Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Cube Draft List 5.3

WHITE (106)
Abolish
Academy Rector
Ajani Goldmane
Akroma, Angel of Wrath
Angelic Destiny
Archon of Justice
Armageddon
Austere Command
Aven Mindcensor
Aven Riftwatcher
Balance
Baneslayer Angel
Blade of the Sixth Pride
Blade Splicer
Blinding Souleater
Calciderm
Captain of the Watch
Cloudchaser Kestrel
Dawnglare Invoker
Day of Judgment
Disenchant
Elite Vanguard
Elspeth, Knight-Errant
Elspeth Tirel
Emeria Angel
Eternal Dragon
Exalted Angel
Faith's Fetters
Felidar Sovereign
Flickerwisp
Galepowder Mage
Ghostly Prison
Gideon Jura
Glimmerpoint Stag
Goldmeadow Harrier
Grand Abolisher
Guardian Seraph

Hallowed Burial
Hand of Honor
Harm's Way
Hero of Bladehold
Honor of the Pure
Inquisitor Exarch
Isamaru, Hound of Konda
Journey to Nowhere
Knight of Meadowgrain
Knight of the White Orchid
Kor Aeronaut
Kor Hookmaster
Kor Skyfisher
Land Tax
Leonin Skyhunter
Longbow Archer
Marshal's Anthem
Martial Coup
Master Splicer
Mirran Crusader
Mirror Entity
Mother of Runes
Oblivion Ring
Oust
Pacifism
Paladin en-Vec
Parallax Wave
Path to Exile
Porcelain Legionnaire
Prison Term
Ranger of Eos
Return to Dust
Reveillark
Rout
Safe Passage
Samurai of the Pale Curtain
Savannah Lions
Serra Avenger
Shelter
Soltari Champion
Soltari Crusader
Soltari Monk
Soltari Priest
Spectral Procession
Stonecloaker
Stoneforge Mystic
Stonehewer Giant
Student of Warfare
Sun Titan
Sunblast Angel
Suture Priest
Swords to Plowshares
Temporal Isolation
Timely Reinforcements
Transcendent Master
True Conviction
Wall of Omens
Wall of Reverence
White Knight
White Shield Crusader

White Sun's Zenith
Wrath of God
Yosei, the Morning Star

BLUE (106)
Æther Adept
Æther Tradewinds
Aeon Chronicler
Ancestral Vision
Azure Mage
Body Double
Brainstorm
Calcite Snapper
Capsize
Clone
Compulsive Research
Confiscate
Consecrated Sphinx
Control Magic
Conundrum Sphinx
Coralhelm Commander
Counterspell
Cryptic Command
Crystal Shard
Deep Analysis
Dismiss
Djinn of Wishes
Draining Whelk
Enclave Cryptologist
Exclude
Fact or Fiction
Force of Will
Frantic Search
Frost Breath
Frost Titan
Future Sight
Gifts Ungiven
Glen Elendra Archmage
Hinder
Horizon Drake
Impulse
Inkwell Leviathan
Into the Roil
Jace Beleren
Jace, Memory Adept
Jace, the Mind Sculptor
Jace's Ingenuity
Keiga, the Tide Star
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
Looter il-Kor
Magus of the Future
Mana Drain
Mana Leak
Man-o'-War
Master Transmuter
Meloku the Clouded Mirror
Merfolk Looter
Mindculling
Mulldrifter
Mystical Tutor
Ninja of the Deep Hours
Opposition
Pestermite
Phantasmal Image
Phyrexian Ingester
Phyrexian Metamorph
Ponder
Preordain
Quicksilver Geyser
Ray of Command
Remand
Repeal
Repulse
Riftwing Cloudskate
Rite of Replication
Rushing River
Sea Gate Oracle
Serendib Efreet
Skywinder Drake
Sower of Temptation
Spellskite
Sphinx of Jwar Isle
Sphinx of Lost Truths
Sphinx of Uthuun
Stroke of Genius
Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
Tezzeret the Seeker
Tezzeret's Gambit
Thada Adel, Acquisitor
Thirst for Knowledge
Tidings
Time Walk
Time Warp
Tinker
Tradewind Rider
Treachery
Treasure Mage
Trinket Mage
Vedalken Anatomist
Vendilion Clique
Venser, Shaper Savant
Vesuvan Shapeshifter
Vexing Sphinx
Voidmage Prodigy
Wake Thrasher
Waterfront Bouncer
Willbender
Wing Splicer

