Novità in arrivo per il Mulligan nel Mythic Championship
Mentre attendiamo con ansia l’inizio del primo Mythic Championship dell’anno che avrà luogo questo fine settimana (qui le principali novità per il 2019), continuano ad arrivare news interessanti dal nuovo continente. Infatti è da questa mattina che su Twitter circolano post a riguardo di un “nuovo mulligan”, ma in cosa consiste?
Con la nuova modifica al mulligan sarà possibile mulligare x volte ed ogni volta sarà necessario scegliere x carte da mettere in fondo al mazzo.
Un esempio potrà aiutarci a capire meglio: stiamo prendendo il secondo mulligan della partita, quello che sarebbe normalmente il mulligan a cinque, tuttavia invece di pescare solamente cinque carte ne pescheremo sette e poi fra quelle ne sceglieremo due da mettere in fondo al nostro grimorio, dopodiché si dirà se intendiamo tenere la mano oppure no. Attenzione: lo scry non c’è più!
Questa nuova regola verrà applicata per la prima volta ad un torneo cartaceo, più precisamente il secondo Mythic Championship dell’anno: MC London, escludendo di fatto i giocatori di Arena da questa modifica. Credo sia comunque naturale pensare che prima o poi ogni versione sarà interessata da questi cambiamenti.
Personalmente trovo che sia una modalità di mulligan molto equilibrata, sebbene alla fine della storia ci ritroveremo sempre con meno carte in mano dell’avversario. Va inoltre sottolineato che quelle carte saranno sempre scelte fra sette e questa novità non va sottovalutata soprattutto dal secondo mulligan in poi.
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As we head into the very first Mythic Championship this weekend, we’ve got a few housekeeping items that will affect the second Mythic Championship, being held in London April 26–28.
First up, we’ve said we’ll be announcing the formats for Mythic Championships eight to twelve weeks prior to the event, which is right . . . about . . . now. And Mythic Championship II is going to be special.
You can watch the announcement video below or check out the text under the video for the details of these updates.
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MYTHIC CHAMPIONSHIP II FORMATS
If you’re paying attention, you might notice that April 26–28 is the same weekend as the Prerelease for War of the Spark. That’s going to make for a wild weekend for Limited at the Mythic Championship, as we’ll be testing out the best of the best in a Brand. New. Format.
The first three rounds on each of the first two days of competition will be War of the Spark Draft, showcasing the new format on its debut weekend.
After those first three rounds, we’ll have five rounds each day of Modern (with no War of the Spark). Standard is awesome, but asking players to play Standard on Prerelease Weekend is ambitious, to say the least. Plus, Modern shows some of the wildest decks Magic has to offer, so it should be a fun weekend.
If you’re playing in Mythic Championship II, or even if you’re following along at home, we’re also going to be running a bit of a test that may affect what decks show up.
THE LONDON MULLIGAN
For Mythic Championship II in London, we’re going to be trying out a new mulligan rule that we have been playtesting internally for some time. We believe the new rule smooths out opening hand decisions even more, though it certainly has some implications for formats like Modern.
The rule we’ll be testing in London is as such: When you mulligan for the Nth time, you draw seven cards, then put N cards on the bottom of your library in any order.
So, for example, let’s say you’re taking your second mulligan of a game, what we often call a mulligan to five. You would draw seven cards, select two, and place those two on the bottom of your library in any order. Then you would decide whether to keep or mulligan again.
While we have been testing this mulligan rule internally for a while, we are treating this tournament as a test. Once our game designers have reviewed the tournament, spoken to players, and looked at the data, we’ll decide whether to implement the mulligan rule wider.