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I won't be at Nationals this year, so I'll be abstaining from the vote.  However, I'd like to mention my experience with drafting primarily from boxes - I have a lot of difficulty in lining up heroes and battlewinners sometimes, especially in certain brigades.

For example, Red heroes seem plentiful, but Red battlewinners just seem almost nonexistent.  And Blue has some very solid common GEs, such as Abe's Servant to Ur/Third Heaven/Trapped in Cleverness, but Blue heroes are really hard to come by.

For those that read my LoR article about drafting at 2016 Nats, you'll know that I had a plethora of Red heroes, including Abishai (Ki), King Jehoshaphat (Ki) x2, Men of Judah, Army of Simeonites, David the Shepherd, and Jashobeam (Ki).  But I never saw one Red battlewinner - no Battle Cry, no Faith of Barak, nothing 

If I was voting, I'd pick option 2 for this reason.  Has anyone else had similar experiences with drafting boxes?

I won't be at Nationals this year

Do you recall if others at your table were also drafting Red and maybe the Red GE just never made it to you?

I'm sure part of that is that Red doesn't have many rare cards from the old sets that come in the box packs. Adding in some foil packs probably won't help much.

I won't be at Nationals this year, so I'll be abstaining from the vote.  However, I'd like to mention my experience with drafting primarily from boxes - I have a lot of difficulty in lining up heroes and battlewinners sometimes, especially in certain brigades.

For example, Red heroes seem plentiful, but Red battlewinners just seem almost nonexistent.  And Blue has some very solid common GEs, such as Abe's Servant to Ur/Third Heaven/Trapped in Cleverness, but Blue heroes are really hard to come by.

For those that read my LoR article about drafting at 2016 Nats, you'll know that I had a plethora of Red heroes, including Abishai (Ki), King Jehoshaphat (Ki) x2, Men of Judah, Army of Simeonites, David the Shepherd, and Jashobeam (Ki).  But I never saw one Red battlewinner - no Battle Cry, no Faith of Barak, nothing 

If I was voting, I'd pick option 2 for this reason.  Has anyone else had similar experiences with drafting boxes?

Historically I've found that drafting boxes typically produces more consistent looking decks than any other method. I did draft a veritable Prophets offense last year though...

Based on voting that has already taken place, it looks like it's going to be the six boxes.

6 boxes!

Quote from: jbeers285 on July 20, 2017, 09:31:20 AM

Cut PC for Kings and priests and I would be 100% with option 2.

Any other combination I'm with option 1.

Indeed, I voted for option 2 because I want Kings and Priests. Kings and Priests give a lot of characters and will be greatly missed should they be left out.

Clearly we need to go with option 1 then so Josh has a slight disadvantage from the get-go. 

Quote from: KoalaKing on July 20, 2017, 11:24:33 AM

Clearly we need to go with option 1 then so Josh has a slight disadvantage from the get-go. 

The disadvantage is mine! 

All I really want is to get my card for the draft. I've already got Gabe's and Justin's once apiece,  so it's only fair...

Can vouch from Regionals. Josh's card won me booster draft. It's amazing in booster!! And it's a great card all around!! And it being able to negate Gates of Hell makes it even more amazing!!

Quote from: KoalaKing on July 21, 2017, 12:04:03 PM

Ha, right. I suppose if I had to pick between the three I'd want to get your card too in Booster.

Also, can there be an "I'm not playing Booster Draft at Nats" option in the poll for people who are curious how the poll is turning out but aren't playing BD?

The current vote is 17 to 6 in favor of 6 boxes.

*Edit--looks like Gabe added that option as well. 

I think the idea is that people aren't supposed to be able to see the results until after they vote, which is why I didn't just straight up ask.

Thanks Gabe!