101 Weird Draft Archetype Ideas
Jul 23, 2018 4:51:08 GMT
Post by amechra on Jul 23, 2018 4:51:08 GMT
Hello all!
You know, a lot of sets have pretty standard draft archetypes - you've got your aggro, your tokens, your control, etc, etc. But what if you want something a little different?
This is a thread where we just throw out ideas for off-beat archetypes - be they simple or outlandish. Hopefully, someone will get something out of this. Some ideas to start:
1)
Rule the Skies!
The idea here is really simple - the Blue half gives you a lot of stuff that grants flying, and the Green gives you stuff that hates on your opponent's flyers. Some big fatty's giving you lip? Toss it in the sky and make it Plummet. Stuff like that. I can see a lot of Archers.
2) Tribal Tokens
Basically, have an archetype focus on churning out a specific kind of token and buffing it. Picture some necromancers who produce and buff Zombie tokens with no nontoken Zombies in sight, or a group of devout knights that create Angel tokens with Soulbond-style effects. Pretty simple to spindle up and stick other places - this has shown up in "canon" magic as everything from Splicers + Golems to Investigate (if you want a weird example).
3) Keyword Tribal
Flying and Defender are the usual beneficiaries of this one, but why not open it up to other keywords? Seriously, just pick a keyword and iterate on it. Just... don't pick Double Strike, all right?
You know, a lot of sets have pretty standard draft archetypes - you've got your aggro, your tokens, your control, etc, etc. But what if you want something a little different?
This is a thread where we just throw out ideas for off-beat archetypes - be they simple or outlandish. Hopefully, someone will get something out of this. Some ideas to start:
1)
Rule the Skies! The idea here is really simple - the Blue half gives you a lot of stuff that grants flying, and the Green gives you stuff that hates on your opponent's flyers. Some big fatty's giving you lip? Toss it in the sky and make it Plummet. Stuff like that. I can see a lot of Archers.
2) Tribal Tokens
Basically, have an archetype focus on churning out a specific kind of token and buffing it. Picture some necromancers who produce and buff Zombie tokens with no nontoken Zombies in sight, or a group of devout knights that create Angel tokens with Soulbond-style effects. Pretty simple to spindle up and stick other places - this has shown up in "canon" magic as everything from Splicers + Golems to Investigate (if you want a weird example).
3) Keyword Tribal
Flying and Defender are the usual beneficiaries of this one, but why not open it up to other keywords? Seriously, just pick a keyword and iterate on it. Just... don't pick Double Strike, all right?
Reanimator
archetype focused around turning lost life into card advantage and then returning the favor.