Draft:
Pack 1:
Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Molten Slagheap, Pendelhaven Elder, Firemaw Kavu, Word of Seizing, Verdeloth the Ancient
Pick: Firemaw Kavu
Pack 2:
Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Strangling Soot, Fathom Seer, Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Ignite Memories, Skittering Monstrosity, Celestial Crusader, Claws of Gix
Pick: Strangling Soot
Pack 3:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Temporal Eddy, Lightning Axe, Mogg War Marshal, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Tromp the Domains, Vampiric Sliver, Paradise Plume, Ghost Ship
Pick: Lightning Axe
Pack 4:
Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Flowstone Channeler, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Spell Burst, Dementia Sliver, Ghostflame Sliver, Thelon of Havenwood
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 5:
Herd Gnarr, Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Viscid Lemures, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Primal Forcemage, Gustcloak Cavalier, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Lord of Atlantis
Pick: Grapeshot
Pack 6:
Snapback, Pentarch Ward, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Foriysian Totem, Spirit Loop, Hypergenesis
Pick: Foriysian Totem
Pack 7:
Dark Withering, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Corpulent Corpse, Ghitu Firebreathing, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Unyaro Bees
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 8:
Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Flickering Spirit, Opaline Sliver, Spell Burst, Krosan Cloudscraper, Return to Dust
Pick: Krosan Cloudscraper
Pack 9:
Feebleness, Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Blazing Blade Askari, Molten Slagheap
Pick: Blazing Blade Askari
Pack 10:
Gaze of Justice, Flamecore Elemental, Ophidian Eye, Plunder, Ignite Memories, Claws of Gix
Pick: Flamecore Elemental
Pack 11:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Paradise Plume
Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers
Pack 12:
Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Dementia Sliver, Ghostflame Sliver
Pick: Ghostflame Sliver
Pack 13:
Shadow Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier, Lord of Atlantis
Pick: Lord of Atlantis
Pack 14:
Drifter il-Dal, Sage of Epityr
Pick: Sage of Epityr
Pack 15:
Pick: Ghitu Firebreathing
Pack 16:
Mire Boa, Utopia Vow, Veiling Oddity, Ridged Kusite, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Dust Corona, Skirk Shaman, Essence Warden, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Circle of Affliction, Deadwood Treefolk, Keen Sense, Magus of the Bazaar, Damnation
Pick: Damnation
Pack 17:
Aven Riftwatcher, Saltfield Recluse, Veiling Oddity, Midnight Charm, Citanul Woodreaders, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Rathi Trapper, Simian Spirit Guide, Piracy Charm, Rebuff the Wicked, Blood Knight, Magus of the Arena, Simian Spirit Guide
Pick: Magus of the Arena
Pack 18:
Dead / Gone, Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Spitting Sliver, Veiling Oddity, Deadly Grub, Aquamorph Entity, Firefright Mage, Bog Serpent, Revered Dead, Healing Leaves, Frenetic Sliver, Molten Firebird
Pick: Dead / Gone
Pack 19:
Synchronous Sliver, Dawn Charm, Blightspeaker, Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Evolution Charm, Reality Acid, Primal Plasma, Essence Warden, Circle of Affliction, Dunerider Outlaw, Imp’s Mischief
Pick: Blightspeaker
Pack 20:
Battering Sliver, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Aquamorph Entity, Evolution Charm, Fa’adiyah Seer, Sinew Sliver, Bog Serpent, Auramancer’s Guise, Frozen Aether, Oros, the Avenger
Pick: Oros, the Avenger
Pack 21:
Needlepeak Spider, Poultice Sliver, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Shade of Trokair, Uktabi Drake, Vampiric Link, Necrotic Sliver, Stonecloaker, Retether
Pick: Necrotic Sliver
Pack 22:
Spitting Sliver, Keldon Marauders, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Piracy Charm, Healing Leaves, Heroes Remembered
Pick: Spitting Sliver
Pack 23:
Stingscourger, Needlepeak Spider, Deadly Grub, Brain Gorgers, Mana Tithe, Bog Serpent, Darkheart Sliver, Fungal Behemoth
Pick: Stingscourger
Pack 24:
Veiling Oddity, Ridged Kusite, Dust Corona, Skirk Shaman, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Circle of Affliction, Keen Sense
Pick: Skirk Shaman
Pack 25:
Aven Riftwatcher, Midnight Charm, Keldon Marauders, Simian Spirit Guide, Rebuff the Wicked, Simian Spirit Guide
Pick: Midnight Charm
Pack 26:
Spitting Sliver, Deadly Grub, Firefright Mage, Revered Dead, Frenetic Sliver
Pick: Spitting Sliver
Pack 27:
Synchronous Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Reality Acid, Circle of Affliction
Pick: Circle of Affliction
Pack 28:
Dust Corona, Auramancer’s Guise, Frozen Aether
Pick: Frozen Aether
Pack 29:
Pick: Vampiric Link
Pack 30:
Pick: Dash Hopes
Pack 31:
Samite Censer-Bearer, Infiltrator il-Kor, Putrid Cyclops, Rift Elemental, Llanowar Empath, Edge of Autumn, Lymph Sliver, Blind Phantasm, Virulent Sliver, Ghostfire, Mass of Ghouls, Spirit en-Dal, Cryptic Annelid, Pooling Venom, Barren Glory
