So, I've been doing some drafts on cockatrice today.
Here is one I thought that should be good, but wasn't. If anyone want to post any comments, it'll be welcome.
Since I played a GB graveyard sealed deck on JOU pre-release, I've been trying to draft it, when it looks open. But I'm starting to think I just don't how do it. Or, maybe, it's just not enough (?).
The draft:
1, 1
* Strength from the Fallen
Akroan Mastiff
Colossal Heroics
Felhide Petrifier
Flamespeaker's Will
Font of Return
Font of Vigor
Godhunter Octopus
Mortal Obstinacy
Pensive Minotaur
Ravenous Leucrocota
Renowned Weaver
Skybind
Starfall
1, 2
* Kruphix's Insight
Akroan Mastiff
Cast into Darkness
Chariot of Victory
Colossal Heroics
Desecration Plague
Magma Spray
Nyx Infusion
Oppressive Rays
Pharika's Chosen
Pheres-Band Thunderhoof
Rise of Eagles
Scourge of Fleets
1, 3
* Oakheart Dryads
Countermand
Desperate Stand
Font of Ire
Font of Vigor
Forgeborn Oreads
Mortal Obstinacy
Nature's Panoply
Pensive Minotaur
Riddle of Lightning
Rouse the Mob
Satyr Hoplite
1, 4
* Humbler of Mortals
Ajani's Presence
Akroan Mastiff
Dreadbringer Lampads
Font of Return
Gold-Forged Sentinel
Mogis's Warhound
Rouse the Mob
Sigiled Skink
Spite of Mogis
Triton Shorestalker
1, 5
* Dictate of Karametra
Armory of Iroas
Desecration Plague
Dreadbringer Lampads
Grim Guardian
Lightning Diadem
Market Festival
Mogis's Warhound
Oppressive Rays
Rise of Eagles
1, 6
* Agent of Erebos
Dreadbringer Lampads
Font of Fortunes
Font of Ire
Gold-Forged Sentinel
Harvestguard Alseids
Pensive Minotaur
Squelching Leeches
Thassa's Devourer
1, 7
* Consign to Dust
Agent of Erebos
Ajani's Presence
Font of Fortunes
Godhunter Octopus
Humbler of Mortals
Lightning Diadem
Supply-Line Cranes
1, 8
* Cruel Feeding
Aspect of Gorgon
Countermand
Knowledge and Power
Returned Reveler
Rise of Eagles
Thassa's Devourer
1, 9
* Font of Return
Font of Vigor
Godhunter Octopus
Pensive Minotaur
Skybind
Starfall
1, 10
* Cast into Darkness
Colossal Heroics
Desecration Plague
Nyx Infusion
Rise of Eagles
1, 11
* Nature's Panoply
Font of Ire
Font of Vigor
Pensive Minotaur
1, 12
* Font of Return
Rouse the Mob
Spite of Mogis
1, 13
* Desecration Plague
Lightning Diadem
1, 14
* Thassa's Devourer
2, 1
* Herald of Torment
Asphyxiate
Bolt of Keranos
Ephara's Enlightenment
Excoriate
Fall of the Hammer
Great Hart
Hold at Bay
Nullify
Retraction Helix
Revoke Existence
Sanguimancy
Stratus Walk
Unravel the AEther
2, 2
* Necrobite
Acolyte's Reward
Elite Skirmisher
Excoriate
Fearsome Temper
Floodtide Serpent
Glimpse the Sun God
Griffin Dreamfinder
Pharagax Giant
Reckless Reveler
Revoke Existence
Swordwise Centaur
Thassa's Rebuff
2, 3
* Aspect of Hydra
Crypsis
Deepwater Hypnotist
Elite Skirmisher
Felhide Brawler
Ghostblade Eidolon
Hold at Bay
Marshmist Titan
Mortal's Ardor
Reap What Is Sown
Warchanter of Mogis
Whims of the Fates
2, 4
* Peregrination
Chorus of the Tides
Crypsis
Grisly Transformation
Hold at Bay
Kraken of the Straits
Marshmist Titan
Mortal's Ardor
Nyxborn Triton
Scouring Sands
Setessan Oathsworn
2, 6
* Graverobber Spider
Charging Badger
Crypsis
God-Favored General
Great Hart
Nyxborn Wolf
Pheres-Band Tromper
Revoke Existence
Rise to the Challenge
3, 3
* Baleful Eidolon
Annul
Anvilwrought Raptor
Aqueous Form
Cavern Lampad
Ill-Tempered Cyclops
Kragma Warcaller
March of the Returned
Pyxis of Pandemonium
Setessan Battle Priest
Spearpoint Oread
Wingsteed Rider
3, 4
* Nylea's Presence
Anger of the Gods
Boon of Erebos
Divine Verdict
Felhide Minotaur
Last Breath
Mnemonic Wall
