Draft 24 - LLL

Draft:

Pack 1:

Mulldrifter, Footbottom Feast, Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Weed Strangle, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Skeletal Changeling, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish Branchbender, Elvish Promenade, Crush Underfoot, Tar Pitcher, Wort, Boggart Auntie

Pick: Mulldrifter

Pack 2:

Moonglove Winnower, Plover Knights, Whirlpool Whelm, Leaf Gilder, Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Streambed Aquitects, Elvish Eulogist, Giant's Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Spellstutter Sprite, Knight of Meadowgrain, Vivid Creek, Woodland Guidance

Pick: Streambed Aquitects

Pack 3:

Tarfire, Herbal Poultice, Kithkin Greatheart, Oakgnarl Warrior, Hornet Harasser, Needle Drop, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Goldmeadow Stalwart, Flamekin Harbinger, Pollen Lullaby

Pick: Tarfire

Pack 4:

Glimmerdust Nap, Warren Pilferers, Soulbright Flamekin, Kithkin Daggerdare, Surge of Thoughtweft, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect's Will, Mournwhelk, Zephyr Net, Vivid Meadow, Battle Mastery, Seedguide Ash

Pick: Warren Pilferers

Pack 5:

Moonglove Winnower, Whirlpool Whelm, Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Triclopean Sight, Nath's Buffoon, Caterwauling Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Benthicore, Rebellion of the Flamekin

Pick: Benthicore

Pack 6:

Bog-Strider Ash, Herbal Poultice, Oakgnarl Warrior, Lace with Moonglove, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Hoarder's Greed, Elvish Promenade

Pick: Blind-Spot Giant

Pack 7:

Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler, Hurly-Burly, Peppersmoke, Wings of Velis Vel, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Blades of Velis Vel

Pick: Battlewand Oak

Pack 8:

Runed Stalactite, Flamekin Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Rootgrapple, Triclopean Sight, Vivid Marsh, Mosswort Bridge, Island

Pick: Runed Stalactite

Pack 9:

Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Kithkin Healer, Skeletal Changeling, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Crush Underfoot

Pick: Lowland Oaf

Pack 10:

Moonglove Winnower, Wispmare, Elvish Eulogist, Giant's Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Woodland Guidance

Pick: Moonglove Winnower

Pack 11:

Herbal Poultice, Oakgnarl Warrior, Needle Drop, Heal the Scars, Boggart Birth Rite

Pick: Oakgnarl Warrior

Pack 12:

Kithkin Daggerdare, Zephyr Net, Vivid Meadow, Battle Mastery

Pick: Vivid Meadow

Pack 13:

Wispmare, Nath's Buffoon, Rebellion of the Flamekin

Pick: Nath's Buffoon

Pack 14:

Herbal Poultice, Oakgnarl Warrior

Pick: Oakgnarl Warrior

Pack 15:

Facevaulter

Pick: Facevaulter

Pack 16:

Surge of Thoughtweft, Mulldrifter, Weed Strangle, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Woodland Changeling, Springleaf Drum, Needle Drop, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Battle Mastery, Lys Alana Scarblade, Ethereal Whiskergill, Immaculate Magistrate

Pick: Mulldrifter

Pack 17:

Consuming Bonfire, Wispmare, Stonybrook Angler, Thieving Sprite, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Streambed Aquitects, Cenn's Heir, Black Poplar Shaman, Shimmering Grotto, Wizened Cenn, Final Revels, Kithkin Mourncaller, Cryptic Command

Pick: Cryptic Command

Pack 18:

Aethersnipe, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Wanderer's Twig, Silvergill Douser, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Boggart Birth Rite, Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Kithkin Mourncaller, Boggart Shenanigans, Ghostly Changeling, Sygg, River Guide

Pick: Silvergill Douser

Pack 19:

Deeptread Merrow, Goldmeadow Harrier, Fistful of Force, Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Cloudcrown Oak, Ingot Chewer, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of Currents, Kithkin Harbinger, Sylvan Echoes, Sower of Temptation

