Draft:
Pack 1:
Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Penumbra Spider, Errant Doomsayers, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Griffin Guide, Riftwing Cloudskate, Ignite Memories, Angel’s Grace, Serrated Arrows
Pick: Serrated Arrows
Pack 2:
Amrou Seekers, Search for Tomorrow, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Aetherflame Wall, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Cavalry Master, Fledgling Mawcor, Primal Forcemage, Hypergenesis, Cloudchaser Kestrel
Pick: Fledgling Mawcor
Pack 3:
Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Penumbra Spider, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Vampiric Sliver, Gustcloak Cavalier, Gemstone Caverns
Pick: Penumbra Spider
Pack 4:
Aether Web, Assassinate, Amrou Seekers, Temporal Eddy, Ancient Grudge, Flickering Spirit, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Havenwood Wurm, Phantom Wurm, Molten Slagheap, Nicol Bolas
Pick: Phantom Wurm
Pack 5:
Pentarch Ward, Dark Withering, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Might of Old Krosa, Spell Burst, Curse of the Cabal
Pick: Viscerid Deepwalker
Pack 6:
Mogg War Marshal, Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Basal Sliver, Sage of Epityr, Ghitu Firebreathing, Momentary Blink, Telekinetic Sliver, Fallen Ideal, Mirari
Pick: Telekinetic Sliver
Pack 7:
Think Twice, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Foriysian Totem, Pendelhaven Elder, Wheel of Fate, Conspiracy
Pick: Think Twice
Pack 8:
Pentarch Ward, Thallid Germinator, Ancient Grudge, Foriysian Interceptor, Opaline Sliver, Skittering Monstrosity, Tormod’s Crypt, Forest
Pick: Thallid Germinator
Pack 9:
Penumbra Spider, Errant Doomsayers, Jhoira’s Timebug, Jedit’s Dragoons, Savage Thallid, Ignite Memories, Angel’s Grace
Pick: Penumbra Spider
Pack 10:
Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Pit Keeper, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Hypergenesis
Pick: Cancel
Pack 11:
Drudge Reavers, Cancel, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat
Pick: Cancel
Pack 12:
Aether Web, Call to the Netherworld, Drifter il-Dal, Nicol Bolas
Pick: Nicol Bolas
Pack 13:
Bewilder, Psychotic Episode, Curse of the Cabal
Pick: Bewilder
Pack 14:
Pick: Sage of Epityr
Pack 15:
Pick: Mindlash Sliver
Pack 16:
Grapeshot, Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Nantuko Shaman, Castle Raptors, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Pendelhaven Elder, Tectonic Fiend, Calciform Pools, Vesuvan Shapeshifter, Uthden Troll
Pick: Vesuvan Shapeshifter
Pack 17:
Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Ivory Giant, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Skittering Monstrosity, Spirit Loop, Undying Rage, Sprite Noble, Brass Gnat
Pick: Spinneret Sliver
Pack 18:
Spiketail Drakeling, Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Coral Trickster, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Gustcloak Cavalier, Spell Burst, Sporesower Thallid, Gaea’s Liege
Pick: Sporesower Thallid
Pack 19:
Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Grapeshot, Slipstream Serpent, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Paradise Plume, Primal Forcemage, Thelon of Havenwood, Shadow Sliver
Pick: Spinneret Sliver
Pack 20:
Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Fallen Ideal, Firewake Sliver, Evil Eye of Orms-by-Gore, Strength in Numbers
Pick: Gemhide Sliver
Pack 21:
Nantuko Shaman, Scarwood Treefolk, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, D’Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Spell Burst, Ignite Memories, Sporesower Thallid, Voidmage Prodigy
Pick: Sporesower Thallid
Pack 22:
Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Spirit Loop, Molten Slagheap, Faceless Devourer
Pick: Molten Slagheap
Pack 23:
Chromatic Star, Spinneret Sliver, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Dementia Sliver, Paradise Plume
Pick: Spinneret Sliver
Pack 24:
Slipstream Serpent, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Pendelhaven Elder
Pick: Slipstream Serpent
Pack 25:
Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Skittering Monstrosity, Brass Gnat
Pick: Eternity Snare
Pack 26:
Coral Trickster, Bogardan Rager, Traitor’s Clutch, Glass Asp, Spell Burst
Pick: Coral Trickster
Pack 27:
Viashino Bladescout, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Shadow Sliver
Pick: Thrill of the Hunt
Pack 28:
Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Sangrophage
Pick: Molder
Pack 29:
Pick: Glass Asp
Pack 30:
Pick: Ground Rift
Pack 31:
Dreamscape Artist, Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Shaper Parasite, Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Evolution Charm, Reality Acid, Revered Dead, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Brute Force, Venarian Glimmer, Stormfront Riders, Dunerider Outlaw, Teneb, the Harvester
