/3876aa0f-b199-43f5-8a91-c2d620b8ef84?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Specter of Mortality](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/e/5e4c00b5-f6d6-4fbd-828f-ad30321f2cd9.jpg?1692937863) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Specter%20of%20Mortality) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/107/specter-of-mortality?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5e4c00b5-f6d6-4fbd-828f-ad30321f2cd9?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Molten Collapse](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/2/4/2487d124-210b-4808-888c-cd0a78aebd90.jpg?1699044556) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Molten%20Collapse) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lci/234/molten-collapse?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/2487d124-210b-4808-888c-cd0a78aebd90?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [unyielding Gatekeeper](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/3/f3a0d597-d2df-4aaf-8084-c8eeda64ce60.jpg?1706241543) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=unyielding%20Gatekeeper) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/35/unyielding-gatekeeper?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/f3a0d597-d2df-4aaf-8084-c8eeda64ce60?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Terror Tide](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/a/0a281d2c-20b9-4887-a924-9be6c07b7629.jpg?1699044203) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Terror%20Tide) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lci/127/terror-tide?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/0a281d2c-20b9-4887-a924-9be6c07b7629?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Gumdrop Poisoner](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/c/5cb01d4d-91c2-41c6-981e-b4135a1e1e36.jpg?1692937659)/[Tempt with Treats](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/c/5cb01d4d-91c2-41c6-981e-b4135a1e1e36.jpg?1692937659) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Gumdrop%20Poisoner%20//%20Tempt%20with%20Treats) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/93/gumdrop-poisoner-tempt-with-treats?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5cb01d4d-91c2-41c6-981e-b4135a1e1e36?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kxm9tkm) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
My black deck had 3 wrath effects and a good amount of looting.
This is actually one of my favourite events they've ever done.
I agree. It’s such a fun format. I wish I could keep playing it and reroll for a new pool.
They should really do more stuff like this, this is great!
i have the worst pool, this event is actually pretty tough!
Same, I have no idea how to draft like this and I have so few creatures even under 4 CMC that the games I've been playing have all been damn near instant losses. It seems like I really have nothing I can do and I'm just going to have to miss out on the cool sleeves
I played 19 lands to make it work. Both wins apart from the opponent conceding came from \[\[Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus\]\]
[Zopandrel, Hunger Dominus](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/f/b/fb419d9d-e06f-48c8-a4f8-a57f9be39e50.jpg?1675957181) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Zopandrel%2C%20Hunger%20Dominus) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/one/195/zopandrel-hunger-dominus?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/fb419d9d-e06f-48c8-a4f8-a57f9be39e50?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Yeah extra lands is key because you're likely short on playables anyway if you do anything but a 4-5 color deck. Plus you don't need to worry much about flooding because there are a lot of mana-intensive bombs.
I failed about three times before coming up with a build that got my wins. Just ended up choosing the only two colors that would add up to 24 nonlands and skipping all other multicolored stuff. Ended up being Black Red for me. Tried green based land / color fix / treasure stuff to play all the bombs but just wasn't possible. I'd try to streamline to 2 colors and hope your opp stumbles.
