Simon Goertzen joins a Prerelease Swiss Draft to bring you his insights into Avacyn Restored Limited as early as possible. Having returned from Pro Tour Avacyn Restored in Barcelona, he talks about his preparation and plans going into the tournament. Find out what he thinks of the new format!
Not only has Cube drafting proven to be incredibly popular on MTGO, it is also one of the formats of this year’s Player’s Championship. Even if most of us won’t compete for $40,000 at PAX, everyone can enjoy the fun and excitement of playing with some of Magic‘s most powerful cards. Join Simon Goertzen for a draft in this truly unique format.
When you are lost in the woods, you can’t tell where to go because you don’t know where you are. The same applies to drafting, where your decision-making is guided by your feeling of position. Magic offers its five colors to guide you, but only very rarely will you have a definite idea of where your deck is heading. In order not to get lost, you need to understand, accept, and learn to cope with this uncertainty.
We all learn from our mistakes. Learning how to draft, however, is such a daunting task because the process itself offers very little immediate feedback by which to assess the quality of our decisions. Consequently, the quality of our drafting depends heavily on the mental framework we rely on to guide us through a draft. In this episode, Simon Goertzen showcases some of the depth of this framework when discussing Dark Ascension‘s powerful four-card cycle of monster lords.
Simon Goertzen is always looking for ways to improve your game as well as his series. For this, he relies on your participation! Simon says: Give me your feedback. Simon says: Watch and learn from an intense match of Magic. Simon says: First-pick Lingering Souls! And watch the draft, too.
In this episode, Simon Goertzen talks about the requirements of Limited decks. How should your creature and spell distribution look, and how do you compensate missing parts during drafting and deckbuilding? Of course, Simon not only shares his insights with you, but also another draft!
Simon Goertzen is back with his trademark Limited strategy series, now featuring Dark Ascension! While there is much to discover in the first weeks of a new format, this time we are already familiar with two thirds of the cards. In this episode, Simon explains how this affects his decision-making and what you should keep in mind during pack one. And then it’s time to draft!
