Draft:
Pack 1:
Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Lightning Axe, Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Foriysian Totem, Sudden Death, Dementia Sliver, Wurmcalling, Uthden Troll
Pick: Lightning Axe
Pack 2:
Strangling Soot, Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Coal Stoker, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Truth or Tale, Aspect of Mongoose, Knight of the Holy Nimbus, Scragnoth
Pick: Strangling Soot
Pack 3:
Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Phyrexian Totem, Telekinetic Sliver, Spirit Loop, Restore Balance, Ovinomancer
Pick: Phyrexian Totem
Pack 4:
Snapback, Rift Bolt, Pentarch Ward, Dark Withering, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Dreadship Reef, Fungal Reaches, Dralnu, Lich Lord
Pick: Rift Bolt
Pack 5:
Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Call to the Netherworld, Phyrexian Totem, Dread Return, Wheel of Fate, Flying Men
Pick: Corpulent Corpse
Pack 6:
Coal Stoker, Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Dread Return, Voidmage Husher, Mirari
Pick: Coal Stoker
Pack 7:
Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Conflagrate, Paradise Plume, Ghostflame Sliver
Pick: Conflagrate
Pack 8:
Chromatic Star, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Saltcrusted Steppe, Nicol Bolas
Pick: Chromatic Star
Pack 9:
Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Dementia Sliver
Pick: Mogg War Marshal
Pack 10:
Gaze of Justice, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Truth or Tale, Aspect of Mongoose
Pick: Skulking Knight
Pack 11:
Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Sage of Epityr, Spirit Loop, Restore Balance
Pick: Aetherflame Wall
Pack 12:
Pentarch Ward, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Jhoira’s Timebug
Pick: Jhoira’s Timebug
Pack 13:
Ashcoat Bear, Call to the Netherworld, Flying Men
Pick: Flying Men
Pack 14:
Pick: Ophidian Eye
Pack 15:
Pick: Glass Asp
Pack 16:
Dreamscape Artist, Poultice Sliver, Dead / Gone, Deadly Grub, Dust Corona, Blightspeaker, Evolution Charm, Vampiric Link, Piracy Charm, Essence Warden, Phantasmagorian, Hunting Wilds, Hedge Troll, Temporal Extortion, Ridged Kusite
Pick: Dead / Gone
Pack 17:
Battering Sliver, Erratic Mutation, Cradle to Grave, Reflex Sliver, Firefright Mage, Pallid Mycoderm, Uktabi Drake, Brute Force, Revered Dead, Prodigal Pyromancer, Dismal Failure, Tidewalker, Voidstone Gargoyle, Brain Gorgers
Pick: Prodigal Pyromancer
Pack 18:
Needlepeak Spider, Dead / Gone, Dreamscape Artist, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Aquamorph Entity, Gossamer Phantasm, Prodigal Pyromancer, Seal of Primordium, Riftmarked Knight, Pongify, Dunerider Outlaw, Chronozoa
Pick: Dead / Gone
Pack 19:
Dawn Charm, Stingscourger, Evolution Charm, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Dust Corona, Vitaspore Thallid, Melancholy, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Frenetic Sliver, Auramancer’s Guise, Wild Pair
Pick: Stingscourger
Pack 20:
Cradle to Grave, Stingscourger, Synchronous Sliver, Keldon Marauders, Dash Hopes, Shade of Trokair, Piracy Charm, Seal of Primordium, Mantle of Leadership, Radha, Heir to Keld, Brain Gorgers
Pick: Stingscourger
Pack 21:
Ridged Kusite, Shade of Trokair, Uktabi Drake, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Mana Tithe, Brute Force, Waning Wurm, Keen Sense, Keen Sense
Pick: Brute Force
Pack 22:
Spitting Sliver, Vitaspore Thallid, Brain Gorgers, Fury Charm, Wistful Thinking, Melancholy, Fa’adiyah Seer, Lavacore Elemental, Mycologist
Pick: Spitting Sliver
Pack 23:
Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Spitting Sliver, Uktabi Drake, Blightspeaker, Aquamorph Entity, Vampiric Link, Simian Spirit Guide
Pick: Blightspeaker
Pack 24:
Deadly Grub, Dust Corona, Vampiric Link, Essence Warden, Phantasmagorian, Hunting Wilds, Ridged Kusite
Pick: Phantasmagorian
Pack 25:
Reflex Sliver, Firefright Mage, Revered Dead, Dismal Failure, Tidewalker, Brain Gorgers
Pick: Brain Gorgers
Pack 26:
Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Aquamorph Entity, Gossamer Phantasm, Seal of Primordium
Pick: Aquamorph Entity
Pack 27:
Brain Gorgers, Dust Corona, Vitaspore Thallid, Auramancer’s Guise
Pick: Brain Gorgers
Pack 28:
Seal of Primordium, Mantle of Leadership, Brain Gorgers
Pick: Brain Gorgers
Pack 29:
Ridged Kusite, Wistful Thinking
Pick: Ridged Kusite
