Here we are for our first Fate Khans Khans event on MTGO. I was afraid after Khans was such an amazing draft set that Fate Reforged would only take away from it, but thankfully, it has done exactly what the second set in a block should do, and added a healthy dose of excitement to the meta.
I'm actually sort of happy that we didn't have a snap keep bomb rare in our first pack. It let us explore more of the options and I think the way we went was fun. The deck seemed strong to me, and I think if we hadn't had the problems with the client that we did, we would have done much better.
I want to take a moment here to mention that I did submit a reimbursement request for this draft. We've done this three times in all the history of our online play, and every time, the team at Wizards has been quick to get back to us, and reimbursement was issued without question. I am in complete support of the way they deal with these issues. Having that policy in place makes the difference between a poor play experience and a good play experience.
I want to point out several things during deck construction and sideboarding. First, it may not be right just to run "the best cards". Bloodsoaked Champion is definitely a powerful card, but that's because he comes down on turn one. In a deck where black was our splash colour, I feel it was right to take him out, even when we ran an "inferior card" over him.
Another thing I'd like to point out is our decision not to mulligan in game one. It was definitely the wrong choice. I knew that when I decided to keep. I was banking on getting lucky, and that's not wise. The rest of our muligan and gameplay decisions were good, and I feel that if we hadn't had the client issues, we would have won more games. Either way, I'm a little disappointed that our first FKK draft went poorly, but I enjoyed the deck and I'm looking forward to the next one.
Thanks for watching, and we'll see you next time,
-Step.
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