Draft:
Pack 1:
Lightning Axe, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Penumbra Spider, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Thunder Totem, Cavalry Master, Yavimaya Dryad, Academy Ruins, Orgg
Pick: Lightning Axe
Pack 2:
Amrou Scout, Grapeshot, Scarwood Treefolk, Slipstream Serpent, Gaze of Justice, D’Avenant Healer, Prismatic Lens, Ground Rift, Tectonic Fiend, Smallpox, Thick-Skinned Goblin, Serra Avenger, Browbeat, Weatherseed Totem
Pick: Serra Avenger
Pack 3:
Empty the Warrens, Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Viscerid Deepwalker, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Duskrider Peregrine, Paradise Plume, Lim-Dul the Necromancer, Mystic Enforcer
Pick: Duskrider Peregrine
Pack 4:
Flamecore Elemental, Mana Skimmer, Coral Trickster, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser’s Sliver, Clockspinning, Spirit Loop, Truth or Tale, Swarmyard, Merieke Ri Berit
Pick: Flamecore Elemental
Pack 5:
Castle Raptors, Scarwood Treefolk, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Traitor’s Clutch, Spirit Loop, Brine Elemental, Might Sliver, Celestial Dawn, Swamp
Pick: Castle Raptors
Pack 6:
Spiketail Drakeling, Scarwood Treefolk, Amrou Scout, Keldon Halberdier, Viscid Lemures, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Pendelhaven Elder, Giant Oyster
Pick: Keldon Halberdier
Pack 7:
Icatian Crier, Penumbra Spider, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Psychotic Episode, Basalt Gargoyle, Saltcrusted Steppe, Merfolk Assassin
Pick: Basalt Gargoyle
Pack 8:
Zealot il-Vec, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Ancient Grudge, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Outrider en-Kor, Harmonic Sliver, Reiterate
Pick: Outrider en-Kor
Pack 9:
Drudge Reavers, Goblin Skycutter, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Academy Ruins
Pick: Goblin Skycutter
Pack 10:
Scarwood Treefolk, Gaze of Justice, D’Avenant Healer, Ground Rift, Tectonic Fiend, Thick-Skinned Goblin
Pick: Thick-Skinned Goblin
Pack 11:
Strength in Numbers, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Ancient Grudge
Pick: Strength in Numbers
Pack 12:
Ground Rift, Clockspinning, Spirit Loop, Truth or Tale
Pick: Ground Rift
Pack 13:
Scarwood Treefolk, Glass Asp, Spirit Loop
Pick: Scarwood Treefolk
Pack 14:
Scarwood Treefolk, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss
Pick: Scarwood Treefolk
Pack 15:
Pick: Saltcrusted Steppe
Pack 16:
Fathom Seer, Flamecore Elemental, Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Gustcloak Cavalier, Pendelhaven Elder, Opaline Sliver, Bogardan Hellkite, Faceless Butcher
Pick: Bogardan Hellkite
Pack 17:
Mogg War Marshal, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Fledgling Mawcor, Might Sliver, Pull from Eternity, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy, Disenchant
Pick: Cloudchaser Kestrel
Pack 18:
Mana Skimmer, Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Plunder, Ignite Memories, Paradox Haze, Careful Consideration, Eron the Relentless, Gorgon Recluse
Pick: Eron the Relentless
Pack 19:
Errant Doomsayers, Rift Bolt, Aether Web, Assassinate, Jedit’s Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Conflagrate, Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician, War Barge
Pick: Rift Bolt
Pack 20:
Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Spinneret Sliver, Keldon Halberdier, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D’Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Fungal Reaches, Conflagrate, Undertaker
Pick: Conflagrate
Pack 21:
Orcish Cannonade, Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Eternity Snare, Molder, Venser’s Sliver, Children of Korlis, Barbed Shocker, Chronatog Totem
Pick: Orcish Cannonade
Pack 22:
Aether Web, Drudge Reavers, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Chronatog Totem, Lim-Dul the Necromancer, Pendelhaven Elder
Pick: Aetherflame Wall
Pack 23:
Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Goblin Skycutter, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Urza’s Factory, Assembly-Worker, Trickbind
Pick: Goblin Skycutter
Pack 24:
Flamecore Elemental, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Gustcloak Cavalier, Opaline Sliver
Pick: Flamecore Elemental
Pack 25:
Mogg War Marshal, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy
Pick: Subterranean Shambler
Pack 26:
Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Plunder, Ignite Memories, Paradox Haze
Pick: Plunder
Pack 27:
Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell
Pick: Aetherflame Wall
Pack 28:
Sangrophage, Wormwood Dryad, Fungal Reaches
Pick: Fungal Reaches
Pack 29:
Pick: Venser’s Sliver
Pack 30:
Pick: Detainment Spell
Pack 31:
Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Terramorphic Expanse, Drudge Reavers, Temporal Isolation, Crookclaw Transmuter, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Careful Consideration, Cavalry Master, Aspect of Mongoose, Walk the Aeons, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Temporal Isolation
Pack 32:
Goblin Skycutter, Cancel, Penumbra Spider, Pentarch Ward, Thallid Germinator, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Sulfurous Blast, Thunder Totem, Evil Eye of Urborg, Wurmcalling, Craw Giant
Pick: Sulfurous Blast
Pack 33:
Spinneret Sliver, Ivory Giant, Slipstream Serpent, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Primal Forcemage, Volcanic Awakening, Calciform Pools, Serra Avenger, Uncle Istvan, Watcher Sliver
Pick: Serra Avenger
Pack 34:
Ashcoat Bear, Amrou Seekers, Greenseeker, Divine Congregation, Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Ghostflame Sliver, Calciform Pools, Fool’s Demise, Reiterate, Verdeloth the Ancient, Plains
Pick: Amrou Seekers
Pack 35:
Mindstab, Slipstream Serpent, Nantuko Shaman, Castle Raptors, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Clockspinning, Sidewinder Sliver, Dread Return, Fool’s Demise, Chronosavant
Pick: Castle Raptors
Pack 36:
Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Dementia Sliver, Dread Return
Pick: Flowstone Channeler
Pack 37:
Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Durkwood Tracker, Truth or Tale, Swarmyard, Spitting Slug
Pick: Spitting Slug
Pack 38:
Aether Web, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Might of Old Krosa, Weatherseed Totem, Auratog
Pick: Subterranean Shambler
Pack 39:
Drudge Reavers, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Aspect of Mongoose, Kobold Taskmaster
Pick: Kobold Taskmaster
Pack 40:
Cancel, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Craw Giant
Pick: Craw Giant
Pack 41:
Plunder, Skulking Knight, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Volcanic Awakening
Pick: Dream Stalker
Pack 42:
Jhoira’s Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Ghostflame Sliver, Fool’s Demise
Pick: Ghostflame Sliver
Pack 43:
Two-Headed Sliver, Clockspinning, Fool’s Demise
Pick: Two-Headed Sliver
Pack 44:
Pick: Molder
Pack 45:
Pick: Sangrophage
10 Mountain
8 Plains
1 Amrou Seekers
1 Basalt Gargoyle
1 Bogardan Hellkite
2 Castle Raptors
1 Conflagrate
1 Duskrider Peregrine
1 Flamecore Elemental
1 Flowstone Channeler
2 Goblin Skycutter
1 Keldon Halberdier
1 Lightning Axe
1 Orcish Cannonade
1 Outrider en-Kor
1 Rift Bolt
2 Serra Avenger
1 Sulfurous Blast
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Thick-Skinned Goblin
1 Eron the Relentless
Sideboard
1 Craw Giant
1 Kobold Taskmaster
1 Spitting Slug
1 Cloudchaser Kestrel
1 Detainment Spell
1 Dream Stalker
1 Flamecore Elemental
1 Fungal Reaches
1 Ghostflame Sliver
1 Ground Rift
1 Molder
1 Plunder
1 Saltcrusted Steppe
1 Sangrophage
2 Scarwood Treefolk
1 Strength in Numbers
2 Subterranean Shambler
1 Two-Headed Sliver
1 Venser’s Sliver
2 Aetherflame Wall
A monkey could have drafted this deck. I won.
To expound just a little, I’ll talk about the lands. I find myself having to play 18 lands in Red/White a decent amount. Often, mana symbols are a concern, plus in the case of this and some other decks, the cards are so powerful that you can risk being a little flooded in order to play your spells more consistently. Some decks in this format definitely want 17 lands, and others definitely want 18. There is a gray area between the two, however. In general, in the scenarios where you can’t decide between 17 and 18 for a particular deck, lean toward 18 if your deck is good/powerful, and go for 17 if you feel like you need to mise.
Also, I left Kestrel-san in the board because I didn’t figure I’d hit WW reliably on turn 3; it seemed more likely to happen between turn 4-6, at which time a 2/2 flier isn’t quite as impressive. Questions, comments, and “blah blah you’re the luckiest blah blah”s are welcome in the forums.
Until Friday,
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