Event #: 1770830
Time: 11/13/2010 6:17:23 PM
Players:
william291077
Poker Player
--> bat_matt
bfreeman10033
bcampbell
JonLi
mario91234
Xzista2025
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Pack 1 pick 1:
Diabolic Tutor, Azure Drake, Unholy Strength, Cancel, Dragonskull Summit, Swamp, Primal Cocoon, Barony Vampire, Maritime Guard, Blood Tithe, Roc Egg, Sorcerer's Strongbox, Inspired Charge, Yavimaya Wurm, Squadron Hawk
So here's my first problem with this set. I remember reading that they had pushed vampires a little bit but I can't remember if (1) they were successful and vampires were actually good and (2)which vampires I should take and which ones were bad. I took the Azure Drake because it's awesome and I wheeled the Barony vampire so obviously that pick was right.
Pack 1 pick 2:
Mountain, Runeclaw Bear, Black Knight, Bloodthrone Vampire, Harbor Serpent, Mana Leak, Earth Servant, Primal Cocoon, Bloodcrazed Goblin, Time Reversal, Autumn's Veil, Diminish, Vulshok Berserker, Terramorphic Expanse
Obviously this gets sided out vs aggro but I don't get to play with Wheel of Fortune very often.
Pack 1 pick 3:
Ice Cage, Act of Treason, Mountain, Jace's Erasure, Goblin Tunneler, Bloodthrone Vampire, Nether Horror, Cultivate, Water Servant, Tireless Missionaries, Plummet, Reassembling Skeleton, Pyroclasm
I'd really kind of like that Water Servant but the Fireball rule also applies to mass removal.
Pack 1 pick 4:
Palace Guard, Glacial Fortress, Mountain, Armored Ascension, Spined Wurm, Preordain, Incite, Inspired Charge, Dryad's Favor, Shiv's Embrace, Goblin Balloon Brigade, Flashfreeze
I was so far from a monowhite deck at this point that i was glad to let it go (and I saw it on the other side of the table and just fireballed the pants wearer round 2). Embrace won me both games round 3.
Pack 1 pick 5:
Unholy Strength, Lightning Bolt, Forest, Ornithopter, Mass Polymorph, Nether Horror, Primal Cocoon, Brindle Boar, Call to Mind, Mighty Leap, Naturalize (FOIL)
There were seriously 4 better cards in this pack? You people realize they were afraid to print this card for a decade, right?
Pack 1 pick 6:
Diabolic Tutor, Unsummon, Island, Wall of Vines, Ajani's Mantra, Rotting Legion, Stabbing Pain, Pyretic Ritual, Augury Owl, War Priest of Thune
Look at this pack. Now look at me. Look at this pack, now back to me. Yep, still a sixth pick Unsummon. I suppose I could have taken the Island.
Pack 1 pick 7:
Safe Passage, Swamp, White Knight, Siege Mastodon, Combust, Greater Basilisk, Leyline of Punishment, Volcanic Strength, Llanowar Elves
Ok, what's going on? Had somebody taken a Fireball over the Bolt? I started to lose faith here for a minute.
Pack 1 pick 8:
Celestial Purge, Duress, Jace's Erasure, Arc Runner, Tireless Missionaries, Manic Vandal, Demon's Horn, Goblin Balloon Brigade
Is Icy in this set? Because if so, that's why I took this. If not...uh...
Pack 1 pick 9:
Diabolic Tutor, Swamp, Primal Cocoon, Barony Vampire, Blood Tithe, Sorcerer's Strongbox, Inspired Charge
no comment
Pack 1 pick 10:
Runeclaw Bear, Earth Servant, Primal Cocoon, Bloodcrazed Goblin, Autumn's Veil,Terramorphic Expanse.