Pick: Shaper Parasite
Pack 32:
Battering Sliver, Reflex Sliver, Whitemane Lion, Saltfield Recluse, Aquamorph Entity, Evolution Charm, Pallid Mycoderm, Sinew Sliver, Melancholy, Gossamer Phantasm, Hunting Wilds, Timebender, Mycologist, Dust Elemental
Pick: Evolution Charm
Pack 33:
Saltfield Recluse, Needlepeak Spider, Poultice Sliver, Giant Dustwasp, Aquamorph Entity, Firefright Mage, Blightspeaker, Brute Force, Prodigal Pyromancer, Fa’adiyah Seer, Necrotic Sliver, Mesa Enchantress, Magus of the Tabernacle
Pick: Giant Dustwasp
Pack 34:
Poultice Sliver, Ridged Kusite, Erratic Mutation, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Blightspeaker, Brute Force, Piracy Charm, Seal of Primordium, Big Game Hunter, Timecrafting
Pick: Erratic Mutation
Pack 35:
Erratic Mutation, Cradle to Grave, Reflex Sliver, Dreamscape Artist, Reality Acid, Pallid Mycoderm, Seal of Primordium, Mana Tithe, Rathi Trapper, Rebuff the Wicked, Necrotic Sliver
Pick: Erratic Mutation
Pack 36:
Dawn Charm, Spitting Sliver, Keldon Marauders, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Dash Hopes, Vampiric Link, Gossamer Phantasm, Pongify, Shrouded Lore
Pick: Pongify
Pack 37:
Veiling Oddity, Ridged Kusite, Fury Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Vampiric Link, Muck Drubb, Lavacore Elemental, Imp’s Mischief, Braids, Conjurer Adept
Pick: Imp’s Mischief
Pack 38:
Cradle to Grave, Synchronous Sliver, Deadly Grub, Brain Gorgers, Melancholy, Seal of Primordium, Sophic Centaur, Dichotomancy
Pick: Cradle to Grave
Pack 39:
Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Ghost Tactician, Reality Acid, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Venarian Glimmer, Dunerider Outlaw
Pick: Merfolk Thaumaturgist
Pack 40:
Aquamorph Entity, Pallid Mycoderm, Melancholy, Gossamer Phantasm, Timebender, Mycologist
Pick: Gossamer Phantasm
Pack 41:
Aquamorph Entity, Firefright Mage, Fa’adiyah Seer, Mesa Enchantress, Magus of the Tabernacle
Pick: Magus of the Tabernacle
Pack 42:
Ridged Kusite, Keldon Marauders, Seal of Primordium, Timecrafting
Pick: Seal of Primordium
Pack 43:
Cradle to Grave, Seal of Primordium, Mana Tithe
Pick: Cradle to Grave
Pack 44:
Pick: Wistful Thinking
Pack 45:
Pick: Ridged Kusite
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Coral Trickster
2 Erratic Mutation
1 Fledgling Mawcor
1 Shaper Parasite
1 Slipstream Serpent
1 Telekinetic Sliver
1 Think Twice
1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter
1 Viscerid Deepwalker
1 Evolution Charm
1 Gemhide Sliver
1 Giant Dustwasp
2 Penumbra Spider
1 Phantom Wurm
3 Spinneret Sliver
2 Sporesower Thallid
1 Thallid Germinator
1 Serrated Arrows
10 Forest
7 Island
Sideboard:
1 Bewilder
2 Cancel
2 Cradle to Grave
1 Eternity Snare
1 Glass Asp
1 Gossamer Phantasm
1 Ground Rift
1 Imp’s Mischief
1 Island
1 Magus of the Tabernacle
1 Merfolk Thaumaturgist
1 Mindlash Sliver
1 Molder
1 Molten Slagheap
1 Nicol Bolas
1 Pongify
1 Ridged Kusite
1 Sage of Epityr
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Thrill of the Hunt
1 Wistful Thinking
This draft was pretty easy. I was able to take the best card out of each pack for a few packs, which got me into the right colors, and I even tabled a Penumbra Spider which someone took Thallid Shell-Dweller over. Then I conveniently opened Vesuvan Shapeshifter.
The matches were surprisingly challenging. First I played against a pretty good Green/Red deck. He cast Empty the Warrens for four, then eight. I did get to play my Shapeshifter copying Phantom Wurm, but it wasn’t enough to hold off his horde. I was actually going to win because he overcommited to an attack, but he drew Squall Line that turn and was able to burn me out. Game 2 I used Shapeshifter to copy Shaper Parasite and that was that. Game 3 I was quite flooded and the game looked really bad until I drew Phantom Wurm then Vesuvan Shapeshifter. That is, as they call it in the business, JUSTICE.
Round 2 I played against a good Blue/White deck. Game 1 I stumbled on lands and he had an excellent curve involving Riftwing Cloudskate with Momentary Blink backup. I nearly recovered, but made an error in judgement that cost me the game. Game 2 I again had Shapeshifter and Shaper Parasite, but he drew Sunlance to break it up after I killed two of his creatures. From there I played some more creatures, and he was slightly flooded so he couldn’t handle them. Game 3 my draw was just insane and there was nothing he could do.
I didn’t want to split the finals because my deck was so good, but I was pretty tired and double mulliganed before I split.
Until tomorrow,
Rich
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