Pack 1 pick 1:
Rise to the Challenge
Nyxborn Triton
Warchanter of Mogis
Forsaken Drifters
Revoke Existence
Nyxborn Wolf
Crypsis
Reckless Reveler
Grisly Transformation
Snake of the Golden Grove
Thassa's Rebuff
Spiteful Returned
--> Glimpse the Sun God
Mindreaver
Island
We've talked about this, this card is good.
Pack 1 pick 2:
Evanescent Intellect
Fearsome Temper
Hold at Bay
Setessan Starbreaker
Weight of the Underworld
Sphinx's Disciple
Culling Mark
Necrobite
--> Kragma Butcher
Loyal Pegasus
Skyreaping
Shrike Harpy
Dawn to Dusk
Island
Sure, better than Hold at Bay or Dawn to Dusk.
Pack 1 pick 3:
Warchanter of Mogis
Revoke Existence
Scouring Sands
Charging Badger
Floodtide Serpent
Felhide Brawler
Elite Skirmisher
Mortal's Resolve
Asphyxiate
--> Everflame Eidolon
God-Favored General
Mindreaver
Plains
Great, looks like I'm going WR so far...
Pack 1 pick 4:
Evanescent Intellect
Epiphany Storm
Servant of Tymaret
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
--> Retraction Helix
Divination
Nyxborn Rollicker
Springleaf Drum
Kraken of the Straits
Acolyte's Reward
Mountain
Retraction Helix eh? 4th pick isn't late, but U could be open. Rollicker is also a choice to stay in color, but this seems fine.
Pack 1 pick 5:
Rise to the Challenge
Warchanter of Mogis
Forsaken Drifters
Revoke Existence
Crypsis
Reckless Reveler
Grisly Transformation
Snake of the Golden Grove
--> Akroan Conscriptor
Astral Cornucopia
Forest
Pack 1 pick 7:
Evanescent Intellect
--> Fearsome Temper
Hold at Bay
Weight of the Underworld
Impetuous Sunchaser (FOIL)
Culling Mark
Necrobite
Archetype of Endurance
Forest
Okay, end of pack 1 and I'm R with a possibility to W or U.
------ THS ------
Pack 2 pick 1:
Nimbus Naiad
Battlewise Valor
Nessian Asp
Griptide
Commune with the Gods
Hopeful Eidolon
Spark Jolt
Returned Phalanx
Boon of Erebos
Setessan Griffin
Horizon Chimera
Ordeal of Heliod
Flamecast Wheel
--> Hero's Downfall
Swamp
Self: are you serious? Why would you pick this? It's not even worth that many tickets. Naiad is much more valuable and the Ordeal looks great too. Heck, self, even the Nessian Asp is a better pick here. I really don't know what you're thinking self.
Pack 2 pick 2:
Gods Willing
Nessian Courser
March of the Returned
Voyaging Satyr
Wild Celebrants
Benthic Giant
Time to Feed
Baleful Eidolon
Disciple of Phenax
Portent of Betrayal (FOIL)
--> Magma Jet
Dark Betrayal
Satyr Piper
Swamp
Man, I should have picked up that Nessian Asp. Green is looking pretty open.
Pack 2 pick 3:
Prescient Chimera
Demolish
Leafcrown Dryad
Crackling Triton
Spark Jolt
Last Breath
Scourgemark
Sedge Scorpion
Scholar of Athreos
Artisan's Sorrow
Heliod's Emissary
--> Favored Hoplite
Island
Hell, let's scrap the whole damn thing and go WR Heroic. Forget the Chimera!
Pack 2 pick 4:
Nimbus Naiad
Battlewise Valor
Nessian Asp
Feral Invocation
Fate Foretold
Thassa's Bounty
Lagonna-Band Elder
Rescue from the Underworld (FOIL)
Anvilwrought Raptor
Spellheart Chimera
--> Bow of Nylea
Swamp
Self: didn't we just have this talk about not picking crap rares over choice cards for your deck like Nimbus Naiad? It is TOO LATE to switch to G! I don't care about all the times we've been beaten by this card. DO NOT TAKE IT SELF!
