Draft:
Pack 1:
Castle Raptors, Gorgon Recluse, Spiketail Drakeling, Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Molten Slagheap, Krosan Grip, Sulfurous Blast, Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, Dodecapod
Pick: Sulfurous Blast
Pack 2:
Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Spell Burst, Ignite Memories, Weatherseed Totem, Defiant Vanguard, Plains
Pick: Weatherseed Totem
Pack 3:
Trespasser il-Vec, Amrou Scout, Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Plated Pegasus, Molten Slagheap, Chronosavant, Sengir Autocrat
Pick: Blazing Blade Askari
Pack 4:
Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Aether Web, Savage Thallid, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Might of Old Krosa, Harmonic Sliver, Wheel of Fate, Island
Pick: Strength in Numbers
Pack 5:
Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Premature Burial, Reiterate, Sindbad
Pick: Premature Burial
Pack 6:
Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Strangling Soot, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, Chronatog Totem, Durkwood Tracker, Wipe Away
Pick: Strangling Soot
Pack 7:
Ashcoat Bear, Search for Tomorrow, Cancel, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy, Withered Wretch
Pick: Withered Wretch
Pack 8:
Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Calciform Pools, Dementia Sliver, Hypergenesis, Krosan Cloudscraper
Pick: Krosan Cloudscraper
Pack 9:
Scarwood Treefolk, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Molten Slagheap, Krosan Grip
Pick: Molten Slagheap
Pack 10:
Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Spell Burst, Plains
Pick: Venser’s Sliver
Pack 11:
Scarwood Treefolk, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Plated Pegasus, Sengir Autocrat
Pick: Sengir Autocrat
Pack 12:
Savage Thallid, Call to the Netherworld, Harmonic Sliver, Island
Pick: Savage Thallid
Pack 13:
Drudge Reavers, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder
Pick: Drudge Reavers
Pack 14:
Pick: Sangrophage
Pack 15:
Pick: Brass Gnat
Pack 16:
Amrou Scout, Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Smallpox, Return to Dust, Telekinetic Sliver, Vesuva, Funeral Charm
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 17:
Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Viscerid Deepwalker, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Urza’s Factory, Dementia Sliver, Gemstone Caverns, Coalition Victory, Trickbind
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 18:
Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Spinneret Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Spirit Loop, Molten Slagheap, Safe Haven
Pick: Feebleness
Pack 19:
Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Think Twice, Penumbra Spider, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Pull from Eternity, Hivestone, Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 20:
Ashcoat Bear, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Thallid Germinator, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Gustcloak Cavalier, Unyaro Bees, Conspiracy
Pick: Urborg Syphon-Mage
Pack 21:
Mindstab, Durkwood Baloth, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Saltcrusted Steppe, Fool’s Demise, Foriysian Totem
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 22:
Flamecore Elemental, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Firewake Sliver, Spell Burst, Phantom Wurm, Magus of the Mirror, Voidmage Prodigy
Pick: Magus of the Mirror
Pack 23:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Cancel, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Durkwood Tracker
Pick: Basal Sliver
Pack 24:
Mana Skimmer, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Ophidian Eye, Return to Dust, Vesuva, Funeral Charm
Pick: Mana Skimmer
Pack 25:
Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Divine Congregation, Dementia Sliver, Gemstone Caverns, Coalition Victory
Pick: Aetherflame Wall
Pack 26:
Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Spirit Loop
Pick: Mystical Teachings
Pack 27:
Think Twice, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor
Pick: Greenseeker
Pack 28:
Sprout, Gustcloak Cavalier, Conspiracy
Pick: Conspiracy
Pack 29:
Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings
Pick: Mystical Teachings
Pack 30:
Pick: Brass Gnat
Pack 31:
Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Errant Ephemeron, Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Skittering Monstrosity, Volcanic Awakening, Cavalry Master, Stuffy Doll, Consecrate Land
