Drifter

Drifter is a draft and strategy specialist, with hundreds of articles under his belt! Of special mention are his Limited Reviews and draft coaching service.

Joined: September 8, 2019
Articles: 495

Limited Spotlight: Analyzing 6 Underrated Theros Beyond Death Draft Cards In-Depth

Theros Beyond Death (THB)

Hi! This is a new series I’m doing as a supplement to my Theros Beyond Death Limited Tier List, that provides some quick analysis on certain aspects of the Limited format. I recently updated my tier list; check out the…

Drifter
March 16, 2020

History Anthology 2 Card Review: Theorycrafting with Some Sweet Build-Arounds

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Welcome back! This is a followup to my previous review, where I theorycrafted up some example homes and ideas for the best cards in Historic Anthology 2. This time, I’m going to be looking at three fantastic and fun buildarounds,…

Drifter
March 15, 2020

Drifter’s Theros Beyond Death Limited Tier List Update – March 8, 2020

Theros Beyond Death (THB)

Welcome folks! Theros is back in Ranked Draft now, thankfully, and we’re approaching late stages of the format. The Arena bots have been fixed a lot and I think are in a really good place; this is shaping up to…

Drifter
March 9, 2020

Historic Anthology 2 Card Review: Theorycrafting the Big Hits

Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Secret Lair Art by Johaness Voss

News

Hi everyone! Today I’ll be going over the four most exciting cards in Historic Anthology 2, giving my thoughts on them and some sample decks and ideas to give you some examples of where they should slot into. Since the…

Drifter
March 4, 2020

Drifter’s Theros Beyond Death Limited Tier List Update – February 6, 2020

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Theros Beyond Death (THB)

Hello and welcome! I’ve gotten stuck into plenty of drafts recently and now feel ready to update and tweak my Theros Beyond Death Tier List to be the best reflection of what I think of the cards in the format…

Drifter
February 6, 2020

Temur Reclamation – Theros Beyond Death Standard Deck Guide

Deck Guides Standard

Spiralling out of Control and Straight to Victory! Temur is the hottest combo on the block; a deck that’s been in and out of the meta ever since Wilderness first broke onto the scene in Ravnica Allegiance. In Eldraine, the…

Drifter
January 28, 2020

Mono White Devotion – Theros Beyond Death Standard Deck Guide

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Deck Guides Standard

Fighting Cats with Bigger and Faster Cats… Introduction With Theros: Beyond Death’s release, devotion decks in many forms have been running amok. As we saw in the original Theros block, the Gods and direct payoffs like Gary are big enough…

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January 21, 2020

Essentials for Every Magic Player: Priority and the Phases of Each Turn

Teferi, Time Raveler War of the Spark Art By Chris Rallis

Guides

Hello and happy holidays! I’m Drifter, back to enhance your knowledge this Christmas with a behind the scenes look at the rules of the game, followed by an in-depth demonstration of how those rules work in practice and the edges…

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December 24, 2019

A Guide to Hypergeometric Calculators in Magic – Dramatically and Easily Improve your Game

Strategy

Welcome, everyone! I’m Drifter, back with a how-to guide on an edge that many pro players already use to up their game. The main use of a hypergeometric calculator in Magic is for calculating probabilities. Probability is crucial in determining…

Drifter
December 10, 2019

The Ultimate New Player Resource – A Key Concepts Guide and Magic Terms Glossary

Chandra, Awakened Inferno Art by Chris Rahn

Guides

Hi! If you’re new to magic, or just remember being new, I’m sure a lot of the phrases people used tripped you up – magic very much has its own self-contained culture, and some really weird strings of words get…

Drifter
November 30, 2019

The Future of Magic: Life After Bans

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Hi everyone and thanks for tuning in! I’m Drifter, back with another article. This time, I’m doing a departure from my regular fact-based strategic content, and bringing you some of my thoughts on the recent wave of bans while talking…

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November 20, 2019

A Sultai Food Deck Guide – Playing With and Against the True Evil

Deck Guides Standard

Hello and welcome! I’m Drifter, back with another deck guide for my deer readers. The last couple of times I was going over either my own brew or my take on a more fringe deck (links at the end!) but…

Drifter
November 4, 2019

Four-Color Fires Deck Guide – Throne of Eldraine Standard – October 2019

Deck Guides Standard

Introduction Hello and welcome! I’m back again, with another guide to a sweet brew I’ve been tuning. You can find my last deck guide here, which was for Grixis Fires (I’m entangled in quite the love affair with Fires lately…).…

Drifter
October 23, 2019

Grixis Fires Deck Guide – Throne of Eldraine Standard – October 2019

Deck Guides Standard

Introduction Hi folks! Today I’m going to be showing you a sweet deck I’ve been tuning, and have a very solid win rate with across fifty or so games by this point. I would highly recommend this deck for ranking…

Drifter
October 15, 2019

Throne of Eldraine Draft Strategies and Tips – Learn How to Evaluate New Formats

Throne of Eldraine

Hi folks! It’s Drifter and I’m back with another guide, although this one will be a little different from those in my Drafting with Style basic draft concepts series! I’m about twelve bo3 drafts and a few sealeds into Throne…

Drifter
October 13, 2019

Drafting with Style Part 2: What do those pretty symbols in the top right really mean for draft?

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Drafting With Style Series– Part 1: Drifting Through the Signals– Part 2: What do those pretty symbols in the top right really mean for draft? Hi everyone! I’m back with my next article on the core concepts behind the style…

Drifter
September 23, 2019

Drafting with Style Part 1: Drifting Through the Signals

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Drafting With Style Series– Part 1: Drifting Through the Signals– Part 2: What do those pretty symbols in the top right really mean for draft? For a more updated version of this article, check out: Introduction So you just booted…

Drifter
September 7, 2019