Pack 2 pick 5:
Gods Willing
Kragma Warcaller (FOIL)
March of the Returned
Asphodel Wanderer
Two-Headed Cerberus
Vulpine Goliath
Deathbellow Raider
Savage Surge
--> Fanatic of Mogis
Prowler's Helm
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 6:
Messenger's Speed
Mnemonic Wall
Loathsome Catoblepas
Nylea's Presence
Priest of Iroas
Thassa's Bounty
Scholar of Athreos
Vanquish the Foul
--> Arena Athlete
Plains
Pack 3 pick 1:
Ill-Tempered Cyclops
Guardians of Meletis
Battlewise Valor
Pharika's Cure
Defend the Hearth
Silent Artisan (FOIL)
Priest of Iroas
Read the Bones
Deathbellow Raider
Savage Surge
Battlewise Hoplite
Gainsay
Triton Tactics
--> Mistcutter Hydra
Plains
Pack 3 pick 2:
Dragon Mantle
--> Nessian Asp
Bronze Sable
Lost in a Labyrinth
Pharika's Cure
Rage of Purphoros
Feral Invocation
Returned Centaur
Scholar of Athreos
Gainsay
Kragma Warcaller
Spellheart Chimera
Triad of Fates
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 3:
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Prescient Chimera
Fleetfeather Sandals
Blood-Toll Harpy
--> Spearpoint Oread
Breaching Hippocamp
Vulpine Goliath
Voyage's End
Setessan Battle Priest
Hunt the Hunter
Keepsake Gorgon
Witches' Eye
Forest
Pack 3 pick 4:
Loathsome Catoblepas
Omenspeaker
March of the Returned
Silent Artisan
Blood-Toll Harpy
Breaching Hippocamp
Akroan Crusader
--> Savage Surge
Destructive Revelry
Witches' Eye
Insatiable Harpy
Island
Pack 3 pick 5:
Lash of the Whip
--> Minotaur Skullcleaver
Scourgemark
Coastline Chimera
Rage of Purphoros
Satyr Hedonist
Triton Shorethief
Mogis's Marauder
Sentry of the Underworld
Firedrinker Satyr
Forest
Pack 3 pick 6:
Lash of the Whip
Messenger's Speed
Priest of Iroas
Thassa's Bounty
Lost in a Labyrinth
Cavern Lampad
Boulderfall
Akroan Hoplite
--> Abhorrent Overlord
Mountain
Akroan Conscriptor Akroan Crusader Arena Athlete Artisan's Sorrow Bow of Nylea Dragon Mantle Everflame Eidolon Fanatic of Mogis Fearsome Temper Feral Invocation Flamespeaker Adept Kragma Butcher Leafcrown Dryad Magma Jet Minotaur Skullcleaver Mistcutter Hydra Nessian Asp Nyxborn Rollicker Rise to the Challenge Savage Surge Spearpoint Oread Spearpoint Oread 10x Mountain 8x Swamp
UW
I go into round 1 with extremely low expectations. The draft was a disaster, the really dumb, bad kind where you play an 18th land because you didn't draft 23 playable. Surprise surprise, a UW deck in BTT? Who would've thunk it?? Much to my surprise though, the deck performs exceptionally well in game 1 dropping Akroan Crusader, Everflame Eidolon, Kragma Butcher, and Fearsome Temp T1-4 while opponent plays NOTHING before conceding.
Game 2, the game goes as expected with a Battlewise Hoplite voltron to beat my face in.
At this point, I did something I've never done before, which is side out an entire color. As I found that my opponent's deck was slower than most UW decks, I thought I'd have time to get the Disciples, Merchants, and the Overlord out.
Low and behold, my opponent and I enter a stalemate T4-8 and I get enough mana to drop Abhorrent Overlord which finishes him off over the next 3 turns.
UW
WOW! UW in BTT?? Really?? But again, to my actual surprise, opponent is very slow and passes first 4 turns (dropping Breaching Hippocamp on my turn 5). But then the hits come as Hippocamp becomes Ordeal of Heliod + Nimbus Naiad + Nyxborn Triton Hippocamp and I'm outta luck.
I again side out green and side in black. This time I curve out well again and opponent can't keep up with my red aggro.
Same story in game 3 and suddenly I've made packs out of this event.
RB
Opponent is playing minotaurs and gets me game 1, I hit back in game 2, and in game 3 he gets flooded and I win the game. He sends me a nasty msg after the game telling me how he would have beat me if he had drawn more swamps. I chose to not respond :).
So after losing 6 first-round eliminations in a row, now I've won two tournaments in a row following Cferejohn's advice
I was going to go over the picks, but then you kept passing naiad and gods willing, kept picking off-colour rares and switching colours, siding-out an entire colour for another (how often does one have enough playable of another colour for *that*?), only to end-up going 3-0 in the 8-4 queue over opponents playing just about the best archetype (WU aggro) but somehow not playing anything until turn 4, which sprouts an hippocamp? After you repeatedly passed naiads and god willings?
There are drafts where there is nothing productive to say. You nailed it!
