not much to say, just posting for the record. maybe ill look later to make some comments. long title no?

Draft:

Pack 1:
Induce Paranoia, Roofstalker Wight, Torpid Moloch, Benevolent Ancestor, Vedalken Entrancer, Thundersong Trumpeter, Drake Familiar, Thoughtpicker Witch, Goblin Fire Fiend, Skyknight Legionnaire, Peel from Reality, Congregation at Dawn, Sandsower, Psychic Drain, Hunted Lammasu

Pick: Hunted Lammasu


Pack 2:
Convolute, Golgari Rot Farm, Forest, Screeching Griffin, Vedalken Entrancer, Golgari Rotwurm, Zephyr Spirit, Lurking Informant, Surge of Zeal, Snapping Drake, Goliath Spider, Seed Spark

Pick: Screeching Griffin


Pack 3:
Wojek Siren, Convolute, Dimir Aqueduct, Boros Fury-Shield, Surveilling Sprite, Dromad Purebred, Grayscaled Gharial, Necromantic Thirst, Veteran Armorer, Dimir Signet, Pollenbright Wings, Ethereal Usher, Shadow of Doubt

Pick: Veteran Armorer


Pack 4:
Mortipede, Dogpile, Selesnya Sanctuary, Nightguard Patrol, Vedalken Dismisser, Boros Recruit, Smash, Golgari Brownscale, Compulsive Research, Frenzied Goblin, Rolling Spoil, Cloudstone Curio

Pick: Compulsive Research


Pack 5:
Terrarion, Votary of the Conclave, Centaur Safeguard, Tidewater Minion, Sadistic Augermage, Golgari Brownscale, Gate Hound, Lurking Informant, Golgari Signet, Perilous Forays, Remand

Pick: Tidewater Minion


Pack 6:
Barbarian Riftcutter, Greater Mossdog, Courier Hawk, Muddle the Mixture, Sadistic Augermage, Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Selesnya Signet, Stoneshaker Shaman, Root-Kin Ally

Pick: Selesnya Signet


Pack 7:
Gaze of the Gorgon, Goblin Spelunkers, Greater Mossdog, Benevolent Ancestor, Surveilling Sprite, Thoughtpicker Witch, Seismic Spike, Twisted Justice, Breath of Fury

Pick: Surveilling Sprite


Pack 8:
Viashino Slasher, Golgari Rot Farm, Consult the Necrosages, Muddle the Mixture, Rain of Embers, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Leave No Trace, Dimir Machinations

Pick: Consult the Necrosages


Pack 9:
Induce Paranoia, Roofstalker Wight, Torpid Moloch, Drake Familiar, Thoughtpicker Witch, Goblin Fire Fiend, Congregation at Dawn

Pick: Roofstalker Wight


Pack 10:
Convolute, Forest, Zephyr Spirit, Surge of Zeal, Goliath Spider, Cyclopean Snare

Pick: Convolute


Pack 11:
Convolute, Dromad Purebred, Grayscaled Gharial, Necromantic Thirst, Ethereal Usher

Pick: Necromantic Thirst


Pack 12:
Dogpile, Boros Recruit, Smash, Golgari Brownscale

Pick: Boros Recruit


Pack 13:
Votary of the Conclave, Gate Hound, Perilous Forays

Pick: Votary of the Conclave


Pack 14:
Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant

Pick: Stone-Seeder Hierophant


Pack 15:
Seismic Spike

Pick: Seismic Spike


Pack 16:
Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Boros Garrison, Tattered Drake, Gather Courage, Sparkmage Apprentice, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Seeds of Strength, Galvanic Arc, Selesnya Evangel, Flame-Kin Zealot, Telling Time, Undercity Shade, Dream Leash

Pick: Dream Leash


Pack 17:
Tattered Drake, Strands of Undeath, Barbarian Riftcutter, Sparkmage Apprentice, Fists of Ironwood, Drake Familiar, Shred Memory, Surge of Zeal, Mountain, Fiery Conclusion, Skyknight Legionnaire, Clutch of the Undercity, Dimir Guildmage, Voyager Staff

Pick: Dimir Guildmage


Pack 18:
Gaze of the Gorgon, Coalhauler Swine, Civic Wayfinder, Scatter the Seeds, War-Torch Goblin, Sewerdreg, Smash, Rally the Righteous, Disembowel, Boros Signet, Muddle the Mixture, Boros Guildmage, Golgari Grave-Troll

Pick: Boros Guildmage


Pack 19:
Wojek Siren, Terraformer, Consult the Necrosages, Incite Hysteria, Centaur Safeguard, Conclave's Blessing, Quickchange, Sewerdreg, Viashino Fangtail, Transluminant, Darkblast, Hunted Horror

Pick: Darkblast


Pack 20:
Votary of the Conclave, Incite Hysteria, Sundering Vitae, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Golgari Signet, Seeds of Strength, Dimir Machinations, Instill Furor, Junktroller, Eye of the Storm

Pick: Caregiver


Pack 21:
Coalhauler Swine, Dimir Aqueduct, Courier Hawk, War-Torch Goblin, Goblin Fire Fiend, Perplex, Gate Hound, Shambling Shell, Wojek Embermage, Dowsing Shaman

Pick: Dimir Aqueduct


Pack 22:
Stasis Cell, Ordruun Commando, Boros Recruit, Quickchange, Infectious Host, Elves of Deep Shadow, Vindictive Mob, Blockbuster, Reroute

