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Jan 5, 2014MercurioBlue posted a message on 1/3/14 Wrong Way (FNM Theros Draft 2-1)Ha, the biggest complaint I have about the LGS is that half the people at FNM are junior high kids who barely understand the rules of the game, let alone what's necessary to make a good draft deck. That night I just happened to be at the table with mostly older kids who know that gold symbol != valuable or playable.Posted in: MercurioBlue Blog
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Versus Games does four round standard on Mondays/Fridays every week at 7 pm.
Info on both events, for those who are interested in attending:
Saturday 1/10/15 Standard Preliminary PTQ at Anime Imports:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1748196652072760/?ref_newsfeed_story_type=regular
Entry fee: 25 dollars preregister, 30 dollars day of the event
On site registration starts at 10 am.
Event starts at 11 am.
Sunday 1/11/15 Modern Preliminary PTQ at Versus Games:
https://www.facebook.com/events/667890693309182/
Entry fee: 50 dollars (comes with free Versus Games limited edition playmat if you preregister)
On site registration starts at 10 am.
Event starts at 11 am.
Payout info:
1st: $800 Store Credit
2nd: $400 Store Credit
3rd-4th: $200 Store Credit
5th-8th: $100 Store Credit
Note to anyone traveling from the North Bay to Anime Imports/Versus Games: The Golden Gate bridge is closed this weekend (January 10th-11th). So you'd have to take the San Rafael/Richmond bridge then the Bay Bridge. Plan accordingly.
As for me, it's unlikely I am attending, as I have a friend visiting from out of town that Saturday. Somehow I don't think she would enjoy watching me play Magic for two to twelve hours.
The Starcity Games Standard States Championship is next Saturday October 11, in Santa Rosa.
I might go to SCG Oakland to play Standard (I don't own a Legacy deck).
By solidly in Abzan, I meant to say my P1P1 was Anafenza, the Foremost, which I took over Abzan Falconer and Incremental Growth. I'm aware that sent bad signals to my left, but black/green seemed reasonably open pack 1, though I was seeing some Jeskai multicolor stuff late in pack 1 too. I had mostly black cards, with a few green cards, and a couple of white cards. The double white in End Hostilities was a concern. I ended up getting more white cards in pack 2/3 though, and ultimately ended up base black/white, splashing green. If I'd known that would have happened I would have taken the End Hostilities.
Thanks again for the feedback Magicmerl! You are awesome.
With the first (and second) deck I think I tend to overvalue black removal spells in this format. Debilitating Injury seems fine, but Throttle and Rite of the Serpent are agonizingly slow. I think I need to focus on prioritizing morphs/big threats.
I definitely noticed that my second deck had a problem closing out games. Relying on double Archer's Parapet is not enough.
I was wondering about Retribution of the Ancients. I had five outlast guys in my deck, so I felt like it wasn't worth playing, but perhaps I should have tried it out. Being able to remove counters for 1 black mana seems like value.
Thanks for the feedback!
In the first draft I agree I should not have have played the Dutiful Return. I didn't have enough self-mill to get value from it.
I think my problem is not valuing Morph cards highly enough. I look at things like Krumar Bond-Kin and War Behemoth and go "ugh". In my mind I feel like I need to draft at least 3-4 two drops (like Jeskai Student) to not get overrun by morphs.
In the second draft, I really liked Swarm of Bloodflies with my outlast lords, especially Ainok Bond-kin and Mer-Ek Nightblade.
Is Ponyback Brigade strong in a grindy deck with no Rush of Battle or Trumpet Blast?
First event pool:
White: 9
1 Jeskai Student
1 Master of Pearls
1 Salt Road Patrol
2 Erase
1 Rush of Battle
2 Smite the Monstrous
1 End Hostilities
Blue: 11
1 Embodiment of Spring
1 Wetland Sambar
1 Glacial Stalker
1 Kheru Spellsnatcher
1 Riverwheel Aerialists
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Singing Bell Strike
