Draft:
Pack 1:
Deathspore Thallid, Errant Ephemeron, Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Trespasser il-Vec, Amrou Scout, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Stormcloud Djinn, Gustcloak Cavalier, Ghostflame Sliver, Squall Line, Tormod’s Crypt
Pick: Errant Ephemeron
Pack 2:
Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Strangling Soot, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Krosan Grip, Tectonic Fiend, Clockwork Hydra, Conspiracy
Pick: Strangling Soot
Pack 3:
Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Snapback, Aether Web, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Dreadship Reef, Smallpox, Academy Ruins
Pick: Crookclaw Transmuter
Pack 4:
Gorgon Recluse, Spiketail Drakeling, Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Keldon Halberdier, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Yavimaya Dryad, Barbed Shocker, Merieke Ri Berit
Pick: Spiketail Drakeling
Pack 5:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Phyrexian Totem, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 6:
Strength in Numbers, Corpulent Corpse, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Dreadship Reef, Barbed Shocker, Demonic Collusion, Voidmage Prodigy
Pick: Corpulent Corpse
Pack 7:
Mana Skimmer, Chromatic Star, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Gustcloak Cavalier, Fungal Reaches, Urza’s Factory
Pick: Mana Skimmer
Pack 8:
Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Wipe Away, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Wipe Away
Pack 9:
Deathspore Thallid, Trespasser il-Vec, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Gustcloak Cavalier, Ghostflame Sliver
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 10:
Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Shadow Sliver, Krosan Grip, Tectonic Fiend, Conspiracy
Pick: Conspiracy
Pack 11:
Aether Web, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Academy Ruins
Pick: Academy Ruins
Pack 12:
Scarwood Treefolk, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Barbed Shocker
Pick: Skulking Knight
Pack 13:
Jhoira’s Timebug, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge
Pick: Jhoira’s Timebug
Pack 14:
Mindlash Sliver, Barbed Shocker
Pick: Mindlash Sliver
Pack 15:
Pick: Glass Asp
Pack 16:
Battering Sliver, Reflex Sliver, Whitemane Lion, Midnight Charm, Saltfield Recluse, Vitaspore Thallid, Deadly Grub, Aquamorph Entity, Piracy Charm, Primal Plasma, Seal of Primordium, Lavacore Elemental, Deadwood Treefolk, Calciderm, Heroes Remembered
Pick: Primal Plasma
Pack 17:
Erratic Mutation, Cradle to Grave, Reflex Sliver, Dreamscape Artist, Poultice Sliver, Uktabi Drake, Deadly Grub, Dust Corona, Simian Spirit Guide, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Healing Leaves, Necrotic Sliver, Stonecloaker, Shrouded Lore
Pick: Erratic Mutation
Pack 18:
Ridged Kusite, Erratic Mutation, Reality Acid, Blightspeaker, Evolution Charm, Shade of Trokair, Fury Charm, Sunlance, Prodigal Pyromancer, Melancholy, Timebender, Circle of Affliction, Mirri the Cursed
Pick: Mirri the Cursed
Pack 19:
Dreamscape Artist, Aven Riftwatcher, Cradle to Grave, Reflex Sliver, Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Citanul Woodreaders, Bog Serpent, Revered Dead, Healing Leaves, Aether Membrane, Keen Sense
Pick: Dreamscape Artist
Pack 20:
Battering Sliver, Aven Riftwatcher, Fury Charm, Wistful Thinking, Citanul Woodreaders, Firefright Mage, Pallid Mycoderm, Sunlance, Mana Tithe, Prodigal Pyromancer, Circle of Affliction
Pick: Prodigal Pyromancer
Pack 21:
Synchronous Sliver, Dawn Charm, Whitemane Lion, Reality Acid, Pallid Mycoderm, Mana Tithe, Bog Serpent, Frenetic Sliver, Stonecloaker, Frozen Aether
Pick: Stonecloaker
Pack 22:
Poultice Sliver, Spitting Sliver, Veiling Oddity, Brain Gorgers, Keldon Marauders, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Essence Warden
Pick: Brain Gorgers
Pack 23:
Synchronous Sliver, Firefright Mage, Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Healing Leaves, Gossamer Phantasm, Serra’s Boon, Darkheart Sliver
Pick: Gossamer Phantasm
Pack 24:
Reflex Sliver, Midnight Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Deadly Grub, Aquamorph Entity, Seal of Primordium, Heroes Remembered
Pick: Aquamorph Entity
Pack 25:
Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Deadly Grub, Dust Corona, Healing Leaves, Shrouded Lore
Pick: Shrouded Lore
Pack 26:
Ridged Kusite, Reality Acid, Melancholy, Timebender, Circle of Affliction
Pick: Melancholy
Pack 27:
Reflex Sliver, Deadly Grub, Bog Serpent, Revered Dead
Pick: Bog Serpent
Pack 28:
Wistful Thinking, Firefright Mage, Circle of Affliction
Pick: Circle of Affliction
Pack 29:
Synchronous Sliver, Mana Tithe
Pick: Synchronous Sliver
Pack 30:
Pick: Ghost Tactician
Pack 31:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Foresee, Rift Elemental, Augur il-Vec, Vedalken Aethermage, Virulent Sliver, Frenzy Sliver, Ghostfire, Fomori Nomad, Spellwild Ouphe, Aven Mindcensor, Zoetic Cavern, Magus of the Future
