Aetherdrift Limited Set Review: Red | Magic: the Gathering

#mtg #magicthegathering #cardgame Preorder Aetherdrift at Card Kingdom: http://www.cardkingdom.com/nizzahon The full card gallery for Aetherdrift dropped earlier today, and that means it’s time for my Limited Set Review! In this video I give you my thoughts on every Red card in the set. What my grades mean: I use a letter grade system, and my grades usually fall into a bell curve (Very few A’s and F’s, lots of C’s.) A – Bombs that are always your first pick, they completely warp the game in your favor, and they easily pull you into their color(s). You always first pick these. These are cards you are ecstatic to have in your deck. Most sets have 15-20 of these. Tend to mostly be Mythics or Rares, though sometimes an Uncommon gets there. (Sire of Seven Deaths, High Society Hunter, Chandra, Flameshaper) B – Premium removal spells and highly efficient creatures, often worth first picking. Still strong enough to pull you into their colors, but not quite as game or draft warping as A’s are. These are cards you feel good about having in your deck, and you would play several copies of most of them. Mostly Uncommons and higher, but there are usually 10-15 commons that get there too. (Stab, Elvish Regrower, Dragon Trainer) C – Filler. These are cards you neither feel good or bad about having in your deck. You play them if you’re in their colors, but they don’t tempt you to go into their color at all. Usually includes reasonably efficient creatures, good combat tricks, and removal spells. These appear at all rarities, but are most frequently Common. (Soul-Shackled Zombie, Icewind Elemental, Courageous Goblin) D – Playable in an emergency. These are cards that you don’t feel so good about playing, but in a pinch, sometimes you just have to play them. (Incinerating Blast, Quakestrider Ceratops, Vampire Soucaller) F – Unplayable. These are cards that you should never play. There are very few of these in modern Limited formats, but they do appear at all rarities, with the most usually appearing at Rare and Common. These are cards whose effects are pretty much useless or overly narrow. (Inspiration from Beyond, Boltwave, Goblin Negotiation) There are two categories of cards that I give two grades to: Build Arounds and Sideboard Cards. Build Around: These are cards that need special synergy to be at their best – synergy that won’t just come naturally. For these cards, I give one grade indicating how I think the card will perform in a typical deck of that color, and another grade if you manage to get there on synergy. (Nine-Live Familiar, Rite of the Dragoncaller, Revenge of the Rats) Sideboard Cards: These are generally cards that are Ds or Fs in your mainboard, but can perform much better out of the sideboard – at least as a C or higher. We see less of these today than we used to, since so many cards are modal. (Crystal Barricade, Seeker’s Folly) Channel membership:    / @nizzahonmagic   Want to support the channel? You can on Patreon!:   / nizzahon_magic   Check out my History YouTube Channel:    / @nizzahonhistory   Want to see me draft live? You can on Twitch!   / nizzahon   Follow me on Twitter for channel updates and other Magic musings:   / nizzahonmagic   Motion Graphics and logo by Michael Findley https://mographmike.com/ @mographmike on twitter I Can Feel it Coming Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com ) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b...