Draft:
Pack 1:
Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Fathom Seer, Looter il-Kor, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Spirit Loop, Molten Slagheap, Knight of the Holy Nimbus, Opal Guardian, Fire Whip, Assembly-Worker
Pick: Fathom Seer
Pack 2:
Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Smallpox, Return to Dust, Undying Rage, Nicol Bolas
Pick: Coal Stoker
Pack 3:
Fathom Seer, Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Barbed Shocker, Chronatog Totem, Sudden Shock
Pick: Fathom Seer
Pack 4:
Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Ivory Giant, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Barbed Shocker, Stormcloud Djinn, Premature Burial
Pick: Looter il-Kor
Pack 5:
Bonesplitter Sliver, Think Twice, Errant Doomsayers, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Basalt Gargoyle, Pull from Eternity, Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII, Mountain
Pick: Basalt Gargoyle
Pack 6:
Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Snapback, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Chronatog Totem, Nether Traitor, Ovinomancer, Savage Thallid
Pick: Snapback
Pack 7:
Drudge Reavers, Pentarch Ward, Greenseeker, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Pull from Eternity, Fungus Sliver, Gaea’s Liege
Pick: Jhoira’s Timebug
Pack 8:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Calciform Pools, Opaline Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier, Gemstone Caverns, Wormwood Dryad
Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers
Pack 9:
Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Spirit Loop, Molten Slagheap, Assembly-Worker
Pick: Molten Slagheap
Pack 10:
Gaze of Justice, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Smallpox, Return to Dust, Nicol Bolas
Pick: Bogardan Rager
Pack 11:
Flamecore Elemental, Two-Headed Sliver, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Barbed Shocker
Pick: Flamecore Elemental
Pack 12:
Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Molder, Barbed Shocker
Pick: Plunder
Pack 13:
Subterranean Shambler, Chameleon Blur, Mountain
Pick: Subterranean Shambler
Pack 14:
Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld
Pick: Bewilder
Pack 15:
Pick: Divine Congregation
Pack 16:
Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Dark Withering, Ashcoat Bear, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Cavalry Master, Vampiric Sliver, Evil Eye of Urborg, Candles of Leng, Stormbind, Crookclaw Transmuter
Pick: Stormbind
Pack 17:
Grapeshot, Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Castle Raptors, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Paradise Plume, Primal Forcemage, Ghostflame Sliver, Stronghold Overseer, Teferi’s Moat
Pick: Grapeshot
Pack 18:
Aether Web, Assassinate, Amrou Seekers, Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Careful Consideration, Yavimaya Dryad, Scion of the Ur-Dragon, Avoid Fate
Pick: Careful Consideration
Pack 19:
Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Durkwood Tracker, Truth or Tale, Sedge Sliver
Pick: Chromatic Star
Pack 20:
Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Ancient Grudge, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Skittering Monstrosity, Curse of the Cabal, Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
Pick: Goblin Skycutter
Pack 21:
Assassinate, Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Wipe Away, Moonlace
Pick: Temporal Eddy
Pack 22:
Deathspore Thallid, Trespasser il-Vec, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Primal Forcemage, Volcanic Awakening, Mirari, Living End
Pick: Living End
Pack 23:
Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Ophidian Eye, Tectonic Fiend, Fallen Ideal, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Tolarian Sentinel
Pack 24:
Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Vampiric Sliver, Evil Eye of Urborg
Pick: Momentary Blink
Pack 25:
Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Paradise Plume, Ghostflame Sliver
Pick: Paradise Plume
Pack 26:
Aether Web, Ghitu Firebreathing, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Avoid Fate
Pick: Avoid Fate
Pack 27:
Plunder, Skulking Knight, Durkwood Tracker, Truth or Tale
Pick: Truth or Tale
Pack 28:
Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Skittering Monstrosity
Pick: Drifter il-Dal
Pack 29:
Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode
Pick: Screeching Sliver
Pack 30:
Pick: Volcanic Awakening
Pack 31:
Lightning Axe, Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Urza’s Factory, Riftwing Cloudskate, Brine Elemental, Mangara of Corondor, Uthden Troll
