Comments on: Limited Resources: BTT Draft #3

By: alex

alex — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:20:11 +0000

That first pick nearly made me close the video =/ Why, just why take that bad black creature over Shieldmate?

By: Mr Tim

Mr Tim — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 13:40:40 +0000

Thoughts about an attack at 10:14? He was tapped out of Vortex Elemental activation, and even though Wavecrash Triton could block either Daxos or Hoplite you’re bluffing a trick and getting in for two damage. It’s just a little thing but I feel like there were a few times where he didn’t have Vortex mana and you left off sending in a couple of guys.

By: ky

ky — Mon, 10 Mar 2014 12:22:16 +0000

I know the first pack was atrocious but if you think about all of the effective archetypes you’d like to be in for this format, I think you easily first pick the nyxborn shieldmate. White/x heroic is a very strong archetype and cheap bestow creatures like the shieldmate fit perfectly into those decks. The beauty of it is, you’re literally open to any other color combination starting from p1p2, and in this case you’re rewarded with an on-color bomb to solidify your base color for the draft (although mischief and mayhem is INSANELY good so i wouldn’t have faulted you for picking it). I also would’ve considered aspect of hydra (yea yea laugh it up) but Giant Growth has always been a sweet trick in limited and in a green-heavy deck, Aspect can be even better. I guess what I’m really trying to say is, try not to let your disappointment cloud your judgment. There will always be playables, even if it’s not immediately apparent. Keep up the great work Marshall. Nobody can win ‘em all

By: manfred

manfred — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 11:52:29 +0000

Compared to triple THS bestow creatures are now much harder to come by. It is a common theme for my white heroic decks that they have plenty of heroic guys but very little ways to target them. This draft was not different. It was probably a huge mistake to take that Phalanx Leader over Hopeful Eidolon in pack three.

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:20:25 +0000

Yeah, I don’t know who played worse, Marshall or his opponent. I think it’s correct not to attack in that last round, but not attacking in so many situations, the vaporkin play and not countering Chorus was so bad.

By: Randall

Randall — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 19:41:18 +0000

Even if you think he made the correct scry into a land for you to lose, you still should of attacked. Seeing as he kept both on top, it meant that one of those cards had to be a targeting spell(very doubtful he keeps two lands on top in that situation). He gets to see both cards anyway because of the Arbiter’s ability. So you lose if you dont attack 100% of the time.

Had you attacked and he made the incorrect scry, that would have given you a better chance at winning, however slim it would of been. For exe. hitting the Emissary gives you 4 life, and then you gain an extra 2 by targeting the Battle Priest. Hitting any spell would of kept you alive because of the Battle Priest.

Im sure this is something youve realized after watching the video, and I think an earlier poster said something similar as well. I think he made it a bit more complicated then it needed to be though. I think your videos are awesome and I always enjoy watching them. There’s always something to learn even when we lose.

By: Hirle

Hirle — Sat, 08 Mar 2014 15:12:26 +0000

Also when I said “So then we have to attack and hit a 3+ drop to win.” I should have said “So then we have to attack and hit a 3+ drop not to lose.”

Also, I might be missing something here, pretty complex situation