(I'd worry someone might read your draft and take inspiration )
I was going to go over the picks, but then you kept passing naiad and gods willing, kept picking off-colour rares and switching colours, siding-out an entire colour for another (how often does one have enough playable of another colour for *that*?), only to end-up going 3-0 in the 8-4 queue over opponents playing just about the best archetype (WU aggro) but somehow not playing anything until turn 4, which sprouts an hippocamp? After you repeatedly passed naiads and god willings?
There are drafts where there is nothing productive to say. You nailed it!
(I'd worry someone might read your draft and take inspiration )
Seriously, right? =D Kids: If you work hard and really try to botch up a draft, you too can 3-0 an 8-4.
Great story for that thread about luck vs skill in poker and Magic hah!
Umm, unsure why my alleged geniousness is tied to this particular draft... ?
Oh! Now I read the previous post.
Well, obviously this didn't go well, but it's worth noting that sometimes your opponents just don't draw well and you are able to play lands and spells and even just an OK deck can get there. Try to remember this when you draft a sweet deck later and bomb out in round 1...
Time: 4/24/2014 3:16:36 PM
Players:
katman345
GortekMagicslayer
oaomcg
rweissenborn21
--> Psyjedi
MTGOStark
studkiller
MrKoalaman
------ BNG ------
Pack 1 pick 1:
Rise to the Challenge
Nyxborn Triton
Warchanter of Mogis
Forsaken Drifters
Revoke Existence
Nyxborn Wolf
Crypsis
Reckless Reveler
Grisly Transformation
Snake of the Golden Grove
Thassa's Rebuff
Spiteful Returned
--> Glimpse the Sun God
Mindreaver
Island
We've talked about this, this card is good.
Pack 1 pick 2:
Evanescent Intellect
Fearsome Temper
Hold at Bay
Setessan Starbreaker
Weight of the Underworld
Sphinx's Disciple
Culling Mark
Necrobite
--> Kragma Butcher
Loyal Pegasus
Skyreaping
Shrike Harpy
Dawn to Dusk
Island
Sure, better than Hold at Bay or Dawn to Dusk.
Pack 1 pick 3:
Warchanter of Mogis
Revoke Existence
Scouring Sands
Charging Badger
Floodtide Serpent
Felhide Brawler
Elite Skirmisher
Mortal's Resolve
Asphyxiate
--> Everflame Eidolon
God-Favored General
Mindreaver
Plains
Great, looks like I'm going WR so far...
Pack 1 pick 4:
Evanescent Intellect
Epiphany Storm
Servant of Tymaret
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
--> Retraction Helix
Divination
Nyxborn Rollicker
Springleaf Drum
Kraken of the Straits
Acolyte's Reward
Mountain
Retraction Helix eh? 4th pick isn't late, but U could be open. Rollicker is also a choice to stay in color, but this seems fine.
Pack 1 pick 5:
Rise to the Challenge
Warchanter of Mogis
Forsaken Drifters
Revoke Existence
Crypsis
Reckless Reveler
Grisly Transformation
Snake of the Golden Grove
--> Akroan Conscriptor
Astral Cornucopia
Forest
Pack 1 pick 6:
Pharagax Giant
Sphinx's Disciple
Ephara's Radiance
Setessan Starbreaker
Forsaken Drifters
--> Deepwater Hypnotist
Oracle's Insight
Ashiok's Adept
Whims of the Fates
Swamp
Pack 1 pick 7:
Evanescent Intellect
--> Fearsome Temper
Hold at Bay
Weight of the Underworld
Impetuous Sunchaser (FOIL)
Culling Mark
Necrobite
Archetype of Endurance
Forest
Pack 1 pick 8:
Evanescent Intellect
Epiphany Storm
Servant of Tymaret
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
--> Nyxborn Rollicker
Forlorn Pseudamma
Swamp
Pack 1 pick 9:
--> Rise to the Challenge
Warchanter of Mogis
Forsaken Drifters
Reckless Reveler
Grisly Transformation
Mindreaver
Island
Pack 1 pick 10:
Evanescent Intellect
Setessan Starbreaker
Weight of the Underworld
Culling Mark
--> Necrobite
Island
Pack 1 pick 11:
Warchanter of Mogis
Charging Badger
--> Felhide Brawler
Mindreaver
Plains
Pack 1 pick 12:
Evanescent Intellect
Epiphany Storm
--> Great Hart
Mountain
Pack 1 pick 13:
Warchanter of Mogis
--> Forsaken Drifters
Forest
Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Whims of the Fates
Swamp
Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Forest
Okay, end of pack 1 and I'm R with a possibility to W or U.
