Comments on: Simon Says #29: Returning to Ravnica

By: Xeth

Xeth — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 16:40:13 +0000

not to bother you – that’s for sure

By: Simon Goertzen

Simon Goertzen — Sun, 21 Oct 2012 00:35:00 +0000

@Xeth: this episode was my first RTR draft for the Academy and my first non-prerelease RTR event on MTGO. The draft before that was a prerelease event I recorded with my brother. What point are you trying to make with your comment?

By: Xeth

Xeth — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:48:05 +0000

oh wait…”this was simon goertzen with my FIRST EVER rtr draft”

so who made the draft, which result we’ve seen during the drafting video of this one?

…tse, tse, tse…

By: Xeth

Xeth — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 20:16:17 +0000

r1 – what a dirty victory…

By: Dave C

Dave C — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:19:26 +0000

CoTC is a much stronger card than growing ranks. No argument there. I don’t think its all that close but if I see that growing ranks pick 2 I still read that as a signal. I don’t think its worth cutting yourself off the best Selsnya cards pack 2 if there’s another powerful option. Unless your deck is very aggressive or full of populate CoTC is worse than a removal spell. Being in one color over two is an added benefit to Ultimate Price. I value staying open pretty highly and that plus my belief that Rakdos is the strongest deck would probably be reason enough for me to go with Ultimate Price over CoTC but it is close. The better signaling is just a bonus.

By: premiersoupir

premiersoupir — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:42:38 +0000

Hi Simon — I wanted to mention a vague idea for a future introductory video. (I love your intros — they are one of the features that distinguish your content from others’, making your videos still more useful and informative. I’m certainly not complaining about the lack of an intro this time, though. I know that you were working hard to get us RTR content ASAP, for which I am grateful.) I’d love to hear your thoughts on drafting multi-color archetypes with an eye toward power, consistency, and manabase construction.

I really don’t draft very much (though I like watching video content in limited better than constructed, for various reasons), but when I do, I’m typically extremely reluctant to splash even a third color, as color screw frustrates me so much. Again, I must reiterate my delighted surprise at your ability to build a 5C deck that ran so smoothly. So unless you’ve already made such an intro and I’ve forgotten it or missed it, I’d be anxious to listen to what you have to say about when and why to splash a third, fourth, or fifth color, and how to build a manabase for such contingencies (though you explain the latter quite well during this deck building session, I must say!).

Thanks, as always, for the delightful and informative videos!

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 19 Oct 2012 17:12:21 +0000

Also, knowing that the 5/5 was the result of ethereal armor… it could easily have grown to a 6/6 or larger. Definitely seemed like the wrong time to gain five life.