1 Taigam's Scheming
1 Cancel
2 Weave Fate
Black: 16
1 Kheru Bloodsucker
1 Mer-ek Nightblade
1 Krumar Bond-kin
2 Sultai Scavenger
2 Shambling Attendants
1 Retribution of the Ancients
2 Debilitating Injury
1 Rakshasa's Secret
1 Dutiful Return
1 Raiders' Spoils
1 Throttle
1 Murderous Cut
1 Dead Drop
2 Valley Dasher
1 Horde Ambusher
1 War-Name Aspirant
1 Bloodfire Mentor
1 Bloodfire Expert
1 Mardu Blazebringer
1 Canyon Lurkers
1 Tormenting Voices
2 Trumpet Blast
1 Dragon Grip
1 Swift Kick
1 Crater's Claws
Green: 13
1 Smoke Teller
1 Temur Charger
1 Alpine Grizzly
1 Longshot Squad
1 Hooting Mandrills
2 Tusked Colossodon
1 Wooly Loxodon
1 Savage Punch
1 Feed the Clan
1 Scout the Borders
1 Incremental Growth
1 Become Immense
1 Death Frenzy
Green/blue: 2
1 Icefeather Aven
1 Secret Plans
Green/blue/red: 1
1 Avalanche Tusker
White/black/green 1
1 Abzan Guide
Black/green/blue: 1
1 Abomination of Gudul
Blue/red/white: 2
1 Efreet Weaponmaster
1 Jeskai Ascendancy
Artifact: 1
1 Witness of the Ages
1 Lens of Clarity
1 Abzan Banner
1 Jeskai Banner
2 Mardu Banner
Lands: 7
1 Mystic Monastery
2 Swiftwater Cliffs
2 Tranquil Cove
2 Dismal Backwater
This is what I thought about building:
1 Jeskai Student
1 Master of Pearls
1 Salt Road Patrol
1 Rush of Battle
2 Smite the Monstrous
Blue: 9
1 Wetland Sambar
1 Glacial Stalker
1 Kheru Spellsnatcher
1 Riverwheel Aerialists
1 Singing Bell Strike
2 Valley Dasher
1 Horde Ambusher
1 War-Name Aspirant
1 Bloodfire Expert
1 Canyon Lurkers
1 Dragon Grip
1 Crater's Claws
Red/white/blue: 2
1 Efreet Weaponmaster
1 Jeskai Ascendancy
6 Mountain
6 Island
1 Mystic Monastery
2 Swiftwater Cliffs
2 Tranquil Cove
Deck I built:
1 Smoke Teller
1 Temur Charger
1 Alpine Grizzly
1 Longshot Squad
1 Hooting Mandrills
2 Tusked Colossodon
1 Savage Punch
1 Scout the Borders
1 Incremental Growth
1 Become Immense
1 Mer-ek Nightblade
2 Sultai Scavenger
2 Debilitating Injury
1 Throttle
1 Murderous Cut
1 Dead Drop
Blue: 2
1 Riverwheel Aerialists
1 Weave Fate
1 Abomination of Gudul
Lands: 18
7 Swamp
8 Forest
1 Island
2 Dismal Backwater
Result:
I ended up going 0-2 drop. Maybe I should have forced the Jeskai pool.
Second event I went to, I opened this pool:
2 Firehoof Cavalry
1 Mardu Hateblade
2 Mardu Hordechief
1 Abzan Falconer
2 Alabaster Kirin
1 Dazzling Rampart
1 Rush of Battle
1 Take Up Arms
Blue: 12
1 Jeskai Elder
2 Monastery Flock
1 Jeskai Windscout
1 Mistfire Weaver
1 Mystic of the Hidden Way
2 Glacial Stalker
1 Disdainful Stroke
1 Cancel
1 Weave Fate
1 Blinding Spray
Black: 15
2 Disowned Ancestor
1 Gurmag Swiftwing
2 Kheru Bloodsucker
1 Sidisi's Pet
1 Kheru Dreadmaw
1 Sultai Scavenger
1 Shambling Attendants
1 Retribution of the Ancients
1 Debilitating Injury
1 Rakshasa's Secret
1 Throttle
2 Rite of the Serpent
2 Leaping Master
1 Valley Dasher
1 War-Name Aspirant
1 Bloodfire Expert
1 Summit Prowler
1 Dragon-Style Twins
2 Shatter
1 Tormenting Voice
1 Barrage of Boulders
1 Dragon Grip
1 Swift Kick
1 Crater's Claw
Green: 11
2 Archer's Parapet
2 Tuskguard Captain
1 Sagu Archer
1 Hooting Mandrills
1 Tusked Colossodon
1 Awaken the Bear
1 Scout the Borders
1 Dragonscale Boon
1 Seek the Horizon
Black/Green: 2
1 Death Frenzy (foil)
1 Kin-Tree Invocation
1 Chief of the Scale
1 Utter End
Red/White/Black: 2
2 Ponyback Brigade
Black/Green/Blue: 1
1 Abomination of Gudul
Green/Blue/Red: 1
1 Surrak Dragonclaw
White/Black/Green: 1
1 Abzan Guide
Artifact: 4
1 Cranial Archive
1 Abzan Banner
1 Sultai Banner
1 Mardu Banner
Lands: 8
1 Tranquil Cove
1 Swiftwater Cliffs
2 Blossoming Sands
2 Bloodfell Caves
1 Tomb of the Spirit Dragon
1 Polluted Delta
Deck I built:
2 Disowned Ancestor
1 Sidisi's Pet
1 Sultai Scavenger
1 Debilitating Injury
1 Throttle
2 Rite of the Serpent
Green: 9
2 Archer's Parapet
2 Tuskguard Captain
1 Sagu Archer
1 Hooting Mandrills
1 Tusked Colossodon
1 Dragonscale Boon
1 Seek the Horizon
1 Abzan Falconer
Red: 1
1 Crater's Claw
White/Black: 1
1 Utter End
Black/Green: 1
1 Kin-Tree Invocation
White/Black/Green: 1
1 Abzan Guide
Land: 18
2 Blossoming Sands
2 Bloodfell Caves
1 Plains
1 Mountain
6 Swamp
6 Forest
Result:
I ended up going 1-2. It was a three round event.