Pack 1 pick 1:
Sigiled Skink
Ajani's Presence
Golden Hind
Feast of Dreams
Satyr Grovedancer
Font of Ire
Bloodcrazed Hoplite
Oreskos Swiftclaw
War-Wing Siren
Ravenous Leucrocota
Consign to Dust
Spiteful Blow
Strength from the Fallen
--> Pheres-Band Warchief
Forest
Seems fine as a first pick. If I end up in Green, it's impossible to not have some Centaurs.
Pack 1 pick 2:
Nature's Panoply
Grim Guardian
Aerial Formation
Satyr Hoplite
Oreskos Swiftclaw
Triton Shorestalker
Ravenous Leucrocota
Font of Ire
Aspect of Gorgon
Reviving Melody (FOIL)
Nightmarish End
--> Bassara Tower Archer
Felhide Petrifier
Plains
Nothing here is really swaying me, so I went with best available Green card. I think for tempo reasons, this is better than Leucrocota. I find when I draft Green that I end up with plenty, sometimes too many 4 drops so I don't draft them aggressively.
Pack 1 pick 3:
--> Humbler of Mortals
Harvestguard Alseids
Returned Reveler
Kruphix's Insight
Ajani's Presence
Thassa's Devourer
Desecration Plague
Flamespeaker's Will
Cast into Darkness
Kiora's Dismissal
Strength from the Fallen
Eidolon of Rhetoric
Island
Nothing Green worth picking. I figured the White cards are the best available. I haven't played with or against Skyspear yet and I can't decide if it's good. If you land something on it, sure. If you untap with a protector card like Gods Willing or Ajani's Presence, sure. But I feel like for a 5-drop, it's too fragile on its own. Then again Mastiff has the same issues so I don't really know.
Pack 1 pick 5:
Lightning Diadem
--> Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
Rotted Hulk
Flamespeaker's Will
Aspect of Gorgon
Oppressive Rays
Pin to the Earth
Renowned Weaver
Quarry Colossus
Reviving Melody
Forest
It's my old buddy Quarry Colossus. If I'm Green though, I'm much less interested since Green has lots of decent 6-drops. I like him as a curve topper in a tempo deck that might stall, not another fattie to throw on the pile.
Pack 1 pick 6:
Humbler of Mortals
--> Nyx Infusion
Harvestguard Alseids
Kruphix's Insight
Flamespeaker's Will
Cast into Darkness
Phalanx Formation
Eidolon of Rhetoric
Thassa's Ire
Plains
This was dumb. Probably should have just taken Humbler #2, or a White 3 drop. I honestly don't know what I was thinking, Nyx Infusion isn't even that good. It's fine when it lucks into killing a Hero early but it's often dead in the late game.
Pack 1 pick 7:
--> Feast of Dreams
Akroan Mastiff
Humbler of Mortals
Font of Return
Cruel Feeding
Mortal Obstinacy
Sigiled Starfish
Desecration Plague
Forest
For some reason I got in my head that I should go Black. The removal in Journey is really deceptive -- it's all conditional, so it's hard to evaluate. In some games, Feast of Dreams will be a blowout. In others it will be a dead card. I wish I had just stayed on GW.
Pack 1 pick 8:
Harvestguard Alseids
Returned Reveler
Countermand
Pensive Minotaur
--> Armament of Nyx
Dreadbringer Lampads
Consign to Dust
Island
Pack 1 pick 9:
Feast of Dreams
Font of Ire
--> Oreskos Swiftclaw
Ravenous Leucrocota
Consign to Dust
Strength from the Fallen
Forest
Pack 1 pick 10:
Nature's Panoply
Triton Shorestalker
--> Ravenous Leucrocota
Font of Ire
Aspect of Gorgon
Plains
Pack 1 pick 11:
Returned Reveler
Kruphix's Insight
Flamespeaker's Will
--> Cast into Darkness
Island
Pack 2 pick 1:
Felhide Brawler
Swordwise Centaur
Griffin Dreamfinder
Eye Gouge
Weight of the Underworld (FOIL)
Fearsome Temper
Kragma Butcher
Loyal Pegasus
Elite Skirmisher
Mortal's Resolve
Vanguard of Brimaz
Kraken of the Straits
--> Drown in Sorrow
Heroes' Podium
Swamp
Had I drafted properly in Pack 1, I would have been solidly White and not thinking I was going back and forth between White and Black. I would have taken one of the 2-drops had I just stayed on course. This draft is now officially off the rails.
