Comments on: Simon Says #71: Control Resurgence (JBT 8-4)

By: garak

garak — Wed, 04 Jun 2014 17:11:02 +0000

41 ?

By: Kolazomai

Kolazomai — Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:36:07 +0000

Thank you for the great content once again, Simon.

I enjoyed in particular the powerful control decks you showed in the intro. I would have loved seeing one of those in action.

During your draft I had the feeling you tried to force control even though other routes would have been possible as well and may have offered even better chances. At the end of your draft I actually thought you had gone astray and your collection of cards was not really that great. However, it is always surprising (and very instructional) how you manage to put a solid deck together. I do think though that an aggressive Boros or Blue/White deck would have given you big problems, so you were lucky that your opponents did not draft (build) such powerful decks (or they had unlucky draws).

In any case, you inspired me to draft Blue/Black control myself today. I had Tromokratis, Rise of Eagles and Arbiter of the Ideal as finishers. Otherwise lots of removal (Lash of the whip, Feast of Dreams, Nyx Infusion, Pin to the Earth, Pharika’s Cure), good early ground defense (Omen Speaker, Returned Phalanx, Pharika’s Chosen, Guardians of Meletis, …) and card advantage (Disciple of Phenax, Divination, Mnemonic Wall, …). The deck was a lot of fun to play.

It is great that control seems viable again, I like its strategic depth and how some cards suddenly shine. As I think you are a master of control decks I’m looking forward to your next entry!

By: Martin

Martin — Fri, 30 May 2014 21:42:27 +0000

Yeah, I agree with whoever said that Mastiff was a fine opportunity to open yourself up to white instead of taking a blue sixdrop. BW is a great place to be, since THS rewards you so much, and the Guardians warrant a grindy strategy anyway.

By: Missed Chance

Missed Chance — Fri, 30 May 2014 04:06:22 +0000

Among the blind…

By: JB

JB — Thu, 29 May 2014 22:51:40 +0000

My bad, was a little too hasty if you didnt play the pillars than is reasonable not to pick the ordeal but still feel like the 1/5 should be a pick instead of triton if you try to draft a control deck. Would probably take the ordeal anyway especially with guys like Omenspeaker,Wavecrash and the other 1/3s or 1/4s.

By: JB

JB — Thu, 29 May 2014 22:38:57 +0000

Hi am a big fan of your vids. But am wondering, why to pick Harpy over Ordeal especially with two pillars and triton? Seems like even Boon would be a better choice. Harpy is a lousy blocker and will hardly fix weakness against flyers if you feel like thats your main issue why not to pick 1/5 over the triton? Btw with ordeal you can maybe race decks with a lot of air forces.

By: Ming

Ming — Thu, 29 May 2014 17:44:41 +0000

Hi Simon,

Great opening overview on the control archetype!

In round 1, before game 2, you sided in Annul but didn’t side out anything, and played a 41-card deck in game 2. Was this intentional? If yes, I assume it’s affected by the fact that you are playing 18 lands?