Draft:
Pack 1:
Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Looter il-Kor, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Dread Return, Fool’s Demise, Sulfurous Blast, Ith, High Arcanist, Tribal Flames
Pick: Ith, High Arcanist
Pack 2:
Ashcoat Bear, Amrou Seekers, Search for Tomorrow, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Clockwork Hydra, Paradise Plume, Psionic Sliver, Cockatrice
Pick: Clockwork Hydra
Pack 3:
Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Ivory Giant, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Dementia Sliver, Dread Return, Might of Old Krosa, Stronghold Overseer
Pick: Benalish Cavalry
Pack 4:
Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Ivory Giant, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Harmonic Sliver, Durkwood Tracker, Ghostflame Sliver
Pick: Ivory Giant
Pack 5:
Ashcoat Bear, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Wipe Away, Fool’s Demise, Demonic Collusion, Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Momentary Blink
Pack 6:
Bonesplitter Sliver, Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Vampiric Sliver, Aspect of Mongoose
Pick: Think Twice
Pack 7:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Cancel, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Evil Eye of Urborg, Unyaro Bees
Pick: Cloudchaser Kestrel
Pack 8:
Flamecore Elemental, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Eternity Snare
Pack 9:
Mana Skimmer, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Dread Return, Fool’s Demise
Pick: Venser’s Sliver
Pack 10:
Ashcoat Bear, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Paradise Plume, Psionic Sliver
Pick: Jedit’s Dragoons
Pack 11:
Spinneret Sliver, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Dementia Sliver, Dread Return
Pick: Eternity Snare
Pack 12:
Gaze of Justice, Two-Headed Sliver, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye
Pick: Gaze of Justice
Pack 13:
Screeching Sliver, Fool’s Demise, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Locket of Yesterdays
Pack 14:
Ghitu Firebreathing, Aspect of Mongoose
Pick: Aspect of Mongoose
Pack 15:
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Pack 16:
Chromatic Star, Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Tectonic Fiend, Smallpox, Sulfurous Blast, Sedge Sliver, Grinning Totem, Island
Pick: Sulfurous Blast
Pack 17:
Snapback, Rift Bolt, Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Dark Withering, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Urza’s Factory, Riftwing Cloudskate, Saltcrusted Steppe, Shadowmage Infiltrator
Pick: Riftwing Cloudskate
Pack 18:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Goblin Skycutter, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Faceless Devourer, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Chronatog Totem, Nether Traitor, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Momentary Blink
Pack 19:
Slipstream Serpent, Nantuko Shaman, Castle Raptors, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Spirit Loop, Truth or Tale, Thunder Totem, Serra Avenger
Pick: Serra Avenger
Pack 20:
Deathspore Thallid, Herd Gnarr, Watcher Sliver, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Pull from Eternity, Locket of Yesterdays, Wipe Away, Magus of the Jar, Sol’kanar the Swamp King
Pick: Watcher Sliver
Pack 21:
Penumbra Spider, Errant Doomsayers, Aether Web, Assassinate, Amrou Seekers, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Paradise Plume
Pick: Amrou Seekers
Pack 22:
Pentarch Ward, Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Stormcloud Djinn, Eternity Snare
Pick: Zealot il-Vec
Pack 23:
Chromatic Star, Herd Gnarr, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Conflagrate, Premature Burial
Pick: Dream Stalker
Pack 24:
Chromatic Star, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Tectonic Fiend, Island
Pick: Chromatic Star
Pack 25:
Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Foriysian Interceptor, Drifter il-Dal, Urza’s Factory, Saltcrusted Steppe
Pick: Urza’s Factory
Pack 26:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Basal Sliver, Ghitu Firebreathing, Nether Traitor, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Nether Traitor
Pack 27:
Sidewinder Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Spirit Loop, Truth or Tale
Pick: Spirit Loop
Pack 28:
Plunder, Brass Gnat, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Locket of Yesterdays
Pack 29:
Divine Congregation, Paradise Plume
Pick: Paradise Plume
Pack 30:
Pick: Detainment Spell
Pack 31:
Benalish Cavalry, Orcish Cannonade, Errant Ephemeron, Strangling Soot, Gemhide Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Evil Eye of Urborg, Barbed Shocker, Voidmage Husher, Sengir Nosferatu, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Errant Ephemeron