Pack 2 pick 2:
Hold at Bay
Setessan Starbreaker
Weight of the Underworld
Sphinx's Disciple
Warchanter of Mogis
Revoke Existence
--> Asphyxiate
Reckless Reveler
Snake of the Golden Grove
Akroan Phalanx
Graverobber Spider
Meletis Astronomer
Felhide Spiritbinder
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 3:
Servant of Tymaret
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
Retraction Helix
Nyxborn Eidolon
Bolt of Keranos
Pheres-Band Tromper
Fall of the Hammer
Reap What Is Sown
Peregrination
Graverobber Spider
--> Pain Seer
Swamp
Should I have just taken the Graverobbers here? I was hoping one might wheel but that was foolish since it's not really a gold card, it's a playble Green card that randomly gets better in Black. Someone in Green will enjoy them before they get back to me.
Pack 2 pick 4:
Setessan Starbreaker
Forsaken Drifters
Excoriate
Scouring Sands
Nullify
Impetuous Sunchaser
Culling Mark
Necrobite
Gorgon's Head
Pinnacle of Rage
--> Raised by Wolves
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 5:
Charging Badger
Pharagax Giant
Sphinx's Disciple
Ephara's Radiance
Claim of Erebos
Deepwater Hypnotist
--> Fall of the Hammer
Ashiok's Adept
Thunder Brute
Pinnacle of Rage
Mountain
Packs like this don't help at all when you're struggling with color choices.
Pack 3 pick 1:
--> Nessian Courser
March of the Returned
Dragon Mantle
Commune with the Gods
Hopeful Eidolon
Spark Jolt
Returned Phalanx
Coastline Chimera
Boulderfall
Setessan Battle Priest
Phalanx Leader
Peak Eruption
Warriors' Lesson
Tymaret, the Murder King
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 2:
Guardians of Meletis
Prescient Chimera
Demolish (FOIL)
Gods Willing
Fade into Antiquity
Returned Centaur
Griptide
--> Traveler's Amulet
Shredding Winds
Kragma Warcaller
Karametra's Acolyte
Triton Fortune Hunter
Titan of Eternal Fire
Swamp
Now I'm getting punished for abandoning White. This is painful to recap, it's like rewatching a murder in slow motion.
Pack 3 pick 3:
Stymied Hopes
--> Lash of the Whip
Priest of Iroas
Fade into Antiquity
Returned Centaur
Griptide
Commune with the Gods
Scholar of Athreos
Disciple of Phenax
Destructive Revelry
Artisan's Sorrow
Favored Hoplite
Forest
Pack 3 pick 4:
Nimbus Naiad
Lash of the Whip
Lost in a Labyrinth
Pharika's Cure
Rage of Purphoros
--> Feral Invocation
Returned Centaur
Disciple of Phenax
Ray of Dissolution
Glare of Heresy
Coordinated Assault
Mountain
This deck has cards but no plan. The Brawlers can only beat down but have no support. The Warchief doesn't do much. There's no ramp for the big Green creatures. It's just bad.
Match Recap
I was so disgusted with this draft, I did not take good notes and I can't bring myself to go back and watch.
Round 1 I got absolutely stomped by RW Aggro. 0-1
Round 2 I got beat by a player of questionable skill level with a 3 color deck. That recap I did write up (in anger) as part of the commentary under Cap #4, so check that out if you want to share in my misery. 0-2
Round 3 I did manage to beat a WB deck. If you can believe it, his deck did even less than mine and in both games I was able to win by just slapping Spiteful Returned on something and attacking freely. His deck appeared to be nothing but bad defensive 2-drops. 1-2
I stepped away from the game for a few days after this one. I knew I drafted poorly, and that Round 2 sucker punch really did me in.
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The Draft
------ JOU ------
Pack 1 pick 1:
Sigiled Skink
Ajani's Presence
Golden Hind
Feast of Dreams
Satyr Grovedancer
Font of Ire
Bloodcrazed Hoplite
Oreskos Swiftclaw
War-Wing Siren
Ravenous Leucrocota
Consign to Dust
Spiteful Blow
Strength from the Fallen
--> Pheres-Band Warchief
Forest
Seems fine as a first pick. If I end up in Green, it's impossible to not have some Centaurs.
