MRD Tournament - Game commentary/Discussion

[aww1979]

I pick Mind Stone, Kodama's Reach, Channel

I've been eyeing Channel for ages, but I didn't expect anyone to want it, so I left it for awhile, but I don't want to take the chance anymore, since it's pretty important for my deck.

And you are more than welcome to Oubliette; I didn't want it because it synergizes poorly with Pernicious Deed and Nevinyrral's Disk that I already took.

[jatill]

Grand Artiber
Azorious Signet
Chastise

[Shantak]

Tawnos's Coffin
Novablast Wurm
Crystal Ball
Gemhide Sliver
Harmonic Sliver
Final Judgment

Edit: Final Judgment instead of taken Hallowed Burial, of course.

[Cognis]

Monopman already took Hallowed Burial

[jatill]

Looks like he'll have to wait until next turn to catch up.

Phyrexian Processor
Fabricate
Gideon

[aww1979]

He'll probably take Final Judgment in place of it. Or Day of Judgment if that's in constructed.

Oh, haha, I'm after Jatill. Okay, I pick... Grim Tutor, Barter in Blood, Overgrown Tomb. Fortunately, shantak is unlikely to want any of them in place of hallowed burial.

[juzamjedi]

Silvergill Adept
Man O' War
Empyrial Plate

Next up is NicDanger.

[Shantak]

Yes, Final Judgment, please. I considered between the two but forgot to check. Day of Judgment is not in Constructed.

[Nicdanger]

I feel 10 pounds heavier . .

Seal of Primordium
War Priest of Thune
Qasali Pridemage

[monopoman]

I will take...

Artisan of Kozilek
Jace Beleren
Incinerate

[aww1979]

Grr... seal of primordium gone. <sob> I'd been thinking about the Artisan of Kozilek for a long time, too, but I figured since The Abyss eats him and I only have two creatures so far that can even go to the graveyard, he wasn't too important to me. I didn't even know we had War Priest of Thune, never heard of that card before. There was something in urza's saga that did the same thing, I think, though.

[monopoman]

Grr... seal of primordium gone. <sob> I'd been thinking about the Artisan of Kozilek for a long time, too, but I figured since The Abyss eats him and I only have two creatures so far that can even go to the graveyard, he wasn't too important to me. I didn't even know we had War Priest of Thune, never heard of that card before. There was something in urza's saga that did the same thing, I think, though.

Yep there was it was called

Monk Realist

War Priest is like him but better.

[aww1979]

Oh yeah I see, the war priest is 2/2, the monk is 1/1. I'd thought it was Monk Idealist, but when i saw the link was to a slightly different card, I edited the post and just said 'something' since it was obvious I'd forgotten the name :p

[Cognis]

I'm not home so I don't have the draft list I made so I'll wing it. The only thing I know is that I made some stupid draft choices but it's my first so it doesn't matter, anyway my picks will be.

Bituminous Blast
Land Grant
Sakura-Tribe Elder

[aww1979]

Hmm... I was trying to predict what people are trying to take next, and cognis didn't take any of the ones I was predicting :p There were two in particular that I was really expecting him to take this time that he didn't.