Draft:
Pack 1:
Time Ebb, Reflexes, Aven Flock, Plague Beetle, Rampant Growth, Sandstone Warrior, Wanderguard Sentry, Order of the Sacred Bell, Spineless Thug, Angelic Blessing, Ogre Taskmaster, Puppeteer, Tanglebloom, Karplusan Forest, Plains
Pick: Karplusan Forest
Pack 2:
Dehydration, Goblin Chariot, Honor Guard, Raise Dead, Kavu Climber, Fugitive Wizard, Raging Goblin, Sift, Zodiac Monkey, Giant Cockroach, Megrim, Fellwar Stone, Kami of Old Stone, Forest
Pick: Sift
Pack 3:
Holy Strength, Goblin Brigand, Sage Aven, Wood Elves, Looming Shade, Firebreathing, Bog Imp, Scaled Wurm, Dehydration, Whip Sergeant, Urza’s Mine, Levitation, Plains
Pick: Dehydration
Pack 4:
Tree Monkey, Goblin Sky Raider, Aven Cloudchaser, Razortooth Rats, Natural Spring, Time Ebb, Raging Goblin, Sift, Zodiac Monkey, Giant Cockroach, Hunted Wumpus, Island
Pick: Sift
Pack 5:
Crafty Pathmage, Demystify, Giant Growth, Wanderguard Sentry, Order of the Sacred Bell, Spineless Thug, Angelic Blessing, Gift of Estates, Demolish, Mogg Sentry, Swamp
Pick: Giant Growth
Pack 6:
Crossbow Infantry, Lightning Elemental, Storm Crow, Trained Armodon, Infantry Veteran, Sacred Nectar, Elvish Berserker, Swarm of Rats, Quicksand, Forest
Pick: Trained Armodon
Pack 7:
Crossbow Infantry, Lightning Elemental, Storm Crow, Infantry Veteran, Shatter, Contaminated Bond, Llanowar Elves, Anaconda, Mountain
Pick: Llanowar Elves
Pack 8:
Holy Strength, Seething Song, Fear, Flight, Telepathy, Viridian Shaman, Teferi’s Puzzle Box, Mountain
Pick: Viridian Shaman
Pack 9:
Reflexes, Plague Beetle, Rampant Growth, Wanderguard Sentry, Angelic Blessing, Tanglebloom, Plains
Pick: Rampant Growth
Pack 10:
Honor Guard, Fugitive Wizard, Raging Goblin, Zodiac Monkey, Megrim, Forest
Pick: Zodiac Monkey
Pack 11:
Holy Strength, Firebreathing, Scaled Wurm, Urza’s Mine, Plains
Pick: Scaled Wurm
Pack 12:
Goblin Sky Raider, Natural Spring, Raging Goblin, Island
Pick: Natural Spring
Pack 13:
Crafty Pathmage, Angelic Blessing, Swamp
Pick: Crafty Pathmage
Pack 14:
Pick: Sacred Nectar
Pack 15:
Pick: Mountain
Pack 16:
Fugitive Wizard, Shock, Holy Day, Gravedigger, Norwood Ranger, Goblin Piker, Horned Turtle, Giant Spider, Mind Rot, Veteran Cavalier, Bottle Gnomes, Sudden Impact, Tidings, Maro, Swamp
Pick: Tidings
Pack 17:
Suntail Hawk, Balduvian Barbarians, Boomerang, Overgrowth, Foul Imp, Skyhunter Prowler, Anaba Shaman, Sacred Nectar, Dark Banishing, Elvish Berserker, Web, Drudge Skeletons, Icy Manipulator, Plains
Pick: Icy Manipulator
Pack 18:
Aven Windreader, Firebreathing, Master Decoy, Bog Imp, Scaled Wurm, Goblin Piker, Horned Turtle, Giant Spider, Veteran Cavalier, Viashino Sandstalker, Exhaustion, River Bear, Forest
Pick: Aven Windreader
Pack 19:
Fishliver Oil, Shatter, Pegasus Charger, Contaminated Bond, Remove Soul, Stone Rain, Aven Fisher, Elvish Warrior, Execute, Kraken’s Eye, Goblin King, Plains
Pick: Aven Fisher
Pack 20:
Venerable Monk, Goblin Mountaineer, Sleight of Hand, Tree Monkey, Festering Goblin, Reflexes, Plague Beetle, Sea’s Claim, Angel’s Feather, Yavimaya Enchantress, Mountain
Pick: Sleight of Hand
Pack 21:
Venerable Monk, Goblin Mountaineer, Sleight of Hand, Tree Monkey, Hill Giant, Demystify, Fishliver Oil, Enrage, Spellbook, Swamp
Pick: Sleight of Hand
Pack 22:
Suntail Hawk, Balduvian Barbarians, Boomerang, Goblin Sky Raider, Aven Cloudchaser, Natural Spring, Urza’s Tower, Blood Moon, Plains
Pick: Boomerang
Pack 23:
Flight, Reclaim, Stone Rain, Aven Fisher, Stream of Life, Serra’s Blessing, Booby Trap, Plains
Pick: Aven Fisher
Pack 24:
Fugitive Wizard, Holy Day, Goblin Piker, Horned Turtle, Veteran Cavalier, Sudden Impact, Swamp
Pick: Horned Turtle
Pack 25:
Suntail Hawk, Balduvian Barbarians, Boomerang, Sacred Nectar, Elvish Berserker, Plains
Pick: Boomerang
Pack 26:
Firebreathing, Bog Imp, Goblin Piker, Exhaustion, Forest
