Draft:
Pack 1:
Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Riftwing Cloudskate, Undying Rage, Primal Forcemage, Evangelize, Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Pick: Riftwing Cloudskate
Pack 2:
Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Conflagrate, Spirit Loop, Foriysian Totem, Dandan, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Pick: Looter il-Kor
Pack 3:
Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Flickering Spirit, Stormcloud Djinn, Candles of Leng, Gaea’s Blessing, Ignite Memories
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 4:
Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Ashcoat Bear, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Thunder Totem, Yavimaya Dryad, Magus of the Candelabra, Wildfire Emissary
Pick: Wildfire Emissary
Pack 5:
Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Return to Dust, Evil Eye of Urborg, Gauntlet of Power, Icatian Javelineers
Pick: Gemhide Sliver
Pack 6:
Mana Skimmer, Chromatic Star, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Assembly-Worker, Haunting Hymn, Vesuva
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 7:
Coral Trickster, Spinneret Sliver, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Paradox Haze, Fury Sliver, Telekinetic Sliver
Pick: Coral Trickster
Pack 8:
Aether Web, Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Urza’s Factory
Pick: Temporal Eddy
Pack 9:
Icatian Crier, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Primal Forcemage
Pick: Primal Forcemage
Pack 10:
Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Dandan, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Pick: Thrill of the Hunt
Pack 11:
Temporal Eddy, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Flickering Spirit, Gaea’s Blessing
Pick: Temporal Eddy
Pack 12:
Pentarch Ward, Divine Congregation, Chameleon Blur, Cyclopean Giant
Pick: Chameleon Blur
Pack 13:
Gaze of Justice, Ground Rift, Return to Dust
Pick: Return to Dust
Pack 14:
Pick: Glass Asp
Pack 15:
Pick: Traitor’s Clutch
Pack 16:
Looter il-Kor, Gorgon Recluse, Herd Gnarr, Fortify, Coal Stoker, Deathspore Thallid, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Return to Dust, Spell Burst, Sulfurous Blast, Magus of the Scroll, Zhalfirin Commander
Pick: Looter il-Kor
Pack 17:
Amrou Seekers, Search for Tomorrow, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Outrider en-Kor, Premature Burial, Tectonic Fiend, Spike Feeder
Pick: Search for Tomorrow
Pack 18:
Ivory Giant, Grapeshot, Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Quilled Sliver, Haunting Hymn, Weatherseed Totem, Leviathan
Pick: Weatherseed Totem
Pack 19:
Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Undying Rage, Calciform Pools, Tivadar of Thorn
Pick: Temporal Isolation
Pack 20:
Spinneret Sliver, Grapeshot, Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Aspect of Mongoose, Fungal Reaches, Magus of the Jar, Withered Wretch
Pick: Magus of the Jar
Pack 21:
Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Faceless Devourer, Dread Return
Pick: Strength in Numbers
Pack 22:
Deathspore Thallid, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Stormcloud Djinn, Dementia Sliver, Thelon of Havenwood
Pick: Stormcloud Djinn
Pack 23:
Zealot il-Vec, Aether Web, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Calciform Pools, Dread Return
Pick: Calciform Pools
Pack 24:
Deathspore Thallid, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Return to Dust, Spell Burst
Pick: Eternity Snare
Pack 25:
Cancel, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Tectonic Fiend
Pick: Cancel
Pack 26:
Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Leviathan
Pick: Molder
Pack 27:
Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Sage of Epityr, Calciform Pools
Pick: Calciform Pools
Pack 28:
Glass Asp, Aspect of Mongoose, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Fungal Reaches
Pack 29:
Call to the Netherworld, Brass Gnat
Pick: Brass Gnat
Pack 30:
Pick: Dementia Sliver
Pack 31:
Bonesplitter Sliver, Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Penumbra Spider, Errant Doomsayers, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Might Sliver, Phyrexian Totem, Fungal Reaches, Nether Traitor, Void
Pick: Penumbra Spider
Pack 32:
Fortify, Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Locket of Yesterdays, Quilled Sliver, Phantom Wurm, Whirling Dervish
Pick: Nantuko Shaman
Pack 33:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Snapback, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Celestial Crusader, Might Sliver, Barbed Shocker, Lotus Bloom, Cockatrice, Slipstream Serpent
