Pack 1 pick 1:
Felhide Brawler
Ephara's Radiance
Bolt of Keranos
Setessan Oathsworn
Marshmist Titan
Necrobite
Kragma Butcher
Loyal Pegasus
Elite Skirmisher
Mortal's Resolve
Kraken of the Straits
Sanguimancy
Eternity Snare
--> Oracle of Bones
Forest
Hard to say if this is better than straight removal.
Pack 1 pick 2:
Chorus of the Tides
Felhide Brawler
Swordwise Centaur
Griffin Dreamfinder
Eye Gouge
Evanescent Intellect
Grisly Transformation
Nyxborn Rollicker
Sudden Storm
Aspect of Hydra
Reap What Is Sown
--> Searing Blood
Temple of Plenty
Forest
Removal in same color.
Pack 1 pick 3:
Swordwise Centaur
Epiphany Storm
Hold at Bay
Marshmist Titan
--> Nyxborn Wolf
Oreskos Sun Guide
Divination
Nyxborn Rollicker
Karametra's Favor
Stratus Walk
Peregrination
Pinnacle of Rage
Mountain
I'm not too hoton rollicker. Bestow is always good.
Pack 1 pick 4:
Epiphany Storm
Servant of Tymaret
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
Retraction Helix
Nyxborn Eidolon
Claim of Erebos
Impetuous Sunchaser
Pheres-Band Tromper
--> Kiora's Follower
Drown in Sorrow
Island
Between bad cards or another color, I'll takethe later. Anyway, I'd rathre be UG than RG.
Pack 1 pick 5:
Warchanter of Mogis
Revoke Existence
Scouring Sands
Charging Badger
Karametra's Favor
--> Stratus Walk
Nullify
Impetuous Sunchaser
Culling Mark
Ragemonger
Forest
Pack 1 pick 6:
--> Swordwise Centaur
Epiphany Storm
Hold at Bay
Marshmist Titan
Divination
Karametra's Favor
Stratus Walk
Springleaf Drum
Black Oak of Odunos
Forest
Pack 1 pick 7:
Mortal's Ardor
Eye Gouge
--> Deepwater Hypnotist
Crypsis
Reckless Reveler
Grisly Transformation
Snake of the Golden Grove
Thunderous Might
Swamp
Pack 1 pick 11:
Epiphany Storm
Hold at Bay
--> Karametra's Favor
Peregrination
Mountain
Pack 1 pick 12:
Epiphany Storm
Great Hart
--> Claim of Erebos
Island
Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Charging Badger
Culling Mark
Forest
Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Epiphany Storm
Forest
Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Swamp
------ THS ------
Pack 2 pick 1:
Cavalry Pegasus
Loathsome Catoblepas
Nylea's Presence
--> Griptide
Commune with the Gods
Hopeful Eidolon
Spark Jolt
Returned Phalanx
Staunch-Hearted Warrior
Borderland Minotaur
Burnished Hart
Akroan Hoplite
Favored Hoplite
Meletis Charlatan
Island
Great pack for the only colour I'm not: white.
Pack 2 pick 2:
Prescient Chimera
Demolish
Leafcrown Dryad
Pharika's Cure
Rage of Purphoros
Feral Invocation
Returned Centaur
Hopeful Eidolon
Setessan Griffin
Triton Shorethief
Akroan Hoplite
--> Ordeal of Nylea
Swan Song
Island
Tough choice between sure-fire dryad and risky ordeal.
Pack 2 pick 3:
Fleetfeather Sandals
Demolish
Ephara's Warden
Breaching Hippocamp
--> Vulpine Goliath
Yoked Ox
Scholar of Athreos
Triton Shorethief
Rescue from the Underworld
Dark Betrayal
Satyr Piper
Temple of Deceit
Swamp
Taking goliath 3rd pick is not a sign of a good draft.
Pack 2 pick 4:
Sip of Hemlock
Stymied Hopes
Feral Invocation
Fate Foretold
Thassa's Bounty
Daxos of Meletis (FOIL)
Priest of Iroas
Disciple of Phenax
--> Wavecrash Triton
Mogis's Marauder
Coordinated Assault
Plains
I've not had good red go by, so I'm going deeper blue.
Pack 2 pick 5:
Nylea's Presence
Minotaur Skullcleaver
--> Nimbus Naiad
Fade into Antiquity
Returned Centaur
Commune with the Gods
Boulderfall
Setessan Battle Priest
Centaur Battlemaster
Dark Betrayal
Swamp
Yep, good choice on blue.
