Comments on: Simon Says #51: Something Old, Something New (M14 8-4)

By: Roger

Roger — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 20:29:08 +0000

Thanks a lot Simon, for the insightful videos.

I especially like the card synergy explanation and demo. The recaps are helpful as well. For those of us who aren’t magic “experts”, having key concepts pointed out is helpful.

As one who enjoys drafting and is slowly improving, and only now realizing how truly different the different sets are to draft (I started late in 2014) — this is really eye-opening stuff. I love the synergies — it seems SO much less random than: try to get bigger/faster/better stuff than your opponent and hope you come out on top. This seems more like a strong chess or tennis player who wins by BOTH having a strategy, and executing it well, which seems far more deserved.

By: Henri Dink

Henri Dink — Fri, 16 Aug 2013 09:15:48 +0000

*Corupt.

By: Lampenmann

Lampenmann — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 14:50:46 +0000

Hi Simon,
thank you for everything you’ve done on this site so far! You’ve been the best mtgo-draft-video provider around since I started following you during Gatecrash.
Keep up your outstanding work!

By: Henri Dink

Henri Dink — Thu, 15 Aug 2013 12:37:24 +0000

Stopped watching after Corupped. The sliver’s are MUCH better, theoretically and practically speaking.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 17:06:12 +0000

I love the recap video and hope you continue in that direction. My slight critique would be to avoid reviewing plays that you already explained “in the moment” during the draft. For example, you immediately commentated on not playing around Hunt the Weak in Match 2….no need to recap the play with more commentary since you already clearly pointed out the angles of play during the original recording.

As always, love your drafts. Thank you so much for the time and effort you put into your work.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:43:08 +0000

I learned a lot watching these. Thanks for sharing.

By: Jukiness

Jukiness — Tue, 13 Aug 2013 03:17:25 +0000

Your videos really help to keep me interested in magic. What I mean is that sometimes I really understand a draft format, and being pretty new, I’m not exactly sure why I do sometimes and don’t others.

But watching your videos helps me understand how the cards in the format play together as a whole and really teach me something.

I think your videos were’ great, I’ve seen a lot of your videos and most of them are pretty great.

I liked the recap video, I think it will prove to be much more useful in future drafts and I look forward to seeing them.