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Drafting With Tiago – LLL #22

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Tiago Chan, Portugal’s Level 6 Magic dynamo, takes us by the hand and leads us through the choppy waters of a triple-Lorwyn draft on Magic Online. He shares each and every pick, from one to forty-five, and supplies expert commentary on the draft and the games. For more detailed information, visit the forums!

Draft:

Pack 1:










Wanderer’s Twig, Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Woodland Changeling, Kithkin Greatheart, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of
Currents, Lace with Moonglove, Elvish Harbinger, Vivid Crag, Briarhorn, Jace Beleren, Caterwauling Boggart

Pick: Briarhorn

Pack 2:










Warren Pilferers, Fistful of Force, Aethersnipe, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer, Faerie Tauntings, Kithkin Mourncaller, Colfenor’s Plans, Soaring Hope

Pick: Warren Pilferers

Pack 3:










Fistful of Force, Aethersnipe, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Tarfire, Wanderer’s Twig, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Crib Swap, Vivid Crag, Vivid Creek

Pick: Crib Swap

Pack 4:







Hurly-Burly, Plover Knights, Paperfin Rascal, Dreamspoiler Witches, Faerie Trickery, Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager, Goatnapper, Vivid Grove, Horde of Notions

Pick: Dreamspoiler Witches

Pack 5:







Peppersmoke, Lys Alana Huntmaster, Wispmare, Thieving Sprite, Shimmering Grotto, Giant’s Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Spellstutter Sprite, Glarewielder, Flamekin Harbinger, Hillcomber Giant

Pick: Lys Alana Huntmaster

Pack 6:







Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Smokebraider, Moonglove Winnower, Boggart Forager, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Makeshift Mannequin, Hoarder’s Greed, Forced Fruition

Pick: Makeshift Mannequin

Pack 7:







Smokebraider, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Lairwatch Giant, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager, Ringskipper, Vivid Meadow

Pick: Gilt-Leaf Ambush

Pack 8:




Soulbright Flamekin, Kithkin Daggerdare, Surge of Thoughtweft, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish Branchbender, Captivating Glance, Battle Mastery

Pick: Elvish Branchbender

Pack 9:




Wanderer’s Twig, Axegrinder Giant, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Lace with Moonglove, Caterwauling Boggart

Pick: Wanderer’s Twig

Pack 10:




Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Ingot Chewer, Faerie Tauntings

Pick: Surge of Thoughtweft

Pack 11:




Quill-Slinger Boggart, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight

Pick: Lace with Moonglove

Pack 12:

Hurly-Burly, Lairwatch Giant, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager

Pick: Hurly-Burly

Pack 13:

Giant’s Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Hillcomber Giant

Pick: Hillcomber Giant

Pack 14:

Boggart Forager, Hunt Down

Pick: Hunt Down

Pack 15:

Boggart Forager

Pick: Boggart Forager

Pack 16:










Plover Knights, Whirlpool Whelm, Leaf Gilder, Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Streambed Aquitects, Dawnfluke,
Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Wings of Velis Vel, Ethereal Whiskergill, Knight of Meadowgrain, Glen Elendra Pranksters, Galepowder Mage

Pick: Galepowder Mage

Pack 17:










Woodland Changeling, Kithkin Greatheart, Footbottom Feast, Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Ingot Chewer, Amoeboid Changeling, Spring Cleaning, Hoarder’s Greed, Lammastide Weave, Ghostly Changeling, Fathom Trawl

Pick: Woodland Changeling

Pack 18:










Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Streambed Aquitects, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Battlewand Oak, Hurly-Burly, Flamekin Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Rootgrapple, Vivid Creek, Sentry Oak, Vivid Crag, Hoofprints of the Stag

Pick: Gilt-Leaf Ambush

Pack 19:







Footbottom Feast, Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Weed Strangle, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Heal the Scars, Ego Erasure, Goldmeadow Stalwart, Sentry Oak

Pick: Weed Strangle

Pack 20:







Paperfin Rascal, Nath’s Elite, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon, Caterwauling Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Squeaking Pie Sneak, Rebellion of the Flamekin

Pick: Nath’s Elite

Pack 21:







Herbal Poultice, Oakgnarl Warrior, Hornet Harasser, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Needle Drop, Captivating Glance, Colfenor’s Plans, Spiderwig Boggart

Pick: Colfenor’s Plans

Pack 22:







Runed Stalactite, Neck Snap, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon, Thorntooth Witch

Pick: Gilt-Leaf Ambush

Pack 23:




Cloudcrown Oak, Wanderer’s Twig,
Bog-Strider Ash, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of Currents, Lace with Moonglove, Ego Erasure

Pick: Cloudcrown Oak

Pack 24:




Whirlpool Whelm, Wispmare, Dawnfluke, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Knight of Meadowgrain, Glen Elendra Pranksters

Pick: Knight of Meadowgrain

Pack 25:




Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Ingot Chewer, Spring Cleaning, Hoarder’s Greed, Lammastide Weave

Pick: Gilt-Leaf Seer

Pack 26:




Hillcomber Giant, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Tideshaper Mystic, Rootgrapple, Sentry Oak

Pick: Rootgrapple

Pack 27:

Kithkin Healer, Exiled Boggart, Heal the Scars, Goldmeadow Stalwart

Pick: Goldmeadow Stalwart

Pack 28:

Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon

Pick: Triclopean Sight

Pack 29:

Herbal Poultice, Exiled Boggart

Pick: Exiled Boggart

Pack 30:

Hunt Down

Pick: Hunt Down

Pack 31:










Deeptread Merrow, Goldmeadow Harrier, Fistful of Force, Eyeblight’s Ending, Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Cloudcrown Oak,
Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Faerie Tauntings, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender, Pollen Lullaby, Garruk Wildspeaker

Pick: Garruk Wildspeaker

Pack 32:










Weed Strangle, Kithkin Healer, Lash Out, Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Mournwhelk, Needle Drop, Glen Elendra Pranksters, Crib Swap, Silvergill Adept, Wydwen, the Biting Gale, Boggart Harbinger

Pick: Weed Strangle

Pack 33:










Kinsbaile Balloonist, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Peppersmoke, Paperfin Rascal, Nath’s Elite, Moonglove Extract, Caterwauling Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Cenn’s Heir, Thundercloud Shaman, Boggart Shenanigans

Pick: Moonglove Extract

Pack 34:







Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Goldmeadow Harrier, Glimmerdust Nap, Warren Pilferers, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Heal the Scars, Skeletal Changeling, Nectar Faerie, Thorntooth Witch

Pick: Warren Pilferers

Pack 35:







Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Lowland Oaf, Skeletal Changeling, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish Branchbender, Amoeboid Changeling, Lammastide Weave, Flamekin Harbinger, Ceaseless Searblades

Pick: Skeletal Changeling

Pack 36:







Wispmare, Stonybrook Angler, Hillcomber Giant, Streambed Aquitects, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Rootgrapple, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder, Goldmeadow Stalwart, Wanderwine Prophets

Pick: Streambed Aquitects

Pack 37:







Plover Knights, Paperfin Rascal, Runed Stalactite, Triclopean Sight, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder, Warren-Scourge Elf, Thorn of Amethyst, Glimmerdust Nap

Pick: Warren-Scourge Elf

Pack 38:




Oaken Brawler, Hurly-Burly, Blades of
Velis Vel, Cenn’s Heir, Ringskipper, Black Poplar Shaman, Pollen Lullaby, Goldmeadow Stalwart

Pick: Goldmeadow Stalwart

Pack 39:




Glimmerdust Nap, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Boggart Birth Rite, Faerie Tauntings, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender, Pollen Lullaby

Pick: Glimmerdust Nap

Pack 40:




Kithkin Healer, Herbal Poultice, Exiled Boggart, Mournwhelk, Needle Drop, Glen Elendra Pranksters

Pick: Mournwhelk

Pack 41:




Caterwauling Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Cenn’s Heir, Boggart Shenanigans

Pick: Elvish Handservant

Pack 42:

Oakgnarl Warrior, Glimmerdust Nap, Exiled Boggart, Heal the Scars

Pick: Oakgnarl Warrior

Pack 43:

Herbal Poultice, Lammastide Weave, Ceaseless Searblades

Pick: Lammastide Weave

Pack 44:

Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder

Pick: Faultgrinder

Pack 45:

Nightshade Stinger

Pick: Nightshade Stinger


Final Decklist:


9 Forest

2 Plains

7 Swamp

1 Briarhorn

1 Cloudcrown Oak

1 Crib Swap

1 Dreamspoiler Witches

1 Elvish Branchbender

1 Galepowder Mage

1 Garruk Wildspeaker

3 Gilt-Leaf Ambush

1 Gilt-Leaf Seer

1 Lys Alana Huntmaster

1 Makeshift Mannequin

1 Moonglove Extract

1 Nath’s Elite

1 Skeletal Changeling

1 Wanderer’s Twig

2 Warren Pilferers

2 Weed Strangle

1 Woodland Changeling


Sideboard:

1 Swamp

1 Boggart Forager

1 Colfenor’s Plans

1 Elvish Handservant

1 Exiled Boggart

1 Faultgrinder

1 Glimmerdust Nap

2 Goldmeadow Stalwart

1 Hillcomber Giant

2 Hunt Down

1 Hurly-Burly

1 Knight of Meadowgrain

1 Lace with Moonglove

1 Lammastide Weave

1 Mournwhelk

1 Nightshade Stinger

1 Oakgnarl Warrior

1 Rootgrapple

1 Streambed Aquitects

1 Surge of Thoughtweft

1 Triclopean Sight

1 Warren-Scourge Elf


Pick 5: Lys Alana Huntmaster over Peppersmoke. I found this pick to be close.
Peppersmoke has the advantage of being on color, solidying me into Black,
and I already have Dreamspoiler Witches. However, I don’t think Huntmaster
should be 5th pick, nor 6th pick, and I also have a Green card, so I should
probably be able to go Green/Black.


Pick 16: The only real contenders are Galepowder Mage and Leaf Glider. Leaf
Glider would always be a solid though underpowered first pick, so I was a bit
greedy picking the Galepowder Mage. I could go Green/White, as I had a pair
of White and a pair of Black cards so far, or I could just splash the Mage and Crib
Swap.


Pick 19: Weed Strangle puts me back in Black.


Then in the third booster, the cards were simply not there.


I won the first round against another average three-color deck and lost
round 2 to a typical Blue/White Merfolk build. Usually normal Green decks can’t
beat a single Aquitects, so they stand no chance against the Merfolk
uncommons.


See you tomorrow!


Tiago

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