I like making 2-3 drops if my opp skips his first few gos as if his 4 or 5 drops arent particularly good the extra board presence often allows you to outright win/get them low enough to win with an evasive guy. Even if they do get a good drop I’m not really in that bad a shape either.

If you want to test sometime I’d be glad too and we could sort this out once and for all hehe.

God knows no-one else is gonna do it :P.

My record in this format’s been pretty solid as well, as I indulge often when someone is sitting in the queue and the itch to gamble takes over. That said, I win the majority of games where someone farts out the early guys while I hold back until turn four.

My statement about two and three drops (esp. three drops; we are talking a grotesque ratio of irrelevant “ogres” in this slot) comes from said experience. To claim that the “tempo” of random cards that predominantly become irrelevant beyond dealing maybe six points of damage before the big boys show up implies a certainty that is just not reliable whatsoever in this format. These slots are rife with weak dudes that are generally outclassed from turn four on. Sure, gunning for a ten-drop can be silly, but I’d rather have a 9′er than a bear that plays cheerleader to the action three turns later.

My suggestion is peek through editor at every man in these casting costs, and you’ll realize that odds are you’re enlisting a B teamer 9 times out 10. I’m no Momir expert, but let’s be honest here: who is?

As for the 8 vs 9 drops, there are more evasive guys and swingy drops at 8 from what I’ve seen and if you want to curve out (which I do) your curve should top at 8 as you only skip one drop on the play starting from 2 mana and the mana can often be used for random useful ability and none on the draw.

If you’re going to make 10 drops make sure you have 4 mountains/red sources as dragon tyrant just wins games. Even then I’ll usually just make an 8 drop. I only really make 11 drops if I get that high as there are only 4 of them and and 3 are awesome beaters.

Not that I dislike the video (that part is awesome. I’ve had phage before lol. Also leveler, akron legionnaire, denizens of the deep and sky swallower(+ sometimes kederekt leviathan) aren’t fun either, which is why you don’t make 5,7 or 8 drops when you’re comfortably up on the board :P). Just I disagree with some of the statements you made about the format.