Pack 32:
Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Cavalry Master, Scryb Ranger, Krosan Grip, Scion of the Ur-Dragon, Wall of Roots
Pick: Temporal Isolation
Pack 33:
Rift Bolt, Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Dark Withering, Viscerid Deepwalker, Aetherflame Wall, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Griffin Guide, Aspect of Mongoose, Gemstone Caverns, Resurrection
Pick: Griffin Guide
Pack 34:
Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Amrou Seekers, Search for Tomorrow, Cancel, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Careful Consideration, Conflagrate, Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
Pick: Careful Consideration
Pack 35:
Crookclaw Transmuter, Zealot il-Vec, Aether Web, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Chameleon Blur, Calciform Pools, Opaline Sliver, Truth or Tale, Candles of Leng, Empty the Warrens
Pick: Crookclaw Transmuter
Pack 36:
Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Gustcloak Cavalier, Pendelhaven Elder, Undying Rage
Pick: D’Avenant Healer
Pack 37:
Amrou Scout, Scarwood Treefolk, Gaze of Justice, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Glass Asp, Barbed Shocker, Knight of the Holy Nimbus, Auratog
Pick: Knight of the Holy Nimbus
Pack 38:
Orcish Cannonade, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Fungal Reaches, Conflagrate, Nicol Bolas
Pick: Conflagrate
Pack 39:
Orcish Cannonade, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Barbed Shocker, Voidmage Husher, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Orcish Cannonade
Pack 40:
Mogg War Marshal, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Scion of the Ur-Dragon
Pick: Bewilder
Pack 41:
Pentarch Ward, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Aspect of Mongoose, Resurrection
Pick: Resurrection
Pack 42:
Ashcoat Bear, Mindlash Sliver, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit
Pick: Flickering Spirit
Pack 43:
Divine Congregation, Chameleon Blur, Opaline Sliver
Pick: Opaline Sliver
Pack 44:
Shadow Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier
Pick: Gustcloak Cavalier
Pack 45:
Pick: Gaze of Justice
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Amrou Seekers
1 Benalish Cavalry
1 Cloudchaser Kestrel
1 D’Avenant Healer
1 Flickering Spirit
1 Griffin Guide
1 Ivory Giant
1 Jedit’s Dragoons
1 Knight of the Holy Nimbus
2 Momentary Blink
1 Serra Avenger
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Watcher Sliver
1 Careful Consideration
1 Crookclaw Transmuter
1 Dream Stalker
1 Errant Ephemeron
1 Riftwing Cloudskate
1 Think Twice
1 Clockwork Hydra
1 Ith, High Arcanist
7 Island
10 Plains
1 Urza’s Factory
Sideboard:
1 Aspect of Mongoose
1 Bewilder
1 Chromatic Star
1 Conflagrate
1 Detainment Spell
2 Eternity Snare
2 Gaze of Justice
1 Gustcloak Cavalier
1 Locket of Yesterdays
1 Locket of Yesterdays [FOIL]
1 Nether Traitor
1 Opaline Sliver
1 Orcish Cannonade
1 Paradise Plume
1 Psychotic Episode
1 Resurrection
1 Spirit Loop
1 Sulfurous Blast
1 Venser’s Sliver
1 Zealot il-Vec
Having had bad luck with Red cards in the last draft, I decided in pack 1 that I didn’t want to go that route this time. Even though Sulfurous Blast is the best card, sending another removal spell could be bad signalling. As you can see it worked out okay, with me ending up with a fine deck, despite the fact that I could have had 2 Sulfurous Blasts… Is it me or do those things pop up a lot when you are capping a draft? The draft was pretty straighforward, and though it didn’t really seem my colors were that open, I ended up with a fine deck.
And I lost in the first round again. Game 1 My opponent won the roll, and I started with a suspended Ith and Ephemeron. The fact that I had no early plays meant that he could curve out on me, and by the time my big game came into play I was at a low enough life total for his G/W deck to kill me with some rebel searching and two Thrill of the Hunts. I won game 2 very easily because of the fact that I got to start this time around, and got a Riftwing Cloudskate with Momentary Blink going, as well as some other men and a Griffin Guide.
Game 3 he once again got to a fast start, but I managed to stabilize with a Jedit’s Dragoons (unreal versus the White decks) and started racing through the air. He once again got the rebel search engine going, which got him to enough creatures to kill me with Fortify the turn before I was able to kill him. I could have blocked differently and survived, but I was playing around Thrills, and thus got killed by the big +2/+0 despite having a Blink for my Dragoons. Sigh.
Until tomorrow,
Jeroen
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