This is when I started to feel okay about the draft again. 10th pick colorless mana fixing. Things that got taken over this Expanse include Black Knight, Bloodthrone Vampire, Harbor Serpent, Mana Leak, Diminish and Vulshok Berserker. Wait, that's only 6. Oh, right. Mountain. No, nobody got disconnected this draft. Maybe he really had to pee.
Last picks:
Plummet
Goblin Balloon Brigade
Ornithopter
Pyretic Ritual
Volcanic Strength
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Pack 2 pick 1:
Gravedigger, Wild Griffin, Plains, Bog Raiders, Negate, Corrupt, Excommunicate, Fiery Hellhound, Merfolk Spy, Destructive Force, Garruk's Packleader, Yavimaya Wurm, Relentless Rats, Assassinate, Terramorphic Expanse
I desperately wanted to draft the Destructive Force because it's essentially Jokulhaups and you know how I love Jokulhaups. Still. The Corrupt calls out to me but I'm skeptical of B/R and that's what I'd have to do to support it. I take the splashable Assasinate.
Pack 2 pick 2:
Giant Growth, Foresee, Canyon Minotaur, Ice Cage, Doom Blade, Island, Siege Mastodon, Spined Wurm, Greater Basilisk, Liliana's Caress, Crystal Ball, Chandra's Outrage, Nightwing Shade, Fireball
For all of you who are still drafting M11 online. Stop passing Fireball. Just...stop.
Pack 2 pick 3:
Azure Drake, Sylvan Ranger, Rise from the Grave, Act of Treason, Swamp, Thunder Strike, Inspired Charge, Yavimaya Wurm, Necrotic Plague, Volcanic Strength, Angel's Feather, Relentless Rats, Child of Night
Finally, another blue flier. I was frankly a little worried that U/R wasn't going to come together at this point, as blue hadn't been flowing like I wanted it to, and I wasn't picking up the midrange red dorks that get you to the win cards.
Pack 2 pick 4:
Goblin Chieftain, Swamp, Jace's Erasure, Arc Runner, Tireless Missionaries, Jace's Ingenuity, Blood Tithe, Naturalize, Wurm's Tooth, Llanowar Elves, Goblin Balloon Brigade, Assassinate
Eh, why not? I already had the one Expanse. I guess I could have taken the Arc Runner but that seems terrible.
Pack 2 pick 5:
Tome Scour, Holy Strength, Forest, Mind Rot, Safe Passage,Goblin Tunneler, AEther Adept, Steel Overseer, Brindle Boar, Rotting Legion, Juggernaut
For all of you who are still drafting M11 online. Stop passing Juggernaut. Just...stop.
Pack 2 pick 6:
Canyon Minotaur, Demolish, Forest, Ajani's Mantra, Merfolk Spy, Hornet Sting, Ember Hauler, Angel's Feather, Assassinate, Child of Night
Ok, I should have taken the third Assassinate here, if no other reason than I didn't want anyone else to have it. Still, Canyon Minotaur is fine and...yeah. I should have taken the third Assassinate.
Pack 2 pick 7:
Fog, Elite Vanguard, Bog Raiders, Excommunicate, Plains, Wall of Vines, Earth Servant, Merfolk Spy, Terramorphic Expanse
Ugh, really? I mean, I can't take that Excommunicate but there's going to be a nutty White Skies deck at this table.
Pack 2 pick 8:
Nature's Spiral, Berserkers of Blood Ridge, Duress, Swamp, Greater Basilisk, Incite, Dryad's Favor, Squadron Hawk
There we go. This is perfect for my deck and naturally nobody else wants a 4/4 for 5 with an irrelevant downside.
Pack 2 pick 9:
Plains, Bog Raiders, Fiery Hellhound, Merfolk Spy, Destructive Force, Yavimaya Wurm, Relentless Rats
Maybe I should have taken the Destructive Force here but I only had 6 on color creatures and pack 2 was almost over. Board control only goes so far.
