SSE 4-3-2-2 draft no10

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1840

Another 4-3-2-2 draft i won.

Event #: 69150
Time: 9/6/2008 10:04:22 PM
Players:
Charm
sousa
jujubeen
--> ElementalMox
Drakkainen_MtG
Davy LOEB
adambomb76
oakraiders83104

------ SHM ------

Pack 1 pick 1:
Wildslayer Elves
Gloomlance
Puncture Bolt
Morselhoarder
Chainbreaker
Last Breath
Gloomwidow's Feast
Sinking Feeling
Goldenglow Moth
Smash to Smithereens
Hungry Spriggan
--> Plumeveil
Glamer Spinners
Deepchannel Mentor
Ashenmoor Liege

Hmm im not a fan of ashenmoor liege whilst plumeveil on the other hand very much so.

Pack 1 pick 2:
Briarberry Cohort
Sootwalkers
Blistering Dieflyn
Presence of Gond
Shield of the Oversoul
Kinscaer Harpoonist
Loch Korrigan
Scrapbasket
Scuzzback Scrapper
Rite of Consumption
Inquisitor's Snare
--> Corrupt
Tattermunge Witch
Drove of Elves

Here i think the corrupt is so much stronger than anything else.

Pack 1 pick 3:
Mudbrawler Cohort
Farhaven Elf
Last Breath
Wanderbrine Rootcutters
Sootwalkers
Put Away
Manaforge Cinder
Manamorphose
Cerulean Wisps
Strip Bare
--> Puresight Merrow
Merrow Grimeblotter
Isleback Spawn

The isleback spawn is a beast but its to expensive for my tastes and this format so i took the puresight merrow

Pack 1 pick 4:
--> Cultbrand Cinder
Blistering Dieflyn
Wingrattle Scarecrow
Shield of the Oversoul
Merrow Wavebreakers
Drowner Initiate
Scarscale Ritual
Intimidator Initiate
Sinking Feeling
Inquisitor's Snare
Tattermunge Maniac
Corrosive Mentor

I belive it is just better than wavebreakers by enough to take it though its off colour.

Pack 1 pick 5:
Boggart Arsonists
Medicine Runner
Kinscaer Harpoonist
Gloomwidow's Feast
Manaforge Cinder
Scuzzback Scrapper
Elvish Hexhunter
Goldenglow Moth
--> Faerie Swarm
Wild Swing
Mossbridge Troll

Easy pick

Pack 1 pick 6:
Cinderhaze Wretch
Farhaven Elf
Old Ghastbark
--> Merrow Wavebreakers
Zealous Guardian
Loch Korrigan
Ember Gale
Loamdragger Giant
Tattermunge Maniac
Roughshod Mentor

Pack 1 pick 7:
Raven's Run Dragoon
Chainbreaker
Drowner Initiate
Pili-Pala
Bloodshed Fever
Manamorphose
Turn to Mist
--> Puresight Merrow
Dream Salvage

Pack 1 pick 8:
Runes of the Deus
Safehold Duo
Medicine Runner
Ghastly Discovery
Scarscale Ritual
--> Elsewhere Flask
Cerulean Wisps
Corrosive Mentor

Pack 1 pick 9:
Chainbreaker
--> Last Breath
Gloomwidow's Feast
Sinking Feeling
Goldenglow Moth
Smash to Smithereens
Deepchannel Mentor

Pack 1 pick 10:
--> Briarberry Cohort
Blistering Dieflyn
Scrapbasket
Rite of Consumption
Inquisitor's Snare
Drove of Elves

Thats late.

Pack 1 pick 11:
Farhaven Elf
Put Away
Manaforge Cinder
--> Cerulean Wisps
Strip Bare

Pack 1 pick 12:
--> Merrow Wavebreakers
Drowner Initiate
Scarscale Ritual
Sinking Feeling

Wow thats a good sign blue is open.

Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Gloomwidow's Feast
Goldenglow Moth
Wild Swing

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Zealous Guardian
Roughshod Mentor

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Dream Salvage

------ SHM ------

Pack 2 pick 1:
Æthertow
Gravelgill Axeshark
Sootstoke Kindler
--> Steel of the Godhead
Safehold Elite
Nurturer Initiate
Poison the Well
Foxfire Oak
Pili-Pala
Cinderbones
Apothecary Initiate
Beseech the Queen
Horde of Boggarts
Firespout
Heartmender

I already have two puresight merrows so i think its a better pick than the tow.

