GTC Draft Debate - Pack 1, Pick 5

Daily Draft Debate

KrazyCaley

15 February 2013

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Last pick

Prophetic Prism

Picks so far

Prophetic Prism

Syndic of Tithes

Frontline Medic

Gyre Sage

This pack

Tower Defense

Undercity Informer

Predator's Rapport

Ember Beast

Guildscorn Ward

Aerial Maneuver

Naturalize

Court Street Denizen

Mugging

Gruul Guildgate

Swamp

1 missing rare, 1 missing uncommon, 2 missing commons

This article is a follow-up to GTC Draft Debate - Pack 1, Pick 4 The next article in this series is GTC Draft Debate - Pack 1, Pick 6

http404error says... #1

Mugging or Court Street Denizen , decisions, decisions...

I'd take Mugging .

February 16, 2013 2:36 a.m.

DePeluche says... #2

Court Street Denizen

Will come in handy for an all out attack when casting white creatures, also another creature for the arsenal

February 16, 2013 2:51 a.m.

Cdawg44 says... #3

Court Street Denizen

Some nice control for either a Boros or an Orzhov deck. Fits our colors so far. The runner up being Undercity Informer .

My vote goes to Court Street Denizen

February 16, 2013 3:17 a.m.

vic says... #4

Mugging.

A little better than court street denizen(2nd choice). We've got a messy start to this draft. It looks like people want to go white here, though I think we should have gone simic the whole time. It's open and we've seen solid picks go by. At this point, I could see this crowd going orzhov with a splash of boros, and (unfortunately) junking the gyre sage.

So I think there is room to go for a red splash card.

February 16, 2013 4:41 a.m.

Arachnarchist says... #5

Gotta take the removal.

Mugging

February 16, 2013 4:51 a.m.

Spker says... #6

Court Street Denizen quite a powerful card, hard to pass up considering some our choices so far. It seems the others are passing along the white, but it doesn't mean we should be too committed to it.

February 16, 2013 9:04 a.m.

dorminjake says... #7

Mugging is my pick.

I do like Court Street Denizen , though. So either way!

February 16, 2013 10:11 a.m.

Zerix says... #8

February 16, 2013 10:34 a.m.

Human_Rogue_21 says... #9

Although Mugging is a close second, I would go with Court Street Denizen ...

February 16, 2013 10:34 a.m.

Lotex says... #10

I like Court Street Denizen . Mugging would also be nice. We need cheap spells. Curve > all. I vote Mugging .

February 16, 2013 10:35 a.m.

Rewdog says... #11

February 16, 2013 10:41 a.m.

dorminjake says... #12

Off topic: I love the idea of mugging and extorting someone at the same time. Take ALL the money!

Also I love the flavor fail that exists when an Armored Transport is killed by a Mugging . Isn't the entire point of armoring a transport the prevention of, you know, people forcibly taking money and/or goods?

February 16, 2013 10:45 a.m.

ratchet1215 says... #13

What is with people's aversion to removal? First passing Orzhov Charm for Syndic, now an argument for anything but Mugging? Court Street Denizen is indeed a reasonable aggressive Boros 3-drop. Mugging is one of the best commons in the format and seeing it 5th pick is as sure a red signal as we're going to get.

February 16, 2013 10:53 a.m.

dorminjake says... #14

@ratchet1215 I don't see anyone arguing AGAINST Mugging , just some people preferring the Denizen over it. Right now, by my count, the vote is a six to six tie.

February 16, 2013 10:57 a.m.

ratchet1215 says... #15

REVISION: I sound like an ass in my last comment, ignore me. Given what we've done so far Court Street is actually a very reasonable pick. I stand by Mugging though; red really does seem open.

February 16, 2013 11:09 a.m.

lonewolfx says... #16

Mugging .

Court Street Denizen is a fine creature, but we're not in a position to prioritize it over solid removal.

February 16, 2013 11:41 a.m.

Glen654 says... #17

Mugging I think. It's a tough call, but I'm not a fan of the denizen. Most of the time it is just a 2/2 for 3, which doesn't work great with the extort strategy. But it does work really well with the boros plan, which at that point, why not grab the mugging?

February 16, 2013 1:17 p.m.

GureiSeion says... #18

Mugging for me. Even if we don't run with it, it's a card that robs most of our critter's lives.

February 16, 2013 2:24 p.m.
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apt142 says... #21

Mugging There are lots of small creatures in this format and it answers them.

Side note: There is a distinct lack of blue in this pack.

February 16, 2013 3:30 p.m.

mccracka says... #22

February 16, 2013 3:34 p.m.

I'm all in for either Court Street Denizen or Mugging

Leaning towards the Denizen.

February 16, 2013 4:14 p.m.

Goody says... #24

I'll go with Mugging and hope we get some good boros cards on the third pack. We can definitely make a good Naya or WBR deck, both are excellent color combos in this set and we've seen some good cards go by. Hopefully we'll see similar choices second or third pack.

February 16, 2013 4:46 p.m.

dcarpntr says... #25

Let's go with Mugging . It's solid removal.

February 16, 2013 5:28 p.m.

Goody says... #26

Also helps with stalemates to get those few points of damage in if they have a key blocker.

February 16, 2013 5:39 p.m.

KrazyCaley says... #27

Mugging comes through with the late support. Moving on.

February 16, 2013 6:18 p.m.

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