Draft:
Pack 1:
Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Calciform Pools, Opaline Sliver, Yavimaya Dryad, Hivestone, Valor, Snapback
Pick: Temporal Isolation
Pack 2:
Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Errant Ephemeron, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Spell Burst, Dementia Sliver, Sudden Shock, Orcish Librarian
Pick: Errant Ephemeron
Pack 3:
Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Scryb Ranger, Chronatog Totem, Dralnu, Lich Lord, Vhati il-Dal
Pick: Vhati il-Dal
Pack 4:
Drudge Reavers, Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Weatherseed Totem, Careful Consideration, Plated Pegasus, Lim-Dul the Necromancer, Celestial Dawn
Pick: Careful Consideration
Pack 5:
Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Gorgon Recluse, Herd Gnarr, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Fool’s Demise, Harmonic Sliver, Sprite Noble
Pick: Fathom Seer
Pack 6:
Spinneret Sliver, Ivory Giant, Grapeshot, Mindstab, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Return to Dust, Evil Eye of Urborg
Pick: Ivory Giant
Pack 7:
Gaze of Justice, Coral Trickster, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Chronatog Totem, Funeral Charm
Pick: Coral Trickster
Pack 8:
Aether Web, Drudge Reavers, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Spell Burst
Pick: Jhoira’s Timebug
Pack 9:
Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Calciform Pools, Opaline Sliver, Yavimaya Dryad
Pick: Opaline Sliver
Pack 10:
Deathspore Thallid, Dream Stalker, Clockspinning, Spell Burst, Dementia Sliver, Orcish Librarian
Pick: Dream Stalker
Pack 11:
Cancel, Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Chronatog Totem
Pick: Cancel
Pack 12:
Drudge Reavers, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Plated Pegasus
Pick: Plated Pegasus
Pack 13:
Glass Asp, Fool’s Demise, Harmonic Sliver
Pick: Fool’s Demise
Pack 14:
Traitor’s Clutch, Eternity Snare
Pick: Eternity Snare
Pack 15:
Pick: Sangrophage
Pack 16:
Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Trespasser il-Vec, Amrou Scout, Grapeshot, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Primal Forcemage, Gustcloak Cavalier, Sulfurous Blast, Swarmyard, Disenchant
Pick: Amrou Scout
Pack 17:
Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Penumbra Spider, Errant Doomsayers, Aether Web, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Duskrider Peregrine, Wipe Away, Saltcrusted Steppe, Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician, Feldon’s Cane
Pick: Duskrider Peregrine
Pack 18:
Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Fortify, Flamecore Elemental, Watcher Sliver, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Return to Dust, Spell Burst, Ghostflame Sliver, Ith, High Arcanist, Orgg, Mountain
Pick: Ith, High Arcanist
Pack 19:
Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Zealot il-Vec, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Premature Burial, Clockwork Hydra, Volcanic Awakening, Pandemonium
Pick: Clockwork Hydra
Pack 20:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Cavalry Master, Vampiric Sliver, Trickbind, Willbender
Pick: Willbender
Pack 21:
Snapback, Pentarch Ward, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Tectonic Fiend, Angel’s Grace, Unstable Mutation
Pick: Snapback
Pack 22:
Slipstream Serpent, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Dementia Sliver, Gauntlet of Power, Squire
Pick: Gauntlet of Power
Pack 23:
Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Volcanic Awakening, Pendelhaven
Pick: Tolarian Sentinel
Pack 24:
Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Swarmyard, Disenchant
Pick: D’Avenant Healer
Pack 25:
Think Twice, Aether Web, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Screeching Sliver, Feldon’s Cane
Pick: Think Twice
Pack 26:
Plunder, Skulking Knight, Return to Dust, Spell Burst, Mountain
Pick: Spell Burst
Pack 27:
Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Volcanic Awakening
Pick: Bewilder
Pack 28:
Chameleon Blur, Bewilder, Detainment Spell
Pick: Detainment Spell
Pack 29:
Chameleon Blur, Screeching Sliver
Pick: Screeching Sliver
Pack 30:
Pick: Sangrophage
Pack 31:
Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Scryb Ranger, Outrider en-Kor, Paradise Plume, Evangelize, Spitting Slug, Sage of Epityr
Pick: Outrider en-Kor
Pack 32:
Errant Ephemeron, Strangling Soot, Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Molten Slagheap, Fallen Ideal, Thunder Totem, Sudden Spoiling
Pick: Errant Ephemeron
Pack 33:
Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Amrou Scout, Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Durkwood Tracker, Ignite Memories, Hunting Moa
Pick: Amrou Scout
Pack 34:
Urborg Syphon-Mage, Aether Web, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Phantom Wurm, Brine Elemental, Walk the Aeons, Sindbad
Pick: Momentary Blink
Pack 35:
Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Firewake Sliver, Locket of Yesterdays, Wipe Away, Chronosavant
Pick: Chronosavant
Pack 36:
Orcish Cannonade, Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Brine Elemental, Primal Forcemage, Dodecapod
Pick: Brine Elemental
Pack 37:
Dark Withering, Ashcoat Bear, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Fungal Reaches, Reiterate, Stupor
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 38:
Temporal Eddy, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Urza’s Factory, Skittering Monstrosity, Uncle Istvan
Pick: Temporal Eddy
Pack 39:
Dark Withering, Strength in Numbers, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Paradise Plume, Spitting Slug
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 40:
Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Molder, Children of Korlis, Ground Rift, Fallen Ideal
Pick: Mindstab
Pack 41:
Scarwood Treefolk, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch
Pick: Thrill of the Hunt
Pack 42:
Aether Web, Brass Gnat, Screeching Sliver, Sindbad
Pick: Sindbad
Pack 43:
Brass Gnat, Glass Asp, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Locket of Yesterdays
Pack 44:
Pick: Dream Stalker
Pack 45:
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
2 Amrou Scout
1 Chronosavant
1 Duskrider Peregrine
1 D’Avenant Healer
1 Ivory Giant
1 Momentary Blink
1 Outrider en-Kor
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Willbender
1 Brine Elemental
1 Careful Consideration
1 Coral Trickster
1 Dream Stalker
2 Errant Ephemeron
1 Fathom Seer
1 Snapback
1 Temporal Eddy
1 Clockwork Hydra
1 Jhoira’s Timebug
1 Ith, High Arcanist
1 Opaline Sliver
9 Island
8 Plains
Sideboard:
1 Bewilder
1 Cancel
2 Dark Withering
1 Detainment Spell
1 Dream Stalker
1 Eternity Snare
1 Fool’s Demise
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Locket of Yesterdays
1 Mindstab
1 Plated Pegasus
1 Psychotic Episode
2 Sangrophage
1 Screeching Sliver
1 Sindbad
1 Spell Burst
1 Think Twice
1 Thrill of the Hunt
1 Tolarian Sentinel
1 Vhati il-Dal
Another frustrating draft, although this time my deck happened to be very good. I decided not to play the Gauntlet, despite its praise being sung in the forums, because my deck was split so evenly between the two colors and it didn’t seem like pumping my creatures slightly would be all that relevant.
In the first game I lost because I had six Islands and one Plains, with D’Avenant Healer in hand, while I died to his Trespasser Il-Vecs. In the second game it looked like I was going to beat his Stronghold Overseer, until he played the second one. Right. Whatever.
Until next week,
Rich
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