Comments on: Simon Says #75: Convoke Discussion and Magic 2015 Draft #1

By: Rnock

Rnock — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 01:24:33 +0000

Great Video as always,
I love the additionally commentary you add at the beginning of a new set.

By: Sam Roads

Sam Roads — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 00:44:02 +0000

Thanks, lovely video.

By: sheepdog

sheepdog — Sun, 10 Aug 2014 19:01:25 +0000

This was a great draft. I really enjoyed the different styles of deck that you were able to beat as well as the different win conditions you used. The explanations were also very clear. Thanks for making it.

By: RoyK

RoyK — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 09:39:06 +0000

Of all the draft videos of M15 I’ve seen so far, this was the best. Interesting in the draft portion and masterful in the game portion. Thanks a bundle!

By: buddhabrot

buddhabrot — Sat, 09 Aug 2014 08:28:50 +0000

Naturalize is in my opinion very maindeckable. There is an aura and artifact theme going around and I always find targets for Naturalize.

By: Christian

Christian — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 11:00:38 +0000

@Grindclock: While it might be true that 4 counters are enough – if you don’t lower your clock it is normally better to charge it more, because you lower the risk of giving your opponent free stuff (like milling that Soul or making his Gravedigger better).

@Negate: Maybe I wanted to make that sentence shorter than it should be. I think Negate is a perfectly fine card and I’m ok with running them main, depending on what other options are available and how the decks operates. But still Negate isn’t that awesome against Spirit Bond – especially if you are on the draw and they cast it on turn 2, then your Negate helps nothing.

@Naturalize: While there are some targets for it, I think there aren’t enough useful targets to make the card maindeck material normally. Sure there are worse 23rd cards, and if I can loot or something they aren’t dead cards, but if the only target my opponent shows me is a Bronze Sable, that isn’t worth a slot in the deck imo.

By: HyzerFlip

HyzerFlip — Fri, 08 Aug 2014 04:12:07 +0000

I’ve seen the math done in a lot of places and the results are always the same: with a 40 card deck you never want/need more than 4 counters on Grindclock.

Assuming a turn 2 Grindclock they will be milled out on turn 11. Fastest possible Grindclock win without other sources of mill or them having other sources of card draw.