Finally Opening My Favorite Rare In The Format | Foundations Draft | MTG Arena

[@csabaalmasi5297]

I feel like this was one of the most inspirational videos from you Paul: you managed to get great results with an objectively mediocre deck and an at best mediocre draft. I was raging super hard over the weekend blaming the RNG and the shuffler, but this video proves that skill is what matters, and also motivates me to play better.

[@haumph]

Wow, thank you!

[@justinwarden8698]

@@haumphhey Paul, why not put the Vivian on top in response to the +1, so it shuffles away ?

[@dolomiten4925]

@@justinwarden8698 Uncharted Voyage targets creatures so he had no way to put the Vivian on top

[@justinwarden8698]

@@dolomiten4925 good call out!

[@Clarkiev16]

Morning Paul - loving the Foundations content. You’ve pushed me to have bigger goals in magic, like playing in the Arena Qualifiers and RCQs. Thanks for being an awesome member of the community!

[@jackATTACK5500]

Hey Paul. I only started playing Magic half way through this year and only started drafting in Bloomburrow which is also when I found your channel. I was able to hit Diamond in Duskmourn and just hit mythic in limited today for the first time in any format. Don't have many people to tell that know what mythic is so I figured I'd share here lol. Thanks for the videos, they helped a lot!

[@haumph]

That's incredible and congratulations! Glad I could be of some help.

[@jackATTACK5500]

@@haumph I only wish I got into Magic and drafting earlier, it's way too fun haha

[@deificshadow]

Love these videos! I ran my first Foundations premier draft thanks to you, and I went 6-1. Excited to keep it up. You've given me a new perspective on Arena drafting, and it's made the game really fun again.

[@StViers]

Aegis turtle would have been an interesting one-drop, given your frustration finding early drops. It's a good early game wall, that takes +1/+1 counters well

[@Charwhale]

Would've slammed the Muldrotha and all those Stabs, and I also probably would've gotten 3 or 4 wins! Great job Paul!

[@haumph]

ggs!

[@andrejudd8589]

Super tough draft. I think Grow From the Ashes was pretty overlooked here. It's not a tempo positive play, but when your curve is this high I think the card shines quite a bit. Mainly think it's odd to not even mention the card when you saw 3 copies. Could've helped you splash too to shore up how weak the deck ended up being.

[@haumph]

I haven't liked grow from the ashes very much in general but could see the case to play it here.

[@12triproberts]

I've liked Shivan Dragon as a top-end for RG midrange. If you can empty the opponent's hand of removal on your 3 and 4 drops, it's a solid finisher.

[@haumph]

It's got a horrific win rate for how iconically good it used to be. Vanilla creatures are just not it sadly

[@adrianshaw9782]

11:41 My Abyssal Harvester bad beats story: 1 drop into turn 2 eaten alive my 1 drop. Abyssal turn 3 into turn 4 macabre waltz discarding Koma make a Koma token. 😮 GG

[@haumph]

oof

[@hevvy2112]

Medium deck, great pilot! That seven seven for seven looks super fun to pick up tho

[@haumph]

yeah it sure does!

[@Deathmperor]

Lunch with Paul

[@haumph]

haumph

[@Cornelius135]

Blue green feels really decent, I just went 7-1 with a counters-matter UG build. P1P1 Zimone made that an easy choice though 😂

[@haumph]

yeah zimone is sick!

[@gadget2622]

Definitely felt like going for vivien instead of face was the mistake. Between the bushwhack and uncharted voyage you had enough interaction to force through a kill even if they spent viviens turn killing the spectral sailor.

[@haumph]

possibly

[@Toast_d3u]

i feel like i always end up in the 'mediums' archetype hahah. thanks Paul

[@haumph]

np!

[@mariocastro9780]

Great Content! Learning a lot! Thanks

[@DS-hl7zp]

"Every pack sucks" Truer words were never spoken. I've done less than 10 drafts of this set and I'm already over it.

[@KayZ_19]

Feels like theres no middle-ground power level. You either open bombs or just weak commons and uncommons. All that only to have top deck wars and mana screw 90% of the games. I miss Duskmourn.

[@devi2289]

I got a curator of destinies at my LGS, and then realized blue was extremely cut off. Sad day

[@roahe]

Viven, judgment into sire...😮

[@haumph]

Yeah that was super tough haha

[@andreleblanc1411]

Great content, glad I subbed

[@haumph]

Appreciate the sub!

[@joesandy3424]

I’ve been taking Strix Lookout higher than you. I think you’re mostly correct in it being replaceable, but a 1/2 vigilance has been effective in longer games in a set that I perceive as having a lot of 1/1 creatures.

[@haumph]

You definitely dont take that card for its body but for its effect

[@tsards3693]

with the exception of a handful of drafts, i have felt the same drafting this set. it’s been challenging finding clear signals which i wonder if it’s just due to an underpowered set but nonetheless still a bit frustrating.

[@haumph]

totally agree.

