ACR 8-4 draft #2 help me!

magic_man11 · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 13

Event #: 428842
Time: 6/19/2009 8:20:53 AM
Players:
Gainsay
psplaystation
BlasterMage
--> magic_guru11
xpondersx
niknak_007
_Holzi_
Gianbeffardo

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

Pack 1 pick 1:
Yoked Plowbeast
Dregscape Zombie
Kederekt Creeper
Savage Hunger
Angelsong
Undead Leotau
Bant Panorama
Obelisk of Grixis
Blister Beetle
Cavern Thoctar
Sprouting Thrinax
--> Esper Battlemage
Scourge Devil
Tar Fiend
Plains

looking back on it i really wish i took the tar fiend or thrinax

Pack 1 pick 2:
--> Akrasan Squire
Dreg Reaver
Sigil Blessing
Druid of the Anima
Ridge Rannet
Cancel
Obelisk of Jund
Volcanic Submersion
Rakeclaw Gargantuan
Onyx Goblet
Sigiled Paladin
Exuberant Firestoker
Grixis Battlemage
Forest
after taking the battle mage i was thinking esper aggro might work?

Pack 1 pick 3:
Gustrider Exuberant (FOIL)
Resounding Scream
Bloodthorn Taunter
Knight of the Skyward Eye
Cavern Thoctar
Cancel
Soul's Grace
Steward of Valeron
Lush Growth
Rockslide Elemental
--> Jungle Shrine
Thunder-Thrash Elder
Forest

I took the shrine because after i thought for a while I figured esper won't be open and i should take fixing in case i end up going elsewhere.

Pack 1 pick 4:
Elvish Visionary
Bloodpyre Elemental
Soul's Grace
Steward of Valeron
Obelisk of Naya
Jund Panorama
Relic of Progenitus
Hindering Light
--> Necrogenesis
Swerve
Clarion Ultimatum
Mountain

I think this card is a bomb so i had to take it

Pack 1 pick 5:
Vectis Silencers
Welkin Guide
Bone Splinters
Savage Hunger
Hissing Iguanar
--> Vithian Stinger
Cloudheath Drake
Infest
Qasali Ambusher
Corpse Connoisseur
Island

Ive been told this card is good so i took it.

Pack 1 pick 6:
Resounding Roar
Viashino Skeleton
Etherium Sculptor
--> Obelisk of Jund
Volcanic Submersion
Onyx Goblet
Spell Snip
Bant Panorama
Puppet Conjurer
Mountain

wanted fixing

Pack 1 pick 7:
Shadowfeed
Waveskimmer Aven
Guardians of Akrasa
--> Carrion Thrash
Outrider of Jhess
Obelisk of Naya
Filigree Sages
Exuberant Firestoker
Island

Pack 1 pick 8:
Banewasp Affliction
Vectis Silencers
Godtoucher
Cathartic Adept
Lightning Talons
--> Sunseed Nurturer
Demon's Herald
Island

Pack 1 pick 9:
Savage Hunger
Angelsong
Undead Leotau
Obelisk of Grixis
--> Blister Beetle
Cavern Thoctar
Plains

Pack 1 pick 10:
Dreg Reaver
--> Ridge Rannet
Obelisk of Jund
Volcanic Submersion
Onyx Goblet
Forest

Pack 1 pick 11:
--> Resounding Scream
Bloodthorn Taunter
Soul's Grace
Lush Growth
Forest

Pack 1 pick 12:
Soul's Grace
--> Relic of Progenitus
Clarion Ultimatum
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 13:
Vectis Silencers
--> Savage Hunger
Island

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Viashino Skeleton
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Shadowfeed

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

Pack 2 pick 1:
Parasitic Strix
Matca Rioters
Bone Saw
--> Drag Down
Canyon Minotaur
Esper Cormorants
Exploding Borders
Maniacal Rage
Nacatl Outlander
Nacatl Savage
Controlled Instincts
Dragonsoul Knight
Viashino Slaughtermaster
Scepter of Fugue
Forest

i wanted removal

Pack 2 pick 2:
Frontline Sage
Aven Squire
--> Wretched Banquet
Sylvan Bounty
Canyon Minotaur
Traumatic Visions
Nacatl Outlander
Grixis Illusionist
Exploding Borders
Lapse of Certainty
Countersquall
Viashino Slaughtermaster
Inkwell Leviathan
Forest

again i wanted removal and I felt i was going to end up with big creatures and it might be good as it turned out I had alot of low drops and i think slaughtermaster was the right pick