Pack 2 pick 10:
Canyon Minotaur, Island, Siege Mastodon, Greater Basilisk, Liliana's Caress, Chandra's Outrage
So, there's nothing quite like wheeling instant speed removal plus direct damage. That is all.
Last picks
Relentless Rats
Goblin Balloon Brigade
Rotting Legion
Demolish
Plains
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Pack 3 pick 1:
Pacifism, Wild Griffin, Goblin Piker, Corrupt, Runeclaw Bear, Sign in Blood, Fiery Hellhound, Island, Conundrum Sphinx, Liliana's Specter, Quag Sickness, Diminish, Mighty Leap, Kraken's Eye, Condemn
An amazing White Skies deck.
Pack 3 pick 2:
Giant Growth, Duress, Jace's Erasure, Goblin Tunneler, Forest, Water Servant, Tireless Missionaries, Plummet, Chandra's Outrage, Augury Owl, War Priest of Thune, Squadron Hawk, Mighty Leap, Dragon's Claw
Operation:Focus on Dudes is working so far.
Pack 3 pick 3:
Forest, Awakener Druid, Forest (FOIL), Solemn Offering, Deathmark, Siege Mastodon, Bloodthrone Vampire, Bloodcrazed Goblin, Garruk's Companion, Quag Sickness, Maritime Guard, Dryad's Favor, Diminish
Should have been Maritime Guard.
Pack 3 pick 4:
Tome Scour, Island, Mind Rot, Prized Unicorn, Stormfront Pegasus, Ornithopter, Bloodthrone Vampire, Thunder Strike, Arc Runner, Phantom Beast, Naturalize, Llanowar Elves
I love Phantom Beast. Immune to Threaten!
Pack 3 pick 5:
Goldenglow Moth, Unsummon, Stormfront Pegasus, Disentomb, Forest, Demolish, Barony Vampire, Sacred Wolf, Temple Bell, Manic Vandal, Call to Mind
Plenty of solid targets for this. Not to mention a round 2 opponent who will completely forget I Called to Mind my Fireball and rawdogged a Vengeful Archon late game. Awk.
Pack 3 pick 6:
Tome Scour, Holy Strength, Goblin Piker, Mind Rot, Plains, Goblin Tunneler, Harbor Serpent, Primal Cocoon, Autumn's Veil, Mighty Leap
I'm not going to lie and pretend I was happy to see this, but dudes are dudes at this point.
Pack 3 pick 7:
Silvercoat Lion, Unholy Strength, Goblin Piker, Celestial Purge, Act of Treason, Mountain, Solemn Offering, Hunters' Feast, Goblin Balloon Brigade
Threaten sucks but I need dudes. Your dudes are fine. Also, round 2, my opponent let me steal his Brindle Boar and hit him with it...yep, that's a ten point life swing.
Pack 3 pick 8:
Silvercoat Lion, Mountain, Runeclaw Bear, Act of Treason, Ajani's Pridemate, Cloud Crusader, Vulshok Berserker, Demon's Horn
It would have been the Berserker but I was SO heavy at 4 already. Maybe I should have just hated the Crusader.
Pack 3 pick 9:
Runeclaw Bear, Fiery Hellhound, Island, Liliana's Specter, Diminish, Mighty Leap, Kraken's Eye
I felt like one Hellhound was enough but maybe I should have taken the second one here, since it's at 3.