Pick: Cockatrice
Pack 34:
Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Penumbra Spider, Pentarch Ward, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Might Sliver, Aspect of Mongoose
Pick: Penumbra Spider
Pack 35:
Spinneret Sliver, Spiketail Drakeling, Mana Skimmer, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Saltcrusted Steppe, Dementia Sliver, Opaline Sliver, Conspiracy
Pick: Spiketail Drakeling
Pack 36:
Tolarian Sentinel, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Firewake Sliver, Locket of Yesterdays, Telekinetic Sliver, Lord of Atlantis
Pick: Telekinetic Sliver
Pack 37:
Castle Raptors, Spiketail Drakeling, Scarwood Treefolk, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Volcanic Awakening, Krosan Grip
Pick: Spiketail Drakeling
Pack 38:
Search for Tomorrow, Icatian Crier, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Truth or Tale, Safe Haven
Pick: Search for Tomorrow
Pack 39:
Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Might Sliver, Nether Traitor
Pick: Might Sliver
Pack 40:
Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Locket of Yesterdays, Quilled Sliver, Whirling Dervish
Pick: Whirling Dervish
Pack 41:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Celestial Crusader, Might Sliver, Barbed Shocker, Slipstream Serpent
Pick: Might Sliver
Pack 42:
Pentarch Ward, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver
Pick: Pentarch Ward
Pack 43:
Children of Korlis, Dementia Sliver, Opaline Sliver
Pick: Opaline Sliver
Pack 44:
Firewake Sliver, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Firewake Sliver
Pack 45:
Pick: Volcanic Awakening
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Thrill of the Hunt
1 Coral Trickster
1 Gemhide Sliver
2 Looter il-Kor
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Strength in Numbers
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Nantuko Shaman
2 Search for Tomorrow
2 Spiketail Drakeling
1 Weatherseed Totem
2 Penumbra Spider
2 Temporal Eddy
1 Cockatrice
1 Magus of the Jar
2 Might Sliver
1 Riftwing Cloudskate
8 Forest
8 Island
1 Plains
Sideboard:
1 Brass Gnat
2 Calciform Pools
1 Cancel
1 Chameleon Blur
1 Dementia Sliver
1 Eternity Snare
1 Firewake Sliver
1 Fungal Reaches
1 Glass Asp
1 Molder
1 Opaline Sliver
1 Pentarch Ward
1 Primal Forcemage
1 Return to Dust
1 Stormcloud Djinn
1 Telekinetic Sliver
1 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Traitor’s Clutch
1 Volcanic Awakening
1 Whirling Dervish
1 Wildfire Emissary
This draft was interesting because I was in Blue the whole time, but the colors I prefer to pair with Blue were completely cut off. I had to go into Blue/Green, a color combination I have little expertise drafting but wanted to try out. This deck ended up quite good since I was able to get a lot of mana acceleration, and tempo cards like Temporal Eddy and Riftwing Cloudskate. The two Looters allowed me to play seventeen lands in addition to two Search for Tomorrow, Gemhide Sliver, and Prismatic Lens, since they would get me out of mana floods. This let me consistently get ahead of my opponent early, and then stay ahead with the Eddys.
I won round 1 against a very good Blue/Black deck. I won the first game by getting ahead early, and then attacking with Weatherseed Totem every turn until he was at zero. He won the second game by playing Fathom Seer face up turn 2, and morphing Shapeshifter turn 3. My draw wasn’t quick enough to compete with that kind of card advantage. For game 3 I had another quick start, and by the time his Corpulent Corpse and Phtisis came in on turns 6 and 7 they were almost irrelevant, I was just too far ahead.
Round 2 I played against a decent White/Red deck. Game 1 he didn’t play a land on turn 3, and my turn 4 might Sliver didn’t give him any time to recover. Game 2 I was flooded, then activated Magus of the Jar, and found five lands, Gemhide Sliver, and Weatherseed Totem. The Momentary Blink for his Temporal Isolationed Ivory Giant he found when I Jar’d didn’t help matters. Game 3 he played turn 1 Ivory Giant, turn 2 Benalish Cavalry, turn 3 Griffin Guide, and I still won on turn 6. I had Gemhide Sliver turn 2, Penumbra Spider turn 3, Weatherseed Totem turn 4, Might Sliver turn 5, and Temporal Eddy and Strength in Numbers turn 6 to get rid of his blockers and deal exactly twenty.
I split the finals even though the deck was so much fun to play.
Until Monday,
Rich
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