Draft:
Pack 1:
Tattered Drake, Strands of Undeath, Barbarian Riftcutter, Incite Hysteria, Scatter the Seeds, Benevolent Ancestor, Thoughtpicker Witch, Seismic Spike, Elvish Skysweeper, Greater Mossdog, Snapping Drake, Oathsworn Giant, Twisted Justice, Vindictive Mob, Concerted Effort
Pick: Snapping Drake
Pack 2:
Wojek Siren, Convolute, Dimir Aqueduct, Muddle the Mixture, Stinkweed Imp, Drake Familiar, Shred Memory, Surge of Zeal, Disembowel, Sell-Sword Brute, Elves of Deep Shadow, Dimir Guildmage, Voyager Staff, Perilous Forays
Pick: Dimir Guildmage
Pack 3:
Terrarion, Votary of the Conclave, Drift of Phantasms, Surveilling Sprite, Clinging Darkness, Boros Recruit, Transluminant, Infectious Host, Dimir Signet, Fiery Conclusion, Siege Wurm, Blockbuster, Reroute
Pick: Drift of Phantasms
Pack 4:
Selesnya Sanctuary, Stasis Cell, Roofstalker Wight, War-Torch Goblin, Screeching Griffin, Zephyr Spirit, Lurking Informant, Surge of Zeal, Compulsive Research, Seed Spark, Cyclopean Snare, Dimir Machinations
Pick: Compulsive Research
Pack 5:
Selesnya Sanctuary, Stasis Cell, Roofstalker Wight, Smash, Gather Courage, Golgari Brownscale, Gate Hound, Lurking Informant, Spectral Searchlight, Grifter’s Blade, Breath of Fury
Pick: Spectral Searchlight
Pack 6:
Coalhauler Swine, Ordruun Commando, Nightguard Patrol, Rain of Embers, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Leave No Trace, Boros Signet, Conclave Phalanx, Clutch of the Undercity, Molten Sentry
Pick: Clutch of the Undercity
Pack 7:
Gaze of the Gorgon, Vedalken Entrancer, Drake Familiar, Shred Memory, Surge of Zeal, Transluminant, Auratouched Mage, Lore Broker, Helldozer
Pick: Helldozer
Pack 8:
Viashino Slasher, Consult the Necrosages, Sundering Vitae, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Transluminant, Instill Furor, Junktroller
Pick: Consult the Necrosages
Pack 9:
Strands of Undeath, Barbarian Riftcutter, Incite Hysteria, Thoughtpicker Witch, Seismic Spike, Twisted Justice, Vindictive Mob
Pick: Strands of Undeath
Pack 10:
Wojek Siren, Muddle the Mixture, Drake Familiar, Shred Memory, Surge of Zeal, Perilous Forays
Pick: Muddle the Mixture
Pack 11:
Terrarion, Votary of the Conclave, Boros Recruit, Infectious Host, Reroute
Pick: Terrarion
Pack 12:
Zephyr Spirit, Surge of Zeal, Seed Spark, Cyclopean Snare
Pick: Seed Spark
Pack 13:
Smash, Gate Hound, Grifter’s Blade
Pick: Smash
Pack 14:
Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Leave No Trace
Pick: Leave No Trace
Pack 15:
Pick: Shred Memory
Pack 16:
Beastmaster’s Magemark, Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian’s Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Ghost Warden, Orzhov Euthanist, Wildsize, Castigate, Orzhov Signet, Torch Drake, Gelectrode, Crash Landing, Thunderheads, Rumbling Slum
Pick: Gelectrode
Pack 17:
Blind Hunter, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Bloodscale Prowler, Infiltrator’s Magemark, Izzet Boilerworks, Withstand, Ostiary Thrull, Drowned Rusalka, Belfry Spirit, Cryptwailing, Witch-Maw Nephilim
Pick: Izzet Boilerworks
Pack 18:
Scab-Clan Mauler, Ostiary Thrull, Wildsize, Ogre Savant, Blind Hunter, Cremate, Gruul Nodorog, Petrahydrox, Guardian’s Magemark, Gigadrowse, Drowned Rusalka, Feral Animist, Killer Instinct
Pick: Ogre Savant
Pack 19:
Shrieking Grotesque, Necromancer’s Magemark, Gruul Scrapper, Gruul Turf, Pillory of the Sleepless, Torch Drake, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Fencer’s Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Order of the Stars
Pick: Pillory of the Sleepless
Pack 20:
Absolver Thrull, Izzet Signet, Benediction of Moons, Silhana Ledgewalker, Mourning Thrull, Train of Thought, Restless Bones, Fencer’s Magemark, Hypervolt Grasp, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Cerebral Vortex
Pick: Train of Thought
Pack 21:
Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Orzhov Basilica, Guardian’s Magemark, Aetherplasm, Predatory Focus, Order of the Stars, Yore-Tiller Nephilim
Pick: Orzhov Basilica
Pack 22:
Beastmaster’s Magemark, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Wild Cantor, Gruul Signet, Infiltrator’s Magemark, Absolver Thrull, Predatory Focus, Hypervolt Grasp
Pick: Hypervolt Grasp
Pack 23:
Orzhov Signet, Withstand, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Tin Street Hooligan, Primeval Light, Dune-Brood Nephilim
Pick: Orzhov Signet
Pack 24:
Wild Cantor, Guardian’s Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Castigate, Torch Drake, Crash Landing, Thunderheads
Pick: Thunderheads