Last Picks:
Tireless Missionaries
Bloodthrone Vampire
Arc Runner
Sacred Wolf
Primal Cocoon
Hunters' Feast
The list I played
| Main Deck | Sideboard |
| 1 Berserkers of Blood Ridge 2 Terramorphic Expanse 2 Azure Drake 1 Phantom Beast 1 Time Reversal 1 Manic Vandal 1 Conundrum Sphinx 2 Swamp 1 Shiv's Embrace 7 Mountain 7 Island 1 Fireball 1 Juggernaut 1 Harbor Serpent 1 Pyroclasm 1 Water Servant 2 Assassinate 1 Lightning Bolt 1 Chandra's Outrage 1 Canyon Minotaur 1 Act of Treason 1 Unsummon 1 Fiery Hellhound 1 Call to Mind | 1 Plummet 1 Arc Runner 1 Ornithopter 2 Goblin Balloon Brigade 1 Sacred Wolf 1 Relentless Rats 1 Volcanic Strength 1 Tireless Missionaries 1 Plains 1 Combust 1 Hunters' Feast 1 Bloodthrone Vampire 1 Goblin Tunneler 1 Barony Vampire 2 Diminish 1 Act of Treason 1 Pyretic Ritual 1 Demolish 1 Primal Cocoon |
Lost a tight match 1 where I misplayed a lethal Fireball into a Mana Leak in the R/U mirror match. My Assassinates should have given me the edge, but it was not to be. Won match 2 versus White Skies with Green (hence the Brindle Boar misplay). The only thing I remember about match 3 is playing the Juggernaut turn 4 each game, followed by a Shiv pants, followed by a concession. Stop passing Juggernaut.
3 comments:
I have an issue with Pick 2 of the draft. There is clearly a Mana Leak in that pack, and you started out blue, yet you chose to take a subpar Mythic over it. Time reversal will table 80% of the time, and doesn't do anything besides Time Warp your opponent more than half the time in addition to giving them +3-4 cards.
Your goal about halfway through the draft was a U/R control deck, then you pass Destructive Force. now even if you don't know much about the format, I know you know that board sweepers are good...It was definitely unforgivable to take it when it tabled.
Regarding the Fireball you were passed, I don't know if you know this, but there are these things called Titans. Fireball is not the nut high in this set like years passed. It is good, but it is not the absolute first pick. I would definitely pick Baneslayer, a Titan, or Planeswalker over it. That is 11 of the 15 mythics in the set.
Assassinate is not as good in this set as it was in sets previous, if you were going to splash black from that pack (instead of taking D. Force) I would have rather had the Gravedigger). At the beginning f Pack 2 there is a strong argument you could have gone B/R, in which case picking Juggernaut would have been correct, however since you were in blue you should have taken AEther Adept (Man-o-war) over the Juggernaut. Also Manic Vandal's effect is a must.
Regarding the Minotaur vs. Assassinate pick. Please read Ember Hauler, then read it again.
If you had taken the D. Force, the Earth Servant is quite good
General notes:
Unsummon is actually pretty weak in this format, only good against green (the cost on creatures is actually pretty low)
Serpent is much better than you think since Blue is a good color to draft and it also counts any islands you opponent might have, It is also a huge wall.
Vandal is good against Juggernaut and Crystal Ball
Totally agree on Pick 2, which I think I said in the main body of the article. I am patently taking it because I like the effect and never get to play with it, not because I think it's the best pick.
Regarding D Force. I had 6 creatures. 6. 23 picks into the draft.
I know the Fireball was 2nd pick, not 5th like last time I drafted this set. Actually, I take back what I said. Please continue to pass me Fireball.
The Gravedigger was likely to be poopy, as I had no creatures worth returning at that point.
Regarding Ember Hauler. yeah that was clearly wrong. Maybe I was scared of the RR? I don't know.
Regarding Earth Servant and D force. uh, I guess so. I didn't think of that. Pretty narrow though.
Did you see the rest of that Unsummon pack? I indicated how unhappy I was to be drafting it. I probably should have taken the Island. Plus, Unsummon is good vs auras as well, which seem to get played, at least in the Swiss.
Serpent is fine. I just needed 2s and 3s at that point, not 6s.
Also, what did we say about tone? My rear end is sore and bleeding now. Thanks for the advice though.
Sorry if my tone came off as hostile, but at least you will remember the teachings like a new puppy having his face rubbed in its own urine. Too much?
Maybe this will make you feel better:
http://www.illegal-art.net/allday/
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