Kirblinx vs Grillo: Non-Blue Penny Pincer Grid Draft

Kirblinx · Jan 9, 2016

Contact either Grillo or myself if you want to draft one of these.
Pack 1

Row 1:
1 Persecute
1 Doomed Traveler
1 Pyrite Spellbomb

Row 2:
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Rolling Thunder
1 Favored Hoplite

Row 3:
1 Sunscape Familiar
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Emancipation Angel

Column 1:
1 Persecute
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Sunscape Familiar

Column 2:
1 Doomed Traveler
1 Rolling Thunder
1 Oona's Prowler

Column 3:
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Favored Hoplite
1 Emancipation Angel

Pack 2

Row 1:
1 Spike Feeder
1 Staggershock
1 Sylvok Lifestaff

Row 2:
1 Pelakka Wurm
1 Firemane Angel
1 Temple of Abandon

Row 3:
1 Court Homunculus
1 Quirion Ranger
1 Shelter

Column 1:
1 Spike Feeder
1 Pelakka Wurm
1 Court Homunculus

Column 2:
1 Staggershock
1 Firemane Angel
1 Quirion Ranger

Column 3:
1 Sylvok Lifestaff
1 Temple of Abandon
1 Shelter

Pack 3

Row 1:
1 Civic Wayfinder
1 Needle Specter
1 Nameless Inversion

Row 2:
1 Chromatic Star
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Krosan Tusker

Row 3:
1 Artisan of Kozilek
1 Foundry of the Consuls
1 Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer

Column 1:
1 Civic Wayfinder
1 Chromatic Star
1 Artisan of Kozilek

Column 2:
1 Needle Specter
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Foundry of the Consuls

Column 3:
1 Nameless Inversion
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer

Pack 4

Row 1:
1 Trusty Machete
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Chromatic Star

Row 2:
1 Emerge Unscathed
1 Dread Statuary
1 Midnight Haunting

Row 3:
1 Fangren Marauder
1 Sigil of the Nayan Gods
1 Kor Sanctifiers

Column 1:
1 Trusty Machete
1 Emerge Unscathed
1 Fangren Marauder

Column 2:
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Dread Statuary
1 Sigil of the Nayan Gods

Column 3:
1 Chromatic Star
1 Midnight Haunting
1 Kor Sanctifiers

Pack 5

Row 1:
1 Incinerate
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Selesnya Sanctuary

Row 2:
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Hooting Mandrills
1 Thopter Engineer

Row 3:
1 Starstorm
1 Sunlance
1 Faith's Fetters

Column 1:
1 Incinerate
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Starstorm

Column 2:
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Hooting Mandrills
1 Sunlance

Column 3:
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Thopter Engineer
1 Faith's Fetters

Pack 6

Row 1:
1 Temple of Triumph
1 Thundering Tanadon
1 Gruul Turf

Row 2:
1 Boros Garrison
1 Grab the Reins
1 Marsh Flitter

Row 3:
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Ichor Wellspring
1 Darkblast

Column 1:
1 Temple of Triumph
1 Boros Garrison
1 Reclamation Sage

Column 2:
1 Thundering Tanadon
1 Grab the Reins
1 Ichor Wellspring

Column 3:
1 Gruul Turf
1 Marsh Flitter
1 Darkblast

Pack 7

Row 1:
1 Terrarion
1 Mold Shambler
1 Chittering Rats

Row 2:
1 Ghost Council of Orzhova
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Azorius Chancery

Row 3:
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Sylvan Ranger
1 Ingot Chewer

Column 1:
1 Terrarion
1 Ghost Council of Orzhova
1 Terramorphic Expanse

Column 2:
1 Mold Shambler
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Sylvan Ranger

Column 3:
1 Chittering Rats
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Ingot Chewer

Pack 8

Row 1:
1 Feral Invocation
1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
1 Petravark