Pack 2 pick 3:
Darklit Gargoyle
Unsummon
Kranioceros
Faerie Mechanist
Absorb Vis
Suicidal Charge
Maniacal Rage
Rotting Rats
--> Goblin Outlander
Corrupted Roots
Sludge Strider
Mark of Asylum
Island

Pack 2 pick 4:
Toxic Iguanar
Traumatic Visions
Mana Cylix
Beacon Behemoth
Zombie Outlander
Wandering Goblins
Might of Alara
Valiant Guard
Salvage Slasher
Jhessian Balmgiver
--> Scarland Thrinax
Plains

I thought he might be good with necro

Pack 2 pick 5:
Pestilent Kathari
--> Armillary Sphere
Constricting Tendrils
Court Homunculus
Molten Frame
Infectious Horror
Rhox Bodyguard
Countersquall
Filigree Fracture
Sludge Strider
Island

Pack 2 pick 6:
Rhox Meditant
Kaleidostone
Beacon Behemoth
Scattershot Archer
--> Yoke of the Damned
Nacatl Savage
Wandering Goblins
Scarland Thrinax (FOIL)
Hellspark Elemental
Plains

I wanted the second thrinax but i figured he wasnt good in multiples and yoke seemed like a decent removal spell in my deck

Pack 2 pick 7:
--> Unsummon
Valiant Guard
Grixis Illusionist
Vectis Agents
Quenchable Fire
Knotvine Mystic
Scornful Æther-Lich
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer
Forest

Pack 2 pick 8:
Toxic Iguanar
Mana Cylix
Beacon Behemoth
Wandering Goblins
Valiant Guard
Salvage Slasher
--> Fleshformer
Swamp

after getting a sphere i figured using him wasnt completely out of the question

Pack 2 pick 9:
Bone Saw
--> Canyon Minotaur
Maniacal Rage
Nacatl Outlander
Controlled Instincts
Scepter of Fugue
Forest

a hill giant is a hill giant

Pack 2 pick 10:
Frontline Sage
--> Canyon Minotaur
Grixis Illusionist
Lapse of Certainty
Countersquall
Forest

Pack 2 pick 11:
Unsummon
--> Suicidal Charge
Rotting Rats
Corrupted Roots
Island

Pack 2 pick 12:
--> Wandering Goblins
Valiant Guard
Salvage Slasher
Plains

Pack 2 pick 13:
Constricting Tendrils
--> Court Homunculus
Island

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Wandering Goblins
Plains

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Forest

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

Pack 3 pick 1:
Soul Manipulation
Qasali Pridemage
--> Jund Hackblade
Monstrous Carabid
Stormcaller's Boon
Arsenal Thresher
Offering to Asha
Godtracker of Jund
Igneous Pouncer
Esper Sojourners
Shield of the Righteous
Drastic Revelation
Flurry of Wings
Wargate
Plains

was either him or the pouncer and i really dont kno which was better?

Pack 3 pick 2:
Fieldmist Borderpost
Crystallization
Mistvein Borderpost
Monstrous Carabid
Talon Trooper
Etherium Abomination
Arsenal Thresher
Demonic Dread
Offering to Asha
Firewild Borderpost
Marrow Chomper
Morbid Bloom
--> Defiler of Souls
Mountain

i wish i was GW or UW cuz crystallization is good removal but defiler of souls is a bomb haha

Pack 3 pick 3:
Esper Sojourners
Marrow Chomper
Gloryscale Viashino
Sanity Gnawers
Soulquake
Forest
Monstrous Carabid
Stormcaller's Boon
Offering to Asha
Godtracker of Jund
Igneous Pouncer
Soul Manipulation
--> Jund Hackblade

Pack 3 pick 4:
Pale Recluse
Naya Sojourners
Singe-Mind Ogre
Deadshot Minotaur
Talon Trooper
--> Grixis Grimblade
Sanctum Plowbeast
Demonic Dread
Magefire Wings
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
Morbid Bloom
Plains

Pack 3 pick 5:
--> Rhox Brute
Wildfield Borderpost
Sewn-Eye Drake
Mistvein Borderpost
Grizzled Leotau (FOIL)
Grizzled Leotau
Brainbite
Grixis Sojourners
Kathari Remnant
Illusory Demon
Mountain

wasnt sure if brute was better than the 3/1 flyer i took brute cuz i havent had a chance to play with it yet but i wish i had of took the flyer!

