RE: MightyMosy — Thanks for the compliment about the video. Glad you liked it. We should be posting another one a week from today (every other Friday, according to our current calendar).

In retrospect, Tanadon would’ve been better for our deck, but (1) I’m not sure it’s *always* playable in a deck, and (2) at the time, we probably both imagined playing a more controlling, less Cat-heavy strategy. Plus the Talisman could’ve ramped up to the green Exarch. Nonetheless, your point is well-taken.

About Spin Engine, I’m pretty sure that card just plain sucks now in most matchups, but that could be too strong of a statement. It’s just that it dies to every removal spell in the format, and now that New Phyrexia joined the party, there are fewer playable artifacts to absorb the artifact removal and keep Spin Engine safe. All that said, I think that Spin Engine would be awesome in a deck with Concussive Bolt, and it’s my lifelong dream to keep drafting decks with Concussive Bolt. And it works, like you said, in the same way Insatiable Souleater did in the Infect matchup, versus Cystbearer. But Ringleader blocks once for value, and it would’ve been good with cat tokens. I think the 4 toughness makes him pretty resilient in the format, but I haven’t tested him a lot either.

Thanks, everyone, for the comments.

Spin Engine: I like your decision. Being 2 mana cheaper is almost enough reason. Than consider that Ringleader sucks on defense, and you have it. Sure, Spin Engine often gets killed by Pith Driller or Blisterstick or Virulent Wound, but what are you gonna do? Not play 1-toughness dudes? You already had some of those, so you basically can’t avoid it. Clogging up the 5-drops just to prevent 1-toughness-removals from getting you won’t work if in the meantime you just get overrun by a deck with a real curve. Again, Ringleader sucks at blocking. Spin Engine can take down a Cystbearer.
If you get an aggressive start and they don’t have the precious 1-toughness-removal, Spin Engine can be the nail in the coffin.
So, I really like that pick!

Couriers: I don’t get why people hate them. I usually play them maindeck, when they are in my main color, unless I have plenty of other good options. I usually hope to leave them in the sideboard when they are in my secondary color.

Scoria Elemental / Insatiable Souleater: None of the are good. But they are certainly playable! I would have maindecked the Souleater if I were you. Certainly over something like Corpse Cur in a non-infect deck
In Triple SOM I once had a deck with Bladed Pinions and Accorder Shields. I ran Scoria Elemental and it was awesome! It is a fragile strategy, and certainly not tier 1, but especially when drafts go somewhat poor like the one you had, they become a very viable Plan B strategy, I think!

Casutic Hound / Seize the Initiative: I think the same as you, but never have seen it happen.

Rally the forces, maybe Blunt the Assault : I’d advice against it. The latter is an awesome fog variant for multiplayer, though :-)))

All in all, this was certainly one of the better, and easily the most entertaining draft video i have watched in recent weeks! Kepp it up, guys!

Another thing I wanted to mention is Gremlin Mine. If it is in your hand, play it! You lose the surprise element, your opponent can play a smaller threat at first. But in case of your deck, it’s not a big problem, as you have plenty of artifact removal. You kill the small guy with it, he plays the bigger guy, and then you still have a removal. Or he can destroy it, before playing his artifact, but then you should be happy again, as your opponent lost a removal spell. On the other hand, if it’s on the battlefield, you can use it with instant speed and you save a mana in a later turn, when it might be important.

I can’t wait for m12 on modo. I’ve been over nms for a month now.