Hey everyone! We are approaching the finale of our fantasy while heading straight towards the Edge of Eternities. Of course, we have plenty of Midweek Magics to hit up on the way and this week is no different. Apparently, this week it is Phantom Golden Pack Sealed. That is both a mouth full and a crazy adventure that awaits us.
Golden Pack Sealed opens twelve golden packs full of only rares and mythics for you to build a deck out of. If that sounds insane, I can assure you that your assumption is correct. This was originally an April Fools event and they decided to run it back as a normal MWM whenever the fancy takes them. There is always a lot of mixed feedback from this event every time it pops up as not all pools are created equal.
I’ll talk about that a bit along with some tips and tricks after the event info.
Event Details
Enjoy this silly, chaotic experience by playing Golden Booster Sealed with twelve packs. Add basic lands to make a 40-card deck, then play against other players as much as you want!
Duration: July 15th, 2025 @ 2:00 PM PST to July 17th, 2025 @ 2:00 PM PST
Format: Phantom Golden Pack Sealed
Entry Fee: Free
Ends After: You can play as much as you like for the duration of the event.
You have to adjust your evaluations when looking at your pool from the normal limited evaluations. In a way it is similar to cube where more efficient cards and good mana are important. There will typically be plenty of big mana, game shifting cards available so you don’t want to clog up your deck with too many of them.
A good way to put it is to focus more on the crazy efficient three and four mana rares than the big game enders.
Good (and preferably cheap) interaction is at a premium here as well. You don’t have all the common/uncommon ones running around so it can be difficult answering some of the bigger bombs. That means you probably don’t want to shoot your shot just to gain a bit of tempo.
As in most sealed decks or cube formats, counterspells tend to overperform. When everything is busted, trading up on mana seems pretty good.
Per usual, opening a great pool is highly recommended. Last time there were a bunch of pools that were rated OMG and a bunch of unplayable ones full of Leylines and their ilk with no fixing.
Wrap Up
Thanks for reading! I’ll be back next week with the usual MWM shenanigans. Until then, stay classy people!
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Josh is a member of the elite limited team The Draft Lab as well as the host of The Draft Lab Podcast. He was qualifying for Pro Tours, Nationals, and Worlds literally before some of you were born. After a Magic hiatus to play poker and go to medical school, he has been dominating Arena with over an 80% win percentage in Bo3 as well as making #1 rank in Mythic.
