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Drafting With Tiago – LLL #16

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Tiago Chan, Portugal’s Level 6 Magic dynamo, takes us by the hand and leads us through the choppy waters of a triple-Lorwyn draft on Magic Online. He shares each and every pick, from one to forty-five, and supplies expert commentary on the draft and the games. For more detailed information, visit the forums!

Draft:

Pack 1:










Moonglove Extract, Hillcomber Giant, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Dreamspoiler Witches, Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler, Elvish
Eulogist, Giant’s Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Spellstutter Sprite, Tar Pitcher, Briarhorn, Lammastide Weave, Cryptic Command

Pick: Cryptic Command

Pack 2:










Axegrinder Giant, Woodland Changeling, Kithkin Greatheart, Footbottom Feast, Lowland Oaf, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Crush Underfoot, Glen Elendra Pranksters, Changeling Titan, Hostility, Plains

Pick: Hostility

Pack 3:










Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Fertile Ground, Hillcomber Giant, Black Poplar Shaman, Shimmering Grotto, Elvish Eulogist, Giant’s Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Faerie Harbinger, Harpoon Sniper, Vivid Meadow

Pick: Faerie Harbinger

Pack 4:







Quill-Slinger Boggart, Bog-Strider Ash, Aethersnipe, Tarfire, Herbal Poultice, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect’s Will, Mournwhelk, Zephyr Net, Boggart Shenanigans, Crib Swap, Windbrisk Heights

Pick: Aethersnipe

Pack 5:







Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Footbottom Feast, Needle Drop, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Lys Alana Scarblade, Elvish Promenade, Deathrender

Pick: Inkfathom Divers

Pack 6:







Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Boggart Loggers, Broken Ambitions, Nath’s Buffoon, Faultgrinder, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Ego Erasure, Wild Ricochet

Pick: Broken Ambitions

Pack 7:







Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Battlewand Oak, Hurly-Burly, Lairwatch Giant, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager, Goatnapper, Forest

Pick: Hurly-Burly

Pack 8:




Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Cloudcrown Oak, Wanderer’s Twig, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Sylvan Echoes, Rebellion of the Flamekin

Pick: Cloudcrown Oak

Pack 9:




Hillcomber Giant, Oaken Brawler, Elvish Eulogist, Giant’s Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Spellstutter Sprite, Lammastide Weave

Pick: Spellstutter Sprite

Pack 10:




Axegrinder Giant, Footbottom Feast, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Heal the Scars, Plains

Pick: Footbottom Feast

Pack 11:




Black Poplar Shaman, Shimmering Grotto, Elvish Eulogist, Giant’s Ire, Lairwatch Giant

Pick: Shimmering Grotto

Pack 12:

Herbal Poultice, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect’s Will, Zephyr Net

Pick: Wellgabber Apothecary

Pack 13:

Needle Drop, Heal the Scars, Lys Alana Scarblade

Pick: Lys Alana Scarblade

Pack 14:

Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger

Pick: Rootgrapple

Pack 15:










Lignify, Weed Strangle, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish
Branchbender, Amoeboid Changeling, Vivid Crag, Boggart Harbinger, Sentry Oak, Guile, Silvergill Adept

Pick: Guile

Pack 16:










Kithkin Greatheart, Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Goldmeadow Harrier, Scarred Vinebreeder, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Ingot Chewer, Amoeboid Changeling, Boggart Harbinger, Kithkin Mourncaller, Glarewielder, Dolmen Gate, Goldmeadow Stalwart

Pick: Deeptread Merrow

Pack 17:










Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Weed Strangle, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Kithkin Daggerdare, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of Currents, Turtleshell Changeling, Faerie Tauntings, Vigor, Swamp

Pick: Turtleshell Changeling

Pack 18:







Lys Alana Huntmaster, Runed Stalactite, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Neck Snap, Pestermite, Leaf Gilder, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Elvish Harbinger, Forest

Pick: Pestermite

Pack 19:







Wispmare, Streambed Aquitects, Lys Alana Huntmaster, Runed Stalactite, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Wings of Velis Vel, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Kithkin Mourncaller, Ashling’s Prerogative

Pick: Streambed Aquitects

Pack 20:







Bog-Strider Ash, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Amoeboid Changeling, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Merrow Harbinger, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender, Colfenor’s Plans

Pick: Merrow Harbinger

Pack 21:







Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Oaken Brawler, Spellstutter Sprite, Spiderwig Boggart, Flamekin Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Seedguide Ash, Eyes of the Wisent, Plains

Pick: Spellstutter Sprite

Pack 22:




Paperfin Rascal, Runed Stalactite,
Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon, Vivid Creek, Kithkin Harbinger

Pick: Paperfin Rascal

Pack 23:




Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Vivid Crag

Pick: Deeptread Merrow

Pack 24:




Scarred Vinebreeder, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Ingot Chewer, Amoeboid Changeling, Dolmen Gate

Pick: Amoeboid Changeling

Pack 25:




Deeptread Merrow, Kithkin Daggerdare, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Faerie Tauntings

Pick: Deeptread Merrow

Pack 26:

Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Forest

Pick: Facevaulter

Pack 27:

Goldmeadow Dodger, Flamekin Brawler, Kithkin Mourncaller

Pick: Kithkin Mourncaller

Pack 28:

Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder

Pick: Lace with Moonglove

Pack 29:

Flamekin Brawler

Pick: Flamekin Brawler

Pack 30:










Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Smokebraider, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Peppersmoke,
Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Cenn’s Heir, Briarhorn, Thundercloud Shaman, Prowess of the Fair, Knucklebone Witch

Pick: Briarhorn

Pack 31:










Eyeblight’s Ending, Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Cloudcrown Oak, Wanderer’s Twig, Hornet Harasser, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of Currents, Lace with Moonglove, Veteran of the Depths, Prowess of the Fair, Squeaking Pie Sneak, Oona’s Prowler

Pick: Oona’s Prowler

Pack 32:










Fistful of Force, Eyeblight’s Ending, Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Cloudcrown Oak, Wanderer’s Twig, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Mournwhelk, Battle Mastery, Turtleshell Changeling, Vivid Marsh

Pick: Eyeblight’s Ending

Pack 33:







Herbal Poultice, Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Lace with Moonglove, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Flamekin Harbinger, Familiar’s Ruse, Drowner of Secrets, Fathom Trawl

Pick: Fathom Trawl

Pack 34:







Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Thieving Sprite, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Warren-Scourge Elf, Blades of Velis Vel, Cenn’s Heir, Ringskipper, Makeshift Mannequin, Guardian of Cloverdell, Scattering Stroke, Howltooth Hollow

Pick: Thieving Sprite

Pack 35:







Wispmare, Stonybrook Angler, Thieving Sprite, Rootgrapple, Triclopean Sight, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder, Faerie Trickery, Ethereal Whiskergill, Entangling Trap

Pick: Thieving Sprite

Pack 36:







Thieving Sprite, Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Loggers, Cenn’s Heir, Ringskipper, Black Poplar Shaman, Shimmering Grotto, Entangling Trap, Thousand-Year Elixir

Pick: Whirlpool Whelm

Pack 37:




Springleaf Drum, Lignify, Inkfathom
Divers, Needle Drop, Soaring Hope, Merrow Commerce, Lys Alana Scarblade, Guardian of Cloverdell

Pick: Inkfathom Divers

Pack 38:




Kinsbaile Balloonist, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Cenn’s Heir, Prowess of the Fair, Knucklebone Witch

Pick: Knucklebone Witch

Pack 39:




Glimmerdust Nap, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Lace with Moonglove, Prowess of the Fair, Squeaking Pie Sneak

Pick: Glimmerdust Nap

Pack 40:




Glimmerdust Nap, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Battle Mastery

Pick: Glimmerdust Nap

Pack 41:

Herbal Poultice, Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Heal the Scars

Pick: Ponder

Pack 42:

Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Ringskipper, Howltooth Hollow

Pick: Howltooth Hollow

Pack 43:

Rootgrapple, Nightshade Stinger

Pick: Nightshade Stinger

Pack 44:

Ringskipper

Pick: Ringskipper

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Broken Ambitions
1 Cryptic Command
2 Deeptread Merrow
1 Faerie Harbinger
1 Fathom Trawl
1 Glimmerdust Nap
1 Guile
2 Inkfathom Divers
1 Pestermite
1 Ponder
2 Spellstutter Sprite
1 Streambed Aquitects
1 Turtleshell Changeling
1
Whirlpool Whelm
1 Aethersnipe
1 Eyeblight’s Ending
1 Footbottom Feast
1 Oona’s Prowler
2 Thieving Sprite
11 Island
6 Swamp

Sideboard:

2 Amoeboid Changeling
1 Boggart Forager
1 Briarhorn
1 Cloudcrown Oak
1 Facevaulter
1 Flamekin Brawler
1 Glimmerdust Nap
1 Hostility
1 Howltooth Hollow
1 Hurly-Burly
1 Kithkin Mourncaller
1 Knucklebone Witch
1 Lace with Moonglove
1 Lys Alana Scarblade
1 Merrow Harbinger
1 Nightshade Stinger
1 Paperfin Rascal
1 Ringskipper
1 Rootgrapple
1 Shimmering Grotto
1 Wellgabber Apothecary


Pick 1: At a Pro Tour or a Grand Prix, my pick would’ve been Briarhorn. Anywhere
else, including Magic Online 8-4 queues, I’m willing to take Cryptic
Command. The Blue command is also very good in Limited, and is clearly the second
best card of the pack.


Pick 30: I was thinking of splashing Briarhorn.


Pick 31: Oona’s Prowler is one more Faerie. The more I get, the better those
Spellstuter Sprites will be. I need some cheap Faeries for the Sprites to be
good, and this one is a very good attacker. Maybe Eyeblight’s Ending was a
better pick.


Round 1 I played versus a very good Blue/White Merfolks. I lost 0-2 and none
of the games weren’t even close. I saw the following cards:


2 Silvergill Adept
1 Silvergill Douser
2 Drowner of Secrets
1 Merfolk Reejerey
2 Judge of Currents
1 Merrow Commerce
1 Harpoon Sniper
2 Steambed Aquitects
1 Mulldrifter


Game 1 actually took a while, although I was always dominated, because I kept
with Ponder, some spells and some lands… and when I played Ponder on turn 1, I saw three lands
on top and thus shuffled into nothing.


See you tomorrow!


Tiago

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