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DOMINARIA UNITED DRAFT GUIDE!!! Top Commons, Color Rankings, Archetype Overviews, and MORE!!!
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2022
- Welcome to a Dominaria United Draft Guide! In this Dominaria United Draft Guide I discuss the Top Commons for each Color, I rank each Color based on its power level, I give an overview of every Archetype, I show you all the relevant Combat Tricks, I discuss cards that are Traps, some powerful Combos you can assemble with just Commons and Uncommons, and I provide you with all the information you need to succeed in Dominaria United Draft! If you are trying to get ready for your Prerelease or your first Draft of Dominaria United, this Draft Guide has all the information you need to crush your competition! Remember to Like, Share, and Subscribe to support the channel! Feel free to discuss any element of the Draft Guide in the Comments and I will gladly respond with my thoughts or answers!
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The speed at which you pump out the information is fantastic. No wasted time, fast talking, good info. Well done sir and thanks for the video
I appreciate the kind words!
I’m really liking these stun counters compared to “doesn’t untap during its controllers next upkeep”.
I think they are a really neat innovation too! They are easy to understand and they reduce some of the mental load of having to remember a card doesn't untap.
Same. I love tapping my opponent's creatures/permanents, but I tend to shy away from the "doesn't untap during its controller's next upkeep" effects because it's easy to lose track of. These stun counters will solve that and provide space for more interesting interactions and design. I'm actually kind of stoked for stun counters. They aren't going to cause any sort of seismic shift in the game, but they seem likely to greatly improve a part of the game that I'm particularly invested in.
They remind me of Keyforge and I don't know how to feel with it.
@@mugthemagpie3001 What is keyforge? I’ve never heard of it.
@@LVMTG Richard Garfields other card game. It came out a few years ago and the catch was that the decks are all prebuild- So you buy a deck and play with it out of the box.
Very nice game and worth taking a look at.
You are one of the best UA-camrs. You have a great attitude and a wonderful voice. Your content is gold. Keep on it!
Thank you so much for the kind words Nathan! I'm so glad you are enjoying my videos and finding them helpful. I don't often get comments about my voice specifically, so I especially enjoy that compliment!
Honestly he sounds like gavin verhey which I like
I love the video, and I'll be back for more! The only suggestion for improvement I have: timestamps and chapters in the comments world be helpful for quick re-review or to jump back quickly if I got distracted and missed something.
Great stuff!
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video Nick! I appreciate the feedback and I will look into it. I figured most people just watch the video from beginning to end, but I hadn't considered the utility of finding a particular section on a re-watch.
This draft actually looks quite fun. Love the classic magic feel.
It looks like a lot of fun to me too!
I always love to watch these before the prerelease weekend, it helps a lot. Thanks for the hard work!
#dominariaDrafter
I'm so glad you find them helpful!
These are the only videos I like before even watching them. Thanks for being quick with releasing content!
I'm so glad you enjoy them! I appreciate the kind words!
A side benefit of Manaworker is its ability to turn restricted mana from Powerstone tokens into a mana of any color that can actually cast spells.
That is a cut piece of synergy if you are able to draft a Karn!
Definitely going to watch this at least another two times to prepare for the prerelease 😂
Great content!
I'm so glad you liked it!
Went 5/3 on my next draft after watching this, thank you much!
Congratulations! I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Good video. One extra thing to note is the defender archetype in this set. I played it in the prerelease and it is viable if you get the right cards.
Darn right! Especially since they have a new tutor monster as well.
This content is awesome and you prepared this ahead of time before the release of the collection. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the kind words! I'm so glad you found it helpful!
After a 3-month break from arena for baldur's gate, I'm so excited to be getting back in Nicolai! Great video :)
I'm so glad you liked the video! I'm really looking forward to Dominaria United too!
Concise and accurate, it’s everything I want from draft overview. Thanks as always!