Prescient Chimera
Sea God's Revenge
Thassa's Bounty
Wavecrash Triton
3, 5
* Burnished Hart
Aqueous Form
Boon of Erebos
Defend the Hearth
Horizon Scholar
Setessan Griffin
Silent Artisan
Thassa's Bounty
Thassa's Emissary
Triton Shorethief
3, 6
* Nemesis of Mortals
Benthic Giant
Boon of Erebos
Dragon Mantle
Lagonna-Band Elder
Lash of the Whip
Observant Alseid
Two-Headed Cerberus
Unknown Shores
3, 7
* Pharika's Mender
Boulderfall
Last Breath
Lost in a Labyrinth
Omenspeaker
Silent Artisan
Thoughtseize
Witches' Eye
3, 8
* March of the Returned
Coastline Chimera
Guardians of Meletis
Opaline Unicorn
Satyr Rambler
Scholar of Athreos
Triton Shorethief
3, 9
* Rescue from the Underworld
Messenger's Speed
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Satyr Rambler
Spellheart Chimera
Wild Celebrants
So you went into a draft forcing not only colors but also a particular strategy? Maybe it works for some people in some formats, but I think generally this is a very big no-no. I think you would be better off looking at the pack in front of you and making decisions based on the cards you see. Work on your card evaluation and be aware of established archetypes (be aware of, not "force") or synergies.
I'm not going to offer advice on picks or anything else, because it's fairly obvious where you went wrong.
P1P1: I admit I don't know exactly how good Strength from the Fallen is, but I don't think it's very strong. When it comes down to it, it is sorcery speed pump that only works under certain conditions and doesn't trigger heroic. If I'm going to take a green card, I'd much rather have Colossal Heroics or Ravenous Leucrocota. Alternatively, I might pick Akroan Mastiff.
P1P2: I'm probably taking Magma Spray. The other options I'm looking at are Cast into Darkness and, if I want to be really ambitious, Scourge of Fleets.
P1P3: Satyr Hoplite and Riddle of Lightning are in contention for me. I think Hoplite.
P1P4: Mogis's Warhound, and I'm definitely red now.
P1P5: Another Mogis's Warhound
P1P6: Probably Harvestguard Alseids
P1P7: Supply-Line Cranes or Ajani's Presence, and this definitely suggests that white is open, so I'm looking to be WR now.
P1P8: No playables
P1P9: Wheeled starfall.
I've had mixed results with Strength from the Fallen. I would never first pick it. I've always had it wheel and can grab it pick 10 or so if I really want it. Your first pack wasn't super strong, but there are much better cards in it. Leucrocota or Mastiff or Felhide Petrifier (don't underestimate a 2/3 deathtouch for 3 that randomly makes other stuff deathtouch). Strength FORCES you into GB constellation dredge as it sucks in every single other deck. I've played GB constellation in triple J and still had an early Strength be a dud or just another Oakheart Dryads that can't attack. It was really really strong for me exactly once, in a deck with 3 Kruphix's Insight and 2 Nyx Weaver.
P1P2 - I find Kruphix's Insight usually wheels. You can grab something else instead of forcing this pick 2.
P1P4 - Dreadbringer Lampads seems better for GB constellation than Humbler of Mortals.
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So, I've been doing some drafts on cockatrice today.
Here is one I thought that should be good, but wasn't. If anyone want to post any comments, it'll be welcome.
Since I played a GB graveyard sealed deck on JOU pre-release, I've been trying to draft it, when it looks open. But I'm starting to think I just don't how do it. Or, maybe, it's just not enough (?).
