Draft:
Pack 1:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Search for Tomorrow, Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Might Sliver, Primal Forcemage, Wurmcalling, Tribal Flames
Pick: Tribal Flames
Pack 2:
Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Snapback, Aether Web, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Nightshade Assassin, Spirit Loop, Restore Balance, Swamp Mosquito, Detainment Spell
Pick: Nightshade Assassin
Pack 3:
Pentarch Ward, Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Celestial Crusader, Durkwood Tracker, Wheel of Fate, Funeral Charm, Grapeshot
Pick: Grapeshot
Pack 4:
Trespasser il-Vec, Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Chronatog Totem, Harmonic Sliver, Mirari
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 5:
Trespasser il-Vec, Amrou Scout, Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Return to Dust, Dandan
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 6:
Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Flamecore Elemental, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Volcanic Awakening, Chronatog Totem, Withered Wretch
Pick: Withered Wretch
Pack 7:
Cancel, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Calciform Pools, Barbed Shocker, Dralnu, Lich Lord, Krosan Grip
Pick: Dralnu, Lich Lord
Pack 8:
Feebleness, Flowstone Channeler, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Evil Eye of Urborg
Pick: Flowstone Channeler
Pack 9:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Goblin Skycutter, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler
Pick: Goblin Skycutter
Pack 10:
Mindlash Sliver, Chameleon Blur, Spirit Loop, Restore Balance, Swamp Mosquito, Detainment Spell
Pick: Swamp Mosquito
Pack 11:
Pentarch Ward, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver
Pick: Ironclaw Buzzardiers
Pack 12:
Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Harmonic Sliver
Pick: Skulking Knight
Pack 13:
Molder, Children of Korlis, Return to Dust
Pick: Molder
Pack 14:
Pick: Sangrophage
Pack 15:
Pick: Barbed Shocker
Pack 16:
Dreamscape Artist, Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Erratic Mutation, Citanul Woodreaders, Brain Gorgers, Keldon Marauders, Essence Warden, Bog Serpent, Primal Plasma, Circle of Affliction, Jodah’s Avenger, Calciderm, Magus of the Coffers, Radha, Heir to Keld
Pick: Magus of the Coffers
Pack 17:
Veiling Oddity, Ridged Kusite, Saltfield Recluse, Needlepeak Spider, Poultice Sliver, Fury Charm, Wistful Thinking, Fa’adiyah Seer, Primal Plasma, Revered Dead, Dormant Sliver, Mantle of Leadership, Dunerider Outlaw, Fatal Frenzy
Pick: Needlepeak Spider
Pack 18:
Erratic Mutation, Cradle to Grave, Reflex Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Evolution Charm, Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Skirk Shaman, Sinew Sliver, Frenetic Sliver, Saltblast
Pick: Cradle to Grave
Pack 19:
Dreamscape Artist, Citanul Woodreaders, Firefright Mage, Pallid Mycoderm, Uktabi Drake, Deadly Grub, Melancholy, Vampiric Link, Phantasmagorian, Hammerheim Deadeye, Mycologist, Spellshift
Pick: Melancholy
Pack 20:
Battering Sliver, Reflex Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Citanul Woodreaders, Simian Spirit Guide, Gossamer Phantasm, Ana Battlemage, Darkheart Sliver
Pick: Citanul Woodreaders
Pack 21:
Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Cradle to Grave, Dust Corona, Reality Acid, Blightspeaker, Simian Spirit Guide, Melancholy, Pouncing Wurm, Cautery Sliver
Pick: Blightspeaker
Pack 22:
Dawn Charm, Spitting Sliver, Battering Sliver, Blightspeaker, Fa’adiyah Seer, Bog Serpent, Ana Battlemage, Shrouded Lore, Wild Pair
Pick: Blightspeaker
Pack 23:
Synchronous Sliver, Fury Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Gossamer Phantasm, Skirk Shaman, Serra’s Boon, Muck Drubb
Pick: Muck Drubb
Pack 24:
Dreamscape Artist, Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Brain Gorgers, Keldon Marauders, Bog Serpent, Circle of Affliction
Pick: Brain Gorgers
Pack 25:
Ridged Kusite, Fury Charm, Wistful Thinking, Fa’adiyah Seer, Revered Dead, Mantle of Leadership
Pick: Ridged Kusite
Pack 26:
Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Merfolk Thaumaturgist
Pick: Fury Charm
Pack 27:
Firefright Mage, Deadly Grub, Vampiric Link, Spellshift
Pick: Spellshift
Pack 28:
Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid
Pick: Reality Acid
Pack 29:
Pick: Ridged Kusite
Pack 30:
Pick: Bog Serpent
Pack 31:
Kavu Primarch, Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Aven Augur, Fatal Attraction, Cutthroat il-Dal, Henchfiend of Ukor, Whip-Spine Drake, Lymph Sliver, Homing Sliver, Sporoloth Ancient, Mistmeadow Skulk, Dryad Arbor, Spin into Myth, Tarox Bladewing
Pick: Tarox Bladewing
Pack 32:
Marshaling Cry, Unblinking Bleb, Lost Hours, Riddle of Lightning, Knight of Sursi, Patrician’s Scorn, Sarcomite Myr, Henchfiend of Ukor, Thornweald Archer, Death Rattle, Spellwild Ouphe, Aven Mindcensor, Zoetic Cavern, Edge of Autumn
Pick: Death Rattle
Pack 33:
Llanowar Empath, Grave Peril, Marshaling Cry, Kavu Primarch, Emberwilde Augur, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sarcomite Myr, Death Rattle, Homing Sliver, Ramosian Revivalist, Arcanum Wings, Street Wraith, Shapeshifter’s Marrow
Pick: Death Rattle
Pack 34:
Unblinking Bleb, Llanowar Augur, Riddle of Lightning, Venser’s Diffusion, Ghostfire, Fomori Nomad, Patrician’s Scorn, Logic Knot, Grave Scrabbler, Fleshwrither, Skizzik Surger, Muraganda Petroglyphs
Pick: Ghostfire
Pack 35:
Putrid Cyclops, Augur il-Vec, Petrified Plating, Bogardan Lancer, Lymph Sliver, Blind Phantasm, Virulent Sliver, Mass of Ghouls, Bloodshot Trainee, Spellwild Ouphe, Mistmeadow Skulk
Pick: Mass of Ghouls
Pack 36:
Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Rift Elemental, Augur il-Vec, Grave Scrabbler, Lumithread Field, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp, Yixlid Jailer, Storm Entity
Pick: Deepcavern Imp
Pack 37:
Petrified Plating, Quiet Disrepair, Saltskitter, Logic Knot, Lucent Liminid, Vedalken Aethermage, Virulent Sliver, Phosphorescent Feast, Narcomoeba
Pick: Narcomoeba
Pack 38:
Gift of Granite, Augur of Skulls, Lost Hours, Blind Phantasm, Grinning Ignus, Deepcavern Imp, Witch’s Mist, Boldwyr Intimidator
Pick: Deepcavern Imp
Pack 39:
Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Cutthroat il-Dal, Henchfiend of Ukor, Lymph Sliver, Homing Sliver, Dryad Arbor
Pick: Henchfiend of Ukor
Pack 40:
Marshaling Cry, Lost Hours, Patrician’s Scorn, Sarcomite Myr, Spellwild Ouphe, Aven Mindcensor
Pick: Aven Mindcensor
Pack 41:
Grave Peril, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Ramosian Revivalist, Arcanum Wings, Street Wraith
Pick: Street Wraith
Pack 42:
Llanowar Augur, Patrician’s Scorn, Logic Knot, Grave Scrabbler
Pick: Grave Scrabbler
Pack 43:
Putrid Cyclops, Bogardan Lancer, Virulent Sliver
Pick: Putrid Cyclops
Pack 44:
Pick: Augur il-Vec
Pack 45:
*
Pick: *
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Tribal Flames [FOIL]
1 Withered Wretch
2 Blightspeaker
1 Cradle to Grave
1 Goblin Skycutter
1 Grapeshot [FOIL]
2 Deepcavern Imp
1 Flowstone Channeler
1 Ghostfire
1 Melancholy
2 Trespasser il-Vec
1 Brain Gorgers
1 Grave Scrabbler
1 Henchfiend of Ukor
1 Nightshade Assassin
1 Magus of the Coffers
1 Muck Drubb
1 Tarox Bladewing
2 Death Rattle
8 Mountain
9 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Augur il-Vec
1 Aven Mindcensor
1 Barbed Shocker
1 Bog Serpent
1 Citanul Woodreaders
1 Dralnu, Lich Lord
1 Fury Charm
1 Ironclaw Buzzardiers
1 Mass of Ghouls
1 Molder
1 Narcomoeba
1 Needlepeak Spider
1 Putrid Cyclops
1 Quiet Disrepair
1 Reality Acid
2 Ridged Kusite
1 Sangrophage
1 Skulking Knight
1 Spellshift
1 Street Wraith
1 Swamp Mosquito
I took Tribal Flames with my first pick because I figured I’d get a Red card back, and I didn’t want to take a Green card since there were so many choices in the pack. After that, Nightshade Assassin was an easy pick, and I never had a reason to stray from Red/Black. I picked discard outlets a little higher than usual, in preparation for Grave Scrabblers. This was one of the worst Planar Chaos packs I’ve ever experienced. There was just nothing for me. I got a few bad creatures, and a couple of mediocre removal spells. Pack 3 saved me, giving me some good removal spells, and good creatures, as well as a pair of rebels to go with the Blightspeakers.
I’m not sure if I should have played Tarox in the end, because he just messed with the manabase too much. I figured the deck wasn’t powerful enough without him, but I’m not sure if that’s true since it was pretty fast with some good removal to back it up.
Round 1 I played against another Black/Red deck. His was much more controlling, with cards like Aether Membrane and Phantasmagorian. Game 1 I had a pretty quick draw, but he was able to hold me off with Aether Membrane. I got through it with my Blightspeakers and Trespasser Il-Vec. I was forced to discard everything to the Trespasser, and at the end he had a couple of draws at a removal spell to win the game. Game 2 I had another quick draw, and he just couldn’t keep up. I conveniently drew 3 Mountains and two Swamps for Tarox to finish him.
Round 2 my opponent had some pretty bad draws. So bad in fact that I couldn’t figure out if Red or Blue was his splash, because game 1 he only played three lands, and game 2 he played nothing but land.
I split the finals.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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