Pack 1 pick 5:
Setessan Oathsworn
Excoriate
Rise to the Challenge
--> Nyxborn Triton
Warchanter of Mogis
Forsaken Drifters
Reckless Reveler
Snake of the Golden Grove
Ghostblade Eidolon
Vortex Elemental
Island
Pack 1 pick 6:
Griffin Dreamfinder
Eye Gouge
--> Evanescent Intellect
Fearsome Temper
Cyclops of One-Eyed Pass
Culling Mark
Grisly Transformation
Black Oak of Odunos
Sanguimancy
Island
Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Rise to the Challenge
Forsaken Drifters
Island
Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Sanguimancy
Island
Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Forest
------ THS ------
Pack 2 pick 1:
Minotaur Skullcleaver
--> Nimbus Naiad
Battlewise Valor
Nessian Asp
Viper's Kiss
Wild Celebrants
Benthic Giant
Time to Feed
Setessan Griffin
Disciple of Phenax
Magma Jet
Anvilwrought Raptor
Evangel of Heliod
Meletis Charlatan
Plains
Pack 2 pick 2:
--> Chosen by Heliod
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Nylea's Presence
Satyr Hedonist
Read the Bones
Last Breath
Unknown Shores
Crackling Triton
Traveler's Amulet
Boulderfall
Ordeal of Erebos
Horizon Chimera
Ashen Rider
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 3:
Mnemonic Wall
Cavalry Pegasus
Loathsome Catoblepas
Annul
Wild Celebrants
Two-Headed Cerberus
Time to Feed
Ray of Dissolution
Wavecrash Triton
Tormented Hero
--> Battlewise Hoplite
Sentry of the Underworld
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 4:
--> Battlewise Valor
Vulpine Goliath
Asphodel Wanderer
Voyaging Satyr
Titan's Strength
Baleful Eidolon
Savage Surge
Disciple of Phenax
Heliod's Emissary
Coordinated Assault
Spellheart Chimera
Forest
Pack 3 pick 6:
Prescient Chimera
Fleetfeather Sandals
Guardians of Meletis
Portent of Betrayal
Defend the Hearth
Scholar of Athreos
--> Ordeal of Heliod
Hunt the Hunter
Thassa's Emissary
Swamp
Pack 3 pick 7:
March of the Returned
Benthic Giant
Annul
Traveling Philosopher
Wild Celebrants
Silent Artisan
Ray of Dissolution
--> Wavecrash Triton
Forest
I P1P1'ed Ornitharch after reading up on it's pros/cons on this forum thinking I would give it a try. I also picked up Ephara's Enlightenment also having not played and thinking I would give it a try.
I ended up going UW Heroic and Ephara's Enlightenment was AMAZING. Won all 3 rounds using it. Putting it on either Battlewise Hoplite or Wavecrash Triton was just the nuts. I never cast Ornitharch once, and actually scryed it to the bottom once. Obviously this isn't the deck for it, so I may give it one more try in BW or WR control, but I'm not thinking it's first pick quality.
I'd love to hear comments on how you would have drafted given the same picks.
Thanks!
PJ
EDIT: P.S. P1P5 was a misclick ;-)
Moved to Draftcap Discussion... though, officially, posts in Draftcap Discussion should also include a decklist and info on the matches. - Hardened
I can't see how 5 power in the air for 5 mana isn't a first-pick quality card. I mean, there are decks where you just don't want *any* 5 CMC cards, but most UW decks aren't quite *that* low curve.
Ephara's Enlightenment is a fantastic card in UW...I don't think you'll find anyone who thinks otherwise. As with all gold cards, however, it's a pretty risky first pick. I expect the gold cycle in BTG to be picked higher once Journey releases, since it'll be pack 2, when players have a better sense of their colors. Right now, Enlightenment will be usually be amazing or unplayable in a draft.
p1p9: no way I take mindreaver over chorus of tides.
p2p4: again, no way I take a common trick over heliod's emissary.
p3p6: wow, ordeal of heliod 6th pick! Nice. Wait! There is thassa's emsisary too? I think i'd take emissary, but but are defensible some way.
I can't believe ornitarch can be scryed away!
