Draft:
Pack 1:
Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Opaline Sliver, Voidmage Husher, Dementia Sliver, Tivadar of Thorn, Gaea’s Blessing
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 2:
Durkwood Baloth, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Errant Ephemeron, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Spell Burst, Ignite Memories, Calciform Pools, Dauthi Slayer, Plains
Pick: Errant Ephemeron
Pack 3:
Coal Stoker, Tolarian Sentinel, Orcish Cannonade, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Firewake Sliver, Spell Burst, Magus of the Mirror, Leviathan, Telekinetic Sliver
Pick: Coal Stoker
Pack 4:
Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Coal Stoker, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Paradise Plume, Primal Forcemage, Faceless Devourer, Bad Moon
Pick: Coal Stoker
Pack 5:
Errant Doomsayers, Aether Web, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Ghostflame Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier, Academy Ruins, Resurrection
Pick: Thick-Skinned Goblin
Pack 6:
Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Search for Tomorrow, Cancel, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Thunder Totem, Fallen Ideal, Demonic Collusion
Pick: Viscerid Deepwalker
Pack 7:
Flowstone Channeler, Scarwood Treefolk, Eternity Snare, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Spirit Loop, Molten Slagheap, Basalt Gargoyle, Swamp
Pick: Basalt Gargoyle
Pack 8:
Temporal Eddy, Drudge Reavers, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Wipe Away, Skittering Monstrosity, Plains
Pick: Temporal Eddy
Pack 9:
Icatian Crier, Think Twice, Mindlash Sliver, Chameleon Blur, Ghitu Firebreathing, Voidmage Husher, Dementia Sliver
Pick: Think Twice
Pack 10:
Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Ignite Memories, Calciform Pools, Plains
Pick: Calciform Pools
Pack 11:
Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Firewake Sliver, Spell Burst, Leviathan
Pick: Spell Burst
Pack 12:
Plunder, Brass Gnat, Paradise Plume, Faceless Devourer
Pick: Paradise Plume
Pack 13:
Psychotic Episode, Gustcloak Cavalier, Academy Ruins
Pick: Academy Ruins
Pack 14:
Fallen Ideal, Demonic Collusion
Pick: Demonic Collusion
Pack 15:
Pick: Swamp
Pack 16:
Reflex Sliver, Dreamscape Artist, Poultice Sliver, Dead / Gone, Ridged Kusite, Citanul Woodreaders, Brain Gorgers, Keldon Marauders, Sunlance, Mana Tithe, Prodigal Pyromancer, Timecrafting, Pouncing Wurm, Shrouded Lore, Braids, Conjurer Adept
Pick: Dead / Gone
Pack 17:
Battering Sliver, Whitemane Lion, Mire Boa, Utopia Vow, Veiling Oddity, Citanul Woodreaders, Firefright Mage, Pallid Mycoderm, Essence Warden, Bog Serpent, Primal Plasma, Deadwood Treefolk, Mantle of Leadership, Hedge Troll
Pick: Primal Plasma
Pack 18:
Battering Sliver, Aven Riftwatcher, Cradle to Grave, Fury Charm, Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Rathi Trapper, Fa’adiyah Seer, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Auramancer’s Guise, Waning Wurm, Porphyry Nodes, Stingscourger
Pick: Stingscourger
Pack 19:
Dead / Gone, Dreamscape Artist, Dawn Charm, Blightspeaker, Evolution Charm, Seal of Primordium, Essence Warden, Brute Force, Tidewalker, Frozen Aether, Heroes Remembered, Dreamscape Artist
Pick: Dead / Gone
Pack 20:
Cradle to Grave, Stingscourger, Fury Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Deadly Grub, Aquamorph Entity, Mana Tithe, Primal Plasma, Vampiric Link, Phantasmagorian, Hunting Wilds
Pick: Stingscourger
Pack 21:
Synchronous Sliver, Dawn Charm, Mire Boa, Firefright Mage, Blightspeaker, Ghost Tactician, Skirk Shaman, Healing Leaves, Revered Dead, Frenetic Sliver
Pick: Skirk Shaman
Pack 22:
Reflex Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Healing Leaves, Dormant Sliver, Mantle of Leadership, Magus of the Coffers
Pick: Magus of the Coffers
Pack 23:
Ridged Kusite, Deadly Grub, Dust Corona, Simian Spirit Guide, Gossamer Phantasm, Cautery Sliver, Mesa Enchantress, Imp’s Mischief
Pick: Gossamer Phantasm
Pack 24:
Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Brain Gorgers, Mana Tithe, Timecrafting, Shrouded Lore
Pick: Poultice Sliver
Pack 25:
Battering Sliver, Veiling Oddity, Firefright Mage, Pallid Mycoderm, Essence Warden, Bog Serpent
Pick: Veiling Oddity
Pack 26:
Battering Sliver, Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Fa’adiyah Seer, Waning Wurm
Pick: Battering Sliver
Pack 27:
Dawn Charm, Seal of Primordium, Tidewalker, Frozen Aether
Pick: Frozen Aether
Pack 28:
Fury Charm, Deadly Grub, Phantasmagorian
Pick: Fury Charm
Pack 29:
Ghost Tactician, Healing Leaves
Pick: Healing Leaves
Pack 30:
Pick: Mantle of Leadership
Pack 31:
Kavu Primarch, Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Aven Augur, Fatal Attraction, Cutthroat il-Dal, Nessian Courser, Grave Scrabbler, Henchfiend of Ukor, Whip-Spine Drake, Lymph Sliver, Shivan Sand-Mage, Cyclical Evolution, Sliversmith, Whetwheel
Pick: Whip-Spine Drake
Pack 32:
Venser’s Diffusion, Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Infiltrator il-Kor, Cutthroat il-Dal, Mass of Ghouls, Vedalken Aethermage, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sporoloth Ancient, Grinning Ignus, Festering March, Keldon Megaliths, Ravaging Riftwurm, Horizon Canopy
Pick: Infiltrator il-Kor
Pack 33:
Llanowar Empath, Grave Peril, Marshaling Cry, Kavu Primarch, Foresee, Emberwilde Augur, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sarcomite Myr, Death Rattle, Llanowar Reborn, Utopia Mycon, Haze of Rage, Spellweaver Volute
Pick: Foresee
Pack 34:
Grave Peril, Marshaling Cry, Kavu Primarch, Foresee, Emberwilde Augur, Deepcavern Imp, Flowstone Embrace, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sarcomite Myr, Chronomantic Escape, Delay, Festering March
Pick: Foresee
Pack 35:
Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Aven Augur, Cutthroat il-Dal, Logic Knot, Grave Scrabbler, Whip-Spine Drake, Lymph Sliver, Dryad Arbor, Bonded Fetch, Muraganda Petroglyphs
Pick: Whip-Spine Drake
Pack 36:
Putrid Cyclops, Petrified Plating, Bogardan Lancer, Homing Sliver, Lymph Sliver, Blind Phantasm, Virulent Sliver, Dakmor Salvage, Dust of Moments, Darksteel Garrison
Pick: Blind Phantasm
Pack 37:
Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Rift Elemental, Augur il-Vec, Grave Scrabbler, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp, Chronomantic Escape, Cloudseeder
Pick: Cloudseeder
Pack 38:
Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Rift Elemental, Augur il-Vec, Llanowar Empath, Homing Sliver, Grave Scrabbler, Snake Cult Initiation
Pick: Llanowar Empath
Pack 39:
Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Cutthroat il-Dal, Grave Scrabbler, Shivan Sand-Mage, Sliversmith, Whetwheel
Pick: Whetwheel
Pack 40:
Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Cutthroat il-Dal, Mass of Ghouls, Grinning Ignus, Ravaging Riftwurm
Pick: Grinning Ignus
Pack 41:
Grave Peril, Emberwilde Augur, Sarcomite Myr, Llanowar Reborn, Haze of Rage
Pick: Emberwilde Augur
Pack 42:
Grave Peril, Emberwilde Augur, Sarcomite Myr, Chronomantic Escape
Pick: Emberwilde Augur
Pack 43:
Oblivion Crown, Grave Scrabbler, Dryad Arbor
