King of the Scrubs: G/R Ally Draft

Posted on April 7, 2010 by oma

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  1. Overall a good draft. Only a few picks I would have changed. Pick 4 Pack 2 you could have taken the Archer. The archers are perfect for a lacking slot for most allies, and their ability is practically as good as Pyromancer (as most non-fliers are easily handled by warrior allies). Harrow is a fine pick, but taking harrow #2 means you should start looking out for splashable allies or removal. Overall its a push but something to consider.

    Pick 7 pack 2 you took nissa’s choosen over oran-reif recluse. This pick makes sense considering you ended up with 2 baloths, but after skipping the archer you suddenly had very few ways to win vrs skies. The Recluse blocks a lot of fliers and with 2 harrows and the eventual harabaz druid you would end up able to kick this guy quite often. I think he’s better than the choosen here given your picks up to that point in the draft.

  2. Agree on both points. I just liked Harrow because of my curve and the Chosen pick was just sub-optimal. The Recluse has a higher late game value and is almost as good at 3 mana as the Chosen.

  4. Alex has a curse of getting flooded on a regular basis, he sometimes passes it onto me :(

  5. Fun article, nicely done. I valued the brief conclusions at the end – if I ever decide to, like, do a draft of a new set, those types of concepts will be useful to a guy like me.

    I must say, this is the first time I’ve read an article using this draft viewer, and it’s really slick.

  6. Kuddos to Zwick for the awesome draft viewer. Check out Raredraft.com, it’s a great resource.

  7. Really loving draft viewer!

    It seems odd to me that you wouldn’t rare/hate draft Ob Nixilis – he sells for a bit online due to being used in Block.

    You also picked up a Walking Atlas over Amulet of Vigor. While neither are game breaking cards, the Atlas is near worthless and the Amulet sells for a couple of tix I belive.

    Thanks for the draft, looking forward to more in the future.

  8. Hello Alex and welcome to the Academy! Thanks for your contribution. I hope to see more limited content from you in the future. Keep up the good work and good luck in the queues,

    Marin

  9. I think you screwed up Pack 2, pick 3 taking the flyer. You were thinking he’s splashable and that’s fine, but look at the big mistake it ran you into the next pick. With that pick fresh in your mind it ran you into a bad decision, turning Pack 2, pick 4 into a really bad pick. The archer is out of control good if you’re playing allies. Yeah, he’s not a grower, but with the +1/+0 guy out of pack 3 he can turn into a weapon and he still triggers everybody else. Bad pick imo. As your draft showed, you had plenty of other opportunities to take land accel/fixing. Shouldn’t have done so at the expense of a very good ally.

    And if you’re trying to run allies, why would you pass up the +1/+0 guy pack 3, pick 4. For cryin out loud, TRIGGERS! Allies like allies. I don’t know how much simpler I can make this OMA.

    Pack 3, pick 6 I take the 0/1 forest. Chump blocker for free seems nice. It seems to address your tempo concerns. And do you really wanna play that tappy bitch in your two spot?

    Overall, I think it was an ok draft. I mean, you opened two bombs and got passed a relative ally bomb late pack 3. 4/5 fatties for 3 seems nice too. You did well recognizing the underdrafting of green at your table and compensated appropriately, so that’s good. But I think you fell too in love with harrow in particular as fixing and it led you into a couple of bad picks later on. Still, pretty solid draft.