[@Keepsake66]

Cheon, please tell me if you read this: how often do you retire drafts when your draft is suboptimal? I'm feeling extremely demoralized about how often i run into just unbeatable draft decks in premier draft and I want some perspective on how often a streamer/mythic player retires bad drafts.

[@theibault]

The best archetype is winning..

[@haumph]

I love that archetype for sure

[@ritodogaming6172]

So interesting, normally you get flooded but now it's making you work for it. It's like your the Final boss and being nerfed.. lol.

[@haumph]

Pretty much!

[@heathGREsham]

I think Rogues Passage is broken in Simic. The deck wants to be tempo in this format and it allows you to race a way the opponent can’t stop.

[@haumph]

My deck wasn't tempo at all

[@jmoo4170]

What happens if you play the death touch spider and fight the sire in that last game with bushwhack?

[@kevinpeck1652]

I p1p1'd Curator of Destinies in my last draft and ended up with a 7-0 boros deck 😂

[@haumph]

nice!

[@WPS578]

The deck was looking really meh, but it performed surprisingly decent . I would have def. pivot to UB in P2.

[@guitarID]

Crawler carried these games

[@dudaseifert]

the reson why you "get bad draws when 6-0" is because when you get them at 1-1 you won't bat an eye. the human mind can be very cruel sometimes (i know you know that, i'm saying that tou the viewers)

[@alexanderanglin8160]

Best notification in the morning

[@Jimmy-ox3dv]

"Going to try and win, not force a strategy." Opens blue rare and forces blue...

[@haumph]

the rare is sweet come on have some fun

[@adaml8827]

This wasn't forcing. Forcing is when you pick your colours before you sit down.

[@iGotUrEspada]

paused on the muldrotha pick - you can absolutely go UG splash B for Muldrotha. With evolving wilds and bushwack (+micromancer) you were on track for a safe splash. muldrotha is pretty insane --especially if you also have evolving wilds + tatyova

[@GoreDough92]

@@adaml8827 def not. I mean thats uber forcing with blinds but if you stick to your P1P1 cause "I wna play this card" that is most definitely forcing as well. Not saying Paul did that here

[@GoreDough92]

@@iGotUrEspada One million percent my thought process too. Also kinda hurts how averse he is to the Aegis Turtle. That thing will HODL while you get all your 4+ CMC cards on the board. It looks dopey but mannn, that thing sucks to see as an aggressive deck. Gets around Shock, Stab, and quite a few early interactions.

[@fpejanovic]

Curator of Destines? More like Curator of DEEZ NUTS!!!!!!!!!

[@haumph]

whoa whoa

[@fpejanovic]

@@haumph Paul we're lucky to have you, i can't stand drafting this format but watching you do well in it is great!

[@spooky_zen]

tough packs

[@haumph]

super tough

[@davidbielsa5188]

Losing is mine

[@MaximilianKalimon]

59:11 "i'M cALlInG yOu AlL cLoWnS" That is EXACTLY how and why the shuffler is rigged. It keeps players in the game longer than they need to be, so that they are on average more likely to hit that juicy store button. Apart from also triggering gambler mental issues of "man i was SO CLOSE - when i spend the next 20 bucks on gems i am FOR SURE getting that trophy". If you knew what hypergerometric probability distribution is, you would see how many 1% and 0.1% "completely balanced" draws you get in 10 games. It's like 2 to 3. Btw you get rigged once you hit 9 daily wins. NOT TEN (out of 15) - NINE. So sneaky lmao. This is incredibly obvious and common practice in SO MANY free to play games. But little Paul is too afraid to see the world for what it is and makes fun of people who are based enought to do what he would never be able to. sad life

[@haumph]

You are a clown

[@MaximilianKalimon]

​@@haumphGiven that... 1) you had to force yourself to stop going on with your rant 2) you had to clarify that "it happens to everyone roughly at the same rate" at the end of the match (although that doesn't disprove my claim, since the shuffler algorithm is the same for everyone. be clearer with what you mean - or is this a hidden message?) 3) most importantly, you were employed by Wizards at some point ... I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt and not assume that you are stupid and consider the possibility of you knowing what's going on. In that case you'd simply be a spineless shrimp and not some naive darling. PS: I'd be careful who you call a clown. I'm not the guy whose entire "benefit to humanity" is playing ultimately forgettable childrens card game matches while calling yourself an entertainer (which is exactly what a clown is), and having to beg for money all the time. I am a professional programmer who regularly has to implement "brilliant" ideas from my superiors who studied business and marketing. I am grounded in the real world and am talking about a subject which I have knowledge of. You, in your position, talking to me in this kind of dismissive manner is incredibly embarrassing. If you know NOTHING, at least keep your mout shut when it comes to subjects like this. Stop ASSUMING everything's clean (even though, again, Wizards has repeatedly been forced into admitting that their shuffler is rigged, so you're being actively ignorant at this point) and forcing your belief onto others, ridiculing those who think otherwise, most often based on evidence and not based of hopes and dreams. If you know things, be professional and adhere to your contracts and stop gaslighting - that's even worse. Either is harmful, but that would be much worse.

[@NutsackParachute]

What’s up Paul?????!!

[@haumph]

hello!