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Zlehtnoba
PostPosted: Thu Jan 09, 2014 1:01 pm 
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Invoker. The good blue cards are avoiding us.

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Freddeh wrote:
Lavafume Invoker.

Distraction is barely playable as a 23rd card as it is, and I still like our chances with red over blue (despite how much we've spent on blue).


There isn't a card I know of that has the text: "Draw a card" that is barely playable in limited. It's definitely better than a 3-mana 2/2.

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rstnme wrote:
Freddeh wrote:
Lavafume Invoker.

Distraction is barely playable as a 23rd card as it is, and I still like our chances with red over blue (despite how much we've spent on blue).


There isn't a card I know of that has the text: "Draw a card" that is barely playable in limited. It's definitely better than a 3-mana 2/2.


Look at it this way: If it didn't cantrip would you even think about taking it ever?


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Freddeh wrote:
rstnme wrote:
Freddeh wrote:
Lavafume Invoker.

Distraction is barely playable as a 23rd card as it is, and I still like our chances with red over blue (despite how much we've spent on blue).


There isn't a card I know of that has the text: "Draw a card" that is barely playable in limited. It's definitely better than a 3-mana 2/2.


Look at it this way: If it didn't cantrip would you even think about taking it ever?


Seems like a rather irrelevant question.
Would Gitaxian Probe be used as often if it didn't cantrip? Probably not. But what does that say about the card, exactly?

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I think that we are very short on early drops, so I prefer a Gray Ogre to a cantrip this time, even though usually it would be the other way around. Also, I want to get out of blue if at all possible.

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Keep in mind that distraction doesn't cycle unless there's a creature in play.

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Cato wrote:
Keep in mind that distraction doesn't cycle unless there's a creature in play.


This is in a limited format--which is already creature-based--where a chunk of creatures vomit 0/1 tokens. Creatures abound. It's not a T1 play, otherwise it should be fine.

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Oh, and I pick slinger here. Finesse would be cool if we had more auras.

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Bramblesnap

We're going to have a lot of Spawns. And we are not white.

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Zlehtnoba wrote:
Bramblesnap

We're going to have a lot of Spawns. And we are not white.


^^
I could see the argument for slinger if it was, say, a 2/1 or something.

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Bramblesnap is easily the pick here, an early drop is pretty useful for us right now, and it can be a very hard card to deal with when combined with spawns.


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Our deck can make 5 spawns across 3 cards. I'm not sure that constitutes "a lot." And it's not like we've been passing spawn-makers, so there's no indication that's a viable strategy.

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rstnme wrote:
Our deck can make 5 spawns across 3 cards. I'm not sure that constitutes "a lot." And it's not like we've been passing spawn-makers, so there's no indication that's a viable strategy.


Eh, seems I was counting the Giants.

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I also like having slinger to help our early game. Someone will have a low curve aggro deck...somewhere.

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Bramblesnap is awesome.

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