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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 2:29 pm 
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Ignite Disorder. Removal is removal.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 3:05 pm 
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We have _6_ creatures. We have to take the dude here.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:33 pm 
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I would rather take tukatongue thallid than the taur. In this format we can easily get 5/5's for 4 mana. The only advantage the taur has is its easily splashable. Disorder is easily playable restrictions or not. I say disorder.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 5:35 pm 
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Zenbitz wrote:
We have _6_ creatures. We have to take the dude here.

We have 7 playable plus the two silencers, which might be worth running maybe. Plus goblin assault will pump out a steady line of fodder.

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PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 8:18 pm 
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Canyon Minotaur. Not a huge fan of Ignite.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
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Minotaur. I think we need the creature more at this point.


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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Mon Apr 28, 2014 11:20 pm 
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If this were pack 1 I'd say take Ignite and wait for creatures, but as we're almost done with pack 2 I think we have to start giving serious priority to the creature count. Thus I'll vote Minotaur.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 1:44 am 
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What's with the hate for the Taur? This format has a lot of 5/3s, and Taur kills them off nicely. And there is always the chance they will try to save it, and we get a two-for-one with the Drag Down.

And Taur is absolutely huge for all the UW 1/1 exalted weenies.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
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Except that that taur dies in combat to a 1/1 exalted weenie when it swings as a 6/6. Where as ignit disorder roasts them.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 2:58 am 
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Taur attacks into 1/1 weenies. You gotta kill them somehow. Usually they don't block, as they need those exalted triggers for the attack phase.

Again, in abstract, Ignite might be the better card; our deck needs the Taur more.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
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A 4-mana 3/3 is totally fine in limited, I don't know why this is even a discussion. It hits every time. Conditional removal doesn't by definition. Sure, in laladreamland I'd love to have bombs on the battlefield and a full grip of removal every game, but that just doesn't happen.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 9:51 am 
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There are a lot of people here who are creating rediculous situations to try and prove that Ignite Disorder is the pick:

"Guys, our 3/3 isn't good in a board state where ANY common would be bad!"
"Guys, we could maybe possibly but probably never get a 3 for 1 with Ignite Disorder, so that's obviously the pick!"

Like, seriously.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:25 am 
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What people need to remember is Reborn is by far the strongest pack. This is the pack that is rammed with good creatures so we will get plenty of creatures to fill our curve then. A Hill Giant is not a good pick!


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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
PostPosted: Tue Apr 29, 2014 10:30 am 
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In terms of picks we are fine. We have 14 good cards and 2 possibles (Goblin Assault and Outlander). We will easily get 9 playables in Reborn.


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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
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Hill Giant is a fine pick. And Reborn isn't all that great, because you see way too many unplayable cards.

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 Post subject: Re: Alara block draft!
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In terms of picks we are fine. We have 14 good cards and 2 possibles (Goblin Assault and Outlander). We will easily get 9 playables in Reborn.


You don't draft based on what you'll get in another pack, you draft based on what you see in your current pack.

We need creatures. Even if they're filler creatures.

Minotaur is a creature.

Getting 9 playables from a single pack across 8 drafters is pure speculation.

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Elemental, Frame, Saw, Guard

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Elemental, Frame, Saw, Guard and a pray for a good third pack.

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