ala ala ala Draft No8.

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 942

Finally I actually win one of these things I guess opening a bomb and being passed another helps, not even my computer itself could stop me from winning this one.

Event #: 100338
Time: 11/7/2008 1:10:07 PM
Players:
HornedTurtle187
SpedeP
Platon
Lord 2 U
--> ElementalMox
viny94
Baxta
paddymcdonagh

------ ALA ------

Pack 1 pick 1:
Grixis Battlemage
Metallurgeon (FOIL)
Glaze Fiend
Rockcaster Platoon
Goblin Mountaineer
Gift of the Gargantuan
Mosstodon
Obelisk of Naya
Jund Battlemage
Island
Sanctum Gargoyle
Cloudheath Drake
--> Sarkhan Vol
Goblin Deathraiders
Carrion Thrash

This is my thrid in like 10 drafts how lucky, this time i actually get to play him though.

Pack 1 pick 2:
Esper Battlemage
Onyx Goblet
Gustrider Exuberant
Naya Panorama
Obelisk of Esper
Godtoucher
Kiss of the Amesha
Lightning Talons
--> Naya Charm
Grixis Charm (FOIL)
Titanic Ultimatum
Rip-Clan Crasher
Forest
Shore Snapper

Not sure what is the correct pick between titanic and charm, I reall y like the charm though so i went with that.

Pack 1 pick 3:
--> Akrasan Squire
Lush Growth
Fire-Field Ogre
Skeletal Kathari
Kederekt Creeper
Tidehollow Strix
Courier's Capsule
Ridge Rannet
Guardians of Akrasa
Savage Hunger
Sangrite Surge
Swamp
Bone Splinters

I also like this guy more than the guardians as i like to be the aggresor

Pack 1 pick 4:
Metallurgeon
Call to Heel
Savage Hunger
Ridge Rannet
Kederekt Creeper
Yoked Plowbeast
Dragon Fodder
Skeletal Kathari
Etherium Astrolabe
Dregscape Zombie
--> Steward of Valeron
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer

The plowbeasts come late pretty often and the steward seems like the best card for me.

Pack 1 pick 5:
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Court Archers
Deathgreeter
--> Vithian Stinger
Drumhunter
Sigil Blessing
Etherium Sculptor
Esper Panorama
Crucible of Fire
Marble Chalice
Carrion Thrash

It does not look like im making a deck in which drum hunter can shine, although red seems to be the least open of the 3 colours I am possibly playing stinger is just too good to pass

Pack 1 pick 6:
Undead Leotau
Gustrider Exuberant
Banewasp Affliction
Deft Duelist
Obelisk of Esper
Spell Snip
Yoked Plowbeast
--> Bant Panorama
Soul's Might
Courier's Capsule

Valuable fixing

Pack 1 pick 7:
Deft Duelist
Tidehollow Sculler
Hindering Light
Vectis Silencers
--> Cylian Elf
Welkin Guide
Bone Splinters
Plains
Mighty Emergence

Not the best card in the pack by some way but Im still happy to pick it up.

Pack 1 pick 8:
Viashino Skeleton
--> Dispeller's Capsule
Mountain
Etherium Sculptor
Thoughtcutter Agent
Dreg Reaver
Spell Snip
Volcanic Submersion

For the sb hopefully

Pack 1 pick 9:
Metallurgeon (FOIL)
Glaze Fiend
Goblin Mountaineer
--> Gift of the Gargantuan
Obelisk of Naya
Island
Cloudheath Drake

Not a fan of this card hopefully i will not have to play

Pack 1 pick 10:
Onyx Goblet
Gustrider Exuberant
Obelisk of Esper
--> Godtoucher
Forest
Shore Snapper

Pack 1 pick 11:
Lush Growth
Kederekt Creeper
Sangrite Surge
Swamp
--> Bone Splinters

Pack 1 pick 12:
Call to Heel
Ridge Rannet
--> Yoked Plowbeast
Etherium Astrolabe

Pack 1 pick 13:
Deathgreeter
Etherium Sculptor
--> Crucible of Fire

Pack 1 pick 14:
Banewasp Affliction
--> Spell Snip

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Plains

------ ALA ------

Pack 2 pick 1:
Shadowfeed
Guardians of Akrasa
Jungle Weaver
Hissing Iguanar
Scavenger Drake
Vectis Silencers
Kederekt Creeper
Death Baron
Deathgreeter
Swamp
Rhox War Monk
Resounding Silence
Waveskimmer Aven
Coma Veil
--> Topan Ascetic

Everytime I play this guy he is simply awsome, hence i take him over the silence

Pack 2 pick 2:
Demon's Herald
Naya Panorama
Sigiled Paladin
Steward of Valeron
Rakeclaw Gargantuan
Cradle of Vitality
Forest
Cancel
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Soul's Might
--> Knight of the Skyward Eye
Sunseed Nurturer
Resounding Scream
Shore Snapper

I think this is the clear pick

Pack 2 pick 3:
Naya Battlemage
Outrider of Jhess
Glaze Fiend
Gift of the Gargantuan
Dragon Fodder
Island
Mosstodon
Sanctum Gargoyle
--> Oblivion Ring
Jund Panorama
Puppet Conjurer
Goblin Deathraiders
Carrion Thrash

The battlemage is good but i think the oring is a little better, as it handles anything.

