ACR DRAFT #1 help me!

magic_man11 · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 13

ok so i started drafting ACR recently and have been doing ok but still struggling on what I should pick and i was wondering if i could get some feedback!

Event #: 426594
Time: 6/18/2009 7:05:20 AM
Players:
Ilyan
lampalot
m00thu
DPS
--> magic_guru11
storchef
sDuka
spasbas1

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

Pack 1 pick 1:
Marble Chalice
Viscera Dragger
Resounding Roar
Viashino Skeleton
Cunning Lethemancer (FOIL)
Godtoucher
Cathartic Adept
Blightning
Lightning Talons
Angelsong
--> Esper Battlemage
Metallurgeon
Thoughtcutter Agent
Knight of the White Orchid
Plains

figured it was the best card in the pack and i like going esper

Pack 1 pick 2:
Excommunicate
Viscera Dragger
Druid of the Anima
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
--> Courier's Capsule
Yoked Plowbeast
Kathari Screecher
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Shore Snapper
Savage Lands
Blood Cultist
Thunder-Thrash Elder
Ad Nauseam
Forest

I like drawing cards

Pack 1 pick 3:
Steelclad Serpent
--> Excommunicate
Banewasp Affliction
Jungle Weaver
Hissing Iguanar
Vectis Silencers
Guardians of Akrasa
Goblin Deathraiders
Goblin Mountaineer
Elvish Visionary
Scavenger Drake
Rockcaster Platoon
Forest

did not know wat to take lolz

Pack 1 pick 4:
--> Bloodpyre Elemental
Guardians of Akrasa
Goblin Mountaineer
Carrion Thrash
Vithian Stinger
Gift of the Gargantuan
Outrider of Jhess
Obelisk of Naya
Windwright Mage
Swerve
Gather Specimens
Mountain

removal?

Pack 1 pick 5:
Goblin Deathraiders
Coma Veil
Shadowfeed
Waveskimmer Aven
Incurable Ogre
Carrion Thrash
--> Cloudheath Drake
Glaze Fiend
Esper Panorama
Puppet Conjurer
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 6:
--> Sanctum Gargoyle
Rip-Clan Crasher
Tortoise Formation
Lush Growth
Outrider of Jhess
Carrion Thrash
Sigiled Paladin
Sphinx's Herald
Algae Gharial
Mountain

kinda kewl

Pack 1 pick 7:
Jhessian Lookout
Cylian Elf
Vectis Silencers
Gift of the Gargantuan
Obelisk of Bant
Angel's Herald
Mighty Emergence
--> Archdemon of Unx
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 8:
Resounding Scream
--> Cancel
Bloodthorn Taunter
Naturalize
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Sphinx's Herald (FOIL)
Tortoise Formation
Island

Pack 1 pick 9:
Marble Chalice
Viashino Skeleton
Godtoucher
--> Cathartic Adept
Angelsong
Thoughtcutter Agent
Plains

Pack 1 pick 10:
Excommunicate
--> Yoked Plowbeast
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Shore Snapper
Ad Nauseam
Forest

Pack 1 pick 11:
--> Steelclad Serpent
Banewasp Affliction
Vectis Silencers
Goblin Mountaineer
Forest

Pack 1 pick 12:
Goblin Mountaineer
Outrider of Jhess
--> Gather Specimens
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Coma Veil
Shadowfeed
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Tortoise Formation
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Angel's Herald

------ CON ------

Pack 2 pick 1:
Kranioceros
Mana Cylix
Gleam of Resistance
Wild Leotau
Frontline Sage
Fiery Fall
Molten Frame
Infectious Horror
Rhox Bodyguard
Wandering Goblins
Reliquary Tower
Hellkite Hatchling
Grixis Slavedriver
--> Thornling
Island

just wanted 4 tix

Pack 2 pick 2:
Bone Saw
Gleam of Resistance
--> Sedraxis Alchemist
Vedalken Outlander
Wild Leotau
Grixis Illusionist
Exploding Borders
Lapse of Certainty
Scattershot Archer
Yoke of the Damned
Knotvine Mystic
Manaforce Mace
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 3:
Beacon Behemoth
Darklit Gargoyle
Unsummon
--> Armillary Sphere
Kranioceros
Might of Alara
Salvage Slasher
Brackwater Elemental
Exploding Borders
View from Above
Countersquall
Hellkite Hatchling
Forest

