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Drafting With Rich – Time Spiral #9

Rich continues his excellent series of Time Spiral Draft walkthroughs, presenting each pick as it happened and highlighting each card chosen. He shares his final decklist, and gives us a brief overview of his results and processes. As usual, for more detailed draft deconstruction, come visit us in the forums!


Draft:

Pack 1:










Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Primal Forcemage, Volcanic Awakening, Celestial Crusader, Swarmyard, Merfolk Assassin

Pick: Coal Stoker

Pack 2:










Bonesplitter Sliver, Dark Withering, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Amrou Seekers, Search for Tomorrow, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Undying Rage, Truth or Tale, Deep-Sea Kraken, Lightning Angel

Pick: Deep-Sea Kraken

Pack 3:










Assassinate, Amrou Seekers, Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Terramorphic Expanse, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Nightshade Assassin, Krosan Grip, Essence Sliver

Pick: Nightshade Assassin

Pack 4:







Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Fury Sliver, Scion of the Ur-Dragon, Browbeat

Pick: Urborg Syphon-Mage

Pack 5:







Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Chromatic Star, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Tectonic Fiend, Fallen Ideal, Suq’Ata Lancer

Pick: Suq’Ata Lancer

Pack 6:







Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Lightning Axe, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Volcanic Awakening, Spined Sliver

Pick: Lightning Axe

Pack 7:







Spinneret Sliver, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Barbed Shocker, Wall of Roots

Pick: Mana Skimmer

Pack 8:




Herd Gnarr, Scarwood Treefolk, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Glass Asp, Barbed Shocker, Island

Pick: Herd Gnarr

Pack 9:




Gaze of Justice, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Primal Forcemage, Volcanic Awakening, Swarmyard, Merfolk Assassin

Pick: Blazing Blade Askari

Pack 10:




Ashcoat Bear, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Truth or Tale

Pick: Ashcoat Bear

Pack 11:




Mogg War Marshal, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Krosan Grip

Pick: Mogg War Marshal

Pack 12:

Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Scion of the Ur-Dragon

Pick: Subterranean Shambler

Pack 13:

Clockspinning, Viscid Lemures, Fallen Ideal

Pick: Viscid Lemures

Pack 14:

Chameleon Blur, Ghitu Firebreathing

Pick: Ghitu Firebreathing

Pack 15:

Ground Rift

Pick: Ground Rift

Pack 16:










Strangling Soot, Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Coal Stoker, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Brine Elemental, Primal Forcemage, Wipe Away, Ancestral Vision, Arena

Pick: Strangling Soot

Pack 17:










Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, Gustcloak Cavalier, Fungal Reaches, Weatherseed Totem, Pardic Dragon, Feldon’s Cane

Pick: Pardic Dragon

Pack 18:










Cancel, Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Calciform Pools, Telekinetic Sliver, Pendelhaven Elder, Ghost Ship

Pick: Assassinate

Pack 19:







Mogg War Marshal, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Brine Elemental, Weathered Bodyguards, Orgg

Pick: Orgg

Pack 20:







Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Basal Sliver, Calciform Pools, Evil Eye of Urborg, Squire

Pick: Corpulent Corpse

Pack 21:







Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Calciform Pools, Brine Elemental, Demonic Collusion, Angel’s Grace

Pick: Angel’s Grace

Pack 22:







Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Fathom Seer, Flamecore Elemental, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Harmonic Sliver, Durkwood Tracker

Pick: Skulking Knight

Pack 23:




Gorgon Recluse, Tolarian Sentinel, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Molten Slagheap, Krosan Grip

Pick: Gorgon Recluse

Pack 24:




Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis

Pick: Mindstab

Pack 25:




Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, Fungal Reaches, Feldon’s Cane

Pick: Fungal Reaches

Pack 26:




Cancel, Zealot il-Vec, Call to the Netherworld, Brass Gnat, Pendelhaven Elder

Pick: Zealot il-Vec

Pack 27:

Mogg War Marshal, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Aetherflame Wall

Pick: Mogg War Marshal

Pack 28:

Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Evil Eye of Urborg

Pick: Evil Eye of Urborg

Pack 29:

Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder

Pick: Ghitu Firebreathing

Pack 30:

Ground Rift

Pick: Ground Rift

Pack 31:










Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Lightning Axe, Mogg War Marshal, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Might Sliver, Weatherseed Totem, Pull from Eternity, Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII, Krosan Cloudscraper, Divine Congregation

