Draft:
Pack 1:
Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Fallen Ideal, Ignite Memories, Voidmage Husher, Squall Line, Avalanche Riders
Pick: Avalanche Riders
Pack 2:
Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Dreadship Reef, Haunting Hymn, Angel’s Grace, Hail Storm, Sidewinder Sliver
Pick: Crookclaw Transmuter
Pack 3:
Deathspore Thallid, Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Trespasser il-Vec, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Aspect of Mongoose, Fungal Reaches, Celestial Crusader, Scragnoth
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 4:
Gorgon Recluse, Herd Gnarr, Fortify, Coal Stoker, Deathspore Thallid, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Fool’s Demise, Gustcloak Cavalier, Thunder Totem
Pick: Coal Stoker
Pack 5:
Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Dark Withering, Ashcoat Bear, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Scryb Ranger, Outrider en-Kor, Dread Return, Living End
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 6:
Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Ghitu Firebreathing, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Urza’s Factory, Fungal Reaches, Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
Pick: Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
Pack 7:
Aether Web, Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Fool’s Demise, Flying Men
Pick: Mogg War Marshal
Pack 8:
Mindstab, Castle Raptors, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, Divine Congregation, Grinning Totem
Pick: Castle Raptors
Pack 9:
Chromatic Star, Fortify, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Fallen Ideal, Ignite Memories
Pick: Fortify
Pack 10:
Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Haunting Hymn, Angel’s Grace, Sidewinder Sliver
Pick: Sidewinder Sliver
Pack 11:
Plunder, Eternity Snare, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Aspect of Mongoose
Pick: Venser’s Sliver
Pack 12:
Fortify, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Fool’s Demise
Pick: Fortify
Pack 13:
Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Living End
Pick: Living End
Pack 14:
Ghitu Firebreathing, Divine Congregation
Pick: Ghitu Firebreathing
Pack 15:
Pick: Mindlash Sliver
Pack 16:
Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Yavimaya Dryad, Plated Pegasus, Knight of the Holy Nimbus, Pirate Ship
Pick: Knight of the Holy Nimbus
Pack 17:
Search for Tomorrow, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Truth or Tale, Fortune Thief, Ovinomancer
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 18:
Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Crookclaw Transmuter, Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Foriysian Totem, Quilled Sliver, Curse of the Cabal
Pick: Foriysian Totem
Pack 19:
Mogg War Marshal, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Smallpox, Fungus Sliver, Gaea’s Liege, Forest
Pick: Mogg War Marshal
Pack 20:
Snapback, Aether Web, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Call to the Netherworld, Scryb Ranger, Locket of Yesterdays, Academy Ruins
Pick: Cloudchaser Kestrel
Pack 21:
Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Paradise Plume, Dread Return, Ghitu Firebreathing
Pick: Viashino Bladescout
Pack 22:
Gorgon Recluse, Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Keldon Halberdier, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens
Pick: Orcish Cannonade
Pack 23:
Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Saltcrusted Steppe, Dementia Sliver
Pick: Saltcrusted Steppe
Pack 24:
Flamecore Elemental, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Molder, Plated Pegasus
Pick: Flamecore Elemental
Pack 25:
Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Screeching Sliver, Truth or Tale
Pick: Truth or Tale
Pack 26:
Empty the Warrens, Chameleon Blur, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 27:
Jhoira’s Timebug, Cyclopean Giant, Forest
Pick: Jhoira’s Timebug
Pack 28:
Ancient Grudge, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Ancient Grudge
Pack 29:
Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Penumbra Spider, Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Duskrider Peregrine, Wipe Away, Barbed Shocker, Candles of Leng, Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
Pick: Duskrider Peregrine
Pack 30:
Fathom Seer, Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Divine Congregation, Glass Asp, Assembly-Worker, Pendelhaven Elder, Phantom Wurm, Jasmine Boreal
Pick: Castle Raptors
Pack 31:
Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Ivory Giant, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Truth or Tale, Pull from Eternity, Kher Keep
Pick: Benalish Cavalry
Pack 32:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Cavalry Master, Vampiric Sliver, Pendelhaven Elder, Twisted Abomination
Pick: Cloudchaser Kestrel
Pack 33:
Mindstab, Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Spirit Loop, Mirari
Pick: Ivory Giant
Pack 34:
Chromatic Star, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Krosan Grip, Tectonic Fiend, Might of Old Krosa, Saffi Eriksdotter
Pick: Chromatic Star
Pack 35:
Errant Doomsayers, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Paradox Haze, Hypergenesis
Pick: Errant Doomsayers
Pack 36:
Bonesplitter Sliver, Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Penumbra Spider, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Conflagrate
Pick: Conflagrate
Pack 37:
Drudge Reavers, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Barbed Shocker, Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
Pick: Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
Pack 38:
Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Truth or Tale
Pick: Viscid Lemures
Pack 39:
Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Pack 40:
Coal Stoker, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch
Pick: Coal Stoker
Pack 41:
Clockspinning, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
Pick: Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
Pack 42:
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Final Decklist:
1 Avalanche Rifers
1 Benalish Cavalry
2 Castle Raptors
1 Chromatic Star
2 Cloudchaser Kestrel
2 Coal Stoker
1 Conflagrate
1 Duskrider Peregrine
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Errant Doomsayer
1 Foriysian Totem
2 Fortify
1 Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician
1 Ivory Giant
1 Knight of the Holy Nimbus
2 Mogg War Marshal
1 Pardic Dragon
1 Orcish Cannonade
9 Plains
8 Mountain
Here we are again. Time Spiral has finally made its way to Magic Online. At the time of writing, there are still no draft queues to be found, but I managed to top 8 the first release event I played. You can watch the replays of my matches in the room for tournament 840783. I lost a close semifinal to Olivier Ruel. The games don’t look very close, but had my draws been just slightly better I’d have been able to win. In the first game I needed just one more flyer before he was able to play Triskelavus, and in the second I needed to draw a fourth land for turn 5 with an opening hand that included three lands. As far as the draft goes, I don’t like Avalanche Riders as much as it appears, but I really dislike Green, so I was going to take Prismatic Lends first… but right before I did I remembered Avalanche Riders was Timeshifted, and checked to find out that it’s being bought for 4 tickets (bling bling). I know I’m going to have to answer a bunch of questions about this draft so I should probably just write an article giving my thoughts on the format.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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