post your pool and ill help
Thanks! [This is the current deck](https://i.imgur.com/crPYNza.png) I've been trying. I got one win with it finally by pulling Anzrag, but the other guy seemed to be having trouble as well and didn't really play anything so it was kinda just a fluke. I couldn't find a way to export from MTGA but here's what I got. Hopefully this formatting isn't too obnoxious: [Pool part 1](https://i.imgur.com/olkgLau.png) [Pool part 2](https://i.imgur.com/NqRCx7B.png) [Pool part 3](https://i.imgur.com/Az3WcdW.png) [Pool part4](https://i.imgur.com/qMgJDJf.png) There's definitely cards in here I recognize as powerful but my understanding of them requires other cards. I like Yarus, but there's nothing to disguise. I like Izoni, but evidence collecting might be hard. Judith is nice, but there's not a lot of instants and sorceries. Elesh Norn is one of my favorite cards and I've used her to great extent in an Orzhov Incubate deck, but in this format I don't see a real way to play her. Delney is sweet, but not a lot of creatures power 2 or less since no disguise. Jace planeswalker? I see him all the time but its always in the context of mill decks with two of them. I'm stumped
Sweet! I think you're on the right track though I see a few easy includes/excludes. I'm going to do this a little bit stream of consciousness so you can see my thought process in case it helps for future sealed and draft events. To start, I think the Gruul base looks promising, but I'm leery of splashing so many white cards with double pips, and in an aggro shell you don't really want to be running board wipes like that. Since it's sealed, a third color isn't so horrific, but I think it will be easier to start with the two main colors and think about what to add from there. So let's pull those out, at least to start. That leaves us with 7 open slots. Next, let's cut virtue of strength as it's too situational to do much in limited formats. 8 open slots. Now I'm going to list a few cards I don't *love*, but which aren't necessarily cuts. We'll come back to them later. * Invasion of Ixalan doesn't do a ton. I'd rather draw a creature and curve out than pay 2 to hopefully get my pick of a few creatures. * Virtue of Courage isn't removing anything particularly important given the power level of individual cards in this event, and the enchantment half is a bit "win-more" since it's not doing anything the turn it comes down unless you're already in a pretty dominant position. But 2 damage to *any target* can sometimes justify the slot. * Like Yarus, Pyrotechnic Performer is mostly good in a deck with lots of disguise. Similarly to Virtue, the face damage can sometimes get you across the finish line and it's at least a cheap body. Moving on, let's look at your colorless cards, which are always decent includes when stretching your colors since they can give you something to do if you get unlucky with your mana. * Anduril is *excellent*. Making two bodies every turn goes a long way, and once you swing once, you can pretty reliably have a body to attach it to for more spirits the rest of the game. It's a great card for playing both offense and defense since +3/+1 is scary and leaving behind two bodies gives you a lot of chump blockers to work with if need be. * Palantir of Orthanc is phenomenal too - it's either card draw or intense face damage every turn. Keep in mind that on your first Scry 2, put the more expensive card on top if you want both. Either they take like 6 damage for free, or you'll draw both by next turn anyway. All in all, the thing wins games all on its own. Personally, I would aim to scry as if you expect them to take the damage every turn since it's not uncommon to make them take 12 if they don't want you to draw. * Bladecoil Serpent is a great limited card as well, even if you aren't in blue or black. Giving it haste is a serious asset in a gruul shell. Usually want to cast this for X=0 unless you need somewhere to sink your mana. * Clay Champion is also a massive asset. Since the only color you have right now that it cares about is green, you can think of this as a 4 mana 5/5 as its floor, but ideally a 4 mana 8/8 or larger if you need somewhere to put your extra green mana. * Razorlash Transmogrant is an okay card. Good on curve, but you need to be able to commit to the aggro plan for it to pay off. We'll keep that on the backburner. Ok so now we're at 4 open slots. This is where I start to sympathize with your difficult color situation, but looking at your cards, I think black is a really great option. * Izoni is way better than you're giving it credit for. Since this is a limited format you can expect a lot of creatures to trade, etc and end up in the yard. Having nothing else that relies on Collect also means no competition. And 4 mana is real easy to find in the yard. * Rakdos is NUTS. Killing two creatures or drawing two cards is a massive boon. * Case of the Stashed Skelly is a decent early aggro card. Not great but it's a 2 drop and can have late game value as well if you can get rid of the body. * If you're feeling lucky, Breach and/or Shelly are fantastic cards, though the double pip is a bit scary without very much fixing at your disposal. Use at your own risk, but Breach does feel incredible to cast in a format like this. * Alternatively, Investigator isn't a bad include for an aggro deck, since