Pack 2 pick 6:
Chosen by Heliod
--> Mnemonic Wall
Viper's Kiss
Defend the Hearth
Scholar of Athreos
Triton Shorethief
Rescue from the Underworld
Satyr Piper
Decorated Griffin
Plains
Pack 2 pick 7:
Wild Celebrants
Silent Artisan
Time to Feed
Breaching Hippocamp
Triton Shorethief
--> Voyage's End
Sealock Monster
Pyxis of Pandemonium
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 8:
Viper's Kiss
--> Pheres-Band Centaurs
Guardians of Meletis
Lost in a Labyrinth
Boon of Erebos
Anvilwrought Raptor
Vanquish the Foul
Plains
Pack 2 pick 9:
Loathsome Catoblepas
Nylea's Presence
Commune with the Gods
Spark Jolt
--> Staunch-Hearted Warrior
Burnished Hart
Island
Pack 2 pick 10:
Demolish
--> Feral Invocation
Setessan Griffin
Triton Shorethief
Swan Song
Island
Pack 2 pick 13:
Returned Centaur
--> Commune with the Gods
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Triton Shorethief
Plains
Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Mountain
------ THS ------
Pack 3 pick 1:
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Divine Verdict
Sip of Hemlock
Thassa's Bounty
Lagonna-Band Elder
Priest of Iroas
Fade into Antiquity
Returned Centaur
Disciple of Phenax
Ray of Dissolution
Peak Eruption
Glare of Heresy
Sealock Monster
--> Prophet of Kruphix
Forest
Well, at least this one is decent.
Pack 3 pick 2:
Chosen by Heliod
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Titan's Strength
Baleful Eidolon
Benthic Giant
Annul
Traveling Philosopher
Traveler's Amulet
Shredding Winds
--> Ordeal of Heliod
Shipwreck Singer
Sentry of the Underworld
Gift of Immortality
Island
Between a bunch of crap I'd rather not play, hatedraft.
Pack 3 pick 3:
Dragon Mantle
Bronze Sable
Fate Foretold
Portent of Betrayal
Observant Alseid
Defend the Hearth
Agent of Horizons
Cavern Lampad
Staunch-Hearted Warrior
Ordeal of Erebos
--> Horizon Chimera
Flamecast Wheel
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 5:
Lash of the Whip
Messenger's Speed
Leonin Snarecaster
Priest of Iroas
Thassa's Bounty
Lost in a Labyrinth
Cavern Lampad
Kragma Warcaller
--> Dissolve
Dauntless Onslaught
Mountain
Sigh. Look at onslaught going 5th.
Pack 3 pick 6:
Loathsome Catoblepas
March of the Returned
Unknown Shores
Aqueous Form
Asphodel Wanderer
Akroan Crusader
Battlewise Hoplite
Gainsay
--> Triton Tactics
Island
When you run benthic giant, you know your draft ended up badly.
The Games
First match vs RW.
Aggro, and he's got hammer of purphoros to get mass-haste. I dont' stand a chance. (Well, actually in game 1 he barely wins the race off his last cards: coordinated assault for the +2 damage needed.)
p1p1: Oracle of Bones is not a card most decks even want and I'm pretty sure it's never a first pick. Bolt of Keranos
p1p7: Definitely the Snake I think
p1p8: Aspect of Hydra is fine. Better than cutting the Cyclops. Maybe you thought you were still Red?
p2p2: Definitely the Dryad. The Green Ordeal is already the worst one, and this deck isn't really set up to use it effectively.
p2p3: Yeah, but the whole pack is bad. It's not like you were missing out on something here. That's not actually a sign of a bad draft.
p3p7: Probably Nylea's Presence. It at least gives you an early play and helps smooth out the draws even if you're not splashing anything.
This doesn't really look like a 16 land deck either. But it seems decent. Sometimes you just get run over by the R/W deck.
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Ambush Krotiq makes me laugh so much. I keep rereading the card and it keeps not having Flash. In what sense is this an ambush again? I just have visions of this huge Krotiq poorly concealed in some bushes, feeling slightly sad that his carefully planned ambushes never seem to work.
p1p4: you have to take snake over Kiora, you have some strong red cards that put you heavy into red cause of the double red cost, and nyxborn wolf is strong. Why go into blue when snake is a reasonable pick?
Nice feedback. I knew I made several unoptimal choices.
