Comments on: Limited Resources: M13 Draft #7

By: Pie_Master

Pie_Master — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 18:25:44 +0000

Augur of bolas is a solid card, like Marshall was saying it is nearly worth it just for the body. If you have 8 targets in your deck odds are it will hit half the time, so with 6 targets you still have a decent chance of finding something. To miss that many times was definitely bad luck. Also, as PlanetWalls mentioned it makes no sense at all to avoid playing it because it will “shuffle away” your good cards.
I agree with most of the other commenters that there seemed to be more mistakes in drafting/deck building than usual. Rummaging goblin seems like it would have been very useful, and as others have said the mind sculpts were probably not worth it. Swapping out the sculpts for goblin and negate seemed like a much better plan, and probably adding in another mountain.

By: EdwardGein

EdwardGein — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:18:38 +0000

As many have said, I too got the feeling in the first game that Marshall was just going autopilot, and he seemed way more sarcastic with a hint of dark humor, but I kinda liked it that way, to be honest. It wasnt’ a good “Marshall”-Draft, but I still had fun with the commentary. And the deck really didn’t cooperate with you this time.

By: PlanetWalls

PlanetWalls — Sun, 23 Sep 2012 18:33:50 +0000

Augur of Bolas never ‘shuffles away’ cards you need because it is just as likely to draw you closer to the cards you need (as it is to shuffle them away) even if you whiff with it. Of course, it may be worth waiting to play it until you know what sort of instant/sorc you’re looking for (presuming that you’re likely to find more than one in the top three), but you shouldn’t sandbag it just because you need land because that makes no sense.

By: robber99

robber99 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:21:24 +0000

To further clarify, I was trying to say that I think Augur of Bolas ONLY works in a hard control deck, like Mind Sculpt only works in a dedicated mill deck (not necessarily that mind sculpt and augur were similar in power level )

By: robber99

robber99 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:19:29 +0000

@Adam – that’s what I meant, you have to have your deck filled with spells like this. If you only have 6 or less instants / sorceries, it can in many cases just shuffle away cards you need. I don’t like casting it turn 2 either because many times you’ll need some of that land that will get put on the bottom. It can be a great effect mid to late game, but I just can’t see how this card gets picked highly.

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:15:43 +0000

Thanks for the videos as always. It did seem like you made a lot more mistakes then usual. Small stuff, but it adds up. I’ll also blame that on the cold.

Your deck demonstrated why I don’t like UW control in this format – all of the good white removal are enchantments which can’t be Augured or Archaeomanced. Divine Verdict becomes a much better card when you’re playing those blue guys.

By: Adam

Adam — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:39:15 +0000

@robber99: I agree with your assessment of Augur in this particular deck, but I definitely do not agree with your assessment of the card. It’s an excellent card in a hard control deck, one of the best dig spells you can cast really, and I think the comparison to mind sculpt is narrow. Is Mogg Flunkies good outside of RG Aggro with tons of 1 and 3 drops to compliment it? No, but it’s still an awesome card that’s good when it’s in the correct deck. No different than Augur. I would gladly have 2 augurs in decks full of innvocations, scatters, spears, murders, sign in bloods or divinations. And those are just the premium cards that you would want in a control deck. Negates, unsum, blah blah blah….you get the idea. Drafting U/x control has been so much fun in this format. Mancers and Augur really make it tons of fun. It will be a shame to leave such an awesome limited format once RtR is here.