Pick: Quickchange


Pack 23:
Goblin Spelunkers, Woodwraith Strangler, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Perplex, Dryad's Caress, Caregiver, Sell-Sword Brute, Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion

Pick: Caregiver


Pack 24:
Gather Courage, Sparkmage Apprentice, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Flame-Kin Zealot, Undercity Shade

Pick: Undercity Shade


Pack 25:
Barbarian Riftcutter, Sparkmage Apprentice, Drake Familiar, Shred Memory, Surge of Zeal, Mountain

Pick: Drake Familiar


Pack 26:
Coalhauler Swine, Smash, Rally the Righteous, Boros Signet, Muddle the Mixture

Pick: Boros Signet


Pack 27:
Wojek Siren, Terraformer, Conclave's Blessing, Quickchange

Pick: Terraformer


Pack 28:
Votary of the Conclave, Incite Hysteria, Dizzy Spell

Pick: Dizzy Spell


Pack 29:
Coalhauler Swine, Gate Hound

Pick: Gate Hound


Pack 30:
Vindictive Mob

Pick: Vindictive Mob


Pack 31:
Orzhov Euthanist, Wildsize, Castigate, Orzhov Signet, Torch Drake, Shrieking Grotesque, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Rabble-Rouser, Orzhov Guildmage

Pick: Shrieking Grotesque


Pack 32:
Mourning Thrull, Train of Thought, Restless Bones, Fencer's Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Silhana Starfletcher, Orzhov Basilica, Ostiary Thrull, Repeal, Vacuumelt, Caustic Rain, Feral Animist, Glint-Eye Nephilim

Pick: Ostiary Thrull


Pack 33:
Pyromatics, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Silhana Ledgewalker, Bloodscale Prowler, Infiltrator's Magemark, Izzet Boilerworks, Withstand, Ostiary Thrull, Souls of the Faultless, Hypervolt Grasp, Mimeofacture

Pick: Ostiary Thrull


Pack 34:
Blind Hunter, Orzhov Signet, Withstand, Douse in Gloom, Fencer's Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Silhana Ledgewalker, _*, *, Goblin Flectomancer

Pick: Blind Hunter


Pack 35:
Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian's Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Absolver Thrull, Izzet Signet, Streetbreaker Wurm, Crash Landing, Order of the Stars

Pick: Absolver Thrull


Pack 36:
Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster's Magemark, Ghost Warden, Izzet Signet, Silhana Starfletcher, Harrier Griffin, Conjurer's Ban

Pick: Ghost Warden


Pack 37:
Gruul Scrapper, Gruul Signet, Infiltrator's Magemark, Scab-Clan Mauler, Restless Bones, Fencer's Magemark, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Drowned Rusalka, Leyline of Lifeforce

Pick: Infiltrator's Magemark


Pack 38:
Necromancer's Magemark, Cry of Contrition, Lionheart Maverick, Leap of Flame, Train of Thought, Beastmaster's Magemark, Vedalken Plotter, Dune-Brood Nephilim

Pick: Train of Thought


Pack 39:
Castigate, Orzhov Signet, Restless Bones, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, To Arms!, Moratorium Stone

Pick: Orzhov Signet


Pack 40:
Restless Bones, Fencer's Magemark, Vacuumelt, Caustic Rain, Feral Animist, Glint-Eye Nephilim

Pick: Vacuumelt


Pack 41:
Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Infiltrator's Magemark, Withstand

Pick: Withstand


Pack 42:
Fencer's Magemark, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Starved Rusalka

Pick: Starved Rusalka


Pack 43:
Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Runeboggle

Pick: Poisonbelly Ogre


Pack 44:
Lionheart Maverick, Crystal Seer

Pick: Lionheart Maverick


Pack 45:
Fencer's Magemark

Pick: Fencer's Magemark


Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Ghost Warden
1 Hunted Lammasu
1 Screeching Griffin
1 Shrieking Grotesque
1 Veteran Armorer
1 Withstand
1 Compulsive Research
1 Dream Leash [FOIL]
1 Infiltrator's Magemark
1 Surveilling Sprite
1 Terraformer
1 Tidewater Minion
1 Train of Thought
1 Vacuumelt
1 Darkblast
1 Ostiary Thrull
1 Ostiary Thrull [FOIL]
1 Roofstalker Wight
1 Boros Signet
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Blind Hunter
1 Boros Guildmage
1 Consult the Necrosages
1 Dimir Guildmage
1 Dimir Aqueduct
3 Swamp
7 Island
5 Plains


Sideboard:

1 Absolver Thrull
1 Boros Recruit
2 Caregiver
1 Convolute
1 Dizzy Spell
1 Drake Familiar
1 Fencer's Magemark
1 Gate Hound
1 Lionheart Maverick
1 Necromantic Thirst
1 Plains
1 Poisonbelly Ogre
1 Quickchange
1 Seismic Spike
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Starved Rusalka
1 Stone-Seeder Hierophant
1 Swamp
1 Undercity Shade
1 Vindictive Mob
1 Votary of the Conclave


Draft recording done by MTGO DraftCap, from Blargware (www.blargware.com)

savage rare drafting

Draft:

Pack 1:
Barbarian Riftcutter, Greater Mossdog, Courier Hawk, Stinkweed Imp, Sparkmage Apprentice, Rally the Righteous, Dromad Purebred, Grayscaled Gharial, Last Gasp, Galvanic Arc, Elves of Deep Shadow, Carven Caryatid, Festival of the Guildpact, Moroii, Overgrown Tomb

Pick: Overgrown Tomb

rare draft!

