Draft:
Pack 1:
Mogg War Marshal, Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Temporal Isolation, Crookclaw Transmuter, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cavalry Master, Vampiric Sliver, Haunting Hymn, Magus of the Candelabra, Mirari
Pick: Temporal Isolation
Pack 2:
Search for Tomorrow, Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Nightshade Assassin, Basalt Gargoyle, Pull from Eternity, Tivadar of Thorn
Pick: Nightshade Assassin
Pack 3:
Goblin Skycutter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Careful Consideration, Conflagrate, Liege of the Pit, Craw Giant, Flamecore Elemental
Pick: Urborg Syphon-Mage
Pack 4:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Search for Tomorrow, Icatian Crier, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Basalt Gargoyle, Pull from Eternity, Sarpadian Empires, Vol. VII, Pendelhaven
Pick: Search for Tomorrow
Pack 5:
Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Jedit’s Dragoons, Scryb Ranger, Firewake Sliver, Moonlace, Scragnoth, Savage Thallid
Pick: Scryb Ranger
Pack 6:
Drudge Reavers, Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Subterranean Shambler, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Scryb Ranger, Firewake Sliver, Wheel of Fate, Plains
Pick: Scryb Ranger
Pack 7:
Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Vampiric Sliver, Haunting Hymn
Pick: Vampiric Sliver
Pack 8:
Snapback, Aether Web, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Conflagrate, Jasmine Boreal, Fool’s Demise
Pick: Conflagrate
Pack 9:
Mogg War Marshal, Drudge Reavers, Divine Congregation, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Haunting Hymn, Magus of the Candelabra
Pick: Haunting Hymn
Pack 10:
Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Basalt Gargoyle
Pick: Thallid Shell-Dweller
Pack 11:
Goblin Skycutter, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Sage of Epityr, Flamecore Elemental
Pick: Goblin Skycutter
Pack 12:
Ghitu Firebreathing, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Pull from Eternity
Pick: Psychotic Episode
Pack 13:
Cyclopean Giant, Firewake Sliver, Savage Thallid
Pick: Savage Thallid
Pack 14:
Drudge Reavers, Chameleon Blur
Pick: Drudge Reavers
Pack 15:
Pick: Foriysian Interceptor
Pack 16:
Fathom Seer, Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Aspect of Mongoose, Skittering Monstrosity, Celestial Crusader, Stuffy Doll, Flying Men
Pick: Gemhide Sliver
Pack 17:
Amrou Scout, Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, Strangling Soot, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Fury Sliver, Harmonic Sliver, Sulfurous Blast, Sedge Sliver
Pick: Strangling Soot
Pack 18:
Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Yavimaya Dryad, Plated Pegasus, Thunder Totem, Swarmyard, Uthden Troll
Pick: Yavimaya Dryad
Pack 19:
Tolarian Sentinel, Benalish Cavalry, Errant Ephemeron, Strangling Soot, Blazing Blade Askari, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Aspect of Mongoose, Skittering Monstrosity, Celestial Dawn
Pick: Strangling Soot
Pack 20:
Gorgon Recluse, Herd Gnarr, Fortify, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Fury Sliver, Harmonic Sliver, Sprite Noble, Uncle Istvan
Pick: Herd Gnarr
Pack 21:
Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Chromatic Star, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Clockspinning, Paradise Plume, Paradox Haze, Feldon’s Cane
Pick: Mana Skimmer
Pack 22:
Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Paradise Plume, Paradox Haze, Ovinomancer
Pick: Trespasser il-Vec
Pack 23:
Gorgon Recluse, Scarwood Treefolk, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Yavimaya Dryad, Plated Pegasus
Pick: Yavimaya Dryad
Pack 24:
Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Aspect of Mongoose, Skittering Monstrosity, Flying Men
Pick: Viscid Lemures
Pack 25:
Slipstream Serpent, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Harmonic Sliver
Pick: Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
Pack 26:
Gaze of Justice, Shadow Sliver, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Swarmyard
Pick: Swarmyard
Pack 27:
Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Aspect of Mongoose, Celestial Dawn
Pick: Celestial Dawn
Pack 28:
Sidewinder Sliver, Harmonic Sliver, Uncle Istvan
Pick: Uncle Istvan
Pack 29:
Pick: Paradox Haze
Pack 30:
Pick: Glass Asp
Pack 31:
Veiling Oddity, Ridged Kusite, Saltfield Recluse, Needlepeak Spider, Poultice Sliver, Blightspeaker, Aquamorph Entity, Evolution Charm, Essence Warden, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Sinew Sliver, Treacherous Urge, Rough / Tumble, Calciderm, Intet, the Dreamer
Pick: Evolution Charm
Pack 32:
Saltfield Recluse, Veiling Oddity, Midnight Charm, Battering Sliver, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Simian Spirit Guide, Piracy Charm, Fa’adiyah Seer, Timebender, Dormant Sliver, Molten Firebird, Temporal Extortion
Pick: Midnight Charm
Pack 33:
Stingscourger, Synchronous Sliver, Utopia Vow, Ghost Tactician, Firefright Mage, Wistful Thinking, Keldon Marauders, Dash Hopes, Brute Force, Melancholy, Seal of Primordium, Ana Battlemage, Frozen Aether
Pick: Ana Battlemage
Pack 34:
Giant Dustwasp, Dreamscape Artist, Brain Gorgers, Dust Corona, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Vampiric Link, Brute Force, Prodigal Pyromancer, Pouncing Wurm, Rebuff the Wicked, Wild Pair
Pick: Giant Dustwasp
Pack 35:
Whitemane Lion, Utopia Vow, Citanul Woodreaders, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Bog Serpent, Skirk Shaman, Tidewalker, Dunerider Outlaw
Pick: Citanul Woodreaders
Pack 36:
Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Cradle to Grave, Giant Dustwasp, Aquamorph Entity, Uktabi Drake, Fa’adiyah Seer, Revered Dead, Auramancer’s Guise, Treacherous Urge
Pick: Giant Dustwasp
Pack 37:
Reflex Sliver, Fury Charm, Wistful Thinking, Citanul Woodreaders, Firefright Mage, Prodigal Pyromancer, Seal of Primordium, Mana Tithe, Venarian Glimmer
Pick: Prodigal Pyromancer
Pack 38:
Dawn Charm, Spitting Sliver, Battering Sliver, Vitaspore Thallid, Brain Gorgers, Vampiric Link, Gossamer Phantasm, Darkheart Sliver
Pick: Darkheart Sliver
Pack 39:
Veiling Oddity, Ridged Kusite, Saltfield Recluse, Needlepeak Spider, Poultice Sliver, Aquamorph Entity, Merfolk Thaumaturgist
Pick: Saltfield Recluse
Pack 40:
Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Fa’adiyah Seer, Timebender, Temporal Extortion
Pick: Temporal Extortion
Pack 41:
Firefright Mage, Keldon Marauders, Dash Hopes, Seal of Primordium, Frozen Aether
Pick: Seal of Primordium
Pack 42:
Dust Corona, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Vampiric Link
Pick: Vampiric Link
Pack 43:
Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Dunerider Outlaw
Pick: Uktabi Drake
Pack 44:
Pick: Fa’adiyah Seer
Pack 45:
Pick: Reflex Sliver
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Midnight Charm
1 Evolution Charm
1 Gemhide Sliver
2 Scryb Ranger
1 Thallid Shell-Dweller
1 Ana Battlemage
1 Citanul Woodreaders
1 Prodigal Pyromancer
1 Search for Tomorrow
2 Strangling Soot
1 Trespasser il-Vec
1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
2 Yavimaya Dryad
1 Herd Gnarr
1 Mana Skimmer
1 Nightshade Assassin
1 Vampiric Sliver
2 Giant Dustwasp
1 Haunting Hymn
1 Conflagrate
8 Forest
2 Mountain
6 Swamp
Sideboard:
1 Celestial Dawn
1 Darkheart Sliver
1 Drudge Reavers
1 Fa’adiyah Seer
1 Foriysian Interceptor
1 Glass Asp
1 Goblin Skycutter
1 Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
1 Paradox Haze
1 Psychotic Episode
1 Reflex Sliver
1 Saltfield Recluse
1 Savage Thallid [FOIL]
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Swarmyard
1 Temporal Extortion
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Uktabi Drake
1 Uncle Istvan
1 Vampiric Link
1 Viscid Lemures
With the second pick of this draft I was looking to get into an archetype I haven’t gotten to draft much, but I’ve been successful with when I’ve had it: Black/White Rebels. Unfortunately, White was cut off from me so I had to move into Green. During the draft it felt like I should’ve been in Red, but looking back, there was never really a good time to move into it. I know people are going to question the Stuffy Doll pick. I’ve simply been unimpressed by Stuffy lately, and I felt the Gemhide Sliver, together with the Search for Tomorrow from the first pack, would give me the ability to splash something later on.
Round 1 I played against Gerard Fabiano. In the first round he drew the good half of his deck, playing Sulfurous Blast and Torchling which I simply couldn’t handle. Game 2 he played turn 1 Keldon Marauders using Simian Spirt Guide. He got me to about eight before he ran out of spells and I beat him with real cards. Game 3 was a race, and I was able to win it with Ana Battlemage the turn before he was going to win.
Round 2 I played against a Blue/Red deck, splashing Green for Intet. Game 1 he got ahead early but I was able to Haunting Hymn away his hand then kill his guys with Strangling Soot. Unfortunately he then dew Word of Seizing which took out two Giant Dustwasps, my only offence, then he drew Havenwood Wurm to kill me. Game 2 I got ahead early, but was stopped when he played Intet. I built up guys for a couple turns, then Sooted away all his blockers and alpha struck twice for the win. Game 3 he kept a hand without an Island and didn’t play anything for the first four turns, and I had a quick draw which gave him no time to recover.
I split the finals
Until Monday,
Rich
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