ahh gotcha, AJ, the Transguild wrath is hotsauce didn't see that. heh abyss is banned( this format's banned list is like WotC played 5 games and w/e they couldn't beat got axed and the things they didn't think of were just left off)
Phylactery Lich simply oozes with flavor! The art is great, and I love the BBB casting cost. This card feels like an unprinted gem from Antiquities. I'm sure many players will try to break this card when the new artifact set comes out.
The combo was essentially how you described it in the article. It was a way for me to gain an advantage (admittedly, a huge one IF it worked) when the game went long. Most games I never even seen it or if I did manage to get it into play, I still had to find the Primeval Light to maximize it's effectiveness.
Awesome report! I loved the way your game plan evolved through the draft. You were totally rewarded for swerving into blue and sticking with it. I'm glad you decided to do another ROE write-up, it is not my favorite draft format either (I just do terribly at it), so it helps to see great articles like this.
Bear in mind the manabase: in terms of speed the abyss and plague are about the same, given there are only 5 black sources and a further 8 means to search for them. A key part of the deck is hitting big mana fast, and using it to its fullest. Destroying one isn't going to cut it against most decks, but keeping them down to one whilst I fill my side of the board with titans and collossi is plenty sufficient. In my game against Rav's impressive allies, the plague absolutely crippled him. In the game he lost against me, he had three bloodbraid elves in a row, with their card advantage totally negated.
The other important thing to note are the Transguild Couriers. With a plague out, they're wrath effects. Indeed, hitting 9 mana and dropping both in one turn happened a couple of times.
yes but the one game I saw him cast the combo in was turn 10 or or so. He only has 2 of the pieces and one top to look...so getting it early is not guranteed.
Game one, when you played Pernicious Deed after I dropped Enchanted Evening, I got to be on the receiving end of the big sweep. It is a risky little combo and with only two in the deck, it was hard to actually get the card into play without a little help from Sensei's Divining Top.
Our second match was one of the longest I've ever played but I had a great time during the match. I enjoy games like that though because it really put my skills (and luck :P) to the test.
Nice turn out, It would seem like more bannings keep the games appropriate(creature wars). Still surprised you have not placed Mind's Desire on the ban list- the thing csan goldfish turn 4 easily thanks to hi density of mana Drain into x4 Desire and Personal Tutor-.
@AJIMPY- Would The Abyss be faster in coming down, although it wouldn't (almost)sweep the board it would destroy 1 every turn.
Maybe one day WotC will give me an all dwarf set with good Dwarves( and why not blue has a lot of good tribes).??
Right but not since say 2006 when my active account was created and when I did the most drafting. (I did forget that it was 2 years ago.) Some of my friends have been drafting since gold began and I am certain the bulk of their points have been ignored too. Rather cheesy imho to call it lifetime then. Which was my point.
Keeping Draft Results is nice since now we can do some statistical analysis
I been reading your drafts from day 1 , and i think you are a good drafter , i assume 1800+ on MTGO
anyway i can see you are 142 packs + 274 tix behind after 149 drafts.
Im was very intrested in compering Swiss format to 8-4 , since i am about 1800+ in seald rating and keep playing swiss since i think its better in terms of money.. (is not so complex to get prices for the cards drafted but i will assume you drafted the same money rares on both swiss and 8-4 ) from my point of view i tend to draft money rares more on swiss then 8-4 since its easier to win.
and now to the statistical analysis
a total of 142 packs + 274 you spent on your drafts
on 8-4 you did 59 drafts , where you lost a total of 112 tix and 52 packs, and avarage of 0.88 pack for draft (whice is very good i think)
on swiss on the other hand you played 73 drafts and lost a total of 138 tix and 68 packs, and avarage of 0.93 pack for draft
on 4-3-2-2 you did 17 drafts , lost 22 pakcs in total , and avarage of 1.29 pack for draft
the worse thing you can do is play 4-3-2-2 .
its very close in terms of money in both swiss format and 8-4 , where the 8-4 is a bit favorite , but again players tend to draft money rares more often in swiss.
very intresting , the 4-3-2-2 format is the worse one to play....
