Draft:
Pack 1:
Gaze of Justice, Strangling Soot, Fathom Seer, Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Volcanic Awakening, Krosan Grip, Fledgling Mawcor, Jaya Ballard, Task Mage, Mirari
Pick: Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Pack 2:
Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Errant Ephemeron, Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Paradox Haze, Fury Sliver, Sulfurous Blast, Ancestral Vision, Draining Whelk
Pick: Sulfurous Blast
Pack 3:
Viscerid Deepwalker, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Might Sliver, Phyrexian Totem, Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician, Ovinomancer
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 4:
Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Locket of Yesterdays, Quilled Sliver, Saffi Eriksdotter, The Rack
Pick: Gemhide Sliver
Pack 5:
Trespasser il-Vec, Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Quilled Sliver, Haunting Hymn, Telekinetic Sliver, Nicol Bolas
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 6:
Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Corpulent Corpse, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Premature Burial, Stormcloud Djinn
Pick: Premature Burial
Pack 7:
Aether Web, Assassinate, Ancient Grudge, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Dread Return, Scion of the Ur-Dragon, Gaea’s Liege
Pick: Assassinate
Pack 8:
Temporal Eddy, Drudge Reavers, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Thunder Totem, Aspect of Mongoose, Demonic Collusion
Pick: Demonic Collusion
Pack 9:
Gaze of Justice, Feebleness, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Volcanic Awakening, Krosan Grip
Pick: Feebleness
Pack 10:
Flowstone Channeler, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Paradox Haze, Fury Sliver
Pick: Flowstone Channeler
Pack 11:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Chameleon Blur, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver
Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers
Pack 12:
Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Locket of Yesterdays
Pick: Viscid Lemures
Pack 13:
Plunder, Brass Gnat, Nicol Bolas
Pick: Nicol Bolas
Pack 14:
Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug
Pick: Jhoira’s Timebug
Pack 15:
Pick: Call to the Netherworld
Pack 16:
Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Shaper Parasite, Keldon Marauders, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Vampiric Link, Brute Force, Prodigal Pyromancer, Enslave, Timecrafting, Ovinize, Body Double
Pick: Enslave
Pack 17:
Dawn Charm, Spitting Sliver, Mire Boa, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Blightspeaker, Aquamorph Entity, Evolution Charm, Brute Force, Melancholy, Seal of Primordium, Necrotic Sliver, Big Game Hunter, Mycologist
Pick: Big Game Hunter
Pack 18:
Battering Sliver, Aven Riftwatcher, Erratic Mutation, Reflex Sliver, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Dust Corona, Sunlance, Vampiric Link, Gossamer Phantasm, Timecrafting, Hunting Wilds, Benalish Commander
Pick: Brain Gorgers
Pack 19:
Ridged Kusite, Battering Sliver, Reflex Sliver, Whitemane Lion, Ghost Tactician, Firefright Mage, Wistful Thinking, Brute Force, Piracy Charm, Tidewalker, Dunerider Outlaw, Spellshift
Pick: Brute Force
Pack 20:
Poultice Sliver, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Aquamorph Entity, Uktabi Drake, Prodigal Pyromancer, Seal of Primordium, Mana Tithe, Timebender, Dormant Sliver, Riptide Pilferer
Pick: Prodigal Pyromancer
Pack 21:
Poultice Sliver, Dreamscape Artist, Deadly Grub, Brain Gorgers, Essence Warden, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Stormfront Riders, Sophic Centaur, Groundbreaker, Fa’adiyah Seer
Pick: Groundbreaker
Pack 22:
Ridged Kusite, Saltfield Recluse, Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Reality Acid, Bog Serpent, Skirk Shaman, Necrotic Sliver, Venarian Glimmer
Pick: Skirk Shaman
Pack 23:
Synchronous Sliver, Citanul Woodreaders, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Fa’adiyah Seer, Revered Dead, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Rebuff the Wicked
Pick: Citanul Woodreaders
Pack 24:
Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Ghost Tactician, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Vampiric Link, Timecrafting
Pick: Ridged Kusite
Pack 25:
Dawn Charm, Spitting Sliver, Dust Corona, Aquamorph Entity, Melancholy, Seal of Primordium
Pick: Melancholy
Pack 26:
Reflex Sliver, Dust Corona, Vampiric Link, Timecrafting, Hunting Wilds
Pick: Vampiric Link
Pack 27:
Ghost Tactician, Firefright Mage, Wistful Thinking, Tidewalker
Pick: Tidewalker
Pack 28:
Dash Hopes, Seal of Primordium, Riptide Pilferer
Pick: Riptide Pilferer
Pack 29:
Pick: Deadly Grub
Pack 30:
Pick: Venarian Glimmer
Pack 31:
Sprout Swarm, Samite Censer-Bearer, Aven Augur, Ichor Slick, Bogardan Lancer, Mass of Ghouls, Lucent Liminid, Thornweald Archer, Flowstone Embrace, Frenzy Sliver, Mesmeric Sliver, Imperiosaur, Ramosian Revivalist, Second Wind, Oriss, Samite Guardian
