ACR 4-3-2-2 draft no8.

OldBear · Joined: 12 Apr 2005 Posts: 1840

Back with another 4-3-2-2 i lost in finals to one of those decks which is just like how many bombs do you want to have?

Event #: 429857
Time: 6/19/2009 11:57:13 PM
Players:
dennis_kreba
PTrenkle
Blake31678
tenruck
--> ElementalMox
Azmodaii
niluge
commieB

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

Pack 1 pick 1:
Soul's Fire
Jhessian Lookout
Welkin Guide
Dreg Reaver
Naturalize
Obelisk of Grixis
Resounding Scream
Bloodthorn Taunter
Knight of the Skyward Eye
Cavern Thoctar
--> Rhox War Monk
Scavenger Drake
Sunseed Nurturer
Crucible of Fire
Forest

Strongest card in pack I do not like bant but, its so much better than anything else

Pack 1 pick 2:
Coma Veil
Shadowfeed
Waveskimmer Aven
Guardians of Akrasa
Gift of the Gargantuan
Obelisk of Bant
--> Branching Bolt
Incurable Ogre
Grixis Panorama
Carrion Thrash
Arcane Sanctum
Exuberant Firestoker
Ooze Garden
Swamp

Its this or the sanctum, i like removal more

Pack 1 pick 3:
Skeletal Kathari
Goblin Deathraiders
Dragon Fodder
Gift of the Gargantuan
Outrider of Jhess
Obelisk of Naya
Windwright Mage
Jund Panorama
Relic of Progenitus
--> Jund Battlemage
Scourge Devil
Thoughtcutter Agent
Mountain

Once again easily the best card in the pack

Pack 1 pick 4:
Lush Growth
Skeletal Kathari
Guardians of Akrasa
Gift of the Gargantuan
Windwright Mage
Outrider of Jhess
Grixis Panorama
Filigree Sages
Swerve
Dawnray Archer
--> Tar Fiend
Swamp

Much the same

Pack 1 pick 5:
Steelclad Serpent
Marble Chalice
--> Viscera Dragger
Resounding Roar
Viashino Skeleton
Grixis Panorama
Glaze Fiend
Cloudheath Drake
Demon's Herald
Death Baron
Swamp

The panorama and drake are on par but this pick makes the most sense with what I have already

Pack 1 pick 6:
Cylian Elf
Call to Heel
Yoked Plowbeast
Obelisk of Esper
Dispeller's Capsule
Godtoucher
Cathartic Adept
--> Blightning
Angel's Herald
Plains

Green is looking like a splash colour so i took the blightning

Pack 1 pick 7:
Jhessian Lookout
Cylian Elf
Jungle Weaver (FOIL)
Vectis Silencers
Waveskimmer Aven
Skeletal Kathari
--> Fatestitcher
Sphinx's Herald
Forest

Its so much better than anything else I have to take it, there is a chance still I could play it

Pack 1 pick 8:
Tidehollow Strix
Kathari Screecher
Soul's Grace
--> Cloudheath Drake
Obelisk of Naya
Hindering Light
Exuberant Firestoker
Mountain

Maybe here I should have took strix

Pack 1 pick 9:
Jhessian Lookout
Dreg Reaver
Resounding Scream
--> Cavern Thoctar
Sunseed Nurturer
Crucible of Fire
Forest

Late fatty for me

Pack 1 pick 10:
Coma Veil
Shadowfeed
Waveskimmer Aven
Obelisk of Bant
--> Ooze Garden
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 11:
--> Skeletal Kathari
Outrider of Jhess
Relic of Progenitus
Thoughtcutter Agent
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 12:
Lush Growth
--> Outrider of Jhess
Swerve
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Marble Chalice
Demon's Herald
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Cathartic Adept
Plains

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Forest

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

Pack 2 pick 1:
--> Dark Temper
Frontline Sage
Aven Squire
Wretched Banquet
Sylvan Bounty
Worldly Counsel
Quenchable Fire
Rotting Rats
Asha's Favor
Nacatl Outlander
Countersquall
Ancient Ziggurat
Aerie Mystics
Magister Sphinx
Island

Esper bomb i can not play but temper is very good in my mostly rb deck

Pack 2 pick 2:
Canyon Minotaur
Esper Cormorants
Unsummon
Rhox Meditant
Vedalken Outlander
--> Absorb Vis
Maniacal Rage
Nacatl Outlander
Nacatl Savage
Valiant Guard
Ancient Ziggurat
Nacatl Hunt-Pride
Esperzoa
Forest

