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Drafting With Rich – TTP #9

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:










Crookclaw Transmuter, Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Corpulent Corpse, Viscerid Deepwalker, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Celestial Crusader, Careful Consideration, Primal Forcemage, Fungus Sliver, Leviathan

Pick: Careful Consideration

Pack 2:










Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Search for Tomorrow, Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Premature Burial, Ignite Memories, Lotus Bloom, Bad Moon

Pick: Dark Withering

Pack 3:










Penumbra Spider, Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Dreadship Reef, Krosan Grip, Lord of Atlantis

Pick: Assassinate

Pack 4:







Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Dreadship Reef, Volcanic Awakening, Curse of the Cabal

Pick: Terramorphic Expanse

Pack 5:







Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Voidmage Husher, Fallen Ideal

Pick: Cloudchaser Kestrel

Pack 6:







Strength in Numbers, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Aether Web, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Foriysian Totem, Molten Slagheap, Living End

Pick: Urborg Syphon-Mage

Pack 7:







Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Foriysian Interceptor, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Urza’s Factory, Premature Burial, Hypergenesis

Pick: Premature Burial

Pack 8:




Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Return to Dust

Pick: Temporal Eddy

Pack 9:




Strength in Numbers, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Basal Sliver, Primal Forcemage, Fungus Sliver, Leviathan

Pick: Strength in Numbers

Pack 10:




Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Pit Keeper, Ignite Memories

Pick: Pit Keeper

Pack 11:




Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Foriysian Interceptor, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Krosan Grip

Pick: Thallid Shell-Dweller

Pack 12:

Screeching Sliver, Ancient Grudge, Dreadship Reef, Volcanic Awakening

Pick: Dreadship Reef

Pack 13:

Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Fallen Ideal

Pick: Psychotic Episode

Pack 14:

Divine Congregation, Chameleon Blur

Pick: Chameleon Blur

Pack 15:

Foriysian Interceptor

Pick: Foriysian Interceptor

Pack 16:










Errant Ephemeron, Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Trespasser il-Vec, Amrou Scout, Grapeshot, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Dementia Sliver, Paradise Plume, Basalt Gargoyle, Magus of the Mirror, Disintegrate

Pick: Disintegrate

Pack 17:










Looter il-Kor, Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Ivory Giant, Grapeshot, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Fury Sliver, Smallpox, Swarmyard, Spike Feeder

Pick: Looter il-Kor

Pack 18:










Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Amrou Scout, Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Chronatog Totem, Spirit Loop, Chronosavant

Pick: Mana Skimmer

Pack 19:







Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Nantuko Shaman, Gorgon Recluse, Spiketail Drakeling, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Brine Elemental, Primal Forcemage, Scryb Ranger

Pick: Prismatic Lens

Pack 20:







Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Coral Trickster, Feebleness, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Pull from Eternity, Molten Slagheap, Telekinetic Sliver

Pick: Coral Trickster

Pack 21:







Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Pendelhaven Elder, Tectonic Fiend

Pick: Trespasser il-Vec

Pack 22:







Flamecore Elemental, Feebleness, Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Dream Stalker, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Skittering Monstrosity, Spirit Loop

Pick: Dream Stalker

Pack 23:




Scarwood Treefolk, Gaze of Justice, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Gustcloak Cavalier, Spell Burst

Pick: Skulking Knight

Pack 24:




Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Dementia Sliver, Paradise Plume, Magus of the Mirror

Pick: Magus of the Mirror

Pack 25:




Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Smallpox, Swarmyard

Pick: Smallpox

Pack 26:




Skulking Knight, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Ophidian Eye, Chronatog Totem, Spirit Loop

Pick: Skulking Knight

Pack 27:

Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Primal Forcemage

Pick: Eternity Snare

Pack 28:

Feebleness, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage

Pick: Feebleness

Pack 29:

Traitor’s Clutch, Molder

Pick: Molder

Pack 30:

Glass Asp

Pick: Glass Asp

Pack 31:










Erratic Mutation, Cradle to Grave, Reflex Sliver, Blightspeaker, Aquamorph Entity, Evolution Charm, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Vampiric Link, Skirk Shaman, Healing Leaves, Waning Wurm, Shivan Meteor, Ovinize, Spellshift

Pick: Blightspeaker

Pack 32:










Whitemane Lion, Mire Boa, Shade of Trokair, Fury Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Deadly Grub, Aquamorph Entity, Skirk Shaman, Sunlance, Fa’adiyah Seer, Treacherous Urge, Aether Membrane, Gaea’s Anthem, Detritivore

