Draft:
Pack 1:
Temporal Eddy, Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Temporal Isolation, Crookclaw Transmuter, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Weatherseed Totem, Voidmage Husher, Smallpox, Hypergenesis, Twisted Abomination, Knight of the Holy Nimbus
Pick: Twisted Abomination
Pack 2:
Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Krosan Grip, Tectonic Fiend, Opaline Sliver, Undertaker
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 3:
Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Penumbra Spider, Pentarch Ward, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Sudden Shock, Scryb Ranger, Paradox Haze
Pick: Sudden Shock
Pack 4:
Bonesplitter Sliver, Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Errant Doomsayers, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Pendelhaven Elder, Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII, Sol’kanar the Swamp King
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 5:
Coal Stoker, Tolarian Sentinel, Orcish Cannonade, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Assembly-Worker, Pendelhaven Elder, Careful Consideration, Plague Sliver
Pick: Plague Sliver
Pack 6:
Trespasser il-Vec, Scarwood Treefolk, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Clockspinning, Paradise Plume, Paradox Haze, Basalt Gargoyle, Uthden Troll
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 7:
Gorgon Recluse, Scarwood Treefolk, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Conflagrate, Spirit Loop
Pick: Conflagrate
Pack 8:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Greenseeker, Urza’s Factory, Hivestone, Grinning Totem, Chameleon Blur
Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers
Pack 9:
Drudge Reavers, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Voidmage Husher, Smallpox, Hypergenesis
Pick: Smallpox
Pack 10:
Flamecore Elemental, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Krosan Grip, Tectonic Fiend, Opaline Sliver
Pick: Flamecore Elemental
Pack 11:
Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Paradox Haze
Pick: Aetherflame Wall
Pack 12:
Think Twice, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver
Pick: Mindlash Sliver
Pack 13:
Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Children of Korlis
Pick: Viashino Bladescout
Pack 14:
Pick: Paradox Haze
Pack 15:
Pick: Shadow Sliver
Pack 16:
Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Sulfurous Blast, Nightshade Assassin, Haunting Hymn, Psionic Sliver, Nicol Bolas
Pick: Sulfurous Blast
Pack 17:
Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Fool’s Demise, Gustcloak Cavalier, Phthisis, Gemstone Mine
Pick: Phthisis
Pack 18:
Orcish Cannonade, Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Aspect of Mongoose, Fungal Reaches, Wipe Away, Ancestral Vision, Wall of Roots
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 19:
Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Viscerid Deepwalker, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Ghostflame Sliver, Calciform Pools, Fungal Reaches, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Ghostflame Sliver
Pack 20:
Aether Web, Assassinate, Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Jhoira’s Timebug, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Dread Return, Trickbind, Auratog, Drifter il-Dal
Pick: Assassinate
Pack 21:
Mana Skimmer, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Krosan Grip, Tectonic Fiend, Vampiric Sliver, Kher Keep, Island
Pick: Mana Skimmer
Pack 22:
Icatian Crier, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Weatherseed Totem, Fool’s Demise, Lim-Dul the Necromancer
Pick: Pit Keeper
Pack 23:
Gaze of Justice, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Fallen Ideal, Ignite Memories
Pick: Viscid Lemures
Pack 24:
Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Haunting Hymn
Pick: Haunting Hymn
Pack 25:
Blazing Blade Askari, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Fool’s Demise, Gustcloak Cavalier
Pick: Blazing Blade Askari
Pack 26:
Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Aspect of Mongoose, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Fungal Reaches
Pack 27:
Pentarch Ward, Chameleon Blur, Bewilder, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Fungal Reaches
Pack 28:
Aether Web, Jhoira’s Timebug, Ancient Grudge
Pick: Jhoira’s Timebug
Pack 29:
Pick: Island
Pack 30:
Pick: Divine Congregation
Pack 31:
Amrou Seekers, Search for Tomorrow, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Wipe Away, Basalt Gargoyle, Smallpox, Flagstones of Trokair, Mystic Enforcer
Pick: Corpulent Corpse
Pack 32:
Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Grapeshot, Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Saltcrusted Steppe, Dementia Sliver, Sudden Death, Kaervek the Merciless, Giant Oyster
Pick: Sudden Death
Pack 33:
Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Deathspore Thallid, Flowstone Channeler, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Yavimaya Dryad, Plated Pegasus, Outrider en-Kor, Saffi Eriksdotter, Twisted Abomination
Pick: Twisted Abomination
Pack 34:
Errant Doomsayers, Aether Web, Assassinate, Amrou Seekers, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Might of Old Krosa, Fungal Reaches, Liege of the Pit
Pick: Liege of the Pit
Pack 35:
Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Truth or Tale, Norin the Wary, Teferi’s Moat, Forest
Pick: Terramorphic Expanse
Pack 36:
Chromatic Star, Herd Gnarr, Fortify, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Paradise Plume, Dread Return, Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore
Pick: Dread Return
Pack 37:
Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Thunder Totem, Quilled Sliver
Pick: Urborg Syphon-Mage
Pack 38:
Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Gustcloak Cavalier
Pick: Flowstone Channeler
Pack 39:
Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Aetherflame Wall, Smallpox
Pick: Empty the Warrens
Pack 40:
Slipstream Serpent, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Dementia Sliver
Pick: Slipstream Serpent
Pack 41:
Flowstone Channeler, Clockspinning, Sangrophage, Plated Pegasus, Saffi Eriksdotter
Pick: Flowstone Channeler
Pack 42:
Drifter il-Dal, Mindlash Sliver, Chameleon Blur, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Fungal Reaches
Pack 43:
Drudge Reavers, Call to the Netherworld, Forest
Pick: Forest
Pack 44:
Pick: Paradise Plume
Pack 45:
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
2 Twisted Abomination
1 Assassinate
1 Corpulent Corpse
1 Dread Return
1 Liege of the Pit
1 Mana Skimmer
1 Phthisis
1 Pit Keeper
1 Plague Sliver
1 Sudden Death
1 Tendrils of Corruption
2 Trespasser il-Vec
1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
1 Blazing Blade Askari
1 Conflagrate
2 Flowstone Channeler
1 Keldon Halberdier
1 Sudden Shock
1 Sulfurous Blast
1 Ghostflame Sliver
7 Mountain
9 Swamp
1 Terramorphic Expanse
Sideboard:
1 Aetherflame Wall
1 Divine Congregation
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Flamecore Elemental
1 Forest [FOIL]
3 Fungal Reaches
1 Haunting Hymn
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
1 Island [FOIL]
1 Jhoira’s Timebug
1 Mindlash Sliver
1 Paradise Plume
1 Paradox Haze
1 Psychotic Episode
1 Shadow Sliver
1 Slipstream Serpent
1 Smallpox
1 Viashino Bladescout
1 Viscid Lemures
This draft went pretty well, with only a few interesting picks. The first one that stands out to me is the fifth pick Plague Sliver. Not because I had a difficult decision, but because the general populace seems to really underrate it. I find it very difficult to pass since it is absolutely enormous. I find it very difficult to envision a situation in which four people could correctly pass it. The pick in which I faced the most difficult decision was Sudden Death or Kaervek. I took the Sudden Death because I figured I already had a fairly strong late game, and another piece of good removal would be better in my deck.
I had an interesting decision to make on turn 1 of the first round. My hand was Corpulent Corpse, Keldon Halberdier, Plague Sliver, two Mountains, and two Swamps. I decided to suspend the Corpse turn 1,and hold on to the Halberdier so that I could block with it turn 5. This would have the same result as if I’d suspended it turn 2. As it turned out, I drew Sulfurous Blast on turn 5 and killed his three creatures with it, so I didn’t need to play any more spells beyond that, the Corpse, and the Plague Sliver. In the second game he stalled on lands long enough for me to find four Swamps and flip Liege of the Pit.
In the second round I played against a good Blue/Red deck, splashing for Sol’Kanar the Swamp King. In the first game I won a close race between his Sol’Kanar plus Ephemeron and my Liege of the Pit plus Corpulent Corpse. I burnt him out with Conflagrate the turn beforehe was going to win. In the second game he suspended Ephemeron turn 2, and Cloudskate turn 3, but I had a fast draw with Pit Keeper, Trespasser, and Plague Sliver. He had Coal Stoker and Subterranean Shambler for his turn 5. I Sulfurous Blasted them away, and put him to five with Plague Sliver. His flyers came in, but I had Assassinate for the Ephemeron, and was able to outrace the Cloudskate with Corpulent Corpse.
I then decided to split the finals.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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