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Drafting With Rich – Shadowmoor / Eventide #4

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Thursday, August 28th – That’s right, folks… Rich is back! For those not familiar with the format, Canadian draft maestro Rich Hoaen takes us for a stroll through an 8-4 draft on Magic Online, from pick 1 to pick 45, and shares his special insights after the draft and in the forums. Welcome back, Rich… we’ve missed you!

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13 Plains
4 Mountain
Prison Term
Puncture Bolt
Silkbind Faerie
Safehold Sentry
Medicine Runner
Armored Ascension
Raven’s Run Dragoon
Safehold Sentry
Kitchen Finks
Rune-Cervin Rider
Ballynock Cohort
Safehold Elite
Somnomancer
Ballynock Cohort
Rune-Cervin Rider
Hearthfire Hobgolin
Flame Jab
Ballynock Trapper
Fire at Will
Restless Apparition
Gwyllion Hedge-Mage
Loyal Gyrfalcon
Nightsky Mimic

I wasn’t sure about the second pick of this draft. I’ve had very few experiences with Knollspine Invocation but it seems very good. In this format however I really don’t like to take double-colored cards in two different colors with my first two picks. I’m still not sure if my second pick was right but it ended up being good. From there it was pretty simple and I took pretty much the best White card in the pack with the Armored Ascension being about as clear as a signal can be. I think I should’ve taken Niveous Wisps over Raven’s Run Dragoon and perhaps Mistmeadow Skulk over Rune-Cervin Rider. The other interesting pick was Ballynock Trapper or Unmake. I think this one is exceptionally close and if there’s ever a deck to take Trapper over Unmake then this is it.

As far as the games go… well Magic sucks. In the first game I mulliganed twice and didn’t play a spell. I had a really good curve in the second but then drew 7 straight lands and died 4 turns after he played his Twilight Shepherd.

Until tomorrow…

Rich