tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post4824805599499045965..comments2024-03-11T02:32:15.295-04:00Comments on Goblin Artisans: CCDD 082415—Uproot MemoryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-39066430221550749662015-08-25T13:14:59.025-04:002015-08-25T13:14:59.025-04:00Indeed, Psychic Drain is the X-spell version of th...Indeed, Psychic Drain is the X-spell version of this, and was one of a few pretty handy uncommons for the triple-Ravnica mill draft deck.AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-33186591612727498512015-08-25T13:12:52.535-04:002015-08-25T13:12:52.535-04:00I think Dimir mill was a pretty mainstream choice ...I think Dimir mill was a pretty mainstream choice in triple-Ravnica. I won a couple of drafts with it (and I don't play many drafts). Not so much in Gatecrash, of course.AlexChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05674122775216494431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-17432516336235923052015-08-25T12:28:23.217-04:002015-08-25T12:28:23.217-04:00Yeah, I really like the design (and there is absol...Yeah, I really like the design (and there is absolutely nothing wrong with designing cards new players will overrate, I just thought it was cute they were on the same card). <br /><br />With the flavor text, it feels a bit too explicitly evil to be UW. If I were to try to flavor this in UW, I'd go with a Thought Police angle. Still, your flavor text was too good not to share!Tommy Occhipintihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495646355536064735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-5174481265102080052015-08-25T10:24:46.286-04:002015-08-25T10:24:46.286-04:00I don't have a strong answer. I think I starte...I don't have a strong answer. I think I started musing how to make straight life gain (which is most always white) more relevant, landed on the 'combo' with mill and never re-examined. While white-blue is surely fine, I agree blue-black would be better here.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-39787195882953180882015-08-25T07:57:04.793-04:002015-08-25T07:57:04.793-04:00I love the card. Why did you decide to go WU rathe...I love the card. Why did you decide to go WU rather than UB? Black can gain life, especially when it seems like it's draining something to gain it. And mill strategies like this are most often in UB. Nich Graysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08686832423418814443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-105819461362293552015-08-24T21:50:09.029-04:002015-08-24T21:50:09.029-04:00There have been distinct mill archetypes in draft,...There have been distinct mill archetypes in draft, but no they've never been reliable. That would be miserable. The point is that they're quirky.<br /><br />Will new players go down that road without Johnny intentions and lose because of it? Yup. That's part of learning the game.<br /><br />Putting two things new players overrate together let's us kill two birds with one stone.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-64443551679761103002015-08-24T21:01:33.782-04:002015-08-24T21:01:33.782-04:00"Mill has worked in draft before" is a p..."Mill has worked in draft before" is a pretty optimstic view of things, I think. Almost never has this kind of card contributed to a reliable mill archetype in any draft format, and when it has, it is something incredibly difficult that newer players certainly shouldn't be drafting (like the very delicate Mind Sculpt + Archeomancer deck). <br /><br />My comment wasn't a knock against the design at all, merely a comment that it combines two things that newer players significantly overrate. Tommy Occhipintihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495646355536064735noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-3851434974600508412015-08-24T19:53:34.333-04:002015-08-24T19:53:34.333-04:00Being multicolor makes this interesting. On the on...Being multicolor makes this interesting. On the one hand, you can pretty much ensure that every Unroot Memory opened in the draft will go to the same person. On the other hand, you are greatly limited in your pool of potential support cards, both by being locked into a single two-color pair and by the fact that white tends to have aggressive creatures.Jenesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356037137564501914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-42246301014136444842015-08-24T19:41:12.361-04:002015-08-24T19:41:12.361-04:00I don't think that's necessarily true. Mil...I don't think that's necessarily true. Mill has worked in draft before, and with this at common I could easily see mill being good enough.Lefhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314232061312529400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-79716516579592387942015-08-24T14:22:48.378-04:002015-08-24T14:22:48.378-04:00Totally. Funny how that works.Totally. Funny how that works.Jay Treathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09428861685923241850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-53500473200526756142015-08-24T14:12:47.039-04:002015-08-24T14:12:47.039-04:00Given that art and flavor text, I could seriously ...Given that art and flavor text, I could seriously see this in monoblack.Jenesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05356037137564501914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5479847193762153273.post-82940454576003698062015-08-24T12:56:53.123-04:002015-08-24T12:56:53.123-04:00Man, new players are going to cry when the experie...Man, new players are going to cry when the experienced player in the shop tells them they are never supposed to put this in their deck.Tommy Occhipintihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13495646355536064735noreply@blogger.com