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THS draft - So, apparently Lightning Strike is good.
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Author:  Zenbitz [ Sat Jan 25, 2014 5:30 pm ]
Post subject:  THS draft - So, apparently Lightning Strike is good.
P1P1 Phalanx Leader
P1P2 Wingsteed Rider
And then not a single white card AT ALL. Guy to my right was GW, his right was WU. Needless to say, I ended up in RB.

P2P2 Had to choose again between thoughtseize and gray merchant... and took the cash. Probably not even -EV because I only eded up with 5 black permanents MD.

Got back-to-back Abhorrent Overlord mid pack 3. But never even ran the second one...

Ended up with a deck that punishes any stumbles.

// first 3-0 deck
2 satyr rambler
1 arena athlete
1 fleshmad steed
1 baleful eidolon
1 minotaur skullcleaver
1 spearpoint oread
1 blood-toll harpy
2 ill-tempered cyclops
1 disciple of phenax
1 ember swallower
1 anvilwrought raptor
1 abhorrent overlord

1 thoughtseize
1 pharika's cure
1 ordeal of erebos
3 lightning strike
1 lash of the whip
1 sip of hemlock

9 Mountain
8 Swamp

// sideboard
1 akroan crusader
2 priest of iroas
1 bronze sable
1 abhorrent overlord

2 coordinated assault
1 titan's strength
1 dragon mantle
1 portent of betrayal

I actually mained the Sable about half the time but eventually just replaced it with Whip. Having 6 removal spells and a thoughtseize is pretty boss.

Drum roll please...
I went 3-0/6-0 - my first tourney win ever. The only trouble I had was in match one I played a kid who had like 4 voyages' end and 2 griptides and literally timewalked me the the first 4-5 turns. Lucky for me he was running _7_ creatures and although he dropped me down to 3 both games I killed his unblockable voltron both times and beat him down with satyrs. The other two matches were against the Wx decks to my right and I just never let them establish a board presense. One game got a little dicey when he stabilized at 2 with arbor colossus but I eventually drew an out (sip) and won. That was from a mull to 5.

Probably the worst match up for me was my son's UB control with 2 x thassa's emissary 2 x keepsake gorgon 2 x disciple of phenax, 1x Gary and shipbreaker. Along with 4 removal and a voyages' end. He lost to the GW deck.

Oh, and we cracked a Mutavault (prize packs) and Xenegos as well.

So thanks to all of you who helped me learn to draft and play magic over the last year.
Author:  LilyStorm [ Sat Jan 25, 2014 9:44 pm ]
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Lightning strike is indeed good.
Author:  rstnme [ Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:20 pm ]
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Congrats!!!
Author:  Zenbitz [ Sun Jan 26, 2014 3:44 pm ]
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Minor followup: This morning I got to play my son's UB deck that I was a little worried about and I crushed him in 2 games, too. Mostly just disrupted his hand with thoughtseize and disciple. He was one island away from sticking a kraken that I couldn't do much about though.
Author:  metalhead123 [ Sun Jan 26, 2014 9:12 pm ]
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when most other removal in the set being terrible, lightning strike looks pretty good and it's versatile due to being able to hit players
Author:  Zlehtnoba [ Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:57 am ]
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All the instant burn in Theros is good, but Strike is excellent.

I love your curve. And the Cyclopi to finish things off. Congratulations.
Author:  Cato [ Mon Jan 27, 2014 4:31 am ]
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Ofc lightning strike is good, it's a heroic enabler.
Author:  Hello World [ Mon Jan 27, 2014 9:22 am ]
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you can also combo it with necrobite or boon of erebos to trigger inspired!
Author:  Zenbitz [ Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:21 pm ]
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Would anyone run 2 abhorrent overlords? In any deck? I guess if I had 3 returned phalanx and 2 keepsake gorgons I might.

I thought it was was sketchy running one but I figured there was some chance I got stalled and might need a finisher. I also had a Kragma Warcaller but it didn't really seem good given my one 'taur.
Author:  rstnme [ Mon Jan 27, 2014 2:48 pm ]
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It would've been a different deck running two. It's a great finisher, but it doesn't look like you really needed it except when games were just going super long I guess. I don't think you have the space to be honest.
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