Comments on: Anything But: A Casual Challenge

By: JustSin

JustSin — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:27:36 +0000

thanks all for the responses! looking forward to continue developing the competitive section and enjoyed doing the commentary so hopefully further matches will show up that are worth talking about

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:50:31 +0000

So glad competitive corner is back! Thanks!

By: PlanetWalls

PlanetWalls — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 22:28:46 +0000

For the record, I think this article is absolutely amazing.

By: hiveking

hiveking — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 17:04:03 +0000

Really liked the Spotlight segment as well as the video that went with it. You’re good at doing this! It gives you the feeling that some of this actually matters.

The matchup table for the event is quite interesting. In particular, it’s noteworthy that infect lost to storm 1:3 and storm lost to mono white 1:4. I mean, maybe not in opposite-world.

By: JustSin

JustSin — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 20:21:02 +0000

@ Blippy: thanks! I thought it might be a nice way to go beyond the limited information Wizards is providing… w/ regards to RDW/Burn I was unsure of making a change there at first as well because of the fact that Pauper doesn’t really have a “RDW” deck as defined above and Burn is kind of the only thing.. ultimately decided that the reclassification at the least would be easier to understand for an unfamiliar player

@ Blockfan: yes I do post on MTGS forums (though the Pauper section is quite dead)

@ jaminv: ah! that might explain it, I don’t play Std Pauper at all so I was unaware thanks for the note!

By: jaminv

jaminv — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 15:17:02 +0000

That last deck you played was a Standard Pauper WW deck. The card selection was very normal for that archetype. Although the deck is strong, playing 8-post against a deck like that is like bringing a cannon to a knife fight.

By: Blockfan

Blockfan — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:32:29 +0000

Are you Justsin from the mtgsalvation forums? IF you’re hi.