ala ala ala draft no9.

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1672

Another 4-3-2-2 i notch up another win on my belt though its not much to brag about with the competition in this draft i was only person above 1700, 4 1500, 1 1400 hey how can i be complaining i won for once.

Event #: 100725
Time: 11/7/2008 11:51:14 PM
Players:
tonkatsu
djstark
NyteSpyder
--> ElementalMox
Nixed
NorthbyNorthwesternPaladin
xxkrisxx
verucasalt

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

Pack 1 pick 1:
Bloodthorn Taunter
Swamp
Angelsong
Akrasan Squire
Naya Charm
Exuberant Firestoker
Ridge Rannet
Courier's Capsule
Blister Beetle
Rakeclaw Gargantuan
--> Broodmate Dragon
Obelisk of Jund
Naya Battlemage
Savage Hunger
Naturalize

Im getting good at opening bombs

Pack 1 pick 2:
Rip-Clan Crasher
Outrider of Jhess
Shadowfeed
Gift of the Gargantuan
Arcane Sanctum
Thunder-Thrash Elder
--> Branching Bolt
Bant Battlemage
Sanctum Gargoyle
Agony Warp (FOIL)
Windwright Mage
Obelisk of Naya
Executioner's Capsule
Plains

I guess you could make a case for the capsule here probably a good case as its single coloured but i felt the blot was better.

Pack 1 pick 3:
Cancel
Coma Veil
Mountain
Bloodthorn Taunter
Waveskimmer Aven
--> Knight of the Skyward Eye
Protomatter Powder
Cavern Thoctar
Obelisk of Jund
Soul's Grace
Resounding Scream
Shore Snapper
Qasali Ambusher

This is the best card and i can always splash for dragon

Pack 1 pick 4:
Bone Splinters
Rip-Clan Crasher
Vectis Silencers
Tortoise Formation
Puppet Conjurer
Dregscape Zombie
Island
Esper Charm
--> Soul's Fire
Ooze Garden
Lush Growth
Sanctum Gargoyle

Better than the crasher

Pack 1 pick 5:
Cathartic Adept
Godtoucher
Forest
Undead Leotau
Agony Warp
Lightning Talons
--> Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Demon's Herald
Tower Gargoyle
Angelsong
Shore Snapper

Strong esper weak otherwise.

Pack 1 pick 6:
Protomatter Powder
Steelclad Serpent
Mountain
Marble Chalice
Esper Charm
Gift of the Gargantuan
Savage Hunger
Outrider of Jhess
--> Viscera Dragger
Obelisk of Naya

Obvious pick

Pack 1 pick 7:
Steelclad Serpent
Ridge Rannet
Goblin Mountaineer
Island
Excommunicate
Minion Reflector
--> Elvish Visionary
Swerve
Banewasp Affliction

Best on colour option

Pack 1 pick 8:
Jhessian Lookout
Forest
Kiss of the Amesha
Outrider of Jhess
Dreg Reaver
--> Corpse Connoisseur
Jund Panorama
Carrion Thrash

Looks like a sign to go unearth again

Pack 1 pick 9:
Bloodthorn Taunter
Swamp
Angelsong
Exuberant Firestoker
Rakeclaw Gargantuan
--> Obelisk of Jund
Savage Hunger

Pack 1 pick 10:
Outrider of Jhess
Shadowfeed
Gift of the Gargantuan
--> Arcane Sanctum
Obelisk of Naya
Plains

Pack 1 pick 11:
Coma Veil
Mountain
Bloodthorn Taunter
Protomatter Powder
--> Obelisk of Jund

Pack 1 pick 12:
Tortoise Formation
--> Dregscape Zombie
Island
Lush Growth

Very much needed some early stuff even better it has unearth

Pack 1 pick 13:
Cathartic Adept
Forest
--> Demon's Herald

Pack 1 pick 14:
Mountain
--> Marble Chalice

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Island

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

Pack 2 pick 1:
Onyx Goblet
Tidehollow Strix
Tortoise Formation
Mountain
Mindlock Orb
Cathartic Adept
Naya Panorama
Godtoucher
Sphinx's Herald
Steward of Valeron
Lightning Talons
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
--> Topan Ascetic
Obelisk of Esper
Esper Battlemage