Pack 2 pick 2:
Tattermunge Duo
Sickle Ripper
Torpor Dust
Faerie Swarm (FOIL)
--> Somnomancer
Inescapable Brute
Safewright Quest
Splitting Headache
Barrenton Medic
Memory Sluice
Revelsong Horn
Pale Wayfarer
Illuminated Folio
Fracturing Gust

Yes i should have took the faerie swarm but the steel tipped me in the favour of the mancer, plus my rather optomistic hope with some of the late blue i saw last draft that the swarm might table it did not.

Pack 2 pick 3:
Traitor's Roar
Gravelgill Duo
Torture
Fists of the Demigod
Rune-Cervin Rider
Juvenile Gloomwidow
Blazethorn Scarecrow
Emberstrike Duo
Gleeful Sabotage
Kithkin Shielddare
Prismwake Merrow
Leechridden Swamp
--> Raking Canopy

Nothing really here for me, white is clearly not open from my right.

Pack 2 pick 4:
Mudbrawler Raiders
Sickle Ripper
--> Parapet Watchers
Blight Sickle
Safewright Quest
Aphotic Wisps
Woeleecher
Memory Sluice
Giantbaiting
Blowfly Infestation
Mercy Killing
Boon Reflection

Another weak pack at least watchers is a three drop and im short on them

Pack 2 pick 5:
Disturbing Plot
Nurturer Initiate
--> Æthertow
Safehold Elite
Apothecary Initiate
Whimwader
Toil to Renown
Thornwatch Scarecrow
Rustrazor Butcher
Cursecatcher
Howl of the Night Pack

Easy pick

Pack 2 pick 6:
--> Gravelgill Axeshark
Rattleblaze Scarecrow
Kithkin Shielddare
Fate Transfer
Poison the Well
Gleeful Sabotage
Ashenmoor Cohort
Heap Doll
Resplendent Mentor
Thought Reflection

Also easy

Pack 2 pick 7:
Traitor's Roar
--> Curse of Chains
Rattleblaze Scarecrow
Thistledown Duo
Viridescent Wisps
Ashenmoor Cohort
Thornwatch Scarecrow
Mine Excavation
Guttural Response

Wow a duo and a chains in the pack i want both, i took the chains as its better

Pack 2 pick 8:
Torture
Torpor Dust
--> Watchwing Scarecrow
Fate Transfer
Toil to Renown
Barrenton Medic
Madblind Mountain
Mana Reflection

Seems good

Pack 2 pick 9:
--> Æthertow
Gravelgill Axeshark
Sootstoke Kindler
Nurturer Initiate
Poison the Well
Foxfire Oak
Apothecary Initiate

Smile

Pack 2 pick 10:
--> Torpor Dust
Inescapable Brute
Splitting Headache
Memory Sluice
Revelsong Horn
Pale Wayfarer

Pack 2 pick 11:
Fists of the Demigod
Blazethorn Scarecrow
--> Gleeful Sabotage
Kithkin Shielddare
Leechridden Swamp

Pack 2 pick 12:
Blight Sickle
Aphotic Wisps
--> Woeleecher
Memory Sluice

Pack 2 pick 13:
Disturbing Plot
--> Apothecary Initiate
Toil to Renown

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Poison the Well
Ashenmoor Cohort

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Mine Excavation

------ EVE ------

Pack 3 pick 1:
Drain the Well
--> Puncture Blast
Kithkin Spellduster
Talara's Bane
Loyal Gyrfalcon
Twinblade Slasher
Gift of the Deity
Dream Thief
Kithkin Zealot
Hotheaded Giant
Rendclaw Trow
Harvest Gwyllion
Duergar Cave-Guard
Evershrike
Trapjaw Kelpie

I already have a cinder and its so much better than anything else in the pack.

Pack 3 pick 2:
Fetid Heath
Smoldering Butcher
Slippery Bogle
Duergar Assailant
Scourge of the Nobilis
Shell Skulkin
Beckon Apparition
Woodlurker Mimic
--> Snakeform
Oona's Grace
Soul Reap
Voracious Hatchling
Antler Skulkin
Duergar Hedge-Mage

More removal for me.

