Draft:
Pack 1:
Temporal Isolation, Crookclaw Transmuter, Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Nightshade Assassin, Basalt Gargoyle, Volcanic Awakening, Psionic Sliver, Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
Pick: Nightshade Assassin
Pack 2:
Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Looter il-Kor, Gorgon Recluse, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Brine Elemental, Assembly-Worker, Stonebrow, Krosan Hero, Moorish Cavalry
Pick: Fathom Seer
Pack 3:
Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Search for Tomorrow, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Might of Old Krosa, Haunting Hymn, Wurmcalling, Avoid Fate
Pick: Viscerid Deepwalker
Pack 4:
Spinneret Sliver, Grapeshot, Mindstab, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Haunting Hymn, Barbed Shocker, Premature Burial, Desert
Pick: Premature Burial
Pack 5:
Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Bonesplitter Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Locket of Yesterdays, Giant Oyster, Pendelhaven Elder
Pick: Giant Oyster
Pack 6:
Gemhide Sliver, Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Fury Sliver, Aspect of Mongoose
Pick: Gemhide Sliver
Pack 7:
Temporal Eddy, Drudge Reavers, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Voidmage Husher, Faceless Devourer, Honorable Passage
Pick: Faceless Devourer
Pack 8:
Coral Trickster, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Plated Pegasus, Truth or Tale
Pick: Coral Trickster
Pack 9:
Errant Doomsayers, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Volcanic Awakening, Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
Pick: Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
Pack 10:
Chromatic Star, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Assembly-Worker
Pick: Chromatic Star
Pack 11:
Cancel, Savage Thallid, Call to the Netherworld, Haunting Hymn, Avoid Fate
Pick: Haunting Hymn
Pack 12:
Traitor’s Clutch, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Barbed Shocker
Pick: Traitor’s Clutch
Pack 13:
Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Bewilder
Pack 14:
Pick: Traitor’s Clutch
Pack 15:
Pick: Voidmage Husher
Pack 16:
Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Drifter il-Dal, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Weatherseed Totem, Voidmage Husher, Krosan Grip, Restore Balance, Hail Storm, Rift Bolt
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 17:
Think Twice, Errant Doomsayers, Rift Bolt, Aether Web, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Cavalry Master, Vampiric Sliver, Paradox Haze, Draining Whelk, Eron the Relentless
Pick: Draining Whelk
Pack 18:
Thallid Germinator, Snapback, Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Wipe Away, Assembly-Worker, Demonic Collusion, Undertaker, Vampiric Sliver
Pick: Undertaker
Pack 19:
Herd Gnarr, Fortify, Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Barbed Shocker, Return to Dust, Thallid
Pick: Dream Stalker
Pack 20:
Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Trespasser il-Vec, Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Plunder, Saltcrusted Steppe, Primal Forcemage, Might of Old Krosa
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 21:
Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Gorgon Recluse, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Aspect of Mongoose, Nightshade Assassin, Avalanche Riders
Pick: Nightshade Assassin
Pack 22:
Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Viashino Bladescout, Haunting Hymn, Grinning Totem, Divine Congregation
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 23:
Corpulent Corpse, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Assembly-Worker
Pick: Corpulent Corpse
Pack 24:
Drifter il-Dal, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Voidmage Husher, Krosan Grip, Restore Balance
Pick: Basal Sliver
Pack 25:
Think Twice, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Ancient Grudge, Paradox Haze
Pick: Think Twice
Pack 26:
Thallid Germinator, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Assembly-Worker
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Pack 27:
Molder, Children of Korlis, Ground Rift, Barbed Shocker
Pick: Barbed Shocker
Pack 28:
Ophidian Eye, Plunder, Primal Forcemage
Pick: Ophidian Eye
Pack 29:
Shadow Sliver, Traitor’s Clutch
Pick: Shadow Sliver
Pack 30:
Pick: Haunting Hymn
Pack 31:
Snapback, Rift Bolt, Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Dark Withering, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Firemaw Kavu, Knight of the Holy Nimbus, Fury Sliver, Curse of the Cabal, Witch Hunter, Walk the Aeons
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 32:
Penumbra Spider, Errant Doomsayers, Rift Bolt, Aether Web, Assassinate, Amrou Seekers, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Thunder Totem, Haunting Hymn, Dralnu, Lich Lord, Dragonstorm
Pick: Assassinate
Pack 33:
Dark Withering, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Search for Tomorrow, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Urza’s Factory, Riftwing Cloudskate, Smallpox, Gemstone Mine