Pick: Stuffy Doll
Pack 32:
Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Undying Rage, Fallen Ideal, Liege of the Pit, Fiery Temper
Pick: Fiery Temper
Pack 33:
Keldon Halberdier, Ivory Giant, Grapeshot, Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Nantuko Shaman, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Tectonic Fiend, Fallen Ideal, Swamp Mosquito
Pick: Mindstab
Pack 34:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Search for Tomorrow, Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Phthisis, Ignite Memories, Psionic Sliver
Pick: Phthisis
Pack 35:
Snapback, Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Dark Withering, Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Nightshade Assassin, Skittering Monstrosity, Living End, Dandan
Pick: Nightshade Assassin
Pack 36:
Errant Doomsayers, Aether Web, Assassinate, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Angel’s Grace, Pandemonium
Pick: Assassinate
Pack 37:
Gorgon Recluse, Herd Gnarr, Fortify, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Gorgon Recluse
Pack 38:
Tolarian Sentinel, Trespasser il-Vec, Dream Stalker, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Paradise Plume, Primal Forcemage, Trickbind
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 39:
Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Skittering Monstrosity, Volcanic Awakening, Consecrate Land
Pick: Skittering Monstrosity
Pack 40:
Pentarch Ward, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Fallen Ideal
Pick: Pit Keeper
Pack 41:
Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Tectonic Fiend, Swamp Mosquito
Pick: Bogardan Rager
Pack 42:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Ignite Memories
Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers
Pack 43:
Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld
Pick: Call to the Netherworld
Pack 44:
Mindlash Sliver, Chameleon Blur
Pick: Mindlash Sliver
Pack 45:
Pick: Children of Korlis
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Sengir Autocrat
1 Withered Wretch
1 Assassinate
1 Feebleness
1 Gorgon Recluse
1 Magus of the Mirror
1 Mana Skimmer
1 Mindstab
1 Nightshade Assassin
1 Phthisis
1 Pit Keeper
1 Premature Burial
1 Skittering Monstrosity
1 Strangling Soot
1 Trespasser il-Vec
1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
1 Fiery Temper
1 Blazing Blade Askari
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Keldon Halberdier
1 Sulfurous Blast
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Stuffy Doll
6 Mountain
10 Swamp
1 Molten Slagheap
Sideboard:
1 Aetherflame Wall
1 Basal Sliver
1 Bogardan Rager
2 Brass Gnat
1 Call to the Netherworld
1 Children of Korlis
1 Conspiracy
1 Drudge Reavers
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Greenseeker
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
1 Krosan Cloudscraper [FOIL]
1 Mindlash Sliver
2 Mystical Teachings
1 Sangrophage
1 Savage Thallid
1 Strength in Numbers
1 Venser’s Sliver
1 Weatherseed Totem
This draft was interesting because even though I knew I was getting cut off in Red I never had an opportunity to get out of it. My deck still ended up pretty good because Black was wide open, and I was able to get into it pretty early.
I lost the first round to a very good Blue/Red deck. The two games I lost were very close, and he was mana screwed in the other. In the first game I played a Skittering Monstrosity turn 5, and he decided to race it instead of blocking. It got him to four, but the turn I was going to kill him he had a creature and Snapback to win the race, despite being empty-handed the previous turn. He didn’t play lands in the second game, but the third game was also pretty interesting. The game pretty much came down to the decision I made turn 2. He went first and suspended Errant Ephemeron turn 2. I had the choice of suspending Phthisis or playing Pit Keeper. I decided to play Pit Keeper since I had a Prismatic Lens and two more lands in hand, meaning I only needed to draw two more so that I could surprise him, and hopefully take the game with the Phthisis. This plan was ruined when he played a Spiketail Drakeling turn 3, that I was never able to remove until the turn before I died. He played Coal Stoker and Rift Bolt turn 4 but I was able to keep up. As it turned out, I would have won had I drawn a fourth Swamp to cast the Phthisis.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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