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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 8:42AM
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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 8:48AM
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Date Joined:
Jan 23, 2007
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Oh, this is one of the blocks I missed! SpearBreaker seems awesome.
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oh my god, AWESOME!
Then changing the Slivers was your idea! haha
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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 8:51AM
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Date Joined:
Aug 10, 2012
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Wow. Just. Wow this set looks awesome. I missed this one too. Necrogenesis looks great. So does the Owl and Duelist.
But a bomb's a bomb. Behemoth.
I'll bandwagon when ignorant. Artifact Owl Deathtouch Two-Drop Flier for me.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 8:54AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 25, 2009
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Drafted this block when I first got on MODO, and was way worse at drafting than I am now (not saying that I'm very good now).
I'll try the Strix??
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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 9:01AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 15, 2007
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This was probably the block I was best at drafting. I can't quite remember what my record was but I think at one stage I was 8 drafts unbeaten. Generally, I prefered to be in Esper where I could with an artifact theme although I would often splash a 4th or even a 5th colour. Behemoth was not actually very good. The 5 power deck was great in triple shards but weakened noticably with the inclusion of the other sets. Here, the pick for me would clearly be the Tidehollow Strix  . A 2 power flyer for 2 is always above the curve. The deathtouch also makes it relevant in the late game as a block anything. The fact it is black and an artifact are also very strong reasons to pick it. Hopefully we will pick up a couple of Sanctum Gargoyle  at which point this thing can more or less win the game by itself.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 9:13AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 25, 2009
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This was probably the block I was best at drafting. I can't quite remember what my record was but I think at one stage I was 8 drafts unbeaten. Generally, I prefered to be in Esper where I could with an artifact theme although I would often splash a 4th or even a 5th colour.
Behemoth was not actually very good. The 5 power deck was great in triple shards but weakened noticably with the inclusion of the other sets. Here, the pick for me would clearly be the Tidehollow Strix . A 2 power flyer for 2 is always above the curve. The deathtouch also makes it relevant in the late game as a block anything. The fact it is black and an artifact are also very strong reasons to pick it. Hopefully we will pick up a couple of Sanctum Gargoyle at which point this thing can more or less win the game by itself.
I also like Strix because I see a number of cards that could (hopefully?) come back to us, including Obelisk.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 9:18AM
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Date Joined:
Oct 31, 2007
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Love these fun drafts, thanks for starting another one. 2/1 flying deathtouch for 2 does seem really undercosted! Is the fact that it's an artifact a drawback in this set, or is it just that good? Anyway, I'll agree with drafting Tidehollow Strix.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 9:23AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 15, 2007
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I see a number of cards that could (hopefully?) come back to us, including Obelisk.
I expect the 7 to table will be:
Dragon's Herald - unplayable
Vectis Silencers - unplayable
Rockcaster Platoon - very expensive for what it does, okay in 5 colour control
Welkin Guide - an okay 23rd card in Naya for punching the last bits of damage through
Deft Duelist - best in bant aggro but there are so many better two drops, especially in Reborn
Dragon Fodder - good in Jund, especially with cards like Bone Splinters  but pretty weak by itself.
Naya Panorama - generally the obelisks are better than the panorama so the panorama's table.
Depending on what we pick later on, I would expect the Panorama will be our 9th pick.
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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 9:39AM
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Date Joined:
Nov 12, 2012
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Strix or Duelist for me leaning towards duelist cause I like those colors better!
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3 months ago ::
Feb 19, 2013 - 10:02AM
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Date Joined:
Jun 15, 2009
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When I came back to playing Magic after all of those years this was the first set I drafted, I think only the first two parts of the set had been released at that point. If I remember correctly the strongest draft decks were 3 color, and typically in WGR or WGU. There is an uncommon in the final pack, called Behemoth Sledge  that was easily the strongest uncommon. There was one time at my local store where every deck in the final 4 (or perhaps it was every deck but one) was playing at least one copy of this card. Along those lines I like the Behemoth as the pick here.
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