Pack 3 pick 3:
Raven's Crime
Nettle Sentinel
Cenn's Enlistment
Battlegate Mimic
Wilderness Hypnotist
Fire at Will
Desecrator Hag
Hotheaded Giant (FOIL)
Crag Puca
Springjack Pasture
Merrow Levitator
Drain the Well
--> Hatchet Bully

Awsome looks like im splashing red

Pack 3 pick 4:
--> Noggle Bridgebreaker
Tilling Treefolk
Gift of the Deity
Duergar Assailant
Stream Hopper
Nip Gwyllion
Suture Spirit
Batwing Brume
Ballynock Trapper
Trapjaw Kelpie
Merrow Bonegnawer
Aerie Ouphes

Pack 3 pick 5:
Selkie Hedge-Mage
Favor of the Overbeing
Nightsky Mimic
Inside Out
Smoldering Butcher
Monstrify
--> Dream Thief
Canker Abomination
Clout of the Dominus
Shell Skulkin
Beckon Apparition

Pack 3 pick 6:
Chaotic Backlash
Sturdy Hatchling
Shorecrasher Mimic
Grazing Kelpie
--> Snakeform
Wilderness Hypnotist
Kithkin Spellduster
Double Cleave
Talara's Bane
Endure

That is late, im pretty sure that is just wrong i mean its playable in green and blue splashable, someone should have took it by now and this was a reasonably strong rating wise atleast draft table

Pack 3 pick 7:
Jawbone Skulkin
Clout of the Dominus
Battlegate Mimic
Talonrend
Syphon Life
Slippery Bogle
Hoof Skulkin
Cenn's Enlistment
--> Riverfall Mimic

Pack 3 pick 8:
Fang Skulkin
Patrol Signaler
--> Oona's Grace
Odious Trow
Edge of the Divinity
Tilling Treefolk
Merrow Levitator
Double Cleave

Pack 3 pick 9:
Drain the Well
Talara's Bane
--> Loyal Gyrfalcon
Kithkin Zealot
Hotheaded Giant
Harvest Gwyllion
Trapjaw Kelpie

Pack 3 pick 10:
--> Smoldering Butcher
Slippery Bogle
Shell Skulkin
Beckon Apparition
Oona's Grace
Antler Skulkin

Pack 3 pick 11:
Cenn's Enlistment
Wilderness Hypnotist
--> Desecrator Hag
Merrow Levitator
Drain the Well

Pack 3 pick 12:
--> Tilling Treefolk
Nip Gwyllion
Trapjaw Kelpie
Merrow Bonegnawer

Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Favor of the Overbeing
Monstrify
Shell Skulkin

Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Wilderness Hypnotist
Endure

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Jawbone Skulkin

The deck

1 curse of chains
1 briarberry cohort
2 puresight merrow
1 riverfall mimic
1 sonomancer
1 puncture blast
2 snakeform
1 steel of the godhead
1 dream theif
1 parapet watchers
1 plumeveil
2 aethertow
1 watchwing scarecrow
1 faerie swarm
1 hatchet bully
1 noggle bridgebreaker
1 cultbrand cinder
1 gravegill axeshark
2 merrow wavebreakers
13 Island
4 Mountain

sb cards of note
oonas grace
cerulan wisp
elsewhere flask

Round 1 paired vs gw he gets a shiled of oversoul on a ravens run dragoon, i have curse for it plus draem thief to draw a card, however next go he has elder plus mana to blow up chains, i have blast for dragoon to make it a 2/2 the dragoon and draem theif start to race with him a turn or so a head but i am not worried as i have watchwing plus hatchestbully in hand, I delploy bully first then scarecrow and proceed to win with bully to the face. Game 2 he mulls then never gets past 2 land whilst i curve out.

