MRD Tournament - Game commentary/Discussion

[grinnin]

Alright now you have me scared, aww...

[aww1979]

Heh, I don't have any huge plans. I was just worried you might take some more black removal or maybe some black planeswalkers.

[monopoman]

I will take..

Hallowed Fountain
Solemn Simulacrum
Disenchant

[Nicdanger]

Fauna Shaman
Naturalize
Werebear

[Cognis]

OMFG how the hell did I manage to overlook Solemn Simulacurum which is like the perfect card for the deck, I...am...such...a...moron

[juzamjedi]

For my next picks I take:
Misty Rainforest
Underground Sea
Dark Banishing

[Shantak]

For my next picks I take:
Misty Rainforest

Misty Rainforest!? Nooooooooo!!

Curses!

[juzamjedi]

Misty Rainforest!? Nooooooooo!!

Curses!

To be honest I didn't really want to take it this round, but most of the blue and black fetchlands are already taken (this was the last blue one). And we all know how awesome Brainstorm + fetchland is

[grinnin]

What I've learned from playtesting so far:

ME, talking to AI: "OK I've got these two 5/5 flyers that i'm gonna attack with next turn. You're going to do something about them, right deck? Right?"

AI: Necropotence. Necro for 11. Mana Crypt. End turn.

Me: ...

[aww1979]

I pick Serum Powder, Darksteel Ingot, Helm of Obedience

[jatill]

Ancient Tomb
Forcefield
Compulsive Research

[Shantak]

My turn. Now I thought long about whether to add White to my deck, but otherwise I'm afraid I have simply not enough removal otherwise, and I have plenty of mana sources capable of generating W.

So...

Windswept Heath
Rout
Indrik Stomphowler
Brittle Effigy
Everflowing Chalice
Copy Artifact

[jatill]

Nuts, I wasn't sure when Everflowing Chalice would go, and whether Effigy would go at all. Better take those last 3 White cards I wanted before they are gone for good.

Pacifism
Spirit Link
Irridescent Angel

Shantak, exactly what artifacts are you planning on copying??

[Shantak]

Well, I forgot Pacifism even existed, I would have probably taken it otherwise.

My Copy Artifact was a last minute choice, but I pretty much just hope it can serve me as an extra mana source or something fun opponent is playing. I seem to remember that though Copy Artifact doesn't target, it can't copy Inkwell Leviathan in Manalink because of shroud, can it?

Edit: Just tested and confirmed this.

[juzamjedi]

NicDanger: minor suggestion, but perhaps the Rotisserie Draft spreadsheet should have 3 rows worth of arrows pointing in the same direction (starting in round 7 / row 8 ). This way if someone references this spreadsheet in a future draft they might remember we picked 3 rounds at a time. Right now it kind of looks like we've been drafting these one round at a time.