Magic: the Gathering’s newest Standard set, Adventures in the Forgotten Realms, has released on Magic Arena, and that means we get to draft this incredibly flavorful set. Today, we’ll be giving you the all around guide that you’ll want to have going into your first drafts of the set
Mechanics
There’s a few different mechanics you can draft around in this set, and we’ll break down which cards you’ll want for each one.
Dice Rolling
First off, the dice rolling mechanic is one of the more exciting ones, but adds a lot of variance to your games. You’ll be in blue and red primarily. You definitely want to pick up some support cards that help either push damage, or give you a board presence. Brazen Dwarf and Feywild Trickster help out with this a lot. You’ll also want to prioritize getting Pixie Guide[/tooltip] and [tooltips]Barbarian Class to give your dice rolls advantage. If you can find Delina, Wild Mage or Farideh Devil’s Chosen to round out the deck you’ll be in a good spot.
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Venture
Venture is the next mechanic that’s worth drafting around. This is one where you can go a few different colors with it, but we’ve found that blue, white, and green have some of the best cards for the archetype. Finding ways to get into a dungeon consistently are going to be important. Cards such as Dungeon Map and Secret Door are great ways to quickly get through a dungeon. If you can hit some pay offs like Cloister Gargoyle, you’ll have some sizeable threats when you get through the dungeon. There’s also some versatile removal like You Find a Cursed Idol that will also allow you to venture further, and if you can find a few key cards like Hama Pashar, Ruin Seeker or [/tooltips]Nadaar, Selfless Paladin[/tooltips] then you’ll be all set to get your dungeon crawling deck working.
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Treasures
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Treasures is a heavy subtheme within this set, and you can find some great cards to synergize with it. You’ll definitely want to pick up all Kalain, Reclusive Painters that you can find, as this is your main pay off. Then some common synergies you’ll want to find are Hired Hexblade and Jaded Sell-Sword. And you’ll want to round this one out with some token generating cards like Unexpected Windfall and [/tooltips]Deadly Dispute[/tooltips]. Of note, there’s other token generation cards in other colors as well, so be on the look out for a splash color.
High Priority Cards
Above we have a few high priority cards to pick up in your draft if you’re in the colors. These cards are generally good value propositions, and can fit into many different decks.
What’s your favorite draft archetype that you’ve played so far in Adventures in the Forgotten Realms limited? Let us know in the comments!