I really need the fixing

Pack 2 pick 3:
Canyon Minotaur
Unsummon
Rhox Meditant
Vedalken Outlander
--> Absorb Vis
Maniacal Rage
Nacatl Outlander
Nacatl Savage
Valiant Guard
View from Above
Hellkite Hatchling
Cylian Sunsinger
Plains

I still really need fixing

Pack 2 pick 4:
Zombie Outlander
--> Matca Rioters
Darklit Gargoyle
Court Homunculus (FOIL)
Wretched Banquet
Esper Cormorants
Might of Alara
Valiant Guard
Salvage Slasher
Goblin Outlander
Controlled Instincts
Island

I like this guy more than the banquet which is a little to situational

Pack 2 pick 5:
--> Canyon Minotaur
Rhox Meditant
Zombie Outlander
Kaleidostone
Grixis Illusionist
Exploding Borders
Lapse of Certainty
Scattershot Archer
Scornful Æther-Lich
Sigil of the Empty Throne
Mountain

Hill giant

Pack 2 pick 6:
Zombie Outlander
Darklit Gargoyle
Might of Alara
Valiant Guard
Salvage Slasher
--> Goblin Outlander
Paragon of the Amesha
Spore Burst
Dreadwing
Mountain

Pro bear

Pack 2 pick 7:
--> Wretched Banquet
Sylvan Bounty
Worldly Counsel
Quenchable Fire
Rotting Rats
Asha's Favor
Nacatl Outlander
Manaforce Mace
Forest

This deck does not feel like it suits mace, green is my 3rd colour making bounty bad so banquet it is

Pack 2 pick 8:
Absorb Vis
Sylvan Bounty
Absorb Vis (FOIL)
Rotting Rats
--> Goblin Outlander
Court Homunculus
Aerie Mystics
Plains

I need the guy more than the fixing now

Pack 2 pick 9:
--> Sylvan Bounty
Worldly Counsel
Quenchable Fire
Rotting Rats
Asha's Favor
Ancient Ziggurat
Island

Pack 2 pick 10:
Unsummon
Maniacal Rage
--> Nacatl Savage
Valiant Guard
Ancient Ziggurat
Forest

Pack 2 pick 11:
--> Canyon Minotaur
Rhox Meditant
Valiant Guard
View from Above
Plains

Pack 2 pick 12:
Valiant Guard
Salvage Slasher
--> Controlled Instincts
Island

Pack 2 pick 13:
--> Kaleidostone
Grixis Illusionist
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Valiant Guard
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Forest

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

Pack 3 pick 1:
Qasali Pridemage
--> Colossal Might
Jhessian Zombies
Ethersworn Shieldmage
Naya Sojourners
Vedalken Ghoul
Sigiled Behemoth
Violent Outburst
Grixis Sojourners
Ethercaste Knight
Skyclaw Thrash
Messenger Falcons
Mind Funeral
Fight to the Death
Mountain

Weak pack easy pick

Pack 3 pick 2:
Rhox Brute
Fieldmist Borderpost
Sewn-Eye Drake
Putrid Leech
Colossal Might
Pale Recluse
Kathari Bomber
Vectis Dominator
Brainbite
Trace of Abundance
--> Bituminous Blast
Nulltread Gargantuan
Blitz Hellion
Swamp

Always nice to get a blast

Pack 3 pick 3:
--> Gorger Wurm
Singe-Mind Ogre
Bant Sureblade
Pale Recluse
Soul Manipulation
Stormcaller's Boon
Magefire Wings
Trace of Abundance
Kathari Bomber
Vedalken Ghoul
Zealous Persecution
Unbender Tine
Forest

Solid fatty strongest card

Pack 3 pick 4:
Veinfire Borderpost
--> Sangrite Backlash
Gorger Wurm
Leonin Armorguard
Architects of Will
Violent Outburst
Naya Hushblade
Vectis Dominator
Firewild Borderpost
Jund Sojourners
Zealous Persecution
Forest

I want the fixing but not more than i want early removal

Pack 3 pick 5:
Flurry of Wings
Forest
Grixis Sojourners
--> Valley Rannet
Sanctum Plowbeast
Igneous Pouncer
Double Negative
Leonin Armorguard
Jhessian Zombies
Grixis Grimblade
Ethersworn Shieldmage