Pick: Sower of Temptation

Pack 20:

Streambed Aquitects, Boggart Loggers, Runed Stalactite, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Broken Ambitions, Cenn's Heir, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Incremental Growth, Burrenton Forge-Tender, Timber Protector

Pick: Streambed Aquitects

Pack 21:

Springleaf Drum, Kithkin Healer, Footbottom Feast, Scarred Vinebreeder, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Amoeboid Changeling, Crush Underfoot, Lys Alana Scarblade, Knight of Meadowgrain

Pick: Amoeboid Changeling

Pack 22:

Kinsbaile Balloonist, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Peppersmoke, Paperfin Rascal, Nath's Elite, Nightshade Stinger, Faerie Trickery, Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant

Pick: Paperfin Rascal

Pack 23:

Runed Stalactite, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Neck Snap, Tideshaper Mystic, Rootgrapple, Triclopean Sight, Battle Mastery, Ashling's Prerogative

Pick: Runed Stalactite

Pack 24:

Surge of Thoughtweft, Needle Drop, Heal the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Battle Mastery, Ethereal Whiskergill

Pick: Ethereal Whiskergill

Pack 25:

Wispmare, Thieving Sprite, Hillcomber Giant, Cenn's Heir, Black Poplar Shaman, Wizened Cenn

Pick: Wizened Cenn

Pack 26:

Surge of Thoughtweft, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Boggart Shenanigans

Pick: Surge of Thoughtweft

Pack 27:

Deeptread Merrow, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of Currents, Kithkin Harbinger

Pick: Judge of Currents

Pack 28:

Broken Ambitions, Boggart Forager, Burrenton Forge-Tender

Pick: Broken Ambitions

Pack 29:

Kithkin Healer, Protective Bubble

Pick: Kithkin Healer

Pack 30:

Lairwatch Giant

Pick: Lairwatch Giant

Pack 31:

Moonglove Extract, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Smokebraider, Stonybrook Angler, Nameless Inversion, Fertile Ground, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Marsh Flitter, Jagged-Scar Archers, Familiar's Ruse, Wanderwine Hub

Pick: Stonybrook Angler

Pack 32:

Kithkin Healer, Footbottom Feast, Axegrinder Giant, Lignify, Silvergill Douser, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of Currents, Flamekin Bladewhirl, Merrow Harbinger, Ghostly Changeling, Oona's Prowler

Pick: Silvergill Douser

Pack 33:

Axegrinder Giant, Lignify, Silvergill Douser, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Bog-Strider Ash, Aethersnipe, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Mournwhelk, Entangling Trap, Turtleshell Changeling, Windbrisk Heights

Pick: Silvergill Douser

Pack 34:

Wanderer's Twig, Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Lace with Moonglove, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Prowess of the Fair, Marsh Flitter, Hostility, Aquitect's Will

Pick: Aquitect's Will

Pack 35:

Bog-Strider Ash, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Judge of Currents, Inkfathom Divers, Needle Drop, Soaring Hope, Elvish Branchbender, Scattering Stroke, Boggart Harbinger

Pick: Judge of Currents

Pack 36:

Adder-Staff Boggart, Moonglove Extract, Hillcomber Giant, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Nath's Buffoon, Faultgrinder, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Knight of Meadowgrain

Pick: Moonglove Extract

Pack 37:

Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Thieving Sprite, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Hunt Down, Giant's Ire, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Benthicore

Pick: Spellstutter Sprite

Pack 38:

Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Hurly-Burly, Paperfin Rascal, Elvish Eulogist, Giant's Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Flamekin Spitfire, Turtleshell Changeling

Pick: Turtleshell Changeling

Pack 39:

Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Fertile Ground, Spiderwig Boggart, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Familiar's Ruse

Pick: Familiar's Ruse

Pack 40:

Kithkin Healer, Axegrinder Giant, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope, Flamekin Bladewhirl

Pick: Kithkin Healer

Pack 41:

Quill-Slinger Boggart, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Entangling Trap