Pick: Riftwing Cloudskate
Pack 34:
Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Krosan Grip, Brine Elemental
Pick: Looter il-Kor
Pack 35:
Mindstab, Coal Stoker, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Skittering Monstrosity, Conflagrate, Squall Line, Kobold Taskmaster, Stonebrow, Krosan Hero
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 36:
Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Stormcloud Djinn, Volcanic Awakening, Vampiric Sliver, Pirate Ship
Pick: Pirate Ship
Pack 37:
Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Flamecore Elemental, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Blazing Blade Askari, Quilled Sliver, Thunder Totem
Pick: Slipstream Serpent
Pack 38:
Temporal Eddy, Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Drifter il-Dal, Quilled Sliver, Wall of Roots
Pick: Terramorphic Expanse
Pack 39:
Snapback, Pentarch Ward, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Curse of the Cabal
Pick: Snapback
Pack 40:
Aether Web, Greenseeker, Divine Congregation, Thunder Totem, Haunting Hymn, Dralnu, Lich Lord
Pick: Dralnu, Lich Lord
Pack 41:
Ashcoat Bear, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Detainment Spell
Pick: Ashcoat Bear
Pack 42:
Mystical Teachings, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Krosan Grip
Pick: Mystical Teachings
Pack 43:
Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Kobold Taskmaster
Pack 44:
Ground Rift, Volcanic Awakening
Pick: Volcanic Awakening
Pack 45:
Pick: Brass Gnat
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Giant Oyster
1 Pirate Ship
1 Coral Trickster
1 Draining Whelk
1 Dream Stalker
1 Fathom Seer
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Riftwing Cloudskate
1 Snapback
1 Viscerid Deepwalker
1 Undertaker
1 Assassinate
1 Corpulent Corpse
1 Dark Withering
2 Nightshade Assassin
1 Premature Burial
1 Tendrils of Corruption
2 Trespasser il-Vec
1 Chromatic Star
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Dralnu, Lich Lord
8 Island
8 Swamp
1 Terramorphic Expanse
Sideboard:
1 Ashcoat Bear
1 Barbed Shocker
1 Basal Sliver
1 Bewilder
1 Brass Gnat
1 Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
1 Faceless Devourer
1 Gemhide Sliver
2 Haunting Hymn
1 Kobold Taskmaster
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Ophidian Eye
1 Psychotic Episode
1 Shadow Sliver
1 Slipstream Serpent
1 Think Twice
2 Traitor’s Clutch
1 Voidmage Husher
1 Volcanic Awakening
This draft went really well, despite the mistakes I made. The first mistake was taking Fathom Seer second over Looter il-Kor. In general I think Fathom Seer is better (my thoughts on Looter are included in an article that’ll be posted when I can be bothered to send it in), but the Looter is much better with my first pick, and that is reason enough to take it. The other big mistake is not taking a Tolarian Sentinel. Looking back I should have taken the one in the first pack over Chromatic Star, although I do like to have Chromatic Stars and Terramorphic Expanses available to me because they allow me to splash bombs like Firemaw Kavu or Disintegrate.
I won the first round despite getting blown out by Sulfurous Blast twice. I won the first game easily and then was stuck on three Islands until turn 8 of game 2. Despite that I was able to get the game to the point where he had to have exactly Sulfurous Blast to survive, but sadly, he did. In game 3 he had it when he needed it again, but this time he lessened the blow by attacking with Castle Raptors after casting the Blast in his precombat main phase.
In the second round I played against a very good Blue/White deck. In the first game I played first and Draining Whelked the Errant Ephemeron he suspended turn 2. Game 2 was close, and a combination f a couple mistakes, and misclicks on my part cost me the game. In the third game I had an excellent draw involving Looter and both Nightshade Assassins which left him cursing me in Polish.
I liked my deck, but wasn’t in love with it so I wanted to split the finals… unfortunately my opponent was having none of it. In the first game I mulliganed and got destroyed by a combination of Fire Whip, which killed all my creatures, and Plague Sliver, which killed me. Game 2 I mulliganed again, and things were looking pretty bad when he suspended Mindstab turn 1. I was able to use my whole hand before the Mindstab went off. From there I drew Tendrils, Haunting Hymn, and a land to cast the Hymn which let me just barely win. In the third game he again suspended Mindstab turn 1. The only spell that was cast before the Mindstab went off was a Prismatic Lens from me. When the Mindstab went off I discarded down to Haunting Hymn, Draining Whelk, and Island, and hoped that he wouldn’t play anything that turn, which he didn’t. He then played Fury Sliver on his turn 6, right into the Whelk. I untapped, and Hymned him down to one card, which was a Dark Withering for the Whelk, and drew Corpulent Corpse and Viscerid Deepwalker in succession to win an extremely close match and draft.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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