Draft:
Pack 1:
Inner-Flame Acolyte, Neck Snap, Pestermite, Leaf Gilder, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Thieving Sprite, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke,
Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Ceaseless Searblades, Fallowsage, Turtleshell Changeling, Ashling’s Prerogative
Pick: Leaf Gilder
Pack 2:
Hurly-Burly, Consuming Bonfire, Wispmare, Stonybrook Angler, Thieving Sprite, Broken Ambitions, Nath’s Buffoon, Faultgrinder, Rootgrapple, Squeaking Pie Sneak, Guardian of Cloverdell, Familiar’s Ruse, Wanderwine Prophets, Gilt-Leaf Seer
Pick: Squeaking Pie Sneak
Pack 3:
Glimmerdust Nap, Warren Pilferers, Soulbright Flamekin, Kithkin Daggerdare, Surge of Thoughtweft, Weed Strangle, Skeletal Changeling, Aquitect’s Will, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Spring Cleaning, Entangling Trap, Turtleshell Changeling, Inner-Flame Igniter
Pick: Warren Pilferers
Pack 4:
Fistful of Force, Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Cloudcrown Oak, Wanderer’s Twig, Needle Drop, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Flamekin Bladewhirl, Captivating Glance, Incremental Growth
Pick: Incremental Growth
Pack 5:
Herbal Poultice, Avian Changeling, Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Heal the Scars, Skeletal Changeling, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish Branchbender, Scattering Stroke, Boggart Harbinger
Pick: Boggart Harbinger
Pack 6:
Moonglove Winnower, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Shimmering Grotto, Elvish Eulogist, Giant’s Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Spellstutter Sprite, Harpoon Sniper, Vivid Marsh, Hoarder’s Greed
Pick: Vivid Marsh
Pack 7:
Paperfin Rascal, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Lys Alana Scarblade, Facevaulter
Pick: Facevaulter
Pack 8:
Herbal Poultice, Oakgnarl
Warrior, Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Soaring Hope, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect’s Will, Colfenor’s Urn
Pick: Hornet Harasser
Pack 9:
Inner-Flame Acolyte, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Ashling’s Prerogative
Pick: Boggart Sprite-Chaser
Pack 10:
Wispmare, Nath’s Buffoon, Faultgrinder, Familiar’s Ruse, Wanderwine Prophets, Gilt-Leaf Seer
Pick: Gilt-Leaf Seer
Pack 11:
Kithkin Daggerdare, Aquitect’s Will, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Spring Cleaning, Entangling Trap
Pick: Kithkin Daggerdare
Pack 12:
Glimmerdust Nap, Needle Drop, Heal the Scars, Captivating Glance
Pick: Glimmerdust Nap
Pack 13:
Herbal Poultice, Heal the Scars, Shields of Velis Vel
Pick: Shields of Velis Vel
Pack 14:
Lairwatch Giant, Hoarder’s Greed
Pick: Hoarder’s Greed
Pack 15:
Pick: Hunt Down
Pack 16:
Nameless Inversion, Fertile Ground, Moonglove Winnower, Plover Knights, Whirlpool Whelm, Leaf Gilder, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon, Caterwauling
Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Sentry Oak, Tar Pitcher, Crib Swap, Thoughtseize
Pick: Nameless Inversion
Pack 17:
Kinsbaile Balloonist, Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Fertile Ground, Moonglove Extract, Hillcomber Giant, Elvish Eulogist, Wings of Velis Vel, Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Imperious Perfect, Elvish Promenade, Shelldock Isle
Pick: Imperious Perfect
Pack 18:
Goldmeadow Harrier, Eyeblight’s Ending, Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Cloudcrown Oak, Zephyr Net, Scarred Vinebreeder, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Elvish Promenade, Crush Underfoot, Faerie Harbinger, Hillcomber Giant
Pick: Eyeblight’s Ending
Pack 19:
Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Cloudcrown Oak, Tarfire, Wanderer’s Twig, Amoeboid Changeling, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Vivid Meadow, Battle Mastery, Goatnapper
Pick: Cloudcrown Oak
