Hey Paul, I was your last round opponent. I did indeed board the Fear of Lost Teeth in, good read! You just rolled into a terrible matchup on the draw. Great playing you, ggs!
I have to say this is such a refreshing interaction. Never any salt or disrespectful talk from Paul towards his opponents even with tilting luck. You guys both are an excellent example for how we should handle wins & losses.
@@DiscardatRandom probably less so since scavenger is for the enchantments deck and a more narrow build around. And rares have that X factor of gravity for people wanting to play them.
Enjoy watching your drafts because you are very focused and efficient. I tend to draft durdly greedy multicolor piles (to varying success), so it’s always nice to see these synergistic two color decks built to win w/ very little fluff
first game is so burtal. Reminds me of the old days travelling a far distane to play a tournament just to get land screwed and drop out 0-2 after 1 hour being there :D
Dear Mr. Cheon, I was really impressed by your composure in the last round. It looked very bleak, but you recognized the what can you do. Win or learn friend, win or learn.
Solid run Paul all things considered. I really do not like Boros that much, you're winning mostly games where opponent does not have an early kill spell, is mana screwed or flooded, or just does not have efficient early plays (nothing new here I guess ^^). If they do and have a decent mid game you're done. Also feel midnight mayhem is almost paramount to a good Boros deck in this format. But you played the line and games really well, clearly that's what the draft gave you, and for me if we forget a blue white distant mishap that we will let fly away, you have been very much as clutch as you can be on these day 2 and overall these Arena Opens. Thanks and GL for future drafts and sustaining your high ranking 🙏
I would love to see a video about the draft review! I’ve been watching ever video of yours for a while now and was really rooting for you here! Good run!
This is so heart-breaking to watch. I know UW and RW are the best archetypes right now, but I can’t seem to find success with them. Better luck on the next Arena Open. I lucked out on Draft1, but playing Boros on Draft2 didn’t pan out for me. I should’ve stayed w/ G/x multi-color I’m so used to drafting.
My condolences Paul, I also went red/white and got eliminated day 2 draft 1. I honestly haven’t had success with the Boros in all my practicing of the format but unfortunately it was my only option with the cards dealt to me. I wish you luck next time! Thank you for all the content, I’m a huge fan and will continue to support you!
my condolences, my day 2 ended with rollercoaster, boilerbilges overlord and a few fobas in a defensive red green deck, sometimes you cant win. And I had a super good blue white deck with 4 rares and 12 uncommons :D:D
43:44 - I think that not attacking was correct. If you do attack and they block, you would use the trick. While trading 1 mana trick for a creature seems good, then that trick was your win condition, because giving flying was a promising route to victory.
I think youre undervaluing Infernal Phantom. We have so many enchantments that it easily attacks as a 4/3 or 6/3 which is a 2-for-1 and seals out games where the opponent is low.
Yeah, I dont disagree that the scavenger is one of the best uncommons in the set, maybe the best. I dont know how you could compare it to the rescuer. Its a huge theat you can usually play for like 3 mana. It can protect your creatures, and usually just eats one of their attacking creatures. I'm struggling to understand the logic there
@@1st_editioni dont think he's a bad player, I've generally seen him make good decisions, and have good explanations, just this time I can't get behind. I've played the wanderer and played against it and it is just nuts
You played great my friend we will get them next open!! It’s great how you talk through your thought process great channel. I went 4 -3 twice in open day 1 😂
Awesome draft! I think I would have taken the friendly ghost over the 2nd ticket booth in pack 3. I've really liked the friendly ghost in RW. Pushes through a big attack the turn you play it and then chips in for 2 in the air to close out the game.
I think attack in the box also better than second ticket booth. With two of the make unblockable 2/2 it’s quite good. And ticket booth doesn’t have any synergy. Double strike pretty bad with a bunch of 2 power.
Hey Paul, as always thanks for the content. You have a nice attitude and it's really enjoyable. Regarding your draft it seems you commited to early to White. Probably could have been GR(b?) My experience with Boros so far is that if I don't have multiple rares/premium uncommons or can go wide with mayhem etc., it doesn't have the staying power for the power level of this format. The deck without bombs or going wide is just too easily defended with 1for1 trades.
I'm actually also not thaaaaaat big of a fan of Arabella... Sure.. sometimes you have the draws where you can make it unblockable and it feels unbeatable. But there are also games where it can only attack one time, drain and die afterwards. At least for me, it's not a card to jump into Boros immediately.
if anything, I love watching these arena open drafts because the actual draft format portion is generally much higher end. Here, we see the packs really drying up after p5-6 instead of getting crazy stuff way too late like p9 percussionists, pack 1 signposts etc. Would love to see arena have a way to have ELO drafts, at least seperate maybe plat, or diamond and higher from the rest?
