Draft:
Pack 1:
Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Basalt Gargoyle, Celestial Crusader, Spirit Loop, Gemstone Caverns, Conspiracy
Pick: Thallid Germinator
Pack 2:
Penumbra Spider, Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Vampiric Sliver, Paradise Plume, Lotus Bloom, Darkness
Pick: Penumbra Spider
Pack 3:
Slipstream Serpent, Nantuko Shaman, Castle Raptors, Gorgon Recluse, Scarwood Treefolk, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Spell Burst, Dementia Sliver, Cavalry Master, Sengir Autocrat
Pick: Nantuko Shaman
Pack 4:
Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Spell Burst, Mangara of Corondor, Tormod’s Crypt
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 5:
Snapback, Pentarch Ward, Dark Withering, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Premature Burial, Tectonic Fiend, Dandan
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 6:
Coal Stoker, Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Molten Slagheap, Pendelhaven Elder
Pick: Deathspore Thallid
Pack 7:
Mana Skimmer, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Primal Forcemage, Gustcloak Cavalier, Scryb Ranger, Voidmage Prodigy, Blazing Blade Askari
Pick: Scryb Ranger
Pack 8:
Chromatic Star, Herd Gnarr, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Ignite Memories, Skittering Monstrosity, Forest
Pick: Herd Gnarr
Pack 9:
Ashcoat Bear, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Drifter il-Dal, Spirit Loop, Gemstone Caverns, Conspiracy
Pick: Greenseeker
Pack 10:
Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Paradise Plume, Darkness
Pick: Thallid Shell-Dweller
Pack 11:
Scarwood Treefolk, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Spell Burst
Pick: Wormwood Dryad
Pack 12:
Temporal Eddy, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge
Pick: Savage Thallid
Pack 13:
Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Tectonic Fiend
Pick: Havenwood Wurm
Pack 14:
Pick: Brass Gnat
Pack 15:
Pick: Gustcloak Cavalier
Pack 16:
Shaper Parasite, Cradle to Grave, Giant Dustwasp, Stingscourger, Deadly Grub, Citanul Woodreaders, Brain Gorgers, Keldon Marauders, Rathi Trapper, Fa’adiyah Seer, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Hammerheim Deadeye, Sophic Centaur, Groundbreaker, Benalish Commander
Pick: Rathi Trapper
Pack 17:
Synchronous Sliver, Utopia Vow, Dawn Charm, Spitting Sliver, Mire Boa, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Sunlance, Mana Tithe, Prodigal Pyromancer, Dormant Sliver, Sulfur Elemental, Blood Knight
Pick: Mire Boa
Pack 18:
Reflex Sliver, Dreamscape Artist, Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Dust Corona, Blightspeaker, Sunlance, Prodigal Pyromancer, Melancholy, Treacherous Urge, Aether Membrane, Ovinize, Spitting Sliver
Pick: Blightspeaker
Pack 19:
Giant Dustwasp, Dead / Gone, Dreamscape Artist, Ridged Kusite, Fury Charm, Evolution Charm, Reality Acid, Skirk Shaman, Healing Leaves, Revered Dead, Dismal Failure, Riptide Pilferer
Pick: Giant Dustwasp
Pack 20:
Erratic Mutation, Midnight Charm, Needlepeak Spider, Shade of Trokair, Uktabi Drake, Ghost Tactician, Firefright Mage, Gossamer Phantasm, Pongify, Waning Wurm, Riptide Pilferer
Pick: Midnight Charm
Pack 21:
Battering Sliver, Aven Riftwatcher, Reality Acid, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Simian Spirit Guide, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Healing Leaves, Venarian Glimmer, Spellshift
Pick: Pallid Mycoderm
Pack 22:
Battering Sliver, Reflex Sliver, Evolution Charm, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Piracy Charm, Primal Plasma, Seal of Primordium, Kavu Predator
Pick: Evolution Charm
Pack 23:
Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Healing Leaves, Simian Spirit Guide, Muck Drubb, Tidewalker, Keen Sense, Melancholy
Pick: Melancholy
Pack 24:
Cradle to Grave, Deadly Grub, Brain Gorgers, Keldon Marauders, Fa’adiyah Seer, Sophic Centaur, Benalish Commander
Pick: Cradle to Grave
Pack 25:
Synchronous Sliver, Dawn Charm, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Mana Tithe
Pick: Mana Tithe
Pack 26:
Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Dust Corona, Melancholy
Pick: Melancholy
Pack 27:
Ridged Kusite, Reality Acid, Healing Leaves, Revered Dead
Pick: Healing Leaves
Pack 28:
Ghost Tactician, Firefright Mage, Gossamer Phantasm
Pick: Gossamer Phantasm
Pack 29:
Healing Leaves, Venarian Glimmer
Pick: Healing Leaves
Pack 30:
Pick: Reflex Sliver
Pack 31:
Grave Peril, Wrap in Vigor, Samite Censer-Bearer, Infiltrator il-Kor, Grave Scrabbler, Henchfiend of Ukor, Whip-Spine Drake, Lymph Sliver, Homing Sliver, Sporoloth Ancient, Goldmeadow Lookout, Narcomoeba, Yixlid Jailer, Epochrasite, Shah of Naar Isle
Pick: Sporoloth Ancient
Pack 32:
Aven Augur, Cutthroat il-Dal, Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Foresee, Patrician’s Scorn, Sarcomite Myr, Henchfiend of Ukor, Thornweald Archer, Death Rattle, Yixlid Jailer, Boldwyr Intimidator, Centaur Omenreader, Angel of Salvation
Pick: Death Rattle
Pack 33:
Sprout Swarm, Samite Censer-Bearer, Aven Augur, Bogardan Lancer, Knight of Sursi, Patrician’s Scorn, Logic Knot, Nessian Courser, Witch’s Mist, Emblem of the Warmind, Phosphorescent Feast, Magus of the Vineyard, Saltskitter
Pick: Sprout Swarm
Pack 34:
Rift Elemental, Llanowar Empath, Marshaling Cry, Unblinking Bleb, Lost Hours, Grave Scrabbler, Lumithread Field, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp, Flowstone Embrace, Boldwyr Intimidator, Centaur Omenreader
Pick: Centaur Omenreader
Pack 35:
Petrified Plating, Bogardan Lancer, Venser’s Diffusion, Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Lumithread Field, Grinning Ignus, Edge of Autumn, Deepcavern Imp, Bloodshot Trainee, Spellwild Ouphe
Pick: Deepcavern Imp
Pack 36:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Llanowar Augur, Augur of Skulls, Logic Knot, Vedalken Aethermage, Virulent Sliver, Frenzy Sliver, Mistmeadow Skulk, Zoetic Cavern, Bonded Fetch
Pick: Augur of Skulls
Pack 37:
Kavu Primarch, Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Mass of Ghouls, Thornweald Archer, Frenzy Sliver, Phosphorescent Feast, Narcomoeba, Cutthroat il-Dal
Pick: Kavu Primarch
Pack 38:
Emberwilde Augur, Putrid Cyclops, Augur il-Vec, Mesmeric Sliver, Patrician’s Scorn, Sarcomite Myr, Henchfiend of Ukor, Arcanum Wings
Pick: Henchfiend of Ukor
Pack 39:
Grave Peril, Wrap in Vigor, Samite Censer-Bearer, Grave Scrabbler, Henchfiend of Ukor, Lymph Sliver, Yixlid Jailer
Pick: Grave Scrabbler
Pack 40:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Patrician’s Scorn, Henchfiend of Ukor, Yixlid Jailer
Pick: Yixlid Jailer
Pack 41:
Samite Censer-Bearer, Bogardan Lancer, Patrician’s Scorn, Emblem of the Warmind, Phosphorescent Feast
Pick: Phosphorescent Feast
Pack 42:
Rift Elemental, Llanowar Empath, Unblinking Bleb, Lost Hours
Pick: Llanowar Empath
Pack 43:
Petrified Plating, Oblivion Crown, Spellwild Ouphe
Pick: Petrified Plating
Pack 44:
Llanowar Augur, Virulent Sliver
Pick: Llanowar Augur
Pack 45:
Pick: Oblivion Crown
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Greenseeker
1 Blightspeaker
1 Cradle to Grave
1 Deathspore Thallid
1 Evolution Charm
1 Mire Boa
1 Rathi Trapper
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Sprout Swarm
1 Thallid Shell-Dweller
1 Deepcavern Imp
1 Nantuko Shaman
1 Thallid Germinator
1 Centaur Omenreader
1 Herd Gnarr
1 Kavu Primarch
1 Llanowar Empath
1 Penumbra Spider
1 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Giant Dustwasp
1 Sporoloth Ancient
1 Dark Withering
1 Death Rattle
10 Forest
7 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Augur of Skulls
1 Brass Gnat
1 Gossamer Phantasm
1 Grave Scrabbler
1 Gustcloak Cavalier
1 Havenwood Wurm
2 Healing Leaves
1 Henchfiend of Ukor
1 Llanowar Augur
1 Mana Tithe
1 Melancholy
1 Melancholy [FOIL]
1 Midnight Charm
1 Oblivion Crown
1 Pallid Mycoderm
1 Petrified Plating
1 Phosphorescent Feast
1 Reflex Sliver
1 Savage Thallid
1 Wormwood Dryad
1 Yixlid Jailer
With such a mediocre pack to take my first pick from it came down to color preference. Since I like Green cards I took the Germinator, and fortunately Green was wide open. I decided to go for the Thallid deck with the late Deathspore, and the Shell-Dweller conveniently made a lap. Pack 2 went pretty well, then I got a couple of gifts in pack 3, like the third pick Sprout Swarm and the Llanowar Empath twelfth.
Round 1 I played against solid Green/White deck. In the first game he had Griffin Guide for his Benalish Cavalry on turn 4 after missing a land drop. Fortunately I was able to Death Rattle it right away, then make tons of guys with Sprout Swarm to get past his Stuffy Doll. Game 2 he flooded, and I was able to make more guys with my Sprout Swarm than usual because I’d spent the early turns playing creatures while he didn’t have much action. A couple turns of attacking with all my guys and he was dead.
Round 2 I played against a Black/Red deck with Sedge Sliver, Scourge of Kher Ridges, Sulfurous Blast and lots of bad creatures. He got me to ten with a Frenzy Sliver and Skirk Shaman before I was able to find a blocker for the Sliver and a Tendrils for the Shaman. After that I played lots of creatures bigger than his, and had Dark Withering for his Scourge of Kher Ridges. I had Deathspore Thallid on turn 2 and Thallid Germinator on turn 3, but he had Sulfurous Blast, then a bunch of 3/3s while I was stuck on three lands. I put up a fight, and stabilised at two, but he drew Orcish Cannonade a couple turns before I could kill him. Game 3 I got ahead early, but I was stuck on four lands again, and he played a quick Scourge. Fortunately he didn’t use the Tumble ability when I searched out a Deepcavern Imp at the end of his turn so that I could Dark Withering the Dragon on mine. After that he was left without much action and I had Rathi Trapper for his Aether Membrane which let me kill him a couple of turns later.
I split the finals with a friend.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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