3.08.2008

Draft 53 - MMM

... or, channelling Jon Finkel...

Draft:

Pack 1:

Weight of Conscience, Fire Juggler, Squeaking Pie Grubfellows, Ambassador Oak, Fencer Clique, Changeling Sentinel, Negate, Bosk Banneret, Prickly Boggart, Stingmoggie, Festercreep, Swell of Courage, Waterspout Weavers, Heritage Druid, Fendeep Summoner

Pick: Swell of Courage

Pack 2:

Distant Melody, Fertilid, Ballyrush Banneret, Brighthearth Banneret, Squeaking Pie Grubfellows, Reins of the Vinesteed, Luminescent Rain, Ink Dissolver, Frogtosser Banneret, Mothdust Changeling, Blightsoil Druid, Nightshade Schemers, Pyroclast Consul, Heritage Druid

Pick: Ballyrush Banneret

Pack 3:

Burrenton Shield-Bearers, Elvish Warrior, Ballyrush Banneret, Fencer Clique, Lunk Errant, Stream of Unconsciousness, Hostile Realm, Everbark Shaman, Pulling Teeth, Floodchaser, Wandering Graybeard, Redeem the Lost, Scarblade Elite

Pick: Redeem the Lost


Pack 4:

Kithkin Zephyrnaut, Weed-Pruner Poplar, War-Spike Changeling, Distant Melody, Bosk Banneret, Stonybrook Schoolmaster, Mothdust Changeling, Pulling Teeth, Roar of the Crowd, Inspired Sprite, Nightshade Schemers, Veteran's Armaments

Pick: Veteran's Armaments

Pack 5:

Order of the Golden Cricket, Sunflare Shaman, Stream of Unconsciousness, Burrenton Shield-Bearers, Bosk Banneret, Stonybrook Schoolmaster, Mothdust Changeling, Pulling Teeth, Spitebellows, Nightshade Schemers, Recross the Paths

Pick: Burrenton Shield-Bearers

Pack 6:

Lunk Errant, Order of the Golden Cricket, Disperse, Luminescent Rain, Ink Dissolver, Frogtosser Banneret, Mothdust Changeling, Cenn's Tactician, Nevermaker, Research the Deep

Pick: Order of the Golden Cricket

Pack 7:


Ambassador Oak, Changeling Sentinel, Negate, Prickly Boggart, Stingmoggie, Festercreep, Nevermaker, Noggin Whack, Offalsnout

Pick: Changeling Sentinel

Pack 8:

Reins of the Vinesteed, Sunflare Shaman, Hostile Realm, Everbark Shaman, Pulling Teeth, Mosquito Guard, Waterspout Weavers, Revive the Fallen

Pick: Reins of the Vinesteed

Pack 9:

Fire Juggler, Squeaking Pie Grubfellows, Changeling Sentinel, Negate, Stingmoggie, Festercreep, Heritage Druid

Pick: Changeling Sentinel

Pack 10:

Fertilid, Reins of the Vinesteed, Luminescent Rain, Ink Dissolver, Blightsoil Druid, Heritage Druid

Pick: Fertilid


Pack 11:

Burrenton Shield-Bearers, Lunk Errant, Stream of Unconsciousness, Hostile Realm, Pulling Teeth

Pick: Burrenton Shield-Bearers

Pack 12:

Stonybrook Schoolmaster, Mothdust Changeling, Pulling Teeth, Nightshade Schemers

Pick: Stonybrook Schoolmaster

Pack 13:

Stream of Unconsciousness, Stonybrook Schoolmaster, Pulling Teeth

Pick: Stonybrook Schoolmaster

Pack 14:


Luminescent Rain, Mothdust Changeling

Pick: Mothdust Changeling

Pack 15:

Festercreep

Pick: Festercreep

Pack 16:

Earthbrawn, Kithkin Zephyrnaut, Fire Juggler, Weed-Pruner Poplar, War-Spike Changeling, Violet Pall, Lys Alana Bowmaster, Frogtosser Banneret, Stonybrook Banneret, Mosquito Guard, Roar of the Crowd, Swell of Courage, Inspired Sprite, Cloak and Dagger, Declaration of Naught

Pick: Swell of Courage

Pack 17:

Final-Sting Faerie, Latchkey Faerie, Lunk Errant, Earthbrawn, Order of the Golden Cricket, Disperse, War-Spike Changeling, Shinewend, Festercreep, Hostile Realm, Coordinated Barrage, Cenn's Tactician, Research the Deep, Greatbow Doyen

Pick: Coordinated Barrage


Pack 18:

Ballyrush Banneret, Fencer Clique, Lunk Errant, Stream of Unconsciousness, Final-Sting Faerie, Game-Trail Changeling, Stonybrook Banneret, Shinewend, Festercreep, Hostile Realm, Coordinated Barrage, Wolf-Skull Shaman, Boldwyr Intimidator

