MTG Articles & Deck Guides — ScrollVault Archive
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Strategy 9 articles
We Simulated 5 Million Mana Bases. Here’s What We Learned About Tipping Points.
5 million Monte Carlo simulations across Commander, Modern, Pioneer, and Standard reveal where decks actually break. Introducing the Tipping Point — the turn at which your mana stops being the bottleneck. Real numbers, no guessing.
StrategyInside Our Commander Bracket Calculator
How we built a bracket calculator that analyzes 7,315 tournament decks: 3-layer commander analysis, combo detection, and 14 synergy axes.
StrategyDomain in Modern: How It Counts and Why Triomes Matter
Domain counts basic land types, not lands. Here is the rule, all ten Triomes with their type lines, the exact text of the key Modern domain cards, and exact odds for reaching four or five types.
StrategyHow to Build a Solid Mana Base on a Budget
Don't let budget constraints hold back your mana base. Learn how to build consistent, powerful mana for any format using smart card choices and strategic.
StrategyMurktide Regent: Mastering Tempo in Modern
Don't just slam Murktide Regent on turn 2. Learn the nuanced tempo plays and sequencing that make Izzet Murktide a Modern powerhouse. It's all about.
StrategyGrafdigger's Cage: What It Stops and What It Doesn't
A rules-first guide to Grafdigger's Cage: which graveyard and library effects it stops, which it misses (cascade, companions, dredge, lands), and why, with rule numbers.
StrategyPack Rat in Return to Ravnica Draft: Rules, Math, Hidden Picks
Pack Rat's exact Oracle text and rulings, computed growth by turn with the discard cost included, and what other drafters can and cannot see when you take it.
StrategyLondon Mulligan Math: Exact Odds and Where Serum Visions Fits
The London mulligan draws seven and bottoms cards, so a six-card keep is the best six of seven. Exact hypergeometric tables show what that selection is worth for Limited, Constructed and Commander.
StrategyHow to Build a Winning Sideboard
Don't let your sideboard be an afterthought! Learn how to transform your deck and dominate your opponents with strategically chosen cards like Rest in.
Deck Guides 4 articles
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria: Rules, Rulings and Azorius Control
Teferi, Hero of Dominaria's Oracle text, how its +1, −3 and emblem work under the official rulings and Comprehensive Rules, when it left Standard, and how an Azorius control deck uses it in Pioneer.
Deck GuidesLotus Field Combo in Pioneer: How the Untap Engine Works
Lotus Field taps for three, and the combo is untapping it more cheaply than that. Exact card text, rulings, the official 2021 Challenger Deck list, and why the format is Pioneer, not Vintage.
Deck GuidesGolgari Midrange Dominates Pioneer
Golgari Midrange, powered by Sheoldred, the Apocalypse, is tearing up Pioneer. Learn the ins and outs of this top-tier deck, from core strategy to.
Deck GuidesTemur Rhinos: Crash Modern Guide
Temur Rhinos is tearing up Modern, cheating out free 4/4 tramplers with Shardless Agent and Crashing Footfalls. Learn the lines, meta, and pilot tips.
Set Reviews 5 articles
Secrets of Strixhaven Sealed & Prerelease Guide
Complete SOS sealed guide: pool evaluation, all 10 color pair data, mana base math, bomb assessment, and prerelease tips. Practice free.
Set ReviewsSecrets of Strixhaven Draft: Archetypes & Picks
Full SOS draft guide: 5 college archetypes, pick order by color, Mystical Archive strategy, and best commons. Practice free in our simulator.
Set ReviewsTarkir: Dragonstorm Draft Guide: Clans and 17Lands Data
The five Tarkir: Dragonstorm clans and their mechanics, explained from the Comprehensive Rules, with 17Lands PremierDraft win rates for clans, top commons and top uncommons.
Set ReviewsRavnica Remastered Draft Guide: Boosters, Guilds, Removal: Boosters, Guilds, Removal
A checkable guide to Ravnica Remastered draft: what Wizards says is in a Draft Booster, which guild mechanics made the set, and how much removal each color has under a stated counting rule.
Set ReviewsBaneslayer Angel and the Magic: Foundations Mythic Rares
Baneslayer Angel has never been printed in Magic: Foundations. Here is its exact text, every printing and current legality, plus the 20 Foundations main-set mythics with their 17Lands PremierDraft win rates.