Draft:
Pack 1:
Dehydration, Goblin Chariot, Honor Guard, Raise Dead, Kavu Climber, Fugitive Wizard, Craw Wurm, Coercion, Foot Soldiers, Goblin Piker, Kraken’s Eye, Flowstone Crusher, Telepathy, Fleeting Image, Swamp
Pick: Fleeting Image
Pack 2:
Suntail Hawk, Balduvian Barbarians, Boomerang, Overgrowth, Foul Imp, Llanowar Elves, Remove Soul, Seething Song, Pacifism, Fear, Azure Drake, Summer Bloom, Greater Good, Mountain
Pick: Azure Drake
Pack 3:
Rampant Growth, Sea’s Claim, Sacred Nectar, Elvish Berserker, Foot Soldiers, Goblin Piker, Horned Turtle, Giant Spider, Deathgazer, Seasoned Marshal, Boiling Seas, Reverse Damage, Plains
Pick: Giant Spider
Pack 4:
Serpent Warrior, Venerable Monk, Goblin Mountaineer, Sleight of Hand, Tree Monkey, Festering Goblin, Goblin Chariot, Honor Guard, Raise Dead, Blackmail, Goblin Balloon Brigade, Swamp
Pick: Sleight of Hand
Pack 5:
Counsel of the Soratami, Treetop Bracers, Serpent Warrior, Venerable Monk, Goblin Mountaineer, Sleight of Hand, Shatter, Contaminated Bond, Llanowar Elves, Ogre Taskmaster, Plains
Pick: Llanowar Elves
Pack 6:
Naturalize, Suntail Hawk, Boomerang, Time Ebb, Reflexes, Plague Beetle, Rampant Growth, Megrim, Sacred Ground, Island
Pick: Time Ebb
Pack 7:
Firebreathing, Bog Imp, Scaled Wurm, Dehydration, Sea Monster, Scathe Zombies, Stone Rain, Soul Feast, Forest
Pick: Dehydration
Pack 8:
Seething Song, Fear, Rootwalla, Flight, Sea Monster, Grizzly Bears, Stone Rain, Forest
Pick: Rootwalla
Pack 9:
Goblin Chariot, Honor Guard, Raise Dead, Fugitive Wizard, Goblin Piker, Kraken’s Eye, Swamp
Pick: Kraken’s Eye
Pack 10:
Boomerang, Overgrowth, Seething Song, Fear, Summer Bloom, Mountain
Pick: Boomerang
Pack 11:
Sea’s Claim, Sacred Nectar, Elvish Berserker, Boiling Seas, Plains
Pick: Boiling Seas
Pack 12:
Goblin Mountaineer, Honor Guard, Goblin Balloon Brigade, Swamp
Pick: Goblin Balloon Brigade
Pack 13:
Goblin Mountaineer, Shatter, Plains
Pick: Shatter
Pack 14:
Pick: Island
Pack 15:
Pick: Forest
Pack 16:
Flight, Volcanic Hammer, Mending Hands, Hollow Dogs, Reclaim, Aven Windreader, Trained Armodon, Highway Robber, Infantry Veteran, Rogue Kavu, Zealous Inquisitor, Enrage, Confiscate, Nightmare, Plains
Pick: Confiscate
Pack 17:
Aven Windreader, Firebreathing, Bog Imp, Scaled Wurm, Spineless Thug, Angelic Blessing, Lava Axe, Counsel of the Soratami, Treetop Bracers, Air Elemental, Urza’s Power Plant, Llanowar Behemoth, Underworld Dreams, Swamp
Pick: Air Elemental
Pack 18:
Hill Giant, Demystify, Enfeeblement, Giant Growth, Fishliver Oil, Wanderguard Sentry, Order of the Sacred Bell, Spineless Thug, Angelic Blessing, Lava Axe, Urza’s Tower, Cruel Edict, Forest
Pick: Giant Growth
Pack 19:
Warrior’s Honor, Flowstone Shambler, Lumengrid Warden, Coercion, Natural Spring, Time Ebb, Reflexes, Plague Beetle, Treasure Trove, Regeneration, Ur-Golem’s Eye, Mountain
Pick: Time Ebb
Pack 20:
Giant Cockroach, Panic Attack, Mana Leak, Naturalize, Ravenous Rats, Fishliver Oil, Shatter, Contaminated Bond, Tempest of Light, Anarchist, Plains
Pick: Mana Leak
Pack 21:
Giant Cockroach, Samite Healer, Panic Attack, Mana Leak, Goblin Sky Raider, Razortooth Rats, Natural Spring, Soul Warden, Viashino Sandstalker, Plains
Pick: Mana Leak
Pack 22:
Warrior’s Honor, Flowstone Shambler, Lumengrid Warden, Firebreathing, Bog Imp, Scaled Wurm, Needle Storm, Execute, Forest
Pick: Needle Storm
Pack 23:
Fishliver Oil, Shatter, Contaminated Bond, Highway Robber, Rogue Kavu, Flame Wave, Angel’s Feather, Mountain
Pick: Flame Wave
Pack 24:
Flight, Mending Hands, Reclaim, Highway Robber, Rogue Kavu, Enrage, Plains
Pick: Reclaim
Pack 25:
Firebreathing, Bog Imp, Spineless Thug, Lava Axe, Urza’s Power Plant, Swamp
Pick: Urza’s Power Plant
Pack 26:
