Lords of Limited

PT EOE Draft Review - Episode 447

·1 hr 9 min·5 clips
Why did Pro Tour drafters repeatedly pass Naniform Sentinel, a card Ben and Ethan argue is key with Tractor Beam?
Ben Worney and Ethan open the episode by discussing their current Magic: The Gathering activities, including Spider-Man and Vintage Cube drafts. They then transition to analyzing Pro Tour Edge of Eternities drafts. First, they review Ken Yukihiro's day one draft, starting with his picks of Requiem Monolith and Tractor Beam. The hosts express confusion over Ken's subsequent selections, like Hilder Blade over Mechanozoa and Starbreach Whale over Embrace Oblivion or Naniform Sentinel. They argue these picks misaligned with his deck's control strategy and missed synergy opportunities. Ken's deck ended up blue-black but lacked key cards, and he went 1-2. Next, they analyze Shuhei Nakamura's day two draft, beginning with his first-pick Diadrin Synthesis Amalgam. They question his second-pick Wormwall Sweeper over Virus Beetle and later picks like Zookeeper Mechon over green medium cards, which contradicted his Diadrin commitment. Shuhei's draft suffered from poor pack breaks in pack three, and he also finished 1-2. The hosts note that Jared 'JMaz' Masse, a previous guest, won his draft with a blue-white deck. They conclude by mentioning this might be the last Edge of Eternities discussion before moving to other topics like Vintage Cube or Avatar.

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A brisk draft review uses Naniform Sentinel to expose what the table may have missed.

Lords of Limited frames its Pro Tour draft review around the cards a table lets linger too long. Ben Worney and Ethan turn Naniform Sentinel into the episode's useful pressure point, building a case from copies moving around the table and from the sense that blue remained more…

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You get a spirited pick-by-pick debate about whether Naniform Sentinel deserved more respect, and how one draft slid into blue-black.

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