Draft:
Pack 1:
Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Cloudcrown Oak, Oblivion Ring, Wanderer’s Twig, Hornet Harasser, Ponder, Bog Hoodlums, Fire-Belly
Changeling, Skeletal Changeling, Elvish Promenade, Entangling Trap, Vivid Marsh, Sower of Temptation, Island
Pick: Sower of Temptation
Pack 2:
Mulldrifter, Weed Strangle, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Woodland Changeling, Springleaf Drum, Kithkin Healer, Footbottom Feast, Fire-Belly Changeling, Skeletal Changeling, Aquitect’s Will, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lys Alana Scarblade, Woodland Guidance, Imperious Perfect
Pick: Mulldrifter
Pack 3:
Dreamspoiler Witches, Battlewand Oak, Pestermite, Hurly-Burly, Peppersmoke, Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Wings of Velis Vel, Makeshift Mannequin, Guardian of Cloverdell, Battle Mastery, Elvish Branchbender
Pick: Pestermite
Pack 4:
Inner-Flame Acolyte, Pestermite, Leaf Gilder, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Thieving Sprite, Rootgrapple, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder, Faerie Trickery, Seedguide Ash, Thorn of Amethyst, Ceaseless Searblades
Pick: Pestermite
Pack 5:
Hurly-Burly, Peppersmoke, Lys Alana Huntmaster, Consuming Bonfire, Wispmare, Thieving Sprite, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Cenn’s Heir, Pollen Lullaby
Pick: Peppersmoke
Pack 6:
Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Mournwhelk, Needle Drop, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Goldmeadow Stalwart, Hoarder’s Greed, Vivid Marsh, Elvish Branchbender
Pick: Hornet Harasser
Pack 7:
Smokebraider, Moonglove Winnower, Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Faerie Trickery, Nightshade Stinger, Blades of Velis Vel, Treefolk Harbinger, Island
Pick: Moonglove Winnower
Pack 8:
Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of
Thoughtweft, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Fire-Belly Changeling, Hearthcage Giant, Ego Erasure, Swamp
Pick: Ponder
Pack 9:
Glimmerdust Nap, Ponder, Bog Hoodlums, Fire-Belly Changeling, Skeletal Changeling, Entangling Trap, Island
Pick: Skeletal Changeling
Pack 10:
Kithkin Healer, Footbottom Feast, Fire-Belly Changeling, Aquitect’s Will, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Woodland Guidance
Pick: Footbottom Feast
Pack 11:
Hurly-Burly, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Guardian of Cloverdell, Battle Mastery
Pick: Hurly-Burly
Pack 12:
Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Rootgrapple, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder
Pick: Boggart Sprite-Chaser
Pack 13:
Wispmare, Elvish Handservant, Cenn’s Heir
Pick: Wispmare
Pack 14:
Pick: Needle Drop
Pack 15:
Pick: Nightshade Stinger
Pack 16:
Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Streambed Aquitects, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Nameless Inversion, Battlewand Oak, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter,
Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke, Jagged-Scar Archers, Inner-Flame Igniter, Kithkin Mourncaller, Howltooth Hollow
Pick: Nameless Inversion
Pack 17:
Peppersmoke, Paperfin Rascal, Nath’s Elite, Moonglove Extract, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Smokebraider, Elvish Handservant, Dawnfluke, Broken Ambitions, Nath’s Buffoon, Harpoon Sniper, Battle Mastery, Thousand-Year Elixir
Pick: Peppersmoke
Pack 18:
Footbottom Feast, Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Flamekin Harbinger, Glen Elendra Pranksters, Mistbind Clique
Pick: Mistbind Clique
Pack 19:
Tarfire, Herbal Poultice, Kithkin Greatheart, Oakgnarl Warrior, Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Zephyr Net, Scarred Vinebreeder, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender, Wizened Cenn
Pick: Tarfire
Pack 20:
Kinsbaile Balloonist, Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Hillcomber Giant, Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager, Fallowsage, Knight of Meadowgrain, Ego Erasure
Pick: Fallowsage
Pack 21:
Avian Changeling, Bog-Strider Ash, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Amoeboid Changeling, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Vivid Meadow, Nectar Faerie
Pick: Springleaf Drum
Pack 22:
Quill-Slinger Boggart, Bog-Strider Ash, Herbal Poultice, Kithkin Greatheart, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish Branchbender, Amoeboid Changeling, Kithkin Mourncaller
Pick: Amoeboid Changeling
Pack 23:
Wispmare, Thieving
Sprite, Hillcomber Giant, Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Faerie Trickery, Nightshade Stinger, Blades of Velis Vel
Pick: Thieving Sprite
Pack 24:
Hillcomber Giant, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke, Kithkin Mourncaller
Pick: Facevaulter
Pack 25:
Paperfin Rascal, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Dawnfluke, Battle Mastery, Thousand-Year Elixir
Pick: Paperfin Rascal
Pack 26:
Kithkin Healer, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope
Pick: Inkfathom Divers
Pack 27:
Herbal Poultice, Zephyr Net, Scarred Vinebreeder, Protective Bubble
Pick: Zephyr Net
Pack 28:
Lairwatch Giant, Boggart Forager, Ego Erasure
Pick: Ego Erasure
Pack 29:
Oakgnarl Warrior, Lace with Moonglove
Pick: Oakgnarl Warrior
Pack 30:
Pick: Herbal Poultice
Pack 31:
Lash Out, Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Avian Changeling, Warren Pilferers, Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Judge of Currents, Lace with Moonglove,
Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Vivid Crag, Faerie Tauntings, Marsh Flitter, Purity
Pick: Marsh Flitter
Pack 32:
Hurly-Burly, Plover Knights, Paperfin Rascal, Dreamspoiler Witches, Runed Stalactite, Nath’s Elite, Neck Snap, Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Wings of Velis Vel, Cloudgoat Ranger, Marsh Flitter, Wild Ricochet
Pick: Dreamspoiler Witches
Pack 33:
Adder-Staff Boggart, Hillcomber Giant, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke, Tar Pitcher, Drowner of Secrets, Boggart Harbinger, Twinning Glass
Pick: Sentinels of Glen Elendra
Pack 34:
Fistful of Force, Glimmerdust Nap, Ingot Chewer, Amoeboid Changeling, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Vivid Crag, Boggart Shenanigans, Flamekin Spitfire, Ancient Amphitheater, Exiled Boggart
Pick: Vivid Crag
Pack 35:
Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler, Pestermite, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Caterwauling Boggart, Changeling Titan, Lammastide Weave, Shimmering Grotto
Pick: Pestermite
Pack 36:
Oakgnarl Warrior, Hornet Harasser, Fistful of Force, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Crush Underfoot, Glarewielder, Swamp
Pick: Hornet Harasser
Pack 37:
Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Boggart Loggers, Runed Stalactite, Spiderwig Boggart, Flamekin Brawler, Flamekin Spitfire, Faerie Tauntings, Ingot Chewer
Pick: Flamekin Spitfire
Pack 38:
Surge of
Thoughtweft, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Captivating Glance, Benthicore
Pick: Benthicore
Pack 39:
Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Lace with Moonglove, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Vivid Crag, Faerie Tauntings
Pick: Vivid Crag
Pack 40:
Hurly-Burly, Runed Stalactite, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Wings of Velis Vel, Wild Ricochet
Pick: Wings of Velis Vel
Pack 41:
Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke
Pick: Facevaulter
Pack 42:
Ingot Chewer, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Boggart Shenanigans
Pick: Ingot Chewer
Pack 43:
Oaken Brawler, Hunt Down, Caterwauling Boggart
Pick: Caterwauling Boggart
Pack 44:
Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder
Pick: Lace with Moonglove
Pack 45:
Pick: Spiderwig Boggart
Final Decklist:
7 Island
8 Swamp
1 Dreamspoiler Witches
1 Fallowsage
1 Footbottom Feast
2 Hornet Harasser
1 Marsh Flitter
1 Mistbind Clique
1 Moonglove Winnower
1 Mulldrifter
1 Nameless Inversion
2 Peppersmoke
3 Pestermite
1 Ponder
1 Sentinels of Glen Elendra
1 Skeletal Changeling
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Springleaf Drum
1 Tarfire
1 Thieving Sprite
2 Vivid Crag
1 Wings of Velis Vel
Sideboard
1 Amoeboid Changeling
1 Benthicore
1 Boggart Sprite-Chaser
1 Caterwauling Boggart
1 Ego Erasure
2 Facevaulter
1 Flamekin Spitfire
1 Herbal Poultice
1 Hurly-Burly
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Inkfathom Divers
1 Lace with Moonglove
1 Needle Drop
1 Nightshade Stinger
1 Oakgnarl Warrior
1 Paperfin Rascal
1 Spiderwig Boggart
1 Wispmare
1 Zephyr Net
This is one of my Pro Tour dream scenarios… first-picking a Mulldrifter
or a Blue rare, and being passed a Mulldrifter. Unlike other drafts, Blue kept
coming, and I quickly settled into Blue/Black Faeries. Not because I love the archetype,
but because those Pestermites and Peppersmokes kept coming. The draft was very
easy. I don’t think I had a single hard decision, and things just happened by
themselves.
Round 1 I played against Samy Younis with his Red/Black Goblins/Elementals deck.
Game 1 he won the die roll, which turned out to be important for one
reason: I missed a land drop, and that forced me to try to race. I played
Pestermites on turns 3, 4, and 5, tapping his single Swamp each
time, but he had a creature on turn 3 before me, and was attacking
first. If I’d made my fourth land drop, I would’ve played totally differently… Hornet
Harasser most likely, or Sentinels of Glen Elendra. I almost got there with
triple Pestermite, as I played a Marsh Flitter to hold the ground when I
reached four mana, but Tar Pitcher plus two Mudbutton Torchrunners finished
me.
Game 2 was very strange for my side for two reasons. I’m not sure on many of the
small plays I made. At the time I played them they seemed to make sense with
the information I had, but they turned out to be pretty bad. Anyway, his turn
3 was Smokebraider and Flamekin Harbinger for Hostility, so I spent the
whole game trying to survive. Faeries are really awful at blocking. I
still think that a few different plays could’ve held the game a little
longer, though I probably still lose to such an excellent start… no one knows for sure.
See you tomorrow!
Tiago
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