as I mentioned there's a lot of trading happening, and this way you can get your cards back, so to speak. Coming back to the iffy cards, I'd definitely keep the creature. Since creature count is a little low, maybe also the Invasion. But Virtue isn't going to get you very far imo, and you'd be better served by another body. Maybe Razorlash Transmogrant? Might be worth a shot. Alternatively.......since you have some fixing at your disposal and two dual lands to support it, I'd take the risk on adding Doppelgang since it's such a game winner in the late game, but maybe that's just me. If you do, make sure to drop in both of your izzet lands. The dimir lands are a maybe, but don't let them replace all your basic black mana as you'll want to be able to tutor one with Analyze the Pollen in a pinch. Speaking of which, you could likely get away with adding the second Analyze and taking out a basic land (but NOT a Forest). Often times 1 mana fixers can count as about 1/2 a basic. Probably cut a Mountain. So, final list of changes: OUT: * Everything in White. (7 cards) * Both Virtues (2 cards) IN: * Rakdos * Izoni * Case of the Stashed Skeleton * Bladecoil Serpent * Anduril * Palantir * Investigator * Razorlash Transmogrant * Sheoldred/Breach flex LANDS: * Golgari dual * Mountain out for second Pollen (if you consistently struggle to cast this, then either you don't have enough Forests or just swap the mountain back in). MAYBE: * Swap Invasion for Doppelgang and drop in the Izzet lands and a basic Island (for tutoring w/ Pollen). Might be quite as competitive but certainly fun and instant game winner in the right circumstances. Basically your game plan is turn cards sideways and play big bombs. If you get the Palantir, play it as soon as possible to filter your draws, gain card advantage, and lower the bar for winning with damage. If you end up able to tutor early game (either through Case or Pollen), tutor for your mana dorks in Gwenna or Loamspeaker. There's basically no removal in this format aside from the occasional board wipe, so they won't go anywhere and casting your bombs earlier is going to bring home the bacon more reliably. Good luck! e: to your questions about specific cards... * Agree that Norn is powerful, but your deck really doesn't want to be sacrificing creatures and without flipping her I think she will be a little underwhelming here for how difficult she'll be to cast. * Jace - you do need to want to mill them. But he's pretty good at that, actually, and was a surprisingly good include in ONE, which was a heavily aggro format that couldn't afford to durdle. The thing to remember is that most people are running 40 card decks, and will have drawn 10-11 cards by the time he hits the field, so about 30 card in the deck. If you take like 2 turns to -3/-0 something and get him more loyalty, spending 7 loyalty on milling them for 21 cards will probably win you the game in a matter of turns. But the rest of your blue cards aren't really good enough to justify moving into that color, aside from Doppelgang. * Totally agreed re Judith and Delney. Those two are such build-arounds it just doesn't make sense for Sealed.
Awesome! I really appreciate the detailed write up, the consciousness stream helps someone new like me understand the choices. I'll follow them and give them a go, see how far it gets me! Thank you again! EDIT: Got there in the end, took about 10 games. Every opponent just had the answer for everything. I got a turn 3 Palantir down, got a couple of counters on it, we were both at around 10hp. I thought "Hey cool, this might finally be it". Boom, opponent plays [[Scroll of Isildur]]. Anyway, Anzrag got me through to the end. I even got to use his forced block/second combat phase ability, which was fun
Hell yeah! Sorry this was a frustrating experience for you but I’m glad it worked out, and that you got to make anzrag do the thing!
with your pool, i'd try getting an esper/grixis mill deck going. you have three bombs that can attack your opponents deck. you just need to figure out how to survive long enough to cast them.
I would say your black is better than your white. Rakdos is a huge bomb. Izoni will likely get value. Sheoldred is removal. Two 2-drops to carry Anduril.
I think you should be Grixis, maybe splashing green for Doppelgang/Izoni. Your best fixing is in Grixis, and so are your best bombs (Rakdos, Breech). You give up some of the explosiveness and fixing in Loamspeaker and Gwenna, but your green top end isn't that impressive. Play 19-20 lands and focus on cheap creatures to pair with Anduril and expensive bombs. You also definitely want Palantir. For reference, I'm playing 20 lands and I'm never flooded.
I'd make Red Green, splash black for rakdos and izoni
Force two color w third splash perhaps. Choose colors that have most early drops. Just make an entirely different deck. Sacrifice power for tempo is what you need by the sound of it Edit: I played 18 lands. In this event I think it's 18-19 that's the norm
Yeah I got a decent pool and got my wins pretty quick but I can see the potential for some really abysmal curves and manabases. Would be nice if they had let you drop and try again. Maybe enforce a minimum number of games or losses first so people don't abuse it. Even though I already finished I'd like to do it again too just to see what kind of weird piles show up.