Pick: Exhaustion
Pack 27:
Fishliver Oil, Shatter, Stone Rain, Plains
Pick: Stone Rain
Pack 28:
Reflexes, Sea’s Claim, Mountain
Pick: Sea’s Claim
Pack 29:
Pick: Fishliver Oil
Pack 30:
Pick: Plains
Pack 31:
Wind Drake, Goblin Sky Raider, Aven Cloudchaser, Razortooth Rats, Natural Spring, Time Ebb, Lava Axe, Counsel of the Soratami, Treetop Bracers, Serpent Warrior, Horror of Horrors, Inspirit, Flame Wave, Jester’s Cap, Island
Pick: Time Ebb
Pack 32:
Warrior’s Honor, Flowstone Shambler, Lumengrid Warden, Craw Wurm, Coercion, Foot Soldiers, Goblin Chariot, Honor Guard, Raise Dead, Kavu Climber, Creeping Mold, Sanctum Guardian, Defense Grid, Island
Pick: Kavu Climber
Pack 33:
Sea’s Claim, Anaba Shaman, Sacred Nectar, Elvish Berserker, Crafty Pathmage, Lava Axe, Counsel of the Soratami, Treetop Bracers, Serpent Warrior, Blanchwood Armor, Zealous Inquisitor, Temporal Adept, Mountain
Pick: Temporal Adept
Pack 34:
Samite Healer, Panic Attack, Mana Leak, Naturalize, Ravenous Rats, Holy Day, Norwood Ranger, Wind Drake, Guerrilla Tactics, Baleful Stare, Elvish Bard, Plains
Pick: Elvish Bard
Pack 35:
Warrior’s Honor, Lumengrid Warden, Craw Wurm, Coercion, Foot Soldiers, Mending Hands, Reclaim, Ornithopter, Soul Warden, Imaginary Pet, Forest
Pick: Craw Wurm
Pack 36:
Remove Soul, Seething Song, Fear, Rootwalla, Rogue Kavu, Sea Monster, Grizzly Bears, Glory Seeker, Phyrexian Hulk, Island
Pick: Rootwalla
Pack 37:
Panic Attack, Mana Leak, Naturalize, Reflexes, Plague Beetle, Rampant Growth, Sea’s Claim, Withering Gaze, Swamp
Pick: Mana Leak
Pack 38:
Crafty Pathmage, Hill Giant, Demystify, Rogue Kavu, Sea Monster, Grizzly Bears, Scathe Zombies, Swamp
Pick: Sea Monster
Pack 39:
Wind Drake, Natural Spring, Lava Axe, Treetop Bracers, Serpent Warrior, Horror of Horrors, Island
Pick: Wind Drake
Pack 40:
Warrior’s Honor, Lumengrid Warden, Honor Guard, Creeping Mold, Defense Grid, Island
Pick: Defense Grid
Pack 41:
Sea’s Claim, Sacred Nectar, Crafty Pathmage, Treetop Bracers, Mountain
Pick: Treetop Bracers
Pack 42:
Panic Attack, Holy Day, Baleful Stare, Plains
Pick: Baleful Stare
Pack 43:
Warrior’s Honor, Ornithopter, Forest
Pick: Ornithopter
Pack 44:
Pick: Seething Song
Pack 45:
Pick: Sea’s Claim
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
2 Aven Fisher
1 Aven Windreader
1 Dehydration
2 Sift
2 Sleight of Hand
1 Temporal Adept
1 Tidings
1 Time Ebb
1 Wind Drake
1 Craw Wurm
1 Elvish Bard
1 Giant Growth
1 Kavu Climber
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Rampant Growth
1 Rootwalla
1 Trained Armodon
1 Treetop Bracers
1 Zodiac Monkey
1 Icy Manipulator
8 Forest
9 Island
Sideboard:
1 Baleful Stare
2 Boomerang
1 Crafty Pathmage
1 Defense Grid
1 Exhaustion
1 Fishliver Oil
1 Horned Turtle
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Mana Leak
1 Mountain
1 Natural Spring
1 Ornithopter
1 Plains
1 Sacred Nectar
1 Scaled Wurm
1 Sea Monster
2 Sea’s Claim
1 Seething Song
1 Stone Rain
1 Viridian Shaman
This draft seemed to go pretty well. This being Magic Online, I had to take the rare first and then go from there. I didn’t really like to go into Green after I had already passed more good Green than anything else, but it was the only color I was being passed. I wasn’t sure about the Llanowar Elves versus Anaconda pick, but I’ve found there to be a glut of four-mana spells in the format, so I generally take the one that doesn’t cost four in situations like this. I ended up losing a frustrating finals thanks to two poor draws on my part. I got beaten by a Pyroclasm in game 3. I hadn’t seen it in the first two, but still should probably have played around it, because I would have been pretty far ahead without playing the third creature.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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