Comments on: Limited Resources: Magic 2015 Draft #4

By: JV

JV — Tue, 26 Aug 2014 17:30:23 +0000

Cool draft. Entertaining. thanks! You faced some interesting opponents, haven’t faced off against mill much, looked viable with that grindclock.

By: Carrot

Carrot — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 21:41:55 +0000

About the Ajani: the +1 is much much better than the -2, because when the opponent has his 1/1 deathtouch fliers, the size of your creatures hardly matters. However, by using the +1 with Ajani you could force his deathtouch fliers to attack – and then not block them – and then attack with all your creatures. The amount of damage you get through is worth much more than pumping all your creatures against an army of deathtouchers.

By: emersizzle

emersizzle — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 13:05:32 +0000

Definitely agree with other comments about using that second -2 on ajani. The game was at a standstill and his +1 ability was crucial. Giving either the sliver or a spirit first strike meant you could plow through his hornets….

By: Will

Will — Sun, 24 Aug 2014 12:49:53 +0000

Thanks for the vids, enjoyable and informative as always.

Incidentally, M2 was clear demonstration of why Avarice Amulet is so bad. Some people evaluate it like; “Well it’s got the downside of my opponent being able to steal it, but the upside of getting to draw loads of cards if not.” But that fails to take into account the common downside, seen in that game, of it just bring far too slow – even if the opponent had lived another turn, they’d just paid 6 manna for a Divination!

By: Kasper

Kasper — Sat, 23 Aug 2014 17:02:45 +0000

Hello, tanks for all the good magic.
Like washing you kick ass
When you draft the cards, i like that you talk about you different choices.
But the text of that cards are sometime hard to read, can you make the card bigger for a couple of sec, when you have something to say about them.

By: Willd

Willd — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:48:40 +0000

The Ajani play in R1G2 was pretty close. If Marshal +1s then either: Ajani dies on the crackback and we get him low but are further behind on the board than after the -2; or we trade off our spirit tokens, Ajani goes to one and he’s left with two insects, enough to ensure Ajani dies the following turn (and we’re still behind on the board).

Agreed on the phase ladder though, it annoys me far more not having it than the minor increase in card size helps.

By: Thom

Thom — Fri, 22 Aug 2014 21:04:41 +0000

Marshall – love the podcast and the vids. Just a minor request though: please use a visible phase ladder. Not only is it helpful for newish players trying to learn, I feel like not having the phase ladder as a visible reference point for the stops you have set will inevitably lead to mistakes from even the best player. This issue has presented itself occasionally in your draft videos (including rd. 3 here). The impact of including the bar on card visibility is negligible. Thanks!