Draft:
Pack 1:
Castle Raptors, Gorgon Recluse, Spiketail Drakeling, Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Truth or Tale, Aspect of Mongoose, Wipe Away, Stronghold Overseer, Arena
Pick: Stronghold Overseer
Pack 2:
Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Errant Ephemeron, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Volcanic Awakening, Krosan Grip, Premature Burial, Undertaker
Pick: Errant Ephemeron
Pack 3:
Coral Trickster, Feebleness, Looter il-Kor, Spinneret Sliver, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Pendelhaven Elder, Saltcrusted Steppe, Voidmage Husher, Icatian Javelineers
Pick: Looter il-Kor
Pack 4:
Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Eternity Snare, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Conflagrate, Paradise Plume, Knight of the Holy Nimbus, Prodigal Sorcerer, Thelonite Hermit
Pick: Thelonite Hermit
Pack 5:
Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Assembly-Worker, Haunting Hymn, Phantom Wurm, Gemstone Mine
Pick: Phantom Wurm
Pack 6:
Keldon Halberdier, Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Dread Return, Conflagrate, Whispers of the Muse
Pick: Slipstream Serpent
Pack 7:
Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Brass Gnat, Blazing Blade Askari, Fungal Reaches, Krosan Grip, Squall Line
Pick: Squall Line
Pack 8:
Mana Skimmer, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Fool’s Demise, Thunder Totem, Lord of Atlantis
Pick: Mana Skimmer
Pack 9:
Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Truth or Tale, Aspect of Mongoose, Wipe Away
Pick: Wipe Away
Pack 10:
Deathspore Thallid, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Volcanic Awakening, Krosan Grip
Pick: Deathspore Thallid
Pack 11:
Molder, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Voidmage Husher
Pick: Molder
Pack 12:
Mana Skimmer, Chromatic Star, Eternity Snare, Paradise Plume
Pick: Chromatic Star
Pack 13:
Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Assembly-Worker
Pick: Assembly-Worker
Pack 14:
Mystical Teachings, Shadow Sliver
Pick: Mystical Teachings
Pack 15:
Pick: Brass Gnat
Pack 16:
Empty the Warrens, Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Penumbra Spider, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Basalt Gargoyle, Phthisis, Fungal Reaches, Norin the Wary, Coalition Victory
Pick: Penumbra Spider
Pack 17:
Ashcoat Bear, Search for Tomorrow, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Calciform Pools, Opaline Sliver, Spirit Loop, Demonic Collusion, Mystic Snake
Pick: Search for Tomorrow
Pack 18:
Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Think Twice, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Voidmage Husher, Sudden Shock, Tectonic Fiend, Nether Traitor
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 19:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Jedit’s Dragoons, Foriysian Interceptor, Stormcloud Djinn, Hypergenesis, Kobold Taskmaster, Empty the Warrens
Pick: Stormcloud Djinn
Pack 20:
Temporal Eddy, Tendrils of Corruption, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Barbed Shocker, Curse of the Cabal, Sol’kanar the Swamp King, Reiterate
Pick: Tendrils of Corruption
Pack 21:
Ashcoat Bear, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Opaline Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier
Pick: Thallid Germinator
Pack 22:
Pentarch Ward, Assassinate, Thallid Germinator, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Gemstone Caverns, Chronatog Totem
Pick: Assassinate
Pack 23:
Pentarch Ward, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Faceless Devourer, Dementia Sliver, Academy Ruins
Pick: Faceless Devourer
Pack 24:
Icatian Crier, Think Twice, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Jhoira’s Timebug, Norin the Wary, Coalition Victory
Pick: Think Twice
Pack 25:
Cancel, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Sage of Epityr, Calciform Pools, Demonic Collusion
Pick: Demonic Collusion
Pack 26:
Temporal Eddy, Ancient Grudge, Foriysian Interceptor, Voidmage Husher, Tectonic Fiend
Pick: Temporal Eddy
Pack 27:
Drudge Reavers, Screeching Sliver, Foriysian Interceptor, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Drudge Reavers
Pack 28:
Brass Gnat, Screeching Sliver, Barbed Shocker
Pick: Barbed Shocker
Pack 29:
Mindlash Sliver, Chameleon Blur
Pick: Chameleon Blur
Pack 30:
Pick: Detainment Spell
Pack 31:
Battering Sliver, Whitemane Lion, Mire Boa, Utopia Vow, Veiling Oddity, Shade of Trokair, Vitaspore Thallid, Brain Gorgers, Sunlance, Gossamer Phantasm, Rathi Trapper, Sophic Centaur, Enslave, Kor Dirge, Magus of the Tabernacle
Pick: Enslave
Pack 32:
Spitting Sliver, Veiling Oddity, Synchronous Sliver, Citanul Woodreaders, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Mana Tithe, Rathi Trapper, Brute Force, Kavu Predator, Blood Knight, Teneb, the Harvester
Pick: Rathi Trapper
Pack 33:
Needlepeak Spider, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Dust Corona, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Gossamer Phantasm, Fa’adiyah Seer, Muck Drubb, Lavacore Elemental, Ovinize, Aeon Chronicler, Aeon Chronicler
Pick: Aeon Chronicler
Pack 34:
Dawn Charm, Whitemane Lion, Erratic Mutation, Blightspeaker, Aquamorph Entity, Evolution Charm, Piracy Charm, Seal of Primordium, Sinew Sliver, Serra’s Boon, Timebender, Malach of the Dawn
Pick: Erratic Mutation
Pack 35:
Spitting Sliver, Stingscourger, Aquamorph Entity, Shade of Trokair, Uktabi Drake, Revered Dead, Prodigal Pyromancer, Kavu Predator, Necrotic Sliver, Shivan Wumpus, Boom / Bust
Pick: Aquamorph Entity
Pack 36:
Veiling Oddity, Midnight Charm, Ghost Tactician, Firefright Mage, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Vampiric Link, Venarian Glimmer, Keen Sense, Gossamer Phantasm
Pick: Veiling Oddity
Pack 37:
Aven Riftwatcher, Reflex Sliver, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Gossamer Phantasm, Prodigal Pyromancer, Seal of Primordium, Waning Wurm, Benalish Commander
Pick: Gossamer Phantasm
Pack 38:
Needlepeak Spider, Deadly Grub, Citanul Woodreaders, Brain Gorgers, Ghost Tactician, Seal of Primordium, Mantle of Leadership, Riptide Pilferer
Pick: Riptide Pilferer
Pack 39:
Battering Sliver, Veiling Oddity, Shade of Trokair, Vitaspore Thallid, Brain Gorgers, Gossamer Phantasm, Sophic Centaur
Pick: Veiling Oddity
Pack 40:
Synchronous Sliver, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Kavu Predator
Pick: Kavu Predator
Pack 41:
Brain Gorgers, Dust Corona, Vitaspore Thallid, Gossamer Phantasm, Fa’adiyah Seer
Pick: Gossamer Phantasm
Pack 42:
Piracy Charm, Seal of Primordium, Serra’s Boon, Timebender
Pick: Piracy Charm
Pack 43:
Revered Dead, Kavu Predator, Necrotic Sliver
Pick: Necrotic Sliver
Pack 44:
Firefright Mage, Venarian Glimmer
Pick: Venarian Glimmer
Pack 45:
Pick: Seal of Primordium
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Piracy Charm
1 Deathspore Thallid
1 Gossamer Phantasm
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Rathi Trapper
1 Riptide Pilferer
1 Think Twice
1 Assassinate
1 Assembly-Worker
1 Erratic Mutation
1 Wipe Away
1 Aquamorph Entity
1 Mana Skimmer
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Temporal Eddy
2 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Aeon Chronicler [FOIL]
1 Stormcloud Djinn
1 Enslave
1 Stronghold Overseer
1 Errant Ephemeron
1 Slipstream Serpent
8 Island
9 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Barbed Shocker
1 Brass Gnat
1 Chameleon Blur
1 Chromatic Star
1 Demonic Collusion
1 Detainment Spell
1 Drudge Reavers
1 Faceless Devourer
1 Gossamer Phantasm
1 Kavu Predator
1 Molder
1 Necrotic Sliver
1 Penumbra Spider
1 Phantom Wurm
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Search for Tomorrow
1 Squall Line
1 Thallid Germinator
1 Thelonite Hermit [FOIL]
2 Veiling Oddity
1 Venarian Glimmer
This draft was pretty ugly because I had so much trouble deciding on my colors. When pack two started I was fairly certain I was going to play Green, but unsure about my other color. Then I got the two Tendrils, so I knew I was playing Black, but wasn’t sure if I was pairing it with Blue or Green. I eventually decided on Blue because it had more synergy with my Black cards.
Round 1 I played against a mediocre White/Green/Red deck. Game 1 I fell behind early, but got lucky to pull ahead when my Erratic Mutation took out his Brute Forced Watcher Sliver without any help. From there I was able to Suspend Aeon Chronicler for 4 and Teachings for the two Tendrils. Game 2 he stalled on lands and I got to Enslave the Baloth he suspended turn 1.
Round 2 I played one of my nemeses: “Fob.” Game 1 he played Psychotic Episode on turn 3, seeing a bunch of mediocre cards including an Aquamorph Entity. Two turns later I drew Slipstream Eel, and played that as my first morph so that he’d think it was the Entity. That plan worked well as he eventually put a 2/2 in front of my second morph, which was of course the Entity. Game 2 I discovered that he was missing a color in game 1. For the first six turns or so we traded creatures and removal. Eventually he played a Smallpox, which left the board at his Urborg Syphon-Mage to my lands. From there, I significantly outdrew him, and eventually Enslaved his Magus of the Coffers for the win.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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