Draft:
Pack 1:
Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Woodland Changeling, Kithkin Greatheart, Mulldrifter, Footbottom Feast, Ingot Chewer, Amoeboid
Changeling, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Flamekin Harbinger, Glen Elendra Pranksters, Silvergill Adept, Epic Proportions, Runed Stalactite
Pick: Mulldrifter
Pack 2:
Thieving Sprite, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Streambed Aquitects, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Nameless Inversion, Battlewand Oak, Elvish Eulogist, Wings of Velis Vel, Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Ceaseless Searblades, Familiar’s Ruse, Ashling’s Prerogative
Pick: Nameless Inversion
Pack 3:
Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Tarfire, Wanderer’s Twig, Silvergill Douser, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of Currents, Lace with Moonglove, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Vivid Meadow, Nectar Faerie, Thorntooth Witch
Pick: Silvergill Douser
Pack 4:
Moonglove Winnower, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Paperfin Rascal, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Thundercloud Shaman, Kithkin Mourncaller, Twinning Glass
Pick: Thundercloud Shaman
Pack 5:
Consuming Bonfire, Boggart Loggers, Runed Stalactite, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Neck Snap, Dawnfluke, Nath’s Buffoon, Faultgrinder, Battle Mastery, Twinning Glass, Mountain
Pick: Consuming Bonfire
Pack 6:
Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springleaf Drum, Kithkin Healer, Footbottom Feast, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Ponder, Bog Hoodlums, Battle Mastery, Amoeboid Changeling
Pick: Mudbutton Torchrunner
Pack 7:
Oaken Brawler, Hurly-Burly, Black Poplar Shaman, Shimmering Grotto, Elvish Eulogist, Giant’s Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Scattering Stroke, Cenn’s Heir
Pick: Scattering Stroke
Pack 8:
Soulbright Flamekin,
Glimmerdust Nap, Boggart Birth Rite, Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Inkfathom Divers, Lammastide Weave, Rebellion of the Flamekin
Pick: Inkfathom Divers
Pack 9:
Axegrinder Giant, Ingot Chewer, Amoeboid Changeling, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Flamekin Harbinger, Glen Elendra Pranksters
Pick: Flamekin Harbinger
Pack 10:
Hillcomber Giant, Elvish Eulogist, Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Familiar’s Ruse, Ashling’s Prerogative
Pick: Familiar’s Ruse
Pack 11:
Quill-Slinger Boggart, Shimmering Grotto, Lace with Moonglove, Exiled Boggart, Nectar Faerie
Pick: Shimmering Grotto
Pack 12:
Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke
Pick: Giant’s Ire
Pack 13:
Faultgrinder, Battle Mastery, Mountain
Pick: Faultgrinder
Pack 14:
Pick: Battle Mastery
Pack 15:
Pick: Cenn’s Heir
Pack 16:
Hurly-Burly, Plover Knights, Paperfin Rascal, Dreamspoiler Witches, Runed Stalactite, Nath’s Elite, Faerie Trickery, Nightshade
Stinger, Blades of Velis Vel, Elvish Handservant, Dawnfluke, Knight of Meadowgrain, Vivid Creek, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Howltooth Hollow
Pick: Vivid Creek
Pack 17:
Bog-Strider Ash, Eyeblight’s Ending, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Goldmeadow Harrier, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Skeletal Changeling, Shields of Velis Vel, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Captivating Glance, Fallowsage, Secluded Glen
Pick: Secluded Glen
Pack 18:
Consuming Bonfire, Wispmare, Thieving Sprite, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Spellstutter Sprite, Spiderwig Boggart, Flamekin Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Sentry Oak, Tar Pitcher, Nectar Faerie, Hamletback Goliath
Pick: Tar Pitcher
Pack 19:
Moonglove Extract, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Smokebraider, Stonybrook Angler, Fertile Ground, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Wings of Velis Vel, Caterwauling Boggart, Crib Swap, Forced Fruition
Pick: Moonglove Extract
Pack 20:
Lignify, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Bog-Strider Ash, Protective Bubble, Fire-Belly Changeling, Skeletal Changeling, Aquitect’s Will, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Elvish Promenade, Flamekin Bladewhirl, Inner-Flame Igniter
