What to first pick here?

I would have probably went Raptor Crested Slash.


Picking Waterknot. I think blue ascend is the best deck in format.

I think this pick is knot very close.

jvs

Ended up picking Oathsworn, I agree it might be wrong, 4th draft ever in the format, and 4th draft in 5 years, thus the cookie questions

Ended up with this, Voracious Vampire did well, though I maybe overrated it. Talons seems good in some match ups and pretty bad in others.



Blue Ascend, is that UW(fliers), UB(pirate), UG (Merfolk) or UR?

Or thus any combo of U work?

Well, if I knew I wouldn't ask

7-2 in comp draft league btw :P

They call it newbie luck. But to be fair the amount of play errors I see is amazing.

It is generally UB, BW or UW that occasionally splashed the 3rd color. They rarely have tribal themes; they are simply good-stuff control decks most of the time.

https://magic.wizards.com/en/events/...lan-2018-02-03

For example the first 2 decks (there are probably more, didn't bother looking further.)

I just downloaded the mtg arena client and have no idea what to do
Ive never played mtg so this is pretty overwhelming so far (I play hearthstone).
Anyone knows if there will be a reset after beta or you get to keep your cards?
Havent played a game yet,just looking around in the client which I have to say is pretty neat.
I have hope.

MTG Arena invites are going out to plebs now. I had signed up on six different e-mail addresses and computers for my household, and got two invites this morning.

If MTG is truly the GOAT trading card game, nailing this platform should be a pretty solid way to print money for WOTC.

It came with a confidentiality agreement. I haven't loaded it up yet, but look forward to trying it out with one of the kids.

obviously there's a reset on full release if not 3+ along the way

I'm 0-6 so far against other rank 0 randoms on Arena.

My record so far is a turn 3 loss.

Soooo I went a little Knots

I'd definitely play 2nd Forest. Your Treasures don't come online very quickly and that can is better the earlier you cast it.

I went 2-0 2-0 1-2, got many screwed in both looses.

I think many gets too sketchy if we add a forest. Would you cut Plains or Island?

Island. 8-7-2 is still fine. Alternatively you can just cut the UG card.

First booster

Fun and good draft deck.

Anything new with Arena?

Word is the official NDA will be dropping at some point in the next month or two, so you'll see streamers soon.

The biggest issue so far for me is easily the amount of time opponents are able to just sit there and not act. You'll always have to deal with fast vs slow decks, but someone being able to tank for quite literally 5 minutes deciding if he's going to mulligan or not can't make the final build. Rinse/repeat every time control passes to that player, which can be very often.

As someone still essentially brand new to Magic, I found it pretty easy to pick up after getting dicked on the first day. I just went on the internet to look up a deck that doesn't suck and copied it as closely as my collection allowed. I've had fun since then, but a friend of mine who has collected MTG cards since the 90s told me, "Actually playing Magic is only fun for like a week at a time with long breaks in between." I'm about a week in right now. I gave an extra invite to that friend and he actually found it irritating to play within the very strict rules as to when things can or cannot be done as it relates to combat or the stack.

I won't comment on much else because I assume there are some big changes coming soonish.

Your friend has a different perspective than the vast majority of players FYI, at least on the non-arena stuff. Also no idea what "strict rules" he's referring to.

the "opponents always take forever for no reason" complaint is one I heard all the time in hearthstone too but actually experienced in less than 1% of games.

it's somewhat true that like most games you can go thru phases of playing a lot and then taking some time off, but I also have no idea what he is talking about with regards to "strict rules". it lets you do things at any chance you are legally allowed to, does he just make up his own rules when playing at home?

Ive stopped for now just because ixalan block constructed isn't a format I can have fun with for that many games

Yeah that's why I stopped playing as well. Will play again when they have draft/constructed

I'm back to MTGO after a few years off. Ixalan draft is very boring? I hope that's the case and Magic hasn't lost its magic for me.

Now that I actually live in a densely populated area I might give paper Magic a proper try. By any chance does anyone here play at Kingslayer Games in Orange County?

This is probable. He did mention custom rules for casual play that mitigates some of the land flood/starvation issues. I responded to his first complaint with something along the lines of, "doesn't the system simply adhere exactly to the rules?" and he's like, well yeah...


My rate is currently much higher than 1% in Magic Arena, unfortunately. I'd say at least 10% of games, but usually only at the start of the match. I can't recall anyone playing properly and then afking when it was clear they were going to lose. I've conceded many games where someone was refusing to act before any cards had been put on the board. It could be they go afk during matchmaking, or maybe it's their first game and they haven't figured out how to play a card, but whatever the case the timer is WAY too long right now. The worst is when you see their cards animating, so you know they're physically present, but 3 minutes in they haven't acted.

Rivals of Ixalan draft is much better. Not amazing, but good.

Yeah it sounds like he's casual/kitchen table. It's going to be impossible to design online magic where it's fun for him and actually have a rule set.

DOM is an amazing set