Saitama

Saitama

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I've been playing MTG since 2010. In 2011 I won the first central American Championship. Later on, in 2020, I started playing Arena, and by 2022, I managed to qualify through limited events to set champs.


ADVANCED HEURISTICS AND DRAFT METHODS
Greetings, everyone. If you are reading this, I am confident that your will to level up your limited game is real. Based on my previous articles, you already know how to improve your gameplay. However, one can always continue learning, and in this one, I will cover some of the methods and heuristics you could use when approaching a draft. Without further ado, let's dive into it. What Drafting methods exist? Regarding drafting, two popular ways to approach your draft tables are forcing an archetype or staying open. Both are very similar, yet they have some significant differences when the time to pick a card comes. Forcing an Archetype This particular drafting strategy is quite challenging to execute successfully. To do it well, you must grasp concepts like color balance, win rates for specific cards, and the overall card pool in the set. The approach involves committing to one particular color right from the beginning, ignoring other potentially valuable cards, and being the one who influences the table by signaling what's open from your side.
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HOW TO GO INFINITE ON MTGA
Each new set on Arena typically requires spending hundreds of dollars to acquire the necessary cards and even more to complete the entire set. It may seem extreme, but the Arena economy can be challenging, particularly for new players aiming to obtain powerful decks. However, I'm about to reveal my secret way in which I went infinite, not only on one but in five different accounts in a little less than two years! Curious about what going infinite means and how to achieve it? Let's dive right in! What is going infinite? Going infinite means not spending any currency to play the game as much as you want. This concept can apply to many other games, as it's not exclusive to MTGA, and while going infinite is something relatively easier to do on other Magic Online, for example, it is not impossible to accomplish in Arena, of course, if you play your cards right, but, before diving into the strategy, let's familiarize ourselves with the economy in question. How is the Arena Economy Structured Currently, Arena has two currencies in the client: Gold & Gems.
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HOW TO LEVEL UP YOUR LIMITED GAME
Greetings, everyone! If you came here to improve your limited gameplay, look no further. I will show you how to level up your Limited gameplay and, more importantly, how to do it fast! Let's dive right into it. Limited Summary First things first, this article is intended for all kinds of audiences, so either you are a more seasoned player or someone just starting in the format and just dipping its toes in Limited, my hope is that by the end of it, you will feel more confident when approaching to limited tournaments and that you have learned a thing or two that you probably still may be missing. Back when I started in Zendikar, I was a complete novice in drafting. I was already a solid player in constructed, but since I started from ZERO on MTGA, I didn't have any cards to play with. After asking around, I noticed everyone telling me that drafting is the most profitable way to amass a collection and possibly go infinite. As far as the latter, I will cover that in a future course, but for now, let's focus on the thing that matters: If I want to get my hands on the cards I want, I have to play some sort of limited event, and the options are either draft or sealed, so, which to choose? And, more importantly, how can I get better at each? Sealed and Draft The concept of limited comes to the fact that your pool of cards is “limited” to the cards you get from A) Drafting, B) Your sealed Pool. As a matter of summary, drafts consist of building your deck from three 15-card packs of given sets. You open your first pack, take one card at a time, and
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SEALED VS DRAFT: TIPS & TRICKS
When we talk about limited formats in MTG (Magic: The Gathering), people often mention Drafts. However, Sealed is another limited format that is quite similar but has some differences, even though the cards available are the same. Today, we'll delve into these differences and discuss how to approach each of them based on the situation. What do Draft and Sealed have in common? Both formats require you to build a deck with a minimum of 40 cards. As mentioned in my previous articles, a typical deck usually consists of about 23 playable cards and 17 lands, with a mix of creatures and spells. The set mechanics remain the same since the card pool is identical, so any synergies between cards and knowledge gained from drafting can be applied in Sealed as well. That's pretty much it for the similarities. From this point on, the game changes, so let's explore the differences. What are the main differences between Draft and Sealed formats in MTG? To start with, the card pool in Sealed is
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