Nice article LE I'm really looking forward to playing a lot of the cards in M11. The only one which I'm really not sure if it will make the cut is Angelic Arbiter. Her mana cost is just way out of range her paper prices shows that she's not popular in the paper world but online will make or break her.
Phylactery Lich is the card I want to play the most black is looking so good in general though.
"In addition to tracking your monthly activity and rewarding it with promo cards as explained above, we will keep track of your lifetime points (total points earned since Magic Online relaunched in April 2008)."
It is interesting to note how different our tastes in art are. Every article you do like this you pick cards for the art slot I wouldn't even consider in the running. How diverse! :D Interesting take on the set.
I think me and Jhoke must have played the longest tribal game ever........It was a really nice deck but Enchanted Evening can act as a double edged sword as well especially when the other player kicks off Pernicious Deed before Primeval Light resolves, say goodbye to all the lands.
ye enchanted evening...though i wouldnt call it a powerful extended combo. Maybe in casual but i dont recall it seeing much competitive play. And if he is casting it on turn 10-12 it was deserved...no 1v1 should that long except for control mirrors. Most matches for us are down by turn 8.
I should point out that the "lifetime player rewards" is NOT your whole modo account life time. It only tracks from last year. So perhaps that will make more sense of the points you've earned Sebastian.
"The minor combo of Privileged Position and Primeval Light can also turn a stalemate into a winning proposition." You mean Enchanted Evening and Primeval Light. A very powerful extended combo as I recall from last year. Not at all in the spirit of creature dominance imho.
Ok lats assume you have Ajani and Baneslayer
you will remove the battlegrace for baneslayer
then Ajani fits the deck as well , i just can't see what will it replace..
ahh gotcha, AJ, the Transguild wrath is hotsauce didn't see that. heh abyss is banned( this format's banned list is like WotC played 5 games and w/e they couldn't beat got axed and the things they didn't think of were just left off)
Phylactery Lich simply oozes with flavor! The art is great, and I love the BBB casting cost. This card feels like an unprinted gem from Antiquities. I'm sure many players will try to break this card when the new artifact set comes out.
The Abyss is banned in tribal.
The combo was essentially how you described it in the article. It was a way for me to gain an advantage (admittedly, a huge one IF it worked) when the game went long. Most games I never even seen it or if I did manage to get it into play, I still had to find the Primeval Light to maximize it's effectiveness.
Sorry Paul. Just thought it be good to give the exact timeframe. You are right it is unfair though. I also have lost a significant number of points.
Awesome report! I loved the way your game plan evolved through the draft. You were totally rewarded for swerving into blue and sticking with it. I'm glad you decided to do another ROE write-up, it is not my favorite draft format either (I just do terribly at it), so it helps to see great articles like this.
finally!
well no lotus yet, but let the freebies keep coming
Bear in mind the manabase: in terms of speed the abyss and plague are about the same, given there are only 5 black sources and a further 8 means to search for them. A key part of the deck is hitting big mana fast, and using it to its fullest. Destroying one isn't going to cut it against most decks, but keeping them down to one whilst I fill my side of the board with titans and collossi is plenty sufficient. In my game against Rav's impressive allies, the plague absolutely crippled him. In the game he lost against me, he had three bloodbraid elves in a row, with their card advantage totally negated.
The other important thing to note are the Transguild Couriers. With a plague out, they're wrath effects. Indeed, hitting 9 mana and dropping both in one turn happened a couple of times.
Sounds good. And he does count as pseudo removal which goes in his favour. Maybe I undervalue him.
yes but the one game I saw him cast the combo in was turn 10 or or so. He only has 2 of the pieces and one top to look...so getting it early is not guranteed.
Game one, when you played Pernicious Deed after I dropped Enchanted Evening, I got to be on the receiving end of the big sweep. It is a risky little combo and with only two in the deck, it was hard to actually get the card into play without a little help from Sensei's Divining Top.
Our second match was one of the longest I've ever played but I had a great time during the match. I enjoy games like that though because it really put my skills (and luck :P) to the test.