------ THS ------
Pack 2 pick 1:
Nimbus Naiad
Battlewise Valor
Nessian Asp
Griptide
Commune with the Gods
Hopeful Eidolon
Spark Jolt
Returned Phalanx
Boon of Erebos
Setessan Griffin
Horizon Chimera
Ordeal of Heliod
Flamecast Wheel
--> Hero's Downfall
Swamp
Self: are you serious? Why would you pick this? It's not even worth that many tickets. Naiad is much more valuable and the Ordeal looks great too. Heck, self, even the Nessian Asp is a better pick here. I really don't know what you're thinking self.
Pack 2 pick 2:
Gods Willing
Nessian Courser
March of the Returned
Voyaging Satyr
Wild Celebrants
Benthic Giant
Time to Feed
Baleful Eidolon
Disciple of Phenax
Portent of Betrayal (FOIL)
--> Magma Jet
Dark Betrayal
Satyr Piper
Swamp
Man, I should have picked up that Nessian Asp. Green is looking pretty open.
Pack 2 pick 3:
Prescient Chimera
Demolish
Leafcrown Dryad
Crackling Triton
Spark Jolt
Last Breath
Scourgemark
Sedge Scorpion
Scholar of Athreos
Artisan's Sorrow
Heliod's Emissary
--> Favored Hoplite
Island
Hell, let's scrap the whole damn thing and go WR Heroic. Forget the Chimera!
Pack 2 pick 4:
Nimbus Naiad
Battlewise Valor
Nessian Asp
Feral Invocation
Fate Foretold
Thassa's Bounty
Lagonna-Band Elder
Rescue from the Underworld (FOIL)
Anvilwrought Raptor
Spellheart Chimera
--> Bow of Nylea
Swamp
Self: didn't we just have this talk about not picking crap rares over choice cards for your deck like Nimbus Naiad? It is TOO LATE to switch to G! I don't care about all the times we've been beaten by this card. DO NOT TAKE IT SELF!
Pack 2 pick 5:
Gods Willing
Kragma Warcaller (FOIL)
March of the Returned
Asphodel Wanderer
Two-Headed Cerberus
Vulpine Goliath
Deathbellow Raider
Savage Surge
--> Fanatic of Mogis
Prowler's Helm
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 6:
Messenger's Speed
Mnemonic Wall
Loathsome Catoblepas
Nylea's Presence
Priest of Iroas
Thassa's Bounty
Scholar of Athreos
Vanquish the Foul
--> Arena Athlete
Plains
Pack 2 pick 7:
--> Leafcrown Dryad
Last Breath
Scourgemark
Satyr Hedonist
Satyr Rambler
Shredding Winds
Boulderfall
Pharika's Mender
Plains
Pack 2 pick 8:
Stymied Hopes
Pharika's Cure
--> Feral Invocation
Returned Centaur
Shredding Winds
Destructive Revelry
Witches' Eye
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 9:
--> Griptide
Commune with the Gods
Spark Jolt
Returned Phalanx
Setessan Griffin
Flamecast Wheel
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 10:
March of the Returned
Wild Celebrants
--> Disciple of Phenax
Dark Betrayal
Satyr Piper
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 11:
Demolish
Crackling Triton
Scholar of Athreos
--> Artisan's Sorrow
Island
Pack 2 pick 12:
Thassa's Bounty
Rescue from the Underworld (FOIL)
--> Spellheart Chimera
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 13:
March of the Returned
--> Asphodel Wanderer
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Messenger's Speed
Loathsome Catoblepas
Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Boulderfall
------ THS ------
Pack 3 pick 1:
Ill-Tempered Cyclops
Guardians of Meletis
Battlewise Valor
Pharika's Cure
Defend the Hearth
Silent Artisan (FOIL)
Priest of Iroas
Read the Bones
Deathbellow Raider
Savage Surge
Battlewise Hoplite
Gainsay
Triton Tactics
--> Mistcutter Hydra
Plains
Pack 3 pick 2:
Dragon Mantle
--> Nessian Asp
Bronze Sable
Lost in a Labyrinth
Pharika's Cure
Rage of Purphoros
Feral Invocation
Returned Centaur
Scholar of Athreos
Gainsay
Kragma Warcaller
Spellheart Chimera
Triad of Fates
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 3:
Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Prescient Chimera
Fleetfeather Sandals
Blood-Toll Harpy
--> Spearpoint Oread
Breaching Hippocamp
Vulpine Goliath
Voyage's End
Setessan Battle Priest
Hunt the Hunter
Keepsake Gorgon
Witches' Eye
Forest
Pack 3 pick 4:
Loathsome Catoblepas
Omenspeaker
March of the Returned
Silent Artisan
Blood-Toll Harpy
Breaching Hippocamp
Akroan Crusader
--> Savage Surge
Destructive Revelry
Witches' Eye
Insatiable Harpy
Island
Pack 3 pick 5:
Lash of the Whip
--> Minotaur Skullcleaver
Scourgemark
Coastline Chimera
Rage of Purphoros
Satyr Hedonist