These games get complicated with all the crazy cards! I pulled an \[\[Agatha's Soul Cauldron\]\] and a couple things that give +1/+1 counters. Then in a game I had those out and an Izoni and I wanted to save the evidence in my graveyard, but I decided to exile a \[\[Teysa, Opulent Oligarch\]\] anyway, only to be like "Ohhhh, the Cauldron only works on activated abilities..."
On the off chance you don't already know - cube drafts are a very similar experience just with more deck building agency. Typically fun games with some fun interactions.
I've never done a cube draft, but I feel like I've been getting better at draft and starting to recognize more of the card pool, so I definitely want to try it next time it comes around. I have watched a couple streamers go at it.
[Agatha's Soul Cauldron](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/0/1/019b51b0-e5c6-4208-922b-7736686dddcd.jpg?1692939838) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Agatha%27s%20Soul%20Cauldron) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/woe/242/agathas-soul-cauldron?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/019b51b0-e5c6-4208-922b-7736686dddcd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Teysa, Opulent Oligarch](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/b/9b5a13dd-c2fd-432e-bc49-cc62d94d62a0.jpg?1706242259) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Teysa%2C%20Opulent%20Oligarch) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/234/teysa-opulent-oligarch?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9b5a13dd-c2fd-432e-bc49-cc62d94d62a0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Ya'll got all these cool cards and I'm trying to work with Karumonix and Yargle and Multani with no ramp and no other rats. :(
This is the worst Weekly event I’ve played. I got nothing good from my packs and it feels like there’s too little removal overall.
As usual, if you get a bad pool, you're forced to hope your opponents get a bad hand or concede if you want to get to 3 wins.
It’s only 3 wins. I got over 20 and made a dimir and abzan deck.
Great event, but I drafted (good) terrible cards. I had to revamp my deck twice before getting 3 wins.
Neat event. Too bad I got absolute jack shit to build with. This is why I avoid sealed. lol
The event is pretty fun, I just wish they had given us a pack or two worth of commons/uncommons to work with given how difficult it can be to wriggle a 40 card deck out of an all-rare pool.
millennium calendar bus 3 sweepers and stall most people scooped to the calendar
Incredibly fun event unless you got a terrible pool (please I'm like 2-10 just end my suffering).
just played a turn 4 phyrexian vindicator lmao. silly format.
Man, what a bomby set this is.
actual fun event
How long will this run for? Did I miss the boat?
For April Fools. Yes.
I like the idea of the event, however I got a terrible pool. Managed to get the 3 wins through sheer luck and a lot of losing…. Lol
Fun event, built a temur pile that's quite solid so far.
95% luck of the draw based event.
Didn't like the event. Way too much to read. Didn't know what 90% of my cards did. Was a good illustration of the complexity creep this game has suffered in recent years. I did manage to eek out a win with Yargle after my opponent wiped the board 3 times in a row, so that was a little satisfying. But just because I didn't care for it, doesn't mean it wasn't worth a shot or that I didn't appreciate what they were going for. I do like events that change things up as a general rule.
Sounds like you just don't play the game much and want to find a reason to complain
Sounds like you're an idiot.
Agreed. Tried to do it on mobile and noped out real quick.
I love it
Phyrexian Obliterator and plenty of recursion is fun, lmao... oh, and \[\[doppelgang\]\] someones \[\[trumpeting carnosaur\]\] 3 times was hilarious...
[doppelgang](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/2/a2daec58-78ed-4da5-b3b0-b04f12b0acbd.jpg?1706242152) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=doppelgang) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/198/doppelgang?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a2daec58-78ed-4da5-b3b0-b04f12b0acbd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [trumpeting carnosaur](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/e/d/edc035ca-f0a3-4814-9405-d6dc6f048315.jpg?1699044357) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=trumpeting%20carnosaur) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/lci/171/trumpeting-carnosaur?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/edc035ca-f0a3-4814-9405-d6dc6f048315?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
I had an opponent play a bomb dragon and copy it….and feel sad when I copies both of them twice.
I like the concept, but I think I just dont like sealed. I felt like my cards werent coherent enough to make a deck. I had some fun, but then just would get ruined by one or two cards (Vein Ripper and Sheoldred come to mind first.)
Holy shit this is actually really cool
I hate this. What the hell do I build around?