Fixing come fat great stuff

Pack 3 pick 6:
Captured Sunlight
Mask of Riddles
Sigil Captain
Swamp
--> Ethersworn Shieldmage
Naya Sojourners
Violent Outburst
Grixis Sojourners
Ethercaste Knight
Jhessian Zombies

Not much here for me so i just took the best card

Pack 3 pick 7:
Ethercaste Knight
Ardent Plea
Plains
Bant Sojourners
Sigiled Behemoth
Etherium Abomination
Esper Sojourners
--> Wildfield Borderpost
Architects of Will

Pack 3 pick 8:
Architects of Will
Bant Sojourners
Sigiled Behemoth
Etherium Abomination
Esper Sojourners
Ethercaste Knight
--> Filigree Angel
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 9:
Jhessian Zombies
Vedalken Ghoul
--> Grixis Sojourners
Messenger Falcons
Mind Funeral
Fight to the Death
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 10:
Colossal Might
Pale Recluse
--> Kathari Bomber
Vectis Dominator
Brainbite
Swamp

Thats nice

Pack 3 pick 11:
--> Singe-Mind Ogre
Magefire Wings
Vedalken Ghoul
Unbender Tine
Forest

Pack 3 pick 12:
Architects of Will
--> Violent Outburst
Vectis Dominator
Forest

Pack 3 pick 13:
Forest
--> Grixis Sojourners
Double Negative

Pack 3 pick 14:
Swamp
--> Jhessian Zombies

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Plains

The deck

1 wretched banquet
1 colossal might
1 sangrite backlash
2 goblin outlander
1 nactal savage
1 blightning
1 branching bolt
1 dark temper
1 jund battlemage
1 kathari bomber
1 macta rioters
2 canyon minotaur
1 viscera dragger
1 bituminous blast
1 gorger wurm
1 skeletal kathari
1 cavern throctar
1 tar fiend
1 valley ranet
2 absorb vis
7 swamp
7 mountain
3 forest

I was quite drunk when i did this draft but I do not think it mattered very much as I had little hard decisions to make.

Feedback appreciated

ik · Level 1 Judge Joined: 11 Sep 2007 Posts: 335

Damn. Turned out nicely lol

MikeL123 · Joined: 27 May 2007 Posts: 78

I probably would have gone with Soul's Fire in pack 1. It's a card that looks a lot sexier than it really is, but it's red and red is nice in this format.

A turn 3 Rhox War Monk is awesome, but more than likely he comes down much later and is much less impressive.

TugaChampion · Joined: 26 Jan 2006 Posts: 615

P1P8: Strix should have been the pick.

LOL P2P2 and P2P3 have the exact same commons. Print run?

P2P4: IMO here it's between Banquet and goblin outlander. You really want to play the least possible green and at this point you could either go BRg or BRu depending on what you open pack3. You could very well open a Nemesis of Reason which would be a reason enough to move to blue and this way you would have to give up less cards. I prefer th goblin.

P2P7: I dunno. The Mace gives you a real way to win games which you only have Cavern Thoctar and Tar Fiend. I would have picked the mace.

P2P9: Ancient Ziggurat. It doesn't work very well with those Absorb Vis but it's also nice in case you open Nemesis of Reason or something like that. I don't think you should expect playing Sylvan Bounty. I think I would rather play another land than this at this point.

P2P10: this one is closer. I don't think you'd want 2 anyway but since you didn't take it last pick you should have now.

P3P9: hating jhessian zombies or messenger falcons would have been better than hating that.

P3P10: Colossal Might this late! Tempting but I guess the bomber is a safer pick.

Anyway nothing really wrong I think just a few really small mistakes.

Anyway Mike is obv wrong. If you really didn't want to pick Rhox because it's 3 colors than knight of the skyward eye is the pick. I still think Rhox is the pick. I hate bant and still I'd pick rhox over most commons (agony warp, branching bolt, oblivion ring and the likes not included obv). With Rhox you can go GWu with some fixing letting you play it easily. Or you could go esper splash green or 5c. It's amazing in 5c because it holds almost every non flier costing 3 or less and even many that cost 4 or 5. It also works great with exalted. No reason not to take it even if you don't like bant.

BTW: if I hate bant and love esper and I still take rhox war monk P1P1 over most stuff than can you imagine how happy I am with a Tower Gargoyle P1P1?