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 Post subject: Re: Alara Block draft!
PostPosted: Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:45 am 
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If we're Esper, we can splash Elemental because it's removal. If we're Grixis, everything here is trash besides Elemental.

Bloodpyre easy pick.

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I think my opinions on 5 mana conditional, targeted removal are well documented.

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elemental is removal I'm not sure how this is a discussion

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reaver sure

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 Post subject: Re: Alara Block draft!
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sixty4half wrote:
I think my opinions on 5 mana conditional, targeted removal are well documented.


You go to war with the removal you draft, not the removal you want.

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Dreg Reaver. Green is open

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 Post subject: Re: Alara Block draft!
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looks like Naya is open but it's hard to switch to it. I'm ok with Reaver.

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Onyx Goblet is more inevitable in a grind. Reaver is fine, but I want to put the word in for goblet.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara Block draft!
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We need some creatures that don't cost five mana. With that said, the pack is pretty barren, so I'll take the Reaver.

What are the thoughts on Onyx Goblet, it looks playable to me.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara Block draft!
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razorborne wrote:
looks like Naya is open but it's hard to switch to it. I'm ok with Reaver.

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I was thinking it looked like Bant was open. It's really hard to tell in Alara draft with people dipping into other shards to pick up what's best but still in color. A Bant Battlemage still being available mid pack tells me that there at least isn't more than 1 person in Bant. Who knows? It's so hard to tell.

I'm also dealing with info that's been stored in my brain for the last 5 years so it's a little stale especially in the "what should be available" and the reading signals category.

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Goblet seems like filler to me. It's maybe not unplayable... It's good sideboard tech against Marble Chalice

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bone splinters fo sho

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Well we certainly don't have a shortage of sac outlets. Splinters.

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