Actually, hatedrafting can be very useful in this format, since you have perfect information. Grave Titan would absolutely wreck us, and could come down easily on turn 4 or 5... That said, Player A also has Ophiomancer and Toxic Deluge, which also hose us, so let's just pick Zo-Zu, a card that never did much of anything in my cube.
Well, since i guess that nobody wants to play with Meloku(wtf) and the Tutor is already moving the deck into black, that Grave Titan has to be the pick.
Oh, no... you see, we (I) have a plan! Let player B get all the red and white cards he/she wants, we're going to pick Meloku and Finkel next!
I'm inclined to go with Meloku here, blue is still open, might as well take the bomb and see where it takes us.
At the very least, player A doesn't get it.
Huh. I've run Meloku since the very earlier iteration of my cube, and while I love the card, is it really bomby enough to pull us into a third color (with little fixing visible?) I'd be more tempted to stay with our colors and grab Wheel of Fortune or even Char, frankly. Our opponent will have the better lategame, easily, and durdling around making tokens on turns 5-7 ain't gonna do it against Karn and Grave Titan.
Well, I've convinced myself at least: Char, to avoid the third color mostly...
I'm going with Diregraf Ghoul here. I'm not picking it for our deck, but to open up Isamaru and Restoration Angel for our next two picks. If our opponent does what I suspect they might do, at some point Blade Splicer will become available which would combo nicely with the Resto and with our aggressive gameplan in general. I'm not in much of a rush to pick up Char because it's not going anywhere and it doesn't reveal anything new for us.
That makes a lot of sense, but the fixing we're looking at scares me for a 3-color aggro deck. I'll be glad to grab the unlocked white cards, though, and I guess if we grab the Angel we might also get Bloodstained Mire.
I'm not planning on a 3-color deck at this point, I just really want to unlock those two white cards. If we end up snagging enough fixing to support a third color, then great, but either way I still like grabbing the Ghoul with this pick.
For me, the pick is Restoration Angel. It opens up Lodestone Golem which is a fine card for our deck, which subsequently opens up Hell's Thunder, another fine card for us. I do like Isamaru, Char, and Firebolt as near future picks.
I am also tempted by Char and Wheel of Fortune...
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2 Sylvan Caryatid
3 Karn Liberated
4 Cultivate
5 Vampiric Tutor
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
3 City of Brass
4 Ravages of War
5 Zo-Zu the Punisher
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Oh, no... you see, we (I) have a plan! Let player B get all the red and white cards he/she wants, we're going to pick Meloku and Finkel next!
Former DCI L2 Judge
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You can find me on Twitter as well.
1 Lotus Cobra
2 Sylvan Caryatid
3 Karn Liberated
4 Cultivate
5 Vampiric Tutor
6 Grave Titan
1 Stromkirk Noble
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
3 City of Brass
4 Ravages of War
5 Zo-Zu the Punisher
Calvin and Hobbes
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At the very least, player A doesn't get it.
Well, I've convinced myself at least: Char, to avoid the third color mostly...
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1 Lotus Cobra
2 Sylvan Caryatid
3 Karn Liberated
4 Cultivate
5 Vampiric Tutor
6 Grave Titan
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
3 City of Brass
4 Ravages of War
5 Zo-Zu the Punisher
6 Diregraf Ghoul
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My $40 MTGO cube
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1 Lotus Cobra
2 Sylvan Caryatid
3 Karn Liberated
4 Cultivate
5 Vampiric Tutor
6 Grave Titan
7 Toxic Deluge
1 Stromkirk Noble
2 Hero of Oxid Ridge
3 City of Brass
4 Ravages of War
5 Zo-Zu the Punisher
6 Diregraf Ghoul
Calvin and Hobbes
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