Round 2 paired vs rg I curve out aggresivly but get stuck on three lands for ages, so long i am forced to put steel on plumeveil whilst i beat in air, he attacks in then firespriuts wipping the board, but i draw a land and off load gas whilst he is out of fire power. Game 2 he gets an aggresive start, whilst mine is slow, I am forced into double aethertowing the rw hatchling plus tatermunge duo when he plays embergale and i am at 6 life, from there i top deck plumveil plus snakeform and wreak him, proceed to draw faerie swarm plus wavebeakers, he makes a supicious looking attack with the 1/3 dueagr pumper, i fail to read him for having top decked firespout like i can complain and block the plumeveil against the duegar instead of the wavebreakers, he sprouts and wipes board, now we are both in top deck mode, he draws mosrseal horder and then suits it up with runes but i haev snakeform plus mimic to trade, i draw a puresight merrow and a hatchet bully he has the rg liege as well as noggle bandit, at this point i am at two for some reason he attacks in with liege despite having played the bandit i block with merrow and use bullies ability with damage on stack dropping to 1. next go bullie kills bandit takes control of the game and i win.

Round 3 opponent no show

cheesypirate · Joined: 09 Aug 2006 Posts: 95

the liege is so much better than plumeveil

plumeveil is a good, surprise blocker

the liege is hard to kill, and makes every one of you men better.

both cards force you into immediate colors, but i think you want to be in r/b, bot only because the liege is better, but because mono-red is so good is sh/sh/eve

you could of had firespout pack 2 too, if you went red

your first pick was the biggest mistake

coolcreep · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 588

gypsy · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 1671

you could have easily had a nuts mono red deck

Ggerg · Joined: 04 Sep 2005 Posts: 632

there aren't very many cards you pick over plumeveil...and i dont think the leige is one of them. not even close

Danker · Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 12

I just can't understand how in the world you pick steel over firespout, It's itself splash-worthy and better than any card in your deck.

Anyway, getting 6th pick snakeforms and like 7th curse of chains only happens in 4322. Try some 8-4's... Cya on modo.

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1840

Thanks for the feedback, I think the plumeveil liege pick is close and most people will decide which to take on colour preference. I like going mono blue, white and red but its very rare black is my main colour so for this reason the veil added to the fact i find it a little more powerful is the pick for me.

Looking at the firesprout pick now, your right it works really well in blue red with just the red option, at the time my reasoning was i did not want to commit to a second colour until eventide, though clearly firesprout is so powefull that i should have just took it.

I always get owned when i join 8-4s, strange thing about this draft was although i saw loads of really late pick removal spells there was no one below 1600 in it, two people above 1800 and quite a few 1700's so for a 4-3-2-2 on paper at least it was really strong atleast.

coolcreep · Joined: 18 Feb 2006 Posts: 588

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1840

I do not but when rating is the only real indicator you have, you have to use it. Even if someone plays exclusively 4-3-2-2 like i almost do unless there happens to be an 8-4 with 6-7 people in the que when im looking to draft, if they have a rating of really 1700 or above you can assume that they are a competant drafter and will not make too many mistakes, 1800 even playing just 4-3-2-2 is hard to achieve as you often get little for wins and loads for deducted for a loss and everyone gets screwed or flooded every once in a while, so then you can assume they are a skilled drafter and do not make too many play mistakes.

However I agree there are always exceptions to the rules, I have played some very weak highly rated players, these guys almost always seem to be mono red i think its just people who force it every time and win on its strength whilst not playing very well and no matter the format they are always going to force a deck like that, it just so happens that in this format the rewards for it can be very high.

Equally in Lorwyn draft i lost to a 1300 in the finals of a 4-3-2-2 and he played better than me and had a great deck with maw and profane command. Though i find most of the time rating is an accurate indicator of where someone is at, though undoubtly yes its alot harder to maintain a high rating playing 8-4 all the time than 4-3-2-2 and you have to take this into account when drafting 8-4 if you normally draft 4-3-2-2 as you can not assume everyone else is in the same boat.

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1840

Just got some interesting feedback on the other forum what do people think too the hatchet bully over the crag puca, there both really good in my opinion but i thought the bully was better would be really interested to hear other peoples opinions on this.

gypsy · Joined: 15 Jun 2007 Posts: 1671

rating is usually an indication of someone being on a hot streak. they may be good sometimes but lose in top8 or in preassure matches. people with consistently high ratings are good to play agaisnt.

Danker · Joined: 01 Sep 2004 Posts: 12

I was 1850 limited when I only played 4322's cuz they are always very easy and i dont think it has changed. You make me right with your monored example nonetheless. Play some 8-4's if you want real practice...but the format is irrelevant unless ure playin jap nats, which I bet u arent.

Trotsky1 · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1840

No i only play on modo and just for fun.