Comments on: Standard Spike: Avacyn Restored Prerelease Sealed

By: ContraEgo

ContraEgo — Tue, 22 May 2012 12:17:23 +0000

Don’t you play constructed any more? Everyone and their grandmother post sealed and draft videos. It would be nice to see more Standard, Modern or Legacy videos. (not block)

By: critic

critic — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:25:21 +0000

that was just aweful. Seriously dude, get better at this game. You punted match 2 game 1 like 3 times in a row. Painful to watch.

Also, please be more decisive in your line of play. Its wicked frustrating watching you analyze different lines of play for 2 min, then somehow always decide the worst line of play. It would be funny if it were not so painful to watch.

Practice more.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:40:25 +0000

Regarding the format: Sealed is sealed – it will be bomb driven most of the time – but as far as sealed formats go I’m enjoying this one a lot. Some games just get bombed out, but those that don’t tend to have a lot of play to them.

I’ve only drafted a couple times, but I agree the the format seems great… of course I almost always feel that way about new formats, we’ll see how long it stays fresh.

By: frogmaster82

frogmaster82 — Mon, 21 May 2012 17:35:02 +0000

The Wolfir Avenger shouldn’t die from the -2/-2 and lethal damage with regeneration unless MTGO is bugging out and not doing it right. I agree that you did play Homicidal Seclusion early sometimes when you could use it to be a finisher without having to play around it and your opponent knowing about it.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:38:48 +0000

@ Stealth Badger. Nope, you are right R2 G1 was botched. Lifelink is simultaneous these days not a trigger like it used to be so he just conceded for no reason. Assuming his opponent attacks – which isn’t even guaranteed then he is still at 5 life vs. an inquisitor and a random card, and then next card off the top is grisselbrand which would be a 10/8 guy with redundant lifelink… probably good enough.

By: Torpesh

Torpesh — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:26:46 +0000

@StealthBadger – I was thinking the same exact thing, so if you’re missing something then I missed the same thing.

Also, IMO playing the Homicidal Seclusion out with two creatures in play was a bad play. You were ahead in the race and could continue beating down with the Mist Raven while chump blocking with the Butcher Ghoul. After the ghoul is down, you can then use the Homicidal Seclusion on your turn as a surprise for a sudden 5 point lifelink attack, most likely putting your opponent at 5 life at that point.

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:01:13 +0000

Re: Chris and Regen.

Maybe this is/was an MTGO bug (the rules do say the creature should survive) . But I agree with Chris: I have 100% seen a Thrun with 2 damage on it die from a Black Sun’s Zenith X=2 even when regeneration is applied in response to the Zenith.

Maybe this was fixed at some point, but I’ve seen it happen – frequently enough that my first thought was to block/kill the Avenger as well.