Comments on: Simon Says #52: Opportunities Arise (M14 8-4)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 18:14:52 +0000

Yes, it does. It is a Youtube video.

By: puhh

puhh — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 13:39:07 +0000

Could not start the video… does ist work for anyone else?

By: Bones

Bones — Thu, 29 Aug 2013 16:53:27 +0000

Cheers for the video. I’ve recently plateaued a bit with my drafting skills and have started watching videos such as yours. I find your style to be the most helpful as you explain your thought process really clearly and the reasons why you make your decisions.
I’ve been finished off by Opportunity many times but I never really understood just what a game winner it is. Awesome deck and well played.

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 10:07:39 +0000

Could you by chance shortly tell us how you ended with such a deck in your PTQ Top8 draft?
What were your first picks? Did you just happen to be mono black or tried to force it at some point?

Thanks and congratulation for the win.

By: Roger - @deafwolf29

Roger - @deafwolf29 — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 03:35:36 +0000

Simon, Excellent play. I was weary to draft blue when I see everyone pulling all the blue out. I even ended up going mono black, or BG. But the blue really is strong. And it appears there is a lot of blue to go around as so many players were drafting it. In this case, I found your video to be very educational…. and I can see the core requirements, Card draw, Elixir, Archaeomancer are key components. And removal that can keep coming back to re-use…

By: random

random — Mon, 26 Aug 2013 09:53:13 +0000

@Nice: The Deck control the air with two air-servants, the ground is covered with all the tokens from young pyromancer and the wall of frost. And with that many card-draw he always draw a solution.
As always you cannot win with any deck against a “wonder-draw”, but that happens normaly once a match. And the best deck looses sometimes to mana-screw or mana-flow.

By: Bradly

Bradly — Sun, 25 Aug 2013 17:46:35 +0000

Love the content and great deck!

I probably would have taken Whale over the Archaeomancer only because it was early pack 1 and you are much more likely to see more Archaeomancer later in the draft. Although after watching the games it is hard to argue with the value the Archaeomancer brought.

Also, do you think it’s worth cracking elixir at 4 cards left round two when playing against blue in case they are holding an Opportunity?