Draft:
Pack 1:
Coalhauler Swine, Dimir Aqueduct, Courier Hawk, Muddle the Mixture, Sadistic Augermage, Thundersong Trumpeter, Smash, Golgari Brownscale, Conclave’s Blessing, Snapping Drake, Dimir Signet, Undercity Shade, Frenzied Goblin, Rolling Spoil, Blood Funnel
Pick: Dimir Aqueduct
Pack 2:
Mortipede, Torpid Moloch, Terrarion, Vedalken Dismisser, Clinging Darkness, Incite Hysteria, Thoughtpicker Witch, Mountain, Sundering Vitae, Compulsive Research, Last Gasp, Glass Golem, Congregation at Dawn, Sandsower
Pick: Last Gasp
Pack 3:
Woodwraith Strangler, Drift of Phantasms, Strands of Undeath, Centaur Safeguard, Screeching Griffin, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Boros Recruit, Transluminant, Selesnya Signet, Psychic Drain, Flame-Kin Zealot, Telling Time
Pick: Drift of Phantasms
Pack 4:
Woodwraith Strangler, Stasis Cell, Roofstalker Wight, Vedalken Dismisser, Fists of Ironwood, Dromad Purebred, Dizzy Spell, Infectious Host, Compulsive Research, Brainspoil, Vigor Mortis, Leashling
Pick: Compulsive Research
Pack 5:
Votary of the Conclave, Terraformer, Tidewater Minion, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Dimir Infiltrator, Grayscaled Gharial, Flight of Fancy, Stoneshaker Shaman, Belltower Sphinx, Dimir Cutpurse
Pick: Belltower Sphinx
Pack 6:
Convolute, Golgari Rot Farm, Dogpile, Ordruun Commando, Quickchange, Sewerdreg, Seismic Spike, Fiery Conclusion, Boros Signet, Watchwolf
Pick: Golgari Rot Farm
Pack 7:
Viashino Slasher, Consult the Necrosages, War-Torch Goblin, Screeching Griffin, Rally the Righteous, Elvish Skysweeper, Conclave’s Blessing, Transluminant, Festival of the Guildpact
Pick: Consult the Necrosages
Pack 8:
Gaze of the Gorgon, Goblin Spelunkers, Shred Memory, Rain of Embers, Dryad’s Caress, Sell-Sword Brute, Wojek Apothecary, Golgari Germination
Pick: Goblin Spelunkers
Pack 9:
Coalhauler Swine, Muddle the Mixture, Sadistic Augermage, Smash, Conclave’s Blessing, Undercity Shade, Blood Funnel
Pick: Muddle the Mixture
Pack 10:
Torpid Moloch, Incite Hysteria, Thoughtpicker Witch, Mountain, Sundering Vitae, Glass Golem
Pick: Glass Golem
Pack 11:
Woodwraith Strangler, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Selesnya Signet, Psychic Drain
Pick: Psychic Drain
Pack 12:
Dromad Purebred, Dizzy Spell, Infectious Host, Leashling
Pick: Dizzy Spell
Pack 13:
Votary of the Conclave, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Grayscaled Gharial
Pick: Stone-Seeder Hierophant
Pack 14:
Pick: Quickchange
Pack 15:
Pick: Conclave’s Blessing
Pack 16:
Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Gruul Signet, Ghor-Clan Savage, Ogre Savant, Repeal, Scab-Clan Mauler, Izzet Boilerworks, Plagued Rusalka, Belfry Spirit, Rabble-Rouser, Hatching Plans
Pick: Repeal
Pack 17:
Absolver Thrull, Scab-Clan Mauler, Gruul Turf, Ostiary Thrull, Wildsize, Beastmaster’s Magemark, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Wild Cantor, Cremate, Cryptwailing, Aetherplasm, Predatory Focus, Glint-Eye Nephilim
Pick: Wildsize
Pack 18:
Silhana Ledgewalker, Mourning Thrull, Train of Thought, Restless Bones, Fencer’s Magemark, Bloodscale Prowler, Infiltrator’s Magemark, Izzet Boilerworks, Withstand, Ostiary Thrull, Exhumer Thrull, Hypervolt Grasp, Orzhova, the Church of Deals
Pick: Exhumer Thrull
Pack 19:
Mourning Thrull, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Lionheart Maverick, Leap of Flame, Train of Thought, Orzhov Euthanist, Wildsize, Castigate, Orzhov Signet, To Arms!, Vedalken Plotter
Pick: Wildsize
Pack 20:
Ogre Savant, Orzhov Signet, Withstand, Douse in Gloom, Gruul Nodorog, Petrahydrox, Guardian’s Magemark, Gigadrowse, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Drowned Rusalka, Feral Animist
Pick: Douse in Gloom
Pack 21:
Wee Dragonauts, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Withstand, Cry of Contrition, Gruul Scrapper, Gruul Signet, Infiltrator’s Magemark, Drowned Rusalka
Pick: Gruul Signet
Pack 22:
Absolver Thrull, Wee Dragonauts, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Thunderheads, Order of the Stars, Souls of the Faultless, Abyssal Nocturnus
Pick: Wee Dragonauts
Pack 23:
Necromancer’s Magemark, Beastmaster’s Magemark, Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Runeboggle, Revenant Patriarch, Crash Landing, Leyline of the Meek
Pick: Runeboggle
Pack 24:
Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Gruul Signet, Hatching Plans
Pick: Gruul Signet
Pack 25:
Beastmaster’s Magemark, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Cremate, Cryptwailing, Aetherplasm
Pick: Cremate
Pack 26:
Train of Thought, Restless Bones, Fencer’s Magemark, Withstand, Orzhova, the Church of Deals
Pick: Train of Thought
Pack 27:
Cry of Contrition, Leap of Flame, Castigate, To Arms!
