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The new Lord of the Rings Magic set crossover is finally out and it’s quite a banger!
The flavor is through the roof, but what I love the most about it is the limited format. Lately, drafting, and sealed especially, could feel a bit high variance at times. March of the Machine packs had a special slot for a legendary card, battle card, non-battle double-faced card and three to five uncommons. In addition to a rare or mythic card. This made sealed a very wild format and even in draft you usually played against decks with five or more bombs on the regular.
LOTR:Tales of Middle-earth is nothing like that and feels more like a return to the good old days of limited Magic where you constantly battle for little edges and small advantages with cards of low-to-average power level. There are a few bombs, sure, but almost nothing feels unbeatable.
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It is more of a "save your Doom Blade for their Serra Angel or Shivan Dragon" type of format with some good uncommons and rares, but nothing a removal spell couldn’t take care of. There are plenty of good ways to deal with creatures, so as long as you save them for the right targets, it is mostly about small edges, synergy, using your cards at the right time, a timely combat trick or double-block, and executing your archetype’s game plan correctly.
I personally enjoy this type of Magic a lot more because it makes the drafting and deck building process more interesting, and you have to really work hard for your wins as opposed to leaning on your bombs doing all the work.
Here are some general tips I can give you as a starter before you play your first draft. For reference, you can find the full spoiler here.
These are the set's main draft archetypes of the ten two-color pairs according to Wizards of the Coast.
My favorite color so far is black because of all the good common removal spells, but every color combination felt fine to me. This is a set that rewards cohesive drafting, good deck building and solid play. Competitive players will appreciate that it's a set where hard work pays off, and casual players will appreciate the flavor and a very easy-to-understand concept of the format.
Shout out to the game designers and play testing team for this one and a big thumbs up from me!
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Martin learned to play Magic at a young age after he saw some of his classmates playing it. Once he learned, he built a beginner deck and ever since then, he’s been hooked. Considered one of the top players in the world, his busy travel schedule made him become a real Magic Globetrotter, representing the game worldwide. Learn more about Martin.
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