MRD Tournament - Game commentary/Discussion

[jatill]

Ancient Den
Seat of the Synod
Wall of Denial

[aww1979]

I pick...

Nether Void
Jester's Cap
Scepter of Fugue

[Cognis]

Wow, Jester's Cap is an amazing card in this tournament, would've never considered it, great pick

[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.

[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 )

[juzamjedi]

For my next picks:

Dissipate
Dismiss
Sea Drake

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

NicDanger is up.

[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.

[Nicdanger]

Deranged Hermit
Gaea's Anthem
Glorious Anthem

Gogo Monopoman!

[monopoman]

I will pick

Steam Vents
Sacred Foundry
Serra's Sanctum

[Cognis]

I'll take

Blightning
Chain Lightning
Inferno Titan

[aww1979]

Blightning was the other major one I was expecting you to take, cognis I totally missed that Chain Lightning hadn't gone yet, too.

[monopoman]

Yeah I considered Chain Lightning if it was an instant .

[grinnin]

Phylactery Lich
Ambition's Cost
Mind Rot
Nantuko Shade
Graveborn Muse
Honden of Night's Reach

[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

[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.