Draft:
Pack 1:
Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Krosan Grip, Fury Sliver, Scryb Ranger, Spectral Force, Coalition Victory
Pick: Spectral Force
Pack 2:
Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Flowstone Channeler, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Primal Forcemage, Gustcloak Cavalier, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Vesuva, Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
Pick: Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
Pack 3:
Nantuko Shaman, Gorgon Recluse, Spiketail Drakeling, Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Brine Elemental, Evil Eye of Urborg, Sudden Spoiling, Squire
Pick: Sudden Spoiling
Pack 4:
Keldon Halberdier, Grapeshot, Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Prismatic Lens, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Volcanic Awakening, Chronatog Totem, Lightning Angel
Pick: Prismatic Lens
Pack 5:
Gaze of Justice, Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Molten Slagheap, Pendelhaven Elder, Sindbad
Pick: Gemhide Sliver
Pack 6:
Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Spinneret Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Return to Dust, Wipe Away
Pick: Spinneret Sliver
Pack 7:
Herd Gnarr, Scarwood Treefolk, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Ignite Memories, Skittering Monstrosity, Opaline Sliver, Pandemonium
Pick: Herd Gnarr
Pack 8:
Feebleness, Chromatic Star, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Fallen Ideal, Pull from Eternity
Pick: Feebleness
Pack 9:
Spinneret Sliver, Flamecore Elemental, Ground Rift, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Krosan Grip
Pick: Spinneret Sliver
Pack 10:
Flowstone Channeler, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Traitor’s Clutch, Thick-Skinned Goblin
Pick: Thrill of the Hunt
Pack 11:
Scarwood Treefolk, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Blazing Blade Askari, Evil Eye of Urborg, Squire
Pick: Scarwood Treefolk
Pack 12:
Mystical Teachings, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Volcanic Awakening
Pick: Mystical Teachings
Pack 13:
Gaze of Justice, Eternity Snare, Sindbad
Pick: Sindbad
Pack 14:
Pick: Sangrophage
Pack 15:
Pick: Glass Asp
Pack 16:
Viscerid Deepwalker, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Search for Tomorrow, Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Ancient Grudge, Careful Consideration, Cavalry Master, Molten Slagheap, Walk the Aeons, Darkness
Pick: Search for Tomorrow
Pack 17:
Aether Web, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Undying Rage, Urza’s Factory, Primal Forcemage, Hypergenesis, Unstable Mutation
Pick: Primal Forcemage
Pack 18:
Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Snapback, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Basal Sliver, Smallpox, Evangelize, Valor
Pick: Urborg Syphon-Mage
Pack 19:
Pentarch Ward, Thallid Germinator, Zealot il-Vec, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Might of Old Krosa, Weatherseed Totem, Spirit Loop, Gemstone Caverns, Stupor
Pick: Weatherseed Totem
Pack 20:
Cancel, Icatian Crier, Tendrils of Corruption, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Mindlash Sliver, Voidmage Husher, Faceless Devourer, Paradise Plume, Norin the Wary, Mistform Ultimus
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 21:
Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Corpulent Corpse, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Tectonic Fiend, Arena
Pick: Strength in Numbers
Pack 22:
Temporal Eddy, Drudge Reavers, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Wipe Away, Spirit Loop, Restore Balance
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Pack 23:
Aether Web, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Ghostflame Sliver, Calciform Pools, Spell Burst
Pick: Havenwood Wurm
Pack 24:
Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Ancient Grudge, Molten Slagheap, Darkness
Pick: Dark Withering
Pack 25:
Aether Web, Drudge Reavers, Cancel, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Hypergenesis
Pick: Drudge Reavers
Pack 26:
Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Basal Sliver, Smallpox
Pick: Basal Sliver
Pack 27:
Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur
Pick: Pit Keeper
Pack 28:
Drifter il-Dal, Mindlash Sliver, Paradise Plume
Pick: Paradise Plume
Pack 29:
Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver
Pick: Mindlash Sliver
Pack 30:
Pick: Detainment Spell
Pack 31:
Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Spitting Sliver, Veiling Oddity, Synchronous Sliver, Uktabi Drake, Blightspeaker, Aquamorph Entity, Simian Spirit Guide, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Healing Leaves, Rebuff the Wicked, Enslave, Harmonize, Boom / Bust