Pack 30:
Pick: Lavacore Elemental
Pack 31:
Saltskitter, Unblinking Bleb, Llanowar Augur, Venser’s Diffusion, Judge Unworthy, Henchfiend of Ukor, Thornweald Archer, Death Rattle, Blind Phantasm, Lumithread Field, Even the Odds, Mystic Speculation, Stronghold Rats, Nimbus Maze, Pyromancer’s Swath
Pick: Death Rattle
Pack 32:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Foresee, Rift Elemental, Augur il-Vec, Vedalken Aethermage, Virulent Sliver, Frenzy Sliver, Fomori Nomad, Sliversmith, Chronomantic Escape, Cloudseeder, Tombstalker
Pick: Tombstalker
Pack 33:
Wrap in Vigor, Samite Censer-Bearer, Putrid Cyclops, Rift Elemental, Llanowar Empath, Sarcomite Myr, Death Rattle, Lymph Sliver, Even the Odds, Reality Strobe, Pooling Venom, Steamflogger Boss, Steamflogger Boss
Pick: Death Rattle
Pack 34:
Petrified Plating, Judge Unworthy, Leaden Fists, Quiet Disrepair, Thornweald Archer, Frenzy Sliver, Mesmeric Sliver, Patrician’s Scorn, Sarcomite Myr, Sparkspitter, Cyclical Evolution, Sword of the Meek
Pick: Sparkspitter
Pack 35:
Kavu Primarch, Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Aven Augur, Fatal Attraction, Edge of Autumn, Logic Knot, Lucent Liminid, New Benalia, Shivan Sand-Mage, Cyclical Evolution
Pick: Fatal Attraction
Pack 36:
Marshaling Cry, Unblinking Bleb, Wrap in Vigor, Blind Phantasm, Virulent Sliver, Mass of Ghouls, Vedalken Aethermage, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Tolaria West, Ravaging Riftwurm
Pick: Mass of Ghouls
Pack 37:
Bogardan Lancer, Grave Peril, Lumithread Field, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sparkspitter, Riftsweeper, New Benalia
Pick: Sparkspitter
Pack 38:
Leaden Fists, Gift of Granite, Lost Hours, Mass of Ghouls, Lucent Liminid, Delay, Skirk Ridge Exhumer, Daybreak Coronet
Pick: Mass of Ghouls
Pack 39:
Saltskitter, Unblinking Bleb, Llanowar Augur, Henchfiend of Ukor, Blind Phantasm, Even the Odds, Mystic Speculation
Pick: Henchfiend of Ukor
Pack 40:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Rift Elemental, Virulent Sliver, Chronomantic Escape
Pick: Cutthroat il-Dal
Pack 41:
Samite Censer-Bearer, Putrid Cyclops, Rift Elemental, Sarcomite Myr, Lymph Sliver
Pick: Putrid Cyclops
Pack 42:
Quiet Disrepair, Mesmeric Sliver, Sarcomite Myr, Cyclical Evolution
Pick: Cyclical Evolution
Pack 43:
Oblivion Crown, Shivan Sand-Mage, Cyclical Evolution
Pick: Shivan Sand-Mage
Pack 44:
Pick: Blind Phantasm
Pack 45:
Pick: New Benalia
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Brute Force
2 Dead // Gone
1 Lightning Axe
1 Mogg War Marshal
2 Stingscourger
1 Fatal Attraction
1 Phyrexian Totem
1 Prodigal Pyromancer
1 Rift Bolt
1 Sparkspitter
1 Strangling Soot
1 Coal Stoker
1 Henchfiend of Ukor
1 Chromatic Star
2 Mass of Ghouls
1 Corpulent Corpse
2 Death Rattle
1 Tombstalker
1 Conflagrate
9 Mountain
8 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Aetherflame Wall
1 Aquamorph Entity
1 Blightspeaker
1 Blind Phantasm
1 Brain Gorgers
2 Brain Gorgers [FOIL]
1 Cutthroat il-Dal
1 Cyclical Evolution
1 Flying Men
1 Glass Asp
1 Jhoira’s Timebug
1 Lavacore Elemental
1 New Benalia
1 Ophidian Eye
1 Phantasmagorian
1 Putrid Cyclops
1 Ridged Kusite
1 Shivan Sand-Mage
1 Skulking Knight
1 Sparkspitter
1 Spitting Sliver
Another really good Black/Red deck. This one didn’t have the bombs of the last one, but it did have tons of removal to go with a solid creature base. The draft was pretty simple. The second pick Strangling Soot put me into Black/Red, and I was never given a reason to leave it.
Round 1 I played against a mediocre Green/Red deck featuring multiple Uktabi Drakes, and no removal. In the first game I suspended Corpse turn 1, and it went most of the way, while I killed all his creatures, including Tarox Bladewing three times since he returned it with Deadwood Treefolk twice. Game 2 I was pretty flooded, and would have been able to win if he didn’t have the Deadwood Treefolk again, a Black/Red deck’s worst nightmare. Just as I was recoving from the Treefolk and all the men he made, he drew Thelonite Hermit to finish me off. In the third game I kept a hand of Chromatic Star, Dead/Gone, Death Rattle, Fatal Attraction, and three lands. I drew a Dead/Gone first, then seven more lands before drawing another spell. A rather frustrating match, to say the least.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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