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Drafting With Nick – Shards of Alara #27

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Thursday, December 4th – Nick continues his Drafting With series, bringing us a triple Shards of Alara draft from the 8-4 queue on Magic Online. Along with Rich, he shares his pick process and draft thoughts with each one, and supplies more detailed analysis in the forums.

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P1P4 This is very close between Fatestitcher and Ascetic but I gave the Ascetic the nod as Soul’s Fire is better in Green.
P1P5 This is me being non-commital.
P1P12 Important not to hatedraft here I think and ship a strong White signal since I need to define my colors.

P2P1 I wanted to take Fatestitcher or Manaplasm here but Iguanar is definitely making the cut and I’m unsure about my third color at this point.
P2P3 Skeletonize is a better card overall but Bloodpyre combos better with 2 Scavenger Drakes and Kresh which I think makes it the pick.

1 Goblin Deathraiders
1 Necrogenesis
2 Dregscape Zombie
1 Thorn-Thrash Viashino
1 Soul’s Fire
1 Volcanic Submersion
2 Bloodpyre Elemental
1 Deathgreeter
1 Topan Ascetic
1 Jungle Weaver
1 Dragon Fodder
1 Kresh the Bloodbraided
1 Hissing Iguanar
1 Magma Spray
1 Ridge Rannet
2 Scavenger Drake
1 Blightning
1 Skeletal Kathari
2 Branching Bolt
6 Mountain
1 Naya Panorama
4 Forest
6 Swamp

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1 Resounding Scream
1 Yoked Plowbeast
1 Deathgreeter
1 Mountain
1 Outrider of Jhess
1 Onyx Goblet
1 Naturalize
1 Swerve
1 Vectis Silencers
1 Ooze Garden
2 Bloodthorn Taunter
1 Glaze Fiend
1 Goblin Mountaineer
1 Gustrider Exuberant
1 Marble Chalice
1 Cloudheath Drake
1 Resounding Wave
1 Swamp
1 Plains
1 Etherium Sculptor

Sadly this draft was even more anti-climactic than the last one.

Game 1 I had a slow draw but stabilized with Jungle Weaver. Then he played Violent Ultimatum and I lost. Game 2 I got stuck on four mana with all removal in hand and no Black. Then he played Hellkite Overlord. Rough beats.

Until tomorrow…

Nick Eisel