Draft:
Pack 1:
Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Lightning Axe, Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Think Twice, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid,
Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Might of Old Krosa, Duskrider Peregrine, Molten Slagheap, Demonic Collusion, Hunting Moa
Pick: Lightning Axe
Pack 2:
Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, Krosan Grip, Fury Sliver, Vampiric Sliver, Feldon’s Cane
Pick: Spiketail Drakeling
Pack 3:
Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Return to Dust, Brine Elemental, Uncle Istvan
Pick: Brine Elemental
Pack 4:
Slipstream Serpent, Nantuko Shaman, Gorgon Recluse, Spiketail Drakeling, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Brine Elemental, Evil Eye of Urborg, Thick-Skinned Goblin
Pick: Brine Elemental
Pack 5:
Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Mindstab, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Volcanic Awakening, Chronatog Totem
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 6:
Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Subterranean Shambler, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Thunder Totem, Primal Forcemage, Academy Ruins, Pendelhaven, Basal Sliver
Pick: Subterranean Shambler
Pack 7:
Ashcoat Bear, Terramorphic Expanse, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Drifter il-Dal, Voidmage Husher, Smallpox, Tivadar of Thorn
Pick: Terramorphic Expanse
Pack 8:
Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder,
Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Voidmage Husher, Faceless Devourer, Spirit Loop, Craw Giant
Pick: Voidmage Husher
Pack 9:
Temporal Eddy, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Might of Old Krosa, Molten Slagheap, Demonic Collusion
Pick: Molten Slagheap
Pack 10:
Flamecore Elemental, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, Krosan Grip, Feldon’s Cane
Pick: Bogardan Rager
Pack 11:
Mana Skimmer, Feebleness, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Uncle Istvan
Pick: Mystical Teachings
Pack 12:
Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Evil Eye of Urborg
Pick: Blazing Blade Askari
Pack 13:
Clockspinning, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Volcanic Awakening
Pick: Clockspinning
Pack 14:
Pick: Pentarch Ward
Pack 15:
Pick: Foriysian Interceptor
Pack 16:
Giant Dustwasp, Dawn Charm, Stingscourger, Whitemane Lion, Reality Acid, Citanul Woodreaders, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Simian Spirit
Guide, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Healing Leaves, Sulfur Elemental, Ana Battlemage, Ovinize, Life and Limb
Pick: Ovinize
Pack 17:
Reflex Sliver, Spitting Sliver, Veiling Oddity, Synchronous Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Mana Tithe, Prodigal Pyromancer, Auramancer’s Guise, Treacherous Urge, Mycologist, Detritivore, Cradle to Grave
Pick: Prodigal Pyromancer
Pack 18:
Battering Sliver, Aven Riftwatcher, Erratic Mutation, Cradle to Grave, Reality Acid, Blightspeaker, Evolution Charm, Simian Spirit Guide, Gossamer Phantasm, Timecrafting, Hunting Wilds, Dunerider Outlaw, Imp’s Mischief
Pick: Erratic Mutation
Pack 19:
Reflex Sliver, Dreamscape Artist, Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Fury Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Deadly Grub, Seal of Primordium, Brute Force, Timebender, Dormant Sliver, Magus of the Tabernacle
Pick: Dreamscape Artist
Pack 20:
Cradle to Grave, Deadly Grub, Citanul Woodreaders, Brain Gorgers, Rathi Trapper, Fa’adiyah Seer, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Pouncing Wurm, Rebuff the Wicked, Blood Knight, Fa’adiyah Seer
Pick: Blood Knight
Pack 21:
