Draft:
Pack 1:
Crookclaw Transmuter, Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Corpulent Corpse, Viscerid Deepwalker, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Sudden Shock, Scryb Ranger, Spell Burst, Norin the Wary, Disintegrate
Pick: Disintegrate
Pack 2:
Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Krosan Grip, Brine Elemental, Wipe Away, Vesuva, Mistform Ultimus
Pick: Fathom Seer
Pack 3:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Subterranean Shambler, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Premature Burial, Clockwork Hydra, Dementia Sliver, Weathered Bodyguards, Think Twice
Pick: Clockwork Hydra
Pack 4:
Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Trespasser il-Vec, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Tectonic Fiend, Return to Dust, Basalt Gargoyle, Kher Keep, Bad Moon
Pick: Basalt Gargoyle
Pack 5:
Flowstone Channeler, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Saltcrusted Steppe, Fool’s Demise, Lord of Atlantis
Pick: Flowstone Channeler
Pack 6:
Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Think Twice, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Urza’s Factory, Haunting Hymn
Pick: Think Twice
Pack 7:
Think Twice, Thallid Germinator, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Dreadship Reef, Durkwood Tracker, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Pick: Thallid Germinator
Pack 8:
Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Assembly-Worker, Whirling Dervish
Pick: Tolarian Sentinel
Pack 9:
Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Spell Burst, Norin the Wary
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 10:
Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Krosan Grip, Wipe Away
Pick: Wipe Away
Pack 11:
Drudge Reavers, Cancel, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Dementia Sliver
Pick: Cancel
Pack 12:
Clockspinning, Tectonic Fiend, Return to Dust, Kher Keep
Pick: Kher Keep
Pack 13:
Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Shadow Sliver, Fool’s Demise
Pick: Fool’s Demise
Pack 14:
Divine Congregation, Haunting Hymn
Pick: Haunting Hymn
Pack 15:
Pick: Mindlash Sliver
Pack 16:
Penumbra Spider, Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Phantom Wurm, Foriysian Totem, Ignite Memories, Evangelize, Wildfire Emissary
Pick: Wildfire Emissary
Pack 17:
Scarwood Treefolk, Amrou Scout, Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Aspect of Mongoose, Quilled Sliver, Wipe Away, Enduring Renewal, Weatherseed Totem
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 18:
Errant Ephemeron, Strangling Soot, Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Barbed Shocker, Return to Dust, Vampiric Sliver, Sacred Mesa
Pick: Errant Ephemeron
Pack 19:
Dark Withering, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Urza’s Factory, Volcanic Awakening, Nether Traitor, Honorable Passage
Pick: Viscerid Deepwalker
Pack 20:
Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Volcanic Awakening, Telekinetic Sliver, Icatian Javelineers
Pick: Coral Trickster
Pack 21:
Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Fungal Reaches, Stormcloud Djinn, Magus of the Mirror
Pick: Stormcloud Djinn
Pack 22:
Errant Doomsayers, Aether Web, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Might of Old Krosa, Weatherseed Totem, Krosan Grip, Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII
Pick: Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII
Pack 23:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Ancient Grudge, Locket of Yesterdays, Gaea’s Blessing, Mountain
Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers
Pack 24:
Pentarch Ward, Zealot il-Vec, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Ignite Memories
Pick: Bewilder
Pack 25:
Scarwood Treefolk, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Mystical Teachings, Aspect of Mongoose, Quilled Sliver
Pick: Mystical Teachings
Pack 26:
Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Ophidian Eye, Barbed Shocker, Return to Dust
Pick: Ophidian Eye
Pack 27:
Foriysian Interceptor, Drifter il-Dal, Volcanic Awakening, Nether Traitor
Pick: Drifter il-Dal
Pack 28:
Flamecore Elemental, Plunder, Volcanic Awakening
Pick: Flamecore Elemental
Pack 29:
D’Avenant Healer, Mystical Teachings
Pick: Mystical Teachings
Pack 30:
Pick: Screeching Sliver
Pack 31:
Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Drudge Reavers, Temporal Isolation, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thunder Totem, Cavalry Master, Haunting Hymn, Trickbind, Undead Warchief, Island
Pick: Mogg War Marshal
Pack 32:
Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Lightning Axe, Mogg War Marshal, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Voidmage Husher, Phyrexian Totem, Harmonic Sliver, Psionic Sliver, Pit Keeper
Pick: Lightning Axe
Pack 33:
Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Amrou Seekers, Search for Tomorrow, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Momentary Blink, Fury Sliver, Wheel of Fate, Tribal Flames
Pick: Tribal Flames
Pack 34:
Coal Stoker, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Yavimaya Dryad, Firewake Sliver, Whirling Dervish
Pick: Coal Stoker
Pack 35:
Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Grapeshot, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Plated Pegasus, Molten Slagheap, Whispers of the Muse, Gauntlet of Power
Pick: Grapeshot
Pack 36:
Flamecore Elemental, Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Chronatog Totem, Durkwood Tracker
Pick: Chromatic Star
Pack 37:
Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Stormcloud Djinn, Volcanic Awakening, Goblin Snowman
Pick: Fathom Seer
Pack 38:
Crookclaw Transmuter, Zealot il-Vec, Snapback, Aether Web, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Lim-Dul the Necromancer
Pick: Crookclaw Transmuter
Pack 39:
Drudge Reavers, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Detainment Spell, Haunting Hymn, Island
Pick: Island
Pack 40:
Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Voidmage Husher, Harmonic Sliver
Pick: Aetherflame Wall
Pack 41:
Viscerid Deepwalker, Cancel, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Wheel of Fate
Pick: Viscerid Deepwalker
Pack 42:
Molder, Children of Korlis, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker
Pick: Dream Stalker
Pack 43:
Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Plated Pegasus
Pick: Dream Stalker
Pack 44:
Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver
Pick: Clockspinning
Pack 45:
Pick: Traitor’s Clutch
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Coral Trickster
1 Crookclaw Transmuter
1 Dream Stalker
1 Errant Ephemeron
2 Fathom Seer
1 Stormcloud Djinn
2 Viscerid Deepwalker
1 Wipe Away
1 Disintegrate
1 Tribal Flames
1 Wildfire Emissary
1 Basalt Gargoyle
1 Coal Stoker
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Flowstone Channeler
1 Grapeshot
1 Keldon Halberdier
1 Lightning Axe
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Aetherflame Wall
1 Clockwork Hydra
9 Island
8 Mountain
Sideboard:
1 Bewilder
1 Cancel
1 Chromatic Star
1 Clockspinning
1 Dream Stalker
1 Drifter il-Dal
1 Flamecore Elemental
1 Fool’s Demise
1 Haunting Hymn
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
1 Island [FOIL]
1 Kher Keep
1 Mindlash Sliver
2 Mystical Teachings
1 Ophidian Eye
1 Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII
1 Screeching Sliver
1 Thallid Germinator
1 Think Twice
1 Tolarian Sentinel
1 Traitor’s Clutch
The actual draft part was pretty easy this time. My first couple of picks got me into my colors, and I never left them. The games, however, were pretty difficult.
In the first game I got to an early lead with the first two creatures on board. I got a little greedy not using Tribal Flames on his blocker before attacking, because I didn’t think he would block either of my ground creatures. He did block my Flowstone Channeler, and followed up with a Stuffy Doll that I wasn’t able to get through the entire game. I Suspended Keldon Halberdier on about turn 5 in the hopes that I’d draw into something by the time he came in, since my opponent had a Deathspore Thallid that was about to make a man. I did in fact draw into Coral Trickster, Wipe Away, and Empty the Warrens to go with my many lands, and I thought I was going to steal a game that looked unwinnable, but he had Tendrils, and Firemaw Kavu which he used on his Stuffy Doll to burn me out. He had Stuffy Doll again in game 2, but this time my Flowstone Channeler lived long enough to kill it, which let me beat his extremely mana flooded draw. In the third game he mulliganed and I Suspended Viscerid Deepwalker turn 1. I got a little greedy and used Disintegrate on his turn 4 Mana Skimmer in the hopes that he’d play a creature next turn and I could Lightning Axe it, and use Empty the Warrens to make six tokens. Of course he did have a creature… Stuffy Doll. So I made four goblins and attacked into the Stuffy Doll for a few turns, until I drew a seventh land for my Errant Ephemeron. Despite Stuffy Doll being the only spell he played that stayed on board he still could have won this game if he drew Tendrils of Despair.
The second round was also very close. In the first game I got him to sixteen with a Fathom Seer before he Sulfurous Blasted to kill Fathom Seer and Stormcloud Djinn. I Suspended Viscerid Deepwalker and Keldon Halberdier next turn. He then played Jaya, which I had to Disintegrate. We traded Empty the Warrens for four and he played Kaervek. I Wipe Awayed Kaervek the turn before my guys came in, and played Errant Ephemeron that turn. He replayed Kaervek and was forced to chump with this other creatures next turn, leaving him dead to the Ephemeron on my next turn. Unfortunately he had a second Sulfurous Blast which gave him exactly enough damage to kill me and leave him on one. Next game he was a little manascrewed and didn’t have a Sulfurous Blast, so my turn q Viscerid Deepwalker, turn 5 Empty the Warrens and Lightning Axe and Grapeshot to remove his blockers and Disintegrate to finish him was enough. In the third game I was able to play around Sulfurous Blast by playing a morph turn 3 and Wildfire Emissary turn 4, with an Errant Ephemeron suspended turn 2. He played turn 4 Gemhide Sliver and turn 5 Phantom Wurm, which I Wipe Awayed. The Ephemeron was able to go the distance since I had Cancel for his Scryb Ranger.
I split the finals since Julien Nuijten told me the deck he lost the semis to was insane.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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