Comments on: Simon Says #59: Black Valentin (THS 8-4) http://www.mtgoacademy.com/simon-says-59-black-valentin-ths-8-4/ The prime source for Magic the Gathering strategy Sat, 18 Feb 2017 22:21:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.8 By: sylverfyre http://www.mtgoacademy.com/simon-says-59-black-valentin-ths-8-4/comment-page-1/#comment-71772 Sat, 16 Nov 2013 22:55:24 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=27007#comment-71772 M1G2 I think there should have been consideration to play the Artisan when you drew it, then bestowing the Emissary onto it, copying the Nessian Asp. Having a huge asp (even with 0 prospects to monstrous it) would have been a great way to foil the dangerous lifelink harpy and not be relying on your flier-blocker being easy to remove.

]]> By: Brendan http://www.mtgoacademy.com/simon-says-59-black-valentin-ths-8-4/comment-page-1/#comment-71383 Fri, 15 Nov 2013 06:28:35 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=27007#comment-71383 I like Marauder in black control decks just as a way to force through 8 damage or so, like you did in game one. Against green you can’t afford to sit there with no pressure forever. It’s not fantastic, but a split card of falter and Gray Ogre that fuels devotion is fine.

]]> By: magicale http://www.mtgoacademy.com/simon-says-59-black-valentin-ths-8-4/comment-page-1/#comment-71317 Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:50:51 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=27007#comment-71317 This was a very illuminating opening discussion. At FNM three weeks ago I drafted a very similar deck to the one Valentin played. No Tormented Heroes but 1 Phalanx Leader and 1 Favored Hopelite and other than that it was nearly identical. I had similar results, and I didn’t understand why until this video. I really appreciate the work you do here. There’s no shortage of drafting videos out there and you always go the extra mile to help players like me to really understand the game more with the extra content you provide. Thanks for another terrific episode Simon.

]]> By: Sven D http://www.mtgoacademy.com/simon-says-59-black-valentin-ths-8-4/comment-page-1/#comment-71314 Thu, 14 Nov 2013 22:26:00 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=27007#comment-71314 Watching the draft, I saw a nice BR deck. I have had some sucesses with minotaurs, so I could be biaised but any thought about this route?

]]> By: Ergoogre http://www.mtgoacademy.com/simon-says-59-black-valentin-ths-8-4/comment-page-1/#comment-71275 Thu, 14 Nov 2013 17:09:31 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=27007#comment-71275 Artisan of form would not trigger, as it needs to be a spell that is targeting to trigger heroic, and not an ability of a creature like an etb effect.

]]> By: frizzell66 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/simon-says-59-black-valentin-ths-8-4/comment-page-1/#comment-71253 Thu, 14 Nov 2013 14:32:48 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=27007#comment-71253 Nope – I’ve tried that before – Marauder’s ability is not “from a spell” target, so heroic is not triggered!

Same mistake others (and myself at first) thought of the equipment. I thought equip targets were going to trigger heroic – sadly not!

Thanks for the content, Simon. It must always be tempting to bin these types of drafts for the videos and just show us the 3-0s.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mtgoacademy.com/simon-says-59-black-valentin-ths-8-4/comment-page-1/#comment-71244 Thu, 14 Nov 2013 13:45:04 +0000 http://www.mtgoacademy.com/?p=27007#comment-71244 @Yuval, I think only spells cast from the hand trigger heroic so it wouldn’t have worked.

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