looking for some opinions
Have a sealed event soon of M15 and I want to know, What cards, if I open them, are MUST HAVES in the deck as long as there is adequate support?
Quote from: Taysby on August 27, 2014, 05:09:48 PM
Nissa. She just wins games. No question asked.
Obviously. Any walker's a bomb.
Buuuttt... I usually go Boros or Rakdos. Things like {Generator Servant} let me cheat out mah bigguns' while {Frenzied Goblin}, {Hammer Hand}, and {Crippling Blight} cheaply make my guys unblock able.
Sealed has a lot of luck involved. Honestly, when you open your packs just make the best deck you can. I wish I could say more, but just try to go with the card's you have, don't try to force something that isn't there. Read up on some of the cards first.
Sometimes in sealed you just get junk you can't do anything with. I play a lot of sealed because I treat it like weak Block Constructed. Read up on this: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/li/quadrant-theory-2014-08-20
And if you get {Soul of Theros} I think you win...
Basically the souls are all OP
Also {Triplicate Spirit} is the best common in the set! If you see multiple TS force White.
Lastly, like with any sealed pool just look at your spells if you're heavy in G go G lol
{spectra ward} is absolutely disgusting
I mean with a sealed event, someone else will open your pull. Artifacts and evasion after bombs and don't forget removal!
Try to draft the GW convoke deck (obviously only if you see the cards and the colors aren't blatantly being overdrafted). Great cards include {Midnight Guard}, {Sungrace Pegasus}, {Triplicate Spirits}, {Raise the Alarm}, {Siege Wurm}, {Sanctified Charge}.
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on August 27, 2014, 11:22:36 PM
Try to draft the GW convoke deck (obviously only if you see the cards and the colors aren't blatantly being overdrafted). Great cards include {Midnight Guard}, {Sungrace Pegasus}, {Triplicate Spirits}, {Raise the Alarm}, {Siege Wurm}, {Sanctified Charge}.
Quote from: Noblellama on August 27, 2014, 04:44:23 PM
sealed
Quote from: fj76ts4 on August 28, 2014, 04:39:50 PM
Quote from: Agrus Kos, Enforcer of Truth on August 27, 2014, 11:22:36 PM
Try to draft the GW convoke deck (obviously only if you see the cards and the colors aren't blatantly being overdrafted). Great cards include {Midnight Guard}, {Sungrace Pegasus}, {Triplicate Spirits}, {Raise the Alarm}, {Siege Wurm}, {Sanctified Charge}.
Quote from: Noblellama on August 27, 2014, 04:44:23 PM
sealed
Try to build it then? Lol
Here's a small list of what I've seen make a mess.
Artifact:
{Scuttling Doom Engine} pretty much guaranteed damage.
{Profane Memento} can be super good.
{Grindclock} it's a great alternate win condition.
{Tyrant's Machine} can be life saving.
Staffs.
Black:
{Caustic Tar} if they don't have removal they're on a short clock.
{Xathrid Slyblade} so good. Especially against noobs.
{Ob Nixillis, Unshackled} he's great.
{Indulgent Tormentor} what's not to like?
Red:
{Generator Servant} epicness.
{Borderland Marauder} aggressive, cheap and easy to find.
{Siege Dragon} don't underestimate a {Pyroclasm} every turn. If you can cast it...
{Circle of Flame} keeps small fry off your back.
Blue:
{Stormtide Leviathan} basically you win.
{Polymorph's Jest}/{Turn to Frog} basically removal.
{Amphin Pathmage} I have lost to this card three times and won with it once. I hate it but it's good.
White:
{Sungrace Pegasus} epic winnings.
{Devouring Light} + all the other badass white removal.
{Anjani's Pridemate} + {Soul Mender} (and/or {Wall of Limbs} from black}
Green:
{Netcaster Spider} an invaluable blocker.
That ape with regen cost one.
{Phytotitan}
{Hunt the Weak} removal, basically.
All the souls and all the Planeswalkers.
My most impressive draft deck was B/R aggro. I played in a 3 player FFA and won in 15 minutes. (About 10 turns) and my only good rares were {Burning Anger} and {Goblin Rabblemaster}.
