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Drafting With LSV – Shards of Alara #3

Wednesday, December 24th – Canadian maestro Rich Hoaen has downed tools for good, as work and real life intrudes apace. As a replacement, we have Luis Scott-Vargas, who shares each pick from a Magic Online 8-4 queue. He talks us through the difficult decisions in the forums… do you agree with his choices?

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1 Obelisk of Grixis
1 Resounding Wave
1 Grixis Charm
1 Esper Battlemage
1 Esper Charm
1 Fatestitcher
1 Grixis Battlemage
1 Sigil of Distinction
1 Puppet Conjurer
1 Skeletonize
1 Agony Warp
1 Sharuum the Hegemon
1 Corpse Connoisseur
1 Sedraxis Specter
1 Dregscape Zombie
1 Bone Splinters
1 Kiss of the Amesha
1 Salvage Titan
1 Executioner’s Capsule
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Obelisk of Jund
1 Sanctum Gargoyle
1 Tower Gargoyle
2 Mountain
3 Swamp
4 Island
4 Plains
1 Grixis Panorama
3 Esper Panorama

Sideboard
1 Plains
1 Gustrider Exuberant
1 Protomatter Powder
2 Cancel
1 Sphinx’s Herald
1 Lich’s Mirror
1 Dragon’s Herald
1 Savage Hunger
1 Dawnray Archer
1 Shadowfeed
2 Call to Heel
1 Shore Snapper
1 Jhessian Lookout
1 Vectis Silencers
1 Tortoise Formation
1 Naturalize

I again start with Sharuum which is one of my favorite rares to open. I don’t ever really see a reason to get out of Esper/Grixis although I do end up a little light on Capsules to return with Sharuum. I almost played Call to Heel and Protomatter Powder since I do like to set up Powder plus Sharuum or Gargoyle but I had enough cards that were solid on their own to mess around with that. I also wasn’t able to pick up any Etherium Sculptors since they go a long way to making Powder affordable.

Pack 2 Pick 4: Caldera Hellion was a little too Red intensive for my tastes and Skeletonize is quite strong.
Pack 3 Pick 6: As much as I hate passing card draw Bone Splinters is just better.

Round 1
G1 I beat a fairly standard Bant deck by Sharuuming back an Executioner’s Capsule.
G2 He never plays a third land so my normal draw is able to dispatch him.

Round 2
G1 My opponent has a solid B/R deck with apparently no splash. Deathraiders plus removal make this game quite short.
G2 I stumble on mana some as his two color manabase shows its superiority. I never get Sharuum or Sigil going and he doesn’t give me time to find them. Blightning plus an aggressive draw can be tough to beat.

Until tomorrow…

LSV