Pick: Lightning Axe
Pack 32:
Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Temporal Isolation, Crookclaw Transmuter, Empty the Warrens, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Faceless Devourer, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Dementia Sliver, Hypergenesis, Eron the Relentless
Pick: Thick-Skinned Goblin
Pack 33:
Amrou Seekers, Search for Tomorrow, Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Scryb Ranger, Harmonic Sliver, Unyaro Bees, Flying Men
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 34:
Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Locket of Yesterdays, Evil Eye of Urborg, Avalanche Riders
Pick: Spiketail Drakeling
Pack 35:
Gorgon Recluse, Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Keldon Halberdier, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Spell Burst, Ignite Memories, Wipe Away, Grinning Totem
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 36:
Orcish Cannonade, Gemhide Sliver, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Molten Slagheap, Krosan Grip, Thelon of Havenwood
Pick: Orcish Cannonade
Pack 37:
Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Spirit Loop, Thunder Totem, Swarmyard, Scragnoth
Pick: Slipstream Serpent
Pack 38:
Snapback, Aether Web, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Momentary Blink, Pendelhaven Elder, Wheel of Fate
Pick: Snapback
Pack 39:
Mogg War Marshal, Think Twice, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Uthden Troll
Pick: Uthden Troll
Pack 40:
Drudge Reavers, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Dementia Sliver, Hypergenesis
Pick: Hypergenesis
Pack 41:
Icatian Crier, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Drifter il-Dal, Unyaro Bees
Pick: Unyaro Bees
Pack 42:
Flamecore Elemental, Brass Gnat, Glass Asp, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Flamecore Elemental
Pack 43:
Shadow Sliver, Traitor’s Clutch, Ignite Memories
Pick: Ignite Memories
Pack 44:
Children of Korlis, Ground Rift
Pick: Ground Rift
Pack 45:
Pick: Gaze of Justice
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Careful Consideration
2 Fathom Seer
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Slipstream Serpent
2 Snapback
1 Spiketail Drakeling
1 Temporal Eddy
1 Uthden Troll
1 Basalt Gargoyle
1 Coal Stoker
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Flamecore Elemental
1 Goblin Skycutter
1 Grapeshot
1 Keldon Halberdier
1 Lightning Axe
1 Orcish Cannonade
1 Thick-Skinned Goblin
1 Chromatic Star
1 Stormbind
2 Forest
8 Island
8 Mountain
Sideboard:
1 Avoid Fate
1 Bewilder
1 Bogardan Rager
1 Divine Congregation
1 Drifter il-Dal
1 Flamecore Elemental
1 Gaze of Justice
1 Ground Rift
1 Hypergenesis
1 Ignite Memories
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
1 Jhoira’s Timebug
1 Living End [FOIL]
1 Molten Slagheap
1 Momentary Blink
1 Paradise Plume
1 Plunder
1 Screeching Sliver
1 Subterranean Shambler
1 Tolarian Sentinel
1 Truth or Tale
1 Unyaro Bees
1 Volcanic Awakening
This draft was fairly frustrating. Pack 2 was absolutely terrible for me, even though I passed very little in my colors in pack 1. My deck still ended up decent, although not great. I had Stormbind but very little mana fixing, so I played eighteen lands hoping that my card draw could get me through any mana floods that may pop up.
I lost a very frustrating first round. In game 1 I missed my fourth land drop, but then was able to Fathom Seer into some lands… and didn’t stop drawing lands. Eventually I had fourteen lands and six spells. All the while he’s making my life difficult with all sorts of combat tricks and Serrated Arrows. I was able to stabilise at two with three creatures to his five because he decided to play around my nonexistent trick and not attack. Despite having drawn fourteen of my lands, I hadn’t drawn a Forest so the Stormbind was sitting uselessly in my hand. After a few turns of us saying go, I drew the Forest and killed two of his creatures, but he of course had his maindeck Krosan Grip which stopped me from taking over the game. He then drew Havenwood Wurm next turn and finally decided to make the attack which I couldn’t stop. The next game I fell behind early, but stopped him with Slipstream Serpent while my Basalt Gargoyle killed him. Game 3 I was again flooded and he had a perfect curve. It looked like I was going to stabilise behind my Serpent but he had Strength in Numbers and Thrill of the Hunt, despite having no cards in hand two turns previously…
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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