Pick: To Arms!
Pack 28:
Gruul Nodorog, Gigadrowse, Drowned Rusalka
Pick: Gruul Nodorog
Pack 29:
Cry of Contrition, Drowned Rusalka
Pick: Drowned Rusalka
Pack 30:
Pick: Benediction of Moons
Pack 31:
Freewind Equenaut, Azorius Signet, Seal of Doom, Sandstorm Eidolon, Minister of Impediments, Beacon Hawk, Enemy of the Guildpact, Riot Spikes, Taste for Mayhem, Simic Initiate, Vigean Hydropon, Crypt Champion, Palliation Accord, Mistral Charger, Haazda Shield Mate
Pick: Seal of Doom
Pack 32:
Guardian of the Guildpact, Simic Signet, Seal of Fire, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Utopia Sprawl, Vesper Ghoul, Coiling Oracle, Taste for Mayhem, Street Savvy, Vigean Hydropon, Gnat Alley Creeper, Skullmead Cauldron, Pure / Simple, Research / Development
Pick: Seal of Fire
Pack 33:
Vision Skeins, Coiling Oracle, Whiptail Moloch, Thrive, Haazda Exonerator, Carom, Rakdos Signet, Rakdos Ickspitter, Ogre Gatecrasher, Ocular Halo, Fertile Imagination, Sky Hussar, Weight of Spires
Pick: Rakdos Ickspitter
Pack 34:
Nettling Curse, Kill-Suit Cultist, Street Savvy, Azorius First-Wing, Writ of Passage, Guardian of the Guildpact, Macabre Waltz, Wrecking Ball, Cytospawn Shambler, Nightcreep, Simic Basilisk, Unliving Psychopath
Pick: Wrecking Ball
Pack 35:
Aurora Eidolon, Rakdos Carnarium, Entropic Eidolon, Overrule, Gobhobbler Rats, Delirium Skeins, Sporeback Troll, Valor Made Real, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Rise / Fall, Slithering Shade
Pick: Rakdos Carnarium
Pack 36:
Aurora Eidolon, Verdant Eidolon, Psychotic Fury, Enigma Eidolon, Shielding Plax, Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage, Plumes of Peace, Brace for Impact, Vigean Graftmage
Pick: Vigean Graftmage
Pack 37:
Nettling Curse, Overrule, Utvara Scalper, Plumes of Peace, Steeling Stance, Macabre Waltz, Skyscribing, Brain Pry, Pride of the Clouds
Pick: Pride of the Clouds
Pack 38:
Thrive, Vesper Ghoul, Enigma Eidolon, Gobhobbler Rats, Valor Made Real, Azorius Chancery, Psychotic Fury, Verdant Eidolon
Pick: Vesper Ghoul
Pack 39:
Sandstorm Eidolon, Beacon Hawk, Enemy of the Guildpact, Riot Spikes, Simic Initiate, Palliation Accord, Haazda Shield Mate
Pick: Enemy of the Guildpact
Pack 40:
Simic Signet, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Vesper Ghoul, Coiling Oracle, Street Savvy, Skullmead Cauldron
Pick: Simic Signet
Pack 41:
Vision Skeins, Whiptail Moloch, Thrive, Haazda Exonerator, Weight of Spires
Pick: Vision Skeins
Pack 42:
Nettling Curse, Street Savvy, Writ of Passage, Nightcreep
Pick: Nightcreep
Pack 43:
Valor Made Real, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Slithering Shade
Pick: Slithering Shade
Pack 44:
Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage
Pick: Whiptail Moloch
Pack 45:
Pick: Skyscribing
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Belltower Sphinx [FOIL]
1 Compulsive Research
1 Drift of Phantasms
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Repeal
1 Train of Thought
1 Vigean Graftmage
1 Douse in Gloom
1 Exhumer Thrull
1 Last Gasp
1 Seal of Doom
1 Enemy of the Guildpact
1 Vesper Ghoul
1 Seal of Fire
2 Wildsize
1 Glass Golem
2 Gruul Signet
1 Simic Signet
1 Consult the Necrosages
1 Wee Dragonauts [FOIL]
1 Rakdos Ickspitter
1 Wrecking Ball
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Rakdos Carnarium
6 Island
2 Mountain
5 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Benediction of Moons
1 Conclave’s Blessing
1 Cremate
1 Dizzy Spell
1 Drowned Rusalka
1 Goblin Spelunkers
1 Gruul Nodorog
1 Nightcreep
1 Pride of the Clouds
1 Psychic Drain
1 Quickchange
1 Runeboggle
1 Skyscribing
1 Slithering Shade
1 Stone-Seeder Hierophant
1 To Arms!
1 Vision Skeins
1 Whiptail Moloch
This is an example of what happens when you’re too indecisive. I never picked colors in this draft and ended up with a terrible deck because of it. I lost a close match to Eivind Nitter in the first round.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
PS: My article covering the first fifteen drafts will appear sometime later this week. Stay tuned!
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