Pick: Ballyrush Banneret

Pack 19:

Distant Melody, Game-Trail Changeling, Order of the Golden Cricket, Weed-Pruner Poplar, Stream of Unconsciousness, Lys Alana Bowmaster, Stonybrook Schoolmaster, Negate, Prickly Boggart, Pyroclast Consul, Heritage Druid, Cream of the Crop

Pick: Cream of the Crop

Pack 20:

Disperse, Brighthearth Banneret, Winnower Patrol, Seething Pathblazer, Final-Sting Faerie, Lys Alana Bowmaster, Frogtosser Banneret, Stonybrook Banneret, Mosquito Guard, Hunting Triad, Release the Ants

Pick: Hunting Triad

Pack 21:


Game-Trail Changeling, Weight of Conscience, Fire Juggler, Squeaking Pie Grubfellows, Ambassador Oak, Stingmoggie, Lys Alana Bowmaster, Stonybrook Schoolmaster, Negate, Wolf-Skull Shaman

Pick: Wolf-Skull Shaman

Pack 22:

Ballyrush Banneret, Brighthearth Banneret, Squeaking Pie Grubfellows, Reins of the Vinesteed, Burrenton Bombardier, Merrow Witsniper, Blightsoil Druid, Kindled Fury, Daily Regimen

Pick: Burrenton Bombardier

Pack 23:

Seething Pathblazer, Burrenton Shield-Bearers, Elvish Warrior, Merrow Witsniper, Blightsoil Druid, Kindled Fury, Swell of Courage, Recross the Paths

Pick: Swell of Courage

Pack 24:

Earthbrawn, Fire Juggler, Frogtosser Banneret, Stonybrook Banneret, Mosquito Guard, Roar of the Crowd, Declaration of Naught

Pick: Earthbrawn


Pack 25:

Final-Sting Faerie, Lunk Errant, Disperse, Shinewend, Hostile Realm, Cenn's Tactician

Pick: Cenn's Tactician

Pack 26:

Lunk Errant, Stream of Unconsciousness, Final-Sting Faerie, Shinewend, Hostile Realm

Pick: Shinewend

Pack 27:

Game-Trail Changeling, Stream of Unconsciousness, Stonybrook Schoolmaster, Heritage Druid

Pick: Game-Trail Changeling

Pack 28:


Final-Sting Faerie, Lys Alana Bowmaster, Mosquito Guard

Pick: Lys Alana Bowmaster

Pack 29:

Stingmoggie, Lys Alana Bowmaster

Pick: Lys Alana Bowmaster

Pack 30:

Daily Regimen

Pick: Daily Regimen

Pack 31:

Fertilid, Ballyrush Banneret, Brighthearth Banneret, Squeaking Pie Grubfellows, Reins of the Vinesteed, Burrenton Bombardier, Everbark Shaman, Shinewend, Merrow Witsniper, Morsel Theft, Stingmoggie, Sage's Dousing, Offalsnout, Stomping Slabs, Preeminent Captain

Pick: Preeminent Captain


Pack 32:

Dewdrop Spy, Reins of the Vinesteed, Pack's Disdain, Sunflare Shaman, Moonglove Changeling, Fertilid, Burrenton Bombardier, Deglamer, Forfend, Floodchaser, Kindled Fury, Pyroclast Consul, Graceful Reprieve, Gilt-Leaf Archdruid

Pick: Burrenton Bombardier

Pack 33:

Elvish Warrior, Ballyrush Banneret, Fencer Clique, Lunk Errant, Stream of Unconsciousness, Final-Sting Faerie, Roar of the Crowd, Shinewend, Merrow Witsniper, Morsel Theft, Nevermaker, Research the Deep, Stomping Slabs

Pick: Ballyrush Banneret

Pack 34:

Seething Pathblazer, Burrenton Shield-Bearers, Shard Volley, Elvish Warrior, Dewdrop Spy, Deglamer, Forfend, Floodchaser, Kindled Fury, Orchard Warden, Boldwyr Intimidator, Auntie's Snitch

Pick: Burrenton Shield-Bearers

Pack 35:


Kithkin Zephyrnaut, Moonglove Changeling, Shard Volley, Changeling Sentinel, Blightsoil Druid, Forfend, Mudbutton Clanger, Deglamer, Ink Dissolver, Noggin Whack, Warren Weirding

Pick: Kithkin Zephyrnaut

Pack 36:

Disperse, Weight of Conscience, Seething Pathblazer, Floodchaser, Morsel Theft, Luminescent Rain, Mudbutton Clanger, Stonybrook Banneret, Daily Regimen, Morsel Theft

Pick: Weight of Conscience

Pack 37:

Distant Melody, Order of the Golden Cricket, Stream of Unconsciousness, Forfend, Mudbutton Clanger, Deglamer, Ink Dissolver, Wandering Graybeard, Graceful Reprieve

Pick: Graceful Reprieve

Pack 38:

Fire Juggler, Distant Melody, Mothdust Changeling, Blightsoil Druid, Forfend, Mudbutton Clanger, Deglamer, Release the Ants

Pick: Forfend


Pack 39:

Ballyrush Banneret, Everbark Shaman, Shinewend, Merrow Witsniper, Stingmoggie, Offalsnout, Stomping Slabs

Pick: Ballyrush Banneret

Pack 40:

Reins of the Vinesteed, Deglamer, Forfend, Floodchaser, Kindled Fury, Graceful Reprieve

Pick: Reins of the Vinesteed

Pack 41:

Lunk Errant, Stream of Unconsciousness, Shinewend, Merrow Witsniper, Morsel Theft

Pick: Shinewend

Pack 42:


Deglamer, Forfend, Floodchaser, Kindled Fury

Pick: Forfend

Pack 43:

Blightsoil Druid, Forfend, Mudbutton Clanger

Pick: Forfend

Pack 44:

Mudbutton Clanger, Stonybrook Banneret

Pick: Stonybrook Banneret

Pack 45:

Stream of Unconsciousness

Pick: Stream of Unconsciousness

Maindeck:

1 Coordinated Barrage
4 Ballyrush Banneret
1 Cream of the Crop
1 Graceful Reprieve
1 Order of the Golden Cricket
1 Redeem the Lost
1 Veteran's Armaments
1 Weight of Conscience
2 Burrenton Bombardier
1 Kithkin Zephyrnaut
1 Preeminent Captain
2 Changeling Sentinel
1 Reins of the Vinesteed
3 Burrenton Shield-Bearers
1 Game-Trail Changeling
2 Swell of Courage
6 Forest
10 Plains
Sideboard:

1 Cenn's Tactician
1 Daily Regimen
1 Earthbrawn
1 Fertilid
1 Festercreep
3 Forfend
1 Hunting Triad
2 Lys Alana Bowmaster
1 Mothdust Changeling
1 Plains
1 Reins of the Vinesteed
2 Shinewend
1 Stonybrook Banneret
2 Stonybrook Schoolmaster
1 Stream of Unconsciousness
1 Swell of Courage
1 Wolf-Skull Shaman

Draft recording done by Blargware's MTGO DraftCap. Support Blargware!

p1: i considered clique and oak, but swell seems so ridiculously good and flexible.
p2: consul seems like he could be a beating, but i decided to run with a kithkin theme.
p3: i was tempted by another clique but thought a decent uncommon trick is probably worth taking before that or another banneret.
p4: i hated to pass the zephyrnauts, but i felt the armaments were worth it. sprite indicates that blue wouldn't have been a bad choice.
p5: i considered the spitebellows, but decided to keep cutting kithkin.
p6: i'm thinking about how i could've gone swell, mothdust, clique, schoolmaster, schoolmaster, mothdust right now. i don't regret going the path i did, though.
p7 and 9: so nice.
p16: knowing how nice the zephyrnaut is, i might have taken him. a second swell is great, though, since i can more reliably draw one with my aggro plan.
p17: i flirted with taking the faerie or earthbrawn, but barrage is perfectly acceptible removal for the type of deck i'm building.
p18: i considered game trail and even wolf skull, but it definitely should've been another barrage.
p19: flirted with game trail or the order, but decided repeated scrys might be nice to dig me into swells.
p20: decided to finally go Wg here and thought triad is better in my deck than patrol that will never hit.
p21: this was a mistake; definitely oak or game trail.
p22: thank god! these guys really make the deck hum. being a threat or permanant pump is amazing.
p23: ok, no more ;).
p24: gift.
p25 and 26: should've hated the giants.
p31: YES.
p32: also yes.
p35: thank jebus.
p38: should've cut ants.
p40: reprieve instead.

i can't remember the rounds very well and replays are off.

round one i think i played against a GRb deck. he had some ok treefolk and stuff, but it seems like flyers are tech against everyone except blue or white decks. i know he had release the ants, which is was real pain, but i still took it in two.

round two i played against a GR deck. he had patrols, war spikes, and game trails. i took the first one pretty easily, but he trounced me on the second after i had sided in to 17 land. i went back to 16 and removed reins for triad and weight for earthbrawn. i ended up getting out an early zephyrnaut and bombardiers and my barrage on a double block just crushed him.

round three i played against a Ub faerie deck. i had out an early zephyrnaut with armaments the first game and there's not much you can do against a t4 5/5 flyer. next game i got out an early zephyrnaut and bombardiers. he flashed in his only creature besides mothdust and tried to pack's distain, but i had swell for a demoralizing save. his hand was lands and melodies.

i only cast captain once and couldn't even attack with him when i did. i imagine he'd be brutal turn 3. the weakest cards were weight, reins, shield bearers (only because of cc), and game trail. the strongest were zephyrnaut, bombardier, and barrage. earthbrawn was nice as well.

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