ok, so i personally am too much of a control freak to really get in to draft, as i hate relying on that much luck.

but drafts and sealed events are both strong for a reason.

and i aims to be findin' out why?

do you prefer draft or constructed, and why?

does the rush of opening up a few packs and letting the luck of the draw get you through excite you?

do you prefer to methodically build a deck and play test it until you know it's every subtle nuance?

the floor is open to discussion, ladies!!

and if your boyfriends that happen to see you play and know anything about the game want to voice their opinions as well, let 'em!!! :rolleyes:

Personally, I prefer draft.

More skill needed:devious:

Draft is more skill intensive than constructed by far.

If I have to choose I generally choose draft unless I happen to be cash poor that day. I do NOT choose sealed deck, which is why I don't play the Limited sides of PCQs.

I like limited over constructed myself.

1. I only have to deal with one set of cards. I know what this set has to offer and what it doesn't have. Not having to deal with a certain amount of metagame brings the game to a much more simple head in my opinion.

2. I get cards out of it. If I go to a PCQ and play sealed. I'm getting 5 packs for 25 bucks. AND if I make it to final draft.. I get 3 more packs. Unlike constructed where if I have a bad day I get nada.

Yeah, there is luck of the draw. But its not like you can't draw bad on a constructed deck either. And honestly, just because you get some solid cards doesn't mean you guarenteed to win either. I recently played in a sealed PCQ and the 5 packs I registered were amazing.. triple I Hate Magic, 2 Heat Visions, Big Bears and Big Barda... all first picks in draft. But the guy who got that deck still didn't get to top 4.

Now sealed or draft.. eh.. thats another story I'm still sure about.

ok, so i do see the strength of only dealing with one set of cards to draw from.

but the part about it being more skill intensive..?

how is that so?

is it because it prevents players from simply netdecking and playing the same thing that the texas state champ won with last week?

or is it because you have to build a deck on the fly and formulate a strategy based on little or no prior knowledge?

i am trying to be more open minded about drafting and sealed and i want to know what the appeal is to so many players that i am missing.

thanks for the insight so far, and please post anything else of use on this subject.

thanks!

tchalla:

Why don't you try it a few times and see how you like it?

I think you have to experience it for yourself rather than rely on our opinions (which you may or may not agree with).

Draft (not Sealed) has the aspects of Constructed (as you do make your own deck) but also other skillsets like selecting the right PTs and characters (while making sure your opponents don't benefit from you non-drafted cards), finding synergies in a limited card pool and adjusting in-play strategies to deck builds you are unfamiliar with (and many more).

If you ever want to make the big money at a PC you need to know how to draft. You could be first day one with your constructed deck but if you don't know how to draft you sure as hell ain't making day three.

erick, i know i know ya, but from where?

and i have done the limited (why is it called limited again?) thing before, but it usually just bores me or bothers me with my control issues ( yes i have control issues, i hate not having all of my options available to me, and having to rely on so much luck at one time.)

at the superman pre-release, i got an 8 drop joker and no other arkham, and in one draft i got a doomsday and only 2 drop revenge squad peeps! could i have taken another lana lang over the doomsday?

maybe, but since i had 3 i figured it would be good to consider my late game as well..guess i am not skilled in the draft thing yet, which is why i'm looking for insight now, i guess.

I played against you in the SDCC $10k. You were playing X-Men when no one else would.

what were you playing?

while much of the day is still a blurr to me, help me out.

i think i was playing an early version of my super team up in san diego, as opposed to the straight xmen. though i do have a straight xmen deck that i still tinker with.

i was running madam web and longshot at san diego, and spent the better part of the day ready to curse the names of both with the draws i was getting ( i'd get 3 webs and no longshots, or get neither one until turn 6-7...that kind of stuff)

are ya sure ya got the right guy?

wait, are you one of the judges that i was playing with outside of the tourneys?

if so then i know exactly who you are!

oh, wait!!

were you and me playing in the in between games?

i think the judges name was mike, but you and i played like 12 games or something for a while, back and forth and at a few different times, right?

No... we played in the last round or so. We played more after our match... I played at SD, I didn't judge.

After missing Tooth all day, I lucksacked with him every game on you.

well the thing about limited (whether it be sealed pack or draft) is that you use your head not only to make the deck, but to play the deck.

You have to figure out which cards would be much more valuable to be used in your deck.

Case in true life:

I'm at a PCQ at NYC (neutral ground) and in my packs I get around an equal amount of teen titans and Inmates, and the frequency of the drops is around the same. I went with inmates. when afterwards my friends asked why I didn't go with titans, i told them to look at the support. Liberty Island base? whereas I had an Asylum, a No man's land, fear and confusion, and other cards that took advantage of Inmate love.

a lot of things factor into limited events. it's a whole lot more than making a deck with the cards you collected and having a strategy going into a tourney. Your strategy is made as you make that deck in a limited amount of time.

And Draft?!? some of the tricks that go on are ridiculous! You should go to Tim's Wheelbarrow's thread on how rare drafters alter the competitive drafter's chance of winnng. between drafting and counter drafting, this type of limited format can be disgusting..

I prefer limited to constructed. Constructed is a lot of fun, but in all reality only a small handful of decks are legitimately competitive. In draft, you get to play with cards that otherwise never see play. You never play the same game twice, whereas constructed go something to the tune of "In this matchup, I play this, you play that, I play this, you do that, the first one to miss a step loses." Sealed is good, draft is better.