487: Golgari in the Play Booster Era | Archetype Series: Part 2
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This episode explores the Golgari archetype in Magic: the Gathering, analyzing its historical performance and trends in the play booster era.
Welcome to Lords of Limited, the podcast dedicated to getting you better at drafting in Magic: the Gathering. This week, we’ve got part three of the Wedding Paternity Chronicles. Today is another episode from the Archetype Architecture series featuring Golgari. We look at what the archetype does historically, and why it’s been more or less successful in certain sets in the play booster era. Then we explore what these trends can teach us about predicting this archetype’s strength in future sets. 🎙️ What You’ll Get in This Episode: Limited Magic Hot Takes Ben Trying to Outsmart the Draft Future Collabs?! And more! Timestamps 0:00 Intros & Housekeeping 03:02 An Overview of the Color Pair 10:42 The Graveyard 13:55 Counters On Creatures 16:39 When is the Archetype Good? 18:10 When is the Archetype Bad? 21:13 The Differences Between the Colors 25:56 Formats with Strong Golgari Synergies 32:24 Formats with Weak Golgari Synergies 40:42 Archetype Trends 46:55 Removal 50:19 Splashing for Power 52:50 Archetype Takeaways 56:26 What Happened in to Witherbloom?! This episode is sponsored by Square. Get up to $200 off Square hardware when you sign up at square.com/go/lol To support this…
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