Draft:
Pack 1:
Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Saltcrusted Steppe, Primal Forcemage, Phthisis, Bogardan Hellkite, Thornscape Battlemage
Pick: Bogardan Hellkite
Pack 2:
Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Cavalry Master, Paradox Haze, Flagstones of Trokair, Stormscape Familiar
Pick: Crookclaw Transmuter
Pack 3:
Deathspore Thallid, Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Harmonic Sliver, Pull from Eternity, Phyrexian Totem, Magus of the Mirror, Dragonstorm
Pick: Flowstone Channeler
Pack 4:
Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Firewake Sliver, Locket of Yesterdays, Dreadship Reef, Zhalfirin Commander
Pick: Gemhide Sliver
Pack 5:
Bonesplitter Sliver, Dark Withering, Ashcoat Bear, Amrou Seekers, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Paradise Plume, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Pick: Bonesplitter Sliver
Pack 6:
Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Flamecore Elemental, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Durkwood Tracker, Ignite Memories, Premature Burial
Pick: Premature Burial
Pack 7:
Aether Web, Mogg War Marshal, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Urza’s Factory, Assembly-Worker, Tivadar of Thorn
Pick: Mogg War Marshal
Pack 8:
Goblin Skycutter, Pentarch Ward, Thallid Germinator, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Goblin Skycutter
Pack 9:
Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Saltcrusted Steppe
Pick: Flowstone Channeler
Pack 10:
Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Paradox Haze
Pick: Strength in Numbers
Pack 11:
Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Harmonic Sliver, Pull from Eternity
Pick: Harmonic Sliver
Pack 12:
Gaze of Justice, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Locket of Yesterdays
Pack 13:
Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing
Pick: Basal Sliver
Pack 14:
Gaze of Justice, Viashino Bladescout
Pick: Viashino Bladescout
Pack 15:
Pick: Detainment Spell
Pack 16:
Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Errant Ephemeron, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Return to Dust, Evil Eye of Urborg, Phyrexian Totem, Pulmonic Sliver, Lord of Atlantis
Pick: Durkwood Baloth
Pack 17:
Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Quilled Sliver, Dread Return, Clockwork Hydra, Enduring Renewal
Pick: Clockwork Hydra
Pack 18:
Drudge Reavers, Crookclaw Transmuter, Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Wipe Away, Firemaw Kavu, Smallpox, Hivestone, Duskrider Peregrine
Pick: Firemaw Kavu
Pack 19:
Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Telekinetic Sliver, Yavimaya Dryad, Trickbind
Pick: Yavimaya Dryad
Pack 20:
Orcish Cannonade, Errant Ephemeron, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plated Pegasus, Haunting Hymn, Ixidron, Undead Warchief
Pick: Orcish Cannonade
Pack 21:
Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Urza’s Factory, Chronatog Totem
Pick: Savage Thallid
Pack 22:
Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Skittering Monstrosity, Dreadship Reef
Pick: Bogardan Rager
Pack 23:
Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Ghostflame Sliver, Magus of the Candelabra, Bogardan Rager
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 24:
Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Return to Dust, Evil Eye of Urborg, Lord of Atlantis
Pick: Thrill of the Hunt
Pack 25:
Flamecore Elemental, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker
Pick: Molder
Pack 26:
Drudge Reavers, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Smallpox
Pick: Smallpox
Pack 27:
Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant
Pick: Subterranean Shambler
Pack 28:
Traitor’s Clutch, Plated Pegasus, Haunting Hymn
Pick: Haunting Hymn
Pack 29:
Pick: Brass Gnat
Pack 30:
Pick: Shadow Sliver
Pack 31:
Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Paradox Haze, Firewake Sliver, Dreadship Reef, Triskelavus, Hail Storm
Pick: Triskelavus
Pack 32:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Snapback, Rift Bolt, Pentarch Ward, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Voidmage Husher, Yavimaya Dryad, Reiterate, Avalanche Riders
Pick: Rift Bolt
Pack 33:
Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Skulking Knight, Plated Pegasus, Truth or Tale, Serra Avenger, The Rack, Urborg Syphon-Mage
Pick: Gemhide Sliver
Pack 34:
Errant Doomsayers, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Foriysian Totem, Might of Old Krosa, Locket of Yesterdays, Liege of the Pit, Tribal Flames
Pick: Tribal Flames
Pack 35:
Coal Stoker, Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Benalish Cavalry, Orcish Cannonade, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Return to Dust, Phyrexian Totem
Pick: Coal Stoker
Pack 36:
Errant Doomsayers, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Scryb Ranger, Aspect of Mongoose, Moonlace, Thallid
Pick: Scryb Ranger
Pack 37:
Aether Web, Drudge Reavers, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Ghostflame Sliver, Tectonic Fiend
Pick: Aether Web
Pack 38:
Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Dementia Sliver, Dreadship Reef
Pick: Herd Gnarr
Pack 39:
Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Plunder, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Paradox Haze, Firewake Sliver
Pick: Molder
Pack 40:
Thallid Germinator, Pentarch Ward, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Voidmage Husher
Pick: Thallid Germinator
Pack 41:
Flamecore Elemental, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Plated Pegasus, Truth or Tale
Pick: Truth or Tale
Pack 42:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers
Pack 43:
Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Return to Dust
Pick: Return to Dust
Pack 44:
Cyclopean Giant, Aspect of Mongoose
Pick: Aspect of Mongoose
Pack 45:
Pick: Drudge Reavers
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Tribal Flames
2 Gemhide Sliver
1 Goblin Skycutter
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Strength in Numbers
2 Flowstone Channeler
1 Orcish Cannonade
1 Rift Bolt
1 Thallid Germinator
1 Yavimaya Dryad
1 Coal Stoker
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Herd Gnarr
1 Clockwork Hydra
1 Bogardan Rager
1 Durkwood Baloth
1 Firemaw Kavu
1 Triskelavus
1 Bogardan Hellkite
1 Thrill of the Hunt
8 Forest
9 Mountain
Sideboard:
1 Aether Web
1 Aspect of Mongoose
1 Basal Sliver
1 Bonesplitter Sliver
1 Brass Gnat
1 Crookclaw Transmuter
1 Detainment Spell
1 Drudge Reavers
1 Harmonic Sliver
1 Haunting Hymn
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
1 Locket of Yesterdays
2 Molder
1 Premature Burial
1 Return to Dust
1 Savage Thallid
1 Shadow Sliver
1 Smallpox
1 Subterranean Shambler
1 Truth or Tale
1 Viashino Bladescout
This draft was pretty tricky, as it was pretty hard to settle in my colors. I tried keeping my colors open in my first couple of picks, but nothing really came. The very late Strength in Numbers (that wheeled) made me favor Green slightly. Pack 2 first pick: I almost took the Coal Stoker, but decided to take the more powerful Baloth anyway. (I was favoring Green because I felt that would be open in pack 3, and I did not see a Blue card after the second pick Crookclaw Transmuter.) From there on I was R/G, and the draft basically ran automatically. I thought my deck ended up very good, with some nice help from a Firemaw Kavu and Triskelavus I picked up later on.
Of course, I lost. My B/R opponent suspended Phthisis on turn 2 two games in a row before being stuck on three mana for a while. This meant that he drew a lot of action, and my many lands (I swear I am going to start playing sixteen lands) couldn’t compete with him killing my big guy with the Phthisis and pulling himself out of burn range with Tendrils.
Until tomorrow,
Jeroen
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