Demystify, Fishliver Oil, Spineless Thug, Urza’s Tower, Forest
Pick: Urza’s Tower
Pack 27:
Natural Spring, Reflexes, Plague Beetle, Mountain
Pick: Natural Spring
Pack 28:
Shatter, Contaminated Bond, Plains
Pick: Shatter
Pack 29:
Pick: Plains
Pack 30:
Pick: Firebreathing
Pack 31:
Aven Fisher, Elvish Warrior, Unholy Strength, Holy Strength, Goblin Brigand, Sage Aven, Volcanic Hammer, Mending Hands, Hollow Dogs, Reclaim, Quicksand, Kird Ape, Rewind, Rukh Egg, Forest
Pick: Aven Fisher
Pack 32:
Crafty Pathmage, Hill Giant, Demystify, Enfeeblement, Giant Growth, Mind Rot, Veteran Cavalier, Raging Goblin, Sift, Zodiac Monkey, Annex, Rootbreaker Wurm, Dancing Scimitar, Swamp
Pick: Sift
Pack 33:
Holy Day, Norwood Ranger, Wind Drake, Horned Turtle, Giant Spider, Mind Rot, Veteran Cavalier, Raging Goblin, Viridian Shaman, Gluttonous Zombie, Ornithopter, Early Harvest, Plains
Pick: Wind Drake
Pack 34:
Crossbow Infantry, Lightning Elemental, Storm Crow, Trained Armodon, Highway Robber, Kavu Climber, Fugitive Wizard, Holy Day, Reminisce, Demon’s Horn, King Cheetah, Island
Pick: Kavu Climber
Pack 35:
Rootwalla, Flight, Mending Hands, Hollow Dogs, Reclaim, Skyhunter Prowler, Sandstone Warrior, Wanderguard Sentry, Order of the Sacred Bell, Threaten, Mountain
Pick: Rootwalla
Pack 36:
Tree Monkey, Festering Goblin, Storm Crow, Seething Song, Fear, Rootwalla, Tanglebloom, Diabolic Tutor, Disrupting Scepter, Plains
Pick: Rootwalla
Pack 37:
Sea’s Claim, Sacred Nectar, Elvish Berserker, Crafty Pathmage, Overgrowth, Foul Imp, Kami of Old Stone, Baleful Stare, Forest
Pick: Baleful Stare
Pack 38:
Unholy Strength, Holy Strength, Goblin Brigand, Sage Aven, Wood Elves, Goblin Sky Raider, Wurm’s Tooth, Island
Pick: Sage Aven
Pack 39:
Unholy Strength, Holy Strength, Goblin Brigand, Sage Aven, Mending Hands, Kird Ape, Forest
Pick: Kird Ape
Pack 40:
Crafty Pathmage, Demystify, Raging Goblin, Zodiac Monkey, Annex, Swamp
Pick: Zodiac Monkey
Pack 41:
Holy Day, Norwood Ranger, Raging Goblin, Ornithopter, Plains
Pick: Ornithopter
Pack 42:
Fugitive Wizard, Reminisce, Demon’s Horn, Island
Pick: Reminisce
Pack 43:
Flight, Mending Hands, Mountain
Pick: Flight
Pack 44:
Pick: Tree Monkey
Pack 45:
Pick: Sacred Nectar
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Air Elemental
1 Aven Fisher
1 Azure Drake
1 Boomerang
1 Confiscate
1 Dehydration
1 Fleeting Image
2 Mana Leak
1 Sift
1 Sleight of Hand
2 Time Ebb
1 Wind Drake
1 Giant Growth
1 Giant Spider
1 Kavu Climber
1 Llanowar Elves
3 Rootwalla
1 Zodiac Monkey
8 Forest
10 Island
Sideboard:
1 Baleful Stare
1 Boiling Seas
1 Firebreathing
1 Flame Wave
1 Flight
1 Forest
1 Goblin Balloon Brigade
1 Island
1 Kird Ape
1 Kraken’s Eye
1 Natural Spring
1 Needle Storm
1 Ornithopter
1 Plains
1 Reclaim
1 Reminisce
1 Sacred Nectar
1 Sage Aven
2 Shatter
1 Tree Monkey
1 Urza’s Power Plant
1 Urza’s Tower
This deck differed from most of my 999 drafts in that I had very little card drawing, but my deck was still very good thanks to the bombs of Confiscate and Air Elemental. I had very few difficult decisions during the draft. I didn’t really think I could lose, but I managed to find a deck better than my own in the first round. His deck was better because of the rare slot in his packs. In game 1 he played Wrath of God, Loxodon Warhammer, Master Healer, and Verdant Force. I just couldn’t compete, since I used my Confiscate on his Master Healer before he played Wrath of God, which he followed up with Verdant Force and Loxodon Warhammer. In the next game he played all the same rares in addition to a turn 4 Maro, which I was able to Mana Leak. It was a blowout to say the least.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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