Comments on: Simon Says #10: On the Fly

By: Xyx

Xyx — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 01:24:41 +0000

Great series! Very educational.

By: Kev

Kev — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:42:46 +0000

No apologies needed for winning off of time. It is a risk people take when they play certain decks. If you don’t try attacking with 12 million 1/1s you won’t have the time out issue.

By: Macray Blackhand

Macray Blackhand — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:23:16 +0000

I’m not a fan of playing 16 lands and this tournament highlights why. I was particularly surprised that you didn’t go up to 17 given what seemed to be a very inconsistent draw of lands.

By: Olle (hej tomas!)

Olle (hej tomas!) — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:50:06 +0000

In M2G1 dosen’t Ashmouth Hound just first stike kill a potential Ambush Viper?

By: Random Scrub

Random Scrub — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 20:02:01 +0000

That makes sense.

Also, I use the same “optimism” strategy to keep myself calm while playing, but I had to tone it down after my opponent played Day of Judgment to my full board, and my immediate mental reaction was “well, that’s okay, we can still win” which caused me to actually SAY “okay” instead of looking at my hand and remembering the Mana Leak there. Arrgggh.

I’ve since retrained myself to never use the word “okay” mentally unless the situation actually is okay.

By: Simon Goertzen

Simon Goertzen — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:16:31 +0000

Hi guys,
as always, thanks for your comments. Concerning the power level of Delver decks, I do agree that they are not were you want to end up in Innistrad limited. In fact, I picked this draft as it showcased quite a lot of awkward situations as well as close and/or lucky wins. The fact that it is still possible to work towards these wins even from bad positions is what makes improvising so viable and important, which is the topic of this episode.
Regarding the opponents spider army, I have a habit to always stay optimistic during playing, even if things get ugly. I often know that I there is an uphill battle ahead but I like to play it down in order to focus what I need to do to win and worry about my past (possibly incorrect) decisions later. However, I have to say that some situations are probably a little worse than I make them out to be :).
[Aside: My favorite memory from my chess-tournament playing days is an observation by my teacher: he felt that it was hardest to beat me when I had just suffered a measurable on-board loss (lets say a knight) -- not having that much to lose, I played more creatively, less predictable, and pursued tempo plays more aggressively, leading to some unexpected victories!]
One last comment regarding certain game play situations, I try to play my best Magic while still providing strategically deep commentary, but there will always be decisions you disagree with or even rather obvious mistakes. I hope you still enjoy my videos!

By: dasMetzger

dasMetzger — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 15:52:33 +0000

I’m yelling at my computer screen “discard the harvest pyre!!!!” you get to play two delvers that turn (both flipped), and have land for into the maw, destroying his lone swamp.

you even made a comment earlier about wanting to cast the ‘into the maw’ yet you continued to discard land!!! heartbreaking as Mike said above. but i too forgive you.

haha… and since when does spawning for 8x spiders equate to ‘we are still doing ok’?