Pack 2 pick 4:
Pestilent Kathari
Valeron Outlander
--> Armillary Sphere
Aven Trailblazer
Might of Alara
Valiant Guard
Salvage Slasher
Goblin Outlander
Constricting Tendrils
Controlled Instincts
Corrupted Roots
Forest

Pack 2 pick 5:
Kranioceros
Mana Cylix
Wild Leotau
--> Molten Frame
Infectious Horror
Rhox Bodyguard
Wandering Goblins
View from Above
Countersquall
Hellkite Hatchling
Forest

Pack 2 pick 6:
Valeron Outlander
Sylvan Bounty
--> Pestilent Kathari
Maniacal Rage
Nacatl Savage
Valiant Guard
Grixis Illusionist
Knotvine Mystic
Skyward Eye Prophets
Plains

Pack 2 pick 7:
Valeron Outlander
Sylvan Bounty
--> Pestilent Kathari
Maniacal Rage
Nacatl Savage
Valiant Guard
Grixis Illusionist
Knotvine Mystic
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 8:
Bone Saw
--> Esper Cormorants
Vectis Agents
Quenchable Fire
Tukatongue Thallid
View from Above
Mark of Asylum
Forest

Pack 2 pick 9:
Mana Cylix
--> Frontline Sage
Infectious Horror
Rhox Bodyguard
Wandering Goblins
Reliquary Tower
Island

Pack 2 pick 10:
Bone Saw
Grixis Illusionist
--> Lapse of Certainty
Scattershot Archer
Knotvine Mystic
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 11:
Salvage Slasher
View from Above
--> Countersquall
Hellkite Hatchling
Forest

Pack 2 pick 12:
Valiant Guard
--> Salvage Slasher
Corrupted Roots
Forest

Pack 2 pick 13:
Mana Cylix
--> View from Above
Forest

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Valiant Guard
Plains

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Mountain

------ ARB ------

Pack 3 pick 1:
Cerodon Yearling
Deny Reality
Glassdust Hulk
Jund Hackblade
Winged Coatl
Ethercaste Knight
Captured Sunlight
Magefire Wings
Trace of Abundance
Kathari Bomber
Marrow Chomper
--> Behemoth Sledge
Mage Slayer
Wargate
Island

lolz ok so this is a little off colour but i ended up playing it since i had 2 spheres

Pack 3 pick 2:
Arsenal Thresher
Gloryscale Viashino
Stun Sniper
Flurry of Wings
Cloven Casting
Plains
Fieldmist Borderpost
Sewn-Eye Drake
Sanctum Plowbeast
Demonic Dread
Magefire Wings
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
--> Esper Stormblade
Deny Reality

Pack 3 pick 3:
Pale Recluse
--> Soul Manipulation
Stormcaller's Boon
Sangrite Backlash
Gorger Wurm
Arsenal Thresher
Demonic Dread
Offering to Asha
Firewild Borderpost
Sigil Captain
Tainted Sigil
Blitz Hellion
Plains

Pack 3 pick 4:
Jhessian Zombies
Grixis Grimblade
Ethersworn Shieldmage
Wildfield Borderpost
Architects of Will
Vedalken Ghoul
Sigiled Behemoth
Grixis Sojourners
Dragon Appeasement
Illusory Demon
--> Necromancer's Covenant
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 5:
Glassdust Hulk
Bant Sureblade
Talon Trooper (FOIL)
Cerodon Yearling
Esper Sojourners
--> Ethercaste Knight
Godtracker of Jund
Breath of Malfegor
Ardent Plea
Reborn Hope
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 6:
Putrid Leech
Colossal Might
Pale Recluse
Singe-Mind Ogre
Offering to Asha
Godtracker of Jund
--> Igneous Pouncer
Anathemancer
Nulltread Gargantuan
Island