The draft:
1, 1
* Strength from the Fallen
Akroan Mastiff
Colossal Heroics
Felhide Petrifier
Flamespeaker's Will
Font of Return
Font of Vigor
Godhunter Octopus
Mortal Obstinacy
Pensive Minotaur
Ravenous Leucrocota
Renowned Weaver
Skybind
Starfall
1, 2
* Kruphix's Insight
Akroan Mastiff
Cast into Darkness
Chariot of Victory
Colossal Heroics
Desecration Plague
Magma Spray
Nyx Infusion
Oppressive Rays
Pharika's Chosen
Pheres-Band Thunderhoof
Rise of Eagles
Scourge of Fleets
1, 3
* Oakheart Dryads
Countermand
Desperate Stand
Font of Ire
Font of Vigor
Forgeborn Oreads
Mortal Obstinacy
Nature's Panoply
Pensive Minotaur
Riddle of Lightning
Rouse the Mob
Satyr Hoplite
1, 4
* Humbler of Mortals
Ajani's Presence
Akroan Mastiff
Dreadbringer Lampads
Font of Return
Gold-Forged Sentinel
Mogis's Warhound
Rouse the Mob
Sigiled Skink
Spite of Mogis
Triton Shorestalker
1, 5
* Dictate of Karametra
Armory of Iroas
Desecration Plague
Dreadbringer Lampads
Grim Guardian
Lightning Diadem
Market Festival
Mogis's Warhound
Oppressive Rays
Rise of Eagles
1, 6
* Agent of Erebos
Dreadbringer Lampads
Font of Fortunes
Font of Ire
Gold-Forged Sentinel
Harvestguard Alseids
Pensive Minotaur
Squelching Leeches
Thassa's Devourer
1, 7
* Consign to Dust
Agent of Erebos
Ajani's Presence
Font of Fortunes
Godhunter Octopus
Humbler of Mortals
Lightning Diadem
Supply-Line Cranes
1, 8
* Cruel Feeding
Aspect of Gorgon
Countermand
Knowledge and Power
Returned Reveler
Rise of Eagles
Thassa's Devourer
1, 9
* Font of Return
Font of Vigor
Godhunter Octopus
Pensive Minotaur
Skybind
Starfall
1, 10
* Cast into Darkness
Colossal Heroics
Desecration Plague
Nyx Infusion
Rise of Eagles
1, 11
* Nature's Panoply
Font of Ire
Font of Vigor
Pensive Minotaur
1, 12
* Font of Return
Rouse the Mob
Spite of Mogis
1, 13
* Desecration Plague
Lightning Diadem
1, 14
* Thassa's Devourer
2, 1
* Herald of Torment
Asphyxiate
Bolt of Keranos
Ephara's Enlightenment
Excoriate
Fall of the Hammer
Great Hart
Hold at Bay
Nullify
Retraction Helix
Revoke Existence
Sanguimancy
Stratus Walk
Unravel the AEther
2, 2
* Necrobite
Acolyte's Reward
Elite Skirmisher
Excoriate
Fearsome Temper
Floodtide Serpent
Glimpse the Sun God
Griffin Dreamfinder
Pharagax Giant
Reckless Reveler
Revoke Existence
Swordwise Centaur
Thassa's Rebuff
2, 3
* Aspect of Hydra
Crypsis
Deepwater Hypnotist
Elite Skirmisher
Felhide Brawler
Ghostblade Eidolon
Hold at Bay
Marshmist Titan
Mortal's Ardor
Reap What Is Sown
Warchanter of Mogis
Whims of the Fates
2, 4
* Peregrination
Chorus of the Tides
Crypsis
Grisly Transformation
Hold at Bay
Kraken of the Straits
Marshmist Titan
Mortal's Ardor
Nyxborn Triton
Scouring Sands
Setessan Oathsworn
2, 5
* Satyr Wayfinder
Acolyte's Reward
Forsaken Drifters
Grisly Transformation
Nullify
Scouring Sands
Setessan Oathsworn
Skyreaping
Spirit of the Labyrinth
Sudden Storm
2, 6
* Graverobber Spider
Charging Badger
Crypsis
God-Favored General
Great Hart
Nyxborn Wolf
Pheres-Band Tromper
Revoke Existence
Rise to the Challenge
2, 7
* Fated Return
Ephara's Radiance
Eye Gouge
Great Hart
Marshmist Titan
Nyxborn Triton
Pharagax Giant
Skyreaping
2, 8
* Grisly Transformation
Ashiok's Adept
Elite Skirmisher
Evanescent Intellect
Floodtide Serpent
Forsaken Drifters
Great Hart
2, 9
* Sanguimancy
Ephara's Enlightenment
Great Hart
Hold at Bay
Revoke Existence
Stratus Walk
2, 10
* Acolyte's Reward
Floodtide Serpent
Griffin Dreamfinder
Revoke Existence
Thassa's Rebuff
2, 11
* Mortal's Ardor
Felhide Brawler
Hold at Bay
Warchanter of Mogis
2, 12
* Marshmist Titan
Hold at Bay
Kraken of the Straits
2, 13
* Grisly Transformation
Forsaken Drifters
2, 14
* Great Hart
3, 1
* Reverent Hunter
Borderland Minotaur
Griptide
Insatiable Harpy
Lagonna-Band Elder
Lightning Strike
Messenger's Speed
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Rescue from the Underworld