Pick: Lightning Axe

Pack 32:










Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Chromatic Star, Flowstone Channeler, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Pull from Eternity, Locket of Yesterdays, Phantom Wurm, Saffi Eriksdotter, Stupor

Pick: Feebleness

Pack 33:










Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Snapback, Pentarch Ward, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Fledgling Mawcor, Sporesower Thallid, Chronatog Totem, Trickbind

Pick: Terramorphic Expanse

Pack 34:







Orcish Cannonade, Gemhide Sliver, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Smallpox, Return to Dust, Undying Rage, Magus of the Scroll, Suq’Ata Lancer

Pick: Magus of the Scroll

Pack 35:







Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Amrou Scout, Keldon Halberdier, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Spirit Loop, Molten Slagheap, Sprite Noble

Pick: Orcish Cannonade

Pack 36:







Cancel, Pentarch Ward, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Urza’s Factory, Return to Dust, Scion of the Ur-Dragon, Sindbad

Pick: Urza’s Factory

Pack 37:







Deathspore Thallid, Flowstone Channeler, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Spirit Loop, Kher Keep, Darkness

Pick: Flowstone Channeler

Pack 38:




Think Twice, Penumbra Spider, Aether Web, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Greenseeker, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Stormcloud Djinn

Pick: Thick-Skinned Goblin

Pack 39:




Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Screeching Sliver, Ancient Grudge, Pull from Eternity, Krosan Cloudscraper, Divine Congregation

Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers

Pack 40:




Chromatic Star, Sidewinder Sliver, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Locket of Yesterdays

Pick: Chromatic Star

Pack 41:




Pentarch Ward, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller

Pick: Thallid Shell-Dweller

Pack 42:

Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Return to Dust

Pick: Skulking Knight

Pack 43:

Scarwood Treefolk, Wormwood Dryad, Spirit Loop

Pick: Wormwood Dryad

Pack 44:

Mindlash Sliver, Return to Dust

Pick: Mindlash Sliver

Pack 45:

Sangrophage

Pick: Sangrophage

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Assassinate
1 Corpulent Corpse
1 Feebleness
1 Gorgon Recluse
1 Mana Skimmer
1 Mindstab
1 Nightshade Assassin
1 Strangling Soot
1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
1 Orgg
1 Suq’Ata Lancer
1 Blazing Blade Askari
1 Coal Stoker
1 Flowstone Channeler
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
2 Lightning Axe
1 Magus of the Scroll
2 Mogg War Marshal
1 Orcish Cannonade
1 Pardic Dragon
1 Thick-Skinned Goblin
8 Mountain
7 Swamp
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Urza’s Factory

Sideboard:

1 Angel’s Grace [FOIL]
1 Ashcoat Bear
1 Chromatic Star
1 Deep-Sea Kraken
1 Evil Eye of Urborg
1 Fungal Reaches
2 Ghitu Firebreathing
2 Ground Rift
1 Herd Gnarr
1 Mindlash Sliver
1 Sangrophage
2 Skulking Knight
1 Subterranean Shambler
1 Thallid Shell-Dweller
1 Viscid Lemures
1 Wormwood Dryad
1 Zealot il-Vec


I took Coal Stoker first here because it’s the best non-Green card in the pack. I’m not sure about the second pick. I haven’t played with the Kraken much and wanted to try him out. I think in a Pro Tour or Grand Prix I would have taken the Dark Withering. Of course I soon got settled into Black/Red, and really regretted passing the Withering. I got a nice surprise in the form of a fifth pick Lightning Axe, and a second pick Dragon, but for the most part there was nothing out of the ordinary about this draft.


I won the first round against a solid three-color deck, that always suspended Greater Gargadon by turn 2. In game 1 I didn’t play any Mountains, but in the second and third games the Mogg War Marshals did an excellent job of holding off his dorks, and later his Gargadon while I raced him with Ironclaw Buzzardiers and Urborg-Syphon Mage in game 2, and Pardic Dragon in game 3.


In the second round I got flooded twice against a four-color deck that drew its mana quite well. In the first game he had a timely Stonewood Invocation to counter my Lightning Axe and hit me for eight. I lost the second game when he played Verdant Embrace on his Lightning Angel, and I had merely lands in hand.

Until tomorrow,

Rich

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