Erratic Mutation, Midnight Charm, Utopia Vow, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Blightspeaker, Melancholy, Dismal Failure, Darkheart Sliver, Serendib Sorcerer
Pick: Serendib Sorcerer
Pack 22:
Reflex Sliver, Aquamorph Entity, Firefright Mage, Blightspeaker, Ghost Tactician, Primal Plasma, Vampiric Link, Tidewalker, Shrouded Lore
Pick: Aquamorph Entity
Pack 23:
Needlepeak Spider, Fury Charm, Reality Acid, Skirk Shaman, Healing Leaves, Revered Dead, Treacherous Urge, Dichotomancy
Pick: Skirk Shaman
Pack 24:
Stingscourger, Reality Acid, Keldon Marauders, Simian Spirit Guide, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Healing Leaves, Life and Limb
Pick: Stingscourger
Pack 25:
Synchronous Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Auramancer’s Guise, Mycologist
Pick: Synchronous Sliver
Pack 26:
Reality Acid, Simian Spirit Guide, Timecrafting, Hunting Wilds, Imp’s Mischief
Pick: Reality Acid
Pack 27:
Vitaspore Thallid, Deadly Grub, Timebender, Dormant Sliver
Pick: Timebender
Pack 28:
Deadly Grub, Brain Gorgers, Fa’adiyah Seer
Pick: Brain Gorgers
Pack 29:
Pick: Uktabi Drake
Pack 30:
Pick: Firefright Mage
Pack 31:
Sprout Swarm, Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Infiltrator il-Kor, Cutthroat il-Dal, Lucent Liminid, Vedalken Aethermage, Frenzy Sliver, Ghostfire, Fomori Nomad, Street Wraith, Storm Entity, Spellwild Ouphe, Scout’s Warning, Llanowar Reborn
Pick: Ghostfire
Pack 32:
Ichor Slick, Bogardan Lancer, Knight of Sursi, Grave Peril, Wrap in Vigor, Whip-Spine Drake, Lymph Sliver, Homing Sliver, Sporoloth Ancient, Grave Scrabbler, Lumithread Field, Witch’s Mist, Boldwyr Intimidator, Phosphorescent Feast
Pick: Ichor Slick
Pack 33:
Saltskitter, Unblinking Bleb, Llanowar Augur, Venser’s Diffusion, Patrician’s Scorn, Henchfiend of Ukor, Thornweald Archer, Death Rattle, Blind Phantasm, Sword of the Meek, Mystic Speculation, Veilstone Amulet, Homing Sliver
Pick: Death Rattle
Pack 34:
Putrid Cyclops, Augur il-Vec, Petrified Plating, Bogardan Lancer, Venser’s Diffusion, Grinning Ignus, Edge of Autumn, Fomori Nomad, Logic Knot, Imperiosaur, Ramosian Revivalist, Second Wind
Pick: Second Wind
Pack 35:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Foresee, Rift Elemental, Logic Knot, Vedalken Aethermage, Virulent Sliver, Cyclical Evolution, Sliversmith, Chronomantic Escape
Pick: Foresee
Pack 36:
Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Fatal Attraction, Grinning Ignus, Edge of Autumn, Fomori Nomad, Stronghold Rats, Shivan Sand-Mage, Intervention Pact, Kavu Primarch
Pick: Fatal Attraction
Pack 37:
Samite Censer-Bearer, Rift Elemental, Llanowar Empath, Marshaling Cry, Mesmeric Sliver, Nessian Courser, Narcomoeba, Fleshwrither, Pyromancer’s Swath
Pick: Nessian Courser
Pack 38:
Llanowar Augur, Augur of Skulls,
Samite Censer-Bearer, Aven Augur, Patrician’s Scorn, Logic Knot, Henchfiend of Ukor, Zoetic Cavern
Pick: Logic Knot
Pack 39:
Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Cutthroat il-Dal, Vedalken Aethermage, Frenzy Sliver, Storm Entity, Spellwild Ouphe
Pick: Storm Entity
Pack 40:
Bogardan Lancer, Grave Peril, Wrap in Vigor, Witch’s Mist, Boldwyr Intimidator, Phosphorescent Feast
Pick: Boldwyr Intimidator
Pack 41:
Saltskitter, Patrician’s Scorn, Henchfiend of Ukor, Blind Phantasm, Mystic Speculation
Pick: Blind Phantasm
Pack 42:
Putrid Cyclops, Augur il-Vec, Petrified Plating, Bogardan Lancer
Pick: Petrified Plating
Pack 43:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Quiet Disrepair, Cyclical Evolution
Pick: Cutthroat il-Dal
Pack 44:
Oblivion Crown, Grinning Ignus
Pick: Grinning Ignus
Pack 45:
Pick: Samite Censer-Bearer
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Keldon Halberdier
