Kirblinx vs Ferret: Non-Blue Penny Pincer Grid Draft

[Kirblinx]

So I have a couple of days off and I realized that I had most of the expensive cards from Grillo's cube and decided to MTGO it. I also stole Jason's code and made this grid draft!
If you wanna call dibs be the first to reply. I posted this just before I went to bed, so in about 10 hours form this post I'll be back and can play at any point during the day (so for the next ~12 hours after that 10 hour gap). So come and try and beat me at some budget cubing!

Pack 1

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Seeker of the Way
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Galvanic Juggernaut

Row 2:
1 Thundering Tanadon
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Zulaport Cutthroat

Row 3:
1 Vines of Vastwood
1 Swarm of Bloodflies
1 Azorius Arrester

Column 1:
1 Seeker of the Way
1 Thundering Tanadon
1 Vines of Vastwood

Column 2:
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Swarm of Bloodflies

Column 3:
1 Galvanic Juggernaut
1 Zulaport Cutthroat
1 Azorius Arrester

Pack 2

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Tarfire
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Unearth

Row 2:
1 Temple of Malady
1 Sylvan Ranger
1 Echoing Decay

Row 3:
1 Magmatic Insight
1 Warren Weirding
1 Ghost Council of Orzhova

Column 1:
1 Tarfire
1 Temple of Malady
1 Magmatic Insight

Column 2:
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Sylvan Ranger
1 Warren Weirding

Column 3:
1 Unearth
1 Echoing Decay
1 Ghost Council of Orzhova

Pack 3

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Hellhole Rats
1 Ghastly Demise
1 Scoured Barrens

Row 2:
1 Last Breath
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Tiger Claws

Row 3:
1 Temple of Silence
1 Grab the Reins
1 Bonesplitter

Column 1:
1 Hellhole Rats
1 Last Breath
1 Temple of Silence

Column 2:
1 Ghastly Demise
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Grab the Reins

Column 3:
1 Scoured Barrens
1 Tiger Claws
1 Bonesplitter

Pack 4

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Champion of Lambholt
1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi

Row 2:
1 Dread Return
1 Death Spark
1 Ghor-Clan Rampager

Row 3:
1 Gruul Turf
1 Mangara of Corondor
1 Covetous Dragon

Column 1:
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Dread Return
1 Gruul Turf

Column 2:
1 Champion of Lambholt
1 Death Spark
1 Mangara of Corondor

Column 3:
1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
1 Ghor-Clan Rampager
1 Covetous Dragon

Pack 5

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Ancestral Statue
1 Starstorm
1 Unburial Rites

Row 2:
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
1 Cadaver Imp

Row 3:
1 Terrarion
1 Necrogenesis
1 Akroan Skyguard

Column 1:
1 Ancestral Statue
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Terrarion

Column 2:
1 Starstorm
1 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
1 Necrogenesis

Column 3:
1 Unburial Rites
1 Cadaver Imp
1 Akroan Skyguard

Pack 6

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Myr Retriever

Row 2:
1 Flickerwisp
1 Ichor Wellspring
1 Temple of Malice

Row 3:
1 Noxious Revival
1 Sulfurous Blast
1 Sejiri Steppe

Column 1:
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Flickerwisp
1 Noxious Revival

Column 2:
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Ichor Wellspring
1 Sulfurous Blast

Column 3:
1 Myr Retriever
1 Temple of Malice
1 Sejiri Steppe

Pack 7

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Thopter Engineer
1 Rally the Peasants
1 Feat of Resistance

Row 2:
1 Guided Strike
1 Rolling Thunder
1 Rusted Relic

Row 3:
1 Juggernaut
1 Temple of Abandon
1 Fabled Hero

Column 1:
1 Thopter Engineer
1 Guided Strike
1 Juggernaut

Column 2:
1 Rally the Peasants
1 Rolling Thunder
1 Temple of Abandon

Column 3:
1 Feat of Resistance
1 Rusted Relic
1 Fabled Hero

Pack 8

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Rancor
1 Keldon Marauders

Row 2:
1 Stingscourger
1 Darksteel Juggernaut
1 Chromatic Star

Row 3:
1 Unflinching Courage
1 Kiln Fiend
1 Savage Twister

Column 1:
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Stingscourger
1 Unflinching Courage

