Draft:
Pack 1:
Icefall, Grim Harvest, Krovikan Mist, Swift Maneuver, Martyr of Spores, Aurochs Herd, Gelid Shackles, Frost Raptor, Snow-Covered Forest, Chilling Shade, Goblin Furrier, Greater Stone Spirit, Tresserhorn Sinks, Rimehorn Aurochs, Diamond Faerie
Pick: Frost Raptor
Pack 2:
Gelid Shackles, Frost Raptor, Snow-Covered Forest, Chilling Shade, Goblin Furrier, Feast of Flesh, Martyr of Frost, Swift Maneuver, Into the North, Icefall, Krovikan Scoundrel, Resize, Vanish into Memory, Tresserhorn Sinks
Pick: Frost Raptor
Pack 3:
Martyr of Bones, Rune Snag, Sun’s Bounty, Simian Brawler, Martyr of Spores, Karplusan Wolverine, Gelid Shackles, Chilling Shade, Goblin Furrier, Arctic Flats, Glacial Plating, Adarkar Windform, Void Maw
Pick: Adarkar Windform
Pack 4:
Rite of Flame, Grim Harvest, Martyr of Frost, Kjeldoran War Cry, Kjeldoran Outrider, Rimewind Taskmage, Boreal Centaur, Snow-Covered Swamp, Glacial Plating, Flashfreeze, Balduvian Fallen, Zur the Enchanter
Pick: Rimewind Taskmage
Pack 5:
Krovikan Scoundrel, Rune Snag, Martyr of Sands, Bull Aurochs, Icefall, Kjeldoran Outrider, Chilling Shade, Boreal Centaur, Snow-Covered Swamp, Rime Transfusion, Greater Stone Spirit
Pick: Snow-Covered Swamp
Pack 6:
Gelid Shackles, Ohran Yeti, Frozen Solid, Sound the Call, Ronom Serpent, Survivor of the Unseen, Ronom Unicorn, Krovikan Scoundrel, Gristle Grinner, Lightning Storm
Pick: Frozen Solid
Pack 7:
Frozen Solid, Sound the Call, Ronom Serpent, Martyr of Spores, Karplusan Wolverine, Feast of Flesh, Krovikan Mist, Kjeldoran War Cry, Bull Aurochs
Pick: Frozen Solid
Pack 8:
Surging Sentinels, Kjeldoran Outrider, Icefall, Krovikan Scoundrel, Survivor of the Unseen, Martyr of Sands, Thermopod, Commandeer
Pick: Survivor of the Unseen
Pack 9:
Icefall, Grim Harvest, Krovikan Mist, Swift Maneuver, Martyr of Spores, Chilling Shade, Goblin Furrier
Pick: Krovikan Mist
Pack 10:
Chilling Shade, Goblin Furrier, Martyr of Frost, Swift Maneuver, Icefall, Krovikan Scoundrel
Pick: Chilling Shade
Pack 11:
Martyr of Bones, Rune Snag, Sun’s Bounty, Goblin Furrier, Glacial Plating
Pick: Rune Snag
Pack 12:
Rite of Flame, Martyr of Frost, Kjeldoran War Cry, Glacial Plating
Pick: Kjeldoran War Cry
Pack 13:
Krovikan Scoundrel, Martyr of Sands, Chilling Shade
Pick: Chilling Shade
Pack 14:
Survivor of the Unseen, Krovikan Scoundrel
Pick: Survivor of the Unseen
Pack 15:
Pick: Martyr of Spores
Pack 16:
Kjeldoran Javelineer, Drelnoch, Gutless Ghoul, Ronom Hulk, Snow-Covered Island, Gelid Shackles, Skred, Martyr of Bones, Rune Snag, Sun’s Bounty, Simian Brawler, Krovikan Rot, Lightning Storm, Freyalise’s Radiance, Darien, King of Kjeldor
Pick: Skred
Pack 17:
Rimewind Taskmage, Snow-Covered Mountain, Chill to the Bone, Goblin Rimerunner, Surging Might, Skred, Krovikan Scoundrel, Rune Snag, Martyr of Sands, Bull Aurochs, Phyrexian Ironfoot, Kjeldoran Gargoyle, Perilous Research, Thrumming Stone
Pick: Skred
Pack 18:
