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Drafting With Rich #35

Today sees Rich’s last plunge into the world of Ravnica Limited… from Monday, Drafting With Rich moves onto Coldsnap! As usual, the Canadian Limited maestro shares each pick, from one to forty-five, of an 8-4 Draft on Magic Online. He shares his preliminary deck and match thoughts in the article, and joins in the more detailed pick discussions in the forums.


Draft:

Pack 1:










Strands of Undeath, Coalhauler Swine, Dimir Aqueduct, Screeching Griffin, Vedalken Entrancer, Golgari Rotwurm, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Brainspoil, Sell-Sword Brute, Dowsing Shaman, Goliath Spider, Seed Spark, Sins of the Past

Pick: Golgari Rotwurm

Pack 2:










Courier Hawk, Convolute, Golgari Rot Farm, Incite Hysteria, Scatter the Seeds, Boros Recruit, Smash, Golgari Brownscale, Siege Wurm, Skyknight Legionnaire, Cyclopean Snare, Dimir Machinations, Instill Furor, Loxodon Gatekeeper

Pick: Siege Wurm

Pack 3:










Viashino Slasher, Farseek, Boros Garrison, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Gather Courage, Dromad Purebred, Grayscaled Gharial, Necromantic Thirst, Skyknight Legionnaire, Conclave Equenaut, Golgari Signet, Mausoleum Turnkey, Greater Forgeling

Pick: Mausoleum Turnkey

Pack 4:







Courier Hawk, Stasis Cell, Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Tidewater Minion, Sewerdreg, Smash, Rally the Righteous, Shambling Shell, Fiery Conclusion, Chant of Vitu-Ghazi, Duskmantle, House of Shadow, Selesnya Sagittars

Pick: Shambling Shell

Pack 5:







Induce Paranoia, Mortipede, Torpid Moloch, Boros Fury-Shield, Dimir House Guard, Perplex, Dryad’s Caress, Caregiver, Boros Signet, Dark Heart of the Wood, Breath of Fury

Pick: Dimir House Guard

Pack 6:







Woodwraith Strangler, Drift of Phantasms, War-Torch Goblin, Drake Familiar, Thoughtpicker Witch, Goblin Fire Fiend, Selesnya Signet, Veteran Armorer, Flow of Ideas, Wojek Embermage

Pick: Selesnya Signet

Pack 7:







Wojek Siren, Screeching Griffin, Muddle the Mixture, Sadistic Augermage, Shred Memory, Surge of Zeal, Suppression Field, Wizened Snitches, Peregrine Mask

Pick: Sadistic Augermage

Pack 8:




Barbarian Riftcutter, Ordruun Commando, Gate Hound, Lurking Informant, Swamp, Selesnya Evangel, Indentured Oaf, Svogthos, the Restless Tomb

Pick: Selesnya Evangel

Pack 9:




Coalhauler Swine, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Goliath Spider, Seed Spark, Sins of the Past

Pick: Seed Spark

Pack 10:




Convolute, Incite Hysteria, Boros Recruit, Cyclopean Snare, Dimir Machinations, Instill Furor

Pick: Dimir Machinations

Pack 11:




Viashino Slasher, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Dromad Purebred, Grayscaled Gharial, Necromantic Thirst

Pick: Necromantic Thirst

Pack 12:

Courier Hawk, Stasis Cell, Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Chant of Vitu-Ghazi

Pick: Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi

Pack 13:

Torpid Moloch, Dryad’s Caress, Dark Heart of the Wood

Pick: Dark Heart of the Wood

Pack 14:

Woodwraith Strangler, Goblin Fire Fiend

Pick: Woodwraith Strangler

Pack 15:

Wojek Siren

Pick: Wojek Siren

Pack 16:










Silhana Starfletcher, Pyromatics, Orzhov Basilica, Steamcore Weird, Shrieking Grotesque, Castigate, Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Primeval Light, Exhumer Thrull, Gruul Guildmage, Leyline of Singularity

Pick: Gruul Guildmage

Pack 17:










Gruul Turf, Pillory of the Sleepless, Torch Drake, Absolver Thrull, Douse in Gloom, Izzet Signet, Benediction of Moons, Silhana Ledgewalker, Mourning Thrull, Train of Thought, Restless Bones, Martyred Rusalka, Gristleback, Parallectric Feedback

Pick: Pillory of the Sleepless

Pack 18:










Ghost Warden, Izzet Signet, Orzhov Euthanist, Pillory of the Sleepless, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Tin Street Hooligan, Drowned Rusalka, Feral Animist, Droning Bureaucrats, Siege of Towers

Pick: Pillory of the Sleepless

Pack 19:







Fencer’s Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Bloodscale Prowler, Infiltrator’s Magemark, Withstand, Thunderheads, Shattering Spree, Thunderheads, Quicken

Pick: Withstand

Pack 20:







Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Lionheart Maverick, Necromancer’s Magemark, Scab-Clan Mauler, Aetherplasm, Predatory Focus, Order of the Stars, Leyline of Lifeforce

Pick: Mourning Thrull

Pack 21:







Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster’s Magemark, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Ostiary Thrull, Gruul Scrapper, Pyromatics, Hissing Miasma, Sinstriker’s Will

Pick: Ostiary Thrull

Pack 22:







Leap of Flame, Beastmaster’s Magemark, Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian’s Magemark, Castigate, Revenant Patriarch, Battering Wurm, Ghostway

Pick: Battering Wurm

Pack 23:




Orzhov Signet, Necromancer’s Magemark, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Fencer’s Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Daggerclaw Imp

Pick: Daggerclaw Imp

Pack 24:




Castigate, Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Skyrider Trainee, Primeval Light, Leyline of Singularity

