Limited Resources: Gatecrash Draft #8

“Stopped watching P1P1. Syndic is the correct pick.”

Well then you missed a pretty sweet set of videos. The 5c deck was great to see in action.

Great to know you devote so much effort to being the first one to comment just so you can troll Marshall’s videos.

It’s good to know that you, knowing the perfect pro strategy, no longer need to watch videos. We really won’t miss you.

Sweet deck Marshall. I can never wrap my head around 5 color monstrosities so I’m always bewildered by how you make them work so well.

Marshall: “I think I’m going to force 5-Color…”

Troll: “Stopped watching P1P1. Syndic is the correct pick.”

Lol, some people are so self absorbed they don’t even listen to these videos.

Troll: “Yes but are inferior draft because of it. Not pro.”

Well, I guess Conley Woods and Luis Scot-Vargas are also not Pro and are inferior drafters, since they regularly force draft archetypes for fun.

Stopped watching P3P14. Island was the superpro correct pick.

Great videos! I love seeing the luck factor for these pro players. Unfortunately my luck runs 1 and done most of the time. Even Marshall runs unlucky but is able to battle back and continue to make the mostly correct plays and attacks every step of the way allowing him to come back many of times when others (like me) would have given up mentally or even literally (tap tap concede) long ago.

But then it’s humorous to see Marshall’s perfectionism rear its head in that even though his play was as good as it good be given the cards he had his last game, the other guy’s deck was just more powerful in the long run – again, the luck factor – Marshall played against two slow decks that allowed his deck to take over, and then Marshall played against an even slower deck that was able to take over his slow deck. While obvious the fast Simic and Boros guys were out 1st and 2nd on the other side of the draft.

Interesting games!

You guys only stopped watching after P1P1. I stopped watching every five minutes cuz I was laughing so hard! Smoggy! Hahahahaha. This draft was awesome! I always want to do this but don’t really have the BR to. I think we should all be thrilled that Marshall is willing to take risks for us.

Thanks for the totally sweet vid. I will accept it, even if it’s just “Marshall” and not “Pro.” Maybe “Marshall” is better than “Pro.”

Just saying that this was actually pretty pro. Drafting a succesful 5c deck is superhard. Love these kinds of drafts because you really have nothing to loose and so much fun to gain when you try something like this.

As I don’t want to take part in the conversation about trollinh, lets discuss some picks that I think are highly debatable. I’m not going to talk about those ones that were close, but only about those ones that I think were not optimal.

Pick 22: Scorchwalker over Undercity plague. Reasons: Too heavy mana commitment with the plague and only 2 evasive creatures to put it on at that point, one being a Smog Elemental. However, I don’t know if hardcasting a scorchwalker in a 5color- deck is a good idea.

Pick 23: Leyline Phantom over CS- Denizen any day. Especially since only 1 other white creature had been drafted at that point. Phantom is actually playable but a 5-color deck MUST do better than use gray ogres.

Pick 25: Totally lost over Frenzied tilling. As a sideboard- card, Totally lost should be fine. It’s clearly the more useful and versatile card.

Pick 30: I don’t understand picking Crypt Ghast in a 5- color deck. It’S too slow and only enables Swamps to produce more mana. How many Swamps will likely show up in a normal 5 color game / draw? Probably around 2? I think there are a few clearly better and more safe picks here as a 2/2 for 4 Mana is way too slow if Verdant H. and Prophetic Prisms might be casted on turn 2 and 3.

I appreciate any discussion about those picks. Am I wrong here?

Those types of posts are just there to create attention. Best just to ignore them. I even doubt they actually stopped watching at P1P1, but the ridiculousness of it creates the attention they crave.

That draft was great. It shows how great play skill and deck building can take what normally would be a pile into something pretty good.

While I love the 5-color decks and I also end up playing them when the packs are not too good (even if you lose in the second round in 4-3-2-2, it is SO much fun to play :D), I agree with the above posting. Some of the picks should have been a bit better.

Also, I love Marshall’s videos, especially since he is so much fun to listen to, but I am a bit suprised that with so much limited experience, he is still making these tiny mistakes with evolve sequence, with mana usage, etc. I think that is acceptable at 4-3-2-2 level, but on 8-4 I believe these can cost you in the long run.

stopped watching end of round 3.

I’m sad to see that you lost, but I love seeing RUG decks perform well. I play RUG, almost at every opportunity in gatecrash limited, just because when you ave access to cards like crocanura, ruination worm, and some of the bomb threats you saw, its difficult to be outmatched. In fact, at the prerelease, I won each game I resolved prime speaker zegana in, simply because it was never for fewer than 6 cards. She even let me stabilize at 1 life in one game before I took over with ghor-clan rampager.

About your deck: I do like the five color build, but you were playing the very slow deck that a lot of people do. Playing a slow deck means you have to prioritize cards differently. Extort obviously and removal as well are important, but you should take more bomby cards. I agree that you didn’t really have access to them, but considering your plan consisted mainly of beating down with “Smoggie,” there could have been better things done. Overall, a nice draft, 5 color is hard but it was hilariously fun to watch you draft and play, as usual. Keep it up!