Squall Drifter, Rimewind Taskmage, Snow-Covered Mountain, Chill to the Bone, Goblin Rimerunner, Surging Might, Thermal Flux, Sun’s Bounty, Thermopod, Simian Brawler, Rite of Flame, Greater Stone Spirit, Jester’s Scepter
Pick: Rimewind Taskmage
Pack 19:
Rimewind Taskmage, Snow-Covered Mountain, Goblin Rimerunner, Surging Might, Karplusan Wolverine, Surging Dementia, Thermal Flux, Ronom Unicorn, Frostweb Spider, Stromgald Crusader, Magmatic Core, Sheltering Ancient
Pick: Snow-Covered Mountain
Pack 20:
Martyr of Frost, Kjeldoran War Cry, Frostweb Spider, Martyr of Ashes, Surging Dementia, Surging Flame, Kjeldoran Javelineer, Drelnoch, Gutless Ghoul, Sheltering Ancient, Glacial Plating
Pick: Surging Flame
Pack 21:
Icefall, Krovikan Scoundrel, Survivor of the Unseen, Martyr of Sands, Thermopod, Surging Sentinels, Snow-Covered Mountain, Steam Spitter, Tresserhorn Skyknight, Phyrexian Snowcrusher
Pick: Snow-Covered Mountain
Pack 22:
Martyr of Ashes, Surging Dementia, Survivor of the Unseen, Ronom Unicorn, Ohran Yeti, Snow-Covered Mountain, Perilous Research, Ursine Fylgja, Haakon, Stromgald Scourge
Pick: Ohran Yeti
Pack 23:
Rite of Flame, Martyr of Frost, Swift Maneuver, Boreal Griffin, Surging Aether, Orcish Bloodpainter, Flashfreeze, Phobian Phantasm
Pick: Flashfreeze
Pack 24:
Kjeldoran Javelineer, Drelnoch, Gutless Ghoul, Martyr of Bones, Rune Snag, Sun’s Bounty, Freyalise’s Radiance
Pick: Rune Snag
Pack 25:
Surging Might, Krovikan Scoundrel, Rune Snag, Martyr of Sands, Bull Aurochs, Perilous Research
Pick: Perilous Research
Pack 26:
Surging Might, Thermal Flux, Sun’s Bounty, Thermopod, Rite of Flame
Pick: Thermopod
Pack 27:
Karplusan Wolverine, Surging Dementia, Thermal Flux, Frostweb Spider
Pick: Thermal Flux
Pack 28:
Martyr of Frost, Kjeldoran Javelineer, Glacial Plating
Pick: Martyr of Frost
Pack 29:
Krovikan Scoundrel, Martyr of Sands
Pick: Krovikan Scoundrel
Pack 30:
Pick: Survivor of the Unseen
Pack 31:
Krovikan Mist, Kjeldoran War Cry, Bull Aurochs, Martyr of Ashes, Martyr of Bones, Snow-Covered Swamp, Kjeldoran Javelineer, Frozen Solid, Zombie Musher, Ronom Hulk, Orcish Bloodpainter, Krovikan Rot, Perilous Research, Ursine Fylgja, Woolly Razorback
Pick: Snow-Covered Swamp
Pack 32:
Kjeldoran Javelineer, Frozen Solid, Zombie Musher, Orcish Bloodpainter, Squall Drifter, Frostweb Spider, Martyr of Ashes, Surging Dementia, Survivor of the Unseen, Ronom Unicorn, Stalking Yeti, Karplusan Strider, Wilderness Elemental, Arcum Dagsson
Pick: Stalking Yeti
Pack 33:
Surging Aether, Boreal Centaur, Snow-Covered Island, Snow-Covered Swamp, Drelnoch, Into the North, Rite of Flame, Grim Harvest, Martyr of Frost, Kjeldoran War Cry, Frostweb Spider, Luminesce, Arctic Flats
Pick: Snow-Covered Island
Pack 34:
Ronom Serpent, Boreal Centaur, Gutless Ghoul, Snow-Covered Swamp, Drelnoch, Thermopod, Simian Brawler, Martyr of Frost, Swift Maneuver, Controvert, Balduvian Warlord, Woolly Razorback