BLACK (106)
Abyssal Persecutor
Animate Dead
Anowon, the Ruin Sage
Ashling, the Extinguisher
Bane of the Living
Beacon of Unrest
Bitterblossom
Black Sun's Zenith
Bloodghast
Bloodhusk Ritualist
Bloodlord of Vaasgoth
Bone Shredder
Braids, Cabal Minion
Carnifex Demon
Cemetery Reaper
Chainer's Edict
Child of Night
Consuming Vapors
Damnation
Dark Ritual
Dauthi Slayer
Decree of Pain
Demonic Tutor
Diabolic Edict
Diabolic Servitude
Dismember
Doom Blade
Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief
Dusk Urchins
Enslave
Entomb
Executioner's Capsule
Eyeblight's Ending
Geth, Lord of the Vault
Go for the Throat
Grasp of Darkness
Grave Titan
Graveborn Muse
Guul Draz Assassin
Hand of Cruelty
Hymn to Tourach
Hypnotic Specter
Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
Kokusho, the Evening Star
Lashwrithe
Liliana Vess
Liliana's Specter
Living Death
Makeshift Mannequin
Malakir Bloodwitch
Massacre Wurm
Mirri the Cursed
Morbid Plunder
Nameless Inversion
Nantuko Husk
Nantuko Shade
Necrogen Scudder
Necromancy
Nezumi Graverobber
Night’s Whisper
Nirkana Revenant
Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
Okiba-Gang Shinobi
Oona's Prowler
Phyrexian Arena
Phyrexian Crusader
Phyrexian Scuta
Pith Driller
Profane Command
Reanimate
Reckless Spite
Rend Flesh
Rune-Scarred Demon
Sangromancer
Sarcomancy
Sheoldred, Whispering One
Shriekmaw
Slaughter
Slaughter Pact
Stromgald Crusader
Sudden Death
Tainted Pact
Tendrils of Corruption
Thoughtseize
Thrashing Wumpus
Tombstalker
Twisted Abomination
Undead Gladiator
Visara the Dreadful
Viscera Dragger
Withered Wretch
Yawgmoth's Will

RED (106)
Act of Aggression
Aftershock
Akroma, Angel of Fury
Anger
Arc Lightning
Arc Trail
Avalanche Riders
Blistering Firecat
Blisterstick Shaman
Blood Knight
Bogardan Hellkite
Burst Lightning
Caldera Hellion
Chandra Ablaze
Chandra Nalaar
Chandra, the Firebrand
Chandra's Outrage
Chandra's Phoenix
Chaos Warp
Char
Comet Storm
Countryside Crusher
Crimson Mage
Dead // Gone
Earthquake
Ember Hauler
Fiery Temper
Flame Slash
Flameblast Dragon
Flames of the Blood Hand
Flametongue Kavu
Forked Bolt
Gathan Raiders
Goblin Chieftain
Godo, Bandit Warlord
Grab the Reins
Greater Gargadon
Grim Lavamancer
Hearth Kami
Hell's Thunder
Hellspark Elemental
Hero of Oxid Ridge
Hissing Iguanar
Immolating Souleater
Incinerate
Inferno Titan
Jackal Pup
Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
Kargan Dragonlord
Keldon Champion
Keldon Marauders
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
Kird Ape
Knollspine Invocation
Koth of the Hammer
Kumano, Master Yamabushi
Lash Out
Lava Hounds
Lightning Bolt
Lord of Shatterskull Pass
Magma Jet
Magus of the Scroll
Mogg Fanatic
Plated Geopede
Puncture Blast
Pyroclasm
Reckless Charge
Red Sun's Zenith
Rolling Thunder
Siege-Gang Commander
Shower of Coals
Slagstorm
Slith Firewalker
Squee, Goblin Nabob
Spikeshot Elder
Stigma Lasher
Stormblood Berserker
Tahngarth, Talruum Hero
Tarfire
Taurean Mauler
Urabrask the Hidden
Urza's Rage
Viashino Heretic
Volt Charge
Vulshok Replica
Wheel of Fortune
Word of Seizing
Zo-Zu the Punisher

