The third session of our playtest on Magic Origins Sealed happened last Sunday afternoon at Lanai Sports Bar and Grill. Tonton lend the booster packs for us to use. Oliver joined us this time and he used the boosters he got from his Origins fatpack.

We took almost an hour to sort the best colors to use in the deck. I have noticed that we all chose White as one of the deck colors. This proved again that it is the best color in the set. We ended up playing the same colors, White and Red. My build was on the fast aggro route with lots of two drops powered by Consul’s Lieutenant and cheap removals in Lightning Javelin and Suppression Bonds. I also have a late game Gideon’s Phalanx to finish the opponent.

Here is the screenshot of the deck:

The first round pairings was me vs Fiona and Oliver vs Herbert. I won all of my games against Fiona as her draws were too slow to cope up with my aggressive start. A second- turn lieutenant is essential in finishing the game early as it can get Renowned right away and can buff up your creatures for a large attack. I then just use my removals to deal with her late creatures.

We then exchanged partners and I paired with Herbert. He is also on the aggro Red White and he has cheaper removals to deal with my early assault. The overall matchups were still in my favor as he cannot stop the attacks from my ideal start.

To conclude, White-based deck are one of the best routes in building your Magic Origins Sealed card pool. I have also observed this from the recent MtG Grand Prix in Dallas. I will have to check again on the featured match coverage on the mothership site on how their decks were built.

I’d like to know your insights in building sealed decks in Magic Origins and so just comment them on the box below this blog post.