You are welcome! I appreciate the kind words.
this video slaps. getting back into the game after 5 years away, and grabbed a draft booster box of this set for home use with friends and my son. I subbed to your channel. Thanks.
I don't usually play drafts but a friend of mine talked me into it. So I watched this video and did 7/1. It works.
I'm so glad you had a good experience drafting and that you found my video helpful!
I really appreciate the succinct guide, so many set reviews go on forever. Nice work!
You are welcome! I'm so glad you liked it!
This video is a third of the other popular one, and it has AT LEAST the same amount of information. Well done.
14:50, just a suggestion - to make the cards bigger on the screen, maybe a separate slide for each color so we can read them (like you had when going through the color combos and top commons)
I try to go through the Combat Tricks a bit more quickly because I don't want to spend a lot of time analyzing them. The size I use is the biggest I can while still fitting them all on the same slide. I feel like showing them all at once gives a good understanding for what each color is generally working with (like, White has 2 and Blue has 2 but Black only has 1 type of stuff). I guess maybe that isn't as optimized for watching on a mobile phone. I appreciate the feedback and I'm glad you liked the video!
@@NicolaiBolas i watched on desktop but still, id imagine its even harder to see on mobile
Thanks! Great. I think also worth noting that Flowstone Infusion (R instant +2/-2) is great vs small creatures with enlist. Also in was top black common in stx
It is funny that you mention that card, because for the vast majority of my time spent analyzing the set I thought that card gave +2/+2 and was a Combat Trick instead of a removal spell. I realized before I made my video of course, and I do think the card has a place in the format, but I just don't have time to talk about every card and I think it is a little worse than the Top Commons I listed for Red. It reminds me a little of Immolation, but being an Instant is significant upside for both gameplay and synergy purposes.
Thanks for the content, cant wait for the release
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! I'm really looking forward to the release too!
@@NicolaiBolas even got the mastery + tokens preorder
Guide I've been looking for. More ppwer to your channel
I'm so glad you enjoyed it!
The tips to round out the video at the end are really good. Excellent break down.
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it!
So happy to see blue and white on the lower end of the strong cards for a change, sad to see green as the worst
I include color rankings because people like them, but I don't always factor them in when drafting myself. I also sometimes struggle to figure out which color is best, so these could get shaken up as the format develops.
Ethan Saks and Alex Nikolic are not doing a set review show for this set, so I was poking around UA-cam for a replacement to watch. This video is great!
I'm so glad you liked my video!
Excited for this draft 👍🏾 appreciate the content
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I'm looking forward to this draft format too!
#DominariaDrafter Awesome video dude!! I'm looking forward to some drafting some Boros, Gruul n Naya style decks.
I'm so glad you liked the video!
Haven't been playing magic for awhile but looking to jump back in as a #dominariadrafter so the best place to start is a Nicolai draft guide! Maybe I'll crack gold this season.
I'm so glad you enjoyed my video! It is awesome to hear that my draft guides are helping people get back into the game. Thank you for the kind words!
Great job! Useful video mate.
Subscribed for future drafts!
Looking forward to studying this guide thoroughly in preparation for my upcoming DMU drafts!
#DominariaDrafter
I'm glad you liked it!
Very comprehensive thanks
You are welcome!
Thanks for the great info and tips. It was very helpful.
You are welcome! I’m glad you liked it!
Thanks for the info. Good video to watch before playing draft.
#DominariaDrafter
I'm so glad you liked it!
At common in white there is the 4 mana 2/3 flyer that gets +1/+1 for each creature that etbs and then you’ve got the 4 mana make 3 1/1s. That all also plays nice with the 6 mana 4/4 with cost reduction by number of creatures you control.
I noticed that combo too. The card that makes 3 1/1s (Captain's Call) has good synergy with some of White's other commons. One of the reasons I like Argivian Cavalier is because 2 creatures for 1 card has a lot of the same benefits (and I think Cavalier is more efficiently costed).
