Draft:
Pack 1:
Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Aether Web, Lightning Axe, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Foriysian Totem, Might of Old Krosa, Firewake Sliver, Curse of the Cabal, Disintegrate, Hivestone
Pick: Disintegrate
Pack 2:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Search for Tomorrow, Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Calciform Pools, Fool’s Demise, Academy Ruins, Scragnoth, Volcanic Awakening
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 3:
Penumbra Spider, Errant Doomsayers, Aether Web, Amrou Seekers, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Calciform Pools, Telekinetic Sliver, Evil Eye of Urborg, Moonlace, Honorable Passage
Pick: Penumbra Spider
Pack 4:
Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Blazing Blade Askari, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Gustcloak Cavalier, Fungal Reaches, Riftwing Cloudskate, Verdant Embrace, Uthden Troll
Pick: Verdant Embrace
Pack 5:
Gaze of Justice, Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Primal Forcemage, Gustcloak Cavalier, Sporesower Thallid, Bad Moon
Pick: Sporesower Thallid
Pack 6:
Gaze of Justice, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Dementia Sliver, Dread Return, Thunder Totem
Pick: Durkwood Baloth
Pack 7:
Mogg War Marshal, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Phantom Wurm, Spirit Loop
Pick: Phantom Wurm
Pack 8:
Spinneret Sliver, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Pull from Eternity, Might Sliver
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 9:
Zealot il-Vec, Aether Web, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Might of Old Krosa
Pick: Might of Old Krosa
Pack 10:
Icatian Crier, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Fool’s Demise, Academy Ruins
Pick: Sprout
Pack 11:
Ancient Grudge, Foriysian Interceptor, Calciform Pools, Moonlace, Honorable Passage
Pick: Honorable Passage
Pack 12:
Chromatic Star, Traitor’s Clutch, Gustcloak Cavalier, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Fungal Reaches
Pack 13:
Gaze of Justice, Molder, Gustcloak Cavalier
Pick: Molder
Pack 14:
Traitor’s Clutch, Dementia Sliver
Pick: Traitor’s Clutch
Pack 15:
Pick: Screeching Sliver
Pack 16:
Urborg Syphon-Mage, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Snapback, Rift Bolt, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Telekinetic Sliver, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Tectonic Fiend, Mangara of Corondor, Wildfire Emissary, Thunder Totem
Pick: Rift Bolt
Pack 17:
Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Snapback, Aether Web, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Might Sliver, Saltcrusted Steppe, Candles of Leng, Soltari Priest
Pick: Thallid Shell-Dweller
Pack 18:
Grapeshot, Mindstab, Nantuko Shaman, Castle Raptors, Gorgon Recluse, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Pull from Eternity, Locket of Yesterdays, Outrider en-Kor, Gaea’s Liege
Pick: Grapeshot
Pack 19:
Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Pentarch Ward, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Paradise Plume, Hypergenesis, Gaea’s Blessing
Pick: Goblin Skycutter
Pack 20:
Herd Gnarr, Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Tectonic Fiend, Smallpox, Ovinomancer
Pick: Herd Gnarr
Pack 21:
Chromatic Star, Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Ignite Memories, Skittering Monstrosity
Pick: Flowstone Channeler
Pack 22:
Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Flowstone Channeler, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Molten Slagheap, Fallen Ideal
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 23:
Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Drudge Reavers, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Demonic Collusion
Pick: Havenwood Wurm
Pack 24:
Urborg Syphon-Mage, Snapback, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Tectonic Fiend
Pick: Greenseeker
Pack 25:
Zealot il-Vec, Aether Web, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Saltcrusted Steppe
Pick: Aether Web
Pack 26:
Mindstab, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Pull from Eternity, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Mindstab
Pack 27:
Cancel, Pentarch Ward, Psychotic Episode, Sprout
Pick: Sprout
Pack 28:
Eternity Snare, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage
Pick: Eternity Snare
Pack 29:
Pick: Ground Rift
Pack 30:
Pick: Ground Rift
Pack 31:
Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Molten Slagheap, Pendelhaven Elder, Calciform Pools, Magus of the Scroll, Zhalfirin Commander
Pick: Magus of the Scroll
Pack 32:
Benalish Cavalry, Orcish Cannonade, Errant Ephemeron, Strangling Soot, Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier, Pendelhaven Elder, Celestial Crusader, Sacred Mesa
Pick: Strangling Soot
Pack 33:
Spiketail Drakeling, Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Amrou Scout, Keldon Halberdier, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Yavimaya Dryad, Barbed Shocker, Thick-Skinned Goblin
Pick: Yavimaya Dryad
Pack 34:
Crookclaw Transmuter, Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Corpulent Corpse, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Nightshade Assassin, Griffin Guide, Krosan Grip
Pick: Griffin Guide
Pack 35:
Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Temporal Eddy, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Griffin Guide, Spell Burst, Resurrection
Pick: Griffin Guide
Pack 36:
Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Think Twice, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Screeching Sliver, Undying Rage, Phantom Wurm, Truth or Tale
Pick: Phantom Wurm
Pack 37:
Icatian Crier, Crookclaw Transmuter, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Wipe Away, Plated Pegasus, Walk the Aeons
Pick: Greenseeker
Pack 38:
Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Spell Burst, Dementia Sliver
Pick: Scarwood Treefolk
Pack 39:
Flamecore Elemental, Nantuko Shaman, Bogardan Rager, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Molten Slagheap, Calciform Pools
Pick: Nantuko Shaman
Pack 40:
Orcish Cannonade, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Shadow Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier, Pendelhaven Elder
Pick: Orcish Cannonade
Pack 41:
Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Amrou Scout, Plunder, Dream Stalker
Pick: Orcish Cannonade
Pack 42:
Empty the Warrens, Corpulent Corpse, Chameleon Blur, Bewilder
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 43:
Zealot il-Vec, Bewilder, Spell Burst
Pick: Zealot il-Vec
Pack 44:
Call to the Netherworld, Truth or Tale
Pick: Truth or Tale
Pack 45:
Pick: Divine Congregation
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Strangling Soot
1 Disintegrate
1 Flowstone Channeler
1 Goblin Skycutter
1 Grapeshot
1 Magus of the Scroll
1 Orcish Cannonade
1 Rift Bolt
1 Durkwood Baloth
1 Greenseeker
1 Herd Gnarr
1 Might of Old Krosa
1 Nantuko Shaman
1 Penumbra Spider
2 Phantom Wurm
1 Scarwood Treefolk
1 Sporesower Thallid
1 Thallid Shell-Dweller
1 Verdant Embrace
1 Yavimaya Dryad
2 Prismatic Lens
9 Forest
6 Mountain
1 Swamp
1 Fungal Reaches
Sideboard:
1 Aether Web
1 Dark Withering
1 Divine Congregation
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Eternity Snare
1 Greenseeker
2 Griffin Guide
2 Ground Rift
1 Havenwood Wurm
1 Honorable Passage [FOIL]
1 Mindstab
1 Molder
1 Orcish Cannonade
1 Screeching Sliver
2 Sprout
1 Traitor’s Clutch
1 Truth or Tale
1 Zealot il-Vec
This draft was a little odd in that there were a lot of good cards passed very late. It seemed that my deck could have been much better than it was, but it was still sufficient to get to the finals.
In the first round I played against Ben Lundquist who had some pretty poor draws, while I had quite good ones. Both games I played Prismatic Lens on turn 2, followed by a four-drop on turn 3, and an effective Grapeshot on turn 4. Each time as he was beginning to stabilise I had the Disintegrate.
In the second round I played against another good Red/Green deck. In the first game he had Ashcoat Bear to kill my Magus of the Scroll on turn 2, and a pretty quick draw, which eventually got held off by Phantom Wurm and Durkwood Baloth until I could build up enough mana on my storage land to Disintegrate him out. He complained about my draw, despite having drawn a perfect five lands and twelve spells himself. The second game was similar, but the Magus lived this time, and dominated the game as it does so rarely.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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