Comments on: Limited Resources: SOM 8-4 #4

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 21:50:25 +0000

Rough last round. I agree that if you were going to play “not to lose” you should have really gone all the way with it rather than splashing it conceptually. Playing to win, and not lose at the same time is kind of like the half-infect strategy. It just waters down both motives. You had three Soul Parry’s sitting in the sideboard. When I watched you sideboard I was thinking you should have given up on the metal-love and gone all-in on life, chump blockers, and stall. But then I’m not nearly as good a player as you two, so it could be I have no idea what I’m talking about.

By: Mat

Mat — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 02:10:11 +0000

Lands made me lol in round 1 match 1

By: Argonomic

Argonomic — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 04:30:24 +0000

In round 3 at 32:53, I am surprised you did not consider giving Hellkite trample to clear the trigon, saving the Golem. Sure Battlesphere is a fine play and probably the correct one, but the trample still feels like it deserves consideration.

By: TIm Yeung

TIm Yeung — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:58:47 +0000

It’s too bad. It would have been poetic justice for that guy to lose to the clock.

By: Robin Russell (RoninX)

Robin Russell (RoninX) — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 19:12:14 +0000

I feel like mulligan decisions are a weak point of my limited game. I’m not awful, but they are certainly an aspect of my game where I find myself falling prey to results oriented thinking more often than I should. In particular I find myself too enticed by by 4 (and sometimes 5) land hands without early action. These hands are easi(er) to toss back on the draw but I really struggle with them on the play, as the results tend to be pretty swingy (hence the ROTty thinking).

By: splicedgene

splicedgene — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 08:32:20 +0000

Anyone whining about opponents taking time off the clock(double q’ing) is pretty dumb. By that logic we should never have people record videos and actually talk about the options they have cause all they are doing is wasting time. The clock is there for a reason and if your opponent beats you while staying in the time then that means he beats you regardless of clock…

As far as the draft went I think you guys did a pretty good job building the deck around an archetype that was pretty open after the first couple picks. I have seen quiet a few of your drafts before and this was pretty good overall, even if gifted the finals.

On another note I think it might be a neat idea for you two to do a NIXTIX or a throwback draft in every once in awhile.

By: starwarer

starwarer — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:54:57 +0000

@Limited Resources: I actually was typing my response up after your first lack of attack. It’s possible that I wouldn’t have posted it had you won, but my observation and reaction (similar to watching a football game where the QB throws a bad pass, exclamations and all) happened regardless.

You also seem to have ignored the bulk of my post, that you couldn’t do anything to stop him, except entice him into blocking with his Painsmith. In fact, you were still at 12 life at the point I initially thought you should have attacked (turn 4). This was also before you had drawn the Golem’s Heart. The amount of damage you could have presented was immense. re-watching this part of the draft (after I already disagreed about your line of play), you even recognized that you got into the mentality of ‘playing not to lose’.

Additionally, you would, eventually, be taking at least one damage from the Perilous Myr (or more) when you are unable/unwilling to block it. Besides, the opponent may have used the Myr’s damage to take out your 3/3 myr token in order to reduce the clock YOU would have been presenting.

In regards to recommending the Relic, what do you consider the Sunchaser? The Sunchaser is less likely to have metalcraft (and simply be a poor chump blocker), than the Relic, since it is not an artifact itself. You qualify the Relic as a racing card, yet somehow don’t count the Sunchaser in that category? Besides, if you want to actually be results-oriented, the Sunchaser wouldn’t have been relevant in that last game anyway. It seems you decided that the Sunchaser was going to be good in your deck, and that blinded you to its deficiencies in your deck (you even made a comment akin to ‘it’s finally good somewhere’ during deck construction).

Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy and appreciate the content that you produce. I have gotten to the point that I ignore most draft videos. I respect you guys, and what you think, well enough to have taken the time to watch/listen to it.