08.23.08
Posted in Geek, Magic the Gathering at 6:53 pm by Evan
Thanks to the tools that Benjamin Peebles-Mundy has written over at his site, you can now send your friends your Magic Online 3.0 drafts. This is super cool and has gotten me excited about drafting online again (gasp!).
That said, “Drafting with…” is a great series at StarCityGames and I’ve done a few drafting shows before. I have a personal mailing list that me and my buddies communicate with, and here is the draft recap I sent them today. Warning: For Magic nerds only!
This was just a classic, and beautiful, mono red draft. Look at those
first four picks. Just look at em! You can’t ask for anything better
than that.
I rolled every match 2-0. It wasn’t close.
The only changes I made while playing were -1 Mudbrawler Raiders (the
2(R/G)(R/G) 3/3 guys) for +1 Mountain. Otherwise, it ran like a
well-oiled machine. Initiate just wins games. It’s incredible.
Pack 1 pick 1:
Presence of Gond, Shield of the Oversoul, Kinscaer Harpoonist,
Cultbrand Cinder, Mudbrawler Cohort, Farhaven Elf, Loch Korrigan,
Scrapbasket, Scuzzback Scrapper, Rite of Consumption, Inquisitor’s
Snare, Tower Above, Thoughtweft Gambit, Reknit, Demigod of Revenge
–> Demigod of Revenge
Pack 1 pick 2:
Last Breath, Wanderbrine Rootcutters, Island (FOIL), Safehold Sentry,
Puncture Bolt, Safehold Duo, Put Away, Manaforge Cinder, Manamorphose,
Cerulean Wisps, Strip Bare, Gloomwidow, Jaws of Stone, Madblind
Mountain
–> Jaws of Stone
Pack 1 pick 3:
Wingrattle Scarecrow, Old Ghastbark, Ghastly Discovery, Oona’s
Gatewarden, Burn Trail, Wildslayer Elves, Hungry Spriggan, Intimidator
Initiate, Elsewhere Flask, Niveous Wisps, Zealous Guardian, Wicker
Warcrawler, Spectral Procession
–> Burn Trail
Pack 1 pick 4:
Cinderhaze Wretch, Wanderbrine Rootcutters, Scar, Boggart Arsonists,
Presence of Gond, Rite of Consumption, Bloodshed Fever, Loamdragger
Giant, Put Away, Flourishing Defenses, Ashenmoor Gouger, Moonring
Island
–> Ashenmoor Gouger
Pack 1 pick 5:
Farhaven Elf, Scuttlemutt, Old Ghastbark, Merrow Wavebreakers,
Medicine Runner (FOIL), Goldenglow Moth, Zealous Guardian, Loch
Korrigan, Ember Gale, Niveous Wisps, Mistveil Plains
–> Ember Gale
Pack 1 pick 6:
Raven’s Run Dragoon, Chainbreaker, Oona’s Gatewarden, Runes of the
Deus, Loamdragger Giant, Drowner Initiate, Pili-Pala, Bloodshed Fever,
Manamorphose, Sapseep Forest
–> Manamorphose
Pack 1 pick 7:
Ghastly Discovery, Wildslayer Elves, Gloomlance, Turn to Mist,
Scarscale Ritual, Elsewhere Flask, Cerulean Wisps, Ember Gale, Mercy
Killing
–> Gloomlance
Pack 1 pick 8:
Morselhoarder, Chainbreaker, Sootwalkers, Blistering Dieflyn, Sinking
Feeling, Goldenglow Moth, Smash to Smithereens, Revelsong Horn
–> Sootwalkers
Pack 1 pick 9:
Kinscaer Harpoonist, Cultbrand Cinder, Mudbrawler Cohort, Loch
Korrigan, Scrapbasket, Scuzzback Scrapper, Reknit
–> Mudbrawler Cohort
Pack 1 pick 10:
Island (FOIL), Put Away, Manaforge Cinder, Cerulean Wisps, Strip Bare,
Madblind Mountain
–> Manaforge Cinder
Pack 1 pick 11:
Wingrattle Scarecrow, Oona’s Gatewarden, Hungry Spriggan, Intimidator
Initiate, Zealous Guardian
–> Intimidator Initiate
