Comments on: Limited Resources: An Innistrad Extravaganza (Draft & Sealed)

By: ZipperisSurly

ZipperisSurly — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 22:37:36 +0000

I willed the Butcher’s Cleaver for you in Sealed Round 2 Game 1. I was chanting “Butcher’s Cleaver” for you and BAM! It wasn’t quite enough but it was a great top deck.

My only question was the creature you put the Cleaver on, Kesig Cagebreakers. I love the card, but to splash just for a card that wants creatures in your yard, when your deck is powered by zombies which exile creatures to cast seems to be a bad move. A couple more tricks would have been more consistent, IMO. Urgent Exorcism, Curiosity, or even Cobbled Wings would have served you better.

Thanks for the videos and podcast. My wife has cut me off from Magic, so this is my outlet. I should change my name to ‘Vicar Ious’ or something.

By: Acidbather

Acidbather — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:36:00 +0000

Sorry, I meant villagers not shepherd. Also, I realize geistflame for one without killing anything isn’t value but that’s what makes werewolves so interesting IMO, it makes you think about decisions you normally wouldn’t consider

By: Acidbather

Acidbather — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:17:56 +0000

Great videos as usual! Look at you throwing the zingers in there, high claw indeed lol. One question though. In the draft, M3G3, why didn’t you flip you’re opponents shepherd back? After he dropped the aura on it you cast the scarecrow. You still had enough mana to flashback geistflame which would have been 2 spells. Once it passes back he flips and doesn’t have any favorable attacks and you don’t have to give up your zombie drake. In hindsight that silent departure you drew into would have been that much better as it then kills the aura.

Maybe I’m missing something though. Keep up the great work and making Fridays even better!

By: Marshall

Marshall — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:38:09 +0000

@ Jesse Ya that was close, if i wasn’t for your yelling I may have missed it! #teamwork

@neckbeard Ya I appreciate you pointing it out for sure, I learn tons from my videos as I am sure you know

@ Hypersapien We got you in the clan right? I remember inviting you and stuff. If I am remembering that wrong, just let me know and I’ll get it sorted.

@ Juzaba I agree with you in general although our method for arriving at a final number may be different. I try to take the total number of colored mana symbols into account, and then also look at *when* I need them. This provides a baseline for my mana. Since the decision is usually between 2 options (10/7 or 9/8 for example) I can use the info to gauge which one is best. I can’t remember exactly what I had in this case but it was probably very close meaning that you may very well be correct here.

By: Juzaba

Juzaba — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 04:43:53 +0000

I think you wanted to run 8/6 instead of 9/5. Not only were there a couple times when you bricked on mountains (which is entirely possible with only 1/8 of your deck being red sources), but more importantly, you further locked yourself out of double Gheistflame plays. Though you do have many blue spells, you only have one early UU card, and that card (Claustrophobia) is a perfectly fine spell in the lategame should you happen to take a while to find your second island. Finally, your first mountain is much more important that your second island.

In general, I disagree your analysis that you want your lands to measure up to your spell count. Assuming you have a decent chance to hit your main color in your first 10 cards (first 3 turns), you have enough lands of the main color. Exceptions involve needing 1- and 2-drops or a fair number of early CC plays. But with a controlling deck with a glutted 3-drop slot full of 2C cards, you’re better off 8/6.

By: Hypersapien

Hypersapien — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 01:51:09 +0000

Hey Marshal, I’m trying to join the Limited Resources clan (I’m new to mtgo), but I can’t seem to get your username correctly. Could you (or any one) help me out?

By: neckbeard

neckbeard — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 02:24:34 +0000

@Marshall Whew, that’s a relief. Not that you missed it, but that I wasn’t missing something – which is unlike the last 2 times I’ve called someone out on a play online.