Draft:
Pack 1:
Scarwood Treefolk, Gaze of Justice, Strangling Soot, Fathom Seer, Flamecore Elemental, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Return to Dust, Brine Elemental, Griffin Guide, Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder, Verdeloth the Ancient, Spinneret Sliver
Pick: Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
Pack 2:
Aether Web, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Might of Old Krosa, Clockwork Hydra, Molten Slagheap, Evangelize, Krosan Cloudscraper, Benalish Cavalry
Pick: Clockwork Hydra
Pack 3:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Cancel, Penumbra Spider, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Clockwork Hydra, Dreadship Reef, Fool’s Demise, Fungus Sliver, Gaea’s Blessing
Pick: Clockwork Hydra
Pack 4:
Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Chronatog Totem, Harmonic Sliver, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Feebleness
Pack 5:
Ashcoat Bear, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Might of Old Krosa, Haunting Hymn, Academy Ruins, Pit Keeper
Pick: Urborg Syphon-Mage
Pack 6:
Flamecore Elemental, Feebleness, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Fallen Ideal, Ignite Memories, Wipe Away, Gauntlet of Power
Pick: Feebleness
Pack 7:
Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Molten Slagheap, Pendelhaven Elder
Pick: Mindstab
Pack 8:
Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Calciform Pools, Spirit Loop, Moonlace
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Pack 9:
Gaze of Justice, Flamecore Elemental, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Return to Dust, Brine Elemental
Pick: Brine Elemental
Pack 10:
Aether Web, Drudge Reavers, Cancel, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver
Pick: Cancel
Pack 11:
Drudge Reavers, Drifter il-Dal, Mindlash Sliver, Dreadship Reef, Fool’s Demise
Pick: Dreadship Reef
Pack 12:
Plunder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Harmonic Sliver
Pick: Venser’s Sliver
Pack 13:
Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Haunting Hymn
Pick: Haunting Hymn
Pack 14:
Pick: Fallen Ideal
Pack 15:
Pick: Sangrophage
Pack 16:
Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Errant Ephemeron, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Fallen Ideal, Pull from Eternity, Foriysian Totem, Magus of the Jar, Suq’Ata Lancer
Pick: Errant Ephemeron
Pack 17:
Penumbra Spider, Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Fledgling Mawcor, Smallpox, Psionic Sliver, Browbeat
Pick: Fledgling Mawcor
Pack 18:
Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Plated Pegasus, Foriysian Totem, Celestial Dawn
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 19:
Feebleness, Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Thrill of the Hunt, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Volcanic Awakening, Chronatog Totem, Phantom Wurm, Sprite Noble, Merfolk Assassin, Swamp
Pick: Sprite Noble
Pack 20:
Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Paradise Plume, Dread Return, Leviathan
Pick: Deathspore Thallid
Pack 21:
Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Urza’s Factory, Quilled Sliver, Nether Traitor
Pick: Assassinate
Pack 22:
Bonesplitter Sliver, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Barbed Shocker, Demonic Collusion, Merieke Ri Berit
Pick: Pit Keeper
Pack 23:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Goblin Skycutter, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Urza’s Factory, Disenchant
Pick: Urza’s Factory
Pack 24:
Coral Trickster, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Fallen Ideal, Pull from Eternity, Magus of the Jar
Pick: Coral Trickster
Pack 25:
Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Ancient Grudge, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal
Pick: Assassinate
Pack 26:
Tolarian Sentinel, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Plated Pegasus
Pick: Tolarian Sentinel
Pack 27:
Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Volcanic Awakening, Swamp
Pick: Dream Stalker
Pack 28:
Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder
Pick: Plunder
Pack 29:
Pick: Bewilder
Pack 30:
Pick: Barbed Shocker
Pack 31:
Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Snapback, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Firemaw Kavu, Phthisis, Tectonic Fiend, Weathered Bodyguards, Ghost Ship, Forest
Pick: Phthisis
Pack 32:
Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Lightning Axe, Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Think Twice, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Phthisis, Paradox Haze, Wurmcalling, Cockatrice
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 33:
Zealot il-Vec, Snapback, Aether Web, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Ghostflame Sliver, Phyrexian Totem, Conflagrate, Angel’s Grace, Forest
Pick: Phyrexian Totem
Pack 34:
Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Krosan Grip, Cavalry Master, Gauntlet of Power, Claws of Gix, Swamp
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 35:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Mogg War Marshal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Undying Rage, Primal Forcemage, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 36:
Fortify, Tolarian Sentinel, Benalish Cavalry, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Ignite Memories, Skittering Monstrosity, Spitting Slug
Pick: Dream Stalker
Pack 37:
Fortify, Flamecore Elemental, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Evil Eye of Urborg, Telekinetic Sliver, War Barge, Mountain
Pick: Telekinetic Sliver
Pack 38:
Gaze of Justice, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Assembly-Worker, Pendelhaven Elder
Pick: Eternity Snare
Pack 39:
Zealot il-Vec, Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Tectonic Fiend, Weathered Bodyguards, Forest
Pick: Weathered Bodyguards
Pack 40:
Mogg War Marshal, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Paradox Haze
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Pack 41:
Zealot il-Vec, Screeching Sliver, Ancient Grudge, Foriysian Interceptor, Forest
Pick: Zealot il-Vec
Pack 42:
Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Claws of Gix
Pick: Viscid Lemures
Pack 43:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Mindlash Sliver, Chameleon Blur
Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers
Pack 44:
Pick: Viscid Lemures
Pack 45:
Pick: Glass Asp
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Coral Trickster
1 Dream Stalker
2 Feebleness
1 Pit Keeper
1 Prismatic Lens
2 Assassinate
1 Phyrexian Totem
1 Sprite Noble
1 Trespasser il-Vec
1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
1 Fledgling Mawcor
2 Tendrils of Corruption
2 Clockwork Hydra
1 Endrek Sahr, Master Breeder
1 Brine Elemental
1 Mindstab
1 Errant Ephemeron
1 Phthisis
6 Island
10 Swamp
1 Dreadship Reef
1 Urza’s Factory
Sideboard:
1 Barbed Shocker
1 Bewilder
1 Cancel
1 Deathspore Thallid
1 Dream Stalker
1 Eternity Snare
1 Fallen Ideal
1 Glass Asp
1 Haunting Hymn
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
1 Plunder
2 Psychotic Episode
1 Sangrophage
1 Telekinetic Sliver
1 Tolarian Sentinel
1 Venser’s Sliver
2 Viscid Lemures
1 Weathered Bodyguards
1 Zealot il-Vec
Wow, was that a first pick! I literally stared at the cards for the full time, having no clue what to take. Eventually I narrowed it down to Endrek or Strangling Soot, since signaling was going to be tough anyway I looked at it, and I couldn’t justify taking a White card or taking the less powerful Blue or Green card. I then chose the pure power, with Endrek sometimes winning games just by himself. This meant I would be looking for B/R, as that is the only combo I really like that includes Black, or otherwise just splash the bomb in a Green deck.
The next two packs helped perfectly, as the best cards were colorless in the Hydras, which I think are really underrated. Nothing ever came to make me change out of Black, and when Brine Elemental wheeled I just picked that up as a huge signal that Blue was open. Now I don’t like U/B, so I still wasn’t locked, First pick second pack took care of that, though. I was pretty worried going into pack 3 with little good removal, but luckily it showed up with Tendrils. I didn’t take Meriki ri Berit after thinking about it, because my mana just couldn’t take it, and i wanted to be sure I could cast my spells.
During deck construction I lacked a little reach, with no card draw, but I don’t think i could have helped it, and ended up with a passable but not stunning deck.
Of course, I didn’t lose a game.
Round 1 I played against U/W that had problems with its mana twice, getting no White in game 1, and being stuck on three mana for a bit in game 2 when I played turn 4 Endrek, turn 5 Hydra. He then reached 4 mana and played Magus of the Disk, but ofcourse that isn’t all that hot versus the Assasinate deck.
Round 2 started with my opponent trashtalking me for not making round 2 in two drafts that were posted on this very site. I guess that means I am a bad player, but I managed to beat his U/W deck in two games anyway. Game 1 I actually got some early pressure when he had a hand full of fat flyers, but nothing early to stop my morphs. I then put on some pressure by Draining him with Syphon-Mage, and by the time he had a way to take care of that (I was at thirty life) I had drawn Endrek and finished him off with Thrulls. Second game he didn’t take a mulligan and I didn’t need an island, which I never drew, to beat him with some morphs and Hydras.
I drew round 3 since I wasn’t going to take the risk with this deck, and was happy with what I had. I almost always draw, since the first two rounds you play for three packs a round, and the last is only for two, so it’s worth less to play. I’d rather do another draft.
Jeroen
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