Triton Shorethief
Mogis's Marauder
Sentry of the Underworld
Firedrinker Satyr
Forest
Pack 3 pick 6:
Lash of the Whip
Messenger's Speed
Priest of Iroas
Thassa's Bounty
Lost in a Labyrinth
Cavern Lampad
Boulderfall
Akroan Hoplite
--> Abhorrent Overlord
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 7:
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Two-Headed Cerberus
Asphodel Wanderer
Silent Artisan
Cavern Lampad
Boulderfall
--> Flamespeaker Adept
Psychic Intrusion
Island
Pack 3 pick 8:
Blood-Toll Harpy
Breaching Hippocamp
Aqueous Form
--> Spearpoint Oread
Vulpine Goliath
Anvilwrought Raptor
Dark Betrayal
Plains
Pack 3 pick 9:
Guardians of Meletis
Defend the Hearth
Silent Artisan (FOIL)
--> Priest of Iroas
Read the Bones
Gainsay
Plains
Pack 3 pick 10:
--> Dragon Mantle
Bronze Sable
Lost in a Labyrinth
Pharika's Cure
Returned Centaur
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 11:
--> Gray Merchant of Asphodel
Fleetfeather Sandals
Hunt the Hunter
Witches' Eye
Forest
Have you ever seen a Gary table? WILD.
Pack 3 pick 12:
Loathsome Catoblepas
--> Akroan Crusader
Witches' Eye
Island
Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Scourgemark
Triton Shorethief
Forest
Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Boulderfall
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Island
Akroan Crusader
Arena Athlete
Artisan's Sorrow
Bow of Nylea
Dragon Mantle
Everflame Eidolon
Fanatic of Mogis
Fearsome Temper
Feral Invocation
Flamespeaker Adept
Kragma Butcher
Leafcrown Dryad
Magma Jet
Minotaur Skullcleaver
Mistcutter Hydra
Nessian Asp
Nyxborn Rollicker
Rise to the Challenge
Savage Surge Spearpoint Oread
Spearpoint Oread
10x Mountain
8x Swamp
UW
I go into round 1 with extremely low expectations. The draft was a disaster, the really dumb, bad kind where you play an 18th land because you didn't draft 23 playable. Surprise surprise, a UW deck in BTT? Who would've thunk it?? Much to my surprise though, the deck performs exceptionally well in game 1 dropping Akroan Crusader, Everflame Eidolon, Kragma Butcher, and Fearsome Temp T1-4 while opponent plays NOTHING before conceding.
Game 2, the game goes as expected with a Battlewise Hoplite voltron to beat my face in.
At this point, I did something I've never done before, which is side out an entire color. As I found that my opponent's deck was slower than most UW decks, I thought I'd have time to get the Disciples, Merchants, and the Overlord out.
Low and behold, my opponent and I enter a stalemate T4-8 and I get enough mana to drop Abhorrent Overlord which finishes him off over the next 3 turns.
UW
WOW! UW in BTT?? Really?? But again, to my actual surprise, opponent is very slow and passes first 4 turns (dropping Breaching Hippocamp on my turn 5). But then the hits come as Hippocamp becomes Ordeal of Heliod + Nimbus Naiad + Nyxborn Triton Hippocamp and I'm outta luck.
I again side out green and side in black. This time I curve out well again and opponent can't keep up with my red aggro.
Same story in game 3 and suddenly I've made packs out of this event.
RB
Opponent is playing minotaurs and gets me game 1, I hit back in game 2, and in game 3 he gets flooded and I win the game. He sends me a nasty msg after the game telling me how he would have beat me if he had drawn more swamps. I chose to not respond :).
So after losing 6 first-round eliminations in a row, now I've won two tournaments in a row following Cferejohn's advice
There are drafts where there is nothing productive to say. You nailed it!
(I'd worry someone might read your draft and take inspiration
Seriously, right? =D Kids: If you work hard and really try to botch up a draft, you too can 3-0 an 8-4.
Great story for that thread about luck vs skill in poker and Magic hah!
PJ
Umm, unsure why my alleged geniousness is tied to this particular draft... ?
Oh! Now I read the previous post.
Well, obviously this didn't go well, but it's worth noting that sometimes your opponents just don't draw well and you are able to play lands and spells and even just an OK deck can get there. Try to remember this when you draft a sweet deck later and bomb out in round 1...