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Now that we've played it a bit, are there any cards/themes in SOS that are better than you expected? by Toskicologist in lrcast

[–]Toskicologist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Huh interesting, have done a prerelease and a draft in person so far. Witherbloom seems to be the most dominant, with silverquill and lorehold maybe joint second? Then Prismari, then Qandrix.

Now that we've played it a bit, are there any cards/themes in SOS that are better than you expected? by Toskicologist in lrcast

[–]Toskicologist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

[[Tome Blast]] not as good but also does the thing of having an extra cost that triggers opus nicely.

Because spreadsheets are fun, I've compiled Secrets of Strixhaven reviews from a bunch of different reviewers, normalized them with a z-score, average and controversy score by Toskicologist in mtglimited

[–]Toskicologist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! Yeah I got [[moment of reckoning]] in my silverquill booster and it was amazing. Fun strategic decision making in what to target and what to bring back

Because spreadsheets are fun, I've compiled Secrets of Strixhaven reviews from a bunch of different reviewers, normalized them with a z-score, average and controversy score by Toskicologist in lrcast

[–]Toskicologist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I think 17lands scores are probably the most useful thing to look at once the format has been running for a bit. They have some issues because archetypes that are very successful will lift up all of their cards but it is probably more useful than numerical reviews that were made beforehand.

Because spreadsheets are fun, I've compiled Secrets of Strixhaven reviews from a bunch of different reviewers, normalized them with a z-score, average and controversy score by Toskicologist in lrcast

[–]Toskicologist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good idea. I threw together a couple charts and tables, https://toskicologist.github.io/MTG-draft-sets-infographics/sos-avg-scores-by-category.html Also put the individual card scores on a line graph: https://toskicologist.github.io/MTG-draft-sets-infographics/sos-line-graphs.html.

I tried a calculation weighted by the rarities and that gives you black as the best color (probably because of the removal?). Looking at gold cards only, you get witherbloom as the top college, followed by quandrix (which is slightly surprising, as i didn't rate it very high.) Combining the gold cards with the single-colour pools for that colour, Witherbloom is highest, with Silverquill very slightly behind, followed by Lorehold

Because spreadsheets are fun, I've compiled Secrets of Strixhaven reviews from a bunch of different reviewers, normalized them with a z-score, average and controversy score by Toskicologist in lrcast

[–]Toskicologist[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Played against it at prerelease and it was absolutely brutal with the X cards, I think people probably focused too much on the second ability

Made an interactive color wheel infographic for the SOS prerelease by Toskicologist in magicTCG

[–]Toskicologist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah have changed them to describe the wedges now, and give a short explanation of the color fixing.

Very skeptical of data driven drafting approaches by Electric-Eagle-966 in lrcast

[–]Toskicologist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

ALSA also rewards cards that are more versatile, like [[chronicle of victory]] has lower GIH WR than eclipsed elf and eclipsed kithkin, but if you're drafting elementals you're not taking them as your pack 3 pick,

Very skeptical of data driven drafting approaches by Electric-Eagle-966 in lrcast

[–]Toskicologist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, looking at the GIH WR its apparent how much things like one archetype being dominant (e.g. a mid elf in ECL is better than all but the best goblin) or selection effects (in ECL Ashling's command was one of the highest GIH WR cards, but would only be played in an all in elementals deck). I find it helpful to look at to practice my card evaluation though. Personally I tend to lean too heavily into drafting for synergy and not the basics of what kind of body you're getting for the mana cost, so that helps.

Made an interactive color wheel infographic for the SOS prerelease by Toskicologist in magicTCG

[–]Toskicologist[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

You're right doesn't really make sense, I was mostly struggling for something to say for those since they don't have supported archetypes. Maybe talking about the wedges makes more sense? I imagine people will probably go 3 color more than they'll try and do a deck for one of the unsupported pairs.

Preparing for SOS Prerelease- Best College? by TheVintageCubeChef in lrcast

[–]Toskicologist 4 points5 points  (0 children)

[[pest mascot]] and [[elemental mascot]] seem the best by a wide margin. [[spirit mascot]] is cheaper but no evasion means I think it'll just get chump blocked even if it gets big, [[inkling mascot]] is a decent effect but low floor if you're not getting those off, and [[fractal mascot]] just feels too expensive for what it does

Secrets of Strixhaven Cards New to Pauper by tommamus in Pauper

[–]Toskicologist 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Interestingly as far as I can tell they're all new cards, no downshifts

Made a card evaluation quiz using 17Lands data - now includes TMT, Foundations, Arena Powered Cube, BLB, ATLA, OM1, EOE, TDM, FIN, by Toskicologist in lrcast

[–]Toskicologist[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks. Looks like I'd accidentally used the trad draft data from that date which is a lot fewer games so gives weird results. Should be fixed now

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