Column 2:
1 Rancor
1 Darksteel Juggernaut
1 Kiln Fiend

Column 3:
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Chromatic Star
1 Savage Twister

Pack 9

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Needle Specter
1 Dread Statuary
1 Brutalizer Exarch

Row 2:
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Sever the Bloodline
1 Apostle's Blessing

Row 3:
1 Shrine of Loyal Legions
1 Thrashing Wumpus
1 Midnight Haunting

Column 1:
1 Needle Specter
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Shrine of Loyal Legions

Column 2:
1 Dread Statuary
1 Sever the Bloodline
1 Thrashing Wumpus

Column 3:
1 Brutalizer Exarch
1 Apostle's Blessing
1 Midnight Haunting

Pack 10

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Terrarion
1 Terrarion
1 Maul Splicer

Row 2:
1 Remember the Fallen
1 Reckless Waif
1 Acidic Slime

Row 3:
1 Sylvan Might
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Quirion Ranger

Column 1:
1 Terrarion
1 Remember the Fallen
1 Sylvan Might

Column 2:
1 Terrarion
1 Reckless Waif
1 Mycosynth Wellspring

Column 3:
1 Maul Splicer
1 Acidic Slime
1 Quirion Ranger

Pack 11

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Marsh Flitter
1 Vital Splicer

Row 2:
1 Murderous Cut
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Magus of the Candelabra

Row 3:
1 Abundant Growth
1 Doomed Traveler
1 Expedition Map

Column 1:
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Murderous Cut
1 Abundant Growth

Column 2:
1 Marsh Flitter
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Doomed Traveler

Column 3:
1 Vital Splicer
1 Magus of the Candelabra
1 Expedition Map

Pack 12

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Elephant Guide
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Selesnya Sanctuary

Row 2:
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Phalanx Leader
1 Fertile Ground

Row 3:
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Nettle Sentinel
1 Goldnight Commander

Column 1:
1 Elephant Guide
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Rakdos Carnarium

Column 2:
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Phalanx Leader
1 Nettle Sentinel

Column 3:
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Fertile Ground
1 Goldnight Commander

Pack 13

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Quicksand
1 Rude Awakening
1 Abzan Falconer

Row 2:
1 Emerge Unscathed
1 Phyrexian Rager
1 Staggershock

Row 3:
1 Flame Slash
1 Boros Garrison
1 Reclaim

Column 1:
1 Quicksand
1 Emerge Unscathed
1 Flame Slash

Column 2:
1 Rude Awakening
1 Phyrexian Rager
1 Boros Garrison

Column 3:
1 Abzan Falconer
1 Staggershock
1 Reclaim

Pack 14

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion

Row 2:
1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
1 Triclopean Sight
1 Fleshbag Marauder

Row 3:
1 Throat Slitter
1 Wind-Scarred Crag
1 Dragon Fodder

Column 1:
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Savra, Queen of the Golgari
1 Throat Slitter

Column 2:
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Triclopean Sight
1 Wind-Scarred Crag

Column 3:
1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Dragon Fodder

Pack 15

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Undying Evil
1 Ichor Wellspring
1 Monastery Swiftspear

Row 2:
1 Goblin Glory Chaser
1 Prison Term
1 Gruul Turf

Row 3:
1 Beetleback Chief
1 Liliana's Specter
1 Krenko's Command

Column 1:
1 Undying Evil
1 Goblin Glory Chaser
1 Beetleback Chief

Column 2:
1 Ichor Wellspring
1 Prison Term
1 Liliana's Specter

Column 3:
1 Monastery Swiftspear
1 Gruul Turf
1 Krenko's Command

Pack 16

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Spikeshot Elder
1 Rusted Relic

Row 2:
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Spike Feeder
1 Rugged Highlands

Row 3:
1 Anax and Cymede
1 Leonin Squire
1 Orzhov Basilica

Column 1:
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Anax and Cymede

Column 2:
1 Spikeshot Elder
1 Spike Feeder
1 Leonin Squire

Column 3:
1 Rusted Relic
1 Rugged Highlands
1 Orzhov Basilica

 

[Jason Waddell]

Hey, kind of off-topic, but I was thinking of hosting Grillo's cube for a RipLab draft. If you already have the cards, would you be interested in hosting? Otherwise I'm sure we can pick them up on the RipLab account.

