Comments on: Simon Says #64: Gold (THS 8-4)

By: Chrisser

Chrisser — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:47:17 +0000

R3G1 of course…

By: Chrisser

Chrisser — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 11:45:51 +0000

I think blocking with the Scholar G3R1 was a big mistake, running into Magma Jet or Lighting Strike or any other green boost spell. With that much mana, he could have easily taken 3 damage here, especially with Lash of the Whip against bigger creatures in hand…the Scholar brings so much more time to develop the board against more smaller creatures opponent could have brought, or am I wrong?

By: bipto

bipto — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 23:27:59 +0000

probably should have thought about cutting abhorrent when sideboarding for the last match.

By: KabelB

KabelB — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 00:04:51 +0000

Outstanding video, as is true for all of your draft recordings!
Of the draft videos I watched, yours are by far the best. I’m happy that your’re keeping them up, but what happened to the draft series with your brother?

By: raisins

raisins — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 20:49:22 +0000

I don’t think Wingsteed Rider is a cut. It is an awkward mana cost wind drake with a small upside, which makes it a mediocre card in this deck. But wind drake is actually fine, wind drake with upside is the same logic for why you run all those harpies. The feel bads about this Wingsteed compared to Wingsteed’s usual all-star status are just distorting the picture.

By: manfred

manfred — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 15:48:20 +0000

Nemesis of Mortals weaker than Nylea’s Disciple? Really? Concerning the actual draft the only pick I strongly disagree with was second God’s Willing over Dauntless Onslaught. I think it was definitelly correct to pick Wingsteed Rider although you should probably cut it from the deck in the end. I also think that Sentry of the Underworld is one of the most overvaluated cards at the moment. I would seriously consider picking Lightning Strike for a potentional spash instead.

By: Christian

Christian — Thu, 06 Feb 2014 14:05:39 +0000

R1G2: You decided to race, which was imo the correct line, but why do you kept the Gray Merchant back at 8mana (around 11:40 in the video)? It forced you to block with the Scholar and it was really awkward from your mana anyway.
You could just played the Gray Merchant and kept 3 open (for one drain), and next turn if you only draw a land you can simple drain for three. Also since you have the Gray Merchant to block, you don’t need to risk the Scholar.

Sure it is nice to not show the Gray Merchant early – but especially with the Scholar it isn’t that bad for you if your opponent decides to play slower.