Pick: Enslave
Pack 32:
Veiling Oddity, Midnight Charm, Battering Sliver, Whitemane Lion, Wistful Thinking, Keldon Marauders, Dash Hopes, Bog Serpent, Revered Dead, Healing Leaves, Timebender, Circle of Affliction, Porphyry Nodes, Magus of the Bazaar
Pick: Midnight Charm
Pack 33:
Midnight Charm, Needlepeak Spider, Utopia Vow, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Aquamorph Entity, Piracy Charm, Primal Plasma, Seal of Primordium, Circle of Affliction, Deadwood Treefolk, Pyrohemia, Roiling Horror
Pick: Deadwood Treefolk
Pack 34:
Utopia Vow, Veiling Oddity, Ridged Kusite, Vitaspore Thallid, Brain Gorgers, Fury Charm, Brute Force, Primal Plasma, Essence Warden, Lavacore Elemental, Deadwood Treefolk, Dash Hopes
Pick: Deadwood Treefolk
Pack 35:
Giant Dustwasp, Dawn Charm, Evolution Charm, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Dust Corona, Prodigal Pyromancer, Auramancer’s Guise, Rough / Tumble, Keen Sense, Life and Limb
Pick: Giant Dustwasp
Pack 36:
Aven Riftwatcher, Cradle to Grave, Citanul Woodreaders, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Mana Tithe, Prodigal Pyromancer, Rough / Tumble, Psychotrope Thallid
Pick: Citanul Woodreaders
Pack 37:
Midnight Charm, Synchronous Sliver, Needlepeak Spider, Mire Boa, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Fa’adiyah Seer, Ana Battlemage
Pick: Mire Boa
Pack 38:
Spitting Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Firefright Mage, Healing Leaves, Simian Spirit Guide, Necrotic Sliver, Frozen Aether, Dunerider Outlaw
Pick: Necrotic Sliver
Pack 39:
Spitting Sliver, Veiling Oddity, Synchronous Sliver, Uktabi Drake, Simian Spirit Guide, Healing Leaves, Rebuff the Wicked
Pick: Uktabi Drake
Pack 40:
Wistful Thinking, Keldon Marauders, Dash Hopes, Bog Serpent, Healing Leaves, Circle of Affliction
Pick: Bog Serpent
Pack 41:
Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Seal of Primordium, Circle of Affliction, Roiling Horror
Pick: Roiling Horror
Pack 42:
Ridged Kusite, Vitaspore Thallid, Brain Gorgers, Lavacore Elemental
Pick: Ridged Kusite
Pack 43:
Dust Corona, Auramancer’s Guise, Keen Sense
Pick: Keen Sense
Pack 44:
Pick: Keldon Marauders
Pack 45:
Pick: Dash Hopes
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Thrill of the Hunt
1 Feebleness
1 Gemhide Sliver
1 Mire Boa
1 Prismatic Lens
2 Spinneret Sliver
1 Strength in Numbers
1 Citanul Woodreaders
1 Necrotic Sliver
1 Search for Tomorrow
1 Sudden Spoiling
1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
1 Weatherseed Totem
1 Herd Gnarr
1 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Jolrael, Empress of Beasts
1 Giant Dustwasp
1 Spectral Force
1 Dark Withering
2 Deadwood Treefolk
1 Enslave
9 Forest
1 Plains
7 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Basal Sliver
1 Bog Serpent
1 Dash Hopes
1 Detainment Spell
1 Drudge Reavers
1 Glass Asp
1 Havenwood Wurm
1 Keen Sense
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Midnight Charm
1 Mindlash Sliver
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Paradise Plume
1 Pit Keeper
1 Primal Forcemage
1 Psychotic Episode
1 Ridged Kusite
1 Roiling Horror
1 Sangrophage
1 Scarwood Treefolk
1 Sindbad
1 Uktabi Drake
This draft went pretty well. I got into my colors early with rares, but apparently I should have been in Red, looking at what I got passed pack 3. I played a lot of mana sources because I was unlikely to run out of gas thanks to the two Deadwood Treefolks.
Round 1 I played against a solid Blue/White deck. In the first game I kept a hand with three lands, some early drops and a Spectral Force, but got stuck on three lands for a few turns, and got burned out with Psionic Blast before I could get a lethal attack in with the Force. Game 2 I got stuck on lands again, but this time drew out of it in time to keep pressure on by Enslaving his Castle Raptors. He had Reality Acid to get back the Raptors eventually, but by that point I was able to get him low enough to burn him out with Urborg Syphon-Mage. Game 3 I drew lots of mana sources and was able to win with my more expensive and more powerful spells.
Round 2 I played against another Blue/White deck. The first game looked pretty good, as he appeared mana flooded, as he went straight up to nine lands. Unfortunately he had Evangelize at that point and there was nothing I could do about it, despite having two Deadwood Treefolk in my hand to his empty board. Game 2 he suspended Shade of Trokair on turn 1, and Riftwing Cloudskate on turn 2, with a good curve to follow it up. I was close to getting back in the game, but he had Sunlance, Shaper Parasite, and Temporal Isolation to finish me off.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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