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2 years ago ::
Sep 23, 2011 - 6:50PM
#11
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murder of crows. although autocard isn't working much for me i only vaguely remember what it does, iirc it's better than dearly departed.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 23, 2011 - 9:56PM
#12
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Jun 30, 2006
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Murder of Crows loots every time a creature dies.
It definitely comes down to the big dumb fliers and Fiend Hunter for me. I say let the other players fight over white and take the Murder of Crows. Blue will likely be underdrafted in the format anyway because it is mostly just sources of card advantage with few bombs. Card advantage is great, but bombs and removal are generally taken first. We may be able to draft a more consistent deck, which is very powerful.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 24, 2011 - 3:03AM
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Sep 30, 2010
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I don't think you can just dismiss the speed argument. Dearly Departed and Murder of Crows are going to kill the opponent on the same turn if you don't miss that last land-drop, Crows are in a better colour, and they have a better ability. I'm not saying picking the Rare is wrong, I am just arguing that my choice is perfectly legit. I'd rather stray on the side of too fast than too slow in this format.
I feel like just automatically counting on the slow speed of the format is asking for B/R Vamps to kill you on turn five. This will happen. I've seen one relatively aggressive B/R deck tweeted from the prerelease already, and that's sealed.
EDIT: Turn | Crow Damage | Departed Damage
5 | 0 | 0
6 | 4 | 0
7 | 8 | 5
8 | 12 | 10
9 | 16 | 15
10 | 20 | 20
In case it wasn't clear what I was saying.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 24, 2011 - 7:59AM
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Whew, tough call. The Departed is the better card for "wins the game by itself" and could also augment a human strategy if that comes up in the draft. The crows help us with signalling better than a lot of the colors do. Also, the cleaver would keep our color options open and with a few humans could make our deck dumb in a damage race.
Mmmph. I'll pick the Departed, even though it's an ugly signalling choice. Whether as a huge flier or as a human enabler, it's so good that it can't be ignored. We may have to do some white forcing to make it work and punish our opponent's early picks though.
I don't fault anyone for picking the Murder of Crows though. Signalling-wise, it's pretty clever.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 24, 2011 - 9:20AM
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Jul 24, 2009
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I am gonna come out and say that I think this OP is BS. 6 red cards, 3 white, 3 blue, 1 green and no black? Ive seen packs getting none of a single color, but only 1 card between 2 colors? That is the most lopsided I have ever heard of in a pack. Not only that, but all of the cards are fairly solid in limited. And there also happens to be a mountain for the 6 red cards (which he/she includes in the list for some reason). I dont see many people writing down every card they open up in a draft either. If players did, I am sure they would keep track of more than just the first pack. I am not saying its impossible to open this pack, but there are too many rare occurences for me to believe it really happened.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 24, 2011 - 10:39AM
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Date Joined:
Sep 30, 2010
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I am gonna come out and say that I think this OP is BS. 6 red cards, 3 white, 3 blue, 1 green and no black? Ive seen packs getting none of a single color, but only 1 card between 2 colors? That is the most lopsided I have ever heard of in a pack. Not only that, but all of the cards are fairly solid in limited. And there also happens to be a mountain for the 6 red cards (which he/she includes in the list for some reason). I dont see many people writing down every card they open up in a draft either. If players did, I am sure they would keep track of more than just the first pack. I am not saying its impossible to open this pack, but there are too many rare occurences for me to believe it really happened.
Welcome to the Limited section of the boards!
This is a simulation of an Innistrad draft - if there is anything wrong with the packs generated, it is probably to do with whatever website/software the Commander uses. But it looks theoretically possible (and really interesting in terms of discussion) to me.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 24, 2011 - 12:01PM
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2 years ago ::
Sep 24, 2011 - 12:13PM
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Coming back from the pre-release after I got my ass kicked real bad by a Delver of Secrets  , I have to take it.
worship the horn
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http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28209491/Conch_Horn
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2 years ago ::
Sep 24, 2011 - 12:30PM
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Sep 30, 2010
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Coming back from the pre-release after I got my ass kicked real bad by a Delver of Secrets , I have to take it.
I'm seriously considering the Boar or the Interloper here, but I think Sebano's choice is also solid. I'll go with Delver to cut Blue.
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2 years ago ::
Sep 24, 2011 - 12:36PM
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Coming back from the pre-release after I got my ass kicked real bad by a Delver of Secrets , I have to take it.
I'm seriously considering the Boar or the Interloper here, but I think Sebano's choice is also solid. I'll go with Delver to cut Blue.
The Boar or the Interloper are fine choices and probably better (reliable) then Delver of Secrets. My pick is emotional cause I just saw how strong it can be, but if we don't get many instants/sorceries, it's a wasted pick.
worship the horn
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http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75842/28209491/Conch_Horn
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