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9 months ago ::
Oct 13, 2012 - 1:50PM
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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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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 1:58AM
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 5:26AM
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 7:23AM
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 8:44AM
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 8:50AM
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 9:32AM
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This draft let me do one of my favorite underplayed archtypes: Red/Blue spells. The Draft: Spoiler:
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The Deck: Spoiler:
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Is it wrong to run a deck with Kraken Hatchlings as your primary offense? Maybe. Hopefully your opponent doesn't figure out how critical the two rings are to the deck, but it's subtle enough that I doubt this would be a problem except occasionally on a game 3. This deck could really have benefited from some fliers and a negate or two, but ultimately I think it would be pretty fun to play. Should I have maindecked the sleep? Not sure.
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 11:34AM
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Going Exhaulted early pays off. There were several choices in the first pack that can influence you, but I have found that when I went with some of those I tended to have bad drafts, so I went with the very playable common in a strong set theme instead. Draft
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Creatures (16): Tormented Soul  -- Exhaulted=1 Attacker, Unblockable=clock Duty-Bound Dead  x 3 War Falcon  -- Creates serious problems if he is activated early Ravenous Rats  War Priest of Thune  Aven Squire  Servant of Nefarox  Crusader of Odric  Attended Knight  Guardians of Akrasa  x 2 Intrepid Hero  -- Ensures your opponents threats are minimal in size Disciple of Bolas  -- Takes advantage of Exhault bonuses to refill life and hand. Sublime Archangel  -- If they don't have instant kill, dropping him can end game Spells (4): Crippling Blight  Pacifism  Divine Verdict  Captain's Call  Artifacts (3): Ring of Thune  x 2 Ring of Xathrid  Land (17): Plains  x 9 Swamp  x 8 Exhault decks all have same flaw, low toughness when not the "exhaulted one". But with 5 solid defenders this deck should survive better than most. Add in rings to allow threats to grow, and come into play effects on non-exhaulted creatures allows everything enhance the board in some way. Don't forget that sometimes you might use Ring of Thune to attack with one creature and then move to another for the +1/+1 passive. Landing the Sublime Archangel in pack 2 (late for that card too!) was just one of those moments when you know you chose right. Passed on some removal to ensure I have enough theme creatures was tough, but this deck is pretty fast, so I don't think limited removal will be too big a deal, just want enough to keep crippling creatures from sitting opposite you. I really like this deck, one of my better exhaulted drafts.
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 12:30PM
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9 months ago ::
Oct 15, 2012 - 1:14PM
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