Edge of Eternities: Playing Deep into Space with Our Readers

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Guildmages’ Forum Is Running Events Again?

Yes, that’s right, and it’s every bit as good as it sounds! It’s time again to read an article and play real-life draft at the same time~

This time we want to break from our usual format and start with how the game felt. This event let us feel that:

1. Edge of Eternities (EOE) has a pace similar to past core sets. It suits veterans and newcomers alike, letting everyone enjoy the moment together and imagine the constructed possibilities to come.
2. But Edge of Eternities (EOE) is, after all, not a core set. It’s a… clearly powerful and flavorful set! Veterans will feel even more thrilled, because your decks definitely need these rising space powers!
3. The Play Booster box we opened was super strong, super lucrative, and super fun… so comfortable that afterwards each of us went and bought another Collector Booster XD
4. Two women players used this chance to get into draft, sob sob sob. Their small step is a giant leap for Magic: The Gathering (?).

Once again, thank you to 睿卡潮玩 for seeing the work Guildmages’ Forum has put in and partnering with us on promotion, which will give more newcomers the chance to experience the joy of draft in the future. Lately 睿卡潮玩 has been busy running all kinds of offline promotional events. After reading Guildmages’ Forum’s article, we recommend readers go follow their page, so you can keep up with big and small Magic events, and even join their occasional giveaways your author has won one before XD, what a score.

That’s enough background. Let’s look at the highlights from that day! Edge of Eternities… is really so fun… the little pieces of cardboard are gorgeous and powerful… Guildmages’ Forum has already played it to death. Truly irresistible!

Of course, the happiest part is that four more friends successfully experienced the joy of draft! May everyone get past the bewilderment of limited and enjoy the essence of Magic: The Gathering.

If You Still Don’t Know What Draft Is

Since this article is promotion-oriented, please allow us to briefly introduce “draft” once more. Veterans are welcome to share this article with your newcomer friends, in the hope that more people can feel the fun of draft.

To get straight to the point in one sentence: Magic’s draft is absolutely, incredibly fun. You get to crack packs, pick cards from them, snag the good stuff nobody else took (usually because it’s a color pair they aren’t playing this time, so they grudgingly pass it to you), build a deck, battle, take home souvenirs provided by the store, play casually and talk endless trash with a few friends, or play seriously, so seriously that you could carry on to the Pro Tour without a problem.

No doubt about it, it’s that great a game! After the draft, the cards you picked are of course yours, so take them home and add them to your constructed decks, which makes for a perfect experience.

The Event

On Sunday, August 3, 2025, thanks to 遊戲平方 for warmly providing the venue, and Boss Kuo… is really so cool. The event officially began at 14:00! The troops were assembled and we set off to fly into space!

Actually, Guildmages’ Forum originally wanted to use this event to tour card stores around Taipei, introducing different stores along the way and meeting more newcomers in person, but… we’ve been so busy and tired lately. Maybe next time? Organizations that share our goal of promotion are welcome to get in touch and discuss

Tired or not, draft is too fun not to play. Let the battle begin!

A group photo first is always the right call. Welcome 小耶, 小熊, 亦麒, and 語桐 to the draft crowd! Thanks also to Jru for getting me into the group photo and for hosting the event.

A man picking cards is at his most handsome though usually with a bit of a double chin can’t be helped, we all have one.

XSBeeble checking prices watching the market while grabbing cards. He has apparently forgotten what analysis he wrote himself, and your author boldly suspects he’s bluffing us.

Being unable to decide is both joyful and painful… wait, Skeleton again!? Your author suddenly felt the stirrings of love.

Guildmages’ Forum has a famous saying: “When in doubt, ask Jru.” Being able to ask right away when you’re confused is the best kind of practice your author often asks him questions too XD.

Someone’s hands are misbehaving, relying on how fast they pick to sneak a peek at the next pack guess who’s the cheekiest the answer isn’t hard.

Picked and built, ready for real battle! But before that, the gear has to be set up properly Chiikawa, kawaii ne.

