Comments on: Limited Resources: DGR Draft #6

By: Guildmage

Guildmage — Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:56:32 +0000

Hey Marshall, you kept blaming your loss on Varolz, but it was Korozda Guildmage who did most of the sweet work! Sure Varolz nulled your Grisly Spectacle, but if it wasn’t for the Guildmage, you may have had a shot.

By: Nathan

Nathan — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:50:40 +0000

I have no idea why you like Melek so much. Sure it has the potential to do silly things, but the vast vast majority of the time he’s a 2/4 for 6 that lets your opponent see what you’re going to draw. I would almost certainly never play him.

By: dwarshadow

dwarshadow — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 16:10:28 +0000

I don’t believe there is a good play concerning the spectacle/approach situation

1. approach first
he plays correctly to sac apparition to kill the approach then lets spectacle resolve. Now he has a yard full of gas to fuel varolz and you will eventually lose to guildmage + scavenge even if he never draws another relevant card

2. spectacle first
this is only the correct play on the off chance that he lets it resolve. However his correct play is to regen Varolz simply because he will have a 5 power scavenge guy in the yard and won’t need anymore gas. You will still lose to guildmage + scavenge in 3 turns regardless of what else he draws

As for Mellek
I am very disappointed Marshall, after all your talk about how uncovered clues is utterly unplayable on the podcast. If I remember correctly, you need to have at least 50% hits in your deck to make clues reliably a divination, and Mellek doesn’t seem any better. A 2/4 for 6 mana dismally fails the vanilla test, and he only draws you 2 cards if you ever find a spell to cast with him. I imagine the rate is about the same, since except when you cast him at parity you probably only have 2-3 turns to find a relevant spell before the game ends, making him just as unplayable as uncovered clues. The only place he is likely to reliably impact the game is at parity, where I think I would rather have any other 6-drop in the set. Not to mention that you cannot even fuse or overload spells off of him.

By: Disco

Disco — Mon, 15 Jul 2013 08:52:00 +0000

Interesting discussion on the Spectacle/Death’s Approach play.

Melek not being a big dragon or a 4/8 or something with significant stats makes him almost unplayable, but if I know I’m Grixis I’m just never passing him, and I feel your pain.

I don’t like the mulligan in the last game. You have 3 shots at a land there against most of his draws, and you have draw and acceleration to follow it up. His manabase was sketchy and you had your colors in hand with the Promenade, which seems to favor you in a world where he doesn’t drop Experiment One to start.

Thanks for the vids, great as always.

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 16:41:04 +0000

M2G1 you should have just Grisly Spectacled Varolz directly. If he doesn’t regenerate, Varolz is dead. If he does, that’s 1 creature in the graveyard, and you get to mill for 2 because regenerating does not counter the Grisly Spectacle. If you hit another creature off the mill, Varolz is dead. Plus, even if you didn’t hit another creature off the spectacle you’re still find because he probably would have sacrificed the Keening Apparition in order to regenerate Varolz. Therefore you’re left with a 1/1 Varolz that can’t regenerate for fear of killing itself.

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 23:56:23 +0000

Colossus, with Varolz on the board the opponent would maybe just let it resolve to get more stuff in the yard. Playing Sire when you’re dead on board was pretty funny to watch. The guildmage was even more of a threat, but even as he gave his guys intimidate and killed you, you kept saying “you got me, Varolz”

By: Colossus

Colossus — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 19:56:29 +0000

How can Grisly Spectacle be the correct play? Opponent just sacrifices the Longlegs in response and you get one card in the graveyard. It’s just the normal 1 for 1.