Pick: Silhana Ledgewalker

Pack 25:




Benediction of Moons, Silhana Ledgewalker, Train of Thought, Restless Bones, Martyred Rusalka, Parallectric Feedback

Pick: Parallectric Feedback

Pack 26:




Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Drowned Rusalka, Feral Animist

Pick: Cremate

Pack 27:

Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Shattering Spree, Quicken

Pick: Quicken

Pack 28:

Cry of Contrition, Lionheart Maverick, Order of the Stars

Pick: Order of the Stars

Pack 29:

Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition

Pick: Cry of Contrition

Pack 30:

Castigate

Pick: Castigate

Pack 31:










Silkwing Scout, Cackling Flames, Macabre Waltz, Wrecking Ball, Cytospawn Shambler, Guardian of the Guildpact, Beacon Hawk, Overrule, Utvara Scalper, Plumes of Peace, Soulsworn Jury, Prahv, Spires of Order, Azorius Ploy, Azorius Herald, Unliving Psychopath

Pick: Wrecking Ball

Pack 32:










Gobhobbler Rats, Delirium Skeins, Sporeback Troll, Valor Made Real, Enigma Eidolon, Shielding Plax, Freewind Equenaut, Azorius Signet, Shielding Plax, Sandstorm Eidolon, Stomp and Howl, Supply / Demand, Kindle the Carnage, Proper Burial

Pick: Supply / Demand

Pack 33:










Carom, Rakdos Signet, Ogre Gatecrasher, Azorius First-Wing, Delirium Skeins, Kill-Suit Cultist, Azorius First-Wing, Simic Initiate, Vision Skeins, Blessing of the Nephilim, Court Hussar, Azorius Aethermage, Rakdos the Defiler

Pick: Rakdos Signet

Pack 34:







Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage, Plumes of Peace, Sporeback Troll, Haazda Exonerator, Steeling Stance, Simic Growth Chamber, Aquastrand Spider, Silkwing Scout, Novijen, Heart of Progress, Indrik Stomphowler, Anthem of Rakdos

Pick: Indrik Stomphowler

Pack 35:







Carom, Entropic Eidolon, Utopia Sprawl, Rakdos Ickspitter, Nettling Curse, Kill-Suit Cultist, Street Savvy, Azorius First-Wing, Writ of Passage, Vesper Ghoul, Blessing of the Nephilim

Pick: Utopia Sprawl

Pack 36:







Seal of Fire, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Utopia Sprawl, Vision Skeins, Coiling Oracle, Whiptail Moloch, Thrive, Haazda Exonerator, Ghost Quarter, Bond of Agony

Pick: Utopia Sprawl

Pack 37:







Taste for Mayhem, Simic Initiate, Nettling Curse, Freewind Equenaut, Azorius Chancery, Psychotic Fury, Verdant Eidolon, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Paladin of Prahv

Pick: Verdant Eidolon

Pack 38:




Taste for Mayhem, Street Savvy, Vigean Hydropon, Beacon Hawk, Enemy of the Guildpact, Nightcreep, Fertile Imagination, I*

Pick: Fertile Imagination

Pack 39:




Macabre Waltz, Beacon Hawk, Overrule, Utvara Scalper, Soulsworn Jury, Prahv, Spires of Order, Azorius Ploy

Pick: Macabre Waltz

Pack 40:




Delirium Skeins, Valor Made Real, Enigma Eidolon, Sandstorm Eidolon, Stomp and Howl, Proper Burial

Pick: Proper Burial

Pack 41:




Delirium Skeins, Simic Initiate, Vision Skeins, Blessing of the Nephilim, Azorius Aethermage

Pick: Azorius Aethermage

Pack 42:

Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage, Steeling Stance, Novijen, Heart of Progress

Pick: Novijen, Heart of Progress

Pack 43:

Street Savvy, Writ of Passage, Blessing of the Nephilim

Pick: Blessing of the Nephilim

Pack 44:

Whiptail Moloch, Haazda Exonerator

Pick: Whiptail Moloch

Pack 45:

Nettling Curse

Pick: Nettling Curse

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

2 Pillory of the Sleepless
1 Wrecking Ball
1 Daggerclaw Imp
1 Dimir House Guard
1 Mausoleum Turnkey
1 Mourning Thrull
1 Ostiary Thrull
1 Macabre Waltz
1 Golgari Rotwurm
1 Shambling Shell
1 Battering Wurm
1 Gruul Guildmage
1 Siege Wurm
1 Fertile Imagination
1 Indrik Stomphowler
2 Utopia Sprawl
1 Verdant Eidolon
1 Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi
1 Selesnya Evangel
1 Supply/Demand
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Rakdos Signet
8 Forest
2 Plains
6 Swamp

Sideboard:

1 Azorius Aethermage
1 Blessing of the Nephilim
1 Castigate
1 Cremate
1 Cry of Contrition
1 Dark Heart of the Wood
1 Dimir Machinations
1 Necromantic Thirst
1 Nettling Curse
1 Novijen, Heart of Progress
1 Order of the Stars
1 Parallectric Feedback
1 Proper Burial
1 Quicken
1 Sadistic Augermage
1 Seed Spark
1 Silhana Ledgewalker
1 Whiptail Moloch
1 Withstand
1 Wojek Siren
1 Woodwraith Strangler


This deck turned out quite well despite not having any bouncelands. I don’t really like to draft heavy Golgari or Selesnya in Ravnica because it means that it’s impossible to have a guild in each pack without playing at least four colors. Then again, I don’t really have a problem with playing four colors. I won this draft quite easily, without even splitting the finals.


Until Coldsnap starts next week,


Rich

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