My vote is for Kor Skyfisher, to combo it with almost all you have selected.
Greetins.
Nice turn out, It would seem like more bannings keep the games appropriate(creature wars). Still surprised you have not placed Mind's Desire on the ban list- the thing csan goldfish turn 4 easily thanks to hi density of mana Drain into x4 Desire and Personal Tutor-.
@AJIMPY- Would The Abyss be faster in coming down, although it wouldn't (almost)sweep the board it would destroy 1 every turn.
Maybe one day WotC will give me an all dwarf set with good Dwarves( and why not blue has a lot of good tribes).??
Right but not since say 2006 when my active account was created and when I did the most drafting. (I did forget that it was 2 years ago.) Some of my friends have been drafting since gold began and I am certain the bulk of their points have been ignored too. Rather cheesy imho to call it lifetime then. Which was my point.
Keeping Draft Results is nice since now we can do some statistical analysis
I been reading your drafts from day 1 , and i think you are a good drafter , i assume 1800+ on MTGO
anyway i can see you are 142 packs + 274 tix behind after 149 drafts.
Im was very intrested in compering Swiss format to 8-4 , since i am about 1800+ in seald rating and keep playing swiss since i think its better in terms of money.. (is not so complex to get prices for the cards drafted but i will assume you drafted the same money rares on both swiss and 8-4 ) from my point of view i tend to draft money rares more on swiss then 8-4 since its easier to win.
and now to the statistical analysis
a total of 142 packs + 274 you spent on your drafts
on 8-4 you did 59 drafts , where you lost a total of 112 tix and 52 packs, and avarage of 0.88 pack for draft (whice is very good i think)
on swiss on the other hand you played 73 drafts and lost a total of 138 tix and 68 packs, and avarage of 0.93 pack for draft
on 4-3-2-2 you did 17 drafts , lost 22 pakcs in total , and avarage of 1.29 pack for draft
the worse thing you can do is play 4-3-2-2 .
its very close in terms of money in both swiss format and 8-4 , where the 8-4 is a bit favorite , but again players tend to draft money rares more often in swiss.
very intresting , the 4-3-2-2 format is the worse one to play....
Nice article LE I'm really looking forward to playing a lot of the cards in M11. The only one which I'm really not sure if it will make the cut is Angelic Arbiter. Her mana cost is just way out of range her paper prices shows that she's not popular in the paper world but online will make or break her.
Phylactery Lich is the card I want to play the most black is looking so good in general though.
Quoting from the final paragraph of the following web page:
http://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=magic/online/rewards/welcome
"In addition to tracking your monthly activity and rewarding it with promo cards as explained above, we will keep track of your lifetime points (total points earned since Magic Online relaunched in April 2008)."
Ah but it's not turn 10-12, its turn 6 at the latest if you hard cast Enchanted Evening without mana ramp.
It is interesting to note how different our tastes in art are. Every article you do like this you pick cards for the art slot I wouldn't even consider in the running. How diverse! :D Interesting take on the set.
I think me and Jhoke must have played the longest tribal game ever........It was a really nice deck but Enchanted Evening can act as a double edged sword as well especially when the other player kicks off Pernicious Deed before Primeval Light resolves, say goodbye to all the lands.
ye enchanted evening...though i wouldnt call it a powerful extended combo. Maybe in casual but i dont recall it seeing much competitive play. And if he is casting it on turn 10-12 it was deserved...no 1v1 should that long except for control mirrors. Most matches for us are down by turn 8.
I should point out that the "lifetime player rewards" is NOT your whole modo account life time. It only tracks from last year. So perhaps that will make more sense of the points you've earned Sebastian.
"The minor combo of Privileged Position and Primeval Light can also turn a stalemate into a winning proposition." You mean Enchanted Evening and Primeval Light. A very powerful extended combo as I recall from last year. Not at all in the spirit of creature dominance imho.
A fabulous limited write up. This is one of only a few reasons that I actually tune in to Puremtgo, so there you go.
Ok lats assume you have Ajani and Baneslayer
you will remove the battlegrace for baneslayer
then Ajani fits the deck as well , i just can't see what will it replace..