Pack 2:
Viashino Slasher, Golgari Rot Farm, Consult the Necrosages, Sadistic Augermage, Thundersong Trumpeter, Elvish Skysweeper, Conclave's Blessing, Dimir Infiltrator, Viashino Fangtail, Transluminant, Greater Forgeling, Voyager Staff, Dark Heart of the Wood, Woebringer Demon

Pick: Woebringer Demon

rare draft!

Pack 3:
Terrarion, Votary of the Conclave, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Gate Hound, Zephyr Spirit, Lurking Informant, Dimir Signet, Fiery Conclusion, Siege Wurm, Wojek Embermage, Seed Spark, Goliath Spider, Bloodbond March

Pick: Siege Wurm

i<3> incite, but i should have taken incite, white just a splash

Pack 14:
Dogpile, Seismic Spike

Pick: Dogpile

playable

Pack 15:
Sabertooth Alley Cat

Pick: Sabertooth Alley Cat

wow

Pack 16:
Tattered Drake, Strands of Undeath, Barbarian Riftcutter, Ordruun Commando, Golgari Rotwurm, Tidewater Minion, Necromantic Thirst, Goblin Fire Fiend, Perplex, Selesnya Signet, Snapping Drake, Selesnya Guildmage, Flow of Ideas, Keening Banshee, Chord of Calling

Pick: Selesnya Guildmage

almost rare drafted again

Pack 17:
Selesnya Sanctuary, Stasis Cell, Roofstalker Wight, Centaur Safeguard, Screeching Griffin, Muddle the Mixture, Dizzy Spell, Infectious Host, Rally the Righteous, Faith's Fetters, Compulsive Research, Selesnya Sagittars, Mark of Eviction, Mausoleum Turnkey

Pick: Faith's Fetters

seems fair

Pack 18:
Wojek Siren, Terraformer, Consult the Necrosages, Ordruun Commando, Nightguard Patrol, Muddle the Mixture, Lurking Informant, Sewerdreg, Smash, Flight of Fancy, Vigor Mortis, Flash Conscription, Leashling

Pick: Flash Conscription

powerful

Pack 19:
Mortipede, Torpid Moloch, Terrarion, War-Torch Goblin, Boros Fury-Shield, Surveilling Sprite, Goblin Fire Fiend, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Swamp, Spectral Searchlight, Grifter's Blade

Pick: Spectral Searchlight

broken

Pack 20:
Stasis Cell, Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Viashino Slasher, Centaur Safeguard, Tidewater Minion, Necromantic Thirst, Dryad's Caress, Peel from Reality, Golgari Thug, Drooling Groodion, Cleansing Beam

Pick: Cleansing Beam

yes!

Pack 21:
Coalhauler Swine, Dimir Aqueduct, Courier Hawk, Bramble Elemental, Benevolent Ancestor, Vedalken Entrancer, Conclave's Blessing, Quickchange, Carrion Howler, Nightmare Void

Pick: Bramble Elemental

gruul is the goal

Pack 22:
Votary of the Conclave, Terraformer, Sparkmage Apprentice, Nightguard Patrol, Vedalken Dismisser, Grayscaled Gharial, Shred Memory, Peregrine Mask, Indentured Oaf

Pick: Indentured Oaf

hopefully my opponents dont like mountains!

Pack 23:
Coalhauler Swine, Gather Courage, Vedalken Dismisser, Surge of Zeal, Sundering Vitae, Caregiver, Boros Signet, Cyclopean Snare

Pick: Gather Courage

i need tricks!

Pack 24:
Tattered Drake, Barbarian Riftcutter, Ordruun Commando, Tidewater Minion, Necromantic Thirst, Goblin Fire Fiend, Flow of Ideas

Pick: Ordruun Commando

dudes!

Pack 25:
Selesnya Sanctuary, Stasis Cell, Roofstalker Wight, Muddle the Mixture, Dizzy Spell, Rally the Righteous

Pick: Selesnya Sanctuary

awesome!

Pack 26:
Terraformer, Ordruun Commando, Muddle the Mixture, Smash, Leashling

Pick: Ordruun Commando

see pack 24

Pack 27:
Torpid Moloch, Boros Fury-Shield, Goblin Fire Fiend, Swamp

Pick: Boros Fury-Shield

i like it :/

Pack 28:
Stasis Cell, Viashino Slasher, Golgari Thug

Pick: Viashino Slasher

always seems better when played against me

Pack 29:
Benevolent Ancestor, Quickchange

Pick: Benevolent Ancestor

this is late

Pack 30:
Shred Memory

Pick: Shred Memory

boring

Pack 31:
Tin Street Hooligan, Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Gruul Scrapper, Gruul Turf, Pillory of the Sleepless, Torch Drake, Absolver Thrull, Order of the Stars, Skarrgan Skybreaker, Revenant Patriarch, Rumbling Slum

Pick: Rumbling Slum

rare draft! in colors ! lucky man!

