Comments on: LoadingReadyRun Draft #75: DTK Rare Draft!

By: Borgur

Borgur — Wed, 10 Jun 2015 13:08:18 +0000

I don’t think you should take uncommons over commons. It’s the rares thats the point. Picking commons and fixing will net you better decks in the end, which will be even funnier to watch. Boarding out rares I think should also be allowed.

Keep doing raredrafts! It’s refreshing to see something different on MTGO

By: unknowngamer

unknowngamer — Wed, 03 Jun 2015 22:38:21 +0000

I can’t say for certain who’s doing it, but I’m blaming James anyways. Quit fiddling with the mics!

By: Andreas

Andreas — Mon, 25 May 2015 18:41:23 +0000

Follow-up with the rules used in previous rare drafts:
In half of them, all the rares were run.
In one (out of 8), a foil was the equivalent of a rare.
In 1/8, there was one veto that let a rare not be taken.
In 5/8, an uncommon was forced to be taken if there was not a rare.
Of those 5, 1 of them let fixing be equal to an uncommon (this one).

By: Andreas

Andreas — Sat, 23 May 2015 19:54:38 +0000

Suggested rules:
– mythic > rare > common/uncommon
– foil > regular of the same rarity level
– 3/4 or more of rares must be run every game (boarding some out is fine as long as it stays over the 3/4 limit), though more is better

Also, I like the above flashback draft idea!

By: DaMullet

DaMullet — Thu, 21 May 2015 16:42:45 +0000

I have to say I find the “Must pick an uncommon over a common” extension of the Raredraft to be a kind of pointless prohibition. It’s a Raredraft, not a Rarity Draft, and as you mentioned near the tail end, the more restrictions you put on yourself the more problematic making a deck that doesn’t just 0-3 without casting a single spell is. I like the raredrafts where you just have to pick every Rare much better.

By: Rocky17

Rocky17 — Thu, 21 May 2015 15:27:13 +0000

Oh thank god, that fixing exemption might save the watchability of this draft.

By: Rocky17

Rocky17 — Thu, 21 May 2015 15:15:22 +0000

Graham and James, I love you guys, but James is obsessed with increasingly punishing rules and it detracts from the comedy. Flexibility, seeing obscure, terrible stuff work is quite hilarious. You gotta be less rigid or more zany with the themes.