Draft:
Pack 1:
Snapback, Aether Web, Lightning Axe, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Fledgling Mawcor, Might Sliver, Volcanic Awakening, Walk the Aeons, Sindbad
Pick: Lightning Axe
Pack 2:
Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Telekinetic Sliver, Outrider en-Kor, Return to Dust, Sindbad
Pick: Strength in Numbers
Pack 3:
Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Snapback, Rift Bolt, Pentarch Ward, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Vampiric Sliver, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Evil Eye of Urborg, Greater Gargadon
Pick: Greater Gargadon
Pack 4:
Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Faceless Devourer, Chronatog Totem, Hypergenesis, Orgg
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 5:
Mogg War Marshal, Ashcoat Bear, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Dreadship Reef, Ghostflame Sliver, Truth or Tale, Angel’s Grace
Pick: Urborg Syphon-Mage
Pack 6:
Icatian Crier, Think Twice, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Opaline Sliver, Aspect of Mongoose, Consecrate Land
Pick: Think Twice
Pack 7:
Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Pentarch Ward, Thallid Germinator, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Spined Sliver
Pick: Goblin Skycutter
Pack 8:
Ashcoat Bear, Amrou Seekers, Cancel, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Dread Return, Shadow Guildmage
Pick: Shadow Guildmage
Pack 9:
Aether Web, Drifter il-Dal, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Volcanic Awakening, Sindbad
Pick: Basal Sliver
Pack 10:
Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Ancient Grudge, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Sindbad
Pick: Urborg Syphon-Mage
Pack 11:
Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Call to the Netherworld, Vampiric Sliver, Evil Eye of Urborg
Pick: Vampiric Sliver
Pack 12:
Zealot il-Vec, Chameleon Blur, Cyclopean Giant, Chronatog Totem
Pick: Cyclopean Giant
Pack 13:
Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Pack 14:
Chameleon Blur, Detainment Spell
Pick: Chameleon Blur
Pack 15:
Pick: Divine Congregation
Pack 16:
Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Ivory Giant, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Chronatog Totem, Spirit Loop, Phyrexian Totem, Magus of the Disk, Arena, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 17:
Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Looter il-Kor, Gorgon Recluse, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Pull from Eternity, Locket of Yesterdays, Opal Guardian, Unstable Mutation
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 18:
Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Brine Elemental, Primal Forcemage, Premature Burial, Funeral Charm
Pick: Premature Burial
Pack 19:
Grapeshot, Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Nantuko Shaman, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Evil Eye of Urborg, Barbed Shocker, Urza’s Factory, Darkness
Pick: Grapeshot
Pack 20:
Flowstone Channeler, Grapeshot, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Quilled Sliver, Haunting Hymn, Celestial Crusader, Opal Guardian, Goblin Snowman
Pick: Grapeshot
Pack 21:
Coral Trickster, Deathspore Thallid, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Paradox Haze, Fury Sliver, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Gauntlet of Power
Pick: Thick-Skinned Goblin
Pack 22:
Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Locket of Yesterdays, Quilled Sliver
Pick: Mindstab
Pack 23:
Scarwood Treefolk, Keldon Halberdier, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Harmonic Sliver, Durkwood Tracker
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 24:
Feebleness, Spinneret Sliver, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Chronatog Totem
Pick: Feebleness
Pack 25:
Gorgon Recluse, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Pull from Eternity, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Gorgon Recluse
Pack 26:
Mana Skimmer, Coral Trickster, Dream Stalker, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp
Pick: Mana Skimmer
Pack 27:
Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Barbed Shocker
Pick: Viashino Bladescout
Pack 28:
Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout
Pick: Viashino Bladescout
Pack 29:
Traitor’s Clutch, Paradox Haze
Pick: Traitor’s Clutch
Pack 30:
Pick: Brass Gnat
Pack 31:
Giant Dustwasp, Stingscourger, Synchronous Sliver, Utopia Vow, Dawn Charm, Reality Acid, Citanul Woodreaders, Pallid Mycoderm, Sunlance, Melancholy, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Darkheart Sliver, Stonecloaker, Reckless Wurm, Retether
Pick: Stingscourger
Pack 32:
Saltfield Recluse, Synchronous Sliver, Needlepeak Spider, Wistful Thinking, Keldon Marauders, Dash Hopes, Shade of Trokair, Vitaspore Thallid, Gossamer Phantasm, Seal of Primordium, Deadwood Treefolk, Mantle of Leadership, Riptide Pilferer, Heroes Remembered
Pick: Deadwood Treefolk
Pack 33:
Spitting Sliver, Mire Boa, Battering Sliver, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Blightspeaker, Aquamorph Entity, Gossamer Phantasm, Skirk Shaman, Sunlance, Venarian Glimmer, Phantasmagorian
Pick: Skirk Shaman
Pack 34:
Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Dust Corona, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Aquamorph Entity, Shade of Trokair, Skirk Shaman, Essence Warden, Pongify, Shrouded Lore, Magus of the Library
Pick: Skirk Shaman
Pack 35:
Dawn Charm, Cradle to Grave, Brain Gorgers, Keldon Marauders, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Vampiric Link, Simian Spirit Guide, Ana Battlemage, Magus of the Bazaar
Pick: Cradle to Grave
Pack 36:
Erratic Mutation, Reflex Sliver, Midnight Charm, Uktabi Drake, Ghost Tactician, Firefright Mage, Bog Serpent, Simian Spirit Guide, Waning Wurm, Sulfur Elemental
Pick: Sulfur Elemental
Pack 37:
Cradle to Grave, Reflex Sliver, Evolution Charm, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Fa’adiyah Seer, Bog Serpent, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Sophic Centaur
Pick: Cradle to Grave
Pack 38:
Aven Riftwatcher, Brain Gorgers, Fury Charm, Wistful Thinking, Essence Warden, Mana Tithe, Lavacore Elemental, Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Pick: Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Pack 39:
Dawn Charm, Citanul Woodreaders, Pallid Mycoderm, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Darkheart Sliver, Stonecloaker, Retether
Pick: Stonecloaker
Pack 40:
Synchronous Sliver, Keldon Marauders, Dash Hopes, Vitaspore Thallid, Seal of Primordium, Mantle of Leadership
Pick: Seal of Primordium
Pack 41:
Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Aquamorph Entity, Gossamer Phantasm, Venarian Glimmer
Pick: Aquamorph Entity
Pack 42:
Ridged Kusite, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Shrouded Lore
Pick: Shrouded Lore
Pack 43:
Ghost Tactician, Vampiric Link, Simian Spirit Guide
Pick: Vampiric Link
Pack 44:
Pick: Bog Serpent
Pack 45:
Pick: Fa’adiyah Seer
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Shadow Guildmage
1 Cradle to Grave
1 Feebleness
1 Gorgon Recluse
1 Mana Skimmer
1 Mindstab
1 Premature Burial
1 Tendrils of Corruption
2 Urborg Syphon-Mage
1 Vampiric Sliver
1 Goblin Skycutter
2 Grapeshot
1 Greater Gargadon
2 Keldon Halberdier
1 Lightning Axe
1 Skirk Shaman
1 Stingscourger
1 Sulfur Elemental
1 Thick-Skinned Goblin
1 Prismatic Lens
9 Mountain
7 Swamp
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
Sideboard:
1 Aquamorph Entity
1 Basal Sliver
1 Bog Serpent
1 Brass Gnat
1 Chameleon Blur
1 Cradle to Grave
1 Cyclopean Giant
1 Deadwood Treefolk
1 Divine Congregation
1 Fa’adiyah Seer
1 Psychotic Episode
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Shrouded Lore
1 Skirk Shaman
1 Stonecloaker
1 Strength in Numbers
1 Swamp
1 Think Twice
1 Traitor’s Clutch
1 Vampiric Link
2 Viashino Bladescout
The only pick of this draft I found challenging was my second pick. The pack gave me a lot of options, but none of them were all that good. I took the Strength in Numbers because of my affection for Green cards. From there it was pretty easy to get into Red/Black, then simply take the best card out of each pack
I lost a pretty frustrating first round. Game 1 my opening hand consisted of Thick-Skinned Goblin, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Skirk Shaman, and Feebleness, with the mana to cast them. I didn’t draw another spell until the turn before I died. Next game I mulliganed and was short on mana the entire game. He won by casting Tromp, which was one short of killing me. Next turn I removed his creatures and started attacking him, but unfortunately he had drawn Psionic Blast.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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