Asetic is the only real option, im looking very much in 3 colours with no fixing worrying

Pack 2 pick 2:
Mosstodon
Incurable Ogre
Grixis Panorama
Jund Battlemage
Gift of the Gargantuan
Rhox War Monk
Etherium Astrolabe
Soul's Grace
Obelisk of Bant
--> Branching Bolt
Kathari Screecher
Glaze Fiend
Tidehollow Strix
Plains

With cards i already have this is a straight forward pick

Pack 2 pick 3:
Jungle Weaver
Hissing Iguanar
Volcanic Submersion
Dispeller's Capsule
Ethersworn Canonist
Swamp
Relic of Progenitus
Dawnray Archer
--> Scourge Devil
Blister Beetle
Cavern Thoctar
Vectis Silencers
Spell Snip

Awsome unearth card

Pack 2 pick 4:
Tidehollow Sculler
Hindering Light
Lush Growth
Executioner's Capsule
Forest
Skeletal Kathari
Relic of Progenitus
Fleshbag Marauder
Thunder-Thrash Elder
Guardians of Akrasa
Jund Panorama
--> Vithian Stinger

I think the stinger is so good that despite our need for fixing we take it over panorama

Pack 2 pick 5:
Drumhunter
Invincible Hymn
Steelclad Serpent
Akrasan Squire
Dreg Reaver
--> Vithian Stinger
Plains
Etherium Astrolabe
Druid of the Anima
Glaze Fiend
Sangrite Surge

This time its a no brainer

Pack 2 pick 6:
Swamp
Volcanic Submersion
Gustrider Exuberant
Steelclad Serpent
Rakeclaw Gargantuan
Spell Snip
Savage Hunger
Bant Panorama
--> Scourge Devil
Onyx Goblet

More unearthy goodness seems people in 4-3-2-2 underrate this mechanic alot

Pack 2 pick 7:
Obelisk of Bant
Bant Charm
--> Grixis Panorama
Filigree Sages
Forest
Banewasp Affliction
Jhessian Lookout
Incurable Ogre
Angel's Herald

Need fixing

Pack 2 pick 8:
Bull Cerodon
Island
Viashino Skeleton
Demon's Herald
Call to Heel
--> Viscera Dragger
Excommunicate
Lush Growth

Unearth me baby

Pack 2 pick 9:
Tortoise Formation
Mountain
Mindlock Orb
Cathartic Adept
Godtoucher
Sphinx's Herald
--> Lightning Talons

Its actually okay

Pack 2 pick 10:
Incurable Ogre
--> Grixis Panorama
Gift of the Gargantuan
Etherium Astrolabe
Soul's Grace
Plains

Pack 2 pick 11:
Volcanic Submersion
Swamp
--> Relic of Progenitus
Cavern Thoctar
Vectis Silencers

Pack 2 pick 12:
Lush Growth
Forest
--> Fleshbag Marauder
Thunder-Thrash Elder

Now that is a late gift

Pack 2 pick 13:
--> Drumhunter
Plains
Sangrite Surge

Pack 2 pick 14:
Swamp
--> Volcanic Submersion

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Forest

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

Pack 3 pick 1:
Glaze Fiend
Marble Chalice
Carrion Thrash
Woolly Thoctar
Angel's Herald (FOIL)
Deathgreeter
Cloudheath Drake
Algae Gharial
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Spearbreaker Behemoth
Etherium Sculptor
--> Bone Splinters
Forest
Esper Panorama
Seaside Citadel

Simply nuts in my deck

Pack 3 pick 2:
Infest
Gustrider Exuberant
--> Rockslide Elemental
Courier's Capsule
Ad Nauseam
Druid of the Anima
Naturalize
Swerve
Swamp
Yoked Plowbeast
Magma Spray
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Blightning
Obelisk of Grixis

So many options, blightning, infest, rockslide elemental, magma spray, I dont think my deck is fast enough to really make blightning shine, I already have a reasonable amount of removal and rockslide works well with all my graveyard shenigans and removal, infest I just dont like in this archtype