As always, extremely helpful and packed with info. Keep shredding, NicolaiBolas. #DominariaDrafter
I'm so glad you liked it Derek!
Appreciate the guide! already went two 7-0 drafts thanks to the tips and another one a 1-3 record but we don't talk about those xD
I'm glad you found the video helpful!
Thanks for this guide, it's very helpful!
Do you think 5 color decks are viable in this format? there's a lot of fixing and a mechanic that pays you off for trying this kind of thing, so I thought maybe this format is unusual in that sense.
It is going to be interesting to see. The main thing that worries me is that the fixing at Common looks a tad lackluster for such a bold strategy. The Salvaged Manaworker could actually be key for 5 color because it filters for any color of mana, but unfortunately the Manaworker doesn't actually help with Domain payoffs. Blue has a Common 1 drop that can change a land into any type of basic land, which could also help with a 5 color strategy, but you need to have the right payoffs to make the risk worth it. One other thing worth noting is that there aren't that many cards that search up the tapped dual lands, which also contributes to making 5 color weaker. My initial instinct is that 5 color decks will not come up often, but a skilled drafter could probably pull it off if they had the right incentive.
Thanks for the guide! Very helpful. Got me excited for some FNM with this info! #DominariaDrafter
I'm so glad you liked my guide!
I dunno. I'm still not sold on enlist. It only adds power, it leaves you open to crack back, and enlist creatures are weaker than non-enlist. That said, I would prioritize the uncommon and rare ones.
While you said the colors are all pretty close, I'm also not sold on red being first and green being last. I expect most draft decks to be forced into 3 colors due to all the multicolor kicker cards, normal multicolor, and domain. With that in mind, Green seems like the color most will fight over as their second or third color while Red seems more like a secondary color you get stuck with.
With that in mind, I'm interested in what 3 color combos work best together. That way I can hopefully be more confident when I need to pivot.
I believe I said that Green as a standalone color looks kinda weak but it pairs nicely with lots of the other colors. I don't usually factor color rankings into my own drafts, I just include the section because folks like it.
Great stuff as always Nikolai 👍😁
I'm so glad you liked it Liam!
I find it interesting how op you seem to think enlist is, it seemed like one of the weaker abilities on first glance especially since it doesn't even work on summon sick creatures like crew.
As you said, Enlist looks quite good to me (though I wouldn't go so far as to say overpowered at this point). It is just very easy for me to imagine scenarios in the midgame where I would normally be stabilized, but now my opponent gets to turn their 2/2 into a 4/2 so they can keep attacking (with a creature that would normally be pretty useless at that point). It also looks like the sort of ability where they put it onto cards that were already reasonable on their own, instead of making you pay a premium for the creature to have Enlist.
@@NicolaiBolas yeah, it's not flashy but it's definitely good for decks on the aggro end of the spectrum
Thanks for the video.
You are welcome!
Vinewall has kept my land drops pretty consistent
Had a break for a few months so come to see whats new :)
#DominariaDrafter
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Another mono-black card to at least consider is Cut Down, since it can eliminate several threats. Although I will acknowledge that it’s definitely better in constructed.
I think that card is great! I just didn't have a natural place to discuss it in the video because it is an Uncommon.
Great video!!!!
Thanks!
in case I haven't missed it, biggest bombs (regardless of color) would be a great addition
I try to keep it concise and informative, and biggest bombs tend to be quite easy to identify, even for newer players. Focusing on Commons and Uncommons is the most helpful in my experience. I appreciate the suggestion though.
Hi. Im generaly bad at drafting (mtg arena, hearthstone, gwent...). So my question is: should I play quick draft, or should I buy packs?
Wanted to add on to my earlier rules lookup so i found this in continuing reading the rules on lands and basic lands for the domain mechanic. 305.8.: Any land with the supertype "basic" is a basic land. Any land that doesn't have this supertype is a nonbasic land, even if it has a basic land type. So dual lands would not add to domain
Domain does not care about the lands themselves, just types among them
A card does not need to be a basic land to have a basic land type. Domain is not a new mechanic so there is no doubt on how it works.