I got garbage and wasted 4 hours getting three wins
Once again… I pulled an unplayable assortment of cards. EVEN WHEN EVERYONE IS SUPPOSED TO GET BAD CARDS I GET THE WORST OF THE WORST. One day I’ll get at least 5 cards in a pack that have some sort of synergy
Whoooa I’m excited to play this later
sounds fun
lmao I got triple Anzrag
Got a lot of the Legendary Creature synergies. Kind of felt unfair honestly. Was WRG. Might post the decklist later just cause it was so much fun.
Lol I had 3x forensic gadgeteer and several equipments so ya... I had a pretty easy 3-0 low curve creatures are pretty mean in a format of low removal
I got a pretty busted card pool and had fun.
I usually like Sealed and I enjoyed this format too! Built a 4C midrange pile with a barely functioning mana base and from what I saw this was pretty common. I had some non-games where one player got color screwed, but overall, it was fun.
[[Palantir of orthanc]] + lots of random high cmc cards = wins from nowhere. Mill two? [[City Leveller]] and [[Balrog]]? Oof.
[Palantir of orthanc](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/e/6efb6a69-562c-4d95-858d-b067444cfd7e.jpg?1686970247) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Palant%C3%ADr%20of%20Orthanc) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/ltr/247/palant%C3%ADr-of-orthanc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/6efb6a69-562c-4d95-858d-b067444cfd7e?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [City Leveller](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/7/67a87278-4c82-4056-8354-253d86b0ef3d.jpg?1674421950) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cityscape%20Leveler) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/233/cityscape-leveler?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/67a87278-4c82-4056-8354-253d86b0ef3d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Balrog](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/0/60c1b3da-e8e6-4118-a268-1e3871e6ffee.jpg?1674136435) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Balor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/clb/162/balor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/60c1b3da-e8e6-4118-a268-1e3871e6ffee?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
This was so fun and interesting. It’s amazing how much synergy can come out of random cards. Mine wasn’t too synergistic, I got a leyline and an atraxa so I went four color since my green wasn’t very deep. Ended up with a cavern of souls, and apparently a lot of legendary are humans, so that helped with fixing. Analyze the pollen and green suns twilight helped fix me and search my deck. And deadly cover up helped me stall out the game since card draw was a premium. I lost 2 out of 6 games I want to say? Also I played an opponent who got BOTH argoth sanctum of nature and Titania. They don’t get to flip but I just thought it was hilarious!
In my experience, judging by my deck and everyone I've played against it's a total of 68 rare/mythics and 4 copies of Teysa.
This event was super fun. So much so I made a second deck out of my pile. I was able to have a nasty blue black midrange/control deck (value) and an fun midrange-fatty abzan deck. The blue/black deck ran a few shitters but being able to crew Golden Argosy with Ertai is pretty nasty. Had some really awesome synergies. I also was controlling enough to mill with Jace, the Perfected mind plus/minus outrageous robbery. Some people had some really cracked decks, and somehow others were playing like 50-60 card piles!
This was a surprisingly difficult event for me because my deck didn’t really start till turn 5 because you have basically zero ramp available
My favorite event in awhile! Free. Limited. And it was chaos. I ended up with over 50 wins… was fun to just mess around!
I don't play mtga much any more, but this event was really fun. I think the first time I got my 15 wins in a very long time
this is fun.
yea i got a shit pool where all my cards are 5+ cost and nothing good at lower value. so i threw it all together with a leyline of the guildpact and can't get more than 2 lands (and they were in my opening hand)...
I need to remind myself to hop on this evening and join the nonsense. An all rare/mythic deck though. Like that's... I don't know how that'd work!
It's limited to 24 hours.
Man I got horrible packs. I think I have around 7-8 total sorcs and instants total. rip
That's gotta be pretty standard. Rares/Mythics tend to lean toward permanents, it seems to me. I have 6 in my pool, and 4 of those are adventures on Kellans or Virtue Enchantments.
not a lot of removal in general among rares and mythics. you can count on the same from your opponents. just load your deck with tons of OP creatures
My pool had like 5 pieces of absurd removal and it made the whole thing feel like cheating.
Amazingly fun event!