Pack 20:
Kithkin Healer, Footbottom Feast, Axegrinder Giant, Blind-Spot Giant, Wellgabber Apothecary, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Boggart Birth Rite, Zephyr Net, Goldmeadow Stalwart, Flamekin Harbinger, Ceaseless Searblades
Pick: Footbottom Feast
Pack 21:
Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Goldmeadow Dodger, Wings of Velis Vel, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Militia’s Pride
Pick: Gilt-Leaf Ambush
Pack 22:
Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Footbottom Feast, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope, Entangling Trap, Merrow Commerce, Inner-Flame Igniter
Pick: Hornet Harasser
Pack 23:
Plover Knights, Paperfin Rascal,
Runed Stalactite, Nath’s Elite, Flamekin Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Triclopean Sight, Sylvan Echoes
Pick: Nath’s Elite
Pack 24:
Moonglove Winnower, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon, Caterwauling Boggart, Elvish Handservant, Sentry Oak, Tar Pitcher
Pick: Tar Pitcher
Pack 25:
Kinsbaile Balloonist, Adder-Staff Boggart, Elvish Eulogist, Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Elvish Promenade
Pick: Elvish Promenade
Pack 26:
Glimmerdust Nap, Zephyr Net, Scarred Vinebreeder, Protective Bubble, Elvish Promenade
Pick: Elvish Promenade
Pack 27:
Quill-Slinger Boggart, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Battle Mastery
Pick: Lace with Moonglove
Pack 28:
Blind-Spot Giant, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Zephyr Net
Pick: Gilt-Leaf Seer
Pack 29:
Goldmeadow Dodger, Facevaulter
Pick: Facevaulter
Pack 30:
Pick: Soaring Hope
Pack 31:
Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Streambed Aquitects, Consuming Bonfire, Boggart Loggers, Lys Alana Huntmaster, Runed Stalactite, Broken
Ambitions, Cenn’s Heir, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Faerie Harbinger, Changeling Titan, Kithkin Mourncaller, Hoofprints of the Stag
Pick: Changeling Titan
Pack 32:
Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Dreamspoiler Witches, Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler, Faerie Trickery, Nightshade Stinger, Blades of Velis Vel, Elvish Handservant, Dawnfluke, Merrow Reejerey, Wizened Cenn, Faerie Tauntings, Masked Admirers
Pick: Masked Admirers
Pack 33:
Kithkin Greatheart, Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Weed Strangle, Ponder, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble, Fire-Belly Changeling, Skeletal Changeling, Merrow Commerce, Veteran of the Depths, Inner-Flame Igniter, Ancient Amphitheater
Pick: Weed Strangle
Pack 34:
Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Kithkin Daggerdare, Lace with Moonglove, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Kithkin Mourncaller, Boggart Shenanigans, Vivid Marsh
Pick: Lignify
Pack 35:
Moonglove Winnower, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder, Faerie Trickery, Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant, Squeaking Pie Sneak, Boggart Harbinger, Horde of Notions, Black Poplar Shaman
Pick: Squeaking Pie Sneak
Pack 36:
Bog-Strider Ash, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Springjack Knight, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble, Fire-Belly Changeling, Crush Underfoot, Lys Alana Scarblade
Pick: Bog-Strider Ash
Pack 37:
Hurly-Burly, Runed Stalactite, Nath’s Elite, Cenn’s Heir, Ringskipper, Black Poplar Shaman, Guardian of Cloverdell, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender, Windbrisk Heights
Pick: Windbrisk Heights
Pack 38:
Lignify, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Bog Hoodlums, Judge of Currents, Inkfathom Divers, Needle Drop, Sylvan Echoes, Tar Pitcher
Pick: Lignify
Pack 39:
Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Boggart Loggers, Runed Stalactite, Cenn’s Heir, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter
Pick: Boggart Loggers
Pack 40:
Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Oaken Brawler, Nightshade Stinger, Blades of Velis Vel, Dawnfluke, Faerie Tauntings
Pick: Stinkdrinker Daredevil
Pack 41:
Lowland Oaf, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble, Fire-Belly Changeling, Merrow Commerce
Pick: Lowland Oaf
Pack 42:
Lowland Oaf, Lace with Moonglove, Exiled Boggart, Boggart Shenanigans
Pick: Lowland Oaf
Pack 43:
Moonglove Winnower, Nightshade Stinger, Lairwatch Giant
Pick: Moonglove Winnower
Pack 44:
Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble
Pick: Bog Hoodlums
Pack 45:
Pick: Ringskipper
Final Decklist:
9 Forest
7 Swamp
1 Boggart Harbinger
1 Bog-Strider Ash
1 Changeling Titan
1 Cloudcrown Oak
1 Eyeblight’s Ending
1 Footbottom Feast
1 Gilt-Leaf Ambush
1 Gilt-Leaf Seer
2 Hornet Harasser
1 Imperious Perfect
1 Incremental Growth
1 Kithkin Daggerdare
1 Leaf Gilder
2 Lignify
1 Masked Admirers
1 Nameless Inversion
1 Nath’s Elite
2 Squeaking Pie Sneak
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Warren Pilferers
1 Weed Strangle
Sideboard
1 Swamp
1 Boggart Loggers
1 Boggart Sprite-Chaser
1 Bog Hoodlums
2 Elvish Promenade
2 Facevaulter
1 Gilt-Leaf Seer
1 Glimmerdust Nap
1 Hoarder’s Greed
1 Hunt Down
1 Lace with Moonglove
2 Lowland Oaf
1 Moonglove Winnower
1 Ringskipper
1 Shields of Velis Vel
1 Soaring Hope
1 Stinkdrinker Daredevil
1 Tar Pitcher
1 Windbrisk Heights
Pick 1: Pestermite is a better card than Leaf Glider, but there are many small
reasons to favor Leaf Gilder, that combined to make me pick Leaf Gilder.
Blue is very overdrafted. Many times I first pick Mulldrifter or Silvergill
Douser, or better cards than Pestermite, and Blue doesn’t come. I don’t feel
like going Blue with Pestermite – it’s not enough to make me fight for the color.
Green is more likely to come to you.
Pestermite is an aggro/tempo card. I value cards that promote attacking
lower. Pestermite is weaker when you’re trying to survive. Leaf Gilder is
much better in any Green deck than Pestermite is in any Blue deck.
Also, this is a weak pack, where 3 of the Top 5 cards are Blue, and there’s
no other Green card besides Leaf Gilder.
Overall, I felt that if I succeeded and my first pick ended up in my deck, be
it Pestermite or Leaf Glider, I would be much happier to have this Leaf
Gilder in my Green deck, than this Pestermite in a Blue deck.
Pick 2: Angler doesn’t seem strong enough to go Blue after the decision I made
for Pick 1. I like Pie-Sneak better than Consuming Bonfire, but it was close,
as Bonfire could also be fine since this pack was weak too.
Pick 16: How awkward. Just a while ago, I said I would rare draft money cards
like Thoughtseize. However, this is not Pick 1 where I’m clueless about where the
draft is heading. Nameless Inversion is a card I really want in this deck.
Pick 37: I’m not going to play with two Nath’s Elite. He’s not even that good in
Elves, let alone outside the archetype.
Pick 38: I considered splashing the two Tar Pitchers, but in the end it didn’t
happen.
Round 1 I played against White/Blue Kithkin.
One game he was stuck on three Plains. Another game I mulliganed and stalled
on two lands. The only real game was game 1… no screws, no floods, his
cards were just superior to mine: Thoughtweft Trio, Cloudgoat Ranger (he had
two), plus some other goodies. The tempo advantage made his cards seem even
better, and just when I was about to regain some life (I was at 2 life) with
the board even, he bounced my Cloudcrown Oak with Whelm and attacked in the
air for the win. I had Bog-Strider Ash and three Goblins in my hand, so
starting next turn I would be gaining some life to prevent that happening.
I still think this deck was fine, despite it being strange to see this
Goblins/Elves pairing.
See you tomorrow!
Tiago
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