Pick: Aquamorph Entity

Pack 33:










Giant Dustwasp, Dead / Gone, Dreamscape Artist, Evolution Charm, Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Citanul Woodreaders, Essence Warden, Bog Serpent, Muck Drubb, Tidewalker, Dunerider Outlaw, Extirpate

Pick: Extirpate

Pack 34:







Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Shaper Parasite, Cradle to Grave, Brain Gorgers, Keldon Marauders, Ghost Tactician, Primal Plasma, Simian Spirit Guide, Shivan Meteor, Psychotrope Thallid, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth

Pick: Shaper Parasite

Pack 35:







Dreamscape Artist, Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Dust Corona, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Revered Dead, Fa’adiyah Seer, Kavu Predator, Serra’s Boon, Timbermare

Pick: Dreamscape Artist

Pack 36:







Dawn Charm, Spitting Sliver, Battering Sliver, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Mana Tithe, Primal Plasma, Mantle of Leadership, Hedge Troll

Pick: Primal Plasma

Pack 37:







Veiling Oddity, Ridged Kusite, Saltfield Recluse, Needlepeak Spider, Poultice Sliver, Firefright Mage, Ghost Tactician, Bog Serpent, Merfolk Thaumaturgist

Pick: Veiling Oddity

Pack 38:




Synchronous Sliver, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Pallid Mycoderm, Gossamer Phantasm, Seal of Primordium, Essence Warden

Pick: Gossamer Phantasm

Pack 39:




Aquamorph Entity, Brain Gorgers, Vampiric Link, Skirk Shaman, Healing Leaves, Waning Wurm, Spellshift

Pick: Brain Gorgers

Pack 40:




Shade of Trokair, Fury Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Deadly Grub, Fa’adiyah Seer, Treacherous Urge

Pick: Treacherous Urge

Pack 41:




Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Essence Warden, Bog Serpent, Muck Drubb

Pick: Muck Drubb

Pack 42:

Ridged Kusite, Ghost Tactician, Simian Spirit Guide, Psychotrope Thallid

Pick: Ridged Kusite

Pack 43:

Ridged Kusite, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes

Pick: Ridged Kusite

Pack 44:

Dust Corona, Mantle of Leadership

Pick: Mantle of Leadership

Pack 45:

Firefright Mage

Pick: Firefright Mage

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Aquamorph Entity
1 Careful Consideration
1 Coral Trickster
1 Dreamscape Artist
1 Gossamer Phantasm
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Primal Plasma
1 Shaper Parasite
1 Temporal Eddy
1 Assassinate
1 Dark Withering
1 Feebleness
1 Magus of the Mirror
1 Mana Skimmer
1 Muck Drubb
1 Pit Keeper
1 Premature Burial
2 Skulking Knight
1 Trespasser il-Vec
1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
1 Disintegrate
1 Prismatic Lens
7 Island
1 Mountain
7 Swamp
1 Dreadship Reef
1 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard:

1 Blightspeaker
1 Brain Gorgers
1 Chameleon Blur
1 Cloudchaser Kestrel
1 Dream Stalker
1 Eternity Snare
1 Extirpate
1 Firefright Mage
1 Foriysian Interceptor
1 Glass Asp
1 Mantle of Leadership
1 Molder
1 Psychotic Episode
2 Ridged Kusite
1 Smallpox
1 Strength in Numbers
1 Thallid Shell-Dweller
1 Treacherous Urge
1 Veiling Oddity


This is an example of a draft gone very very wrong. It started off fine, but despite knowing that Blue was completely cut off I couldn’t find another color to get into. I figured it would be good pack 2, since I didn’t pass any, but I was wrong about that. Pack 3 I even considered my deck so bad that I decided to raredraft Extirpate to try and salvage it.


Round 1 I played against a 1560. Game 1 my draw worked out very well so I was able to use all my mana every turn. I even drew Looter the turn before I was going to cast Dark Withering anyway. Game 2 was the opposite. Despite drawing a good amount of both lands and spells, I was always a step behind, and my turns were always awkward with mana left over. Game 3 I mulliganed into a rather unimpressive draw without creatures, but was fortunate enough to draw Looter on turn 3. That plan came to a halt when he played Shadow Sliver on his turn 3. This time I drew Careful Consideration the turn I wanted to cast Dark Withering, so that was essentially a free four cards which won me the game.


Game 2 I got bashed in the first game, then my opponent kept a two-lander game 2, and a one-lander game 3.


It wasn’t quite a miracle, but it certainly was fortunate to get a split out of this deck.


Until tomorrow,


Rich

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