Comments on: King of the Scrubs: 2 DRAFTS FOR THE PRICE OF NONE!

By: Aznsilly

Aznsilly — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 08:35:40 +0000

^ this is also what I thought after reading the comments, so…I was quite surprised, hence my asking haha!

Also, the deck in draft 2 might have turned out fine, but it would have been much stronger had he been able to get a more aggressive build (with green), his white removal is quite situational in that smite requires blockers/no removal against blockers, and guard duty is bad vs bounce/creatures with effects/when your own creatures arent evasive.

By: Zage

Zage — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 04:06:19 +0000

Btw I’ll add that when I read the title I thought you won two drafts (or one 8-4), making them pay for themselves. That that was the ‘two for the price of none’.
I was disappointed when I found out you did…less than great.

By: Henry

Henry — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 20:17:08 +0000

That second draft was pretty solid. I definitely see a few places it could have gone differently, putting you in either G/W, G/W/b or G/W/r, or even W/B/r, but as is so often the case, you draw poorly with good decks and that just is unfortunate

By: oma

oma — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:50:26 +0000

Yup, I totally whiffed on the 7 islands.

By: SaiDes

SaiDes — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:41:04 +0000

Haha, lots of helpful comments about mana base constuction in these comments.
Basically don’t be greedy =)

By: Plejades

Plejades — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:10:51 +0000

Nice drafts. The only thing that really concerned me after a brief look was the mana base. Seven Islands is indeed a bit greedy considering that you have spells like Sphinx of the Magosi and Deprive in your deck. The eight Island would have been a good choice for sure.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:53:06 +0000

C’mon Alex, you know better! I agree with the masses, 17 land in that first deck with no fixing, card draw til late was extremely greedy. 8th Island over pos Tunneler, no questions asked. That deck was a loser from the start. The curve was way too high and you did it no favors with the greedy mana base.

As for the second draft, that was better but you were right about green. Tough switch to make once you committed yourself to black b/c of the third pick Corpsehatch. I never do that with black b/c it seems too shallow in good cards so I’m always looking to go X/G to splash the black. I think you’ve seen me splash Consume the Meek before. But that’s not really your fault. Tough draft to work with once you pass the green once or twice.