It turns out not even serious foot surgery can keep us at Draftmagic down! Marlon Egolf (merl2pearl) tests out his draft skill while mired in a percocet-induced haze. Check out the vid and find out if doing drugs does in fact pay
About Marlon Egolf (merl2pearl)
Marlon is notable for being one of the site’s most profilic drafters, with an MTGO account that seems to never turn off. ‘Merl2Perl’ makes it a regular habit to stomp his way through 8-4s, often showing off unique plays worth keeping in mind. Marlon also loves to party, though sometimes he parties so hard he loses his job and cripples his foot and can’t do anything but play MTGO for the next six months. It’s been working so far…
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No but seriously, that guy was a douche. Love your draft videos, keep em coming!
Great draft video, lots of laughs. Grats on your 8 pockets.
hope you get better soon
nice games by the ay
Your videos are top quality. I’m very glad you beat ElRamuuusa. He is a very strong player who has been in my modo blocked list since probably 2002.
You REALLY need to play more aggressively. There are plenty of times to hold back, but when your opponent is missing land drops, playing crap cards and can’t really do anything, you don’t need to sit around and let him draw. You’re playing a beat face flier deck, but lacking the whole beat face part.
If you’re not gonna block with them, attack with them if they get through. It’s that simple. There’s no reason not to attack with your owl and griffin in video 3 I think it is. If I’ve noticed anything during your draft videos, it’s that you are WAY WAY WAY too defensive. You are hesitant to attack on many occasions where you would get through with no problem, and with creatures that weren’t gonna be blocking in the first place. What are you afraid of? In a related story, when you get to 6 mana, you cast Sun Titan. You just do it, especially if your opponent has already used a removal spell already. The game you lost, you lost because you got cute and didn’t just play your huge guys. Make him prove he can stop it, you were already losing the race.
@Brett
I’m pretty sure I was playing around something, although I’m not sure what it was. And that game I lost I played REALLY badly. I was actually pretty surprised when I went back and edited the game. I think I was a little too scared of Grave Titan. But then again, if he doesn’t miss his 6th land drop and plays Titan into my cancel, I look like a genius. Didn’t work out that way though.
Hi, just wanna say really enjoyed watching the vids – kinda new to online drafting and got some big tips on how to make a better deck, and when to use sideboard. Thx mate!
Hey great vids.
Just wanted to point out that crystal ball in upkeep when you have conundrum sphinx doesn’t actually do anything, since you’re drawing both cards that you see anyway. Using it in the first main phase gets you a card deeper.
p2p7 ish I would have hated the combust over the second excomm.