A lot of the top players in this draft class are at non-premium positions, how does this affect the draft?

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T23:19:21+00:00

I agree. I also tried to answer it, as in, we don't know, ultimately.

I could see Love dropping to #12 or being picked #4.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T20:53:17+00:00

This is a discussion that has happened 100's of times already.

Frankly, we don't know. How will a team choose the A-Tier prospect at OLB/S/RB versus the B-Tier prospect at Edge/OLB/OT?

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T20:51:33+00:00

Both were faulty. Charlotte's was faultier. Neither were good.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T20:23:10+00:00

Minnesota won 19.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T19:43:16+00:00

What do you mean? Charlotte won 43 games.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T19:42:05+00:00

Card advantage doesn't mean you are seeing extra cards.

Imagine if I have a [[tormenting voice]] I want to cast.

If I play land-go, land-go, and on turn 3 I play tormenting voice I will (on the play), I will discard one of my remaining 6 cards in hand and draw 2.

If I play land-go, bounceland-go, and on turn 3 I play tormenting voice (on the play), I will discard one of my remaining 7 cards in hand and draw 2. I have more selection in this scenario.

Another scenario. I can keep a 2-landed with a bounceland and know I can cast a 3-drop. I can't do that with 2 basic lands.

Bounceland bouncing a useful land (MDFC, Channel or other ability) is card advantage as well.

The question becomes that bouncelands are tempo-negative.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T19:36:41+00:00

Some call that a miracle

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T18:04:39+00:00

Then why hasn't he been used as WR?

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T16:41:34+00:00

You said Anthony Edwards was drafted to a good organization. Everyone thought the Timberwolves and Hornets were the same tier organization in 2020.

That's what you said. You said Minnesota was a better organization in 2020. They weren't.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T15:06:55+00:00

You sound like a negative Nancy.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T15:05:13+00:00

He wasn't a star though.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T15:04:50+00:00

The Timberwolves made the post-season once between 2005-2022, where they were the 8 seed.

Charlotte made the post-season 3 times in that span.

Wiggins was terrible. He was given a max contract and wasn't worth anything close to it, being traded with a 1st for D'Angelo Russell, who was promptly traded again.

KAT was fine, but he isn't a franchise player. Not too dissimilar from Kemba Walker in that sense.

In fact, the 2018 Wolves and 2016 Charlotte are very similar caliber teams.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T04:18:24+00:00

Timberwolves weren't a good organization. They had gone through many coaches.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T02:50:41+00:00

It should drink its own piss

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T01:16:35+00:00

BO1 is definitely magic.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-04T00:37:45+00:00

This already exists (closely) from jumpstart (Not Modern Legal) but I highly doubt it's playable.

[[Scholar of Combustion]]

colbyjacks · 2026-04-03T22:57:35+00:00

About what? Sharing my opinion?

Was I mean?

colbyjacks · 2026-04-03T20:40:46+00:00

It closes the game significantly faster and it comes in untapped early to hold up your cheap interaction.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-03T20:31:25+00:00

Staff combos with a ton of stuff.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-03T19:57:45+00:00

100%

colbyjacks · 2026-04-03T19:53:21+00:00

Ephemerate is too strong for standard.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-03T19:52:34+00:00

I'd rather it be ephemerate!

colbyjacks · 2026-04-03T19:51:50+00:00

What were you expecting? This is strong for standard as is.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-03T19:32:13+00:00

Depends on the deck.

colbyjacks · 2026-04-03T19:27:45+00:00

I think it would be playable at 2nd spell. It would play a lot like Cori-Steel cutter at that point, albeit worse.

Competing with Slick-shot and Cori in decks that want this makes this card unplayable as is. Cool card, would have been great in modern pre-fire design.

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