Pick: Shields of Velis Vel

Pack 42:

Axegrinder Giant, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Prowess of the Fair

Pick: Axegrinder Giant

Pack 43:

Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Soaring Hope

Pick: Springleaf Drum

Pack 44:

Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger

Pick: Goldmeadow Dodger

Pack 45:

Hunt Down

Pick: Hunt Down

Maindeck: 1 Aquitect's Will [FOIL] 1 Amoeboid Changeling 1 Familiar's Ruse 2 Judge of Currents 3 Silvergill Douser 1 Stonybrook Angler 2 Kithkin Healer 1 Moonglove Extract 1 Paperfin Rascal 2 Streambed Aquitects 1 Cryptic Command 1 Ethereal Whiskergill 1 Sower of Temptation 1 Turtleshell Changeling 2 Mulldrifter 1 Benthicore 1 Broken Ambitions 5 Plains 1 Vivid Meadow 11 Island

Sideboard: 1 Axegrinder Giant 1 Battlewand Oak 1 Blind-Spot Giant 1 Facevaulter 1 Goldmeadow Dodger 1 Hunt Down 1 Lairwatch Giant 1 Lowland Oaf 1 Moonglove Winnower 1 Nath's Buffoon 2 Oakgnarl Warrior 1 Plains 2 Runed Stalactite 1 Shields of Velis Vel 1 Spellstutter Sprite 1 Springleaf Drum 1 Surge of Thoughtweft 1 Tarfire 1 Warren Pilferers 1 Wizened Cenn

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p1: i could force goblins, or just take the splashable card advantage. ca ftw. other than wort and tar pitcher, nothing i'm passing is super strong.
p2: plover knights is awesome, but white isn't so much. staying on color.
p3: i'm not sure if i was actually wrong or not here. tarfire is removal and splashable, but if i want merfolk i should cut with the divers.
p4: pilferers are really nice and splashable. considered the meadow for a second, but no. it's also way too early to take nap and maybe i can get into ub merfolk faeries...
p5: ...however at this point i'm noticing a distinct lack of faeries. i considered the mystic and whelm, and maybe whelm is right, but a 5/5 with friends isn't too shabby.
p6: i considered ponder, but thought it maybe a little to early to take one. definitely a mistake.
p7: so wings, peppersmoke, and oak. oak is a very solid card so i decided to cut it. wings seems correct here.
p8: between marsh and stalacite. maybe marsh would've been better with my pilferers.
p9: i notice that deeptread is gone but oaf tabled. maybe picking up giants here.
p10: i think wispmare, ire, or lairwatch would've been better at this point.
p12: meadow tabled!
p13: i think wispmare is a better pick here.
p16: more ca plz. kthxbai. considered weed strangle, but i think that black is definitely out of the question.
p17: i hate to pass a revels, aquitechts, and angler, but command is powerful and worth something.
p18: douser = good. i considered aethersnipe for a second but decided that ur elementals probably wouldn't pan out.
p19: sower is powerful and worth something. booyah.
p23: shoulda been neck snap. ub wasn't coming and i'm definitely snapping up judges if they come.
p24: i went with whiskergill right away but i should've given divers more thought. i'm happy with my pick though.
p25: wispmare is probably the pick here, but i'd rather not face kithkin with wizened cenn.
p26: wasn't sure my islandwalk would be enough so passed the net.
p27: JUUUUDGE! late harbinger is a little odd (would've liked both merfolk, though).
p31: i really considered hub, inversion, and extract here, but thought my deck needed a tapper more.
p32: i can has three cards from pack? i already had a douser and judge, so i considered the harbinger, but douser is so good.
p33: omg
p34: considered ponder, but i'd rather have will if i got one of my aquitects.
p35: considered divers, but merfolk really need to survive the early game.
p36: really considered sentinels, but extract is correct.

i was very happy with this deck. i was really fortunate to pick up the dousers late. compare this with draft 22.

