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1 year ago ::
Apr 27, 2012 - 1:51PM
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This thread is for discussion of this week's Draft Simulator, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 30, 2012 - 3:56AM
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i can't load it. is there something wrong with the file?
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1 year ago ::
Apr 30, 2012 - 5:18AM
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1 year ago ::
Apr 30, 2012 - 6:22AM
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1 year ago ::
Apr 30, 2012 - 9:37AM
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Draft
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DECKLIST (40)LANDS (17) 8 x Island  9 x Swamp  CREATURES (15) 1 x Phantasmal Bear  2 x Tormented Soul  1 x Phantasmal Image  1 x Azure Mage  1 x Alluring Siren  2 x Blood Seeker  1 x Duskhunter Bat  1 x Aven Fleetwing  3 x Vampire Outcasts  2 x Sengir Vampire  OTHER SPELLS (8) 1 x Unsummon  2 x Ponder  2 x Mana Leak  1 x Doom Blade  2 x Frost Breath  NOTABLE SIDEBOARD CARDS 1 x Turn to Frog  - Difficult creatures without hexproof 1 x Alluring Siren - small creatures to force feed Sengir 1 x Reassembling Skeleton  - Tough creature to deal with on the ground 1 x Hideous Visage  - Non-black decks, since most of my creatures are black 1 x Diabolic Tutor  - Doubt this would be sided in, but it can find something very important if needed Mana Curve
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Creatures
1cc - 3
2cc - 6
3cc - 0
4cc - 4
5cc - 2
6cc - 0
7cc - 0
Other Spells
1cc - 3
2cc - 3
3cc - 2
4cc - 0
5cc - 0
6cc - 0
7cc - 0
Total
1cc - 6
2cc - 9
3cc - 2
4cc - 4
5cc - 2
6cc - 0
7cc - 0 This deck should be fairly consistent for limited. I was going to include Manalith  since I have no creatures at a 3-drop, but not sure it would make much of a difference with only 5 creatures over 3 cmc. Blue will be mostly for control and card drawing, where black will be mostly creatures. I did think of going BR, but it looked like red was being cut so I decided on blue as my second color. I could have gone either way, and it was not easy to eliminate red with a Flameblast Dragon  . I'm pretty happy with the results and think this deck should win most games. Give me your opinions.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 30, 2012 - 12:53PM
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Well that was interesting. Black was clearly open early and I was going Black/Blue but then opened up Flameblast Dragon. This is one of the few cards that is just so good it can make you shift colours. I then spent all my picks grabbing as many creatures as I could and ended up with another   bloodthirst deck (for those who reguarly do the draft you will know this is not uncommon for me). Well that was interesting. Black was clearly open early and I was going Black/Blue but then opened up Flameblast Dragon. This is one of the few cards that is just so good it can make you shift colours. I then spent all my picks grabbing as many creatures as I could and ended up with another bloodthirst deck (for those who reguarly do the draft you will know this is not uncommon for me).
I had the same thoughts as you did with the draft. I was thinking of a UB deck, then I saw the Dragon. I started to pull red, but didn't see enough good cards. I keep looking for red cards, but good blue and black when I didn't find something in red. Finally decided to fully commit to UB starting pack 3 without seeing much red early. I may have passed the Dragon if there was something worth pulling first pick in black or blue. I hated pulling the Dragon, then not playing it. If it was a single R in cost, I probably would have splashed for it. This may not be what some other drafters would do, but I'm happy with the final outcome of my deck.
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1 year ago ::
Apr 30, 2012 - 2:12PM
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******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** From Mark Rosewater's Tumblr: the0uroboros asked: How in the same set can we have a hexproof, unsacrificable(not a word) creature AND a land that makes it uncounterable. How does this lead to interactive play? I believe I’m able to play my creature and you have to deal with it is much more interactive than you counter my creature. ******************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** Post #777
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1 year ago ::
Apr 30, 2012 - 6:26PM
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1 year ago ::
May 01, 2012 - 7:52AM
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Black comes on strong and then dies in pack 2. Blue was strong through-out. The problem with most of the nice black cards is the double B in the cc. anyway, here is how my draft went: Spoiler:
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So I ended up with this deck. Sad part it is there was two dual lands in color and I passed on both for good cards. The hard part was bringing the non-land cards from around 30 to 22-24. Creatures (16): Phantasmal Bear Tormented Soul Phantasmal Image Alluring Siren x 2 Azure Mage Merfolk Looter  Skywinder Drake  x 2 Aether Adept  Bloodrage Vampire  Vampire Outcasts x 3 Belltower Sphinx  Sengir Vampire Spells (6): Ponder x 3 Unsummon Doom Blade Levitation  Land (18): Island x 10 Swamp x 8 Concept is to use Ponder and Merfolk Looter to sift down to find by mana and then my vampires. I chose Levitation instead of Hideous Visage as my evasion enabler because it stays out. I had a hard time removing the Alluring Siren who could feed the Sengir Vampire or force trigger the Belltower Sphinx . I also remove the control cards Mana Leak and Frost Breath which could change the feel of the deck. At some point you have to filter down the deck. I chose a little more speed option than control, even though I would hardly call this a fast deck. I also cut the recurssion cards for making the deck a little more slim as well. The deck is a little slow for this environment, but I am hopeful that I have enough filters to help it overcome this short-fall and win in a mid-game scenario.
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1 year ago ::
May 01, 2012 - 3:29PM
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