![]() One element of this set that I am finding particularly important is knowing whether your deck is primarily concerned with attacking or defending. It always feels nice to have a backup creature to carry the torch if your first brave adventurer dies! Does your deck care about attacking? Also, if you have some high impact equipment to draw, you should keep it in mind when considering whether to trade. You still need some friendly hands to wield your weapons after all! Generally, you will run fewer combat tricks as you add equipment to make sure you still meet your removal and creature needs. If you are playing a bunch of equipment in your deck, make sure that you still have plenty of creatures to pair them with. Additionally, it can be prudent to pack some Artifact removal in your deck as an answer, and a card like Plundering Barbarian is worth prioritizing accordingly. ![]() Large creatures can sometimes get the job done, but being able to save your removal spells can be super important, and it is nice to be able to start pressuring them before they can grind you out. Another side effect of equipment being strong is that aggressive decks have some extra late game power, so if you are trying to stabilize make sure you have the tools to deal with the extra axis of attack. In typical Dungeons and Dragons fashion, gearing up your brave little creatures with items is quite powerful in this set! The first time I cast Plate Armor I was blown away by its impact (my creature was wearing armor so he was less easy to blow away), and there are quite a lot of common equipment that perform well, too! While the equipment that cost 3 to equip are generally a bit slow (aside from the aforementioned Plate Armor), the cheap equipment like Boots of Speed and even Spare Dagger (a card that I think I like more than most players) can really boost your creatures and help them overcome blockers.Įquipping a creature really makes it feel special, and it will fight harder for you if you take that extra care. ![]() Ultimately, you want to make sure you can classify your deck as one that ventures or one that does not, and as long as you know which camp you are in, you can have a successful picnic. I will say that some cards (like Yuan-Ti Fang-blade) are still efficient and worth playing even if you don't care about Venturing, but often those cards will play out as if they didn't really have the Venture text on the card. If you are not planning on dungeon crawling, then avoiding those cards is perfectly viable and can still leave you with quality decks, as you certainly don't want to put a couple of underpowered venture cards into your deck just to get stuck in the opening room. A card like Dungeon Map is perfect for this as it provides you with a little ramp early and then lets you really start booking it through the dungeon once you've got extra mana lying around. If you are, you need to be prioritizing cards that let you explore the dungeon! It is especially important to have cards that let you explore multiple times, as those are really the engines that a successful deck can be built around. You can have all the sandwiches and lemonade and blankets and baskets and little tea cakes you can handle, but if your car runs out of gas on the way to the beach you're not going to have a successful picnic! On a similar note, when you're exploring a dungeon, you need to make sure you can reach the end in one piece! Since the best rooms in the dungeons are stacked at the end, you need to be venturing consistently to make it worth it, and that is often difficult if you are not specifically planning for it.ĭuring the Draft you should be aware of whether you are trying to draft a venture deck. Let's get to it! Venture is an All or Nothing DealĮxploring a dungeon is a bit like planning a picnic. Hello everybody! Adventures in the Forgotten Realms has recently been released on MTG Arena, and I hope you've been having a blast exploring dungeons and making decisions with all of the modal cards the set has to offer! In today's article I'm going to be sharing my initial thoughts on the format to guide you towards even greater success.
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