Pack 3 pick 3:
Cloudheath Drake
Necrogenesis (FOIL)
Windwright Mage
Plains
Mosstodon
Obelisk of Naya
--> Goblin Deathraiders
Mighty Emergence
Savage Lands
Skeletal Kathari
Esper Panorama
Kederekt Leviathan
Dragon Fodder

I really want that savge lands but i want 2 drops even more

Pack 3 pick 4:
Etherium Sculptor
Viashino Skeleton
Magma Spray
Fleshbag Marauder
Sunseed Nurturer
Mountain
Marble Chalice
Soul's Might
Thoughtcutter Agent
--> Viscera Dragger
Undead Leotau
Obelisk of Esper

Another pack with alot for me, I feel with what I have already the dragger is actaully the pick.

Pack 3 pick 5:
Esper Battlemage
Sprouting Thrinax
Steward of Valeron
Sanctum Gargoyle
Hindering Light
Mosstodon
Goblin Mountaineer
Island
--> Jund Panorama
Branching Bolt
Obelisk of Bant

Now i really am going to have to start taking the fixing as green is looking more a splash colour no branching bolt for me:<

Pack 3 pick 6:
--> Resounding Roar
Angelsong
Lightning Talons
Undead Leotau
Bant Panorama
Angel's Herald
Plains
Etherium Sculptor
Gustrider Exuberant (FOIL)
Viashino Skeleton

Pretty weak pack for me only good card in splash color oh well

Pack 3 pick 7:
Resounding Scream
Behemoth's Herald
Cancel
Shadowfeed
--> Clarion Ultimatum
Resounding Wave
Tortoise Formation
Mountain
Soul's Might

Rare Draft

Pack 3 pick 8:
Call to Heel
Scavenger Drake
Skeletal Kathari
--> Dregscape Zombie
Thoughtcutter Agent
Island
Yoked Plowbeast
Angelic Benediction

Early drop with unearth:)

Pack 3 pick 9:
Glaze Fiend
Marble Chalice
Angel's Herald (FOIL)
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Etherium Sculptor
Forest
--> Esper Panorama

Pack 3 pick 10:
--> Naturalize
Swerve
Swamp
Yoked Plowbeast
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Obelisk of Grixis

Pack 3 pick 11:
Plains
Obelisk of Naya
Mighty Emergence
Esper Panorama
--> Kederekt Leviathan

Pack 3 pick 12:
--> Etherium Sculptor
Viashino Skeleton
Mountain
Marble Chalice

Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Mosstodon
Island
Obelisk of Bant

Pack 3 pick 14:
Plains
--> Viashino Skeleton

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Shadowfeed

1 bonesplintters
2 dredgescape zombie
1 elvish visionary
1 goblin deathraider
2 branching bolt
1 souls fire
1 lightning talons
1 fleshbag maruader
1 rockslide elemental
1 topan asetic
2 vitian stinger
3 viscera dragger
1 corpse conniseur
1 mostodon
2 scourge devil
1 broodmate dragon
5 swamp
6 mountain
4 forest
2 grixis panorama
1 jund panorama

I can not remeber much about the rounds as i did this a while ago now and its proably better for my opponents that I do not talk about the way they played.

Feedback appreciated

Cheemo · Joined: 26 Aug 2007 Posts: 22

why splinters instead of behemoth? think about it bone splinters has a chance to rotate and behemoth doesnt.

LordLink · Joined: 11 Oct 2007 Posts: 73

Again, why the desperate need for fixing? You're playing B/R/g. In any other draft format that is fine with zero fixing. I think branching bolt was the right choice there, not a 3rd panorama.

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1672

As far as I am concerened it is never, never right to play 3 colours with out fixing in draft it is far from fine. What formats are you refering to where its fine to draft a 3 colour deck with 0 fixing because I can not think of any.

On the behemoth I did not give it that much consideration to be honest maybe i should have but my decks end game and the high end of my curve was already pretty high. The devils and connsieurs really give you alot to do with your mana in the end game which is just alot faster than the behemoth, which strikes me as just another fattie.