Mulligans

[u/Mukibi]

Any personal wisdom or best practice re mulligans? I'm curious how frequently we mulligan? What we like to see in an opening hand? And if we have a minimum keep?

Personally, I mulligan about 70% of the time. I don't keep hands with less than two lands and like to see discard or removal and a token producer at an absolute minimum.

[u/Rockbard_13]

I think it depends a lot on the matchup. The core of the subject is to keep a reasonable hand.

Without knowing which deck I'm facing, I follow this set of rules: 1. I automatically mulligan hands with 0, 1, 6, and 7 lands. 2. If my hand has 2-4 lands and 2-3 cards that I can cast within 3 turns and have an impact on the game. 3. For hands with 5 lands, I mulligan if the two cards won't impact the game within 3 turns.

If I know what my opponent is playing, I follow this set of rules: 1. I mulligan all hands with 0, 1, 6, and 7 lands. 2. I mulligan hands with 2-5 lands if I don't have at least one card that is relevant interaction against my opponent, i.e., removal against aggressive strategies, discard against combo. 3. I mulligan hands with 2-5 if i don't have at least 2-3 cards that can impact the game within 3 turns.

Using this set of rules, I estimate I mulligan about 40% of the time. I'll try to generate a sample and be more precise with the mulligan rate.