GREEN (106)
All Suns' Dawn
Ant Queen
Arachnus Spinner
Arachnus Web
Avenger of Zendikar
Beast Within
Bellowing Tanglewurm
Birds of Paradise
Blastoderm
Borderland Ranger
Briarhorn
Brutalizer Exarch
Call of the Herd
Carven Caryatid
Chameleon Colossus
Chord of Calling
Civic Wayfinder
Cloudthresher
Cudgel Troll
Cultivate
Deranged Hermit
Devoted Druid
Dungrove Elder
Eternal Witness
Fertile Ground
Fyndhorn Elves
Garruk Wildspeaker
Garruk, Primal Hunter
Garruk's Packleader
Genesis
Genesis Wave
Great Sable Stag
Green Sun's Zenith
Harmonize
Harrow
Hunter's Insight
Hystrodon
Indrik Stomphowler
Kodama of the North Tree
Kodama's Reach
Krosan Grip
Llanowar Elves
Lotus Cobra
Master of the Wild Hunt
Mire Boa
Mitotic Slime
Noble Hierarch
Obstinate Baloth
Overrun
Overwhelming Stampede
Pelakka Wurm
Phantom Centaur
Plow Under
Primal Command
Primeval Titan
Primordial Hydra
Protean Hulk
Rampaging Baloths
Rancor
River Boa
Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
Sakura-Tribe Elder
Scavenging Ooze
Seedborn Muse
Spectral Force
Stingerfling Spider
Stonewood Invocation
Survival of the Fittest
Tarmogoyf
Terastodon
Thelonite Hermit
Tooth and Nail
Tower Above
Troll Ascetic
Uktabi Orangutan
Vines of Vastwood
Viridian Emissary
Viridian Shaman
Wall of Blossoms
Wall of Roots
Werebear
Wickerbough Elder
Wild Mongrel
Wolfbriar Elemental
Wood Elves
Yavimaya Elder

MULTICOLORED (70)

W/U
Azorius Guildmage
Court Hussar
Mirrorweave
Momentary Blink
Plumeveil
Venser, the Sojourner

U/B
Mystical Teachings
Oona, Queen of the Fae
Psychatog
Shadowmage Infiltrator
Sphinx Summoner
Wrexial, the Risen Deep

B/R
Ashenmoor Liege
Bituminous Blast
Blightning
Murderous Redcap
Sarkhan the Mad
Terminate
Torrent of Souls

R/G
Bloodbraid Elf
Boartusk Liege
Boggart Ram-Gang
Burning-Tree Shaman
Sarkhan Vol
Tin Street Hooligan

G/W
Enlisted Wurm
Kitchen Finks
Loxodon Hierarch
Mystic Enforcer
Qasali Pridemage
Wilt-Leaf Liege

W/B
Angel of Despair
Debtors' Knell
Mortify
Necromancer's Covenant
Stillmoon Cavalier
Vindicate

B/G
Cankerous Thirst
Creakwood Liege
Glissa, the Traitor
Maelstrom Pulse
Pernicious Deed
Putrefy
Spiritmonger

G/U
Edric, Spymaster of Trest
Mystic Snake
Simic Sky Swallower
Snakeform
Spitting Image
Trygon Predator
Voidslime

U/R
Electrolyze
Fire//Ice
Izzet Chronarch
Nin, the Pain Artist
Prophetic Bolt
Steamcore Weird
Suffocating Blast

R/W
Ajani Vengeant
Balefire Liege
Brion Stoutarm
Figure of Destiny
Lightning Helix
Orim's Thunder


ARTIFACTS/COLORLESS (70)
Adaptive Automaton
Basilisk Collar
Batterskull
Bonehoard
Bonesplitter
Bottle Gnomes
Brittle Effigy
Chimeric Mass
Chrome Mox
Coalition Relic
Contagion Engine
Crystal Ball
Cursed Scroll
Duplicant
Eldrazi Monument
Erratic Portal
Gilded Lotus
Grafted Wargear
Grim Poppet
Juggernaut
Karn Liberated
Lightning Greaves
Loxodon Warhammer
Masticore
Memory Jar
Mimic Vat
Molten-Tail Masticore
Mortarpod
Mox Diamond
Mox Emerald
Mox Jet
Mox Pearl
Mox Ruby
Mox Sapphire
Myr Battlesphere
Nevinyrral's Disk
Nim Deathmantle
Peace Strider
Pierce Strider
Phyrexian Furnace
Platinum Angel
Precursor Golem
Ratchet Bomb
Razormane Masticore
Sensei's Divining Top
Shrine of Burning Rage
Shrine of Loyal Legions
Signal Pest
Skullclamp
Smokestack
Solemn Simulacrum
Su-Chi
Sundering Titan
Swiftfoot Boots
Sword of Body and Mind
Sword of Feast and Famine
Sword of Fire and Ice
Sword of Light and Shadow
Sword of War and Peace
Tangle Wire
Thopter Assembly
Triskelion
Umezawa's Jitte
Viridian Claw
Wurmcoil Engine