Pick: Magus of the Future
Pack 32:
Llanowar Empath, Grave Peril, Marshaling Cry, Kavu Primarch, Foresee, Patrician’s Scorn, Logic Knot, Nessian Courser, Grave Scrabbler, Henchfiend of Ukor, Whip-Spine Drake, Witch’s Mist, Boldwyr Intimidator, Nihilith
Pick: Foresee
Pack 33:
Aven Augur, Bogardan Lancer, Grave Peril, Virulent Sliver, Ghostfire, Mass of Ghouls, Vedalken Aethermage, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Yixlid Jailer, Storm Entity, Nacatl War-Pride, Intervention Pact, Nix
Pick: Ghostfire
Pack 34:
Kavu Primarch, Oblivion Crown, Emberwilde Augur, Fatal Attraction, Grinning Ignus, Edge of Autumn, Deepcavern Imp, Fomori Nomad, Logic Knot, Street Wraith, Storm Entity, Barren Glory
Pick: Street Wraith
Pack 35:
Sprout Swarm, Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp, Flowstone Embrace, Nessian Courser, Sarcomite Myr, Fleshwrither, Centaur Omenreader, Summoner’s Pact
Pick: Fleshwrither
Pack 36:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Llanowar Augur, Augur of Skulls, Samite Censer-Bearer, Homing Sliver, Edge of Autumn, Lymph Sliver, Blind Phantasm, Dryad Arbor, Veilstone Amulet
Pick: Blind Phantasm
Pack 37:
Putrid Cyclops, Augur il-Vec, Petrified Plating, Bogardan Lancer, Homing Sliver, Grave Scrabbler, Lumithread Field, Phosphorescent Feast, Narcomoeba
Pick: Grave Scrabbler
Pack 38:
Saltskitter, Llanowar Augur, Henchfiend of Ukor, Thornweald Archer, Death Rattle, Blind Phantasm, Emblem of the Warmind, Ramosian Revivalist
Pick: Death Rattle
Pack 39:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Gift of Granite, Quiet Disrepair, Rift Elemental, Virulent Sliver, Frenzy Sliver, Spellwild Ouphe
Pick: Cutthroat il-Dal
Pack 40:
Grave Peril, Patrician’s Scorn, Grave Scrabbler, Henchfiend of Ukor, Witch’s Mist, Boldwyr Intimidator
Pick: Grave Scrabbler
Pack 41:
Bogardan Lancer, Grave Peril, Virulent Sliver, Vedalken Aethermage, Storm Entity
Pick: Grave Peril
Pack 42:
Oblivion Crown, Logic Knot, Storm Entity, Barren Glory
Pick: Barren Glory
Pack 43:
Oblivion Crown, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp
Pick: Deepcavern Imp
Pack 44:
Cutthroat il-Dal, Samite Censer-Bearer
Pick: Cutthroat il-Dal
Pack 45:
Pick: Bogardan Lancer
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Dreamscape Artist
1 Blind Phantasm
1 Deepcavern Imp
1 Erratic Mutation
1 Ghostfire
1 Prodigal Pyromancer
1 Spiketail Drakeling
1 Strangling Soot
1 Trespasser il-Vec
1 Aquamorph Entity
1 Crookclaw Transmuter
1 Fleshwrither
1 Foresee
1 Grave Scrabbler
1 Mana Skimmer
1 Mirri the Cursed
1 Primal Plasma
1 Magus of the Future
1 Corpulent Corpse
1 Dark Withering
1 Death Rattle
1 Errant Ephemeron
8 Island
2 Mountain
8 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Academy Ruins
1 Barren Glory
1 Bog Serpent
1 Bogardan Lancer
1 Brain Gorgers
1 Circle of Affliction
1 Conspiracy
2 Cutthroat il-Dal
1 Ghost Tactician
1 Glass Asp
1 Gossamer Phantasm
1 Grave Peril
1 Grave Scrabbler
1 Jhoira’s Timebug
1 Melancholy
1 Mindlash Sliver
1 Shrouded Lore
1 Skulking Knight
1 Stonecloaker
1 Street Wraith
1 Synchronous Sliver
1 Wipe Away
This draft was pretty simple. My first couple picks set my colors., and then I was able to simply draft the best cards in those colors. The only issue was with how much Red I wanted to play. I wanted to splash Red the whole draft because of Strangling Soot. If I wasn’t planning on doing so I’d have taken Sunlance over Prodigal Pyromancer. The deck ended up quite powerful, capable of some pretty fast draws, and a good late game thanks to Magus of the Future and Foresee.
Round 1 I played against a Red/Blue deck featuring a Pyrohemia, which nearly won him two games. Game 1 I had a really fast draw with Trespasser Il-Vec which let me madness the Withering and Grave Scrabbler. Game 2 I mulliganed and kept a hand of five land and Corpulent Corpse. I drew pretty well from there, but he had Pyrohemia which killed all my creatures and left me with a whole bunch of land. Game 3 he got stuck on three lands while I was going crazy with Magus of the Future. By the time he got Pyrohemia into play it was too late. The Magus had already put me up about 10 cards, and left me with a full hand once the Pyrohemia wiped the board.
Round 2 wasn’t very close. In the first game he played first, and Reality Acided my land on turn 3. I simply played Trespasser, then a 5/1 Aquamorph Entity, and killed every creature he played. Game 2 was closer. I had a pretty slow draw, and he played turn 5 Serra Sphinx. My first attempt to double block the Sphinx was ruined with Pongify, but then my suspended Ephemeron came in and held it off while Magus of the Future did his thing.
I split the finals because it was getting late.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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