Comments on: Limited Resources: Spring 2014 MTGO Cube Draft #2 + Surprise

By: Martín Guzmán

Martín Guzmán — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 23:03:39 +0000

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By: huffyhenry

huffyhenry — Thu, 20 Feb 2014 22:27:07 +0000

Sorry to all the people who have to read the cards and only play the latest limited and standard: learn the cards of Magic’s past. Not only will it make you a better player, but it will open your enjoyment to a lot of other formats. The guy who said he’s on a budget so he plays Standard gave me a great laugh. Competitive Standard at budge. RIGHHHHHHT.

Theros WAS boring by the end of November. If a site features the same draft for months on end, it will lose viewers. I really feel as if the people who said they are sick of cube and “old” formats just didn’t watch the drafts. First of all, the old formats are different nearly every time. AKA variety. Second, cube is, by definition, the highest variance-filled draft set available online. AKA variety.

If the variety that Marshall does include – he actually includes quite a bit variety – goes away, the site will lose a lot of viewers, including me. Check out other drafting sites. Does LSV draft THS every time? Nope. And thank God for that.

By: MMogg

MMogg — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 15:19:13 +0000

Yes, what I’m saying is that there is too much other “special” stuff that it isn’t special any more. Rosewater was talking about how everyone loved hybrid in Ravnica but when they did a whole set/block about hybrid, people didn’t like it. I like Cube and old drafts, but as a nice once-in-a-while surprise instead of every week.

By: @Mmog

@Mmog — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:25:46 +0000

Theros is at every FNM, most tournaments, the currently most firing queue, standard, etc.

Pretty sure in that analogy, cube/IPA/MD5 etc is the really nice tart, and you’re saying there’s been a little too much of it recently.

By: @ Noobs

@ Noobs — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 08:23:20 +0000

How to Theros:
1) take boring creatures
2) monstrous/heroic up into a bigger boring creature
3) get blown out by boring overcosted removal.
4) flip a coin to see if you win.

Once you realize, it’s easy.

By: MMogg

MMogg — Tue, 18 Feb 2014 03:31:21 +0000

Regarding Theros vs. other formats, I think the point is best illustrated by a Mark Rosewater analogy (he used regarding hybrid): say you go into a bakery and taste the best tart you ever had; does that mean you want to eat a 20 lb tart every day? No. The fact that it is a rare and small treat is part of what makes it special. At this point, that tart is Theros. Theros is special after months of drought. Cube and old draft formats are fun, but not exclusively. With that said, I’m also not really chomping at the bit to watch another black/green Theros draft. Anyway, Born is now online. =)

By: Eredas

Eredas — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 18:23:28 +0000

Just my unsolicited 2-cents re: Theros/Cube. 3 months is definitely a long while to avoid the limited set, and I’m sure we’ll be getting BotG vids soon. Regardless – the videos are entertaining and interesting. Marshall makes human plays and reaps the consequences of his mistakes – I’m here to learn, too, and seeing pros make similar mistakes helps me not forget to play around spells or pay more attention to my mana tapping.

My only complaint is that it often feels like I’m watching the same videos week after week. This draft was marginally different than the last one, which was marginally different than the one before that, and the one before that. It’s like base-blue-control is the only deck in the cube. Same creatures, same spells. It would literally be the same deck each week if the packs weren’t randomized.