XSBeeble looking all around while shuffling after a mulligan. I figure he doesn’t want cephille to read any of his thoughts, and a psychological war is clashing fiercely in their minds.

The End Stone is so strong that XSBeeble drew his own deck down to a single card truly naughty.

OK, officially decked himself, an epic, joyful self-destruct!
(And it happened in game three… what a remarkable man)
Laughing until our heads spun, it still had to be the last photo of the event highlights.

Wrap-Up

The three-win winner of the day was T1BloodMoon, who had two sweepers and even pulled off the ultimate of Tezzeret, Cruel Captain (your author got beaten black and blue)! But beyond that, the winners off the table were even more impressive XD. 小耶 opened Ancient Tomb with her very first pick of her very first pack, which is just amazing! The hard-working host Jru also opened Quantum Riddler, the poster child of blue. Honestly, it was a really rich Play Booster box, and it’s making your author itch to crack more.

Guildmages’ Forum is delighted to have another chance to spend time with our readers and happily accompany players who had never touched limited through the experience. Every time we see our reader friends say goodbye with smiles, our sense of accomplishment is especially huge: Magic: The Gathering really is so fun, and we’re lucky to play the role of guiding newcomers.

As for Guildmages’ Forum’s in-person events, the frequency hasn’t been fully settled yet, and because running events involves handling venues, staff, and plenty of before-and-after communication one by one, for now we can only run them by invitation. If you’d like to join the next event, or have any thoughts on supporting us to keep running them, feel free to send a message to Guildmages’ Forum and leave your information for our reference.

Once again, thank you to 睿卡潮玩 for the partnership and promotion! We hope more newcomers who are hesitant to try limited can enjoy this wonderfully fun game together, and that this might even indirectly make Standard, Modern, and other formats livelier and more bustling. That would really be great.

That’s the event record of Edge of Eternities: Playing Deep into Space with Our Readers. If you want to know about the picking process that day, please read on for the players’ shared thoughts.

Players’ Thoughts

cephille’s Share:

What do you think was the most important pick today, and why? Please give the single card name.

The sweeper Beyond the Quiet, first pick of the first pack. Taking a sweeper in the first pack let me head toward a white-based value midrange/control deck, and in matches I also reaped many benefits from opponents holding back because of it. Even when I didn’t have a sweeper in hand, it let me survive a few more turns, and maybe I could really top-deck a sweeper to turn the game around.

How were the key turns today?

The key turn was probably game three against XSBeeble. After I swept the board, he set down The End Stone and started drawing like mad, locking his life at 10. Later, when he used Consult the Star Charts to look at 9 and take 2 (he picked up his whole library, with 9 left), I knew I had won, because he was going to deck himself XD

Do you like draft? Do you have any memorable draft memories?

I love draft, and there are many memorable draft memories. I’ll just tell the most recent one: a friend and I both took red-white, and both of us had a creature with Pain for All attached. Mine was 6/7, the opponent’s was 3/3; I had 3 life left, the opponent had 11. I attacked, the opponent didn’t block, and after combat I used Orbital Plunge to deal 6 damage to my 6/7, and Pain for All reflected the damage and killed the opponent. In draft you can sometimes win in non-intuitive ways, and pulling it off feels very fulfilling.

How would you recommend draft?

Limited is a game that’s fair to all players. As long as you do a bit of homework and go in with an enjoying mindset, you can spend a pleasant time with friends. Sometimes I may not want to play constructed or research the meta, but I always want to play draft, because this way of playing is just really fun!

cephille’s draft picks, left to right, top to bottom.

cephille’s deck for the day.

XSBeeble’s Share:

What do you think was the most important pick today, and why? Please give the single card name.

Fifth pick of the first pack: Mm’menon, Uthros Exile.
I could tell that red-blue artifact aggro was an open theme, so heading in that direction afterwards would be less restrictive.
Nanoform Sentinel paired with any big Warp creature can quickly turn a spaceship into a creature. Today I paired it with Mechanozoa, which can tap and put a stun counter, which happened to clear the way for Nanoform Sentinel.