Pack 32:
Fencer's Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Steamcore Weird, Withstand, Douse in Gloom, Silhana Starfletcher, Orzhov Basilica, Blind Hunter, Sinstriker's Will, Primeval Light, Killer Instinct

Pick: Silhana Starfletcher

try to get colors to work, plus nothing else good without getting too much into black and white, or starting blue which i have zero of

Pack 33:
Pyromatics, Infiltrator's Magemark, Absolver Thrull, Scab-Clan Mauler, Gruul Turf, Guardian's Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, _*, Iy*, Shattering Spree, Witch-Maw Nephilim

Pick: Pyromatics

i love it. i try to get heavy red just for this card

Pack 34:
Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Silhana Ledgewalker, Mourning Thrull, Train of Thought, Restless Bones, Ostiary Thrull, Ogre Savant, Blind Hunter, Orzhov Signet

Pick: Silhana Ledgewalker

i like this alot too

Pack 35:
Castigate, Orzhov Signet, Torch Drake, Necromancer's Magemark, Gigadrowse, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Izzet Chronarch, Dune-Brood Nephilim

Pick: Dune-Brood Nephilim

on color! how many times will i cast it? ionno>!>!

Pack 36:
Bloodscale Prowler, Repeal, Ghost Warden, Izzet Signet, Orzhov Euthanist, Cremate, Izzet Chronarch, Skyrider Trainee

Pick: Bloodscale Prowler

3 drops are good, only splashing white so warden is out

Pack 37:
Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Lionheart Maverick, Izzet Signet, Ghor-Clan Savage, Bloodscale Prowler, Izzet Guildmage

Pick: Ghor-Clan Savage

this guy is huge

Pack 38:
Izzet Boilerworks, Withstand, Ostiary Thrull, Gruul Scrapper, Leap of Flame, Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Gelectrode

Pick: Gruul Scrapper

haste!

Pack 39:
Tin Street Hooligan, Crystal Seer, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Gruul Scrapper, Torch Drake, Absolver Thrull

Pick: Gruul Scrapper

haste!

Pack 40:
Fencer's Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Primeval Light

Pick: Skarrgan Pit-Skulk

can be very good, but very situational

Pack 41:
Absolver Thrull, Wee Dragonauts, Gruul Nodorog, Poisonbelly Ogre, Shattering Spree

Pick: Gruul Nodorog

evasion!

Pack 42:
Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Ogre Savant, Thunderheads

Pick: Ogre Savant

wtf

Pack 43:
Torch Drake, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Benediction of Moons

Pick: Torch Drake

again, wtf

Pack 44:
Cremate, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind

Pick: Cremate

foil!

Pack 45:
Runeboggle

Pick: Runeboggle

k

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Boros Fury-Shield
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Bloodscale Prowler
1 Cleansing Beam
1 Flash Conscription
1 Greater Forgeling
1 Indentured Oaf
1 Pyromatics
1 Sabertooth Alley Cat
1 Sell-Sword Brute
1 Bramble Elemental
1 Gather Courage
1 Ghor-Clan Savage
2 Gruul Scrapper
1 Siege Wurm
1 Silhana Ledgewalker
1 Silhana Starfletcher
1 Boros Signet
1 Spectral Searchlight
1 Dune-Brood Nephilim
1 Rally the Righteous
1 Rumbling Slum
1 Selesnya Guildmage
1 Boros Garrison
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Vitu-Ghazi, the City-Tree
5 Forest
5 Mountain
2 Plains


Sideboard:

1 Benevolent Ancestor
1 Chant of Vitu-Ghazi
1 Clinging Darkness
1 Cremate [FOIL]
1 Dogpile
1 Gruul Nodorog
1 Life from the Loam
1 Ogre Savant
2 Ordruun Commando
1 Runeboggle
1 Sabertooth Alley Cat
1 Shred Memory
1 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
1 Torch Drake
1 Viashino Slasher
1 Woebringer Demon


win round 1 against guy who misclicked alot, new to program i presume.
round 2 i lose how lucky amirite

how to not win a draft

eric showed me draft capture program and now i will tell you about my draft.

RAVNICA NUMBER 1

pack1
Torpid Moloch, Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Boros Garrison, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Bramble Elemental, Rally the Righteous, Elvish Skysweeper, Conclave's Blessing, Elves of Deep Shadow, Conclave Equenaut, Compulsive Research, Golgari Germination, Vigor Mortis, Flash Conscription, Pariah's Shield
Pick: Compulsive Research

research is the only good card in this pack it seems like, and is the only blue card, so this is an easy pick.

pack 2
Dimir Aqueduct, Goblin Spelunkers, Farseek, Scatter the Seeds, War-Torch Goblin, Shred Memory, Rain of Embers, Dryad's Caress, Siege Wurm, _*, *, Voyager Staff, Stoneshaker Shaman, Necroplasm
Pick: Dimir Aqueduct

not sure what the missing cards are, just remember the pick being between seige wurm and aquaduct, and i decided to stay on color and try to draft as many karoo's as possible like the tim aten article i read.

pack 3
Induce Paranoia, Mortipede, Torpid Moloch, Thundersong Trumpeter, Ordruun Commando, Quickchange, Infectious Host, Rain of Embers, Elves of Deep Shadow, Selesnya Evangel, _*, *, Nightmare Void
Pick: Mortipede

i am really tempted to jump ship and take evangel, but i try and solidify myself in black with mortipede. side note: neil reeves apparently says dont draft black.

