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Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 29 Nov 2010, 13:06
by jatill

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 29 Nov 2010, 17:53
by aww1979

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 29 Nov 2010, 19:59
by Cognis
Wow, Jester's Cap is an amazing card in this tournament, would've never considered it, great pick

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 29 Nov 2010, 20:55
by aww1979
I thought it might be fun :) I also should apologize to grinnin; I took a couple that he was probably wanting, especially Nether Void, but I was thinking it might be a good lock card for me, too, once Oath goes off.

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 29 Nov 2010, 21:40
by grinnin
I definitely was interested in Nether Void and Scepter of Fugue...

...until I saw how bad the AI was at the Void. And Sphere. And Thorn. And everything that isn't a Lodestone Golem (if you can't tell my mana denial strategy is basically a lost cause now :()

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 29 Nov 2010, 22:23
by juzamjedi
For my next picks:

Dissipate
Dismiss
Sea Drake

What can I say; I really like my blue cards.

NicDanger is up.

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 29 Nov 2010, 22:31
by juzamjedi
I think the AI will be decent, but not amazing with the deck I've drafted. My deck is consistent; I don't have many broken draws in exchange for many keepable hands that do the same thing every game.

The funny thing is I suspect my deck will be hard for some human players to pilot correctly. There are a *lot* of interactions and decisions that are not obvious at first glance. Sometimes you want to put all your Merfolk into play and sometimes you want sit back on Library of Alexandria to draw a bunch of cards (this is usually the right choice unless you have Finkel in play). This probably does not bode well for my tournament results. I am OK with this because the deck does some cool things... in one practice game I managed to outrace turn 4 Progenitus. In my other games I was less foolish and simply made sure I could counter the turn 4 Progenitus. :)

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 29 Nov 2010, 22:41
by Nicdanger

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 30 Nov 2010, 00:12
by monopoman

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 30 Nov 2010, 01:06
by Cognis

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 30 Nov 2010, 01:25
by aww1979
Blightning was the other major one I was expecting you to take, cognis :D I totally missed that Chain Lightning hadn't gone yet, too.

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 30 Nov 2010, 01:28
by monopoman
Yeah I considered Chain Lightning if it was an instant :P.

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 30 Nov 2010, 01:29
by grinnin

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 30 Nov 2010, 01:55
by Cognis
I completely forgot about Blightning and remembered it only before this pick. I thought somebody would take Chain Lightning so I'm a little surprised that I'm able to take it this far along. Now I'll choose:

Imperial Recruiter
Siege-Gang Commander
Red Elemental Blast

Re: Manalink Rotisserie Draft Tournament (drafting has begun

PostPosted: 30 Nov 2010, 01:59
by grinnin
I'll be honest: I'm not sure if the Lich was the best choice considering its indestructibility seems to be pretty buggy, but a 5/5 for BBB still ain't half bad bad at all.