Draft:
Pack 1:
Courier Hawk, Convolute, Golgari Rot Farm, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Gather Courage, Infectious Host, Rally the Righteous, Elvish Skysweeper, Snapping Drake, Dimir Signet, Fiery Conclusion, Frenzied Goblin, Rolling Spoil, Watchwolf, Doubling Season
Pick: Snapping Drake
Pack 2:
Consult the Necrosages, Barbarian Riftcutter, Greater Mossdog, Gather Courage, Forest, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Dimir Signet, Sell-Sword Brute, Perilous Forays, Divebomber Griffin, Remand, Hunted Phantasm
Pick: Remand
Pack 3:
Induce Paranoia, Mortipede, Torpid Moloch, Screeching Griffin, Muddle the Mixture, Sadistic Augermage, Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Dimir Infiltrator, Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion, Netherborn Phalanx, Glass Golem, Crown of Convergence
Pick: Dimir Infiltrator
Pack 4:
Viashino Slasher, Farseek, Boros Garrison, Incite Hysteria, Centaur Safeguard, Conclave’s Blessing, Quickchange, Sewerdreg, Seeds of Strength, Pollenbright Wings, Devouring Light, Ethereal Usher
Pick: Devouring Light
Pack 5:
Rain of Embers, Votary of the Conclave, Boros Fury-Shield, Vedalken Dismisser, Dimir House Guard, Conclave’s Blessing, Dimir Infiltrator, Necromantic Thirst, Boros Signet, Darkblast, Three Dreams
Pick: Vedalken Dismisser
Pack 6:
Strands of Undeath, Coalhauler Swine, Tidewater Minion, Dryad’s Caress, Dromad Purebred, Dizzy Spell, Transluminant, Selesnya Signet, Undercity Shade, Circu, Dimir Lobotomist
Pick: Tidewater Minion
Pack 7:
Courier Hawk, Stasis Cell, Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Nightguard Patrol, Boros Recruit, Smash, Golgari Brownscale, Svogthos, the Restless Tomb, Life from the Loam
Pick: Nightguard Patrol
Pack 8:
Woodwraith Strangler, Drift of Phantasms, Ordruun Commando, Grayscaled Gharial, Shred Memory, Congregation at Dawn, Sandsower, Twisted Justice
Pick: Drift of Phantasms
Pack 9:
Courier Hawk, Convolute, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Infectious Host, Rally the Righteous, Elvish Skysweeper, Rolling Spoil
Pick: Courier Hawk
Pack 10:
Barbarian Riftcutter, Forest, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Perilous Forays
Pick: Leave No Trace
Pack 11:
Induce Paranoia, Torpid Moloch, Sadistic Augermage, Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant
Pick: Induce Paranoia
Pack 12:
Viashino Slasher, Conclave’s Blessing, Quickchange, Ethereal Usher
Pick: Ethereal Usher
Pack 13:
Votary of the Conclave, Conclave’s Blessing, Necromantic Thirst
Pick: Conclave’s Blessing
Pack 14:
Dryad’s Caress, Dromad Purebred
Pick: Dromad Purebred
Pack 15:
Pick: Boros Recruit
Pack 16:
Wee Dragonauts, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Crystal Seer, Scab-Clan Mauler, Izzet Boilerworks, Ghost Warden, Orzhov Euthanist, Wildsize, Castigate, Ghor-Clan Bloodscale, Schismotivate, Battering Wurm, Dune-Brood Nephilim
Pick: Izzet Boilerworks
Pack 17:
Silhana Starfletcher, Orzhov Basilica, Steamcore Weird, Shrieking Grotesque, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Fencer’s Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Rabble-Rouser, Crash Landing, Belfry Spirit, Tibor and Lumia
Pick: Belfry Spirit
Pack 18:
Ostiary Thrull, Wildsize, Blind Hunter, Orzhov Signet, Steamcore Weird, Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Conjurer’s Ban, Smogsteed Rider, Skarrgan Skybreaker
Pick: Steamcore Weird
Pack 19:
Mourning Thrull, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Lionheart Maverick, Leap of Flame, Withstand, Orzhov Basilica, Blind Hunter, Bloodscale Prowler, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Schismotivate, Culling Sun
Pick: Blind Hunter
Pack 20:
Infiltrator’s Magemark, Absolver Thrull, Scab-Clan Mauler, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Izzet Chronarch, Tin Street Hooligan, Crystal Seer, Starved Rusalka, Sinstriker’s Will
Pick: Izzet Chronarch
Pack 21:
Train of Thought, Beastmaster’s Magemark, Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian’s Magemark, Ghost Warden, Izzet Signet, Vedalken Plotter, Caustic Rain, Witch-Maw Nephilim
Pick: Train of Thought
Pack 22:
Castigate, Necromancer’s Magemark, Silhana Ledgewalker, Train of Thought, Restless Bones, Fencer’s Magemark, Wreak Havoc, Vertigo Spawn, Moratorium Stone
Pick: Train of Thought
Pack 23:
Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Withstand, Starved Rusalka, Sinstriker’s Will
Pick: Mourning Thrull
Pack 24:
Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Crystal Seer, Ghost Warden, Orzhov Euthanist, Castigate, Ghor-Clan Bloodscale
Pick: Ghost Warden
Pack 25:
Fencer’s Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Rabble-Rouser, Crash Landing
