Hiya, folks! Joe here, back with the next pick in the M19 Community Draft.

See the previous pick here: https://www.dailyarena.net/2018/07/17/m19-community-draft-pack-1-pick-1/

The first pick was close between Shock and Gravedigger, with Gravedigger eventually winning out due to the consistent value it brings in the M19 draft format. Arcane Encyclopedia brought up a distant third, probably from people who wanted to stay as open as possible while choosing a high value card, and a lot of people were vocally in favor of Snapping Drake, though in the end it didn’t get a large proportion of votes.

Here’s the next pick. As usual, I’m putting my choice, with brief reasoning, in a spoiler section after the poll.

Coming Soon Which card do you choose for your M19 Pack 1, Pick 2? Militia Bugler Thud Psychic Symbiont Daybreak Chaplain Mighty Leap Invoke the Divine Ghostform Divination Tolarian Scholar Macabre Waltz Catalyst Elemental Lava Axe Centaur Courser Stone Quarry Results Vote Which card do you choose for your M19 Pack 1, Pick 2? Militia Bugler 73 ( 26.84 % ) Thud 4 ( 1.47 % ) Psychic Symbiont 166 ( 61.03 % ) Daybreak Chaplain 2 ( 0.74 % ) Mighty Leap 0 ( 0 % ) Invoke the Divine 0 ( 0 % ) Ghostform 2 ( 0.74 % ) Divination 6 ( 2.21 % ) Tolarian Scholar 0 ( 0 % ) Macabre Waltz 8 ( 2.94 % ) Catalyst Elemental 2 ( 0.74 % ) Lava Axe 7 ( 2.57 % ) Centaur Courser 2 ( 0.74 % ) Stone Quarry 0 ( 0 % ) Back

Which card do you choose for your M19 Pack 1, Pick 2? Militia Bugler 73 ( 26.84 % ) Thud 4 ( 1.47 % ) Psychic Symbiont 166 ( 61.03 % ) Daybreak Chaplain 2 ( 0.74 % ) Mighty Leap 0 ( 0 % ) Invoke the Divine 0 ( 0 % ) Ghostform 2 ( 0.74 % ) Divination 6 ( 2.21 % ) Tolarian Scholar 0 ( 0 % ) Macabre Waltz 8 ( 2.94 % ) Catalyst Elemental 2 ( 0.74 % ) Lava Axe 7 ( 2.57 % ) Centaur Courser 2 ( 0.74 % ) Stone Quarry 0 ( 0 % ) Back

Spoiler The power level of Psychic Symbiont is high enough relative to the other cards in the pack that I’m picking it here even though it’s gold. At least we already have a good card that matches one of the colors. Other cards I might consider are Divination and Centaur Courser. Militia Bugler and Thud both have high ceilings, but I think are too situational to pick here, and Stone Quarry unfortunately doesn’t match any color we’ve drafted yet. [collapse]

What’s your pick?

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Joseph Eddy is a Father, Husband, Son, Brother, Software Developer, and Gamer. Magic is his favorite hobby, and he’s looking forward to seeing you all on Arena. He streams Magic Arena on a weekly basis (or more), but currently is unable to keep to a set schedule.