Draft:
Pack 1:
Nath’s Elite, Neck Snap, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Smokebraider, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Ringskipper, Hunt Down,
Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon, Changeling Titan, Goatnapper, Summon the School, Mosswort Bridge
Pick: Summon the School
Pack 2:
Kithkin Greatheart, Oakgnarl Warrior, Lash Out, Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Goldmeadow Harrier, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble, Fire-Belly Changeling, Skeletal Changeling, Aquitect’s Will, Familiar’s Ruse, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender, Gilt-Leaf Palace
Pick: Lash Out
Pack 3:
Fertile Ground, Moonglove Extract, Hillcomber Giant, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Dreamspoiler Witches, Battlewand Oak, Faultgrinder, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Wings of Velis Vel, Glarewielder, Faerie Harbinger, Boggart Harbinger
Pick: Glarewielder
Pack 4:
Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Weed Strangle, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Lash Out, Inkfathom Divers, Needle Drop, Elvish Branchbender, Lys Alana Scarblade, Kithkin Mourncaller, Sentry Oak
Pick: Lash Out
Pack 5:
Thieving Sprite, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon, Caterwauling Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Goatnapper, Sylvan Echoes
Pick: Gilt-Leaf Ambush
Pack 6:
Whirlpool Whelm, Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Consuming Bonfire, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Wings of Velis Vel, Ceaseless Searblades, Captivating Glance
Pick: Consuming Bonfire
Pack 7:
Kithkin Greatheart, Footbottom Feast, Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Spring Cleaning, Blind-Spot Giant, Wellgabber Apothecary, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender
Pick: Lowland Oaf
Pack 8:
Bog-Strider Ash,
Herbal Poultice, Kithkin Greatheart, Fire-Belly Changeling, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Faerie Tauntings, Sentry Oak
Pick: Fire-Belly Changeling
Pack 9:
Nath’s Elite, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath’s Buffoon, Goatnapper
Pick: Nath’s Elite
Pack 10:
Oakgnarl Warrior, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble, Aquitect’s Will, Familiar’s Ruse, Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender
Pick: Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender
Pack 11:
Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Faultgrinder, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Boggart Harbinger
Pick: Boggart Harbinger
Pack 12:
Lowland Oaf, Deeptread Merrow, Needle Drop, Sentry Oak
Pick: Lowland Oaf
Pack 13:
Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Nath’s Buffoon, Sylvan Echoes
Pick: Stinkdrinker Daredevil
Pack 14:
Adder-Staff Boggart, Dawnfluke
Pick: Adder-Staff Boggart
Pack 15:
Pick: Wellgabber Apothecary
Pack 16:
Battlewand Oak, Hurly-Burly, Plover Knights, Paperfin Rascal, Dreamspoiler Witches, Runed Stalactite, Nath’s Elite, Broken Ambitions, Cenn’s Heir, Boggart
Forager, Facevaulter, Fallowsage, Changeling Hero, Merrow Harbinger, Howltooth Hollow
Pick: Dreamspoiler Witches
Pack 17:
Herbal Poultice, Avian Changeling, Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Aethersnipe, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect’s Will, Mournwhelk, Zephyr Net, Crib Swap, Scattering Stroke, Guardian of Cloverdell, Guile, Pollen Lullaby
Pick: Fistful of Force
Pack 18:
Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Avian Changeling, Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Judge of Currents, Inkfathom Divers, Hoarder’s Greed, Merrow Harbinger, Merrow Reejerey, Nectar Faerie
Pick: Kithkin Daggerdare
Pack 19:
Fistful of Force, Eyeblight’s Ending, Glimmerdust Nap, Wanderer’s Twig, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Spring Cleaning, Blind-Spot Giant, Wellgabber Apothecary, Sylvan Echoes, Flamekin Bladewhirl, Merrow Reejerey, Crib Swap
Pick: Eyeblight’s Ending
Pack 20:
Hillcomber Giant, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Oaken Brawler, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder, Faerie Trickery, Lairwatch Giant, Merrow Reejerey, Vivid Marsh, Turtleshell Changeling, Favor of the Mighty
Pick: Vivid Marsh
Pack 21:
Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Goldmeadow Harrier, Soulbright Flamekin, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Ponder, Bog Hoodlums, Familiar’s Ruse, Kithkin Harbinger
Pick: Soulbright Flamekin
Pack 22:
Runed Stalactite, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Neck Snap, Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Nightshade Stinger, Guardian of Cloverdell, Merrow Commerce, Veteran of the Depths
Pick: Inner-Flame Acolyte
Pack 23:
Inner-Flame
Acolyte, Paperfin Rascal, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Caterwauling Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Broken Ambitions, Cenn’s Heir, Hearthcage Giant
Pick: Inner-Flame Acolyte
Pack 24:
Hurly-Burly, Plover Knights, Paperfin Rascal, Cenn’s Heir, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Howltooth Hollow
Pick: Plover Knights
Pack 25:
Herbal Poultice, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect’s Will, Zephyr Net, Scattering Stroke, Pollen Lullaby
Pick: Pollen Lullaby
Pack 26:
Deeptread Merrow, Herbal Poultice, Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Hoarder’s Greed
Pick: Deeptread Merrow
Pack 27:
Glimmerdust Nap, Spring Cleaning, Wellgabber Apothecary, Sylvan Echoes
Pick: Glimmerdust Nap
Pack 28:
Oaken Brawler, Lairwatch Giant, Favor of the Mighty
Pick: Favor of the Mighty
Pack 29:
Springjack Knight, Bog Hoodlums
Pick: Springjack Knight
Pack 30:
Pick: Goldmeadow Dodger
Pack 31:
Glimmerdust Nap, Cloudcrown Oak, Oblivion Ring, Wanderer’s Twig, Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Protective
Bubble, Fire-Belly Changeling, Skeletal Changeling, Aquitect’s Will, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Prowess of the Fair, Ceaseless Searblades, Sunrise Sovereign
Pick: Sunrise Sovereign
Pack 32:
Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Woodland Changeling, Kithkin Greatheart, Mulldrifter, Footbottom Feast, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Boggart Birth Rite, Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Judge of Currents, Boggart Harbinger, Entangling Trap, Squeaking Pie Sneak
Pick: Mulldrifter
Pack 33:
Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Thieving Sprite, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Blades of Velis Vel, Elvish Handservant, Dawnfluke, Broken Ambitions, Nath’s Buffoon, Makeshift Mannequin, Boggart Shenanigans, Twinning Glass
Pick: Adder-Staff Boggart
Pack 34:
Smokebraider, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Inner-Flame Igniter, Crush Underfoot, Heat Shimmer
Pick: Inner-Flame Igniter
Pack 35:
Hurly-Burly, Peppersmoke, Lys Alana Huntmaster, Consuming Bonfire, Wispmare, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Tar Pitcher, Flamekin Harbinger
Pick: Tar Pitcher
Pack 36:
Quill-Slinger Boggart, Bog-Strider Ash, Herbal Poultice, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Ponder, Hunter of Eyeblights, Sylvan Echoes, Ceaseless Searblades
Pick: Ceaseless Searblades
Pack 37:
Kithkin Healer, Footbottom Feast, Axegrinder Giant, Lignify, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Skeletal Changeling, Shields of Velis Vel, Entangling Trap
Pick: Axegrinder Giant
Pack 38:
Oaken Brawler, Smokebraider, Fertile Ground, Plover Knights, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire
Pick: Smokebraider
Pack 39:
Glimmerdust Nap, Axegrinder Giant, Protective Bubble, Fire-Belly Changeling, Aquitect’s Will, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Prowess of the Fair
