Casual Format 2: A Little Advice On Five Color Online
With such a limited card pool, what does the face of Diet Five look like? It actually looks a lot like Five normally does. Sure, Jackal Pups and Lightning Bolts have been replaced with Grim Lavamancers and Firebolts; yeah, there are no classic power cards and combo elements have been significantly neutered. The online decks look more similar than normal. But despite taking a big whack out of the Mighty Card Pool of Olde, the format translates well into Magic Online.
I wonder at the conversation the powers that be over at Magic: The Electronic had when they first sat down to discuss what casual formats to include…
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