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Tevish Szat
 Post subject: Re: Alara Block draft!
PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:06 am 
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I used to think Splinters was bad, since you were 2-for-1'ing yourself. Then I was confronted with a cavalcade of removal that amounted to "worse/more finicky versions of Bone Splinters" and the fact that even those shoddy knock-offs were essentially good. So yeah, learned the value of this one for sure. Bone Splinters is the pick.

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 11:40 am 
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It's definitely an interesting card, from a theoretical point of view. Obviously it's a stupendous card if you sac a free token (from Pyromancer or whatever). But even in limited it's as cheap a trade up as you can get. A lesson in card quality.

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Zlehtnoba
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Yes, Splinters. Got to support our first pick. And it's a good card regardless.

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I'm not in love with splinters without token outlets, but we've got the Dragger so that's something. and we've still got plenty of time and 2/3rds of Jund to grab some dragon fodder and pals.

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Sure, lets keep picking Jund cards for our Grixis deck. Pack is pretty void, though, so fine.

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Sure, lets keep picking Jund cards for our Grixis deck. Pack is pretty void, though, so fine.

Splinters.

That's the beauty of Alara.

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I like Vectis Silencers here, but Dregscape is probably okay.

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Silencers is good for a slow format; dregscape is good for our deck so far. I like both picks, but this is a slow format so I'll lean more toward silencers.

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Vectis Silencers are so expensive. 3 for a1/2? And another 3 for deathtouch for 1 turn?

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Dregscape Zombie

I might be spoiled by Giant Scorpion, but Vectis Silencers is just laughably bad imo.

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rstnme
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Cards like that are generally "what a crappy card that I need to spend 6 mana to make good."

But then again we're probably playing 18 lands and this is supposedly a notoriously slow format and, if I remember right, we're currently in the worse colors.

Anyone else who's played the format wanna add their $.02?

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I've not played it... But there is something to be said for stealing wins with pikers in slow formats.

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Zombie. Our sac outlets make Unearth better.

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Dregscape. Moar Unearth is Moar better.

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was really hoping this would be an obvious pick so I could say Moss-Beast again, but since there's some contention I'm gonna have to throw down with Dregscape. Dregscape is good.

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I too remember falling behind early and not getting back. Remeber the 5/4 for three mana? Or the 3/3 that leaves three guys behind? Silencers seems too slow. Not bad, but we don't have the defense we need for the Silencers to matter.

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Outrider bc it affects the board the turn it comes down and exalted is legit. A 5/1 just trades down.

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