P1P2 Gravedigger is a solid card and helps cut black after opening Doom Blade (as opposed to slooow Druidic Satchel)

P1P3 Sorin’s Thirst is better than Acidic Slime since it kills creatures and doesn’t cost 5 mana (which is the kiss of death for non-bomb creatures in this format)

P1P4 Jaces Archivist is hands down the most powerful card in the pack. Giant Spider is average.

P1P5 Sidewinder Drake is the best card. As opposed to Warpath Ghoul

P1P7 There is an in-colour Duskhunter Bat available, and you decide to venture out into white for Stormfront Pegasus?

P1P8 I think that Zombie Goliath and Mighty Leap are both filler, but I am far more attached to black than white to this point.

You then miss out on Azure Mage and Call to the Grave at the start of P2. From there it’s hard to tell because your previously made picks mean that you see different picks than you would probably see if you had drafted more black cards. The white and green cards you drafted are just so incredibly average.

@Brian – I feel like him dropping Call to the Grave while being ahead on the board is a mistake. Why not just press his advantage? He put himself in a position where he needed to draw a bunch of burn or a Sorin’s Vengeance. If he doesn’t draw that way, he is at a huge disadvantage.

@xabu – Awesome, thanks for taking the time to say something, I appreciate the positive feedback Now get in there and win some packs!

@aktcjellis – Thanks a lot, these type of comments are why I do this stuff Appreciate you saying so!

@anonymous – I am excited too, I have been doing so much drafting lately, it makes some sense to just record a few more of them!

@John – I can’t help but think there is some ROTtiness creeping into the discussion here. I think it’s pretty wrong to say that “getting me to 5-10 is all he needs”. I mean if he has a good board state, then drops Call to the Grave, and rips any combo of lands or non-Haste creatures, I can stabilize and take over the game. If he rips multiple burn spells or Sorin’s Vengeance, he wins. It’s hard to say without seeing his decklist, but there is no way he had THAT much burn to just be able to topdeck multiple burn spells in a row right? Seems unlikely to me at least.

@milegy – I love Plummet and value it fairly highly. But I know I can get 1-2 in the draft most of the time, and Stormfront Pegasus is much much more powerful.

@Mortox – First thanks a lot, I think you described my goals as a video maker perfectly. I am not a pro player and I do make mistakes all the time, but I try to think stuff through to the best of my ability and to use my communication skills to relay that process.

About the Call to the Grave play: I think the key sentence is the “Inevitable string of burn spells” part. Now, I haven’t seen his list, but I am assuming that he doesn’t have so much burn that he can just reliably hit 10 damage off the top of his deck. I think that is why I am questioning his play. I mean if he bricks on Vengeance things look pretty bad for him for example.

@dsy and @ Joey – Ya he might have just not gotten to that part of the video yet.

Thanks again guys for the discussion and feedback, it is all appreciated!

While not always making perfect picks & plays you definitely put a lot of thought and time into explaining what you’re doing and how you view things.

Another thing I really like is that while you occasionally critique your opponents plays, you don’t go overboard with it to the point where it comes across as offensive trash-talk.

Definitely an open-minded, level-headed player.

Round 3 of this particular event was very interesting; I think your opponents Call to the Grave was deceptively good and did exactly what he wanted it to while you seemed to underestimate it and call his entire play into question. If I were you there I don’t think I would have been as sparing with my creatures or removal, but instead opted to expedite the Call to Grave process and get it done with. You’d have been much better off going 1-for-1 with him sooner than later considering the texture of his deck; he was just aiming to grind you down to a manageable life total where he would then draw the inevitable string of burn to put you away. It’s the kind of deck I wouldn’t have been surprised to see a Lava Axe from. Although I suppose, as they say, hindsight is 20/20.

Good videos!