Draft:
Pack 1:
Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Conflagrate, Spirit Loop, Telekinetic Sliver, Stonebrow, Krosan Hero, Conspiracy, Paradox Haze
Pick: Stonebrow, Krosan Hero
Pack 2:
Strangling Soot, Fathom Seer, Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Volcanic Awakening, Chronatog Totem, Foriysian Totem, Spike Feeder, Dreadship Reef
Pick: Strangling Soot
Pack 3:
Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Truth or Tale, Pull from Eternity, Coalition Victory
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 4:
Thallid Germinator, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Fledgling Mawcor, Sporesower Thallid, Barbed Shocker, Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
Pick: Sporesower Thallid
Pack 5:
Bonesplitter Sliver, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Barbed Shocker, Trickbind
Pick: Thick-Skinned Goblin
Pack 6:
Aether Web, Amrou Seekers, Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Terramorphic Expanse, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Pendelhaven Elder
Pick: Terramorphic Expanse
Pack 7:
Keldon Halberdier, Chromatic Star, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Eternity Snare, Krosan Grip, Tectonic Fiend, Drifter il-Dal
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 8:
Goblin Skycutter, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Urza’s Factory, Smallpox, Angel’s Grace
Pick: Goblin Skycutter
Pack 9:
Gaze of Justice, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Spirit Loop, Conspiracy, Paradox Haze
Pick: Conspiracy
Pack 10:
Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Volcanic Awakening, Chronatog Totem, Dreadship Reef
Pick: Wormwood Dryad
Pack 11:
Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Blazing Blade Askari, Truth or Tale, Pull from Eternity, Coalition Victory
Pick: Blazing Blade Askari
Pack 12:
Call to the Netherworld, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Barbed Shocker
Pick: Savage Thallid
Pack 13:
Chameleon Blur, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder
Pick: Chameleon Blur
Pack 14:
Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons
Pick: Jhoira’s Timebug
Pack 15:
Pick: Glass Asp
Pack 16:
Looter il-Kor, Gorgon Recluse, Herd Gnarr, Fortify, Coal Stoker, Deathspore Thallid, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Fool’s Demise, Gustcloak Cavalier, Sudden Shock, Sprite Noble, Fiery Temper
Pick: Fiery Temper
Pack 17:
Urborg Syphon-Mage, Snapback, Aether Web, Lightning Axe, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Phthisis, Primal Forcemage, Reiterate, Lord of Atlantis
Pick: Lightning Axe
Pack 18:
Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Krosan Grip, Fury Sliver, Duskrider Peregrine, Magus of the Mirror
Pick: Herd Gnarr
Pack 19:
Castle Raptors, Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Evil Eye of Urborg, Cavalry Master, Scarwood Treefolk
Pick: Chromatic Star
Pack 20:
Ivory Giant, Grapeshot, Slipstream Serpent, Nantuko Shaman, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Evil Eye of Urborg, Telekinetic Sliver, Magus of the Jar
Pick: Grapeshot
Pack 21:
Drudge Reavers, Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Thunder Totem, Dread Return
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 22:
Mogg War Marshal, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Screeching Sliver, Ancient Grudge, Foriysian Interceptor, Undying Rage, Durkwood Tracker, Walk the Aeons
Pick: Undying Rage
Pack 23:
Cancel, Icatian Crier, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Evangelize, Consecrate Land
Pick: Evangelize
Pack 24:
Coal Stoker, Deathspore Thallid, Molder, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Fool’s Demise, Gustcloak Cavalier
Pick: Coal Stoker
Pack 25:
Drudge Reavers, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Reiterate
Pick: Reiterate
Pack 26:
Deathspore Thallid, Eternity Snare, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Krosan Grip
Pick: Viashino Bladescout
Pack 27:
Tolarian Sentinel, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, Cavalry Master
Pick: Bogardan Rager
Pack 28:
Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Plunder
Pick: Plunder
Pack 29:
Drudge Reavers, Call to the Netherworld
Pick: Drudge Reavers
Pack 30:
Pick: Ancient Grudge
Pack 31:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Snapback, Rift Bolt, Pentarch Ward, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Outrider en-Kor, Calciform Pools, Locket of Yesterdays, Lim-Dul the Necromancer, Prodigal Sorcerer
Pick: Rift Bolt
Pack 32:
Think Twice, Penumbra Spider, Errant Doomsayers, Rift Bolt, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Undying Rage, Calciform Pools, Smallpox, Academy Ruins, Sengir Autocrat
Pick: Rift Bolt
Pack 33:
Errant Doomsayers, Corpulent Corpse, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Search for Tomorrow, Icatian Crier, Ghitu Firebreathing, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Dreadship Reef, Molten Slagheap, Hivestone, Dauthi Slayer
Pick: Search for Tomorrow
Pack 34:
Fortify, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Chronatog Totem, Harmonic Sliver, Griffin Guide
Pick: Nantuko Shaman
Pack 35:
Trespasser il-Vec, Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Return to Dust, Might of Old Krosa
Pick: Grapeshot
Pack 36:
Tolarian Sentinel, Strangling Soot, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Saltcrusted Steppe, Dementia Sliver, Plains
Pick: Strangling Soot
Pack 37:
Cancel, Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Spirit Loop, Dralnu, Lich Lord
Pick: Assassinate
Pack 38:
Scarwood Treefolk, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier, Gauntlet of Power, Desolation Giant
Pick: Gauntlet of Power
Pack 39:
Thallid Germinator, Pentarch Ward, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Mindlash Sliver, Calciform Pools, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Thallid Germinator
Pack 40:
Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Calciform Pools, Sengir Autocrat
Pick: Sengir Autocrat
Pack 41:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Ghitu Firebreathing, Pit Keeper, Molten Slagheap
Pick: Molten Slagheap
Pack 42:
Fortify, Mystical Teachings, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver
Pick: Fortify
Pack 43:
Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis
Pick: Molder
Pack 44:
Viashino Bladescout, Dementia Sliver
Pick: Viashino Bladescout
Pack 45:
Pick: Detainment Spell
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
2 Strangling Soot
1 Fiery Temper
1 Blazing Blade Askari
1 Coal Stoker
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Goblin Skycutter
2 Grapeshot
2 Keldon Halberdier
1 Lightning Axe
2 Rift Bolt
1 Thick-Skinned Goblin
1 Herd Gnarr
1 Nantuko Shaman
1 Search for Tomorrow
1 Sporesower Thallid
1 Thallid Germinator
1 Wormwood Dryad
1 Chromatic Star
1 Stonebrow, Krosan Hero
7 Forest
7 Mountain
1 Swamp
1 Molten Slagheap
1 Terramorphic Expanse
Sideboard:
1 Ancient Grudge
1 Assassinate
1 Bogardan Rager
1 Chameleon Blur
1 Conspiracy
1 Detainment Spell
1 Drudge Reavers
1 Evangelize
1 Fortify
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Glass Asp
1 Jhoira’s Timebug
1 Molder
1 Plunder
1 Reiterate
1 Savage Thallid
1 Sengir Autocrat
1 Undying Rage
2 Viashino Bladescout
This deck pretty much drafted itself. I didn’t have many decisions to make because there was always an obvious best card in the pack for my deck. I did end up a little short on creatures, but that wasn’t a big problem because I had so much removal.
I won the first round easily against someone who recognized me at the beginning of the match, and then proceeded to spend the rest of the match complaining about how lucky I am, which I found a little confusing. My draws were definitely better than his, but I think that had much more to do with the fact that my deck was much better than his than how lucky I am.
I was able to win the first game of round 2 with quite a good draw. On my turn 5 he Temporal Isolationed my Keldon Halberdier, which let me play Chromatic Star and kill both his 2/2s with Grapeshot. He made it close with Celestial Crusader, but he was too far behind, and I finished him off by stacking damage and killing my Halberdier. In game 2 I had another good draw in which I Emptied for six on turn 5. Unfortunately he had his only out – Magus of the Disk – for turn 6. I was left with only a Rift Bolt and Herd Gnarr, which weren’t quite enough to beat his Jedit’s Dragoons and Sacred Mesa. In game 3 I had another good draw in which I could have Emptied for six on turn 5, but he played Magus of the Disk turn 4 so I had to slow down. I was a little short on lands, and got locked up after he blew the Magus with Riftwing Cloudskate and Momentary Blink. Eventually after three turns of having my only creature bounced and getting attacked by Ivory Giant I was able to make it close by Emptying for six with Herd Gnarr in play. This forced him to chump block, putting me in a position where I was going to win in a couple turns since I was able to get rid of his flyers with Rift Bolts, but he had the Mesa again. Not much I could do about that since I didn’t draw the Molder I boarded in.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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