Pack 2 pick 4:
Godtoucher
Jhessian Lookout
Dregscape Zombie
Dispeller's Capsule
Magma Spray
--> Jungle Shrine
Mountain
Court Archers
Demon's Herald
Resounding Silence
Cathartic Adept
Swerve

Here i took the fixing over the spray or archers, a good decision i think.

Pack 2 pick 5:
Gift of the Gargantuan
--> Qasali Ambusher
Outrider of Jhess
Jund Panorama
Lush Growth
Obelisk of Naya
Topan Ascetic
Windwright Mage
Plains
Rip-Clan Crasher
Relic of Progenitus

I honestly think in most circumstances apart from versus super aggresive decks the asetic is a better card but people are always going on about how good this card is so i decided to try out and was impressed but not as much as i am with asetic overall.

Pack 2 pick 6:
Thoughtcutter Agent
Resounding Scream
Naturalize
Swamp
Jungle Weaver
Blightning
Akrasan Squire
Bone Splinters
Bloodthorn Taunter
--> Knight of the Skyward Eye

Best card here

Pack 2 pick 7:
Vicious Shadows (FOIL)
Marble Chalice
Resounding Scream
Jungle Weaver
Etherium Sculptor
Resounding Wave
Puppet Conjurer
Mountain
--> Naturalize

Already have me a late cycling fatty and always good to have more answers vs the nuts esper

Pack 2 pick 8:
Call to Heel
Outrider of Jhess
Angelic Benediction
Plains
Dregscape Zombie (FOIL)
Dregscape Zombie
--> Yoked Plowbeast
Memory Erosion

Another cycling fatty it is

Pack 2 pick 9:
Shadowfeed
Scavenger Drake
Vectis Silencers
Deathgreeter
Swamp
--> Waveskimmer Aven
Coma Veil

Pack 2 pick 10:
Demon's Herald
--> Steward of Valeron
Forest
Soul's Might
Sunseed Nurturer
Shore Snapper

Thats late

Pack 2 pick 11:
Glaze Fiend
Gift of the Gargantuan
Island
--> Mosstodon
Goblin Deathraiders

Also late

Pack 2 pick 12:
Godtoucher
--> Jhessian Lookout
Mountain
Cathartic Adept

Pack 2 pick 13:
Lush Growth
Plains
--> Rip-Clan Crasher

Very late

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Thoughtcutter Agent
Swamp

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Mountain

------ ALA ------

Pack 3 pick 1:
Bloodthorn Taunter
Dragon's Herald
Cathartic Adept
Obelisk of Jund
--> Naya Battlemage
Naturalize
Jhessian Lookout
Invincible Hymn
Soul's Fire
Jhessian Infiltrator
Mountain
Blister Beetle
Resounding Roar
Welkin Guide
Angelsong

Its between my pick and the souls fire, souls fire can sometimes back fire and red is my spalsh colour and its always nice to have a tapper so i went with mage.

Pack 3 pick 2:
Kathari Screecher
Windwright Mage
Obelisk of Bant
Bant Battlemage
Sphinx's Herald
Bloodpyre Elemental
Steward of Valeron
Cloudheath Drake
Grixis Panorama
Incurable Ogre
Arcane Sanctum
Soul's Grace
--> Flameblast Dragon
Island

Hurray I thought the dude next to me was in red apprently not!

Pack 3 pick 3:
Rockslide Elemental (FOIL)
Goblin Mountaineer
--> Qasali Ambusher
Forest
Elvish Visionary
Salvage Titan
Obelisk of Jund
Behemoth's Herald
Cancel
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Knight of the Skyward Eye
Bloodthorn Taunter
Volcanic Submersion

Here i think the eye is probably the better card and the pick but i wanted to try out these ambushers and they seemed awsome in aggresive mirrors

Pack 3 pick 4:
Sanctum Gargoyle
Mountain
Island (FOIL)
Onyx Goblet
--> Tidehollow Sculler
Angelic Benediction
Volcanic Submersion
Tortoise Formation
Kederekt Leviathan
Obelisk of Jund
Tidehollow Strix
Coma Veil

Nothing for me so i hated the skuller I have two bombs I positively do not want to lose

Pack 3 pick 5:
Shore Snapper
Hissing Iguanar (FOIL)
Sphinx's Herald
Skill Borrower
--> Guardians of Akrasa
Goblin Mountaineer
Agony Warp
Island
Viashino Skeleton
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Call to Heel

The igunar is the better card but red is my splash colour so guardians is the pick for consistancys sake.

