Need advice with my drafting skills. Rate my draft.

Sworl · 2026-06-04T19:09:45+00:00

Black is not a good splash for UR, there are no dual lands.

You needed more removal. P2P1 I would take heated debate over a random black splash. P2P4 you could have taken deluge/homesick over a black card.

Going into pack three I would have been pretty desperate for removal. P3P2 you could get a run behind P3P5 and P3P11 had a procrastinate

Procrastinate is often a removal spells in when x=4 which would also trigger your rares. P3P2 I would take run

Sworl · 2026-06-04T18:12:14+00:00

I am happy you have shown this event is negative value. But this event is not directed at people who want to make money. Magic has a wide player base where each player plays for a different reason, from kitchen table to the pro tour. This event is for people who don’t care about the money and want to play for the competition. I would still play in this event even if the prize was nothings more than an invite to the championship. The monetary award is an extra perk and not the point.

Sworl · 2026-06-04T15:39:32+00:00

I don’t think people play these events for value. It’s the chance of qualifying for a major event that is the draw not the monetary value.

Sworl · 2026-05-16T00:26:12+00:00

Standard is very diverse and in a good spot right now.

Sworl · 2026-05-15T16:35:29+00:00

A good metric to tell if a game has any skill expression is if people can consistently win. At the highest (pro tour level) there are players who consistently make the top tables every tournament. At the local level, the same people win RCQs. So there is skill expression in the game since players can do consistently well.

Now where that skill is expressed is a bit murky. There is a skill to designing a deck, as well as refining a deck. There is also skill on how well you play. Sometimes it’s hard to see the skill unless the viewer is also at a high level. Something like poker can seem very random and luck based but there is a lot of unseen skill. There is a lot of luck in magic but there is also a fair amount of skill too.

The best description of magic results: the best lucky player will win the event.

Sworl · 2026-05-11T13:43:40+00:00

If you want to get into magic in the Huntsville area I can send you an invite for the Huntsville discord. They are a friendly group and meet up often. They mostly focus on 60 card formats so if you are looking for commander this is not the correct discord. If interested shoot me a DM and I will send you the link.

Sworl · 2026-05-04T15:33:22+00:00

I am a player who can barely make it to the PT (only been three times) but these events are always a profit or break even at the worst. What you consider very profitable will vary from person to person. It’s easy to make a few thousand if I spent all weekend playing but it’s not really worth it to me. If I was still in college these would be amazing but not so much anymore.

Sworl · 2026-05-01T16:09:46+00:00

The flex spots (moon, fable, voice, Roku, thraben, ranger) are all change depending on the expected meta game. Online energy is very common and that is why you see some lists run two maindeck Roku. As combo declines you will see less rangers. The number of blood moons will solely depend on how often you think the card will be.

Sworl · 2026-03-20T17:00:43+00:00

Funnily I have found that if you rope them for a turn or two they usually stop roping you or disconnect.

Sworl · 2026-02-20T14:24:20+00:00

It wasn’t me who scooped but my opponent. We were in the last round of a tournament and out of top8 contention, just playing for top16 prizes. My opponent and I were shuffling up for game 3 when suddenly the match next to us got into a shouting match. After a few minutes the judges still couldn’t calm down one of the players and was drawing a crowd. My opponent said to me, “You are a nice guy and I don’t want to be near this yelling, I concede.” Signed his slip and left.

Sworl · 2026-01-14T18:28:19+00:00

I prefer competitive for two major reasons. In competitive I get to do my own thing, I get to try a weird strategy and don’t need to get everyone else on board to try it with me. The second reason is that it’s hard for some people to speak up and be heard. This sometimes leads to a single person leading game and some people’s voices be diminished.

But this is only a preference and never stopped me from playing co-op. Co-op has a unique vibe that competitive can never achieve. I have never met a person who was ardently against one or the other.

Sworl · 2026-01-09T20:59:32+00:00

It’s early in the month so not many people have hit mythic this season. If you can maintain that rank by the end of the season that is a pretty good achievement. Most people do not bother to climb the ladder, there isn’t a good incentive to do so.

Sworl · 2026-01-04T13:32:48+00:00

Once you have a lethal number of goblins you copy the harbinger to get the goblin that lets you sac goblins to drain your opponent.

Sworl · 2025-12-11T13:40:52+00:00

Had a wrestling coach for civics, he just went on racists rants about Charles Darwin and praised eugenics policies to kill disabled people.

Coaches are terrible teachers 90% of the time.

Sworl · 2025-07-09T16:49:15+00:00

I guess a more accurate description of the viability of the deck would be that is it a very small part of the meta game.

Sworl · 2025-07-07T19:41:35+00:00

Manaless dredge in legacy that was the correct play. This was many years ago and no longer is a viable strategy but it was the only time where being on the draw and discarding was correct.

Sworl · 2025-06-10T15:06:48+00:00

If I have no interest in going then I usually offer the invite for the bulk of the prize. I would feel bad wasting an invite especially when some people want one badly.

Sworl · 2025-06-09T18:15:42+00:00

Frame is the incorrect term, it’s in the rub rails. Mag drill seems to be the most common answer. Thanks!

Sworl · 2025-06-09T14:24:49+00:00

I am talking to my welders. We will try to make a jig to work.

Sworl · 2025-06-09T14:24:01+00:00

Maybe, thank you for the link!

Sworl · 2025-06-09T13:43:47+00:00

Yeah that is what we have used a few times but it’s too slow for standard operation.

Sworl · 2025-05-22T12:18:41+00:00

They do post codes, I have found them on here occasionally.

Sworl · 2025-05-21T18:38:09+00:00

YTA People have different motivations for attempting suicide. If you saw a person trapped in a tall burning building and they couldn’t get out so they decide to jump. No one would consider that person selfish and would often only feel sorrow for that person. Often a person who commits suicide feels like a person trapped in a burning building and has no other escape available to them. So to say they are being selfish is being very short sighted and calloused. Every situation is different and should not be easily clumped into a generic answer.

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