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Drafting With Rich #5

Rich continues his excellent series of RGD Draft walkthroughs, presenting each pick as it happened and highlighting each card chosen. He shares his final decklist, and gives us a brief overview of his results and processes. As usual, for more detailed draft deconstruction, come visit us in the forums!


Draft:

Pack 1:







Gaze of the Gorgon, Goblin Spelunkers, Greater Mossdog, Scatter the Seeds, Benevolent Ancestor, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Leave No Trace, Drake Familiar, Peel from Reality, Shambling Shell, Fiery Conclusion, Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree, Suppression Field, Wizened Snitches, Agrus Kos, Wojek Veteran

Pick: Peel from Reality

Pack 2:







Mortipede, Torpid Moloch, Terrarion, Tidewater Minion, Stinkweed Imp, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Perplex, Gate Hound, Zephyr Spirit, Transluminant, Golgari Thug, Drooling Groodion, Cleansing Beam, Dream Leash

Pick: Dream Leash

Pack 3:







Votary of the Conclave, Terraformer, Vedalken Entrancer, Incite Hysteria, Quickchange, Infectious Host, Rain of Embers, Elves of Deep Shadow, Selesnya Evangel, Carrion Howler, Nightmare Void, Boros Swiftblade, Blazing Archon

Pick: Blazing Archon

Pack 4:





Farseek, Boros Garrison, Induce Paranoia, Ordruun Commando, Golgari Rotwurm, Dimir Infiltrator, Necromantic Thirst, Goblin Fire Fiend, Brainspoil, Carven Caryatid, Festival of the Guildpact, Sisters of Stone Death

Pick: Boros Garrison

Pack 5:





Coalhauler Swine, Courier Hawk, Dimir House Guard, Fists of Ironwood, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Thoughtpicker Witch, Seeds of Strength, Spectral Searchlight, Sunhome Enforcer, Grifter’s Blade

Pick: Spectral Searchlight

Pack 6:





Woodwraith Strangler, Strands of Undeath, Gather Courage, Boros Fury-Shield, Lurking Informant, Surge of Zeal, Sundering Vitae, Auratouched Mage, Lore Broker, Ghosts of the Innocent

Pick: Ghosts of the Innocent

Pack 7:





Convolute, Dogpile, War-Torch Goblin, Seismic Spike, Elvish Skysweeper, Boros Recruit, Ivy Dancer, Bathe in Light, Mnemonic Nexus

Pick: Bathe in Light

Pack 8:



Terraformer, Stasis Cell, Clinging Darkness, Shred Memory, Surge of Zeal, Golgari Brownscale, Peregrine Mask, Indentured Oaf

Pick: Terraformer

Pack 9:



Gaze of the Gorgon, Goblin Spelunkers, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Leave No Trace, Drake Familiar, Suppression Field, Wizened Snitches

Pick: Wizened Snitches

Pack 10:



Torpid Moloch, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Perplex, Gate Hound, Zephyr Spirit, Golgari Thug

Pick: Perplex

Pack 11:

Induce Paranoia, Ordruun Commando, Goblin Fire Fiend, Festival of the Guildpact

Pick: Ordruun Commando

Pack 12:

Coalhauler Swine, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell

Pick: Caregiver

Pack 13:

Woodwraith Strangler, Surge of Zeal

Pick: Surge of Zeal

Pack 14:

Seismic Spike

Pick: Seismic Spike

Pack 15:







Shrieking Grotesque, Necromancer’s Magemark, Gruul Scrapper, Gruul Turf, Pillory of the Sleepless, Torch Drake, Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Conjurer’s Ban, Scorched Rusalka, Skarrg, the Rage Pits, Yore-Tiller Nephilim

Pick: Pillory of the Sleepless

Pack 16:







Orzhov Euthanist, Castigate, Orzhov Signet, Torch Drake, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Izzet Chronarch, Tin Street Hooligan, Feral Animist, Harrier Griffin, Gristleback, Witch-Maw Nephilim

Pick: Harrier Griffin

Pack 17:







Scab-Clan Mauler, Gruul Turf, Ostiary Thrull, Wildsize, Ogre Savant, Benediction of Moons, Silhana Ledgewalker, Mourning Thrull, Train of Thought, Restless Bones, Martyred Rusalka, Vertigo Spawn, Mimeofacture

Pick: Ogre Savant

Pack 18:





Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster’s Magemark, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Bloodscale Prowler, Repeal, Ghost Warden, Izzet Signet, To Arms!, Vacuumelt, Graven Dominator

Pick: Graven Dominator

Pack 19:





Gruul Scrapper, Gruul Signet, Infiltrator’s Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Fencer’s Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Ghor-Clan Bloodscale, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind

Pick: Gruul Signet

Pack 20:





Leap of Flame, Train of Thought, Beastmaster’s Magemark, Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian’s Magemark, Infiltrator’s Magemark, Withstand, Cryptwailing, Souls of the Faultless

Pick: Train of Thought

Pack 21:





Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Lionheart Maverick, Izzet Signet, Bloodscale Prowler, Wreak Havoc, Moratorium Stone

Pick: Izzet Signet

Pack 22:



Fencer’s Magemark, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Withstand, Gatherer of Graces, Scorched Rusalka, Leyline of Lifeforce

Pick: Withstand

Pack 23:



Necromancer’s Magemark, Gruul Scrapper, Crystal Seer, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Skarrg, the Rage Pits

Pick: Petrahydrox

Pack 24:



Torch Drake, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Feral Animist

Pick: Torch Drake

Pack 25:



Benediction of Moons, Restless Bones, Martyred Rusalka, Vertigo Spawn, Mimeofacture

Pick: Vertigo Spawn

Pack 26:

Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse

Pick: Crystal Seer

Pack 27:

Fencer’s Magemark, Ghor-Clan Bloodscale, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind

Pick: Ghor-Clan Bloodscale

Pack 28:

Poisonbelly Ogre, Cryptwailing

Pick: Cryptwailing

Pack 29:

Runeboggle

Pick: Runeboggle

Pack 30:







Assault Zeppelid, Carom, Rakdos Signet, Rakdos Ickspitter, Ogre Gatecrasher, Riot Spikes, Taste for Mayhem, Simic Initiate, Vigean Hydropon, Nettling Curse, Beacon Hawk, Brace for Impact, Vigean Graftmage, Leafdrake Roost, Anthem of Rakdos

Pick: Vigean Graftmage

Pack 31:







Minister of Impediments, Steeling Stance, Simic Growth Chamber, Aquastrand Spider, Macabre Waltz, Silkwing Scout, Taste for Mayhem, Street Savvy, Vigean Hydropon, Beacon Hawk, Enemy of the Guildpact, Rise / Fall, Slithering Shade, Proper Burial

Pick: Minister of Impediments

Pack 32:







Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage, Plumes of Peace, Sporeback Troll, Haazda Exonerator, Utopia Sprawl, Rakdos Ickspitter, Simic Signet, Ogre Gatecrasher, Demon’s Jester, Ocular Halo, Simic Basilisk, Gnat Alley Creeper

Pick: Plumes of Peace

Pack 33:





Silkwing Scout, Cackling Flames, Macabre Waltz, Riot Spikes, Soulsworn Jury, Enemy of the Guildpact, Utvara Scalper, Thrive, Shielding Plax, Palliation Accord, Skyscribing, Celestial Ancient

Pick: Cackling Flames

Pack 34:





Gobhobbler Rats, Delirium Skeins, Valor Made Real, Enigma Eidolon, Shielding Plax, Cytospawn Shambler, Carom, Entropic Eidolon, Plaxmanta, Hellhole Rats, Nightcreep

Pick: Carom

Pack 35:





Street Savvy, Azorius First-Wing, Writ of Passage, Vesper Ghoul, Utopia Sprawl, Freewind Equenaut, Sandstorm Eidolon, Weight of Spires, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Rakdos Augermage

Pick: Azorius First-Wing

Pack 36:





Vesper Ghoul, Enigma Eidolon, Gobhobbler Rats, Valor Made Real, Nettling Curse, Kill-Suit Cultist, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Brain Pry, Fertile Imagination

Pick: Enigma Eidolon

Pack 37:



Psychotic Fury, Verdant Eidolon, Delirium Skeins, Kill-Suit Cultist, Azorius First-Wing, Simic Initiate, Vision Skeins, Skullmead Cauldron

Pick: Azorius First-Wing

Pack 38:



Carom, Taste for Mayhem, Simic Initiate, Vigean Hydropon, Nettling Curse, Brace for Impact, Anthem of Rakdos

Pick: Carom

Pack 39:



Steeling Stance, Taste for Mayhem, Street Savvy, Vigean Hydropon, Slithering Shade, Proper Burial

Pick: Steeling Stance

Pack 40:



Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage, Haazda Exonerator, Simic Basilisk, Gnat Alley Creeper

Pick: Gnat Alley Creeper

Pack 41:

Enemy of the Guildpact, Utvara Scalper, Palliation Accord, Skyscribing

Pick: Palliation Accord

Pack 42:

Valor Made Real, Enigma Eidolon, Entropic Eidolon

Pick: Enigma Eidolon

Pack 43:

Street Savvy, Writ of Passage

Pick: Writ of Passage

Pack 44:

Valor Made Real

Pick: Valor Made Real

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Bathe in Light
1 Blazing Archon
1 Ghosts of the Innocent
1 Graven Dominator
1 Harrier Griffin
1 Withstand
2 Carom
1 Dream Leash
1 Peel from Reality
1 Terraformer [FOIL]
1 Torch Drake
1 Train of Thought
2 Enigma Eidolon
1 Vigean Graftmage
1 Ogre Savant
1 Cackling Flames
1 Izzet Signet
1 Spectral Searchlight
2 Azorius First-Wing
1 Minister of Impediments
1 Plumes of Peace
1 Boros Garrison
7 Island
1 Mountain
7 Plains

Sideboard:

1 Caregiver
1 Cryptwailing
1 Crystal Seer
1 Ghor-Clan Bloodscale
1 Gnat Alley Creeper
1 Gruul Signet
1 Ordruun Commando
1 Palliation Accord
1 Perplex
1 Petrahydrox
1 Pillory of the Sleepless
1 Quickchange
1 Runeboggle
1 Seismic Spike
1 Steeling Stance
1 Surge of Zeal
1 Valor Made Real
1 Vertigo Spawn
1 Wizened Snitches
1 Writ of Passage

I lost round 1 of this draft, losing the first game to an Experiment Kraj, and a severe land flood. I lose the second game to a Viashino Fangtail, Skarrgan Firebird, and my inability to draw a fifth mana source for Dream Leash by turn 9. That being said, the draft could have gone much better if I had taken the more powerful Argus Kos over Peel From Reality. I took Peel because it’s in a better color, and in less colors, which keeps my options open.

Until tomorrow,

Rich

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