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Wooo!!!
Deck Type: Green and Blue
Green is always a good color to draft (if you can get the right cards, of course), blue is for big flyers, and I'm starting to get the hang of sideboarding.
Record: 3-1
Match 1- vs. White/Green/Red (1-2)- This guy went on to win the whole thing, and thanks to Aqueous Form, I managed to get one game off of him. However, between Favored Hoplite and Ordeal of Heliod, I was soundly defeated by a misplay:
I had a Voyage's End in my hand, he had a Favored Hoplite with two counters, and an ordeal of Heliod, if I hit him then, he wouldn't have put out an Ordeal of Nylea, they wouldn't have triggered, and could have won the game.
Match 2- vs. Green/Black/Red (2-1) I don't remember this one very well.
Match 3- vs. Red/White (2-0)- Ehh... This one I almost went to a 3rd game. I had a Staunch Hearted Warrior with 2 +1/+1 counters on it, he used Portent of Betrayal to swing at me for 12 damage, leaving me with one life.
Match 4- vs. Green/Black (2-1)- Between a Guardian of Meletis and TWO Sedge Scorpions, I was screwed, but I sideboarded in flyers for my third round and barely pulled it off. I was even able to come back from a Gray Merchant attack. First match, he won 1 with one life.
Deck MVP: Aqueous Form, Staunch Hearted Warrior and Agent of Horizons!
Good Pulls: Got away with no rares in my deck, but in my prize pack FUCK YEAH ELSPETH SUNS CHAMPION!!!
Saturday, November 23, 2013
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Drive Back Home Episode 6- Draft It Forward
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Came out of my slump, but still working on it.
Deck Type: Green and Black Heroic
I'm starting to see the value of Green in this format: a lot of big beaters, enchantment creatures, heroic creatures, monstrous creatures... This week I splashed in some black.
Record: 2-2
Match 1- vs. Black/Blue- Flyers. Damn Flyers. It was at this point my curve was looking a little weak, so I swapped out smaller creatures for my later games, just so I had something to play.
Match 2- vs. Red/Black- We were both playing slow decks, but his had better defense. Keepsake Gorgon and the Red Monstrous Creatures, kept my comparatively smaller creatures at bay, and did enough damage that I couldn't wait for Heroic to kick in.
Match 3- BYE
Match 4- vs. Green/Black- Never underestimate the power of an Alpha Swing. I had this guy beat, but I kept getting out more creatures, hoping that I'd be able to get him down to 0. Also showing the importance of knowing your board state.
Deck MVP: Boon of Erebos and Scourgemark did a lot of the heavy lifting... Unfortunately. Vulpine Goliath?
Good Pulls: Fabled Hero and Mistcutter Hydra.I didn't use the former, and the latter never saw play, so this was a very good example of things just not working out.
SHOW NOTES
Came out of my slump, but still working on it.
Deck Type: Green and Black Heroic
I'm starting to see the value of Green in this format: a lot of big beaters, enchantment creatures, heroic creatures, monstrous creatures... This week I splashed in some black.
Record: 2-2
Match 1- vs. Black/Blue- Flyers. Damn Flyers. It was at this point my curve was looking a little weak, so I swapped out smaller creatures for my later games, just so I had something to play.
Match 2- vs. Red/Black- We were both playing slow decks, but his had better defense. Keepsake Gorgon and the Red Monstrous Creatures, kept my comparatively smaller creatures at bay, and did enough damage that I couldn't wait for Heroic to kick in.
Match 3- BYE
Match 4- vs. Green/Black- Never underestimate the power of an Alpha Swing. I had this guy beat, but I kept getting out more creatures, hoping that I'd be able to get him down to 0. Also showing the importance of knowing your board state.
Deck MVP: Boon of Erebos and Scourgemark did a lot of the heavy lifting... Unfortunately. Vulpine Goliath?
Good Pulls: Fabled Hero and Mistcutter Hydra.I didn't use the former, and the latter never saw play, so this was a very good example of things just not working out.
Friday, November 1, 2013
Drive Back Home Episode 5- Back(to)Draft(ing)
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Not so good this week, but got a lot of good cards!
Deck Type: Green and White
I went into the draft with a plan... Unfortunately the plan didn't work out. I had a lot of Heroic creatures, but not much to activate it with, just some enchantment creatures, Ordeals, Gods Willing and Battlewise Valor. Not bad, but could be better.
Record: 1-3... I'm gettin' worse :(
Match 1- vs. Green/White (0-2) Mirror match. He had the flyers, I did not.
Match 2- vs. Black/White (1-2) Now, what screwed me over was the flying, BUT he had Fleetfooted Sandals, which grants creatures haste and flying. Combine that with my lack of big beaters, and you have a fairly easy win for him. If I didn't get mana screwed the third game, this would have been a lot closer, but it was not meant to be :(
Match 3- vs. Gruul (1-2) Hopeful Eidolon and Favored Hoplite drove me to a Game 1 win, and for a while, I had him beat by equipping said Hoplite with Gift of Immortality and Ordeals, BUT, he had Portent of Betrayal, taking control of him, and sealing the win.
Match 4- vs. Radkos (2-0) While the Keepsake Gorgon kept me at bay, Gift of Immortality combined with Nemesis of Mortals allowed me to beat down his defenses. Voyaging Satyr came in handy A LOT here.
Deck MVP: Hopeful Eidolon and Leafcrown Dryad share this one.
Good Pulls: Gift of Immortality for sure, Abhorrent Overlord I guess, Steam Augury, two Chronicler of Heros and Anthoussa. Not bad, but not enough.
So what did I learn? When in doubt, draft flyers.
SHOW NOTES
Not so good this week, but got a lot of good cards!
Deck Type: Green and White
I went into the draft with a plan... Unfortunately the plan didn't work out. I had a lot of Heroic creatures, but not much to activate it with, just some enchantment creatures, Ordeals, Gods Willing and Battlewise Valor. Not bad, but could be better.
Record: 1-3... I'm gettin' worse :(
Match 1- vs. Green/White (0-2) Mirror match. He had the flyers, I did not.
Match 2- vs. Black/White (1-2) Now, what screwed me over was the flying, BUT he had Fleetfooted Sandals, which grants creatures haste and flying. Combine that with my lack of big beaters, and you have a fairly easy win for him. If I didn't get mana screwed the third game, this would have been a lot closer, but it was not meant to be :(
Match 3- vs. Gruul (1-2) Hopeful Eidolon and Favored Hoplite drove me to a Game 1 win, and for a while, I had him beat by equipping said Hoplite with Gift of Immortality and Ordeals, BUT, he had Portent of Betrayal, taking control of him, and sealing the win.
Match 4- vs. Radkos (2-0) While the Keepsake Gorgon kept me at bay, Gift of Immortality combined with Nemesis of Mortals allowed me to beat down his defenses. Voyaging Satyr came in handy A LOT here.
Deck MVP: Hopeful Eidolon and Leafcrown Dryad share this one.
Good Pulls: Gift of Immortality for sure, Abhorrent Overlord I guess, Steam Augury, two Chronicler of Heros and Anthoussa. Not bad, but not enough.
So what did I learn? When in doubt, draft flyers.
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