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Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #18

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Wednesday, September 17th – Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen takes us for a stroll through an 8-4 Shadowmoor / Eventide draft on Magic Online, from pick 1 to pick 45, and shares his special insights after the draft and in the forums.

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11 Plains
6 Island
Swans of Bryn Argoll
Consign to Dream
puresight Merrow
Scuttlemutt
Elsewhere Flask
Niveous Wisps
Safehold Sentry
Old Ghastbark
Curse of Chains
Rune-Cervin Rider
Curse of Chains
Rune-Cervin Rider
Illuminated Folio
Gravelgill Axeshark
Stillmoon Cavalier
Cenn’s Enlistment
Unmake
Banishing Knack
Nightsky Mimic
Dream Thief
Battlegate Mimic
Nightsky Mimic
Shorecrasher Mimic

This draft kinda sucked. I’m not sure if I even took the best Blue White card in the pack but Swans is Eugene Harvey’s favourite card of all time so I had to take it. After that there were some White cards and not much else which I was fine with. Pack 2 I didn’t expect to get much of anything because of the first pack. I thought about splashing the Power of Fire and I would’ve if I had taken the Silkbind Faerie first but I don’t think it was worth it without it. Pack 3 wasn’t great either but I got lots of two-drops to fill out the curve. The deck ended up being mediocre with a few good cards and a few cards that I’d rather not have played.

Round 1 I played against a quick Green deck. Game 1 he got ahead with Nettle Sentinel and Desecrator Hag. I was going to take over the game with the Folio but he blew it up with Wickerbough Elder and played Roughshod Mentor and Monstrify. I couldn’t deal with giant trampling dudes. Games 2 and 3 I was able to stabilise and win with the Folio. I would’ve gotten crushed if he drew the Elder in either game to blow up a Curse of Chains on one of his dudes.

Round 2 I played against a Blue White deck splashing Red for Firespout. Game 1 he played the Blue Red Hatchling turn 4. I played Cenn’s Enlistment instead of using one of my Curse of Chains on it. This turned out to be a big mistake when he played Clout of the Dominus on it next turn. I would’ve won this game easily if I had Chainsed it but instead I had no way to deal with the Hatchling. Games 2 and 3 saw Stillmoon Cavalier hold him off while the Folio beat him.

I’ve never been a big fan of the Folio but it was excellent in this deck. I think it’s because my deck was good at putting up some defense but would often get overpowered. If I had the Folio to let me trade multiple bad cards for their good cards I could keep up and eventually take over. I also had lots of removal which I could hold until the Folio got active.

I split the finals.

Until tomorrow…

Rich