Spoilers and Magic Online As of June 2nd the full list of cards has been spoiled and Magic Online players have received early access to the set on the very next day, giving us a first glance at which cards will have the most impact in the format and which archetypes stand to gain the most from this new influx of cards
One out of three Draft boosters have a foil, but thats a foil of anything, including the basic land
Skipping an untap step is about one of the worst things you can do in Magic, and +2/+2 is just such a poor trade off
It's the best way to see the most new cards, but at the cost of losing any valuable resources you were holding
If your opponent has a shield that looks dangerous, attack someone else and only direct the shield-burning effect toward that one
When you compound that with the fact that a good number of the cards are unaccounted for and likely destroyed, it is likely that single owners have 50% or more of the available copies of several Alpha cards