How were the key turns today?

Game one against cephille: I used The End Stone to refill my resources, and then drew myself to death.
You two remember each other so well, why not just get together?

How would you recommend draft?

Draft costs more in time and in organizing a group, but the money cost is actually a bit lower, and you get to see a lot of cards, which makes it great for getting familiar with a new set.

XSBeeble’s draft picks, left to right, top to bottom.

XSBeeble’s deck for the day.

faintmama’s Share:

What do you think was the most important pick today, and why? Please give the single card name.

First pick of the third pack, taking the C-rarity card Drill Too Deep over a money card, which proves I’m a stubborn player whose knees don’t buckle in front of valuable cards. Drill Too Deep also showed up repeatedly later and played a key role.

How were the key turns today?

Today’s key was that I ate T1BloodMoon’s Zero Point Ballad (and X was 6, which is just outrageous). Even though I tried hard to build around sweepers, what has to be eaten has to be eaten. Sweepers in limited are really strong, so I hope everyone grabs them and cherishes them. As for me, I didn’t grab a single one and didn’t play fast enough, so all I can do is say I’m toast~

Do you like draft? Do you have any memorable draft memories?

Life doesn’t let me invest heavily in formats with a short shelf life, but I still really enjoy drafting with a few friends and talking trash while picking. I’m definitely not the best limited player, but I still enjoy the process of learning each card’s ceiling, all while imagining that I’m about to crack a money card and win early through sheer spirit.
Duskmourn: House of Horror is a set I once invested heavily in, and I improved a lot from it. At the end of the season at 微風殿堂, I went 3-3-0 with a below-average pool and finished 18th out of 38, which gave me a small sense of achievement. I encourage players who want to feel their own improvement to give it a try.
I’m not a founding member of Guildmages’ Forum. At first, like most readers, I was a newcomer who needed limited information, and I followed Guildmages’ Forum’s content all the way, growing from 0-3 to 3-0. Not a bad website, really.

How would you recommend draft?

First find your closest friends, so you can play the most fun draft together. Or, perhaps it’s actually this: after playing many drafts together, we get the chance to become closest friends.
Draft is fun because of the cards, and also because of the people.

faintmama’s draft picks, left to right, top to bottom.

faintmama’s deck for the day.

T1BloodMoon’s Share:

What do you think was the most important pick today, and why? Please give the single card name.

For the money pick, it was Tezzeret, Cruel Captain, first pick of the third pack. I took it right away without even looking at what the other cards were.
As for the deck’s direction, it came from the key green cards in the second pack, like the 4/4 trampler Icecave Crasher and the land-ramping spaceship Larval Scoutlander. I personally think the green creatures in this set are of really high quality, and after noticing nobody was taking green, I slowly moved into it.

How were the key turns today?

The key turns were game three against faintmama and game one against cephille, where I cast Zero Point Ballad, turned the game around directly, and took the win.
When faintmama had filled the board and was about to finish me next turn, he called out “Sweeper?” for me, and then I drew Zero Point Ballad and swept with X=6 for the reversal XD.

Do you like draft? Do you have any memorable draft memories?

Whether draft or sealed, to me limited is a format for socializing and playing with friends. Compared with the high-intensity prep for regular constructed, this relaxed atmosphere lets me enjoy the game more.

How would you recommend draft?

Draft needs no deck prepared beforehand. As long as people show up, you can just start and have fun. If you get to play any powerful combo or open a money pick, you’ll be happy all day.

T1BloodMoon’s draft picks, left to right, top to bottom.

T1BloodMoon’s deck for the day.

小熊’s Share:

What do you think was the most important pick today, and why? Please give the single card name.

I think it should be Broodguard Elite, which provided good fertilizer for the red-black sacrifice archetype I chose today, and then Survey Mechan. Putting a Hylderblade on it makes it a 4/4 flying hexproof creature, and flying plus hexproof is pretty hard to deal with www.

