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Feb 19, 2013 -- 10:02AM, silentbobus wrote:

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.

Ah, I remember.  I think that led to your first ever 'Bombs are causing all my losses' rant.  I'm tearing up at the memories...

Anyway, I think this is pretty clearly between the strix and the behemoth.  If I remember right, there was not a whole lot that could kill the behemoth in this set, but I do remember he could suffer from the 'too little, too late' effect.  Strix was probably my favorite card in the set, it was just so fakking annoying to deal with.  It was great aggro early, and absolutely screwed so many bombs to keep the opponent from stabilizing. (Spearbreaker, ironically, being one exception).

I find I lean towards the strix.  That being said, both are reasonable, and I can't fault anyone for other picks.  (Although setting up to pick a sledge is NOT a good reason.  It's an uncommon that should just about always be first-picked, second at latest, so we're essentially hoping for a 6-in-45 or whatever shot of getting one.  Those odds are not worth it)