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------ BNG ------
Pack 1 pick 1:
Forsaken Drifters
Excoriate
Scouring Sands
Chorus of the Tides
Felhide Brawler
Swordwise Centaur
Nyxborn Shieldmate
Pheres-Band Tromper
Asphyxiate
Fall of the Hammer
Pheres-Band Raiders
--> Ornitharch
Noble Quarry
Mindreaver
Swamp
Pack 1 pick 2:
Bolt of Keranos
Setessan Oathsworn
Marshmist Titan
--> Chorus of the Tides
Mortal's Ardor
Fearsome Temper
Nullify
Impetuous Sunchaser
Culling Mark
Necrobite
Sunbond
Nessian Demolok
Fated Conflagration
Swamp
Pack 1 pick 3:
Nyxborn Eidolon
Charging Badger
Pharagax Giant
Sphinx's Disciple
Ephara's Radiance
Setessan Starbreaker
Divination
Nyxborn Rollicker
Karametra's Favor
Stratus Walk
Stormcaller of Keranos
--> Ephara's Enlightenment
Island
Pack 1 pick 4:
Mortal's Ardor
Eye Gouge
Swordwise Centaur
Epiphany Storm
Pheres-Band Tromper
Deepwater Hypnotist
--> Crypsis
Reckless Reveler
Peregrination
Drown in Sorrow
Fated Infatuation
Plains
Pack 1 pick 5:
Setessan Oathsworn
Excoriate
Rise to the Challenge
--> Nyxborn Triton
Warchanter of Mogis
Forsaken Drifters
Reckless Reveler
Snake of the Golden Grove
Ghostblade Eidolon
Vortex Elemental
Island
Pack 1 pick 6:
Griffin Dreamfinder
Eye Gouge
--> Evanescent Intellect
Fearsome Temper
Cyclops of One-Eyed Pass
Culling Mark
Grisly Transformation
Black Oak of Odunos
Sanguimancy
Island
Pack 1 pick 7:
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
--> Retraction Helix
Nyxborn Eidolon
Divination
Claim of Erebos
Thunderous Might
Eternity Snare
Forest
Pack 1 pick 8:
--> Chorus of the Tides
Mortal's Ardor
Nullify
Impetuous Sunchaser
Culling Mark
Necrobite
Thassa's Rebuff
Forest
Pack 1 pick 9:
Forsaken Drifters
Scouring Sands
Chorus of the Tides
Swordwise Centaur
Pheres-Band Raiders
--> Mindreaver
Swamp
Pack 1 pick 10:
Setessan Oathsworn
Marshmist Titan
--> Nullify
Culling Mark
Sunbond
Swamp
Pack 1 pick 11:
Charging Badger
--> Sphinx's Disciple
Ephara's Radiance
Setessan Starbreaker
Island
Pack 1 pick 12:
Eye Gouge
Epiphany Storm
--> Deepwater Hypnotist
Plains
Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Rise to the Challenge
Forsaken Drifters
Island
Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Sanguimancy
Island
Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Forest
------ THS ------
Pack 2 pick 1:
Minotaur Skullcleaver
--> Nimbus Naiad
Battlewise Valor
Nessian Asp
Viper's Kiss
Wild Celebrants
Benthic Giant
Time to Feed
Setessan Griffin
Disciple of Phenax
Magma Jet
Anvilwrought Raptor
Evangel of Heliod
Meletis Charlatan
Plains
Pack 2 pick 2:
--> Chosen by Heliod
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Nylea's Presence
Satyr Hedonist
Read the Bones
Last Breath
Unknown Shores
Crackling Triton
Traveler's Amulet
Boulderfall
Ordeal of Erebos
Horizon Chimera
Ashen Rider
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 3:
Mnemonic Wall
Cavalry Pegasus
Loathsome Catoblepas
Annul
Wild Celebrants
Two-Headed Cerberus
Time to Feed
Ray of Dissolution
Wavecrash Triton
Tormented Hero
--> Battlewise Hoplite
Sentry of the Underworld
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 4:
--> Battlewise Valor
Vulpine Goliath
Asphodel Wanderer
Voyaging Satyr
Titan's Strength
Baleful Eidolon
Savage Surge
Disciple of Phenax
Heliod's Emissary
Coordinated Assault
Spellheart Chimera
Forest
Pack 2 pick 5:
Mnemonic Wall
Loathsome Catoblepas
Breaching Hippocamp
--> Aqueous Form
Sip of Hemlock (FOIL)
Triton Shorethief
Cavern Lampad
Dissolve
Arena Athlete
Warriors' Lesson
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 6:
Ephara's Warden
Fleshmad Steed
--> Nimbus Naiad
Yoked Ox
Annul
Setessan Battle Priest
Nemesis of Mortals
Satyr Piper
Decorated Griffin
Plains
Pack 2 pick 7:
Lash of the Whip
Messenger's Speed
Crackling Triton
Spark Jolt
--> Last Breath
Scourgemark
Burnished Hart
Flamespeaker Adept
Island
Pack 2 pick 8:
Yoked Ox
Blood-Toll Harpy
Benthic Giant
Borderland Minotaur
--> Scholar of Athreos
Prowler's Helm
Colossus of Akros
Plains
Pack 2 pick 9:
--> Battlewise Valor
Wild Celebrants
Benthic Giant
Setessan Griffin
Disciple of Phenax
Anvilwrought Raptor
Plains
Pack 2 pick 10:
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Nylea's Presence
Unknown Shores
--> Crackling Triton
Boulderfall
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 11:
Mnemonic Wall
Loathsome Catoblepas
--> Annul
Wild Celebrants
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 12:
Asphodel Wanderer
--> Disciple of Phenax
Spellheart Chimera
Forest
Pack 2 pick 13:
Loathsome Catoblepas
--> Triton Shorethief
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Ephara's Warden
Plains
Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Island
------ THS ------
Pack 3 pick 1:
Mnemonic Wall
Cavalry Pegasus
Loathsome Catoblepas
Titan's Strength
Baleful Eidolon
Benthic Giant
Annul
Traveling Philosopher
Borderland Minotaur
Sedge Scorpion
--> Battlewise Hoplite
Vanquish the Foul
Cutthroat Maneuver
Anthousa, Setessan Hero
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 2:
Minotaur Skullcleaver
Nimbus Naiad
Battlewise Valor
Traveling Philosopher
Two-Headed Cerberus
Aqueous Form
Silent Artisan
Blood-Toll Harpy
Disciple of Phenax
--> Ordeal of Thassa
Mogis's Marauder
Flamespeaker Adept
Rageblood Shaman
Forest
Pack 3 pick 3:
Dragon Mantle
Omenspeaker
Divine Verdict
Blood-Toll Harpy (FOIL)
Traveling Philosopher
Two-Headed Cerberus
Aqueous Form
--> Wavecrash Triton
Traveler's Amulet
Flamecast Wheel
Shipwreck Singer
Pyxis of Pandemonium
Island
Pack 3 pick 4:
March of the Returned
Dragon Mantle
Vulpine Goliath
Annul
Titan's Strength
Yoked Ox
Opaline Unicorn
Rescue from the Underworld
Prowler's Helm
Erebos's Emissary
--> Akroan Horse
Plains
Pack 3 pick 5:
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Divine Verdict
Asphodel Wanderer
Breaching Hippocamp
Silent Artisan
Traveling Philosopher
Ray of Dissolution
--> Wavecrash Triton
Anvilwrought Raptor
Arena Athlete
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 6:
Prescient Chimera
Fleetfeather Sandals
Guardians of Meletis
Portent of Betrayal
Defend the Hearth
Scholar of Athreos
--> Ordeal of Heliod
Hunt the Hunter
Thassa's Emissary
Swamp
Pack 3 pick 7:
March of the Returned
Benthic Giant
Annul
Traveling Philosopher
Wild Celebrants
Silent Artisan
Ray of Dissolution
--> Wavecrash Triton
Forest
Pack 3 pick 8:
Stymied Hopes
Satyr Hedonist
Leonin Snarecaster
--> Vaporkin
Setessan Battle Priest
Glare of Heresy
Pharika's Mender
Plains
Pack 3 pick 9:
Mnemonic Wall
Loathsome Catoblepas
Benthic Giant
Annul
--> Traveling Philosopher
Cutthroat Maneuver
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 10:
Traveling Philosopher
--> Aqueous Form
Silent Artisan
Disciple of Phenax
Flamespeaker Adept
Forest
Pack 3 pick 11:
Traveling Philosopher
Two-Headed Cerberus
--> Traveler's Amulet
Flamecast Wheel
Island
Pack 3 pick 12:
March of the Returned
--> Yoked Ox
Rescue from the Underworld
Plains
Pack 3 pick 13:
Asphodel Wanderer
--> Silent Artisan
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Defend the Hearth
Swamp
Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Forest
I P1P1'ed Ornitharch after reading up on it's pros/cons on this forum thinking I would give it a try. I also picked up Ephara's Enlightenment also having not played and thinking I would give it a try.
I ended up going UW Heroic and Ephara's Enlightenment was AMAZING. Won all 3 rounds using it. Putting it on either Battlewise Hoplite or Wavecrash Triton was just the nuts. I never cast Ornitharch once, and actually scryed it to the bottom once. Obviously this isn't the deck for it, so I may give it one more try in BW or WR control, but I'm not thinking it's first pick quality.
I'd love to hear comments on how you would have drafted given the same picks.
Thanks!
PJ
EDIT: P.S. P1P5 was a misclick ;-)
Moved to Draftcap Discussion... though, officially, posts in Draftcap Discussion should also include a decklist and info on the matches. - Hardened
Ephara's Enlightenment is a fantastic card in UW...I don't think you'll find anyone who thinks otherwise. As with all gold cards, however, it's a pretty risky first pick. I expect the gold cycle in BTG to be picked higher once Journey releases, since it'll be pack 2, when players have a better sense of their colors. Right now, Enlightenment will be usually be amazing or unplayable in a draft.
p2p4: again, no way I take a common trick over heliod's emissary.
p3p6: wow, ordeal of heliod 6th pick! Nice. Wait! There is thassa's emsisary too? I think i'd take emissary, but but are defensible some way.
I can't believe ornitarch can be scryed away!