Pack 1 pick 2:
Nature's Panoply
Grim Guardian
Aerial Formation
Satyr Hoplite
Oreskos Swiftclaw
Triton Shorestalker
Ravenous Leucrocota
Font of Ire
Aspect of Gorgon
Reviving Melody (FOIL)
Nightmarish End
--> Bassara Tower Archer
Felhide Petrifier
Plains
Nothing here is really swaying me, so I went with best available Green card. I think for tempo reasons, this is better than Leucrocota. I find when I draft Green that I end up with plenty, sometimes too many 4 drops so I don't draft them aggressively.
Pack 1 pick 3:
--> Humbler of Mortals
Harvestguard Alseids
Returned Reveler
Kruphix's Insight
Ajani's Presence
Thassa's Devourer
Desecration Plague
Flamespeaker's Will
Cast into Darkness
Kiora's Dismissal
Strength from the Fallen
Eidolon of Rhetoric
Island
Pack 1 pick 4:
Hubris
Pensive Minotaur
--> Akroan Mastiff
Nature's Panoply
Nyx Infusion
Godhunter Octopus
Flurry of Horns
Thassa's Devourer
Gluttonous Cyclops
Skyspear Cavalry
Crystalline Nautilus
Plains
Nothing Green worth picking. I figured the White cards are the best available. I haven't played with or against Skyspear yet and I can't decide if it's good. If you land something on it, sure. If you untap with a protector card like Gods Willing or Ajani's Presence, sure. But I feel like for a 5-drop, it's too fragile on its own. Then again Mastiff has the same issues so I don't really know.
Pack 1 pick 5:
Lightning Diadem
--> Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
Rotted Hulk
Flamespeaker's Will
Aspect of Gorgon
Oppressive Rays
Pin to the Earth
Renowned Weaver
Quarry Colossus
Reviving Melody
Forest
It's my old buddy Quarry Colossus. If I'm Green though, I'm much less interested since Green has lots of decent 6-drops. I like him as a curve topper in a tempo deck that might stall, not another fattie to throw on the pile.
Pack 1 pick 6:
Humbler of Mortals
--> Nyx Infusion
Harvestguard Alseids
Kruphix's Insight
Flamespeaker's Will
Cast into Darkness
Phalanx Formation
Eidolon of Rhetoric
Thassa's Ire
Plains
This was dumb. Probably should have just taken Humbler #2, or a White 3 drop. I honestly don't know what I was thinking, Nyx Infusion isn't even that good. It's fine when it lucks into killing a Hero early but it's often dead in the late game.
Pack 1 pick 7:
--> Feast of Dreams
Akroan Mastiff
Humbler of Mortals
Font of Return
Cruel Feeding
Mortal Obstinacy
Sigiled Starfish
Desecration Plague
Forest
For some reason I got in my head that I should go Black. The removal in Journey is really deceptive -- it's all conditional, so it's hard to evaluate. In some games, Feast of Dreams will be a blowout. In others it will be a dead card. I wish I had just stayed on GW.
Pack 1 pick 8:
Harvestguard Alseids
Returned Reveler
Countermand
Pensive Minotaur
--> Armament of Nyx
Dreadbringer Lampads
Consign to Dust
Island
Pack 1 pick 9:
Feast of Dreams
Font of Ire
--> Oreskos Swiftclaw
Ravenous Leucrocota
Consign to Dust
Strength from the Fallen
Forest
Pack 1 pick 10:
Nature's Panoply
Triton Shorestalker
--> Ravenous Leucrocota
Font of Ire
Aspect of Gorgon
Plains
Pack 1 pick 11:
Returned Reveler
Kruphix's Insight
Flamespeaker's Will
--> Cast into Darkness
Island
Pack 1 pick 12:
--> Nature's Panoply
Godhunter Octopus
Gluttonous Cyclops
Plains
Pack 1 pick 13:
Aspect of Gorgon
--> Reviving Melody
Forest
Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Cast into Darkness
Plains
Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Forest
------ BNG ------
Pack 2 pick 1:
Felhide Brawler
Swordwise Centaur
Griffin Dreamfinder
Eye Gouge
Weight of the Underworld (FOIL)
Fearsome Temper
Kragma Butcher
Loyal Pegasus
Elite Skirmisher
Mortal's Resolve
Vanguard of Brimaz
Kraken of the Straits
--> Drown in Sorrow
Heroes' Podium
Swamp
Had I drafted properly in Pack 1, I would have been solidly White and not thinking I was going back and forth between White and Black. I would have taken one of the 2-drops had I just stayed on course. This draft is now officially off the rails.