Pack 3 pick 6:
Reborn Hope
Swamp
Arsenal Thresher
Demonic Dread
Offering to Asha
Firewild Borderpost
--> Zealous Persecution
Monstrous Carabid
Talon Trooper
Etherium Abomination

I didnt wanna play agaisnt it

Pack 3 pick 7:
Singe-Mind Ogre
Pale Recluse
Vedalken Ghoul
Violent Outburst
--> Naya Hushblade
Vectis Dominator
Mage Slayer
Time Sieve
Island

Pack 3 pick 8:
Winged Coatl
Naya Hushblade
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
--> Kathari Bomber
Vectis Dominator
Double Negative
Flurry of Wings
Forest

Pack 3 pick 9:
Stormcaller's Boon
Offering to Asha
Godtracker of Jund
Shield of the Righteous
--> Drastic Revelation
Flurry of Wings
Plains

Pack 3 pick 10:
Etherium Abomination
Demonic Dread
Offering to Asha
--> Marrow Chomper
Morbid Bloom
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 11:
--> Sanity Gnawers
Soulquake
Forest
Offering to Asha
Godtracker of Jund

Pack 3 pick 12:
Demonic Dread
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
--> Morbid Bloom
Plains

Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Grizzled Leotau (FOIL)
Grizzled Leotau
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 14:
Swamp
--> Monstrous Carabid

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Island

1x monstrous carabid
1x marrow chomper
2x jund hackblade
1x naya hushblade
1x necrogenesis
1x vithian stinger
1x carrion thrash
1x obelisk of jund
1x blister beetle
1x ridge rannet
1x drag down
1x goblin outlander
1x scarland thrinax
1x armillery sphere
1x yoke of the damned
2x canyon minotaur
1x fleshformer
1x defiler of souls
1x rhox brute
1x grixis grimblade
1x kathari bomber

1x jungle shrine
1x plains
1x island
6x mountain
6x swamp
3x forest

Round 1 (holzi- jund)
game 1 I was far behind cuz i had to spend turns 2 and 3 setting up mana with sphere but then necrogenesis and fleshformer eventually put me back in to take it

game 2 I dont remember much of but I know i ended up winning...

Round 2 (gainsay-5C aggro?)
In game 1 i got completly rolled by the amount of 5 power guys he had with a vagrant plowbeast. He was able to regen his guys while i couldnt.

Game 2 went the same and thats where i was out...

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1458

p1p1 I take the thrinax, though I think you pick is okay

p1p2 lackluster pack I take the druid, with what you took I agree with pick

p1p3 good decision I would not write esper of just yet but this pick stops your draft being a disaster if the person next to you is in esper, I also take shrine with what I have

p1p4 right pick I take same again

p1p5 I agree though I would also love the igunar, infest, splinters

p1p6 I agree on the logic but I take the bant panorama as I think its better fixing

p1p9 I think I like the throctar more but your pick is fine

p2p2 More of a question here just how high a pick is slaughermaster, Ive been impressed when paired vs him myself but I never take him, I know im underrating him but how much?

p2p3 I like more fixing in the form of absord vis

p2p6 I would have still gone thrinax, your not always going to draw both and even if you do, hes not invincible and does sometimes have a target on his head

p3p1 I agree the blade is better your okay for fixing im even better as i have a vis

p3p5 What I do to decide when I have a choice between to similar powered cards is look at how my colour are distributed and take the one which is easier to play, which in this case is the drake but you have to try stuff also, also with your low curve of aggresive hasty guys the drake has alot more synergy

p3p6 you have 3 blades two of which love turn 1 border post, this is the worst pick you have made so far by some way

Note how the bant pamorama would have worked out as a much better pick than the obelisk its almost always this way.

Overall the draft was solid but with definate room for improvement.

magic_man11 · Joined: 14 Oct 2006 Posts: 13

thanx for the input. I pretty much agree with everything even the borderpost pick... I wanted the post really bad but i just did not wanna get blown out by the persecution cuz i figured that would suck...