 

[Kirblinx]

Yeah, of course I would. I was talking to Grillo about it and he is keen to see it be drafted with 8 people, since his playgroup is generally only 4 people. That was my end goal. In the mean time I may as well get some drafts in that don't require 8 people to be in sync at the same time.

 

[Ferritovore]

I want to try this! I'm on MTGO as CubeDruid

 

[Jason Waddell]

Yeah, of course I would. I was talking to Grillo about it and he is keen to see it be drafted with 8 people, since his playgroup is generally only 4 people. That was my end goal. In the mean time I may as well get some drafts in that don't require 8 people to be in sync at the same time.

Okay, we should figure out how. Either with Aoret's assistance, or some other method. I think the easiest mayyyyyy be to temporarily trade the cards to the RipLab account. I'll send you a PM later and we can try to figure out details.

 

[Kirblinx]

So I drafted this pile which I guess is best described as RW Heroic splashing bomb auras and ninjas.

I ended up beating ferret 2-1. Fist game I got flooded cast exactly one card which promptly got removed and I got beaten down by a Rusted Relic.

Game 2 was much more interactive. I had an early start with a Swiftspear and Dragon Fodder and started to go to town on his life total. He managed to stabilize with a Shrine of Loyal Legions, Rusted Relic and Zulaport Cutthroat. A Thrashing Wumpus came down and I thought I was screwed. He decided to fire off the pestilence right away which ended up being a good sign for me as could get aggressive with the Galvanic Juggernaut and win ninjas.

Game 3 I had a Anax and Cyamede with a Rancor on it on turn 4 followed by a Galvanic Juggernaut. The beatings were rather severe. Being able to drop a Mogg War Marshall when no other creatures were dying to untap my galvanic Juggernaut was enough to get me there.

We both thought our decks were piles, but they both proved to be decent in their own ways and allowed for some nice interactive games.

I just need to learn to stop splashing so aggressively. I don't think that is going to happen.

 

[Ferritovore]

The MTGO interface was a disaster for both of us, ruining Kirb's Grab the Reins. Later, MTGO allowed me to take a Ninja to the face before I quicksanded it, which took half of my 4 life as well as forcing me to discard Dread Return, which I rather needed at that point in the game. And of course the egg timer pressured me into firing off Wumpus right away rather than waste time evaluating the correct play.

Overall: cool cube, interesting decks on both sides, free alternatives are WAY better than MTGO.

 

[Ferritovore]

 

[Kirblinx]

The MTGO interface was a disaster for both of us, ruining Kirb's Grab the Reins. Later, MTGO allowed me to take a Ninja to the face before I quicksanded it, which took half of my 4 life as well as forcing me to discard Dread Return, which I rather needed at that point in the game. And of course the egg timer pressured me into firing off Wumpus right away rather than waste time evaluating the correct play.

Overall: cool cube, interesting decks on both sides, free alternatives are WAY better than MTGO.

It wasn't MTGO's fault that Grab the Reins didn't do what I wanted it to do. I just assumed it untapped the creature. Little did I know when I took your tapped Hellhole Rats to finish you off it wasn't going to untap

So I think the end result is this:

• I need to read my cards
• You need to learn how to MTGO

It does take a little effort to get used to all of its, let's call them 'features'. Once you do, the clock isn't a problem then. Plus having a strict rules environment allows less cheats to happen, or just generally helps (there have been many a time I have forgotten something with dredge is in my graveyard. MTGO always asks you if you want to dredge every-single-draw).