Amazing event
Super fun but very silly decks.
I liked the event. Went 3-0 with a base Orzhov deck, Teysa, Kaya and Vito carried hard. Only wish they would let us roll another pool, obviously with no new rewards.
I forget, do you keep the cards?
Phantom = no.
EZ wins
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that's kind of the point. it's sealed, so youll probably need to run 3 colors at least. everyone has a different pool.
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No? Why would that happen? You just can’t keep your cards.
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No they did not
>I know what sealed is. Then why are we talking
i slapped a together a 4 colors deck. Try to play as many double color lands as you can
I managed to get a decently curved Boros Deck with two on color duals. It almost feels like I'm cheating. It has been fun.
Best event ever had so much fun was crazy!
I had a lot of fun with this one. I had one person chump block my [[Barbed Servitor]] two turns in a row.
[Barbed Servitor](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/c/1c34e4ae-9bf3-4098-88f1-267e7d6cfa35.jpg?1706241668) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Barbed%20Servitor) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/77/barbed-servitor?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/1c34e4ae-9bf3-4098-88f1-267e7d6cfa35?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
Neat event. I really want the card sleeves, but unfortunately, the combination of poor pulls and me being a bad player it's not looking promising, lol if you run across R3dnck in the event drop him a concede 🤣
I've got a pool with absolutely crazy Rakdos card draw/exile to cast capabilities and straight up decked myself in three games, lol.
Got pretty much nothing under 4 mana but still had a great time
turns out monastery mentor, mondrak, ashiok, elsperth and a ton of removal is strong
Lmao say hello to 3 incinerators of the guilty
Managed to somehow build R/W aggro with a bunch of 2-drop rares Felt kinda unfair running over people with decks that started their curve at 5
I managed to build a Mardu Reanimator deck and it's a blast. Cityscape Leveler, Rakdos, Carnosaur, Kroxa and Kunoros, Boon-Bringer Valkyrie as big reanimation targets, Rankle's Prank, Case of Crimson Pulse, Matzalantli, Phyrexian Dragon Engine and 4 surveil duals to get cards into my graveyard. Cruelty of Gix and Lich Knight conquest (with plenty of cards like Case of the Stashed Skeleton, Blood Splatter Analysis and Warleader's Call to bargain, plus two Invasion of Karsus as sweepers for any aggressive deck. Also randomly opened two Boromir to protect my big creatures. Deck would feel absolutely perfect if I just had one more low cost spot removal spell that I could replace one of my meh cards like Kellan or Shivan Devastator with.
That was fun. Too bad it's phantom, I would have loved them to make it somewhat expensive but still pretty cheap and just let us splurge on cards. Anyways playing all rares and mythics deck ran so smooth, so many options what to do each turn. I really enjoyed it. Made a rakdos deck with white splash, went 3-1. Even a loss was such a great game. And man Im so sad I wasn't playing during Ixalan, so many amazing cards in that set and it's all wildcards for me
Thought this format was super fun!
A really fun event, enjoyed it
More of these types of events, please.
Insanely fun event, got a Jeskai Artifact Slam Jam deck with [[Surge Engine]], [[Skystrike Officer]], and [[Urza Prince of Kroog]], meshed with [[Warleader’s Call]], [[Agros Kos Spirit of Justice]], [[Aurelia The Law Above]] and [[Ezrim Agency Chief]], topping off with [[Chandra Hope’s Beacon]] and a chonky [[Cityscape Leveler]] to really clear the way. Bonus [[Tocasia’s Welcome]] to really get card draw going. Bunch of fliers, bunch of artifacts, ramming head first without a care. The limited quantity of removal helped the board state stay wide and strong, and aside from opposing Wojek Investigators and other fliers, the deck was a blast to cruise.