I'm really new to this. I'm sure this is a common question: if I build a dexk with my wild cards now, how long will they be valid? I plan to play basically f2p, maybe I'll but the new player bundles or something. Seems like a lot of content woth f2p honesty
Thanks for the guide :) I still think the colour rankings are pointless, but the guide overall is useful #DominariaDrafter
I don't find color ranking to be particularly helpful either, but I did a poll where 85% of people said they liked the section so I figured I would include it.
Great review for the #DominariaDrafter!
I'm glad you enjoyed it!
my personal top 5 tier list for how good archetypes are. really don't think domain will be anything noteworthy in draft and sealed.
- Izzet sorcery aggro
- orzhov reanimator
- boros token aggro
- dimir discard
- rakdos sacrifice aggro
thoughts? :)
I have found that in most formats it is better to draft what it is open than to try and force my way into an archetype based on a predetermined ranking. That is why I don't include an archetype ranking in my Draft Guides, because I don't want to accidentally convince players to force their drafts in a particular direction. I will address some of the specific archetypes you mention though with a few extra thoughts that you may find helpful. First, I don't think that Domain has to be a super strong mechanic for the colors that use it to be reasonable, as even having Domain 2 with the potential for Domain 3 makes a lot of the cards pretty solid. Second, I will say that Izzet Spells matter aggro has typically been a finicky archetype that it takes some experience to draft well. There was a Core Set where it was excellent, and there looks to be some support here, but it takes a unique blend of good instants and good threats to be strong so I'm not sure where it will fall. Third, I don't think Orzhov is a reanimator strategy, moreso a token sacrifice deck. Fourth, the Boros deck seems pretty solid to me, as a go wide strategy with an Inspired Charge variant is a nice gameplan that is simple to execute. Fifth, Dimir is often format dependent based on how removal lines up, but it seems to have some solid cards here. Finally, Rakdos is often good based solely on good Black and Red removal, and those are present here, but it is hard to say for sure what will happen in this case. I hope this helps!
#dominariadrafter
excited for the new set!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I'm excited for the new set too!
Any playability for Joint Exploration in other formats, or does an extra mana for Scry 2 make Growth Spiral unplayable? I guess that is 50% more mana needed, so it might just not be worth it outside of something like a Codie brawl deck.
I doubt it. Constructed has a very high bar for playability and cards like Explore and Growth Spiral do basically the same thing at a more efficient rate.
Overall great video.
Thank you!
I think manaworker is going to be an important card for the off-color kicker costs
I agree. It might also be a bit underrated because it resembles cards that have been bad in the past. A 1/3 is not the best, but it definitely has some nice upside.
Seems like 2 colour, splash a synergy from a gold card or other colour, is a good aim
It always depends on the specific situation. Splashing is higher risk, so there needs to be a good reason to do it.
are there decks/archetypes you would recommend players to lean?
Not at this point. The format is still unexplored.
There are a lot of cool defenders I would like to try, but sadly, the enlist ability that exist in 3 colors on this set makes them unplayable in draft :(
I also felt like the Defenders suffered from the presence of Enlist. Creatures that don't have the power to trade with Enlist creatures are not as good defensively as they might be in other sets. I don't think I would call them unplayable just yet (we still have to see how everything shakes out) but it does feel like the Enlist mechanic makes them a good deal worse.
Phoenix Chick is definitely a new RDW card for Standard.
Could be interesting in Constructed for sure.
#Dominariadrafter
Excellent video! Thank you 😀
You are welcome!
thanks for this super useful series!
i'll eventually become a better #DominariaDrafter with great videos like this
I'm so glad you liked it!
