In Magic: The Gathering, few colors are quite as aggressive as Red. This trend continues in Dominaria United, the latest Magic: The Gathering expansion. There are a wealth of exciting, powerful cards, but in Limited Drafts, players must consider a completely distinct set of cards as the ideal picks.
Since Limited is focused on doing the best with what you have, players will come away with far more commons and uncommons. This list of powerful cards will focus on those rarities as ideal picks to dominate other players in the latest expansion for Wizards of the Coast’s card game.
When players consider what a Red deck can do, it’s to apply pressure, delete creatures, and end games. After all, one of the most common decks to appear in Magic: The Gathering is called “Red Deck Wins.” That’s not a title with any hyperbole around it. It’s a fast, powerful deck that stomps on other decks flat.
In the Limited format, games are seldom focused on control. Aggressive combat is the way to win, but players will also want creature removal to make sure combat is as safe as possible. With that in mind, spell decks can also do quite well, especially when combined with blue.
Here are some deck archetypes to keep in mind if you plan on drafting Red cards in Limited.
Cards that allow Magic: The Gathering players to make choices are almost always ideal. This means even if one option on the card is going to be useless, the odds are good the others will. In this case, one option will be more valuable than the other.
Duplication abilities aren’t going to be that prominent in Limited formats in Magic: The Gathering, but that’s not a 100% guarantee. There will be times when players can combine it with Lightning Strike for rapid damage to try and round a
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