Satyr Rambler
Spellheart Chimera
Unknown Shores
Wild Celebrants
Wingsteed Rider
3, 2
* Thoughtseize
Baleful Eidolon
Borderland Minotaur
Fleetfeather Sandals
Loathsome Catoblepas
Messenger's Speed
Minotaur Skullcleaver
Mogis's Marauder
Nessian Courser
Nimbus Naiad
Peak Eruption
Pharika's Cure
Spark Jolt
3, 3
* Baleful Eidolon
Annul
Anvilwrought Raptor
Aqueous Form
Cavern Lampad
Ill-Tempered Cyclops
Kragma Warcaller
March of the Returned
Pyxis of Pandemonium
Setessan Battle Priest
Spearpoint Oread
Wingsteed Rider
3, 4
* Nylea's Presence
Anger of the Gods
Boon of Erebos
Divine Verdict
Felhide Minotaur
Last Breath
Mnemonic Wall
Prescient Chimera
Sea God's Revenge
Thassa's Bounty
Wavecrash Triton
3, 5
* Burnished Hart
Aqueous Form
Boon of Erebos
Defend the Hearth
Horizon Scholar
Setessan Griffin
Silent Artisan
Thassa's Bounty
Thassa's Emissary
Triton Shorethief
3, 6
* Nemesis of Mortals
Benthic Giant
Boon of Erebos
Dragon Mantle
Lagonna-Band Elder
Lash of the Whip
Observant Alseid
Two-Headed Cerberus
Unknown Shores
3, 7
* Pharika's Mender
Boulderfall
Last Breath
Lost in a Labyrinth
Omenspeaker
Silent Artisan
Thoughtseize
Witches' Eye
3, 8
* March of the Returned
Coastline Chimera
Guardians of Meletis
Opaline Unicorn
Satyr Rambler
Scholar of Athreos
Triton Shorethief
3, 9
* Rescue from the Underworld
Messenger's Speed
Pheres-Band Centaurs
Satyr Rambler
Spellheart Chimera
Wild Celebrants
3, 10
* Fleetfeather Sandals
Loathsome Catoblepas
Messenger's Speed
Peak Eruption
Spark Jolt
3, 11
* Aqueous Form
Anvilwrought Raptor
March of the Returned
Setessan Battle Priest
3, 12
* Boon of Erebos
Mnemonic Wall
Thassa's Bounty
3, 13
* Defend the Hearth
Triton Shorethief
3, 14
* Boon of Erebos
The deck:
1 Kruphix's Insight
1 Oakheart Dryads
1 Humbler of Mortals
1 Dictate of Karametra
1 Cruel Feeding
1 Font of Return
1 Cast into Darkness
1 Nature's Panoply
1 Herald of Torment
1 Necrobite
1 Aspect of Hydra
1 Peregrination
1 Satyr Wayfinder
1 Graverobber Spider
1 Consign to Dust
1 Desecration Plague
1 Reverent Hunter
1 Baleful Eidolon
1 Nylea's Presence
1 Burnished Hart
1 Nemesis of Mortals
1 Pharika's Mender
1 Defend the Hearth
9 Swamp
9 Forest
1 Font of Return
1 Thassa's Devourer
1 Acolyte's Reward
1 Mortal's Ardor
1 Great Hart
1 Thoughtseize
2 Grisly Transformation
1 Aqueous Form
1 Fleetfeather Sandals
1 Agent of Erebos
2 Boon of Erebos
1 Fated Return
1 Rescue from the Underworld
1 Sanguimancy
1 Marshmist Titan
1 March of the Returned
I ended up losing to a very streamlined mono-B deck.
And also to WR heroic deck.
I'm not going to offer advice on picks or anything else, because it's fairly obvious where you went wrong.
Good luck!
What would you do differently on the first picks?
Thanks.
P1P1: I admit I don't know exactly how good Strength from the Fallen is, but I don't think it's very strong. When it comes down to it, it is sorcery speed pump that only works under certain conditions and doesn't trigger heroic. If I'm going to take a green card, I'd much rather have Colossal Heroics or Ravenous Leucrocota. Alternatively, I might pick Akroan Mastiff.
P1P2: I'm probably taking Magma Spray. The other options I'm looking at are Cast into Darkness and, if I want to be really ambitious, Scourge of Fleets.
P1P3: Satyr Hoplite and Riddle of Lightning are in contention for me. I think Hoplite.
P1P4: Mogis's Warhound, and I'm definitely red now.
P1P5: Another Mogis's Warhound
P1P6: Probably Harvestguard Alseids
P1P7: Supply-Line Cranes or Ajani's Presence, and this definitely suggests that white is open, so I'm looking to be WR now.
P1P8: No playables
P1P9: Wheeled starfall.
P1P2 - I find Kruphix's Insight usually wheels. You can grab something else instead of forcing this pick 2.
P1P4 - Dreadbringer Lampads seems better for GB constellation than Humbler of Mortals.