Comments on: You Make the Play – Trusting Your Celestial Colonnade

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By: Fox Murdoch

Fox Murdoch — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:19:23 +0000

I’d keep on the draw, trusting my deck and poo-pooing random card draw if I lost the game.
On the play, I’d ship it back. 2 land then stalling is far more embarassing and costly.

By: JedDavies

JedDavies — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:25:31 +0000

This seems a little obvious. We’re playing 23 land, and one the reasons given is that we are trusting our Treasure Hunts. Two lands and a Hunt seems to be decent, because we aren’t likely to get more through a mulligan. Whether or not it is correct, I think Flores is leading us towards keeping.

By: GerryT

GerryT — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:32:19 +0000

Keep both ways, not close. You have Bolt and at the very least a cantrip, and Wrath to stabilize even if you miss a land drop or two.

As far as the deck is concerned, why would Treasure Hunt make you cut lands? If nothing else, I would play more lands with Treasure Hunt.

By: invisible

invisible — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:26:04 +0000

I would mulligan. Even if you rip mana sources, you need at least 2 pretty soon to get in the game. And looking at the manabase, out of the 21 lands left in your deck, 6 are guaranteed to come into play tapped, plus the 4 glacial fortress will need some help if you fetch a mountain with the scalding tarn, like people are suggesting. Play or draw, you need to think about the very good chance that your fourth land will come into play tapped and you’ll be another turn behind.

By: ProdigalT

ProdigalT — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:26:06 +0000

This is nice – very divisive. It’s a really close call. You could easily get blown out if you don’t draw your land, or completely take control if you do. Absent any outside information, I’d probably keep on the draw, but it’s too risky on the play.

By: ibanez

ibanez — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:20:33 +0000

I would keep on the draw and play because, even if you’re on the play, you’ve got 1 draw to hit a land before playing treasure hunt, if not you may quite posibly get a spreading seas or divination, wich would be ok until you get jace out. If you’re playing against aggro youve got the bolt and day of judgment to keep up( or even ajani and jace using 2nd and 3rd ab.) and for controlish you’ve got ajani and also jace.

By: von_sparron

von_sparron — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:18:26 +0000

I should add I would definately take a trip to Paris on the play.

By: von_sparron

von_sparron — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 14:17:54 +0000

I think this is a keep-but-I’m-not-too-happy-about-it kinda hand. People have been over the maths so I won’t bother but I think you have a better chance with this 7 than you would with 6. Plus Having DoJ gives you the chance to recover if you do miss a drop for a turn.

By: eightoffires

eightoffires — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:08:46 +0000

Ship the hand on both play and on the draw. You only have 2 land and will be taking one of the 21 remaining cards out your deck and you need 2 of them before you get ur business on. Lightning bolt is more or less a currently dead card because u might as well just wait for the day of judgment to get you some card advantage. Treasure hunt is more or less irrelevant in the decision. In the end you need either double white for wrath or double blue for jace and ur unlikely too get the one you need. Easy decision in my opinion