MTG Lorwyn Eclipsed prerelease guide: Why tribes can be a trap in drafts

Magic: The Gathering’s newest set, Lorwyn Eclipsed, is built around tribal strategies. In MTG, “tribes” are cards with the same creature type, and Lorwyn Eclipsed has eight of them: merfolk, kithkins, elementals, fairies, treefolk, giants, elves, and goblins. Asking a single 273-card set to support eight possible tribes in Limited — plus an extra Vivid deck that rewards having permanents of many colors — is a lot, and unfortunately, Lorwyn Eclipsed shows the consequences of such restrictions.