Noah drafts Battle For Zendikar, still an exciting and skill-intensive format, and shares his reasoning throughout.
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Draftcandy #33: Battle for Zendikar Draft #5
Posted on November 20, 2015 by NovaSandler
NovaSandler Noah Sandler is a Magic Online veteran originally known for founding ModoSharks.com. He's been infinite from drafting for over a decade, won 36 consecutive matches in Odyssey Block flashbacks, and has eclipsed 2000 Limited rating on MTGO twice. He streams on Twitch as modogrinder1 and offers draft coaching via Skype.
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Hi Noah.
Your mistake in M2G1 in my opinion, was not necessarily trading damage. But rather the fact that you used the strangler to kill the murk strider instead of the coralhelm guide. At that point in the game, with the creatures you had, the difference between him having a 3/2 and a 2/1 weren’t that big. However, the utility of making a creature unblockable is a very powerful ability in the late game. As we saw.
I know you might say that hind sight is 20/20. But I would like to say that I was thinking that killing the murk strider was a mistake as I was watching you do it. The fact that I turned out to be right is less relevant.
All in all, I enjoy your videos and hope to see many more!