RtR Forum Draft Discussion Thread

Prophylaxis · December 05, 2012, 10:56:07 PM

Quote from: Testset on December 05, 2012, 01:57:11 PM
Stonefare Croc. No competition. We're heading toward Jund, so green is acceptable. A 3/2 is a good 3-drop and keeps the aggro coming. He survives Electrickery and chumpblockers. The Lifelink is a handy use of spare mana and can win you the race. Both the lizard and ringleader are inefficient and die too easy.

After reading this I'm tempted to agree with you.

Switching my vote right now.

Prophylaxis · December 13, 2012, 09:00:52 PM

Sorry about the late poll. Finals got in the way.

Gorzo · December 14, 2012, 06:51:07 AM

The quote button is missing... The {Rakdos ringleader} got the pick somehow for the last pack, somewhat odd since nobody in this discussion part of the thread really supported it.

As for this pack, I'm actually going with the {Terrus Wurm}. It's true, the drake is a solid creature, but only really shines if you can pump his toughness with white - which we won't be able to do even if we are forced to splash blue. It would be a vanilla 2/1 flying for us.

The Wurm, on the other hand, is an on-color threat. Overly mana-expensive, absolutely, but it's won me multiple games in the past thanks to it being a double-threat with scavenge - go ahead and remove it! And hey, since we got stuck with the ringleader, imagine scavenging this onto her? Late-game problem solved! Wurm is also one of few creatures in the set that does not straight-up die to {augur spree}. It's a good late-game option, which Rakdos is often lacking. Far from ideal, but playable.

Prophylaxis · December 14, 2012, 10:12:38 AM

Honestly I wouldn't play any of the cards here.

Gorzo · December 15, 2012, 07:51:13 PM

Totally rare drafting {Jarads orders} on this one. Might as well. The only other possible pick is {druid's deliverance} if we go Jund, and the odds of fog + populate being that useful to us are pretty slim.

Wally · December 16, 2012, 09:05:16 PM

I always seem to miss out on the current pick.
Anyhow, I also agree with the wurm pick.
For this one since we have started expanding our green possibilities, the orders is actually not a bad choice.

Prophylaxis · December 20, 2012, 09:55:42 PM

p1p11 is up. Do you guys want me to just automate everything considering we're getting to the dreg picks now?

Gorzo · December 21, 2012, 03:59:13 AM

Yeah, auto pick on the last few is fine. I think we can trust your judgment to pick the least-awful card for us out of 2 or 3 pieces of all junk.

Prophylaxis · December 21, 2012, 11:17:42 PM

P2P1 is up.

{Dead Reveler} for me. Guildgate doesn't warrant to be first picked. A runner up could be {Launch Party} but I just love Dead Reveler.

Gorzo · December 22, 2012, 05:05:10 AM

Quote from: Prophylaxis on December 21, 2012, 11:17:42 PM
P2P1 is up.

{Dead Reveler} for me. Guildgate doesn't warrant to be first picked. A runner up could be {Launch Party} but I just love Dead Reveler.

Gotta give my vote to {Launch Party} but the choice wasn't easy. Dead reveler is a great creature, but removal is removal.

Prophylaxis · December 29, 2012, 05:10:00 PM

I must regret to say that I will be abandoning this project. My central file got corrupted and I couldn't open it, so all of the pick stuff got messed up. In addition, I have gotten more busy.

If someone else would like to do this, with new packs, then I would be happy to pass the responsibilities over to them.

Gorzo · December 31, 2012, 10:49:24 PM

The draft and sealed section of the forums will still be here here.

Gorzo · January 01, 2013, 03:19:11 AM

Ah, yeah, I'll miss it too. Unfortunately I don't have the tools to continue the project where proph is leaving off or I would. If anyone else is able to, let me know - I will gladly take care of the moderation end of it, stickying and locking new/old packs and whatnot, and anything else I can help with.