Pick: Ichor Slick
Pack 32:
Aven Augur, Fatal Attraction, Cutthroat il-Dal, Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Foresee, Grave Scrabbler, Henchfiend of Ukor, Lymph Sliver, Homing Sliver, Dust of Moments, Cloudseeder, Minions’ Murmurs, Whetwheel
Pick: Fatal Attraction
Pack 33:
Kavu Primarch, Foresee, Emberwilde Augur, Putrid Cyclops, Augur il-Vec, Ichor Slick, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sarcomite Myr, Death Rattle, Homing Sliver, Goldmeadow Lookout, Second Wind, Fleshwrither
Pick: Ichor Slick
Pack 34:
Petrified Plating, Bogardan Lancer, Venser’s Diffusion, Oblivion Crown, Edge of Autumn, Lymph Sliver, Blind Phantasm, Virulent Sliver, Mass of Ghouls, Bloodshot Trainee, Aven Mindcensor, Nix
Pick: Mass of Ghouls
Pack 35:
Rift Elemental, Augur il-Vec, Grave Peril, Marshaling Cry, Grave Scrabbler, Lumithread Field, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp, Llanowar Reborn, Char-Rumbler, Utopia Mycon
Pick: Grave Scrabbler
Pack 36:
Saltskitter, Cutthroat il-Dal, Llanowar Augur, Augur of Skulls, Vedalken Aethermage, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Grinning Ignus, Arcanum Wings, Snake Cult Initiation, Emblem of the Warmind
Pick: Augur of Skulls
Pack 37:
Grave Peril, Wrap in Vigor, Samite Censer-Bearer, Putrid Cyclops, Patrician’s Scorn, Sarcomite Myr, Henchfiend of Ukor, Storm Entity, Bitter Ordeal
Pick: Henchfiend of Ukor
Pack 38:
Venser’s Diffusion, Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Frenzy Sliver, Patrician’s Scorn, Sliversmith, Imperial Mask, Ramosian Revivalist
Pick: Emberwilde Augur
Pack 39:
Samite Censer-Bearer, Aven Augur, Bogardan Lancer, Frenzy Sliver, Mesmeric Sliver, Ramosian Revivalist, Second Wind
Pick: Second Wind
Pack 40:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Quiet Disrepair, Grave Scrabbler, Homing Sliver, Dust of Moments, Minions’ Murmurs
Pick: Grave Scrabbler
Pack 41:
Emberwilde Augur, Putrid Cyclops, Augur il-Vec, Sarcomite Myr, Homing Sliver
Pick: Emberwilde Augur
Pack 42:
Bogardan Lancer, Oblivion Crown, Blind Phantasm, Virulent Sliver
Pick: Blind Phantasm
Pack 43:
Rift Elemental, Grave Peril, Mesmeric Sliver
Pick: Grave Peril
Pack 44:
Pick: Grave Peril
Pack 45:
*, *
Pick: *
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Brute Force
1 Augur of Skulls
1 Feebleness
1 Premature Burial
1 Assassinate
1 Big Game Hunter
1 Fatal Attraction
1 Flowstone Channeler
2 Ichor Slick
1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
1 Melancholy
1 Prodigal Pyromancer
1 Trespasser il-Vec
2 Grave Scrabbler
1 Henchfiend of Ukor
1 Sulfurous Blast
1 Demonic Collusion
1 Mass of Ghouls
1 Dark Withering
1 Enslave
8 Mountain
10 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Blind Phantasm
1 Brain Gorgers
1 Call to the Netherworld
1 Citanul Woodreaders
1 Deadly Grub
2 Emberwilde Augur
1 Gemhide Sliver
2 Grave Peril
1 Groundbreaker
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
1 Jhoira’s Timebug
1 Nicol Bolas
1 Ridged Kusite
1 Riptide Pilferer
1 Second Wind
1 Skirk Shaman
1 Snake Cult Initiation
1 Tidewalker
1 Vampiric Link
1 Venarian Glimmer
1 Viscid Lemures
The second pick of this draft was pretty interesting. I still probably would have taken Sulfurous Blast if I hadn’t taken Jaya, because it’s the best card there, but getting cut out of Blue in Planar Chaos isn’t a big deal since after Shaper Parasite, none of the commons are very exciting. The guy in front of me almost certainly took Disintegrate or Stormbind, because I saw very few Red or Green cards through the rest of pack one. Planar Chaos was the standard three or four really good cards, and a bunch of mediocre playables. Future Sight brought my deck together with the two Ichor Slicks and Grave Scrabblers (four outlets is alright, but I prefer to have more). I ended up a little short on playables, but what I had was quite solid.
Round 1 I played against a good Blue/Green deck. In the first game I Premature Burialed, Enslaved, and Big Game Huntered a Spectral Force, but somehow he still had more fatties, and I died to his two Kavu Primarchs with the Sulfurous Blast from my opening hand still in my hand. Game 2 I drew lots of land, but that was okay because I used them and four madness spells to cast Demonic Collusion five times. I cast Dark Withering, Big Game Hunter, Grave Scrabbler, and Big Game Hunter again through the Collusion… and still lost, somehow. He had Sprout Swarm, but it wasn’t very relevant. His Penumbra Spider was annoying, but I stopped it with Mass of Ghouls. It looked like I was going to stabilize, then he drew Timbermare and Ovinize for the next turn when I tried to block it.
It felt like I should have won these games, considering all the powerful things I did, but looking at the replays I can’t see anything I could have done differently. He just had an endless stream of giant men, and was always one step ahead.
Until Monday,
Rich
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