Pack 3 pick 6:
Skeletal Kathari
Lightning Talons
Protomatter Powder
Coma Veil
Waveskimmer Aven
Forest
Undead Leotau
--> Punish Ignorance
Soul's Grace
Angelsong

Rare draft

Pack 3 pick 7:
Marble Chalice
Esper Charm
Lush Growth
--> Viscera Dragger
Steelclad Serpent
Tortoise Formation
Rip-Clan Crasher
Swamp
Savage Hunger

Pack 3 pick 8:
--> Excommunicate
Plains
Banewasp Affliction
Obelisk of Bant
Sangrite Surge
Steelclad Serpent
Fire-Field Ogre
Incurable Ogre

Great in decks like mine clear pick

Pack 3 pick 9:
Bloodthorn Taunter
Dragon's Herald
Cathartic Adept
Jhessian Lookout
Jhessian Infiltrator
Mountain
--> Angelsong

Pack 3 pick 10:
--> Windwright Mage
Obelisk of Bant
Sphinx's Herald
Grixis Panorama
Soul's Grace
Island

Pack 3 pick 11:
Goblin Mountaineer
Forest
Behemoth's Herald
Cancel
--> Sighted-Caste Sorcerer

Pack 3 pick 12:
Mountain
Island (FOIL)
--> Onyx Goblet
Tortoise Formation

Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Shore Snapper
Sphinx's Herald
Island

Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Lightning Talons
Forest

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Swamp

The deck

1 Araskan Squire
1 Angel Song
1 Naturalize
1 Cylian Elf
1 sighte caste sorcerrer
2 Knight of the Skyward eye
2 steward valeron
1 excommunicate
1 naya charm
1 oblivion ring
1 guardian of araskan
1 naya battle mage
2 quasli ambusher
1 topan asetic
1 vithian stinger
1 sarkhan vol
1 mosstodon
1 Flamelast dragon
2 Yoked Plowbest
1 Jungle Shrine
6 plains
4 Mountain
1 bant panaorma
5 Forest

sb cards of note

1 god toucher
1 gift of garganutan
1 lightning talons
1 crucible of fire (i should have played it and gone all timmy with my sarkhan and flameblast now thats overkill, would have been so awsome though.)

The games

Round 1 Ubw i get an aggresive curve on the play with turn 1 squire turn 2 eye turn 3 aestic, naya charm taps down his craetures ftw. Game 2 he mulls to 6 I mull to 5, but have turn 1 squire turn 2 eye, turn 3 stinger again, he does very little but cycle a card and lay an obelisk, I draw and play sarkhan he concedes.

Round 2 UBrg I'll sum up both games in one as they were some of the fastest ive played, 2 drop, 3 drop, sarkhan win.

Round 3 RB aggro, He has a stinger but i am beating down with asetic and are the aggresoe he takes control of the game at 1 life with skeletal kurathi, but i top deck stinger, which gets pinged by his stinger, but unearthed for the win. Game 2 he has turn 2 dreadge scape after turn 1 capsule, I have turn 2 sighted caste sorrow, followed by turn 3 guardians but he has spray, he capsules guradians and attacks in but i have ambusher, he unearths dredgescape and bonesplinters ambusher, I lay asetic followed by stinger he has undead leatou but I have stinger play naya charm, he has another but I have now played the flamblast dragon Ive had in my hand since the start dragon takes the game. Bombs are nice:)

Feedback appreciated.

Zapgaze · Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 15

Will comment in an hour or so...

Doesn't seem like a bad draft, I just have a few objections with some picks.

As a note, Gift of The Gargantuan...You hope NOT to play it? It's an amazing card, ALWAYS PLAY IT if you're green:/

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 942

okay cool looking forward to your comments.

Zapgaze · Joined: 20 Aug 2008 Posts: 15

Okay, let's see here:

P1P7 Welkin Guide > Cylian Elf

P1P10 Onyx Goblet/Obelisk/Gustrider Exhuberant > Godtoucher (Didn't I already say NEVER pick this? Razz

)

P2P2 Rakeclaw Gargantuan > Knight of The Skyward Eye

P2P4 Magma Spray > Jungle Shrine

P2P7 Jungle Weaver > Naturalize

P2P8 Angelic Benediction > Yoked Plowbeast

P2P9 Scavenger Drake > Waveskimmer Aven

P3P5 Hissing Iguanar > Guardians of Akrasa (Go 3 color, stop focusing so much on splash, pick the better card. Besides, after Flameblast, double red will be hard to simply "splash")

P3P6 Lightning Talons > Punish Ignorance

P3P9 Infiltrator > Angelsong

P3P11 Goblin Mountaineer > Sighted-Caste Sorcerer (This is simply a matter of personal preference, I believe Sorcerer belongs in another deck and you can do so much more with a creature that will be unblockable in most cases

P3P14 (Talons tabled...surprise:P Still, I would have taken it earlier on)

As for the deck, -1 Angelsong and -1 Naturalize, +1 Lightning Talons and +1 Gift of the Gargantuan.

Just my two cents on the draft:)

asamodious · Joined: 20 Sep 2005 Posts: 140

yeah gift is nuts in green, especially if your playing a bomb creature!