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Questions From PAX

🕑 Added 2019-03-31 21:58:56 +0000 UTC

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Jordan Selesnick

How does playing a high scale tournament on an online platform effect the tells via body language and reaction time that exists in paper magic? Are they still present or do the screens muddle the mixture?

Dan Miller

Hi guys. I'm curious how often the two of you play against one another?

Clayton T. Carlson

Do you guys have any good April Fools prank stories?

Marcus Mayhew

I've been playing a lot of Arena drafts, and I love the client but I find myself craving a more real experience drafting against human opponents. I'm considering starting up Magic Online just for limited, how do the two limited environments compare from an economic standpoint, game play, etc? Is it worth it to switch between the two if I'm not already invested in Online? Thank you! :]

Paul Vidal

Agreed! Just to add to that: from a viewer's perspective, seeing MTG on arena is much more fun, but the format seemed to have too much variance, and involving less the player with the audience. Do you feel the same way?

Sam Jones

What were the biggest pros and cons to the tournament being on Magic Arena instead of paper magic? Both from a player and a coverage perspective.

Daniel Schneider

Would love to hear a postmortem on duo standard, both from LSV as a competitor and Marshal as a commentator. Was it too matchup-dependent? Was it fun to play? Does it seem like it has a future in competitive Magic?

Star Bright

If you were a planeswalker card, what would your ultimate be? (You don’t have to design the whole card unless you’d like to, just curious what a Marshall / LSV ultimate/emblem would look like)

Andy Shadow Patron of the Arts and Lover of all things depressing Bentley

For LSV: Do you think the field of decks would have been more diverse if it was a best of 3 format? Also given the "random" variance of not knowing what decks you were playing first were there any match ups that you were hoping to avoid? For Marshal: the event seemed like a resounding success so do you think this will lead to continued regular coverage down the road and if not what do you think it will take?

Jonathan Montgomery

i just moved to a new city with few accessible game stores. I have a few friends here but I cannot consistently get six people together at once. Can you recommend a good in-person limit format you can play with only a few people? I do sealeds with my friends, but I wonder if you have a better idea. Thanks guys!

Max Brett

How do you use the interface in arena to influence your opponent and how does the interface influence your decisions? For example auto passing to represent having nothing or using full control mode to bluff. Thanks for all the great content!

Jaeger

Should Savjz have taken Absorb instead of Kaya, Orzhov Usurper on his final Search for Azcanta activation in last game of the semifinal match with Piotr Glogowski?

Jonathan Montgomery

This one is for LSV because Marshall already answered it. Magic is experiencing a lot of positives - with Arena, PAX, and a great run of sets since Dominaria. If you had one fear about Magic - either as a whole or for you personally - what is it?

Aleksander Bartnik

With the cards revealed today from War of the Spark, it's clear that the whole set is heavily impacted by the prevalence of Planeswalkers. I think that this will work in limited, seeing as it is an isolated system there, but I'm concerned about the impact on standard. Thoughts?

Anthony Martinez

What was the best food you had over PAX?

Mark Arucan

With the huge viewing numbers for the Mythic Invitational, do you think this means a slow death for tabletop coverage and tabletop Mythic Championships?

Harry

Long time listener, first time caller. You have talked about the effect of war of the spark’s planeswalker pack on draft, but what about sealed? Do you think that 6 planeswalkers plus rares in the sealed pool could make for a format in which there is a much greater ‘speed gap’ between sealed and draft, and fairly different card evaluations?

Shanin

Most of us listeners probably draft at their favorite LGSs and we normally crack a booster box for a draft pod. The chance of having duplicate rares in these pods are extremely low. Are there any difference in preparation or other competitor's deck expectation when drafting in big events like GP and Pro tour when the card pools are a lot more randomized? Will be attending GP Bangkok this October and it may be my first ever large event drafting (If it's limited format).

Jonathan Hill

How do you feel the duo standard format played out at the mythic championship? It seemed to push more towards extreme aggression and extreme control without any space for midrange decks to shine.

Kari Malsom

Do you think the Best of 1 format worked well? For me watching it seemed that being in the play gave about 20% increase in winning.

Kari Malsom

With the previews of #MTGWAR planeswalkers and all of them having a static ability, do you see this set as being extremely complicated?

Jamie Katz

I thought coverage took a huge leap forward this weekend. Well done! I’ve also enjoyed the evolution of draft coverage at PTs/MCs in recent years. I’m curious, after this weekend, how you see draft coverage changing for arena tournaments?

Ian Salewski

What was both of your honest opinions on the less magic oriented coverage team? And no, LSV, I don't mean Paul and Marshall :P

Mark Conkle

Now that you've seen some of the new planeswalkers with a static ability and one or two loyalty abilities, how important do you think being ready to attack planeswalkers in War of the Spark will be?

Nicholas Frega

For both of you: If you got to watch the Mythic Invitational, who outside of the MPL (and Luis and Nassif, because HOF) impressed you with their play? Would it be worth it to study any games from the Mythic Invitational?

The Pabster

Genius or grifter?: your opponent is about to cast a spell. You hold out a card from your hand as if you were about to counter there spell, but you’re just bluffing and the card you’re holding isn’t really a counter spell. Your opponent pulls back and doesn’t cast the spell. Thanks for the great show.