Pack 1 pick 12:
Bloodshed Fever, Loamdragger Giant, Put Away, Moonring Island
–> Bloodshed Fever
Pack 1 pick 13:
Goldenglow Moth, Zealous Guardian, Mistveil Plains
–> Goldenglow Moth
Pack 1 pick 14:
Loamdragger Giant, Bloodshed Fever
–> Loamdragger Giant
Pack 1 pick 15:
Ghastly Discovery
–> Ghastly Discovery
Pack 2 pick 1:
Watchwing Scarecrow, Barrenton Cragtreads, Scuzzback Marauders, Faerie
Macabre, Traitor’s Roar, Curse of Chains, Fate Transfer, Spiteflame
Witch (FOIL), Toil to Renown, Emberstrike Duo, Barrenton Medic, Merrow
Grimeblotter, Bloodmark Mentor, Puresight Merrow, Augury Adept
–> Scuzzback Marauders
Pack 2 pick 2:
Steel of the Godhead, Nurturer Initiate, Mudbrawler Raiders, Torture,
Torpor Dust, Poison the Well, Foxfire Oak, Pili-Pala, Cinderbones,
Apothecary Initiate, Drove of Elves, Hollowsage, Torrent of Souls,
Wound Reflection
–> Mudbrawler Raiders
Pack 2 pick 3:
Blight Sickle, Somnomancer, Gravelgill Axeshark, Sootstoke Kindler,
Inescapable Brute, Safewright Quest, Splitting Headache, Barrenton
Medic, Memory Sluice, Wild Swing, Dream Salvage, Biting Tether, Oracle
of Nectars
–> Sootstoke Kindler
Pack 2 pick 4:
Torture, Fists of the Demigod, Juvenile Gloomwidow, Sickle Ripper,
Giantbaiting, Blazethorn Scarecrow, Emberstrike Duo, Gleeful Sabotage,
Kithkin Shielddare, Corrosive Mentor, Inkfathom Infiltrator, Enchanted
Evening
–> Giantbaiting
Pack 2 pick 5:
Parapet Watchers, Traitor’s Roar, Gravelgill Duo, Rustrazor Butcher,
Safewright Quest, Aphotic Wisps, Woeleecher, Memory Sluice, Lockjaw
Snapper, Wasp Lancer, Thought Reflection
–> Wasp Lancer
Pack 2 pick 6:
Kinscaer Harpoonist (FOIL), Sootstoke Kindler, Faerie Macabre,
Woeleecher, Prismwake Merrow, Crimson Wisps, Viridescent Wisps,
Cinderbones, Fossil Find, Worldpurge
–> Crimson Wisps
Pack 2 pick 7:
Gravelgill Duo, Disturbing Plot, Parapet Watchers, Mine Excavation,
Spell Syphon, Inescapable Brute, Foxfire Oak, Horde of Boggarts,
Advice from the Fae
–> Horde of Boggarts
Pack 2 pick 8:
Somnomancer, Rattleblaze Scarecrow, Fists of the Demigod, Helm of the
Ghastlord, Whimwader, Viridescent Wisps, Ashenmoor Cohort, Thornwatch
Scarecrow
–> Fists of the Demigod
Pack 2 pick 9:
Watchwing Scarecrow, Barrenton Cragtreads, Faerie Macabre, Traitor’s
Roar, Toil to Renown, Emberstrike Duo, Merrow Grimeblotter
–> Emberstrike Duo
Pack 2 pick 10:
Torture, Poison the Well, Foxfire Oak, Cinderbones, Hollowsage, Torrent of Souls
–> Torrent of Souls
Pack 2 pick 11:
Blight Sickle, Safewright Quest, Splitting Headache, Wild Swing, Dream Salvage
–> Wild Swing
Pack 2 pick 12:
Torture, Sickle Ripper, Blazethorn Scarecrow, Emberstrike Duo
–> Emberstrike Duo
Pack 2 pick 13:
Parapet Watchers, Traitor’s Roar, Aphotic Wisps
–> Traitor’s Roar
Pack 2 pick 14:
Kinscaer Harpoonist (FOIL), Fossil Find
–> Fossil Find
Pack 2 pick 15:
Disturbing Plot
–> Disturbing Plot
Pack 3 pick 1:
Soul Reap, Creakwood Ghoul, Archon of Justice, Stream Hopper, Noggle
Hedge-Mage, Cinder Pyromancer, Merrow Bonegnawer, Grazing Kelpie,
Banishing Knack, Recumbent Bliss, Razorfin Abolisher (FOIL), Hotheaded
Giant, Fang Skulkin, Nip Gwyllion, Flickerwisp
–> Cinder Pyromancer