Pick: Ronom Serpent
Pack 35:
Karplusan Wolverine, Surging Dementia, Thermal Flux, Ronom Unicorn, Frostweb Spider, Boreal Griffin, Ronom Serpent, Boreal Druid, Rimebound Dead, Counterbalance, Phyrexian Snowcrusher
Pick: Ronom Serpent
Pack 36:
Survivor of the Unseen, Martyr of Sands, Rite of Flame, Grim Harvest, Boreal Griffin, Ronom Serpent, Boreal Druid, Rimebound Dead, Counterbalance, Magmatic Core
Pick: Magmatic Core
Pack 37:
Martyr of Ashes, Martyr of Bones, Thermal Flux, Sun’s Bounty, Thermopod, Simian Brawler, Goblin Furrier, Rimebound Dead, Earthen Goo
Pick: Thermopod
Pack 38:
Kjeldoran Javelineer, Frozen Solid, Krovikan Mist, Swift Maneuver, Martyr of Spores, Vanish into Memory, Counterbalance, Zur the Enchanter
Pick: Frozen Solid
Pack 39:
Kjeldoran War Cry, Bull Aurochs, Martyr of Bones, Kjeldoran Javelineer, Frozen Solid, Perilous Research, Woolly Razorback
Pick: Frozen Solid
Pack 40:
Kjeldoran Javelineer, Orcish Bloodpainter, Frostweb Spider, Surging Dementia, Survivor of the Unseen, Wilderness Elemental
Pick: Orcish Bloodpainter
Pack 41:
Surging Aether, Drelnoch, Rite of Flame, Martyr of Frost, Luminesce
Pick: Surging Aether
Pack 42:
Drelnoch, Martyr of Frost, Swift Maneuver, Controvert
Pick: Controvert
Pack 43:
Karplusan Wolverine, Thermal Flux, Ronom Unicorn
Pick: Thermal Flux
Pack 44:
Martyr of Sands, Rite of Flame
Pick: Martyr of Sands
Pack 45:
Pick: Sun’s Bounty
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
4 Frozen Solid
1 Adarkar Windform
2 Frost Raptor
1 Perilous Research
2 Rimewind Taskmage
1 Ronom Serpent
1 Ronom Serpent [FOIL]
2 Survivor of the Unseen
1 Magmatic Core
1 Ohran Yeti
1 Orcish Bloodpainter
2 Skred
1 Stalking Yeti
1 Surging Flame
1 Thermopod
8 Island
6 Mountain
1 Snow-Covered Island [FOIL]
2 Snow-Covered Mountain
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
Sideboard:
2 Chilling Shade
1 Controvert
1 Flashfreeze
1 Kjeldoran War Cry
1 Krovikan Mist
1 Krovikan Scoundrel
1 Martyr of Frost
1 Martyr of Sands
1 Martyr of Spores
2 Rune Snag
1 Snow-Covered Swamp
1 Sun’s Bounty
1 Surging Aether
1 Survivor of the Unseen
2 Thermal Flux
1 Thermopod
I couldn’t decide which Green card I wanted to first pick … so I took the Blue card. I regretted this when I saw the Resize, but continued down the path I had chosen. It looked pretty scary at some points in the draft, but I ended up with a solid deck. I beat U.S. National team member Luis Scott Vargas’s Martyr/Icefall deck in the first round by boarding up to 19 land and bringing in a bunch of counters for the few threats he did have. Then I beat a solid mono-Black deck in the second round before splitting the finals. I would have lost the semifinals if he had been more careful protecting his Grim Harvest, because I really couldn’t have beaten it in the long games we played.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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