Pick: Fire-Belly Changeling
Pack 40:
Axegrinder Giant, Kithkin Greatheart, Boggart Birth Rite, Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Entangling Trap
Pick: Axegrinder Giant
Pack 41:
Blades of Velis Vel, Dawnfluke, Nath’s Buffoon, Boggart Shenanigans, Twinning Glass
Pick: Blades of Velis Vel
Pack 42:
Hunt Down, Giant’s Ire, Dawnfluke, Black Poplar Shaman
Pick: Giant’s Ire
Pack 43:
Boggart Forager, Ringskipper, Hunt Down
Pick: Ringskipper
Pack 44:
Herbal Poultice, Sylvan Echoes
Pick: Sylvan Echoes
Pack 45:
Pick: Entangling Trap
Final Decklist:
2 Island
12 Mountain
2 Swamp
2 Adder-Staff Boggart
1 Axegrinder Giant
1 Ceaseless Searblades
1 Consuming Bonfire
1 Eyeblight’s Ending
2 Fire-Belly Changeling
1 Giant’s Ire
1 Glarewielder
2 Inner-Flame Acolyte
1 Inner-Flame Igniter
2 Lash Out
2 Lowland Oaf
1 Mulldrifter
1 Smokebraider
1 Soulbright Flamekin
1 Stinkdrinker Daredevil
1 Sunrise Sovereign
1 Tar Pitcher
1 Vivid Marsh
Sideboard
1 Mountain
1 Axegrinder Giant
1 Blades of Velis Vel
1 Boggart Harbinger
1 Forge[/author]-Tender”]Burrenton [author name="Forge"]Forge[/author]-Tender
1 Deeptread Merrow
1 Dreamspoiler Witches
1 Entangling Trap
1 Favor of the Mighty
1 Fistful of Force
1 Gilt-Leaf Ambush
1 Glimmerdust Nap
1 Goldmeadow Dodger
1 Kithkin Daggerdare
1 Nath’s Elite
1 Plover Knights
1 Pollen Lullaby
1 Ringskipper
1 Springjack Knight
1 Summon the School
1 Sylvan Echoes
1 Wellgabber Apothecary
Pick 3: I almost timed out with this pick, and I think I should’ve taken Moonglove
Extract. Thus far I had a White/Blue card and a Red card that was easy to splash, so I
should’ve waited a little longer to see how things would develop instead of
picking another Red card.
Pick 16: Being almost Mono Red, we’re facing a tough choice, as we have no Red
card and no clear card in another color that would push us in that direction.
Looking at what I have, I find a couple of Green cards and a Black card. I
dismissed Plover Knights because it costs two White, so it was down to
Dreamspoiler Witches and Changeling Hero. I think Witches are better, and I
already have a Black card.
Pick 17: How awkward, no Red or Black pick… Lowland Oaf is not a second pick. I
accepted that maybe it wasn’t possible to be Red/Black. After all, I only
picked the Witch because I had no in-color pick, so I went back to
Red/Green again, as I had no pick in-color again.
Pick 18: Again, no Red or Black. Red/Green seems to gain form.
Pick 19: Splash Eyeblight’s Ending.
It became apparent that I shouldn’t be in either Green or Black, but the
third set of boosters, like the first ones, gave me enough Red playables. This resulted in
a Mono Red deck that splashed the two best and more splashable cards:
Mulldrifter and Eyeblight’s Ending.
Round 1 I played against Blue/Black Faeries.
His cards were quite good, and his deck seemed very solid, but he had weak
draws both games. In one he mulliganed on the play, and in both he missed a
land drop in one of the early turns. Unfortunately for me, my turn 3
Mulldrifter was countered, but my draws were good enough to win against an
opponent fightning against his own deck.
Round 2 I played against Blue/White Merfolk.
Game 1 I mulliganed and kept 3 Mountains, 2 Lowland Oafs, and Eyeblight’s
Ending. I should have mulliganed to five, as this hand can’t beat anything. By
turn 5 I actually had both Giants in play, but they were facing Judge,
Aquitects, Fallowsage, and Angler.
Game 2 I stalled on lands for one or two turns, which gave him a head
start in mounting his defenses. Merfolk aren’t exactly fast at applying beats, so
I recovered, but he just had a perfect game, much better than the first one.
Basically, it felt the same as round 1, but from the other side of the table.
See you tomorrow!
Tiago
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