Pack 3 pick 2:
Scourge of the Nobilis, Heartlash Cinder, Nettle Sentinel, Nightsky
Mimic, Shorecrasher Mimic, Monstrify, Batwing Brume, Jawbone Skulkin,
Flame Jab, Raven’s Crime, Riverfall Mimic, Sanity Grinding, Kithkin
Zealot, Swirling Spriggan
–> Flame Jab
Pack 3 pick 3:
Crumbling Ashes, Overbeing of Myth, Trapjaw Kelpie, Merrow Bonegnawer,
Duergar Assailant, Stream Hopper, Hoof Skulkin, Wickerbough Elder, Nip
Gwyllion, Shrewd Hatchling, Noggle Bridgebreaker, Tilling Treefolk,
Gilder Bairn
–> Shrewd Hatchling
Pack 3 pick 4:
Smoldering Butcher, Dream Thief, Clout of the Dominus, Idle Thoughts,
Stalker Hag, Aerie Ouphes, Monstrify, Fire at Will, Inside Out,
Ballynock Trapper, Noggle Bandit (FOIL), Altar Golem
–> Fire at Will
Pack 3 pick 5:
Fang Skulkin, Twinblade Slasher, Desecrator Hag, Wickerbough Elder,
Hobgoblin Dragoon, Cinder Pyromancer, Trapjaw Kelpie, Drain the Well,
Talara’s Bane, Merrow Levitator, Kithkin Zealot
–> Cinder Pyromancer
Pack 3 pick 6:
Antler Skulkin, Gift of the Deity, Dream Thief, Hotheaded Giant,
Beckon Apparition, Nucklavee, Oona’s Grace, Kithkin Spellduster,
Hatchet Bully, Smoldering Butcher
–> Hatchet Bully
Pack 3 pick 7:
Duergar Hedge-Mage, Phosphorescent Feast, Duergar Assailant,
Woodlurker Mimic, Slippery Bogle, Shell Skulkin, Cenn’s Enlistment,
Wilderness Hypnotist, Noggle Bridgebreaker
–> Noggle Bridgebreaker
Pack 3 pick 8:
Hobgoblin Dragoon, Merrow Levitator, Drain the Well, Battlegate Mimic,
Odious Trow, Desecrator Hag, Inside Out, Antler Skulkin
–> Hobgoblin Dragoon
Pack 3 pick 9:
Creakwood Ghoul, Stream Hopper, Merrow Bonegnawer, Grazing Kelpie,
Razorfin Abolisher (FOIL), Fang Skulkin, Nip Gwyllion
–> Stream Hopper
Pack 3 pick 10:
Heartlash Cinder, Shorecrasher Mimic, Monstrify, Jawbone Skulkin,
Raven’s Crime, Kithkin Zealot
–> Heartlash Cinder
Pack 3 pick 11:
Trapjaw Kelpie, Merrow Bonegnawer, Duergar Assailant, Stream Hopper,
Hoof Skulkin
–> Duergar Assailant
Pack 3 pick 12:
Idle Thoughts, Aerie Ouphes, Monstrify, Inside Out
–> Inside Out
Pack 3 pick 13:
Wickerbough Elder, Trapjaw Kelpie, Talara’s Bane
–> Wickerbough Elder
Pack 3 pick 14:
Antler Skulkin, Kithkin Spellduster
–> Kithkin Spellduster
Pack 3 pick 15:
Phosphorescent Feast
–> Phosphorescent Feast
Final Build:
2 Cinder Pyromancer
1 Giantbaiting
1 Sootstoke Kindler
1 Sootwalkers
1 Fists of the Demigod
1 Mudbrawler Cohort
1 Crimson Wisps
1 Demigod of Revenge
1 Intimidator Initiate
1 Ashenmoor Gouger
1 Hatchet Bully
1 Burn Trail
1 Stream Hopper
1 Shrewd Hatchling
1 Scuzzback Marauders
1 Flame Jab
1 Emberstrike Duo
1 Horde of Boggarts
1 Mudbrawler Raiders
1 Ember Gale
1 Noggle Bridgebreaker
1 Fire at Will
16 Mountain
1 Jaws of Stone
Sideboard
1 Gloomlance
1 Goldenglow Moth
1 Phosphorescent Feast
1 Manaforge Cinder
1 Traitor’s Roar
1 Manamorphose
1 Inside Out
1 Heartlash Cinder
1 Duergar Assailant
1 Disturbing Plot
1 Fossil Find
1 Wild Swing
1 Bloodshed Fever
1 Loamdragger Giant
1 Ghastly Discovery
1 Kithkin Spellduster
1 Emberstrike Duo
1 Wasp Lancer
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Hobgoblin Dragoon
1 Torrent of Souls
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