6:30 rootwalias buff ability is only once each turn, so it will never get +2 or +3, do look out for that :)
Actually Rootwalla gets +1/+1 for each basic land type you control, so even though you can only activate it once per turn, if you have a Forest and any other basic land it gets +2/+2. If you are splashing and have 3 basic land types, it will get +3/+3 (and so on if you have even more basic land types). I agree that if it was only +1/+1 the card would be significantly worse, but that is not the case.
Tks man!
You are welcome!
#dominaradrafter my friend!
I'm so glad you liked it!
thanks
You are welcome!
I'm not sure I would put Green as the worst standalone color. That common 4/4 Reacher for 3G is amazing. I think blue is worst on paper.
I don't think it matters that much one way or the other. As I said, the colors all seem solid to me. I just feel like a lot of Green's best cards rely on their off color kicker ability to be good, which just makes them more narrow (i.e. they fit into less decks which makes drafting them early more of a liability).
Wait, have all cards already been revealed? It's been a busy exam week, so I lost track.
They were revealed today! I'm super excited for the set so I wanted to get this Draft Guide made as soon as I could!
Are 3 colors decks a good idea in this edition?
There is lots of fixing, so some decks can even play all five colors!
#Hashbrown Dominaria Drafter!!!
I'm glad you enjoyed the video!
Will you Post a Guide for amonkhet?
The format is not going to be out long enough for it to be worth the effort. I do have some draft videos for it though.
@@NicolaiBolas kk, i see :)
Will the dual tap lands actually contribute toward domain? The reminder text for domain says "basic land types"
Yes that’s what they are for
They will. They aren't basic lands but they have the basic land types.
305.6.: The basic land types are Plains, Island, Swamp, Mountain, and Forest. If an object uses the words "basic land type," it's referring to one of these subtypes. An object with the land card type and a basic land type has the intrinsic ability "{T}: Add [mana symbol]," even if the text box doesn't actually contain that text or the object has no text box. For Plains, [mana symbol] is {W}; for Islands, {U}; for Swamps, {B}; for Mountains, {R}; and for Forests, {G}. See rule 107.4a. See also rule 605, "Mana Abilities."
@@caseywilliams2856 Thanks for clarifying. Not seeing the words "Basic Land" in the type line had me wondering.
#DominariaDrafter !
I'm glad you liked it!
#DominariaDrafter Great job!
I'm so glad you liked it!
Looking forward to the set coming out. 🚄💺🎢
Sure Phoenix chick isn’t super good. But do you see that art. I want it.
The artwork is definitely epic! The artists for Magic cards are top tier.
i drafted white red and lost big. :(
#dominaridrafter. Good stuff
Thanks! I'm glad you liked it!
dominaria drafter ;)
I'm glad you liked it!
@@NicolaiBolas super helpful!! definitely improved my first few drafts so far, thanks for all the work you put into these.
@@Scipi0Africanus You are welcome!
It's niche but important but i'd love to see a bit of removal analysis, how does cut down stack against average p/t, what can't lightning strike kill...
Knowing how good removal really is feels really imp9rtant for draft.
I made a video like that in the past and it did feel a bit niche. If you ever want to find some of that information though, Scryfall is a site that lets you filter cards very easily based on Toughness, Rarity, or any other relevant criteria.
@@NicolaiBolas wasn't thinking a full video but there is normally a red removal spell and another removal spell in each limited format that have restrictions on damage dealt or cmc or something else. Thought it would be worth a minute or two of time when doing the limited overview.
I normally do the scryfall search an hour before sealed starts at prerelease 😁 just amazing if someone did it for me on youtube.
When do the drafts begin ?
Drafts begin September 1st on MTG Arena, the Prerelease is September 2nd to the 4th, and the first paper drafts of the set will happen at the next FNM on September 9th.
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#Dominaria Drafter
I'm so glad you enjoyed the video!
Oh wow, Enlist is like a "fixed" Banding ...
That is a great insight! It had never crossed my mind, but Enlist actually does kind of resemble Banding.
#Dominaria drafter :)
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Calling phoenix chick a trap is blasphemous
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You are welcome!
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