Paul: "...and I'm not to close to the best players..." You know, unless you look at Arena ranking, win percentage, career achievements, excitement for the game, manners...
Those land draws are the sole reason I have claim the MTG Arena is rigged, isn't MTG and will never be MTG. I got hosed over and over this morning drew 5 lands in a row multiple times, and even when I had one land left in my deck with 20 cards in library, still drew it. BS, rolling over and accepting it is part of the problem. Now that the rant is over, I really appreciate your content, always brightens my day when you got a new draft up! Cheers!
You say to the last opponent "they deserve to get into the next draft". But actually they don't. They did absolutely nothing to deserve that. Just got blessed by RNJesus witn insane amount of luck, getting passed bombs after bombs after bombs. May be they were the only player on the table dratfting golgari. That's why I hate Magic. It's just a random casino slot machine. That guy got a jackpot
Wild that we're in a format where P1P1 is a 1 mana uncommon over a mythic rare flash, convoke, hexproof doublestriker. Statistically supported decision btw. Optimistic Scavenger tracks at a higher win % than The Wandering Rescuer.
Absolutely understand the P1P1 there. Wanderer was double white. And Scavenger was a better pick in the sense that it had the most power and flexibility. A deck can certainly overload itself with good low drops, but picking a 5 drop (yes I know it has convoke), is a bit more rough. Context is definitely important here. I have no doubt that if Wanderer was passed pick 5 and Paul already knew he was Boros. He would slam dunk that over Scavenger.
Even if you think scavenger is better, by passing wanderer you basically guarantee that the person to your left will play white... I feel that the same is not true for passing scavenger due to rarity
Also this is Day 2. You can safely assume all the drafters around the table don't care about rarity and understand the value and power level of the cards.
@@JakeGeeksOutI mean it’s not about rarity, it’s about what’s the best card and having a bomb rare like the wander would help close games and protect cards with hexproof
@@Tuturial464 responding to the OP comment on rarity. Anyway, I think P1P1 scavenger is correct still due to power and flexibility. But if midpack Paul knew he was Boros, Wanderer is better. At P1P1, there are simply too many likely future game situations and deck configurations where the Scavenger is just better especially at just a 1-drop.
You are better than me at this even though I 7-0 qualified =). That said- wumperer is a better pick than op scavenger and windbreaker is a better pick than percussionist by a lot. I will admit that the aggro deck in this format is powerful, but wtf.
I will slam optimistic scavenger p1 over almost anything except the real bombs (overlords etc.). Have trophied both times I've played green white now purely on the strength of the white uncommons. Definitely better than the wanderer, which is just pretty good in my opinion.
With all the rooms that you keep opening, I have no idea why you weren't playing that soul rager. You would have had a 44 in almost all of your games had you just drawn it. Otherwise, great stuff is always.
I hate RW in this format, always get that helpless feeling you had throughout. 17lands data is not representative of top level play. I managed to get to $2K without putting a white card in my deck. Both my decks (BGU and RU) had great defensive speed. Was hoping to see RW but instead faced in sequence UW, BG, BW, UR, GW, BGW, BUW, BU, BR. Awesome format with all the variety.
Typically by picking up a few dual color lands. The green white lands don't get up until the end. The format is slow enough that I think its worth it, and the cost of it is minimal during a whole game. Also helps that the few times I have had it I've gotten passed late green white rare land which is just a plains with benefits. That makes it an easy choice.
Yeah not entirely sure what I was supposed to be. I rewatched the draft and I guess ur was an option but tough spot regardless. We still had some good close games minus the block constructed deck I played in the last round.
@@haumph I think BR might've also been an option considering that black tends to be underdrafted in this set. It's easy for me to say that after seeing what wheeled in pack 3, but I think there was a line as soon as pack 1 for someone who prefers to avoid WR : Ticket Booth p1p5 to get deeper into red; speculative Let's Play a Game or BR land p1p6; Innocuous Rat p1p7; Conductive Machete p1p8; and some filler black cards on the wheel. Not sure if the deck would've ended up being better though. Besides, you had no real reason to pivot off of WR in pack 1, and the two Arabellas early pack 2 pretty much sealed the deal. Anyways, love the videos! They are both fun and highly informative. I just won my first 2000 $ in the Open this weekend thanks to you and all the other great limited content creators out there. :)
