Limited Resources: Gatecrash Draft #9

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Limited Resources

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tallandroid on April 19, 2013 at 3:53 AM said:

Thanks for the videos Marshall. I really enjoy them, and your podcast.

M2G2, when you attack with the Kingpin’s Pet and Knight of Obligation you mention that it’s a free attack. If he double-blocked and pumped his Frilled Occulus he eats your knight and takes 2 damage.
Neil on April 19, 2013 at 4:51 AM said:

M2G1, he lost his Lazav because his Lazav took 2 damage from blocking the Kingpin’s Pet. He probably tried to transform Lazav into a Kingpin’s Pet, which resulted in it dying from lethal damage.
Alex on April 19, 2013 at 3:38 PM said:

Busted deck, great videos. Why not side in Mantle in G3? Makes Pitfights and Domri -2 dead.
Brendan on April 20, 2013 at 6:24 PM said:

Borzhov all removal is one of the best archetypes.
yo on April 20, 2013 at 9:47 PM said:

My watch stopped p1p1
mathisje on April 21, 2013 at 5:43 PM said:

Thanks for the vids, Marshall, and congrats. A few comments;

I noticed on your podcast this week Nav Squad won a negative award of some kind, overrated or a 24th card maybe? You passed on one late in pack two for a Beckon Apparition, a card that I don’t think you had any intention of playing. You ended up with two strictly worse Horror of the Dim in your pool and even sided one in. I think you are perhaps too bearish on the commandos; it is a decent five drop common in a vacuum, but it’s a lost soul since Boros and Orzhov drafters are rewarded for pursuing low curve decks. Either way, I think it is important to keep some flexibility in our evaluations late in a format.

M1: Are you concerned at all that you might be rewarding your opponent too much for having counterspells in his deck with your careful play?

M2G2: If you had cast Executioner’s Swing on the rogue with the cipher trigger on the stack, would he have been able to cast the spell?
PsychoPenguin on April 22, 2013 at 12:23 AM said:

@mathisje cipher already triggered when the rogue did damage and will resolve. There’s never any point where you can executioner’s swing an unblocked creature to stop a ciphered spell from going off because the condition for each is the creature dealing damage and once the cipher is on the stack, removing the creature can’t stop it.
Cartwheelnurd on April 24, 2013 at 9:43 PM said:

Great Draft! I agree the deck was really great. It seems that Orzhov was actually quite open, and considering the amount of removal shard by you and your first opponent, there wasn’t much left for the rest of them. it’s also true that orzhov really beats Simic and Gruul, which were difficult opponents for you. You just had so much kill, especially uncondition removal in the case of orzhov charm and grisly spectacle. Ironically, your awesome bomb in the form or assemble the legion was detrimental as it caused you to have to play Rakdos one game, and never really kicked in the way it was meant to. Still, an Orzhov deck couldn’t really be much better than the one you had.