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[Sudo_Nym]

So, I'm playing an M13 prerelease event.

Match 1, game 1, I had to mull to 4 to get a land in my hand, then was stuck at one land all game and lost.

Match 1, game 2, I had to mull to 4 to get a land in my hand, then was stuck at one land all game and lost.

Match 2, game 1, I had to mull to 4 to get a land in my hand, then was stuck at one land all game and lost.

Match 2, game 2, I had to mull to 4 to get a land in my hand, then was stuck at one land all game and lost.

Whoever says 17 lands in a 40 card deck is right is a horrible person.

[AGar]

Besides 3 more woodland cemeteries?

You missed the word "budget" in the deck-title, I think.

[Shadow1psc]

Besides 3 more woodland cemeteries?

You missed the word "budget" in the deck-title, I think.

Dual lands are budget. They're easy to trade for and usually $3-$4 a piece to fill in.

[bv310]

Doesn't mean he has them now. This is kind of the point that we were trying to make here.

[GreyICE]

So, I'm playing an M13 prerelease event.

Match 1, game 1, I had to mull to 4 to get a land in my hand, then was stuck at one land all game and lost.

Match 1, game 2, I had to mull to 4 to get a land in my hand, then was stuck at one land all game and lost.

Match 2, game 1, I had to mull to 4 to get a land in my hand, then was stuck at one land all game and lost.

Match 2, game 2, I had to mull to 4 to get a land in my hand, then was stuck at one land all game and lost.

Whoever says 17 lands in a 40 card deck is right is a horrible person.

16-18 lands in your 40 card draft deck is right in 95% of all formats.

Shuffle better

If you're getting statistically highly unlikely results chances are that your shuffling is at fault. At least 13 good riffles for randomization, remember? Pile shuffling does jack, remember?

[Sudo_Nym]

I was on MTGO, so the RNG was shuffling on my behalf.

[GreyICE]

oh.

Well the shuffler on MTGO is well known to be broken.

[Sudo_Nym]

It wasn't the greatest deck, but I thought it was a pretty solid BG aggro deck- cracked a couple Murders and some decent creatures. But I just couldn't draw land to save my life.

[AGar]

oh.

Well the shuffler on MTGO is well known to be broken.

Truly random != broken

MTGO shuffles catch paper-players off guard more often than not because, in actuality, your paper shuffles aren't truly 100% randomized. So when put into an environment where the shuffles

are

100% randomized, this throws some players.

[GreyICE]

nah bro, it's busted~

[Shadow1psc]

It's been mathematically proven as sound. You can google mtgo shuffler. Here, I did it for you http://forums.mtgsalvation.com/showthread.php?t=336524; if you believe that crap about a doom switch, I don't even xD

[bv310]

Pauper is disgustingly addictive.

I have 2 more decks now: Mono-Green 8post, and B/W Orzhova

[Sudo_Nym]

Same. I built White Weenie, GW Slivers, and Orzhov for Pauper. Though I may want a look at your list, since my Sliver and Orzhov decks seem a bit flat, if you're amenable.

[Sudo_Nym]

Are StarCityGames and TCGplayer.com worthwhile places to buy cards from.

Also, my EDH deck is in Dear Azami this week!

[Shadow1psc]

tcgplayer seems like the best place, sans hunting through ebay?

[xRECKONERx]

2nd place at FNM tonight with a GB deck mostly consisting of HOLY FUCK EXALTED TRIGGERS AND RANCOR and it worked

[dramonic]

Exalted's pretty damn brutal <.<

[Shadow1psc]

Rancor. Nuff said.

[Thestatusquo]

UT and I have now been paired round 1 in the last 3 drafts we've done together.

I'm in the finals of that queue right now. Burn at the stake gisela too stronk.

[chesskid3]

R/W humans + a few angels too stronk

[Thestatusquo]

funny thing is, I effing hate the archtype, but its hard to argue with the cards youre passed sometimes.

[Shadow1psc]

Boros is sick in general. I'm starting to have a little more respect for black in AVR draft though.

[Thestatusquo]

You're behind the times. I try to force black frequently. Most people who know what they're doing have been trying to do that for a while. Everyone hates black so you get like the most insane decks ever sometimes. I had a deck with 2 homicidal seclusions 3 death wind 3 bone splinters the other day. I mean, how is that even beatable?

[Shadow1psc]

That's what I mean, if you're the person willing to take black at the table, you can construct some sick mono black decks, but I still think a couple seraph of dawns, or wingcrafter combos put up the good fight. It just really depends, but I often see people trying to run B/X, which doesn't tend to work.

[Thestatusquo]

you want Bx

You just pick the best non black card you see and splash a couple on color things with it.