Draft:
Pack 1:
Herd Gnarr, Fortify, Coal Stoker, Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Aspect of Mongoose, Quilled Sliver, Sudden Death, Triskelavus, Enduring Renewal
Pick: Triskelavus
Pack 2:
Benalish Cavalry, Orcish Cannonade, Errant Ephemeron, Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Stormcloud Djinn, Volcanic Awakening, Faceless Devourer, Magus of the Mirror, Goblin Snowman
Pick: Errant Ephemeron
Pack 3:
Spiketail Drakeling, Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Keldon Halberdier, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Primal Forcemage, Locket of Yesterdays, Duskrider Peregrine, The Rack
Pick: Duskrider Peregrine
Pack 4:
Mana Skimmer, Chromatic Star, Looter il-Kor, Gorgon Recluse, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Mystical Teachings, Dread Return, Paradox Haze, Voidmage Husher, Ixidron, Mana Skimmer
Pick: Looter il-Kor
Pack 5:
Gaze of Justice, Coal Stoker, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Assembly-Worker, Calciform Pools
Pick: Watcher Sliver
Pack 6:
Mindstab, Nantuko Shaman, Castle Raptors, Gorgon Recluse, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Truth or Tale, Smallpox, Honorable Passage
Pick: Castle Raptors
Pack 7:
Feebleness, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Assembly-Worker, Faceless Devourer, Dragonstorm
Pick: Sidewinder Sliver
Pack 8:
Mana Skimmer, Coral Trickster, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Pull from Eternity, Saffi Eriksdotter, Gemstone Caverns
Pick: Coral Trickster
Pack 9:
Fortify, Deathspore Thallid, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Viscid Lemures, Aspect of Mongoose, Enduring Renewal
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 10:
Mindstab, Two-Headed Sliver, Shadow Sliver, Volcanic Awakening, Faceless Devourer, Goblin Snowman
Pick: Mindstab
Pack 11:
Scarwood Treefolk, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Locket of Yesterdays, The Rack
Pick: Venser’s Sliver
Pack 12:
Sangrophage, Mystical Teachings, Paradox Haze, Voidmage Husher
Pick: Mystical Teachings
Pack 13:
Gaze of Justice, Ophidian Eye, Skulking Knight
Pick: Gaze of Justice
Pack 14:
Children of Korlis, Truth or Tale
Pick: Truth or Tale
Pack 15:
Pick: Ophidian Eye
Pack 16:
Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Temporal Isolation, Crookclaw Transmuter, Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Vampiric Sliver, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Harmonic Sliver, Draining Whelk, Pirate Ship
Pick: Draining Whelk
Pack 17:
Urborg Syphon-Mage, Snapback, Aether Web, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Nightshade Assassin, Might of Old Krosa, Saltcrusted Steppe, Gemstone Caverns, Mistform Ultimus
Pick: Snapback
Pack 18:
Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Vampiric Sliver, Weatherseed Totem, Quilled Sliver, Psionic Sliver
Pick: Psionic Sliver
Pack 19:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Snapback, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Ghostflame Sliver, Krosan Grip, Liege of the Pit, Lightning Axe
Pick: Cloudchaser Kestrel
Pack 20:
Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Thunder Totem, Fury Sliver, Wheel of Fate
Pick: Temporal Eddy
Pack 21:
Errant Doomsayers, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Opaline Sliver, Skittering Monstrosity, Moorish Cavalry
Pick: Viscerid Deepwalker
Pack 22:
Icatian Crier, Goblin Skycutter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Plated Pegasus, Thallid
Pick: Icatian Crier
Pack 23:
Mogg War Marshal, Think Twice, Screeching Sliver, Ancient Grudge, Opaline Sliver, Voidmage Husher, Haunting Hymn, Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII
Pick: Think Twice
Pack 24:
Drudge Reavers, Crookclaw Transmuter, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Harmonic Sliver
Pick: Crookclaw Transmuter
Pack 25:
Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Saltcrusted Steppe, Gemstone Caverns
Pick: Jedit’s Dragoons
Pack 26:
Drudge Reavers, Pentarch Ward, Foriysian Interceptor, Detainment Spell, Quilled Sliver
Pick: Quilled Sliver
Pack 27:
Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Ghostflame Sliver, Krosan Grip
Pick: Krosan Grip
Pack 28:
Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Brass Gnat
Pick: Bewilder