How were the key turns today?

The opponent happened to slam down a big 7/7 creature, and the moment my turn came I stole it with Systems Override. After attacking with it, I sacrificed the stolen creature with Embrace Oblivion, which also destroyed the other creatures on the opponent’s side, creating a big advantage for me.

Please share how you felt taking part in the draft.

This was my first draft. I’m not very familiar with the rules and still don’t quite understand what to pick, and even after picking I had no idea how to build a deck with limited resources, but other kind veteran players were willing to help. I think the atmosphere was pretty good and quite interesting. I think newcomers are well suited to joining limited events like this more often, since you can practice deckbuilding and see how each card affects a deck, improving your understanding of the game. In short, I benefited a lot. Thanks to Guildmages’ Forum for carefully explaining how to join a draft; I think I’ll try to join more drafts in the future!

小熊’s draft picks, left to right, top to bottom.

小熊’s deck for the day.

小耶’s Share:

What do you think was the most important pick today, and why? Please give the single card name.

Ancient Tomb
Meltstrider’s Gear. I like beating the opponent down quickly, and at fourth pick I felt “This is the one!” It can be equipped right away for one mana, and the key is the +2/+1 and reach, which lets me grow a creature a step ahead of the opponent. Reach also lets it block when the opponent wants to crash a spaceship into me.

How were the key turns today?

In game three of Round 1, I suddenly remembered the Warp ability of Broodguard Elite, warped it successfully, and after it left the battlefield moved the several +1/+1 counters onto another creature, which let me finish the opponent within the next three turns.

Please share how you felt taking part in the draft.

After fully experiencing a draft once, I found it really fun. Although I can’t do mind games and couldn’t pay attention to what others were picking, and spent the entire event super focused on cards that suit my own playstyle XD, it was really interesting! The chatting while picking, watching the stocks … and so on, are all great memories!

小耶’s draft picks, left to right, top to bottom.

小耶’s deck for the day.

亦麒’s Share:

What do you think was the most important pick today, and why? Please give the single card name.

My first pick of the first pack was Bioengineered Future. At that point I couldn’t yet confirm my deck’s direction, but as I kept seeing landfall text on other cards, along with the new Lander tokens and the Station ability, I decided to enjoy the new set’s deck experience with those themes and ended up in red-green.

How were the key turns today?

During deckbuilding, one card, Seedship Agrarian, played a key role: this creature not only has landfall +1/+1 but also creates a Lander token when it taps. Combined with using Station, it can quickly grow two cards at once, making it a very key card in my deck. It let me slam down Pinnacle Kill-ship in every match and turn it into a 7/7 flyer. When it enters, it can deal 10 damage to an opposing creature, and it can also clear away any blockers the opponent might have.

Please share how you felt taking part in the draft.

Before the event, I’d heard that white-blue was a relatively strong color pair, but during the draft, finding a combination that’s my own and making it work was the happiest thing.

亦麒’s draft picks, left to right, top to bottom.

亦麒’s deck for the day.

語桐’s Share:

What do you think was the most important pick today, and why? Please give the single card name.

Xu-Ifit, Osteoharmonist. This card lets me bring a creature back from the graveyard every turn, which is very strong. Although its body isn’t great, its ability to roll creature resources gives opponents a headache, and basically a creature comes back every turn!

How were the key turns today?

I used Illvoi Operative and successfully stacked it up to a safe range, but I didn’t expect the opposing green deck to stack up even faster. Not killing the opponent’s creature earlier was a misstep, and in the late game I couldn’t block it at all and got taken out by one punch!

Please share how you felt taking part in the draft.

Draft really is an interesting experience. In the first pack you settle on a color you plan to play, but by the end you’ve played a completely different color combination, which is a fun shift. Also, learning on the fly while playing and finding little combo tricks for each color helped a lot with my understanding of the game!

語桐’s draft picks, left to right, top to bottom.

語桐’s deck for the day.