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Drafting With Tiago – LLL #48

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Tiago Chan, Portugal’s 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:










Hillcomber Giant, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Dreamspoiler Witches, Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler, Wings of
Velis Vel, Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Faerie Trickery, Nightshade Stinger, Changeling Berserker, Ethereal Whiskergill, Hoarder’s Greed, Gaddock Teeg

Pick: Dreamspoiler Witches

Pack 2:










Soulbright Flamekin, Kithkin Daggerdare, Surge of Thoughtweft, Mulldrifter, Weed Strangle, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Inkfathom Divers, Needle Drop, Soaring Hope, Elvish Branchbender, Wellgabber Apothecary, Lys Alana Scarblade, Elvish Promenade, Changeling Titan

Pick: Mulldrifter

Pack 3:










Leaf Gilder, Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Streambed Aquitects, Consuming Bonfire, Boggart Loggers, Lys Alana Huntmaster, Caterwauling Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Vivid Grove, Heat Shimmer

Pick: Streambed Aquitects

Pack 4:







Kithkin Greatheart, Oakgnarl Warrior, Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Fistful of Force, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Mournwhelk, Needle Drop, Sylvan Echoes, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Ceaseless Searblades

Pick: Deeptread Merrow

Pack 5:







Lignify, Weed Strangle, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Kithkin Daggerdare, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Skeletal Changeling, Squeaking Pie Sneak

Pick: Weed Strangle

Pack 6:







Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Tideshaper Mystic, Rootgrapple, Triclopean Sight, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder, Elvish Promenade, Mosswort Bridge

Pick: Moonglove Winnower

Pack 7:







Bog-Strider Ash, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Goldmeadow Harrier, Glimmerdust Nap, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble, Skeletal Changeling, Hornet Harasser

Pick: Skeletal Changeling

Pack 8:




Hurly-Burly, Wispmare, Thieving Sprite,
Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Blades of Velis Vel, Cenn’s Heir, Eyes of the Wisent

Pick: Thieving Sprite

Pack 9:




Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler, Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Faerie Trickery, Nightshade Stinger, Hoarder’s Greed

Pick: Faerie Trickery

Pack 10:




Surge of Thoughtweft, Needle Drop, Soaring Hope, Wellgabber Apothecary, Lys Alana Scarblade, Elvish Promenade

Pick: Surge of Thoughtweft

Pack 11:




Wispmare, Caterwauling Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Heat Shimmer

Pick: Heat Shimmer

Pack 12:

Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Needle Drop, Sylvan Echoes

Pick: Exiled Boggart

Pack 13:

Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Heal the Scars

Pick: Ponder

Pack 14:

Tideshaper Mystic, Rootgrapple

Pick: Tideshaper Mystic

Pack 15:

Bog Hoodlums

Pick: Bog Hoodlums

Pack 16:










Warren Pilferers, Soulbright Flamekin, Kithkin Daggerdare, Surge of Thoughtweft, Weed Strangle, Aquitect’s Will, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Spring
Cleaning, Blind-Spot Giant, Wellgabber Apothecary, Ego Erasure, Goldmeadow Stalwart, Seedguide Ash, Thoughtweft Trio, Island

Pick: Warren Pilferers

Pack 17:










Herbal Poultice, Avian Changeling, Warren Pilferers, Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Aethersnipe, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish Branchbender, Amoeboid Changeling, Captivating Glance, Giant Harbinger, Drowner of Secrets

Pick: Warren Pilferers

Pack 18:










Kinsbaile Balloonist, Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Fertile Ground, Hillcomber Giant, Elvish Handservant, Dawnfluke, Broken Ambitions, Nath’s Buffoon, Inner-Flame Igniter, Crush Underfoot, Knucklebone Witch

Pick: Whirlpool Whelm

Pack 19:







Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Cloudcrown Oak, Oblivion Ring, Wanderer’s Twig, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer, Merrow Harbinger, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender

Pick: Inkfathom Divers

Pack 20:







Hillcomber Giant, Streambed Aquitects, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Battlewand Oak, Ringskipper, Black Poplar Shaman, Shimmering Grotto, Elvish Eulogist, Giant’s Ire, Goatnapper, Kithkin Harbinger

Pick: Streambed Aquitects

Pack 21:







Peppersmoke, Paperfin Rascal, Oaken Brawler, Faerie Trickery, Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant, Wizened Cenn, Ceaseless Searblades, Nettlevine Blight, Ingot Chewer

Pick: Peppersmoke

Pack 22:







Springleaf Drum, Kithkin Healer, Silvergill Douser, Aquitect’s Will, Zephyr Net, Scarred Vinebreeder, Turtleshell Changeling, Faerie Tauntings, Sentry Oak

Pick: Silvergill Douser

Pack 23:




Runed Stalactite, Neck Snap, Boggart
Sprite-Chaser, Cenn’s Heir, Boggart Forager, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Turtleshell Changeling

Pick: Turtleshell Changeling

Pack 24:




Soulbright Flamekin, Kithkin Daggerdare, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Spring Cleaning, Wellgabber Apothecary, Ego Erasure, Island

Pick: Kithkin Daggerdare

Pack 25:




Herbal Poultice, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Elvish Branchbender, Amoeboid Changeling, Captivating Glance

Pick: Amoeboid Changeling

Pack 26:




Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Hillcomber Giant, Dawnfluke, Nath’s Buffoon

Pick: Boggart Loggers

Pack 27:

Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer

Pick: Boggart Birth Rite

Pack 28:

Ringskipper, Elvish Eulogist, Giant’s Ire

Pick: Ringskipper

Pack 29:

Oaken Brawler, Warren-Scourge Elf

Pick: Oaken Brawler

Pack 30:

Zephyr Net

Pick: Zephyr Net

Pack 31:










Thieving Sprite, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Fertile Ground, Moonglove Extract, Dawnfluke,
Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Vivid Marsh, Shriekmaw, Boggart Shenanigans, Ashling the Pilgrim

Pick: Shriekmaw

Pack 32:










Stonybrook Angler, Fertile Ground, Moonglove Winnower, Plover Knights, Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Forager, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon, Guardian of Cloverdell, Tar Pitcher, Goldmeadow Stalwart, Wanderwine Hub

Pick: Stonybrook Angler

Pack 33:










Hurly-Burly, Paperfin Rascal, Runed Stalactite, Nath’s Elite, Neck Snap, Lairwatch Giant, Spellstutter Sprite, Spiderwig Boggart, Flamekin Brawler, Fallowsage, Changeling Hero, Prowess of the Fair, Arbiter of Knollridge

Pick: Fallowsage

Pack 34:







Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler, Faultgrinder, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Wings of Velis Vel, Flamekin Brawler, Vivid Marsh, Entangling Trap, Knucklebone Witch

Pick: Sentinels of Glen Elendra

Pack 35:







Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Glimmerdust Nap, Boggart Birth Rite, Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Judge of Currents, Battle Mastery, Turtleshell Changeling, Squeaking Pie Sneak

Pick: Squeaking Pie Sneak

Pack 36:







Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Footbottom Feast, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of Currents, Lace with Moonglove, Crush Underfoot, Hoarder’s Greed, Windbrisk Heights

Pick: Footbottom Feast

Pack 37:







Wanderer’s Twig, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Ponder, Faerie Tauntings, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender, Guardian of Cloverdell

Pick: Ponder

Pack 38:




Quill-Slinger Boggart,
Herbal Poultice, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Ingot Chewer, Amoeboid Changeling, Spring Cleaning, Familiar’s Ruse

Pick: Familiar’s Ruse

Pack 39:




Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Boggart Shenanigans

Pick: Boggart Loggers

Pack 40:




Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Forager, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon

Pick: Whirlpool Whelm

Pack 41:




Hurly-Burly, Paperfin Rascal, Runed Stalactite, Lairwatch Giant, Prowess of the Fair

Pick: Paperfin Rascal

Pack 42:

Oaken Brawler, Goldmeadow Dodger, Flamekin Brawler, Entangling Trap

Pick: Oaken Brawler

Pack 43:

Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Battle Mastery

Pick: Battle Mastery

Pack 44:

Soaring Hope, Lace with Moonglove

Pick: Lace with Moonglove

Pack 45:

Springjack Knight

Pick: Springjack Knight


Final Decklist:

10 Island
8 Swamp
1 Deeptread Merrow
1 Dreamspoiler Witches
1 Faerie Trickery
1 Fallowsage
1 Footbottom Feast
1 Moonglove Winnower
1 Mulldrifter
1 Peppersmoke
1 Sentinels of Glen Elendra
1 Shriekmaw
1 Silvergill Douser
1 Skeletal Changeling
1 Stonybrook Angler
2 Streambed Aquitects
1 Thieving Sprite
1 Turtleshell Changeling
2 Warren Pilferers
1 Weed Strangle
2 Whirlpool Whelm


Sideboard
1 Amoeboid Changeling
1 Battle Mastery
1 Boggart Birth Rite
2 Boggart Loggers
1 Bog Hoodlums
1 Exiled Boggart
1 Familiar’s Ruse
1 Heat Shimmer
1 Inkfathom Divers
1 Kithkin Daggerdare
1 Lace with Moonglove
2 Oaken Brawler
1 Paperfin Rascal
2 Ponder
1 Ringskipper
1 Springjack Knight
1 Squeaking Pie Sneak
1 Surge of Thoughtweft
1 Tideshaper Mystic
1 Zephyr Net


I started the draft with Dreamspoiler Witches. The other card I considered
picking was Changeling Berserker, but I prefer Witches. Then
Mulldrifter and two blue cards followed, and a fifth pick Weed Strangle
followed by some Black playables settled me into Blue/Black. From here I
didn’t have many tough decisions, as it was mostly just choosing between one card or
the other for Blue/Black, and deciding whether or not to splash Arbiter of
Knollridge.


Round 1 I played versus Red/Green splashing Black for removal.

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We had three very good and very close games. Game 1 I made a small mistake
and took three extra damage because of it. I stabilized at six life but
managed to stay safe. Game 2 was the longest one. I drew 8 spells and 13
lands, but managed to stay in the game for a while because I played Shriekmaw
three times thanks to Whelm and Pilferers. Interestingly, he played
Hostility three times too. Game 3 was the fastest, and I was lucky
to win, as it involved a race with my evasive creatures while chumping his
Hostility and Seedguide Ash. If he’d had removal he would’ve won.


Round 2 I played versus Black/Red Goblins.


Game 1 he mulliganed and had Facevaulter plus Adder-Staff Boggart. He
killed my first two creatures, Theiving Sprite and Fallowsage. On turn 5
I got the Sage back with Pilferers. He played Knucklebone Witch and another
Facevaulter, and attacked with the first Facevaulter. I blocked with
Pilferers, and traded it for the two Facevaulters, growing his Witch to 3/3.
My turn I played Fallowsage, and at the end of his turn Peppersmoked the
Adder-Staff Boggart, then Weed Strangled the big Knucklebone Witch and
attacked with Fallowsage. He played a creature, I bounced it with Whelm, and
he conceded.


Game 2 he started with Facevaulter and Knucklebone Witch, I killed
Facevaulter in response to Witch with Peppersmoke. His next creature was
Lowland Oaf. He attacked me for a while until I gained control of the game at 8 life. At
some point I started attacking with Sentinels of Glen Elendra, and he
conceded while still at 18 life since I had the board completely under
control.


I split the finals with Nick Lovett.


See you tomorrow!


Tiago

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