Pick: Grave Scrabbler
Pack 44:
Virulent Sliver, Dakmor Salvage
Pick: Dakmor Salvage
Pack 45:
Pick: Chronomantic Escape
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Blind Phantasm
1 Errant Ephemeron
2 Foresee
1 Infiltrator il-Kor
1 Primal Plasma
1 Temporal Eddy
1 Think Twice
1 Viscerid Deepwalker
2 Whip-Spine Drake
1 Basalt Gargoyle
2 Coal Stoker
1 Emberwilde Augur
1 Grinning Ignus
1 Skirk Shaman
1 Stingscourger
1 Stingscourger [FOIL]
1 Thick-Skinned Goblin
1 Whetwheel
2 Dead // Gone
9 Island
8 Mountain
Sideboard:
1 Academy Ruins
1 Battering Sliver
1 Calciform Pools
1 Chronomantic Escape
1 Cloudseeder
1 Dakmor Salvage
1 Demonic Collusion
1 Emberwilde Augur
1 Frozen Aether
1 Fury Charm
1 Gossamer Phantasm
1 Grave Scrabbler
1 Healing Leaves
1 Llanowar Empath
1 Magus of the Coffers
1 Mantle of Leadership
1 Paradise Plume
1 Poultice Sliver
1 Spell Burst
1 Swamp [FOIL]
1 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Veiling Oddity
This deck ended up pretty good, although I was scared I would end up short on playables for a little while. Blue/Red is usually a fairly controlling color combination, but since I had so much bounce I was forced to play this deck very aggressively. It worked well though because I had the Foresees to restock if they survived the early attack. The draft was pretty easy once I figured out that Black was cut off and Blue and Red were wide open. Future Sight bailed me out, as usual, with five excellent cards in my first five picks, then a few playables later on to finish off the deck.
Round 1 I played against a slow Green/Red deck with lots of slivers. The first game was looking good for a while. I was attacking with two Drakes and he had no blockers. I think I made a mistake that came very close to costing me this game. He was at eleven and I was at six. The board was his Battering Sliver and Llanowar Empath, and untapped Giant Dustwasp against my two Whip Spine Drakes. I had Primal Plasma, Stingscourger and Think Twice in hand. I decided to Stingscourger the Dustwasp, attack with the drakes, then make the Plasma a 3/3 to play around a pump or removal spell. This gives him more time, but I figured I should win a longer game because I have Think Twice to his one card in hand. On the extra turn I gave him he drew Needlespeak Spider to stop the Drake, but that was okay because I drew Basalt Gargoyle off one of the Think Twices. He then drew into Citanul Woodreaders, and Sudden Shock for the Gargoyle, and I was left with just lands to his board advantage. Fortunately I drew Infiltrator il-Kor just in time, and won with it the turn before he killed me. Game 2 he had a very fast draw, with Battering Sliver on turn 4, while I got quite flooded. Game 3 my draw was insane with turn 1 Deepwalker, turn 2 Infiltrator, turn 3 Gargoyle, turn 4 echo Dead, turn 5 Coal Stoker Stingscourger. Without a Sulfurous Blast or Damnation involved, that draw isn’t losing.
Round 2 I played against a Black/Red deck with tons of removal, including Pyrohemia, and very few creatures. Game 1 I got ahead early, and I didn’t think I could lose, but he drew into Pyrohemia, which killed all my creatures, and let his mediocre collection of creatures kill me while I drew tons of land. Game 2 we raced and I had Gone for his Skizzik Surger to win the race by a turn. Game 3 he got stuck on two lands for a couple turns and I finally drew a Foresee which meant he had no chance.
I split the finals because it was bedtime.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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