{"id":1824,"date":"2020-10-18T11:09:20","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T09:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/?p=1824"},"modified":"2020-10-19T11:54:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T09:54:44","slug":"introducing-premodern-masters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/premodernmagic.com\/blog\/introducing-premodern-masters\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Premodern Masters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The blog has been in quarantine, apparently, but now we’re back to present a very promising community project: Premodern Masters! In today’s article, the creators Max, Sakari, Kim and Aleksi from Finland introduce the project and describe the main deck archetypes of the set. Stay safe! \/ Martin<\/em><\/p>\n

What is Premodern Masters?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Premodern Masters is a custom limited set designed by Max Sj\u00f6blom<\/a>, Sakari Castr\u00e9n, Kim Valori and Aleksi V\u00e4\u00e4n\u00e4nen. We wanted to create a drafting experience that combined the design ideas of modern Magic with the nostalgia of cards that are part of the Premodern card pool. The drafting experience is very close to sets like Vintage Masters or Modern Horizons, with the emphasis being on drafting archetypes, rather than just cards of two colours.<\/span><\/p>\n

We spent a great deal of time designing this set, and we have prepared a series of articles which tell the story of this design process. This is the first article in the series, and focuses on mainly explaining what is in the set, how drafting works, and some basic strategies for each archetype. So this is perfect for you if you do not care that much about the nitty gritty of balancing, mana curve considerations and other minute details that have gone into the design. If you are interested in those aspects, stay tuned for the follow-up articles that are scheduled to be released in the coming weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n

What is in the set?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The Premodern Masters set includes a total of 120 commons, 80 uncommons and 93 rares, so the rarity distribution is fairly close to modern Magic sets. In addition to these, the set also includes so called <\/span>special lands<\/span><\/i>, which there are 48 of. All the cards are part of the Premodern card pool, and with the exception of a few individual cards (Force of Will<\/a>), all the cards in the set are also Premodern legal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Many cards have had their original rarity shifted to make for a better overall experience. For example, Mistform Ultimus<\/a> has been shifted from rare to common.<\/span><\/p>\n

For a complete list of cards in a visual spoiler format, you can check out the website for the project: <\/span>https:\/\/premodernmasters.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

How does drafting work?<\/span><\/h2>\n

The physical draft box contains 4x of each common, 3x of each uncommon, 1x of each rare and 1x of each special land. When drafting, 15 card packs are made out of the contents of the draft box, so that each booster has 1 special land, 1 rare, 3 uncommons and 10 commons. That means that you can get multiples of the same common or uncommon throughout the draft, but not in the same booster.<\/span><\/p>\n

Additionally, we have made a virtual setup using an MTGO account that includes all the requisite cards, and a separate online drafting client that takes the booster construction constraints of this set into consideration. The Premodern Masters webpage<\/a> has a link to this draft service if you are interested in trying it yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n

Draft archetypes<\/span><\/h2>\n

We created this short trailer as a fun way to introduce the archetypes in the set.<\/p>\n