Channel LSV: Zendikar Draft #6 – Drafting Zendikar (Part 1 of 2) | Magic: The Gathering

jay says: December 15, 2009 @ 1:56 am

Really really good decision so far!

Adam Prosak says: December 15, 2009 @ 2:59 am

My strat for PT Austin was to 1 pick Primal Bellow (aka force Monogreen). It’s way better than Nissa’s Chosen (who is also good, but is no Primal Bellow)

Michele says: December 15, 2009 @ 3:12 am

i really disagree with your picks 2-3 … you have taken green underpowered cards over blue that was clearly open

lsv says: December 15, 2009 @ 3:30 am

yeah, but Blue sucks, and Roil Elemental isn’t even that good. I like Green alot more than Blue in this format, as surprising as that may seem.

Conley says: December 15, 2009 @ 3:33 am

Im in love….

Someguy says: December 15, 2009 @ 5:27 am

Dam u lsv / adam p, stop telling ppl green is great at ZZZ, I was enjoying getting 10th pick nissa’s chosens on mtgo!

Random says: December 15, 2009 @ 5:56 am

I enjoyed the reasoning behind the 6th pick Soul Stair Expedition. Useful observation there. Thx.

kendzu says: December 15, 2009 @ 6:46 am

great draft, 5 chosens are awesome in such a deck

btw, LSV, why don’t you answer on forums here, your ask LSV column, PM, nowhere?

Orrin says: December 15, 2009 @ 8:03 am

Love green, 10th pick harrows etc nowadays are just insane. 3-0′d first austin pod with RG and it wasn’t even that underdrafted there.

bertold says: December 15, 2009 @ 2:05 pm

Is having 5x of one card in a deck allowed?

lsv says: December 15, 2009 @ 3:13 pm

In draft you can play as many copies of a card as you get, although it doesn’t come up that often.

BenS says: December 15, 2009 @ 9:01 pm

in a vacuum i wouldn’t agree with the green cards over the blue cards taken in this draft, the thing is in a mtgo 8-4 now u might as well be mono green from p1p1 because noone else is ever taking it.

Jason says: December 15, 2009 @ 9:10 pm

How come you pros always play lousy formats like triple Zen? Don’t you know that TSE drafts are available?

lsv says: December 15, 2009 @ 9:11 pm

@BenS

Yea, Green is horribly underdrafted online, which leads me to do things like take a Gladehart over a Roil Elemental/Into the Roil.

Pascal says: December 16, 2009 @ 4:50 am

Jason: Theyre obviously not playing it for the draft itself, but as a preparation for serious events. I dont think any of the players on this site care about winning 8 packs or losing the entry fee.

What this is is
a) Training for them to get to know the format and see which strategies work best, practice their read on a table and their card evaluation by playing games with the decks they draft.
b) Obviously an instructional video to help the users of this site to understand how these pros draft and why they make the choices they make (and ofc to attract customers to this site)

There are drafts in a lot of the Pro Tour Tournaments and in the top8 of the Limited Grand Prixs, so coming prepared for a format is really really important to do well in the tournament scene, and those formats being played will always use the most recent sets, except in a few special event or in sidedrafts from time to time

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