pack 4
Selesnya Sanctuary, Wojek Siren, Terraformer, Gather Courage, Sparkmage Apprentice, Perplex, Gate Hound, Zephyr Spirit, Transluminant, Moroii, Golgari Thug, Drooling Groodion
Pick: Moroii

moroii is in my colors and is really good.

pack 5
Greater Mossdog, Selesnya Sanctuary, Stasis Cell, Incite Hysteria, Scatter the Seeds, Dryad's Caress, Caregiver, Drake Familiar, Siege Wurm, Pollenbright Wings
Pick: Selesnya Sanctuary

ok im in the wrong colors. i guess i could switch, but i stick with the card i know i will play no matter what and take the karoo.

pack 6
Gaze of the Gorgon, Coalhauler Swine, Fists of Ironwood, Quickchange, Sewerdreg, Seismic Spike, Transluminant, Leave No Trace, Undercity Shade, Three Dreams
Pick: Sewerdreg

i am at a loss on what to do in this pack. gaze seems ok, but sewer dreg is a body and i like bodies. also could take fists and hope drake from last pack tables.

pack 7
Tattered Drake, Strands of Undeath, Bramble Elemental, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Boros Recruit, Selesnya Evangel, Glass Golem
Pick: Tattered Drake

another evangel! i guess drake blocks all day...

pack 8
Courier Hawk, Stasis Cell, Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Incite Hysteria, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Seeds of Strength, Grozoth
Pick: Stasis Cell

im pretty upset right now

2nd time around i get nightmare void, perplex, and shred memory.

RAVNICA NUMBER 2

pack 1
Civic Wayfinder, Strands of Undeath, Convolute, Centaur Safeguard, Tidewater Minion, Sadistic Augermage, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Dimir Infiltrator, Grayscaled Gharial, Dimir Signet, Fiery Conclusion, Rolling Spoil, Watchwolf, _*, Grave-Shell Scarab
Pick: Tidewater Minion

maybe i should take scarab, but tidewater is one of the reasons to play blue. sigh

pack 2
Tattered Drake, Mortipede, Dogpile, Benevolent Ancestor, Vedalken Entrancer, Thundersong Trumpeter, Dimir Infiltrator, Necromantic Thirst, Goblin Fire Fiend, Brainspoil, Shambling Shell, Leashling, Carven Caryatid, Festival of the Guildpact
Pick: Brainspoil

i get rewarded for cutting black pack 1. i hope it keeps coming

pack 3
Woodwraith Strangler, Induce Paranoia, Roofstalker Wight, Surveilling Sprite, Dimir House Guard, Dromad Purebred, Dizzy Spell, Infectious Host, Disembowel, Sell-Sword Brute, Recollect, Wojek Apothecary, Bloodletter Quill
Pick: Disembowel
to be honest, i didnt see bloodletter quill until just now. maybe its right, but disembowl is pretty good too

pack 4
Barbarian Riftcutter, Terrarion, Votary of the Conclave, Nightguard Patrol, Muddle the Mixture, Stinkweed Imp, Smash, Golgari Brownscale, Conclave's Blessing, Sandsower, Psychic Drain, Flame-Kin Zealot
Pick: Stinkweed Imp

more good black good sign.

pack 5
Viashino Slasher, Boros Garrison, Muddle the Mixture, Sadistic Augermage, Seismic Spike, Elvish Skysweeper, Boros Recruit, Grifter's Blade, Ivy Dancer
Pick: Boros Garrison

yay for karoo. at the point i can go either UBr or UBw or both when i get to guildpact

pack 6
Roofstalker Wight, Viashino Slasher, Benevolent Ancestor, Swamp, Thoughtpicker Witch, Goblin Fire Fiend, Sundering Vitae, Seeds of Strength, Ethereal Usher
Pick: Roofstalker Wight

pick it totally wrong should have been ancestor.

pack 7
Terraformer, Goblin Spelunkers, Vedalken Entrancer, Grayscaled Gharial, Necromantic Thirst, Perplex, Brainspoil, Sell-Sword Brute, Divebomber Griffin
Pick: Brainspoil

yes!

pack 8
Strands of Undeath, Sadistic Augermage, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Dimir Infiltrator, Grayscaled Gharial, Dimir Signet, Rolling Spoil
Pick: Dimir Signet

infiltrator is good, but color fixing is good with lots of off color signets etc.

2nd time around i get infiltrator, muddle, terrarion, ethereal usher, dizzy spelll

going into guilpact i really want savage twister cuz i have 3 ways to transmute for it already.

