Comments on: Worldwake Up Call

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:40:22 +0000

I hate to cross-pollinate here, but if you're up for a laugh and a ridiculous game, check our Valentine's Day 2HG massacre! Four guys on Skype playing bad/broken decks makes for a hoot!

By: Plejades

Plejades — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 23:43:47 +0000

I was always a sucker for triple prerelease drafts. I think I accumulated so many Exodus cards that I have a playset of the set just by drafting it during the release days. The advantage if WWW will be that most people will not be very familiar with it which increases your winning changes if you draft it a lot.

By: Rhythmik

Rhythmik — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:31:09 +0000

I really like this article, just as I like any article that talks about “Going Infinite.” Since Infinite is the highest honor any of us MODO players can attain, it’s nice when people give tips (as long as those tips don’t pull money out of my own pocket ;D)

I’m definitely looking to trade sharking all WWK Prerelease weekend, and striking before the iron gets hot on the chase rares.

Thanks for giving Academy the great article, Steve! We could always use more help (:

By: whatisfgh

whatisfgh — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:20:08 +0000

hunh, well I didn’t believe you about the mana costs at first but I really liked the talk about the drafting archetypes.

Mana symbol data.

Zen

1 vine of the vastwood
1 vampires bite
1 torch slinger
1 timerbmaw larva
1 tempest owl
1 spire barrage
1 savage silhouette
1 oran rief recluse
2 ripper
1 bold defense
1 bushwhacker
1 heartstab
1 into the roil
1 kor sanctifiers
1 mold shambler
1 molten ravager

Avg of non kickered/commitment cards ~ 1.013

WWK

1 skitter of lizards
1 quag vampires
1 mire’s toll
1 gnarlid pack
1 apex hawks
1 enclave elite

Avg of non kickered/commitment cards 1.042

since I think 3 hundredths of a mana symbol is negligible Zen pulls ahead. Even though WWK has more committing “multikicker” that will happen later in the game, and Zen just has more kicker/commitment cards in general. Touche.

By: Snafu964

Snafu964 — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:24:03 +0000

This article brought up a good point about striking when the iron is hot so to speak, drafting WWW will be an excellent way to pump up your collection and limited rating. A lot of times with these release event drafts, unlike paper magic, you tend to get a lot of people drafting who ordinarily wouldn’t draft, but because they are able to rare draft and get their hands on a ton of the new set they try their luck at “going infinite”. It’s at times like these that regular drafters can “go infinite” a little easier.

By: ChrisKool

ChrisKool — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:13:33 +0000

I love triple small set drafting- things get so weird! Well, as long as it isn’t triple Eventide, I love small set drafting. I also love how it’s easy to draft all the one-of rares I need for Singleton.

By: Travis R. Chance

Travis R. Chance — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:59:09 +0000

I’m def looking forward to milling as well as getting milled! Set seems like it is fun as heck in LTD. I def wanna donate the Abyssal Persecutor with that Bazaar Trader duder.