Pack 29:
Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing
Pick: Sage of Epityr
Pack 30:
Pick: Divine Congregation
Pack 31:
Spitting Sliver, Mire Boa, Battering Sliver, Aven Riftwatcher, Erratic Mutation, Brain Gorgers, Keldon Marauders, Ghost Tactician, Brute Force, Prodigal Pyromancer, Fa’adiyah Seer, Auramancer’s Guise, Treacherous Urge, Mycologist, Akroma, Angel of Fury
Pick: Erratic Mutation
Pack 32:
Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Shaper Parasite, Cradle to Grave, Giant Dustwasp, Blightspeaker, Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Bog Serpent, Skirk Shaman, Essence Warden, Treacherous Urge, Serendib Sorcerer, Radha, Heir to Keld
Pick: Shaper Parasite
Pack 33:
Ridged Kusite, Erratic Mutation, Battering Sliver, Reflex Sliver, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Melancholy, Seal of Primordium, Sunlance, Dismal Failure, Serra Sphinx, Body Double
Pick: Serra Sphinx
Pack 34:
Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Aquamorph Entity, Shade of Trokair, Piracy Charm, Seal of Primordium, Sophic Centaur, Riftmarked Knight, Calciderm, Benalish Commander
Pick: Calciderm
Pack 35:
Synchronous Sliver, Utopia Vow, Evolution Charm, Deadly Grub, Citanul Woodreaders, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Sinew Sliver, Vampiric Link, Rebuff the Wicked, Dunerider Outlaw, Dust Elemental
Pick: Sinew Sliver
Pack 36:
Reflex Sliver, Dreamscape Artist, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Revered Dead, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Brute Force, Hedge Troll, Gossamer Phantasm
Pick: Dreamscape Artist
Pack 37:
Whitemane Lion, Midnight Charm, Saltfield Recluse, Blightspeaker, Aquamorph Entity, Vampiric Link, Gossamer Phantasm, Venarian Glimmer, Shrouded Lore
Pick: Saltfield Recluse
Pack 38:
Needlepeak Spider, Dreamscape Artist, Aven Riftwatcher, Brain Gorgers, Dust Corona, Seal of Primordium, Mana Tithe, Phantasmagorian
Pick: Aven Riftwatcher
Pack 39:
Spitting Sliver, Battering Sliver, Brain Gorgers, Ghost Tactician, Fa’adiyah Seer, Auramancer’s Guise, Mycologist
Pick: Mycologist
Pack 40:
Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Blightspeaker, Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Bog Serpent
Pick: Dawn Charm
Pack 41:
Ridged Kusite, Battering Sliver, Pallid Mycoderm, Dust Corona, Seal of Primordium
Pick: Pallid Mycoderm
Pack 42:
Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Vitaspore Thallid, Sophic Centaur
Pick: Poultice Sliver
Pack 43:
Deadly Grub, Vampiric Link, Rebuff the Wicked
Pick: Rebuff the Wicked
Pack 44:
Pick: Revered Dead
Pack 45:
Pick: Gossamer Phantasm
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Coral Trickster
1 Dreamscape Artist
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Quilled Sliver
1 Sinew Sliver
1 Snapback
1 Think Twice
1 Erratic Mutation
1 Poultice Sliver
1 Saltfield Recluse
1 Shaper Parasite
1 Calciderm
1 Crookclaw Transmuter
1 Watcher Sliver
1 Castle Raptors
1 Psionic Sliver
1 Serra Sphinx
1 Viscerid Deepwalker
1 Draining Whelk
1 Duskrider Peregrine
1 Errant Ephemeron
1 Triskelavus
10 Island
7 Plains
Sideboard:
1 Aven Riftwatcher
1 Bewilder
1 Cloudchaser Kestrel
1 Dawn Charm
1 Divine Congregation
1 Gaze of Justice
1 Gossamer Phantasm
1 Icatian Crier
1 Jedit’s Dragoons
1 Krosan Grip
1 Mindstab
1 Mycologist
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Ophidian Eye
1 Pallid Mycoderm
1 Rebuff the Wicked
1 Revered Dead
1 Sage of Epityr
1 Sidewinder Sliver
1 Temporal Eddy
1 Truth or Tale
1 Venser’s Sliver
I didn’t really have many decisions to make during the draft. I think the only really close pick was Looter il-Kor or Ixidron. At the time my deck looked very powerful so I felt I should take the more consistent Looter over the potential bomb in Ixidron.
Round 1 I played against Gerard Fabiano. I had some pretty good draws, but he totally outclassed them. Game 1 he played Forisyan Totem; Orgg; Intet, the Dreamer; Timbermare; and Radha, Heir to Keld… and an Evolution Charm on Intet. Game 2 he played turn 3 Orgg, turn 4 Pardic Dragon, turn 5 Ana Battlemage with Blue Kicker, and turn 6 Squall Line, killing my Serra Sphinx and Crookclaw Transmuter. Seems reasonable…
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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