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I think you are going to be wanting to pick packs from sets that have common that are overall powerful. You are actually making a 60 card deck as well.

This is from Pastimes website:

"The tournament will be run as follows:
Step 1:
Players will open and draft cards from the following 7 boosters: Beta, Unlimited, Revised Edition, Arabian Nights, Antiquities, Legends, and Portal: Three Kingdoms. Players will be randomly seated at the draft table. The first player to open each booster will also be randomly chosen. The cards will be drafted one booster at a time.

Step 2:
Players will then draft the remaining 73 sealed boosters. Each player in turn will select a booster from the remaining pool. The player that did not open a booster in step 1 will draft first and select 2 boosters. After all the boosters are drafted, players will open the boosters they drafted.

Step 3:
Players will build a minimum 60-card deck from the cards they drafted in step 1 and the boosters they drafted and opened in step 2.

Step 4:
Players will be randomly paired and play a 3-round, single-elimination tournament (best 2 out of 3 games per match). "

Explain to me why the fog from Druid's Deliverance doesn't work.

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Accidental draws happen, but I do agree that it sounds like there's a cheater in this scenario. Problem is you can't prove who it is, but you keep insisting it's your friend's opponent. It shows a lot of undue bias on your part.

I am bias because the dude was dead on the board. It makes sense that he is trying to get a win however he can. From what it sounds like its just part of the game. You have to waste time writing down everything that happens. It just seems absurd, but I guess there is nothing you can do. Sorry if I come off angry, but it is a very frustrating situation even if it didn't happen to me.

So are you saying if you right a "M" on your life pad next to his name, that is good enough evidence? Are you kidding me? What is stopping anyone from doing this?

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Actually, situations like this are exactly why you should do those things.

You can't even prove that your friend's opponent was cheating, so statements like this and the thread title are libelous. The bottom line is that your friend was up a card and neither player could (or would) account for it. The judge went with what he thought was the best call. I'm sorry that it cost your friend the game, and I believe that a less harsh warning should've been assigned to both players given the information you've provided, but none of that necessarily makes the opponent a cheater.

Someone had to be cheating. He can not take a mulligan and not take a mulligan at the same time. Either he took a mulligan and cheated or my friend drew an extra card and lied about it. Both situations there is a cheater.

Why would I post this then? My friend was not accused of cheating, so its not like I am here defending him.

He was penalized for drawing an extra card and received a game loss.

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Actually if your friend wanted to appeal he would of had to do so immediately before cards got scooped up. Its a painstaking process to prove who drew a extra card or didn't but you can if they actually wrote down how many turns it was, looked at the cards in gy for effects that would draw cards etc. etc. It would of been fairly easy to prove who was in fact lying but would of taken at least 5-10 mins as long as the game/board state was in tact/knowledge of the turn it was and who went first and second. For future reference purposes. If there is disagreements over those things they will go to what players have written down and be in favor of the person who has more detailed notes.

Sucks but he could of easily just asked if his opponent could prove he drew a extra card or not if he already did those things and most likely he couldn't unless he was a seasoned cheater(knowledge of those things) and then well just get him back later or move on from it.

He actually did appeal before he scooped up the cards, and no he did not know what turn it was at that points. You shouldn't have to write if your opponents mulligan or keep track of what turn it is. If there is no way to proof it either way then you should keep it as it is. This is just promoting cheating.

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Even for a one-sided story, this one is missing some details. Like for instance, how was it determined that your friend had an "extra" card? Did he and his opponent cast the exact same number of spells for the duration of the game, with no extra draw effects and no mulligans?

Seems like someone isn't saying something. It could very well be the case that your friend was in the wrong and tried to save face by telling you a weak story.

They counted up all the cards and all that would affect card drawing and he was one ahead. He was a closer friend, with no reason to lie to me. You could tell by how he was dealing with it that he was not lying.

I have a question about a judge call that was made at GP Indianapolis. My friend and I both made day 2 of the event, him going x-1 and me going x-2. In round 11 my friend is playing on the table across from me, and while I was sideboarding, I noticed a judge over there. Both players look really upset about whatever was happening, then my friends pulls the judge over to talk to him. I could tell something happened, that was not in my friends favor. After I finished my match I went over and talked to my friend about what happened. I guess my friend was swinging in for lethal damage, when his opponent started taking forever, and was counting all his permanents/cards. After, a bit he calls a judge over and says my friend drew an extra card. My friend was like, "No I have an extra card because you mulliganed down to 6". The judge asked the opponent if he took a mulligan and he replied with a no. Right then and there my opponent blatantly lied to the judge. You are probably thinking, oh that shouldn't matter because there is no proof that he didn't mulligan. Well the judge then asked my friend if he has any proof that he took a mulligan and my friend responded with a no. The judge argues in favor of the opponent and my friend get a game loss to win the round. My friend does appeal to the head judge, but he says the same thing.

How does this make any sense? Is the guy friends with the judge or just more well know? I can not imagine that be the case, but I don't understand how they could make that ruling. I'm assuming I can not post his name on here, but I really want to make aware of this cheater. Let me know what you guys think.

Thanks

Price on this?

Added picture.

I opened up a pack and the left side of Vraska has square corners. How common is that? I assume people really wouldn't be interested in that, but is it even legal to play with?

Here is my decklist:

Would like some feedback on this deck. I've been doing well against most match-ups, but U/B control decks usually end in a draw because of time. I don't have a ton of experience versus cawblade, so I'm looking for advice to help me against that match-up.