Pick: Fire-Belly Changeling
Pack 21:
Pestermite, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Whirlpool Whelm, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Flamekin Bladewhirl, Heat Shimmer
Pick: Pestermite
Pack 22:
Mudbutton Torchrunner, Oakgnarl Warrior, Soulbright Flamekin, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Mournwhelk, Needle Drop, Goldmeadow Stalwart, Makeshift Mannequin
Pick: Mudbutton Torchrunner
Pack 23:
Lowland Oaf, Kithkin Healer, Shields of
Velis Vel, Needle Drop, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Vivid Crag, Faerie Tauntings
Pick: Lowland Oaf
Pack 24:
Hurly-Burly, Paperfin Rascal, Runed Stalactite, Elvish Handservant, Dawnfluke, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Howltooth Hollow
Pick: Paperfin Rascal
Pack 25:
Oakgnarl Warrior, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Shields of Velis Vel, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Captivating Glance
Pick: Ponder
Pack 26:
Thieving Sprite, Spellstutter Sprite, Flamekin Brawler, Sentry Oak, Nectar Faerie
Pick: Thieving Sprite
Pack 27:
Oaken Brawler, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Caterwauling Boggart
Pick: Caterwauling Boggart
Pack 28:
Quill-Slinger Boggart, Aquitect’s Will, Flamekin Bladewhirl
Pick: Flamekin Bladewhirl
Pack 29:
Pick: Flamekin Brawler
Pack 30:
Pick: Exiled Boggart
Pack 31:
Tarfire, Herbal Poultice, Kithkin Greatheart, Oakgnarl Warrior, Lash Out, Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Spring Cleaning, Blind-Spot Giant,
Wellgabber Apothecary, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Kithkin Harbinger, Vivid Grove, Vivid Marsh, Dolmen Gate
Pick: Lash Out
Pack 32:
Dreamspoiler Witches, Runed Stalactite, Nath’s Elite, Neck Snap, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Smokebraider, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Elvish Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Cenn’s Heir, Boggart Forager, Vivid Creek, Sentry Oak, Crib Swap
Pick: Sentinels of Glen Elendra
Pack 33:
Hurly-Burly, Peppersmoke, Consuming Bonfire, Wispmare, Stonybrook Angler, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Silvergill Adept, Sentry Oak, Faerie Tauntings
Pick: Silvergill Adept
Pack 34:
Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Hillcomber Giant, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Warren-Scourge Elf, Blades of Velis Vel, Cenn’s Heir, Ringskipper, Squeaking Pie Sneak, Hoarder’s Greed, Shelldock Isle
Pick: Sentinels of Glen Elendra
Pack 35:
Herbal Poultice, Avian Changeling, Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope, Hearthcage Giant, Ego Erasure, Fodder Launch
Pick: Lowland Oaf
Pack 36:
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Moonglove Winnower, Whirlpool Whelm, Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Goldmeadow Dodger, Faerie Trickery, Nightshade Stinger, Blades of Velis Vel, Elvish Handservant, Glarewielder
Pick: Whirlpool Whelm
Pack 37:
Glimmerdust Nap, Soulbright Flamekin, Kithkin Daggerdare, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish Branchbender, Amoeboid Changeling, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Woodland Guidance
Pick: Amoeboid Changeling
Pack 38:
Surge of Thoughtweft,
Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer, Kithkin Harbinger, Sylvan Echoes, Boggart Forager
Pick: Surge of Thoughtweft
Pack 39:
Herbal Poultice, Oakgnarl Warrior, Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Spring Cleaning, Blind-Spot Giant, Vivid Grove
Pick: Blind-Spot Giant
Pack 40:
Runed Stalactite, Elvish Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Cenn’s Heir, Boggart Forager, Sentry Oak
Pick: Broken Ambitions
Pack 41:
Wispmare, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke, Faerie Tauntings
Pick: Giant’s Ire
Pack 42:
Adder-Staff Boggart, Cenn’s Heir, Ringskipper, Hoarder’s Greed
Pick: Adder-Staff Boggart
Pack 43:
Herbal Poultice, Boggart Birth Rite, Soaring Hope
Pick: Boggart Birth Rite
Pack 44:
Goldmeadow Dodger, Nightshade Stinger
Pick: Nightshade Stinger
Pack 45:
Pick: Lace with Moonglove
Final Decklist:
Maindeck:
1 Amoeboid Changeling
1 Broken Ambitions
1 Familiar’s Ruse
1 Inkfathom Divers
1 Mulldrifter
1 Pestermite
1 Ponder
2 Sentinels of
Glen Elendra
1 Silvergill Adept
1 Silvergill Douser
1 Whirlpool Whelm
1 Nameless Inversion
1 Consuming Bonfire
1 Fire-Belly Changeling
1 Lash Out
2 Lowland Oaf
2 Mudbutton Torchrunner
1 Tar Pitcher
1 Thundercloud Shaman
1 Moonglove Extract
1 Secluded Glen
1 Shimmering Grotto
1 Vivid Creek
7 Mountain
7 Island
Sideboard:
1 Adder-Staff Boggart
1 Battle Mastery
1 Blind-Spot Giant
1 Boggart Birth Rite
1 Caterwauling Boggart
1 Cenn’s Heir [FOIL]
1 Exiled Boggart
1 Faultgrinder
1 Flamekin Bladewhirl
1 Flamekin Brawler
1 Flamekin Harbinger
2 Giant’s Ire
1 Lace with Moonglove
1 Nightshade Stinger
1 Paperfin Rascal
1 Scattering Stroke
1 Surge of Thoughtweft
1 Thieving Sprite
I started the draft with the nice common trio of Mulldrifter, Nameless
Inversion, and Silvergill Douser. Pick 4 I took the Thundercloud Shaman – seems a
signal to go Red – and Black was very dry after that
Pick 17: Secluded Glen versus Eyeblight’s Ending. I already had a Vivid Creek, so it
was likely I would splash the Nameless Inversion. Playing both Nameless
Inversion and Eyeblight’s Ending just off a Vivid Creek is probably not
enough, I probably had to add some basic Swamps. I decided to take the land
that helps fixing the splash instead. With this pick, my manabase is not hurt by splashing Black, and I am more likely to take Black
cards to splash later on.
Overall, I think the deck turned out okay, but it’s missing a tribal theme for
extra power.
Round 1 I played versus a three-color Green/Black/Blue deck splashing White for
Changeling Hero
I got a huge tempo advantage game 1. I already had in play Pestermite and
a 3/3 attacking, he had a Kithkin Daggerdare and Boggart Loggers. I knew
because of a clash that he had Changeling Hero in his hand, and I hoped
he’d play it, which he did. I cast Nameless Inversion on one of
the creatures and Whirlwhelm Pool on the other, effictively cleaning his
board, while my creatures were still there to attack. The rest of the game
was almost irrelevant.
Game 2 he kept a very slow hand on the play, but I couldn’t deal close to
20 before turn 5, and then I was very much overpowered. Two Weed
Strangle, Mulldrifter, Warren Pilferers, Bog-Strider Ash (which gained him 6
life), Changeling Hero and Changeling Titan, Oakgnarl Warrior… Too many creatures, too
big, too much card advantage.
Game 3 was the same for him, but this time I’m on the play, and I managed
to counter a Warren Pilferers when a Mulldrifter was in his graveyard. I had
a Consuming Bonfire for one of his big creatures, and a Scattering Stroke I
sided in to stop another. Plus in this game I was on the play, and I managed to
deal 20 before the board was too much for my deck to handle.
Round 2 I played versus a White/Blue Kithkin deck.
Game 1 he timed out due to inaction.
Games 2 and 3 are the usual battles between Kithkin and slower decks that need
to stabilize. He topdecked in both games when he had zero cards in hand and
I was starting to take control of the game. Game 2 he attacked with
everything, and I played a flash Sentinels of Glen Elendra so I could have better
blocksers. I used Silvergill Douser on one unblocked creature. He let it
resolve, and played Wings of Velis-Vel on it for exactly lethal damage. Game
3 I had Tar Pitcher, Silvergill Douser, Amoeboid Changeling, and
Pestermite, to his Goldmeadow Harrier and Kithkin Greathart. Every turn I’d
been using the combo of Tar Pitcher +plus Amoeboid Changeling to stay alive,
because as I was at one life, now it’s finally the turn where I’m going to
kill his tapper with it, and he probably won’t have time to kill me as he
has exactly 3 mins on the clock. He drew Fathom Trawl, and then played
Cloudgoat Ranger, and a second Goldmeadow Harrier. That’s five new creatures
when I was at one life.
Oh well, drawing cards is part of the game, and having good cards to draw
goes a long way in helping you draw cards that win you the game. His deck
was very good, and it seemed he had many more outs to draw in both
situations.
See you tomorrow!
Tiago
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