Comments on: Simon Says #55: Theros Mechanics (THS 8-4)

By: Lorenzen

Lorenzen — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 16:53:15 +0000

There are some gimmick decks out there FX: GBu graveyarddeck revolving around CIP effect of creature graveyard recursion and wall of memnoic. The basic idea is to recur either scorpions to block and devotion centaurs to gain life to stabilize and in the late game recur the graveyard spells with memnoic wall for infinite value. Its quite a master piece when it comes together. I also think the multi color Green ramp is quite gimmickie(resolving around the devotion acolyte), imean casting collosus like a boss. And the RU deck around flamespeaker and the chimera. I woud consider all those decks pretty gimmickie.

By: Nuegun

Nuegun — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:17:48 +0000

What makes Theros so great for Limited is the fact that all the mechanics work for aggro and control strategies. Fast decks looking for a perfect curve can still make use of excess lands via bestow while slower ones can plan on creating a giant monster while still having early drops. In my opinion this is one of the best designed sets ever.

By: Noobeman

Noobeman — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 11:52:14 +0000

Thanks for the content Simon! As it almost always is, not much to comment on in terms of playing the rounds, well done. That’s one of the things that makes watching your videos enjoyable, you play well and explain the choices you make when the reasoning is not obvious.
I do want to comment on 2 cards you could have picked up for your deck. Sedge Scorpion, and, to a lesser extent, Pheres-band Centaurs would have been, imo, good additions to a deck that needs to buy a bit of time to win with evasive threats. Being able to deal with large creatures seems like a must in Theros and you only had 2 ways to do that – Thassa and Griptide.
Also, running what was essentially a 19-20 land deck with only 2 Bounties (but no bestow or monstrosity) was, I would say, a bit greedy. Worked out well though. =)

PS. Trolling would have been more successful if I could see any single word of truth in that entire post… For example, blocking Centaur Courser was perfectly fine because the opponent might have been on anything, very likely something capable of blocking a 3/2 profitably.

By: BeardyPlays

BeardyPlays — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 02:45:28 +0000

Trolls will be trolls… Great draft as always Simon. Your videos are a pleasure to watch and your insight is invaluable and, in my opinion, underrated.

By: drygel16

drygel16 — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 02:00:52 +0000

@Everyone who responded to touch your nose: Don’t feed the trolls.

By: Mistmoon

Mistmoon — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 22:25:55 +0000

touch your nose: I won’t keep you long since Stormblessed has already pointed out everything that is to be said here. Of one thing I can assure you, though. As a long time follower of Simon on different sites and platforms I can tell you for sure that he is not one to only post won drafts…Lots of first turn losses in tandem with his brother Dominik on a German mtgo related site stands proof for this…Besides, even in these revered halls it is whispered that Simon wasn`t always making the finals in each and every one of his drafts…Don’t have to go a long way back to find one btw…
Finally, what do you watch drafts of other players (who are way better than me and you) for? To see them lose first turn and to be able to claim that this was “the worst draft in the history of the game?”
For my part I, as a casual multiplayer player and part time limited drafter, watch to entertain myself and to learn about how a pro would do the job…I have never been disappointed…

By: Nolan

Nolan — Thu, 10 Oct 2013 20:21:06 +0000

@touch your nose

Were you one of the players that lost to him in this video?