The oracle p1p1was a speculative pick of getting a free spell in. a 3/1 haste or 5/3 haste doesn't look too bad either. I had little to no experience with it.
The reason I took the kiora follower was that it was obvious that I needed to go blue in this pack. I don't like UR. This meant that if I pick a blue card, it was necessarily to go in a UG shell. As such, I felt the follower was the best pick. I've been always impressed by the card, too, and UG is a colour combo I really like.
For the cyclop vs. aspect, yes indeed, I still was unsure which colors I'd run. Aspect of the hydra is a very high variance card.
Indeed there seem to be a missing land in the deck list. Weird. I'm sure I didn't run 16 lands. (Nor 39 cards!)
I have two other draft reports waiting to be finished tonight, both losing in 2nd round, in heart-breaking fashion. (i.e. opp drawing 3 key cards in a row to beat me when I had them dead in the 3rd game.)
PS: that last line reads really silly. It's not as if people are eagerly waiting for my draft reports.
Pack 1 pick 1:
Felhide Brawler
Ephara's Radiance
Bolt of Keranos
Setessan Oathsworn
Marshmist Titan
Necrobite
Kragma Butcher
Loyal Pegasus
Elite Skirmisher
Mortal's Resolve
Kraken of the Straits
Sanguimancy
Eternity Snare
--> Oracle of Bones
Forest
Hard to say if this is better than straight removal.
Pack 1 pick 2:
Chorus of the Tides
Felhide Brawler
Swordwise Centaur
Griffin Dreamfinder
Eye Gouge
Evanescent Intellect
Grisly Transformation
Nyxborn Rollicker
Sudden Storm
Aspect of Hydra
Reap What Is Sown
--> Searing Blood
Temple of Plenty
Forest
Removal in same color.
Pack 1 pick 3:
Swordwise Centaur
Epiphany Storm
Hold at Bay
Marshmist Titan
--> Nyxborn Wolf
Oreskos Sun Guide
Divination
Nyxborn Rollicker
Karametra's Favor
Stratus Walk
Peregrination
Pinnacle of Rage
Mountain
I'm not too hoton rollicker. Bestow is always good.
Pack 1 pick 4:
Epiphany Storm
Servant of Tymaret
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
Retraction Helix
Nyxborn Eidolon
Claim of Erebos
Impetuous Sunchaser
Pheres-Band Tromper
--> Kiora's Follower
Drown in Sorrow
Island
Between bad cards or another color, I'll takethe later. Anyway, I'd rathre be UG than RG.
Pack 1 pick 5:
Warchanter of Mogis
Revoke Existence
Scouring Sands
Charging Badger
Karametra's Favor
--> Stratus Walk
Nullify
Impetuous Sunchaser
Culling Mark
Ragemonger
Forest
Pack 1 pick 6:
--> Swordwise Centaur
Epiphany Storm
Hold at Bay
Marshmist Titan
Divination
Karametra's Favor
Stratus Walk
Springleaf Drum
Black Oak of Odunos
Forest
Pack 1 pick 7:
Mortal's Ardor
Eye Gouge
--> Deepwater Hypnotist
Crypsis
Reckless Reveler
Grisly Transformation
Snake of the Golden Grove
Thunderous Might
Swamp
Almost took the snake.
Pack 1 pick 8:
--> Cyclops of One-Eyed Pass (FOIL)
Griffin Dreamfinder
Eye Gouge
Grisly Transformation
Aspect of Hydra
Thassa's Rebuff
Sanguimancy
Swamp
Nothing great.
Pack 1 pick 9:
Ephara's Radiance
Marshmist Titan
Necrobite
--> Mortal's Resolve
Kraken of the Straits
Sanguimancy
Forest
Pack 1 pick 10:
Griffin Dreamfinder
Eye Gouge
Evanescent Intellect
Grisly Transformation
--> Aspect of Hydra
Forest
Pack 1 pick 11:
Epiphany Storm
Hold at Bay
--> Karametra's Favor
Peregrination
Mountain
Pack 1 pick 12:
Epiphany Storm
Great Hart
--> Claim of Erebos
Island
Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Charging Badger
Culling Mark
Forest
Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Epiphany Storm
Forest
Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Swamp
------ THS ------
Pack 2 pick 1:
Cavalry Pegasus
Loathsome Catoblepas
Nylea's Presence
--> Griptide
Commune with the Gods
Hopeful Eidolon
Spark Jolt
Returned Phalanx
Staunch-Hearted Warrior
Borderland Minotaur
Burnished Hart
Akroan Hoplite
Favored Hoplite
Meletis Charlatan
Island
Great pack for the only colour I'm not: white.
