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8 months ago ::
Oct 26, 2012 - 12:47PM
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This thread is for discussion of the feature article " An Introduction to Sealed Deck", which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 28, 2012 - 9:25PM
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8 months ago ::
Oct 28, 2012 - 9:35PM
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The link at the end of the article links to the Commanders Arsenal article.
How do I add basic lands to my deck in Sealed Deck Builder?
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8 months ago ::
Oct 28, 2012 - 9:40PM
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This Deck was built in 0:22:59Total Deck Size: 4017 Lands --------------- 4 Island  7 Plains  5 Swamp  1 Drowned Catacomb  15 Creatures --------------- 1 Attended Knight  1 Battleflight Eagle  1 Bloodhunter Bat  1 Crusader of Odric  1 Duty-Bound Dead  2 Harbor Bandit  1 Healer of the Pride  1 Knight of Glory  1 Knight of Infamy  1 Primal Clay  1 Veilborn Ghoul  1 War Falcon  1 Welkin Tern  1 Wind Drake  7 Other Spells --------------- 1 Captain's Call  1 Divine Verdict  2 Essence Drain  1 Jayemdae Tome  2 Switcheroo  1 Planeswalkers --------------- 1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride  I think adding blue is a must to get Switcheroo and Harbor Bandit . Swapping a token for their best creature is just too good, and having two 3/3 unblockables along with all the fliers makes the deck pretty hard to block against. Ajani's Sunstriker seems a bit of a stretch to put into a 3 color deck, so I didn't fit the card in.
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8 months ago ::
Oct 28, 2012 - 10:01PM
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8 months ago ::
Oct 28, 2012 - 10:55PM
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8 months ago ::
Oct 28, 2012 - 11:20PM
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8 months ago ::
Oct 28, 2012 - 11:34PM
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OK, first things first. I have a bone to pick with you and ALL of the coverage reporters. Why is there no proofreading? I've lost count of the number of times I've seen people at 6-2 at the start of round 8, playing Doom Blade on Grave Titans, and other things which are either incorrect or else the reporter really should have mentioned to a judge. Anyway, since that is not the purpose of this article, I'll let it go.
I disagreed on a few small points of your sealed building primer. Index is playable under some circumstances. I have played it to great effect with Talrand on the field. I even used 3 copies of it to smooth out a fast evasion deck with only 14 lands once. More importantly, bombs come first. Everyone does it, and then they say they sorted first, they cut the bad cards first, etc etc. No they didn't. You look at your bombs and see how many you can fit into a single deck. THEN you see if those colors can actually support the game plan necessary to make that bomb effective.
Finally, the example sealed pool is a great one -- some really tough choices in there. I could absolutely see this being built in Wb, GB, or UBw in addition to the WGr that I ended up with.
This Deck was built in 0:06:10 Total Deck Size: 40
17 Lands
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6 Forest 
2 Mountain 
9 Plains
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2 Ajani's Sunstriker 
1 Attended Knight
1 Crusader of Odric
2 Flinthoof Boar 
1 Healer of the Pride
1 Knight of Glory
1 Prized Elephant 
1 Quirion Dryad 
1 War Priest of Thune 
2 Yeva's Forcemage 
9 Other Spells
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1 Captain's Call
2 Divine Favor 
1 Divine Verdict
1 Farseek 
1 Flames of the Firebrand 
1 Safe Passage 
1 Show of Valor 
1 Titanic Growth 
1 Planeswalkers
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1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
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8 months ago ::
Oct 29, 2012 - 12:04AM
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This Deck was built in 0:07:38Total Deck Size: 4016 Lands --------------- 9 Plains 7 Swamp 16 Creatures --------------- 2 Ajani's Sunstriker 1 Attended Knight 1 Bloodhunter Bat 1 Crusader of Odric 1 Duty-Bound Dead 2 Giant Scorpion  1 Guardians of Akrasa  1 Healer of the Pride 1 Knight of Glory 1 Knight of Infamy 1 Servant of Nefarox  1 War Falcon 1 War Priest of Thune 1 Warclamp Mastiff  7 Other Spells --------------- 1 Captain's Call 1 Crippling Blight  1 Divine Verdict 2 Essence Drain 1 Safe Passage 1 Show of Valor 1 Planeswalkers --------------- 1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride BW for exalted, swarming, and of course Ajani. I didn't splash Flames of the Firebrand or include Liliana's Shade  because of the double Plains cost on a few cards. I picked black over green for the removal. I think I have too many cards with cmc 3 but what to cut?
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8 months ago ::
Oct 29, 2012 - 2:20AM
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