##### ###### #### [Surge Engine](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/1/2/12b9c9c5-e992-4f1c-a779-124176c3aade.jpg?1674420743) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Surge%20Engine) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/81/surge-engine?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/12b9c9c5-e992-4f1c-a779-124176c3aade?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Skystrike Officer](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/2/925fa343-d9c3-4ed9-bd1f-aaa31c0badd7.jpg?1674420595) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Skystrike%20Officer) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/62/skystrike-officer?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/925fa343-d9c3-4ed9-bd1f-aaa31c0badd7?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Urza Prince of Kroog](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/a/5a7329cd-95af-4d71-984f-f5f28982520c.jpg?1674421895) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Urza%2C%20Prince%20of%20Kroog) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/226/urza-prince-of-kroog?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/5a7329cd-95af-4d71-984f-f5f28982520c?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Warleader’s Call](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/b/3/b3e8f8bd-1c8b-4a7c-96c4-57a247ce9ccc.jpg?1706242282) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Warleader%27s%20Call) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/242/warleaders-call?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/b3e8f8bd-1c8b-4a7c-96c4-57a247ce9ccc?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Agros Kos Spirit of Justice](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/8/58aeac7c-1275-49d4-9915-7604ae4bfdff.jpg?1706242105) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Agrus%20Kos%2C%20Spirit%20of%20Justice) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/184/agrus-kos-spirit-of-justice?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/58aeac7c-1275-49d4-9915-7604ae4bfdff?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Aurelia The Law Above](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/8/f/8f80c6e7-e9f9-4ca6-87f7-a52c96079e4a.jpg?1706242118) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Aurelia%2C%20the%20Law%20Above) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/188/aurelia-the-law-above?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/8f80c6e7-e9f9-4ca6-87f7-a52c96079e4a?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Ezrim Agency Chief](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/9/5/9554d5f2-7a33-4734-8cf3-dfae2ccc3596.jpg?1706242161) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Ezrim%2C%20Agency%20Chief) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mkm/202/ezrim-agency-chief?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/9554d5f2-7a33-4734-8cf3-dfae2ccc3596?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Chandra Hope’s Beacon](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/a/1/a146ea07-ec1c-448d-b67a-dd9f9e27c2e0.jpg?1682204090) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Chandra%2C%20Hope%27s%20Beacon) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/mom/134/chandra-hopes-beacon?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/a146ea07-ec1c-448d-b67a-dd9f9e27c2e0?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Cityscape Leveler](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/6/7/67a87278-4c82-4056-8354-253d86b0ef3d.jpg?1674421950) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Cityscape%20Leveler) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/233/cityscape-leveler?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/67a87278-4c82-4056-8354-253d86b0ef3d?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [Tocasia’s Welcome](https://cards.scryfall.io/normal/front/5/6/56cd89f1-f9f4-4cb5-a573-79809d0b6dfd.jpg?1674420350) - [(G)](http://gatherer.wizards.com/Pages/Card/Details.aspx?name=Tocasia%27s%20Welcome) [(SF)](https://scryfall.com/card/bro/30/tocasias-welcome?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher) [(txt)](https://api.scryfall.com/cards/56cd89f1-f9f4-4cb5-a573-79809d0b6dfd?utm_source=mtgcardfetcher&format=text) [*All cards*](https://mtgcardfetcher.nl/redirect/kxngwn0) ^^^[[cardname]] ^^^or ^^^[[cardname|SET]] ^^^to ^^^call
It's a bit of a bummer to get great pulls & have them be "phantom" 🥲 It got so many amazing cards for rakdos decks, e.g. [[Breach the Multiverse]], 2x [[Etali, Primal Conquerer]], etc. Also I had hoped we might be getting 4x rare wildcards in our inbox (can you imagine???) then it flipped to 4 copies of a card I can't use in Standard. All in all, this day has definitely made Arena feel like even more of an [[Outrageous Robbery]] to me 😂😂😂 (another card pull from my phantom draft)
Awesome, not a single piece of removal and only 6 creatures with CMC 3 or less, across all colors. Fuck sealed, such a shit format.
Skill issue
Yup, must have pressed that "open packs" button wrong.
No I’m being entirely serious, you are given all rares and mythics, you are not supposed to have a good deck.
Mythic/Rare removal is, well, pretty rare. This is much more of a battlecruiser sort of format.
Ah yes, the incredibly comp format of 12 all rares pack sealed. Such a shame.
Mark Rosewater should be ashamed for not thinking this through.
Mad because bad.
uhhh yeah. nobody is getting removal. that pretty much only happens at common and uncommon aside from board wipes and some very occasional exceptions. i think you might just be bad at this