GUILDPACT

pack 1
Tin Street Hooligan, Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Bloodscale Prowler, Repeal, Ghost Warden, Izzet Signet, Orzhov Euthanist, Pillory of the Sleepless, Gristleback, Orzhov Guildmage, Shattering Spree, Witch-Maw Nephilim
Pick: Pillory of the Sleepless

this fits with the plan to go BUW, otherwise could take signet or repeal.

pack 2
Silhana Starfletcher, Pyromatics, Orzhov Basilica, Steamcore Weird, Shrieking Grotesque, Castigate, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Thunderheads, Hissing Miasma, Orzhov Pontiff
Pick: Orzhov Pontiff

i think this is right. grotesque pyromantics and wierd are all also tempting.

pack 3
Ghor-Clan Savage, Streetbreaker Wurm, Bloodscale Prowler, Infiltrator's Magemark, Izzet Boilerworks, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster's Magemark, Skyrider Trainee, Vacuumelt, Caustic Rain, Feral Animist
Pick: Izzet Boilerworks

good stuff, now i can go red if i get good stuff or white like i am currently doing.

pack 4
Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Silhana Ledgewalker, Mourning Thrull, Castigate, Orzhov Signet, Torch Drake, Shrieking Grotesque, Necromancer's Magemark, Hissing Miasma, Shadow Lance, Yore-Tiller Nephilim
Pick: Torch Drake

really tough pick. grotesqu, drake, and shadow lance all pretty good, and signet is always a possibility. i take the flyer thats more on color, but i could see taking grotesque.

pack 5
Necromancer's Magemark, Ogre Savant, Repeal, Lionheart Maverick, Beastmaster's Magemark, Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Sinstriker's Will, Mortify, Primeval Light, Killer Instinct
Pick: Mortify

looks like white is our 3rd color

pack 6
Guardian's Magemark, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Fencer's Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Izzet Boilerworks, Ghost Warden, Orzhov Euthanist, Wildsize, Nivix, Aerie of the FiremindP
ick: Izzet Boilerworks

too bad the arent BW karoos

pack 7
Pillory of the Sleepless, Douse in Gloom, Izzet Signet, Restless Bones, Fencer's Magemark, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Starved Rusalka
Pick: Pillory of the Sleepless

i like this!

pack 8
Wild Cantor, Cremate, Gruul Nodorog, Petrahydrox, Guardian's Magemark, Ostiary Thrull, Gristleback, Conjurer's Ban
Pick: Ostiary Thrull

seems good

2nd time around i get petrahydrox, castigate, restless bones, some crap.










so i lose first round. whatever.

soo much magic on saturday

so i played way too much magic on saturday (thanks magic online!) and now magic online is broken on my computer (thanks magic online!) so i will talk about my weekend expirience.

saturday morning i wake up at my friends apartment after i fell asleep watching tv, because hey its been 3 months since i last watched tv and i could not stop! so i went to mcdonalds for some breakfast and came back to base and then i got to my room and turned on magic online....

sold some junk rares, got some tickets, played a constructed 8 man. round 1 i play against heartbeat mirror, and well the guy sucks so i win. game 2 i bring in the kudzus and get some pressure, he thinks this means i sided out my combo and plays heartbeat and passes the turn. well im not that terrible so i just go off in his face for the win. nice card there! round 2 is a black white deck who has cranial turn 3 (i remand) turn 4 (resolves, naming heartbeat) turn 5 (i remand) and turn 6(muddle the mixture). i keep playing lands and reaches and end up drawing enough harvests to win with a maga or something. game 2 i get turn 2 kudzu and some elders doing beats but he somehow stops me and i misplay my meloku and lose a few turns later. game 3 i bring 3/4ths the combo back in, get cranialed for heartbeat again, and then he draws nothing forever and i harvest/invoke him out. im pretty sure that cranial is better on harvest because bw runs 4 mortify, but then maybe i dont know what im talking about. finals = split.

so i decide to draft. first pick last gasp, looking to go UBx, i get a next pick faiths fetters, and then 3rd pick Agrus Kos, so i move into boros, and its so good i never get a third color besides a few blind hunters i decide not to play. i had 2 trumpeter, 2 legionare, boros guildmage, gruul guildmage, infinite 2 drops, a rally, and 2 pyromatics (best common in GP). i crush 4-0 to finals then split.

so i decide more constructed. i dont remember much about this, just i think it was easier this time i split in finals.

draft again. this time i first pick arc and go boros the whole time. i end up with a slightly less powerful deck than last draft, but im confidant. unfortunatly, i screw up with trumpeter like 8 turns in a row with misclick and shit and i lose. i think maybe i should take a nap and stop making stupid errors, but i decide fuck it draft again.

this time i go UBW with infinite walls, double informant and an entrancer. i win first round getting lucky game 1, then just not taking damage game 2. i lose round 2 because my deck just really isnt that good, and i dont convulute something cuz im terrible.

i stop to get some dinner, then play another constructed, this time losing to URzatron Wildfire in round 1 because of annex after board. not sure how i beat that card, i guess i need naturalize.

anyway maybe ill post my heartbeat list later

2 Headed Giant States

so i went to two headed giant states on saturday, i was playing with AJ Fields, one of the few decent players ive met since moving to SC. i did little practice with the format, just some magic workstation sealeds and kinda looked just to get a feel for the number of playable cards you could expect to get. as for the 2HG format, last week we did 2HG type 2 which i played heartbeat in, so i didnt really learn anything.

anyway we leave early saturday get some breakfast and go to columbia. register etc. build decks. key cards from our decks:
AJ's deck had mostly fat green stuff (siege wurm, guardian of vhitu ghazi) and combat tricks (wildsize, seeds of strength). had 2 black tapper guys, and 2 restless bones. all in all it was kinda mediocre, had Angel of Despair and Birds of Paradise though!
My deck was a crazy aura deck. here are the cards:
Fists of Ironwood
Galvanic Arc
Flight of Fancy
Mark of Eviction
Stasis Cell
Auratouched Mage
Drake Familiar
2 Ogre Savant
and the bomb of all bombs, Cloudstone Curio.

