Magic nalang! (Kasi wala daw intriga)
Scenario:
You playing in a 3-booster draft. You open your first pack and find: Plains, Goblin Token, Mind Bend, ?, ?, Blaze, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Lava Axe. Because you want a GG Aggro-Keso deck you have to decide:
Lava Axe is somewhat more efficient, doing 5 damage for 5 mana, whereas Blaze would need 6 mana to do the same thing. Lava Axe's glaring weakness is its inability to target creatures. Also, Lava Axe can't do more than 5 damage while Blaze could theoretically do infinite damage. However, when you draft R/? the game is less likely to go into the late game and every single point of damage for every mana becomes more important.
Me: Lava Axe
Anjoy: Blaze (may control ka kasi sa mana mo pag blaze..)
Marty: Blaze
Tal: Blaze
Runas: Lava Axe (less casting cost for more dmg)
I like 5 damage for 5 mana. This is purely personal preference since I usually pick small evasion creatures to bring the beat down early. Blaze is certainly the stronger card and a much more potent topdeck late game.
However, if I pass the Blaze left and Mr. On-my-left picks it as his 2nd pick, then he will likely move into Red and I won't see any good red cards being passed in my 2nd pack. He is less likely to pick Lava Axe as a 2nd pick if his 1st pick wasn't red. (I think. This whole drafting strategy thing is all very new to me.)
This is a testament to how much more we have to learn about drafting. The pros talk about things like "open colors" and "signaling". What are these things? I usually just pick what I think is the best card in the pack the first few times and then try to stay in color later.
At this point I guess we'vel realized how important it is to try and see what colors we're not seeing in the packs (the colors other people are playing) and what colors have strong cards being passed late (the underdrafted color) when picking cards. I also have some idea about defensive drafting (picking the cards you don't want used against you). But this idea from the pros that the best draft decks are controllish and all about card advantage are just beyond me.
BLOGGING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT!
September 14, 2007. 12:11 am
You playing in a 3-booster draft. You open your first pack and find: Plains, Goblin Token, Mind Bend, ?, ?, Blaze, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, Lava Axe. Because you want a GG Aggro-Keso deck you have to decide:
Lava Axe is somewhat more efficient, doing 5 damage for 5 mana, whereas Blaze would need 6 mana to do the same thing. Lava Axe's glaring weakness is its inability to target creatures. Also, Lava Axe can't do more than 5 damage while Blaze could theoretically do infinite damage. However, when you draft R/? the game is less likely to go into the late game and every single point of damage for every mana becomes more important.
Me: Lava Axe
Anjoy: Blaze (may control ka kasi sa mana mo pag blaze..)
Marty: Blaze
Tal: Blaze
Runas: Lava Axe (less casting cost for more dmg)
I like 5 damage for 5 mana. This is purely personal preference since I usually pick small evasion creatures to bring the beat down early. Blaze is certainly the stronger card and a much more potent topdeck late game.
However, if I pass the Blaze left and Mr. On-my-left picks it as his 2nd pick, then he will likely move into Red and I won't see any good red cards being passed in my 2nd pack. He is less likely to pick Lava Axe as a 2nd pick if his 1st pick wasn't red. (I think. This whole drafting strategy thing is all very new to me.)
This is a testament to how much more we have to learn about drafting. The pros talk about things like "open colors" and "signaling". What are these things? I usually just pick what I think is the best card in the pack the first few times and then try to stay in color later.
At this point I guess we'vel realized how important it is to try and see what colors we're not seeing in the packs (the colors other people are playing) and what colors have strong cards being passed late (the underdrafted color) when picking cards. I also have some idea about defensive drafting (picking the cards you don't want used against you). But this idea from the pros that the best draft decks are controllish and all about card advantage are just beyond me.
BLOGGING FOR WHAT'S RIGHT!
September 14, 2007. 12:11 am
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