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Drafting With Rich – TTP #17

You all know the drill by now… Rich Hoaen, Canada’s finest and grumpiest draft export, takes us by the hand and drags us through the rollercoaster ride of an 8-4 TTP Draft on Magic Online. From pick 1 to pick 45, Rich shares them all, and his final deck and draft performance are analysed in the article, the forums, and beyond. Come join in the fun!


Draft:

Pack 1:










Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Pull from Eternity, Locket of Yesterdays, Firemaw Kavu, Kaervek the Merciless, Gemstone Mine, Blazing Blade Askari

Pick: Firemaw Kavu

Pack 2:










Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Feebleness, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Assembly-Worker, Plated Pegasus, Careful Consideration, Ixidron, Gaea’s Blessing, Forest

Pick: Careful Consideration

Pack 3:










Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Aspect of Mongoose, Skittering Monstrosity, Nightshade Assassin, Benalish Cavalry

Pick: Nightshade Assassin

Pack 4:







Looter il-Kor, Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Ivory Giant, Mindstab, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Smallpox, Saltcrusted Steppe, Resurrection

Pick: Looter il-Kor

Pack 5:







Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Flamecore Elemental, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Paradise Plume, Paradox Haze, Cavalry Master

Pick: Slipstream Serpent

Pack 6:







Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Yavimaya Dryad, Barbed Shocker, Giant Oyster, Mindstab

Pick: Gemhide Sliver

Pack 7:







Herd Gnarr, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Plated Pegasus, Weatherseed Totem, Swarmyard

Pick: Weatherseed Totem

Pack 8:




Feebleness, Tolarian Sentinel, Ground Rift, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Harmonic Sliver, Undead Warchief

Pick: Tolarian Sentinel

Pack 9:




Scarwood Treefolk, Gaze of Justice, Viscid Lemures, Blazing Blade Askari, Pull from Eternity, Locket of Yesterdays, Blazing Blade Askari

Pick: Blazing Blade Askari

Pack 10:




Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Clockspinning, Assembly-Worker, Plated Pegasus, Forest

Pick: Mystical Teachings

Pack 11:




Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, Wormwood Dryad, Aspect of Mongoose, Skittering Monstrosity

Pick: Bogardan Rager

Pack 12:

Viscid Lemures, Two-Headed Sliver, Smallpox, Saltcrusted Steppe

Pick: Viscid Lemures

Pack 13:

Gaze of Justice, Children of Korlis, Paradox Haze

Pick: Paradox Haze

Pack 14:

Ophidian Eye, Barbed Shocker

Pick: Barbed Shocker

Pack 15:

Skulking Knight

Pick: Skulking Knight

Pack 16:










Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Fledgling Mawcor, Phantom Wurm, Primal Forcemage, Tivadar of Thorn, Dauthi Slayer

Pick: Fledgling Mawcor

Pack 17:










Amrou Seekers, Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Ghostflame Sliver, Phyrexian Totem, Evil Eye of Urborg, Wheel of Fate, Sol’kanar the Swamp King

Pick: Terramorphic Expanse

Pack 18:










Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Vampiric Sliver, Firewake Sliver, Evangelize, Whirling Dervish

Pick: Greenseeker

Pack 19:







Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Outrider en-Kor, Pull from Eternity, Academy Ruins

Pick: Think Twice

Pack 20:







Snapback, Aether Web, Drudge Reavers, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Might of Old Krosa, Paradox Haze, Lim-Dul the Necromancer, Enduring Renewal

Pick: Snapback

Pack 21:







Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Snapback, Pentarch Ward, Chameleon Blur, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Conflagrate, Leviathan

Pick: Conflagrate

Pack 22:







Cancel, Pentarch Ward, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Haunting Hymn, Trickbind, Goblin Snowman

Pick: Cancel

Pack 23:




Ashcoat Bear, Search for Tomorrow, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Truth or Tale, Candles of Leng

Pick: Search for Tomorrow

Pack 24:




Cancel, Icatian Crier, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Primal Forcemage

Pick: Thallid Shell-Dweller

Pack 25:




Drudge Reavers, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Screeching Sliver, Evil Eye of Urborg, Wheel of Fate

Pick: Wheel of Fate

Pack 26:




Zealot il-Vec, Ancient Grudge, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Firewake Sliver

Pick: Firewake Sliver

Pack 27:

Drifter il-Dal, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Academy Ruins

Pick: Havenwood Wurm

Pack 28:

Detainment Spell, Call to the Netherworld, Paradox Haze

Pick: Paradox Haze

Pack 29:

Chameleon Blur, Ghitu Firebreathing

Pick: Chameleon Blur

Pack 30:

Brass Gnat

Pick: Brass Gnat

Pack 31:










Spitting Sliver, Mire Boa, Battering Sliver, Evolution Charm, Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Citanul Woodreaders, Brain Gorgers, Melancholy, Piracy Charm, Primal Plasma, Big Game Hunter, Timecrafting, Mesa Enchantress, Teneb, the Harvester

Pick: Mire Boa

Pack 32:










Giant Dustwasp, Stingscourger, Synchronous Sliver, Utopia Vow, Dawn Charm, Blightspeaker, Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Healing Leaves, Prodigal Pyromancer, Rebuff the Wicked, Necrotic Sliver, Hedge Troll, Magus of the Tabernacle

Pick: Giant Dustwasp

Pack 33:










Poultice Sliver, Giant Dustwasp, Dreamscape Artist, Ridged Kusite, Evolution Charm, Shade of Trokair, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Mana Tithe, Sophic Centaur, Enslave, Mycologist, Boom / Bust, Rebuff the Wicked

Pick: Giant Dustwasp

Pack 34:







Battering Sliver, Reflex Sliver, Whitemane Lion, Midnight Charm, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Healing Leaves, Brute Force, Primal Plasma, Tidewalker, Treacherous Urge, Detritivore

Pick: Primal Plasma

Pack 35:







Aven Riftwatcher, Dreamscape Artist, Keldon Marauders, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Seal of Primordium, Healing Leaves, Simian Spirit Guide, Timebender, Frozen Aether, Dichotomancy

Pick: Dreamscape Artist

Pack 36:







Cradle to Grave, Fury Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Deadly Grub, Aquamorph Entity, Simian Spirit Guide, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Timecrafting, Pongify, Imp’s Mischief

Pick: Aquamorph Entity

Pack 37:







Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Keldon Marauders, Gossamer Phantasm, Bog Serpent, Revered Dead, Dormant Sliver

Pick: Gossamer Phantasm

Pack 38:




Ridged Kusite, Needlepeak Spider, Deadly Grub, Dust Corona, Reality Acid, Revered Dead, Fa’adiyah Seer, Venarian Glimmer

Pick: Reality Acid

Pack 39:




Battering Sliver, Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Brain Gorgers, Melancholy, Timecrafting, Mesa Enchantress

Pick: Mesa Enchantress

Pack 40:




Synchronous Sliver, Utopia Vow, Dawn Charm, Ghost Tactician, Healing Leaves, Rebuff the Wicked

Pick: Utopia Vow

Pack 41:




Ridged Kusite, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Mana Tithe, Sophic Centaur, Mycologist

Pick: Merfolk Thaumaturgist

Pack 42:

Reflex Sliver, Dust Corona, Healing Leaves, Tidewalker

Pick: Healing Leaves

Pack 43:

Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Frozen Aether

Pick: Frozen Aether

Pack 44:

Deadly Grub, Timecrafting

Pick: Timecrafting

Pack 45:

Dash Hopes

Pick: Dash Hopes

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Aquamorph Entity
1 Cancel
1 Careful Consideration
1 Dreamscape Artist
1 Fledgling Mawcor
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Primal Plasma
1 Slipstream Serpent
1 Snapback
1 Think Twice
1 Tolarian Sentinel
1 Conflagrate
1 Firemaw Kavu
1 Gemhide Sliver
2 Giant Dustwasp
1 Greenseeker
1 Havenwood Wurm
1 Mire Boa
1 Search for Tomorrow
1 Thallid Shell-Dweller
1 Utopia Vow
1 Weatherseed Totem
7 Forest
7 Island
2 Mountain
1 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard:

1 Barbed Shocker
1 Blazing Blade Askari [FOIL]
1 Bogardan Rager
1 Brass Gnat
1 Chameleon Blur
1 Dash Hopes
1 Firewake Sliver
1 Frozen Aether
1 Gossamer Phantasm
1 Healing Leaves
1 Merfolk Thaumaturgist
1 Mesa Enchantress
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Nightshade Assassin
2 Paradox Haze
1 Reality Acid
1 Skulking Knight
1 Timecrafting
1 Viscid Lemures
1 Wheel of Fate


This was another ugly draft in which I didn’t really get a clear signal as to what colors I should be. Because of that, and some weak packs, my deck ended up quite underwhelming.


Round 1 I played against a mediocre looking White/Green deck. In the first game I fell behind early because he had a Hedge Troll and Nantuko Shaman with Thrill of the Hunt to back them up. I managed to catch up, and was about to win an ugly race when he drew Hunting Wilds to give him two more attackers and exactly lethal damage. Game 2 I had a good curve, Cancel for his Chronosavant, and finished him off with Weatherseed Totem. Game 3 was looking good until he had Kestrel for Utopia Vow and once again Thrill of the Hunt to beat me in combat.


Until tomorrow,


Rich

Draft recording done by Blargware‘s MTGO DraftCap. Support Blargware!