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Roto Draft #3: Going 2-4 Like A Blade'd Up Thopter

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 At this point, I'm pretty clearly hooked on roto'ing as a format.  My two favorite things about Magic are drafting and brewing constructed decks, and every Roto feels like a chance to do both things at the same time. Actually, I guess there's a third thing - hanging out with people.  The Rough Drafts server kinda feels like an LGS that's always open, which is something that I sincerely appreciate.  I played Magic from 1994-2009, mostly paper, and that involved heading out to a store once a week (and possibly a PTQ on the weekends) and drafting with a circle of friends that I met through the game.   I quit for what I thought was for good.  It only lasted 11 years.  When COVID hit, I was alerted to the fact that M:tG Arena exists  ("it's like MTGO, but good!"), and downloaded it on the day Ikoria came out, and have been re-hooked ever since.   That said, playing Arena-only, while living in a small town in the woods, and mainly living...
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Murmur's on Her Bullshit Again (my second Roto draft)

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 This draft is using a new version of Samp's cube here - there are a few dozen additions and subtractions to the cube, with the most notable change being an increase from one Mishra's Bauble to 8 (!!) of them. Also of note is that, unlike the last one, this pod has 12 players in it.  With 540 cards in the cube, that means that everyone will be picking until all of the cards in the pool have been taken.  That's definitely kind of scary - going in, I wasn't necessarily sure how to adjust to that but I was sure I could figure it out. I was in seat #5 of 12 for this one.  My initial thoughts, after drafting mono-G landfall, were to go into either B/x reanimator (p1 Reanimate) or UR prowess (p1 Fable) - these plans were derailed immediately when the first four picks went: Phelia, Swords, Reanimate, Fable. Well, shit. I figured that I should take a blue or a green card to start things off.  It was a close choice between Quantum Riddler and the green card that I took,...
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My first Roto cube draft!

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I recently did a roto cube (I'm assuming anyone reading this knows what that is but here is a link if you don't know) and kept fairly detailed notes as I drafted each card.  I went a healthy 6-3 (with one of my matches being a huge punt on my part) which, pending some other match results, gives me a very good shot at making the top 8 showdown. update: I lost in the quarterfinals to essentially the mirror match, except my opponent had a few glue cards (Badgermole, Springheart Nantuko, and Sylvan Safekeeper) that gave his deck the edge against mine.  Ah well.  If I'm not going to win I have to admit that it was nice to see the archtype I was championing taking it down in my stead. For reference, here is a link to the draft.  I was seated in the #4 spot. Picks 1 - 3:  Strip Mine, Titania, Icetill Explorer I started the draft specifically wanting to go for a mono-G lands deck.  And, as luck would have it, I was at pick #4 with the drafters in front of me goin...
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