tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941544177890787976.post2653335874797598571..comments2023-07-22T07:20:44.864-04:00Comments on The Cardboard Witch - Competitive Magic with a Casual Attitude: Of Limited Interest #16 - Doubled Down and Bombed OutThe Cardboard Witchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04109945892303535913noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941544177890787976.post-69394771388769209032011-01-10T14:46:32.867-05:002011-01-10T14:46:32.867-05:00Or to my left since I wasn't passing right in ...Or to my left since I wasn't passing right in pack 1, sorry doing too many things at work at once :)The Cardboard Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109945892303535913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941544177890787976.post-16846562153041174962011-01-10T14:33:49.984-05:002011-01-10T14:33:49.984-05:00Lol, sure although being fair I don't think Re...Lol, sure although being fair I don't think Red was weak pack 1, I know I shipped Blast and a Turn to Slag to my right in the first 4-5 cards. It did however become ridiculous in packs 2-3, there should have been 4 Red drafters at that table by then; no clue really.<br /><br />Also I dislike Argentum Armor as an early pick, I don't mind it at 5-6 but at 3 (where you took it since it was in my pack 2 and I chose Tangle Angler over it and passed the Armor into you) I disagree with the choice. It's simply too high an investment for a card that's 12 mana away from being a dead shatter. Agree to disagree, it's not that I won't play the card it's just that I don't consider it a bomb. I put it on par with M1! cards like Hellkite/Stormtide Leviathan which I also passed a bunch.<br /><br />Thanks for the comment and feel free to post any time Kel, you're a great drafter snd I'm sure readers will always be happy for your input; I know I am :)The Cardboard Witchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04109945892303535913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2941544177890787976.post-41765852046161845872011-01-10T10:46:54.075-05:002011-01-10T10:46:54.075-05:00Hey Nina! Kelly here.. figured I'd pipe up fo...Hey Nina! Kelly here.. figured I'd pipe up for once on this hear blog and mention a few more things about my broke ass deck and my two sense about reading pack signals.<br /><br />The deck I was running was incredibly strong. It was in fact, 3 on colour mana myr and 1 off colour, plus *3* myr galvanizers! Which makes the odds of the infamous '2 mana myr, 2 galvanizer infinite mana' combo even more likely.<br /><br />In addition to the contagion engine, steel hell-kite and tempered steel I also had the Argentum Armour. The armour is awesome but people don't like it because its slow. However, when you can, on turn 5, cast, equip, and attack with the an armoured up myr that ends combat untapped, it doesn't seems so slow any more.<br /><br />My deck really did play itself and although there was some skill in building it and playing it well, doing well in that draft was in the drafting its self.<br /><br />As I understand it, the first round of packs were very weak in red. I believe there was one person playing red as a secondary colour by the end of pack one. I was solidly in white, splashing blue. (gargantuan!) But in pack two, when I received a third pick scrap melter, I began to think maybe I should switch to red. I passed that scrap melter for the revoke existance, which I like less, but was on colour at the time. Then the 4th pick where I have to chose between scrap melter, galvanic blast and arrest #2 is again crazy but I chose to stay on colour. 5th pick where I see again galvanic blast I decide to now make my move, splashible red card here I come. That was followed by 6th pick Iron Myr, and 7th and 8th picks are Vulshok Replicas.<br /><br />I stick by my guns that I made the right picks all the way along here. I've only taken 1 card that is not on colour and I'm not committed to red, yet I am well set up to switch... so when 10th pick, (the pack with both the scrap melter and the galvanic) comes to me still with the galvanic blast in it, I'm sure that I have made the right choices.<br /><br />From there I went on to switch mainly into red and abandon blue all together, and it clearly worked out just fine for me.<br /><br />I'm not saying it is always a great idea to swing into a colour mid pack 2, but when you can dip your foot in, as I managed to, without over committing or abandoning what you started with, it can be very rewarding.<br /><br />Hope to post again soon!<br /><br /><br />KellyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com