Pick: Leap of Flame
Pack 26:
Restless Bones, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Conjurer’s Ban, Smogsteed Rider
Pick: Runeboggle
Pack 27:
Cry of Contrition, Lionheart Maverick, Withstand, Orzhova, the Church of Deals
Pick: Withstand
Pack 28:
Cremate, Benediction of Moons, Starved Rusalka
Pick: Cremate
Pack 29:
Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian’s Magemark
Pick: Guardian’s Magemark
Pack 30:
Pick: Restless Bones
Pack 31:
Azorius Chancery, Psychotic Fury, Seal of Doom, Verdant Eidolon, Guardian of the Guildpact, Silkwing Scout, Coiling Oracle, Taste for Mayhem, Street Savvy, Vigean Hydropon, Beacon Hawk, Plaxcaster Frogling, Brace for Impact, Spell Snare, Tidespout Tyrant
Pick: Seal of Doom
Pack 32:
Macabre Waltz, Wrecking Ball, Cytospawn Shambler, Guardian of the Guildpact, Enemy of the Guildpact, Riot Spikes, Taste for Mayhem, Simic Initiate, Vigean Hydropon, Nettling Curse, Azorius Aethermage, Drekavac, Patagia Viper, Nihilistic Glee
Pick: Wrecking Ball
Pack 33:
Beacon Hawk, Overrule, Utvara Scalper, Plumes of Peace, Soulsworn Jury, Vision Skeins, Simic Signet, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Minister of Impediments, Utopia Sprawl, Pain Magnification, Squealing Devil, Novijen, Heart of Progress
Pick: Minister of Impediments
Pack 34:
Sandstorm Eidolon, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Rakdos Carnarium, Cytospawn Shambler, Vision Skeins, Riot Spikes, Soulsworn Jury, Enemy of the Guildpact, Utvara Scalper, Plaxmanta, Vigean Intuition, Ragamuffyn
Pick: Rakdos Carnarium
Pack 35:
Shielding Plax, Vesper Ghoul, Enigma Eidolon, Gobhobbler Rats, Valor Made Real, Nettling Curse, Carom, Entropic Eidolon, Stomp and Howl, Pain Magnification, Weight of Spires
Pick: Carom
Pack 36:
Whiptail Moloch, Thrive, Haazda Exonerator, Overrule, Freewind Equenaut, Azorius Signet, Sandstorm Eidolon, Steeling Stance, Supply / Demand, Vigean Intuition
Pick: Azorius Signet
Pack 37:
Kill-Suit Cultist, Street Savvy, Azorius First-Wing, Writ of Passage, Vesper Ghoul, Ogre Gatecrasher, Ocular Halo, Skullmead Cauldron, Gnat Alley Creeper
Pick: Azorius First-Wing
Pack 38:
Azorius Signet, Steeling Stance, Thrive, Vesper Ghoul, Enigma Eidolon, Plaxmanta, Vigean Intuition, Pillar of the Paruns
Pick: Azorius Signet
Pack 39:
Psychotic Fury, Coiling Oracle, Taste for Mayhem, Street Savvy, Beacon Hawk, Brace for Impact, Spell Snare
Pick: Spell Snare
Pack 40:
Enemy of the Guildpact, Simic Initiate, Vigean Hydropon, Nettling Curse, Azorius Aethermage, Nihilistic Glee
Pick: Azorius Aethermage
Pack 41:
Overrule, Utvara Scalper, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Pain Magnification, Novijen, Heart of Progress
Pick: Overrule
Pack 42:
Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Vision Skeins, Soulsworn Jury, Utvara Scalper
Pick: Soulsworn Jury
Pack 43:
Vesper Ghoul, Valor Made Real, Nettling Curse
Pick: Vesper Ghoul
Pack 44:
Steeling Stance, Vigean Intuition
Pick: Vigean Intuition
Pack 45:
Pick: Writ of Passage
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Belfry Spirit
1 Devouring Light
1 Ghost Warden
1 Nightguard Patrol
1 Withstand
1 Carom
1 Soulsworn Jury
1 Drift of Phantasms
1 Remand
1 Snapping Drake
1 Steamcore Weird
1 Tidewater Minion
2 Train of Thought
1 Vedalken Dismisser
1 Seal of Doom
2 Azorius Signet
1 Blind Hunter
1 Izzet Chronarch
1 Mourning Thrull
1 Azorius First-Wing
1 Minister of Impediments
1 Wrecking Ball
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Rakdos Carnarium
5 Island
1 Mountain
6 Plains
2 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Azorius Aethermage [FOIL]
1 Boros Recruit
1 Conclave’s Blessing
1 Courier Hawk
1 Cremate
1 Dimir Infiltrator
1 Dromad Purebred
1 Ethereal Usher
1 Guardian’s Magemark
1 Induce Paranoia
1 Leap of Flame
1 Leave No Trace
1 Overrule
1 Restless Bones
1 Runeboggle
1 Spell Snare
1 Vesper Ghoul
1 Vigean Intuition
1 Writ of Passage
It wasn’t my intention to play four colors in this draft, it just kind of happened because I was indecisive in Guildpact. Once I had a couple solid cards in Red and Black in addition to my main colors, I began looking for the Rakdos mana fixers in Dissension. I only saw one, but it was sufficient. I won two close rounds in which I won each game that I drew Train of Thought, and lost the ones I didn’t. The deck was good at controlling the board, but had trouble pulling ahead without the massive card advantage provided by Train of Thought. I would have liked at least one more draw spell, so maybe I should have taken the Ocular Halo, but in this instance the two Trains were sufficient.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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