Round 1
we get kinda unlucky and have to play against one of the 4 best teams there, but we are also in that group. we get some early tempo and get them down to about 15 before they stabilize, but i get skyrider trainee enchated with blue magemark and get them down to 3 before they answer and then AJ's ledgewalker does the last point on the last extra turn.
1-0

Round 2
another good team, but i get the curio and arc and drake and fists and ogre savant, so like every turn i kill a guy, bounce a guy, bounce their faiths fetters so we can attack, and we get 2 1/1s. few turns later they had nothing left.
2-0

round 3
the other good team from charleston, we draw with them to get some lunch! i win the die roll and pick mexican food, but the service was total shit, no like poor tippng occurs.
2-0-1

round 4
some really bad team that has 3x runeboggle. well we play around it and crush them, even though they had smash for my cuiro.
3-0-1

round 5
paired up against the team with the "best" "player" in SC, but since we already drew once we have to play here. they get some really good draws, and we lose. they gained somelthing like 20 lilfe this game from fetters, douse in gloom, mourning thrull, and ribbons of night.
3-1-1

round 6
have to play this round to make top 4, these guys apparently have good decks, we get a good start however as i get mark of eviction and galvanic arc on partners ledgewalker, but they have orzhov pontiff to stop it! soon we are in a bad position facing down a ghost council, an evangel, and a skysweaper that looks like its going to kill all of our evasion. knowing we dont have long, we start swinging with most everyone, and droning buerocrats makes it so they cant block effectivly and they get too low on life to counter attack, and we somehow pull it out.
4-1-1

top 4! the 4 best teams there made top 4, showing that its a skill testing format, and i like it for that. only problem is the games take way too long. anyway our top 4 decks were pretty nuts, aj has 2 pillory and mortify and moldervine cloak. i have hammerfist giant, double leap of flame, and living inferno.

top 4:
we lose the die roll and have to play first for the first time all day, but we get a decent curve with aj getting 1 drop 2 drop and me with 2 drop 3 drop. they have some tricks but i get hammerfist giant on turn 6. turn 7 i leap of flame our team and activate giant, they have to wildsize and withdstand to save their guys, but we swing in for 6 + 8 from giant. next turn i draw anohter leap, but aj draws chant of vhitu ghazi, so we just swing iwth everyone, combat damage on, use giant, in response chant, gain 71 life. at that point they are at 18 or so, we pillory a guy, my giant does 8 and regens with gaze from aj and hten finishes them off one turn later.

after this we watch the other top 4 match where our good friends are facing the evil empire which has the "best" "cheater" in the state. even though runyon played pretty bad at times, he makes the plays when he needs to, and they pull out a leap of flame victory for just enough when they are at 1. how lucky.

so finals we get to play runyon and chi, the guys we drew with round 3. their decks are apparently garbage, but they get some early beats... and then overwhelm, but we chump enough and stabilize at 6 while aj's vinelasher kudzu with moldervine cloak and flight of fancy get through for the win.

so we win and aj finally gets a state championship titile after coming so close so many times before.

Guildpact

Guildpact prerelease this weekend. i did not attend. it looks like a solid set, been making some type 2 decks today to see how it goes.

deck 1: 8 putrefy deck
4 putrefy
4 mortify
4 jitte

4 birds
4 elves of deep shadow
4 hyppie
4 woodelves
2 heirarch
2 kokusho
3 arashi
2 ink eyes
2 north tree

some lands (mostly forest type dual lands)

deck 2: WWbob
4 dark confidant
3 isamaru
4 savannah lions
4 leonine skyhunter
3 kami of ancient law
2 suntail hawk
2 lantern kami

4 mortify
4 jitte
4 last gasp
2 otherworldly journy
2 cruel edict

some lands

deck 3: GRw (suggested by nathan)
4 elves
3 birds
4 kird ape
4 watchwolf
4 burningtree shaman
4 heirarch
4 jitte
4 helix
4 char
3 otherworldly journey

some lands (include 2 skargg pits thingy)

somethoughts:
GRw loses to 8 putrefy deck
8 Putrefy deck is fairly inconsistant with its explosiveness, but has lots of good sideboard stuff
WWbob is fun, agressive, but not very disruptive and doesnt have any reach. maybe needs anthem or hokori or something.

thoughts on format:
jitte is really good, i think you have to play it if you are aggro at all (ww sometimes runs suppression field, but i cant see not playing jitte when you have more creatures and yours have evasion)
UR decks get better with new set (obv) so lookout for Wildfire, URzatron, and UR LD Magnivore.

i got a few pals q'd for Honolulu so ill be helping them test, if you want to help let me know.

Jonny Magic

so i finished reading Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids by David Kushner. its the book about Jon Finkel, probably the best magic player ever. i would not have said that before i read the book, as i've always thought results spoke more so Kai was best, but yea Finkel owns Kai, maybe.

regardless, the book details jon's life as a fat nerd boy picked on by everybody, to being a magic pro picked on by his closest friends, to finally breaking out of his shell and becoming a blackjack card counting millionaire. needless to say, there is alot about finkel's life i didn't know. so all in all the book wasnt too bad, kinda dumb when talking about magic, but good through the other parts. seems to take a veiw about being smart and not fitting in that i don't agree with,but he sticks with it and is fairly convincing.

after reading the book, my veiw of Jon Finkel as a magic player went up alot, but my veiw of him as a human being went down alot as well.

i could talk about it more but i dont want to get preachy, which i know i can do sometimes.

