Huge shoutout to Ben for being such an amazing guest! I love having him on the channel and I always feel like talking with him makes me a better drafter. It feels amazing to be able to share some of his insights with all of you whenever I'm lucky enough to have him join me for a draft!
He kinda screwed in both games he lost, dunno why he is so comfortable going that low in life when he can just trade off. Too much what ifs instead of focusing on what's on the board at the moment, nr 1 rule of magic is to deal with immediate threat, not worrying about non existent ones. That game where he had the triples and did not block the 5-4 was such a misplay, worrying about removal spells when even if the opponent had them he should have blocked anyway
Hey Nicolai, just wanted to give you a big shout out and thank you ! I always struggled drafting but I started watching your guides a couple of sets back and it has helped me so much ! Decided to give faeries a try as it was open (something I would have never done before as it's an archetype I'm not very comfortable with) and am currently on a 3-0 streak ! I'd donate to your Patreon but sadly I'm strapped for cash ... hope the words of love help though 😊
1:13:11 Premature concession here. This is a bite, not a fight. Grabby Giant can still chump next turn and you have a lot of fatties to take over the ground in the following turns.
Insane to me hearing Ben Stark say to play 19 lands/mana while I'm out here getting flooded game after game with 16 - does he have access to some other Arena Algo or something? 😂
I don't think Edgewall Inn works with Fell Horseman since it goes to the bottom of it's owner's librairy when it dies. Don't think it would have made a difference though, unfortunately. Tight game.
It can work. You can get horseman back back with Edgewall Inn as long as you activate the Inn while Horseman's death trigger is on the stack. Haven't seen the game in question yet so maybe they didn't have the mana available at the exact time the horseman died, but since its ability is a trigger and not a replacement effect it does go to the graveyard for a moment before going to the library. Presumably the ability was designed this way so the knight still triggers "when a creature dies" effects, but it also has the benefit of working with instant speed graveyard recursion.
Hey Nicolai, love your content but video fps kicks my OCD in the head, is it possible to turn game graphics settings to low if you didn't try already, it might help the video to look smoothly. Keep up with all the great Magic content, regards.
Small misplay, but 46:33 couldn’t you pay 1 to deal 2 damage bc of bargain and then hold open green for the 1 mana grab land or 1 mana create food? Trying to figure out why you chose two there.
I would definitely have picked a couple of Stopgaps here and there, it's hard to go wrong with those, and bouncing the triplets back in your hand and play them again is really mean.
Huge shoutout to Ben for being such an amazing guest! I love having him on the channel and I always feel like talking with him makes me a better drafter. It feels amazing to be able to share some of his insights with all of you whenever I'm lucky enough to have him join me for a draft!
Ben Stark's stream was how I leveled up from draft newbie to infinite drafter. Great seeing him here!
I miss Ben Stark so much! Thanks for bringing him in, Nicolai!
It's gonna be heaven for an hour and a half😊
Always enjoy the guest drafts! Thanks for the vids NB
47:10 Since bargaining doubles the damage, you should cast the Bolt for x=1 and leave green up here.
He kinda screwed in both games he lost, dunno why he is so comfortable going that low in life when he can just trade off. Too much what ifs instead of focusing on what's on the board at the moment, nr 1 rule of magic is to deal with immediate threat, not worrying about non existent ones. That game where he had the triples and did not block the 5-4 was such a misplay, worrying about removal spells when even if the opponent had them he should have blocked anyway
ouuu this video, love it, thanks Nicolai for hosting a great drafter!
Hey Nicolai, just wanted to give you a big shout out and thank you ! I always struggled drafting but I started watching your guides a couple of sets back and it has helped me so much !
Decided to give faeries a try as it was open (something I would have never done before as it's an archetype I'm not very comfortable with) and am currently on a 3-0 streak !
I'd donate to your Patreon but sadly I'm strapped for cash ... hope the words of love help though 😊
Ben is a phenomenal person/player, amazing insights as per usual, great video!
Nice, that you invitied Stark for your draft :)
I liked seeing you two discuss the draft and deckbuilding. You had so much to talk about that you kept running out of time on your picks lol.
Wow this was insanely educational
1:13:11 Premature concession here. This is a bite, not a fight. Grabby Giant can still chump next turn and you have a lot of fatties to take over the ground in the following turns.
Yeah I feel like he's in the winning position if he chump blocks with the gruff and gets the 6/6
Yeah, i thought so too, there was no reason rto concede
BenS is the GOAT, will always tune in for BenS
Insane to me hearing Ben Stark say to play 19 lands/mana while I'm out here getting flooded game after game with 16 - does he have access to some other Arena Algo or something? 😂
That Sweettooth witch top deck was brutal in game 2, you had em on the ropes
I don't think Edgewall Inn works with Fell Horseman since it goes to the bottom of it's owner's librairy when it dies. Don't think it would have made a difference though, unfortunately. Tight game.
It can work. You can get horseman back back with Edgewall Inn as long as you activate the Inn while Horseman's death trigger is on the stack.
Haven't seen the game in question yet so maybe they didn't have the mana available at the exact time the horseman died, but since its ability is a trigger and not a replacement effect it does go to the graveyard for a moment before going to the library.
Presumably the ability was designed this way so the knight still triggers "when a creature dies" effects, but it also has the benefit of working with instant speed graveyard recursion.
Hey Nicolai, love your content but video fps kicks my OCD in the head, is it possible to turn game graphics settings to low if you didn't try already, it might help the video to look smoothly.
Keep up with all the great Magic content, regards.
Love Ben Starks, learned alot from him and he's a legend. I'm not sure about 19 lands though?
It’s 16 lane with 3 brave the wilds
Small misplay, but 46:33 couldn’t you pay 1 to deal 2 damage bc of bargain and then hold open green for the 1 mana grab land or 1 mana create food? Trying to figure out why you chose two there.
you're right, I feel like that is just not his day.
I played against Ben a few days ago on arena. He clobbered me.
1:13:00 dude it’s vigilance not flying, I think you still had this game!
Oh from the saga, I still think it was possible with the reach blocker though
Why did you surrender on your second loss? There must be something im missing
Its because of the third stage of the saga, now I saw it nevermind
He shouldn't have, the Giant has reach so it can chump the flier next turn.
@@sebastianbate78352nd stage but yeah, as Dogg said, I think it was a hasty mistake. Still had 2 gruff tokens and a stacked hand after that chump..
#starkdrafting 👍
Sweet deck but Tough games
Blue/white is the best if you have everything for it. You heard it here first
I would definitely have picked a couple of Stopgaps here and there, it's hard to go wrong with those, and bouncing the triplets back in your hand and play them again is really mean.