1 Blood Knight
1 Dreamscape Artist
1 Stingscourger
1 Aquamorph Entity
2 Brine Elemental
1 Prodigal Pyromancer
1 Serendib Sorcerer [FOIL]
1 Skirk Shaman
1 Spiketail
Drakeling
1 Bogardan Rager
1 Lightning Axe
1 Ovinize
1 Erratic Mutation
1 Fatal Attraction
1 Ghostfire
1 Ichor Slick
1 Second Wind
1 Foresee
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Death Rattle
8 Island
7 Mountain
1 Swamp
1 Molten Slagheap
1 Terramorphic Expanse
Sideboard:
1 Blazing Blade Askari
1 Blind Phantasm
1 Boldwyr Intimidator
1 Brain Gorgers
1 Clockspinning
1 Cutthroat il-Dal
1 Firefright Mage
1 Foriysian Interceptor
1 Grinning Ignus
1 Logic Knot
1 Nessian Courser
1 Pentarch Ward
1 Petrified Plating
1 Reality Acid
1 Samite Censer-Bearer
1 Storm Entity
1 Subterranean Shambler
1 Synchronous Sliver
1 Timebender
1 Uktabi Drake
1 Voidmage Husher
Round 1: G/R/w
Game 1 was ridiculous. At one stage, I had Ovinize, Second Wind, and Erratic Mutation in hand. MY opponent then played a Kavu Primarch with Kicker. I used my Ovinize on it, and killed it with the Mutation. This is definitely wrong, as if I could replay the situation I would simply use my Second Wind on the Kavu and pass the turn. I lost pretty quickly.
Sideboard:
In: Logic Knot
Out: Bogardan Ranger
Game 2, I was mana flooded while my opponent was color screwed. I drew nine lands by turn 7, but my early Blood Knight did him eight damage before it died. My opponent made a Needlepeak Spider and a Prodigal Pyromancer. I killed them both, and replied with a Brine Elemental and a Stingscourger for his blocker. The game was over quickly.
Game 3 I played a morph on turn 3, which my opponent killed with a Dead/Gone. Soon, his board showed Needlepeak Spider, Prodigal Pyromancer, Fury Sliver, Emberwilde Auger, and Pouncing Wurm with kicker. Thankfully, I managed to wipe his team with my various removal spells, before drawing my seventh land. THis allowed me to unmorph both of my Brine Elementals on successive turns.
Round 2: U/W
Game 1: Serendib Sorcerer was a big problem for my opponent. Backed with my removal, it was the perfect defence. My Spiketail Drakeling attacked for two each turn, and when I drew my second Mountain I played Blood Knight and a morph (Brine Elemental). The next turn I flipped the Elemental, and the game was over.
Sideboard:
In: Subterranean Shambler
Out: Bogardan Rager
Game 2: I started with Serendib Sorcerer again. My opponent played four flyers and
Magus of the Disk, but I killed everythinf. Then I attacked with my Blood Knight every turn, and drew Mystical Teachings. My opponent conceded the game soon after.
Round 3: W/G
Game 1: My opening hand was Spiketail Drakeling, Bogardan Rager, two Island, two Mountain, and one Swamp. My opponent began with land, suspend Knight of Sursi. I drew five more lands, and my Spiketail met a Mana Tithe. I drew Death Rattle, but my opponent drew land and more creatures, and I lost quickly.
Sideboard:
In: Logic Knot
Out: Bogardan Rager
Game 2: My opponent started this game with Duskrider Peregrine, Aven Riftwatcher, and Pallid Mycoderm. I attempt to Ghostfire the Duskrider in the upkeep of the turn it unsuspends, but it is saved with a Fortify. My Keldon Halberdier arrived on the ground, but my opponent had double SUnlance and a second Aven Riftwatcher. I killed both the Riftwatcher and the Aven, but a Tivadar of Thorn was too much. I died.
I think I should be playing Logic Knot in my maindeck. I chose Bogardan Rager over Logic Knot because my creatures are small. I thought it would be tough to kill my opponent with my small guys, and Rager is sometimes a six mana Terror. It’s also good against big creatuers.
Until tomorrow,
Kenji
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