Pack 3 pick 7:
Leonin Armorguard
--> Fieldmist Borderpost
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
Vectis Dominator
Brainbite
Ardent Plea
Double Negative
Identity Crisis
Island

Pack 3 pick 8:
Pale Recluse
Stormcaller's Boon
--> Arsenal Thresher
Demonic Dread
Offering to Asha
Mind Funeral
Sovereigns of Lost Alara
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 9:
Cerodon Yearling
Winged Coatl
--> Ethercaste Knight
Captured Sunlight
Magefire Wings
Marrow Chomper
Island

Pack 3 pick 10:
Flurry of Wings
Plains
--> Fieldmist Borderpost
Sanctum Plowbeast
Magefire Wings
Sigil of the Nayan Gods

Pack 3 pick 11:
Stormcaller's Boon
--> Offering to Asha
Sigil Captain
Tainted Sigil
Plains

Pack 3 pick 12:
Vedalken Ghoul
Dragon Appeasement
--> Illusory Demon
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 13:
Cerodon Yearling
--> Ardent Plea
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Nulltread Gargantuan
Island

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Island

my deck ended up looking like this

1x esper battlemage
1x courier's capsule
1x excommunicate
1x bloodpyre elemental
1xcloudheath drake
1x sanctum gargoyle
1x archdemon of unx
1x cancel
1x yoked plowbeast
1x sedraxis alchamist
2x armillery sphere
1x pestilent kathari
1x esper cormorants
1x behemoth sledge
1x esper storm blade
1x soul manipulation
1x necromancer's covenant
1x ethercaste knight
1x igneous pouncer
1x arsenal thrasher
2x fieldmist borderpost

1x forest
1x mountain
4x swamp
5x island
5x plains

I ended up losing in the finals to a behemoth sledge lol

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1458

p1p2 though your pick is fine the bloodcultist is the best card in the pack and you can make a good case for taking that, with a battlemage already pingers get better in multiples.

p1p3 excommunicate is to weak to take 3rd pick scavenger drake is an option but it does not shine in esper, I would still take it though as it is playable and the next best option the igunar moves you more likely into grixis in which case i prefer the drake, even though I actually like igunar more in grixis, as drkae is playable in both esper and grixis.

p1p4 vithian stinger is alot better than bloodpyre elemental, however i think your right to move into red over taking the windwright mage just did not take the best red card

p1p6 good pick your now open to esper, grixis and 4 colour, whatever happens the way your drafting your going to avoid trainwrecks

p2p1 do not blame you though slavedriver is still hard to pass up

p2p5 I like the wandering goblin as you now have 2 spheres and can easily go 4 colour

p3p1 yep thats the good thing about taking spheres even if you have no other mana fixing yet but you can pick up anything late as your all 5 colours now

p3p5 I like the talon trooper more

p3p8 I actually like the pale recluse as your artifact count is quite low and it helps splash the sledge plus it is a good beater in itself.

overall i think you did a pretty solid draft

ieatdoodie · Joined: 18 Jun 2009 Posts: 3

P1P2
Pick Screecher. Capsule is overrated.Also consider Cultist. However, cultist throws you into grixis, and grixis is pretty bad.

P1P3
Pick Scavenger Drake. It’s a solid card and in your colors. This also lets you go Grixis or Esper.

P1P4
Pick Vithian Stinger. It’s one of the best red cards in the block. Bloodpyre is slow and is almost always 4R 4 damage, which isn’t bad, but not close to stinger.

These picks would have changed your entire deck and the rest of your draft. Also, why only play 1 kathari?

magic_man11 · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 13

yeh i really wanted the slavedriver cuz hes crazy good but like 4 tix haha i unno...

im not a huge fan of drake... like to be honest ive never played him but 4 mana for a 1/1 seems rough.

im thinking the stinger was better cuz it is a really good card but liek my thought process was that the elemental would make a better splash for a removal spell in esper.

im not a huge fan of kathari and wasnt sure if i really wanted to play 2.

thanx for the input

Winz · Joined: 26 Apr 2006 Posts: 6

I had Blood cultist or Savage lands over capsule.

Scavenger Drake then Stinger.

I ended up Grixis over Esper.