Pack 25:
Lionheart Maverick, Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Drowned Rusalka, Cryptwailing, Witch-Maw Nephilim
Pick: Witch-Maw Nephilim
Pack 26:
Cremate, Gruul Nodorog, Petrahydrox, Drowned Rusalka, Killer Instinct
Pick: Petrahydrox
Pack 27:
Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Leap of Flame, Order of the Stars
Pick: Runeboggle
Pack 28:
Pick: Aetherplasm
Pack 29:
Pick: Skyrider Trainee
Pack 30:
Enemy of the Guildpact, Utvara Scalper, Thrive, Shielding Plax, Vesper Ghoul, Seal of Fire, Entropic Eidolon, Utopia Sprawl, Rakdos Ickspitter, Simic Signet, Ogre Gatecrasher, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Rise / Fall, Slithering Shade, Pride of the Clouds
Pick: Seal of Fire
Pack 31:
Street Savvy, Vigean Hydropon, Beacon Hawk, Enemy of the Guildpact, Riot Spikes, Taste for Mayhem, Macabre Waltz, Wrecking Ball, Cytospawn Shambler, Guardian of the Guildpact, Simic Signet, Azorius Aethermage, Transguild Courier, Cytoplast Root-Kin
Pick: Wrecking Ball
Pack 32:
Sandstorm Eidolon, Minister of Impediments, Steeling Stance, Simic Growth Chamber, Aquastrand Spider, Utvara Scalper, Plumes of Peace, Soulsworn Jury, Vision Skeins, Coiling Oracle, Azorius Herald, Plaxmanta, Vigean Intuition
Pick: Minister of Impediments
Pack 33:
Macabre Waltz, Silkwing Scout, Carom, Whiptail Moloch, Thrive, Haazda Exonerator, Overrule, Gobhobbler Rats, Delirium Skeins, Ragamuffyn, Stomp and Howl, Stormscale Anarch
Pick: Stormscale Anarch
Pack 34:
Valor Made Real, Enigma Eidolon, Shielding Plax, Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage, Rakdos Ickspitter, Ogre Gatecrasher, Aurora Eidolon, Rakdos Carnarium, Weight of Spires, Skullmead Cauldron
Pick: Rakdos Carnarium
Pack 35:
Verdant Eidolon, Silkwing Scout, Street Savvy, Azorius First-Wing, Writ of Passage, Vesper Ghoul, Coiling Oracle, Taste for Mayhem, Flash Foliage, Omnibian
Pick: Silkwing Scout
Pack 36:
Ocular Halo, Azorius Chancery, Psychotic Fury, Enigma Eidolon, Gobhobbler Rats, Valor Made Real, Nettling Curse, Kill-Suit Cultist, Brace for Impact
Pick: Azorius Chancery
Pack 37:
Simic Initiate, Vigean Hydropon, Nettling Curse, Beacon Hawk, Overrule, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Azorius Signet, Bond of Agony
Pick: Azorius Signet
Pack 38:
Utvara Scalper, Thrive, Shielding Plax, Entropic Eidolon, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Rise / Fall, Slithering Shade
Pick: Rise / Fall
Pack 39:
Street Savvy, Vigean Hydropon, Enemy of the Guildpact, Riot Spikes, Macabre Waltz, Azorius Aethermage
Pick: Macabre Waltz
Pack 40:
Sandstorm Eidolon, Steeling Stance, Soulsworn Jury, Vision Skeins, Vigean Intuition
Pick: Sandstorm Eidolon
Pack 41:
Whiptail Moloch, Haazda Exonerator, Overrule, Delirium Skeins
Pick: Delirium Skeins
Pack 42:
Valor Made Real, Shielding Plax, Writ of Passage
Pick: Shielding Plax
Pack 43:
Pick: Writ of Passage
Pack 44:
Pick: Valor Made Real
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Compulsive Research
1 Dimir Guildmage
1 Drift of Phantasms
1 Petrahydrox
1 Snapping Drake
1 Thunderheads
1 Train of Thought
1 Minister of Impediments
1 Silkwing Scout
1 Clutch of the Undercity
1 Consult the Necrosages
1 Pillory of the Sleepless
1 Macabre Waltz
1 Rise/Fall
1 Wrecking Ball
1 Gelectrode
1 Hypervolt Grasp
1 Ogre Savant
1 Seal of Fire
1 Sandstorm Eidolon
1 Stormscale Anarch
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Spectral Searchlight
1 Azorius Signet
5 Island
1 Izzet Boilerworks
4 Mountain
1 Orzhov Basilica
3 Swamp
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Rakdos Carnarium
Sideboard:
1 Aetherplasm
1 Delirium Skeins
1 Helldozer
1 Leave No Trace
1 Mountain
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Orzhova, the Church of Deals
1 Runeboggle
1 Seed Spark
1 Shielding Plax
1 Shred Memory
1 Skyrider Trainee
1 Smash [FOIL]
1 Strands of Undeath
1 Street Savvy
1 Swamp
1 Terrarion
1 Valor Made Real
1 Witch-Maw Nephilim
This was one of those drafts where everything came together. I was getting powerful late picks, and almost every card I realistically wanted to table actually did. I won the first two rounds quite easily and split the finals. My opponents were about to get me to between 10 and 15 life each game before I took over the games with removal and card drawing. Looking back at the deck now I see some powerful cards that I never even drew, like Gelectrode and Pillory of the Sleepless.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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