Pick: Ghostfire
Pack 32:
Leaden Fists, Gift of Granite, Augur of Skulls, Lost Hours, Fatal Attraction, Mass of Ghouls, Lucent Liminid, Thornweald Archer, Flowstone Embrace, Frenzy Sliver, Mesmeric Sliver, New Benalia, Even the Odds, Reality Strobe
Pick: Fatal Attraction
Pack 33:
Unblinking Bleb, Llanowar Augur, Riddle of Lightning, Venser’s Diffusion, Judge Unworthy, Blind Phantasm, Lumithread Field, Grinning Ignus, Edge of Autumn, Fomori Nomad, Lost Auramancers, Delay, Summoner’s Pact
Pick: Fomori Nomad
Pack 34:
Judge Unworthy, Leaden Fists, Quiet Disrepair, Saltskitter, Patrician’s Scorn, Sarcomite Myr, Henchfiend of Ukor, Thornweald Archer, Death Rattle, Pooling Venom, Tolaria West, Arc Blade
Pick: Arc Blade
Pack 35:
Marshaling Cry, Unblinking Bleb, Lost Hours, Riddle of Lightning, Wrap in Vigor, Vedalken Aethermage, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Grinning Ignus, Whip-Spine Drake, Sparkspitter, Riftsweeper
Pick: Riddle of Lightning
Pack 36:
Venser’s Diffusion, Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Cutthroat il-Dal, Grave Scrabbler, Henchfiend of Ukor, Homing Sliver, Haze of Rage, Riftsweeper, Spirit en-Dal
Pick: Henchfiend of Ukor
Pack 37:
Augur of Skulls, Samite Censer-Bearer, Lumithread Field, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp, Mystic Speculation, Minions’ Murmurs, Tolaria West, Epochrasite
Pick: Epochrasite
Pack 38:
Aven Augur, Bogardan Lancer, Grave Peril, Wrap in Vigor, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sarcomite Myr, Char-Rumbler, Glittering Wish
Pick: Glittering Wish
Pack 39:
Putrid Cyclops, Rift Elemental, Virulent Sliver, Mass of Ghouls, Spirit en-Dal, Pooling Venom, Barren Glory
Pick: Mass of Ghouls
Pack 40:
Gift of Granite, Lost Hours, Mass of Ghouls, Frenzy Sliver, Mesmeric Sliver, Reality Strobe
Pick: Mass of Ghouls
Pack 41:
Unblinking Bleb, Llanowar Augur, Venser’s Diffusion, Grinning Ignus, Lost Auramancers
Pick: Grinning Ignus
Pack 42:
Saltskitter, Patrician’s Scorn, Sarcomite Myr, Pooling Venom
Pick: Pooling Venom
Pack 43:
Lost Hours, Vedalken Aethermage, Grinning Ignus
Pick: Grinning Ignus
Pack 44:
Pick: Saltskitter
Pack 45:
Pick: Samite Censer-Bearer
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Damnation [FOIL]
1 Dark Withering
1 Spitting Sliver
1 Strangling Soot
1 Arc Blade
1 Fatal Attraction
1 Firemaw Kavu
1 Fomori Nomad
1 Grapeshot
2 Grinning Ignus
1 Henchfiend of Ukor
1 Lightning Axe
1 Magus of the Arena
1 Riddle of Lightning
1 Stingscourger
1 Epochrasite
1 Foriysian Totem
1 Ghostfire
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Dead // Gone
1 Ghostflame Sliver
1 Oros, the Avenger
8 Mountain
2 Plains
7 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Blazing Blade Askari
1 Blightspeaker
1 Circle of Affliction
1 Dash Hopes
1 Flamecore Elemental
1 Frozen Aether
1 Ghitu Firebreathing
1 Glittering Wish
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
1 Krosan Cloudscraper
1 Lord of Atlantis [FOIL]
2 Mass of Ghouls
1 Midnight Charm
1 Necrotic Sliver
1 Pooling Venom
1 Sage of Epityr
1 Saltskitter
1 Samite Censer-Bearer
1 Skirk Shaman
1 Spitting Sliver
1 Vampiric Link
This draft went about as well as can be hoped for. Getting a third pick Lightning Axe to follow a first pick Firemaw Kavu is nice, but opening a foil Damnation is a dream come true. Then the fifth pick Oros was icing on the cake. I’m not sure about Arc Blade versus Death Rattle, so I took the Blade since I haven’t had the chance to play it much, and it did not disappoint.
Round 1 I played against a good White/Red deck. He started with Blade of the Sixth Pride, but I had Epochrasite to hold it off. I was able to use my removal to hold him off for the most part, but it looked like I was going to die to a Flickering Spirit he held up mana to protect. Fortunately I drew Strangling Soot just in time, so I was able to Soot it when he attacked, and then kill it with Arc Blade on my turn. Next game he got a bit flooded and I had Damnation for when his Ivory Giant came in.
Round two I played against a solid Blue Black deck. In the first game he got stuck on three lands and just played five morphs. I killed them all, and attacked until he was dead. Game two I got stuck on five land with Firemaw Kavu, Magus of the Arena, and Oros, the Avenger in hand. He couldn’t attack effectively though, so it was only a matter of time until I drew a land and won.
This deck was too good to split the finals. I played against a good Green Blue Thallid deck in the finals. In the first game he played some creatures early, but I killed them, then locked him down with Oros and Magus of the Arena. In the second game he had a good start with Giant Dustwasp suspended, and Sporesower Thallid on turn four, and Savage Thallid turn five. I killed the Sporesower with Riddle of Lightning, returned my Ignus to cast Firemaw Kavu which killed the Savage Thallid and Dustwasp, then locked him up with Magus of the Arena.
Drafts don’t get much easier than this one.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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