Pack 2 pick 2:
Hold at Bay
Setessan Starbreaker
Weight of the Underworld
Sphinx's Disciple
Warchanter of Mogis
Revoke Existence
--> Asphyxiate
Reckless Reveler
Snake of the Golden Grove
Akroan Phalanx
Graverobber Spider
Meletis Astronomer
Felhide Spiritbinder
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 3:
Servant of Tymaret
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
Retraction Helix
Nyxborn Eidolon
Bolt of Keranos
Pheres-Band Tromper
Fall of the Hammer
Reap What Is Sown
Peregrination
Graverobber Spider
--> Pain Seer
Swamp
Should I have just taken the Graverobbers here? I was hoping one might wheel but that was foolish since it's not really a gold card, it's a playble Green card that randomly gets better in Black. Someone in Green will enjoy them before they get back to me.
Pack 2 pick 4:
Setessan Starbreaker
Forsaken Drifters
Excoriate
Scouring Sands
Nullify
Impetuous Sunchaser
Culling Mark
Necrobite
Gorgon's Head
Pinnacle of Rage
--> Raised by Wolves
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 5:
Charging Badger
Pharagax Giant
Sphinx's Disciple
Ephara's Radiance
Claim of Erebos
Deepwater Hypnotist
--> Fall of the Hammer
Ashiok's Adept
Thunder Brute
Pinnacle of Rage
Mountain
Packs like this don't help at all when you're struggling with color choices.
Pack 2 pick 6:
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
Nyxborn Eidolon
Bolt of Keranos
--> Pheres-Band Tromper
Satyr Firedancer (FOIL)
Everflame Eidolon
Sunbond
Astral Cornucopia
Forest
Pack 2 pick 7:
Scouring Sands
Charging Badger
Floodtide Serpent
--> Felhide Brawler
Nullify
Pillar of War
Mischief and Mayhem
Whelming Wave
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 8:
Great Hart
Satyr Wayfinder
Nyxborn Eidolon
Pheres-Band Tromper
Ephara's Enlightenment
--> Spiteful Returned
Astral Cornucopia
Plains
My colors do seem open enough. White disappeared in this pack so maybe I was screwed if I stuck with that too.
Pack 2 pick 9:
--> Felhide Brawler
Griffin Dreamfinder
Eye Gouge
Loyal Pegasus
Mortal's Resolve
Heroes' Podium
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 10:
Hold at Bay
Setessan Starbreaker
Sphinx's Disciple
Reckless Reveler
--> Snake of the Golden Grove
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 11:
Great Hart
--> Satyr Wayfinder
Reap What Is Sown
Peregrination
Swamp
Pack 2 pick 12:
--> Setessan Starbreaker
Culling Mark
Gorgon's Head
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 13:
Ephara's Radiance
--> Pinnacle of Rage
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Sunbond
Forest
Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Swamp
------ THS ------
Pack 3 pick 1:
--> Nessian Courser
March of the Returned
Dragon Mantle
Commune with the Gods
Hopeful Eidolon
Spark Jolt
Returned Phalanx
Coastline Chimera
Boulderfall
Setessan Battle Priest
Phalanx Leader
Peak Eruption
Warriors' Lesson
Tymaret, the Murder King
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 2:
Guardians of Meletis
Prescient Chimera
Demolish (FOIL)
Gods Willing
Fade into Antiquity
Returned Centaur
Griptide
--> Traveler's Amulet
Shredding Winds
Kragma Warcaller
Karametra's Acolyte
Triton Fortune Hunter
Titan of Eternal Fire
Swamp
Now I'm getting punished for abandoning White. This is painful to recap, it's like rewatching a murder in slow motion.