Tom Ross

so was reading tml about ptq in shreveport LA this past weekend and apparently tom ross won. i didn't even know he still played, but he msgd me on AIM to confirm that he did indeed win, and had me post his winning decklist for him. its good to see old players getting back into the game, and if i recall he's pretty good. but then ive never seen him play...

we played once on modo when i believe he beat me. i was reading his profile and saw he was tom ross (i read everyone's profile) and i knew he had recently won a qualifier for Yokohama, which i also had qualified for (my one and so far only chance to play on the PT). we got to talking about whether either of us were going to attend or not, with school and money and stuff i did not end up attending (still get amateur prize tho!) not sure if he ended up going. i kept his name on my buddy lists but forgot about it until today.

thats the tom ross story. congrats tom!

PTQ High Point

so went to high point this weekend for Ravnica Sealed PTQ, i wanted to do well because i might acutally be able to go to Prague for the PT.

i get a good sealed deck with Hex, Helldozer, Veldaken Dismisser, and Ethereal Usher to transmute for these great cards. i also have Dimir Doppleganger which is amazing the more and more i play it. other things i had were 2x dark blast, infiltrator+necromatic thirst, double terrarion+3 bouncy lands, and spectral searchlight.

round 1
i draw this round with a pretty good player who doesnt really know the set that well i dont think, he plays vs alot im assuming. anyway game 1 he misses 3rd land drop forever but i get informant out and try to lock him out of lands but fail to do so and eventuall GW guildmage wins. i draw lots of lands this game i think. game 2 i board in the red package of 2 galvanic arc, cleansing beam and rain of embers like i planned for GW matchup, and they win the game fairly easily. time is called on turn 4 or so of game 3 and neither of us can win.

round 2
he is playing GBU i think i lose a game somehow, i win a game when he doesnt regen his houseguard when i hex, and im able to win from there. i hex again game3 and win easily.

round 3
this guy is pretty bad, i win game 1 with infiltrator + thirst and then informant locking him. game 2 is really long he can kill me but doesnt whcih lets me transmute for hex and take control, but i draw nothing to finish him with (deck was really lacking in win conditions) and he finallys draws a guy to kill me a turn before duskmantly would have milled him. not muhc time for game 3 so i choose to play first for the only time all day. i think i boarded in my red for galvanic arc to speed up the game, hes kinda flustered by my pace of play, i get lucky and mill his wrath with my duskmantle, then i hex him and coast to victory.

round 4
this guy is playing GWR has lots of fat, i draw Dimir Guildmage on turn 2 every game and that lets me win 2-1 despite drawing a ton of lands game 2, when i died with 7 lands in hand, 8 in play, and two more on top of my deck.

round 5
guy misses 2nd land drop game one, but then makes two more to play stinkweed imp. i attack into it and darkblast, he dredges and plays it again so i get back darkblast and do it again, he realizes this isnt going to work , eventauly he gets plague boiler but doesnt have enough mana to activate it in time. game 2 is really slow i know he is sandbagging the plague boiler all i have in play is tidewater miniion, lurking informant, and drift with strands of undeath on it (i have 2 in sideboard for UB matchups). eventaully he plays enough cards i can play dimir guildmage and make him discard plague boiler, then i play doppleganger and steal his drooling groodion for his GY ftw.

round 6
this guy had 2 vulturous zombies and 2 psychic drains (combo!). game 1 he nightmare voids me and makes me discard entrancer when i had infiltrator thirst out. i draw hex next turn anyway and win with that. game 2 he nightmare voids me twice but never takes hex, cuz it isnt really relevant. i transmute for doppleganger and end up stealing a zombie from his graveyard. he dredges back stinkweed imp and my doppleganger is huge. i attack and he blocks, so i remove a house guard from his GY to regen my doppleganger. next turn i remove the infiltrator i saced to make my doppleganger unblockable and attack for just enough to kill him. doppleganger is realy really good.

round 7
ID
5-0-2

top 8 draft
first pick fangtail cuz its only good card, i ddint want to but feel better when 2nd pick another one. i ended up with 4 fangtails, 3 fury shields, and a cleansing beam and a Razia. i feel really good about playing against GW or WR cuz i have 2 rain of embers as well. i had to pass GW guildmage pack 2 for faiths fetters (the guy i pass to ends up getting passed glare in pack 3, hl)

quarterfinals RW
i win mirror because i have more fangtails, more fury shields, and a sunhome enforcer.

semifinals GBU
its a close race game 1, but i draw razia when he's at 4 and im at 6. game 2 and 3 he has infiltrators and house guards whcih i cant really deal with efficiently. i have to make an all in attack and hope he screws up, but this is top 8, he isnt that bad i guess, so i lose.

4th isnt too bad, 3 of my opponents in swiss made top 8 (rd1, rd 4, rd7). me and round 1 opponent almost made it to finals against each other, but boht lost in semi's that would have been neat.

top 8 was weird, the NC TO likes to give top 8 players opponents decklists, it helped a whole bunch, especially in quarterfinals in the mirror match.

anyway thats the story i feel better about my game now, i felt pretty bad after GP Charlotte, but getting good sealed deck helps.

ttyl
-Ty

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