{burning anger} is absolutely ridiculous in limited. I think {R} is the best limited color in M15
Quote from: LinkCelestrial on August 28, 2014, 07:09:22 PM
Here's a small list of what I've seen make a mess.
Artifact:
{Scuttling Doom Engine} pretty much guaranteed damage.
{Profane Memento} can be super good.
{Grindclock} it's a great alternate win condition.
{Tyrant's Machine} can be life saving.
Staffs.
Black:
{Caustic Tar} if they don't have removal they're on a short clock.
{Xathrid Slyblade} so good. Especially against noobs.
{Ob Nixillis, Unshackled} he's great.
{Indulgent Tormentor} what's not to like?
Red:
{Generator Servant} epicness.
{Borderland Marauder} aggressive, cheap and easy to find.
{Siege Dragon} don't underestimate a {Pyroclasm} every turn. If you can cast it...
{Circle of Flame} keeps small fry off your back.
Blue:
{Stormtide Leviathan} basically you win.
{Polymorph's Jest}/{Turn to Frog} basically removal.
{Amphin Pathmage} I have lost to this card three times and won with it once. I hate it but it's good.
White:
{Sungrace Pegasus} epic winnings.
{Devouring Light} + all the other badass white removal.
{Anjani's Pridemate} + {Soul Mender} (and/or {Wall of Limbs} from black}
Green:
{Netcaster Spider} an invaluable blocker.
That ape with regen cost one.
{Phytotitan}
{Hunt the Weak} removal, basically.
All the souls and all the Planeswalkers.
My most impressive draft deck was B/R aggro. I played in a 3 player FFA and won in 15 minutes. (About 10 turns) and my only good rares were {Burning Anger} and {Goblin Rabblemaster}.
agree with all of this except the staffs. id only play them in decks with {ajani's pridemate}s or something similar.
Those staffs are super good in sealed! I played GB with {urborg, tomb of yawgmoth} and 2 {staff of the death magus}! No one could take the life faster than I could gain it!
Green black is beast in m15...
Garruk is sweet.
Sealed is slower compared to draft.
For that reason, I recommend that you run 18 lands and play second. When the format is slower, it's more important to hit your land drops on time and draw the extra card vs going first.
Quote from: Prophylaxis on August 29, 2014, 12:47:35 AM
Sealed is slower compared to draft.
For that reason, I recommend that you run 18 lands and play second. When the format is slower, it's more important to hit your land drops on time and draw the extra card vs going first.
You're back. Hey there.
Quote from: Noblellama on August 29, 2014, 10:27:01 AM
Quote from: Prophylaxis on August 29, 2014, 12:47:35 AM
Sealed is slower compared to draft.
For that reason, I recommend that you run 18 lands and play second. When the format is slower, it's more important to hit your land drops on time and draw the extra card vs going first.
This seems like possibly good advice though seems counter intuitive to my draft brain (who runs 17 almost always)
Is it because I'm not picking my cards and your saying that due to that the deck will be less cohesive and therefore need a bit more time to get rolling?
If this is true should I try to aggro the crap out of everyone giving the card pool?
If you can pull off an aggro sealed deck you should slaughter. Just make sure you don't run out of steam and have a plan for latter game. As I said my B/R aggro draft deck was my best one.
{Shadowcloak Vampire} can be a game changer in sealed/draft. Forces your oppenent to deal with it thanks to ability to go to the air.
Watch out for {Congregate} it can steal games from you pretty easily. The paragons are ok but generally not worth it.
{Generator Servant} and {Krenko's Enforcer} are both great commons If you're running rakdos. But watch out for flying. Blue and white get moving with fliers pretty quick in this format right now.
I've found that green is weak unless you get Nissa or {Yisan, the Wanderer Bard}.
B/W performs well. R/B is good too. If you get a {Resolute Archangel} play it. The format is slow to get moving but is really good at slowly plinking you down on life.
Blue is good for splashing unless you are loaded up on fliers/control.
(All the other bombs people mentioned are obvious so I didn't cover them)