Pack 3 pick 3:
Stymied Hopes
--> Lash of the Whip
Priest of Iroas
Fade into Antiquity
Returned Centaur
Griptide
Commune with the Gods
Scholar of Athreos
Disciple of Phenax
Destructive Revelry
Artisan's Sorrow
Favored Hoplite
Forest
Pack 3 pick 4:
Nimbus Naiad
Lash of the Whip
Lost in a Labyrinth
Pharika's Cure
Rage of Purphoros
--> Feral Invocation
Returned Centaur
Disciple of Phenax
Ray of Dissolution
Glare of Heresy
Coordinated Assault
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 5:
Bronze Sable
Ephara's Warden
Vulpine Goliath
Yoked Ox
Baleful Eidolon
Annul
Triton Shorethief
Voyage's End
Mogis's Marauder
--> Anthousa, Setessan Hero
Forest
I actually hate Anthousa, I've never once used or seen anyone use her Heroic ability to good effect, but at this point a vanilla 4/5 makes my deck.
Pack 3 pick 6:
Sip of Hemlock
Stymied Hopes
Chosen by Heliod
Yoked Ox
--> Blood-Toll Harpy
Benthic Giant
Setessan Griffin
Triton Shorethief
Triton Fortune Hunter
Plains
Pack 3 pick 7:
Messenger's Speed
Mnemonic Wall
Titan's Strength
Yoked Ox
Wild Celebrants
Benthic Giant
--> Boon of Erebos
Witches' Eye
Plains
Pack 3 pick 8:
Bronze Sable
Rage of Purphoros
Satyr Hedonist
Last Breath
--> Unknown Shores
Borderland Minotaur
Anvilwrought Raptor
Forest
Pack 3 pick 9:
March of the Returned
Commune with the Gods
--> Spark Jolt
Boulderfall
Setessan Battle Priest
Peak Eruption
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 10:
Guardians of Meletis
Prescient Chimera
Demolish (FOIL)
Fade into Antiquity
--> Shredding Winds
Swamp
Pack 3 pick 11:
Priest of Iroas
Returned Centaur
Commune with the Gods
--> Artisan's Sorrow
Forest
Pack 3 pick 12:
Lost in a Labyrinth
Returned Centaur
--> Ray of Dissolution
Mountain
Pack 3 pick 13:
Yoked Ox
--> Triton Shorethief
Forest
Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Triton Shorethief
Plains
Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Plains
The Deck
1 Pain Seer
1 Spiteful Returned
1 Bassara Tower Archer
2 Felhide Brawler
1 Nessian Courser
1 Blood-Toll Harpy
1 Pheres-Band Warchief
1 Pheres-Band Tromper
1 Ravenous Leucrocota
1 Anthousa, Setessan Hero
1 Snake of the Golden Grove
1 Humbler of Mortals
Spells (10)
1 Boon of Erebos
1 Traveler's Amulet
1 Drown in Sorrow
1 Feast of Dreams
1 Fall of the Hammer
1 Asphyxiate
1 Feral Invocation
1 Nyx Infusion
1 Raised by Wolves
1 Lash of the Whip
8 Forest
7 Swamp
1 Mountain
1 Unknown Shores
1 Akroan Mastiff
1 Armanent of Nyx
1 Lagonna-Band Trailblazer
1 Oreskos Swiftclaw
1 Sunbond
1 Ray of Dissolution
2 Triton Shorethief
2 Cast into Darkness
1 Pinnacle of Rage
1 Spark Jolt
1 Nature's Panoply
1 Reviving Melody
1 Satyr Wayfinder
1 Setessan Starbreaker
1 Artisan's Sorrow
1 Shredding Winds
This deck has cards but no plan. The Brawlers can only beat down but have no support. The Warchief doesn't do much. There's no ramp for the big Green creatures. It's just bad.
Match Recap
I was so disgusted with this draft, I did not take good notes and I can't bring myself to go back and watch.
Round 1 I got absolutely stomped by RW Aggro. 0-1
Round 2 I got beat by a player of questionable skill level with a 3 color deck. That recap I did write up (in anger) as part of the commentary under Cap #4, so check that out if you want to share in my misery. 0-2
Round 3 I did manage to beat a WB deck. If you can believe it, his deck did even less than mine and in both games I was able to win by just slapping Spiteful Returned on something and attacking freely. His deck appeared to be nothing but bad defensive 2-drops. 1-2
I stepped away from the game for a few days after this one. I knew I drafted poorly, and that Round 2 sucker punch really did me in.