Comments on: Limited Resources: M13 Draft #2

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:30:44 +0000

Pie master said what I was thinking: with the mana curve so low, 16 lands would be fine to run. Granted I don’t always know what I’m talking about …but it would be at the very least worth considering during deck construction considering how many 2 cost cards and how few expensive cards you had.

By: Zode

Zode — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 12:21:34 +0000

I really feel you made a huge mistake in not playing the Ring of Xarthid. Giant deck building mistake right from the start no matter how the rest went – and I would have taken the Ring of Thune during the draft too. These are hugely underrated – as is mark of the vampire – allowing you to power through any stalls, making your TWO tormented souls huge, and even on your white guys letting them regen for 2 colorless!

By: Pie_Master

Pie_Master — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 22:01:47 +0000

Entertaining draft video, thanks for posting it. As others have mentioned there were a few misplays in regards to not casting creatures in first main phase. One other thing I would like to point out, is I really don’t think you need to run 17 lands in this deck. Going to 9 plains and 7 swamps, then tossing in either a disentomb or a ravenous rats would be better in my opinion. In general, I think players are too strict about running 17 lands and that you should really be more flexible in running anywhere from 15-18 depending on curve.

By: jason

jason — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 01:32:33 +0000

thanks for the draft marshall. There were spots I would have played differently… and many more spots where you showed me new lines. This is why you’re the one making videos

By: Duck

Duck — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 08:13:36 +0000

Why didn’t you use crippling blight to kill a token R2G1? If you draw one of your exalted creatures afterwards you just win.

By: hoogamaphone

hoogamaphone — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 14:40:32 +0000

Hey Marshall,

Nice videos! I was wondering what you thought about putting the black ring into the deck with only the first ability in mind (i.e. regeneration). I was thinking it would allow you to attack in with your exalted guys and ignore double blocks, and also helps you play around removal.

Thanks again!

By: Disco

Disco — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:45:16 +0000

Trumpet Blast looked good in that aggressive red deck. I think it was still correct not to play around it (even if you had considered he might have it). Searing Spear would have put you way too far behind. Glad we got to see a good Trumpet Blast play in action. It’s an interesting card that is widely disrespected.

I also like Mark of the Vampire in your style deck. It’s probably okay for you to get 2 for 1′d some of the time when you’re playing 2 Tormented Souls. Honestly not sure what to take out for it though- exalted decks are tight on space. It looked like it could have come out of your sideboard at least once if you had picked it.

A card that I was wide-eyed about in the spoiler but am disappointed by is Crusader (the keldon warlord guy). He did some good work for you but I’m surprised how little impact he has in general. The exalted walls really love that dude.

Thanks for the draft!