Pack 2 pick 2:
Prescient Chimera
Demolish
Leafcrown Dryad
Pharika's Cure
Rage of Purphoros
Feral Invocation
Returned Centaur
Hopeful Eidolon
Setessan Griffin
Triton Shorethief
Akroan Hoplite
--> Ordeal of Nylea
Swan Song
Island
Tough choice between sure-fire dryad and risky ordeal.
Pack 2 pick 3:
Fleetfeather Sandals
Demolish
Ephara's Warden
Breaching Hippocamp
--> Vulpine Goliath
Yoked Ox
Scholar of Athreos
Triton Shorethief
Rescue from the Underworld
Dark Betrayal
Satyr Piper
Temple of Deceit
Swamp
Taking goliath 3rd pick is not a sign of a good draft.
Pack 2 pick 4:
Sip of Hemlock
Stymied Hopes
Feral Invocation
Fate Foretold
Thassa's Bounty
Daxos of Meletis (FOIL)
Priest of Iroas
Disciple of Phenax
--> Wavecrash Triton
Mogis's Marauder
Coordinated Assault
Plains
I've not had good red go by, so I'm going deeper blue.
Pack 2 pick 5:
Nylea's Presence
Minotaur Skullcleaver
--> Nimbus Naiad
Fade into Antiquity
Returned Centaur
Commune with the Gods
Boulderfall
Setessan Battle Priest
Centaur Battlemaster
Dark Betrayal
Swamp
Yep, good choice on blue.
Pack 2 pick 6:
Chosen by Heliod
--> Mnemonic Wall
Viper's Kiss
Defend the Hearth
Scholar of Athreos
Triton Shorethief
Rescue from the Underworld
Satyr Piper
Decorated Griffin
Plains
Pack 2 pick 7:
Wild Celebrants
Silent Artisan
Time to Feed
Breaching Hippocamp
Triton Shorethief
--> Voyage's End
Sealock Monster
Pyxis of Pandemonium
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 8:
Viper's Kiss
--> Pheres-Band Centaurs
Guardians of Meletis
Lost in a Labyrinth
Boon of Erebos
Anvilwrought Raptor
Vanquish the Foul
Plains
Pack 2 pick 9:
Loathsome Catoblepas
Nylea's Presence
Commune with the Gods
Spark Jolt
--> Staunch-Hearted Warrior
Burnished Hart
Island
Pack 2 pick 10:
Demolish
--> Feral Invocation
Setessan Griffin
Triton Shorethief
Swan Song
Island
Pack 2 pick 11:
--> Ephara's Warden
Yoked Ox
Triton Shorethief
Satyr Piper
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 12:
Stymied Hopes
Thassa's Bounty
--> Disciple of Phenax
Plains
Pack 2 pick 13:
Returned Centaur
--> Commune with the Gods
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Triton Shorethief
Plains
Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Mountain
------ THS ------
Pack 3 pick 1:
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Divine Verdict
Sip of Hemlock
Thassa's Bounty
Lagonna-Band Elder
Priest of Iroas
Fade into Antiquity
Returned Centaur
Disciple of Phenax
Ray of Dissolution
Peak Eruption
Glare of Heresy
Sealock Monster
--> Prophet of Kruphix
Forest
Well, at least this one is decent.
Pack 3 pick 2:
Chosen by Heliod
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Titan's Strength
Baleful Eidolon
Benthic Giant
Annul
Traveling Philosopher
Traveler's Amulet
Shredding Winds
--> Ordeal of Heliod
Shipwreck Singer
Sentry of the Underworld
Gift of Immortality
Island
Between a bunch of crap I'd rather not play, hatedraft.
Pack 3 pick 3:
Dragon Mantle
Bronze Sable
Fate Foretold
Portent of Betrayal
Observant Alseid
Defend the Hearth
Agent of Horizons
Cavern Lampad
Staunch-Hearted Warrior
Ordeal of Erebos
--> Horizon Chimera
Flamecast Wheel
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 4:
Nylea's Disciple
Stymied Hopes
--> Nessian Courser
Two-Headed Cerberus
Vulpine Goliath
Annul
Yoked Ox
Ray of Dissolution
Destructive Revelry
Artisan's Sorrow
Cutthroat Maneuver
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 5:
Lash of the Whip
Messenger's Speed
Leonin Snarecaster
Priest of Iroas
Thassa's Bounty
Lost in a Labyrinth
Cavern Lampad
Kragma Warcaller
--> Dissolve
Dauntless Onslaught
Mountain
Sigh. Look at onslaught going 5th.