LANDS (50)
Academy Ruins
Arid Mesa
Badlands
Bayou
Blood Crypt
Bloodstained Mire
Breeding Pool
Celestial Colonnade
City of Brass
Creeping Tar Pit
Flooded Strand
Gargoyle Castle
Godless Shrine
Hallowed Fountain
Homeward Path
Inkmoth Nexus
Library of Alexandria
Marsh Flats
Maze of Ith
Misty Rainforest
Murmuring Bosk
Mutavault
Overgrown Tomb
Plateau
Raging Ravine
Riptide Laboratory
Sacred Foundry
Savannah
Scalding Tarn
Scrubland
Steam Vents
Stirring Wildwood
Stomping Ground
Strip Mine
Taiga
Temple Garden
Thawing Glaciers
Tropical Island
Tundra
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
Volrath's Stronghold
Watery Grave
Windswept Heath

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Besieged Scars Scars Draft

This was a BSS draft in the 8-4 queue that I thought featured some interesting choices.
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Seems fine.



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Vivisection or Raker would be fine, but I figured I can splash either the Marauder or Offering.



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I want to be Black and I like Ghoul better than Plunder, plus we may see another Plunder at common.



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I don't know about this one, but I think the idea was I'd be able to splash something, instead of going Black White.



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So Blue is open, not that I can do much about it now.



Pack 1 pick 7:




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I probably should have bit the bullet and taken Oculus.



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FINE. I'll grab some Blue.



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Seems late for a Vivisection. I probably won't play 2, but what else would I play here?



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Pack 2 pick 1:




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Uh huh.



Pack 2 pick 2:




My Pick:


We're playing Black again.



Pack 2 pick 3:




My Pick:



Disappointing. But a splash for Marauder is fine. Molder Beast may table.



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There's some amount of synergy with Wurmcoil or Skinrender under here, plus Black Sun's Zenith is easier to cast if you know you'll get some bomb from underneath the Clone Shell.



Pack 2 pick 6:




My Pick:



We want to be Black.



Pack 2 pick 7:




My Pick:



An argument could be made for Drake here. I think the reasoning was the easier casting cost on the artifact, and the fact that it would help me get to the late game just a little better, which was looking pretty decent.



Pack 2 pick 8:




My Pick:



Maybe Rebuttal is better than an off color Myr. I figure casting my big guys will be better overall.



Pack 2 pick 9:




My Pick:



??? I guess Invisomancer isn't great in my controlling deck? But making your 5/5s and 6/6s unblockable seem good.I don't know...



Pack 2 pick 10:




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Pack 2 pick 11:




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There's our Molder Beast!



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Pack 3 pick 1:




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Sure. Skinrender, Clone Shell, Neurok Replica, Wurmcoil, even Bleakcoven seems fine with this.



Pack 3 pick 2:




My Pick:



Better than Riddlesmith.



Pack 3 pick 3:




My Pick:



I don't know about this. Prototype Portal seems to invite blowouts, especially exiling a bomb like Wurmcoil. We already have a Mimic Vat, and Night's Whispering every turn isn't bad anyway.



Pack 3 pick 4:




My Pick:



Should I have taken the Drake? Myrsmith seems like one of the few ways we lose.



Pack 3 pick 5:




My Pick:



Sending fatties to the air beats out having a counterspell. Also it cantrips us faster to our bombs.



Pack 3 pick 6:




My Pick:



So now we have 2 mana myr. I think a case could be made for the Perilous myr, but again, casting bombs faster is good.



Pack 3 pick 7:




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Don't want to run my guys into that.



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We will play this.



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So this was the deck I ended up with

Qty,Card Name,
1,Black Sun's Zenith
1,Bleak Coven Vampires
1,Clone Shell
1,Copper Myr
1,Disperse
1,Fangren Marauder
1,Flight Spellbomb
5,Forest
2,Gust-Skimmer
1,Hexplate Golem
1,Iron Myr
2,Island
1,Mimic Vat
1,Molder Beast
1,Moriok Replica
1,Necrogen Scudder
1,Nested Ghoul
1,Neurok Replica
1,Nihil Spellbomb
1,Silver Myr
1,Skinrender
1,Snapsail Glider
10,Swamp
1,Viridian Emissary
1,Wurmcoil Engine

Sorry for the terrible formatting I am lazy. I played against a controlling infect deck round 1, where I eventually timed out in 3 matches. As I'm sure you guessed, I made multiple misplays, the biggest of which was during game one, F6ing (because I'm a slow player!) through an opponent's turn after I tapped out, but when I had Nihil Spellbomb up. After he passed through combat he realized I had F6ed and Morbid Plundered back two infect guys. I lost that game, and would have gotten game three if I had two more turns, of swinging unopposed, but alas, I am SO SLOW at Magic. The deck, I think turned out fairly well. Thoughts?