round 1: played against a bgr deck and took it in two. game one avoided a blowout by commanding after ambush resolved and bounced his battlewand. sowered it when he recast and he untapped and conceeded. game two i got a land light start of two islands but had angler, double douser, and changeling to hold him off. turn 10 judge gained me a ton of life, and it was really academic except for my win condition which appeared in whiskergill and mulldrifter. turn 14 i command to bounce a troublesome scarblade with ruse mana up. counter it and he makes a desperation attack. i double block his huntmaster and negate his fistful with douser. and get the concession with 39 life and 5 cards in hand to his 18 life and 2 cards in hand.

round 2: game 1 i go t2 judge, t3 healer, he inversions healer for whatever reason. t4 rascal winning with extract. lay extract and make a dumb attack of both into his ghostly changeling. he blocks judge, lets damage assign then inversions my rascal. he goes to pump and i extract. i angler after combat. turn 6 mulldrifter. he evokes whelk and i discard two lands. mulldrifter next turn. his turn 7 he casts hostility at 12 life and 2 cards. i'm on 23 life, with a board of angler, two mulldrifters and a hand of will, douser, and plains. draw nothing but plains while he adds caterwauling boggart to the board. have him down to 4 and he fodder launches a drifter creating 5 3/1 elementals. i draw command and sigh in relief. attack him to 2, lay douser, and tap all his creatures before combat. at this point he has 2 cards and can get me if he has a creature and removal. thankfully, i get concession. game two he has a fast start with big adder staff and flamekin spitfire. i get down angler and healer. i do ok and am tapping his hostility with angler until i finally take it with sower. he lays ashling the pilgrim and brings him up two counters. another island and i could've rused it :(. i have no outs and he pops ashling for 5, giving him back the hostility. i get down douser and whiskergill and have him in two (he's at 6), but he spiderwigs hostility to take me to 1. fyi, another island and i could've rused it :frowntown:. he lays a creature so i can't attack. his final card is caterwauling boggart which i can finally ruse! but i wouldn't have enough blockers. the game ends with a whimper. game three i start out ok with an aquitects, healer, rascal, and hold a douser in case of removal, which seemed kinda dumb. i eventually lay it and he tarfires so i pump it with aquitects and prevent with healer. *shrug* his turn 7 he lays caterwauling boggart which makes his entire team of ingot chewer, ghostly changeling, sprite chaser difficult to block. i mulldrifter into command and angler. his turn 8 he casts hostility and holds it back even though i can only douse for -4. i get out double judge and threaten to go insane. he taps out to cast fault grinder and i turn a plains into an island via aquitects and counter and draw with command getting sower. i lay a land and tap out for benthicore; he draws and conceeds.

round3: game one i get no plains while he gets nut draw. i cast extract t3, he casts winnower, and i follow with turtleshell. i go aquitects then he goes loggers. i consider killing loggers, but decide to attack with all. he peppersmokes my turtleshell so i switch it back. i didn't realize him saccing loggers would kill it. he drops another loggers and kills the turtleshell. i sower winnower and he casts dreamspoilers and endings my sower. i ruse to stop his pestermite, but he spellstutters it. my hand is 2 judge and a healers. i'm at 7 life and lose clash on rascal to an o-ring vs my douser. t10 and no plains; time to pack it up. game two i lead off with douser and judge while he can't find an island and is stuck on 1 swamp, 1 plains. i go t4 whiskergill and get an aquitects next turn. he evokes a mulldrifter and i keep working him. he o-rings my whiskergill on turn 6 while on 7 life. and i swing in for 5 while patiently waiting to cast my sower. i think he tells me he'd have had my board cleared during sbing. game three we both mulligan and i keep a hand of island, plains, broken ambitions, douser, mulldrifter, sower. i draw an island for t3 aquitects. i then sower his loggers to keep the beat train rolling. i take out his next loggers by keeping mine via douser. he complains about mana but has been making all his land drops. i drop drifter and he drops divers. he o-rings and i broken ambitions it for the concession. he tells me he has a spellstutter and that 'no counters and again, i had your board cleared'.

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