Pack 3 pick 6:
Loathsome Catoblepas
March of the Returned
Unknown Shores
Aqueous Form
Asphodel Wanderer
Akroan Crusader
Battlewise Hoplite
Gainsay
--> Triton Tactics
Island
Pack 3 pick 7:
Mnemonic Wall
Loathsome Catoblepas
Nylea's Presence
Annul
Wild Celebrants
Two-Headed Cerberus
Vanquish the Foul
--> Prowler's Helm
Plains
Pack 3 pick 8:
Bronze Sable
Messenger's Speed
Mnemonic Wall
Wild Celebrants
Silent Artisan
--> Wavecrash Triton
Opaline Unicorn
Plains
Pack 3 pick 9:
--> Sip of Hemlock
Thassa's Bounty
Priest of Iroas
Returned Centaur
Ray of Dissolution
Peak Eruption
Forest
Pack 3 pick 10:
--> Benthic Giant
Annul
Traveler's Amulet
Shipwreck Singer
Sentry of the Underworld
Island
Pack 3 pick 11:
Fate Foretold
Defend the Hearth
--> Agent of Horizons
Flamecast Wheel
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 12:
--> Annul
Yoked Ox
Destructive Revelry
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Thassa's Bounty
Lost in a Labyrinth
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Loathsome Catoblepas
Island
Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Plains
The Deck
1 Swordwise Centaur
1 Deepwater Hypnotist
1 Kiora's Follower
1 Nessian Courser
1 Nyxborn Wolf
1 Nimbus Naiad
1 Agent of Horizons
2 Wavecrash Triton
1 Prophet of Kruphix
1 Horizon Chimera
1 Staunch-Hearted Warrior
1 Benthic Giant
1 Vulpine Goliath
1 Feral Invocation
1 Stratus Walk
1 Mortal's Resolve
1 Ordeal of Nylea
1 Voyage's End
1 Dissolve
1 Triton Tactics
1 Karametra's Favor
1 Aspect of Hydra
1 Griptide
9 Forest
7 Island
When you run benthic giant, you know your draft ended up badly.
The Games
First match vs RW.
Aggro, and he's got hammer of purphoros to get mass-haste. I dont' stand a chance. (Well, actually in game 1 he barely wins the race off his last cards: coordinated assault for the +2 damage needed.)
0-1
p1p7: Definitely the Snake I think
p1p8: Aspect of Hydra is fine. Better than cutting the Cyclops. Maybe you thought you were still Red?
p2p2: Definitely the Dryad. The Green Ordeal is already the worst one, and this deck isn't really set up to use it effectively.
p2p3: Yeah, but the whole pack is bad. It's not like you were missing out on something here. That's not actually a sign of a bad draft.
p3p7: Probably Nylea's Presence. It at least gives you an early play and helps smooth out the draws even if you're not splashing anything.
This doesn't really look like a 16 land deck either. But it seems decent. Sometimes you just get run over by the R/W deck.
The oracle p1p1was a speculative pick of getting a free spell in. a 3/1 haste or 5/3 haste doesn't look too bad either. I had little to no experience with it.
The reason I took the kiora follower was that it was obvious that I needed to go blue in this pack. I don't like UR. This meant that if I pick a blue card, it was necessarily to go in a UG shell. As such, I felt the follower was the best pick. I've been always impressed by the card, too, and UG is a colour combo I really like.
For the cyclop vs. aspect, yes indeed, I still was unsure which colors I'd run. Aspect of the hydra is a very high variance card.
Indeed there seem to be a missing land in the deck list. Weird. I'm sure I didn't run 16 lands. (Nor 39 cards!)
I have two other draft reports waiting to be finished tonight, both losing in 2nd round, in heart-breaking fashion. (i.e. opp drawing 3 key cards in a row to beat me when I had them dead in the 3rd game.)
PS: that last line reads really silly. It's not as if people are eagerly waiting for my draft reports.
You have Searing Blood, Oracle, and Nyxborn Wolf at this point.
I don't see why taking Kiora and going into U/G is possible when you have double red mana costs in Oracle and Searing Blood.
Plus Wolf and Tromper are really good green cards.