Row 2:
1 Abzan Falconer
1 Trading Post
1 Fertile Ground

Row 3:
1 Quicksand
1 Hellkite Igniter
1 Chronomaton

Column 1:
1 Feral Invocation
1 Abzan Falconer
1 Quicksand

Column 2:
1 Teysa, Orzhov Scion
1 Trading Post
1 Hellkite Igniter

Column 3:
1 Petravark
1 Fertile Ground
1 Chronomaton

Pack 9

Row 1:
1 Hordeling Outburst
1 Unburial Rites
1 Gruul Turf

Row 2:
1 Hellhole Rats
1 Terrarion
1 Murderous Cut

Row 3:
1 Prophetic Prism
1 Nightmare Void
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda

Column 1:
1 Hordeling Outburst
1 Hellhole Rats
1 Prophetic Prism

Column 2:
1 Unburial Rites
1 Terrarion
1 Nightmare Void

Column 3:
1 Gruul Turf
1 Murderous Cut
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda

Pack 10

Row 1:
1 Unearth
1 Reaping the Graves
1 Feat of Resistance

Row 2:
1 Benevolent Bodyguard
1 Skeletal Vampire
1 Augur of Skulls

Row 3:
1 Moldervine Cloak
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Porcelain Legionnaire

Column 1:
1 Unearth
1 Benevolent Bodyguard
1 Moldervine Cloak

Column 2:
1 Reaping the Graves
1 Skeletal Vampire
1 Orzhov Basilica

Column 3:
1 Feat of Resistance
1 Augur of Skulls
1 Porcelain Legionnaire

Pack 11

Row 1:
1 Throat Slitter
1 Remember the Fallen
1 Kiln Fiend

Row 2:
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Wind-Scarred Crag

Row 3:
1 Blastoderm
1 Young Wolf
1 Eternal Dragon

Column 1:
1 Throat Slitter
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Blastoderm

Column 2:
1 Remember the Fallen
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Young Wolf

Column 3:
1 Kiln Fiend
1 Wind-Scarred Crag
1 Eternal Dragon

Pack 12

Row 1:
1 Azorius Arrester
1 Temple of Malady
1 Markov Blademaster

Row 2:
1 Wandering Wolf
1 Goblin Arsonist
1 Magmatic Insight

Row 3:
1 Swarm of Bloodflies
1 Stenchskipper
1 Undying Evil

Column 1:
1 Azorius Arrester
1 Wandering Wolf
1 Swarm of Bloodflies

Column 2:
1 Temple of Malady
1 Goblin Arsonist
1 Stenchskipper

Column 3:
1 Markov Blademaster
1 Magmatic Insight
1 Undying Evil

Pack 13

Row 1:
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Temple of Silence
1 Rusted Relic

Row 2:
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Rusted Relic

Row 3:
1 Harvest Pyre
1 Tuskguard Captain
1 Krenko's Command

Column 1:
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Harvest Pyre

Column 2:
1 Temple of Silence
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Tuskguard Captain

Column 3:
1 Rusted Relic
1 Rusted Relic
1 Krenko's Command

Pack 14

Row 1:
1 Rude Awakening
1 Brimstone Volley
1 Khalni Garden

Row 2:
1 Acolyte of the Inferno
1 Reckless Charge
1 Guided Strike

Row 3:
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Bonesplitter
1 Devour Flesh

Column 1:
1 Rude Awakening
1 Acolyte of the Inferno
1 Mycosynth Wellspring

Column 2:
1 Brimstone Volley
1 Reckless Charge
1 Bonesplitter

Column 3:
1 Khalni Garden
1 Guided Strike
1 Devour Flesh

Pack 15

Row 1:
1 Voyaging Satyr
1 Master's Call
1 Temple of Malice

Row 2:
1 Ghastly Demise
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Stingscourger

Row 3:
1 Terrarion
1 Brutalizer Exarch
1 Exhume

Column 1:
1 Voyaging Satyr
1 Ghastly Demise
1 Terrarion

Column 2:
1 Master's Call
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Brutalizer Exarch

Column 3:
1 Temple of Malice
1 Stingscourger
1 Exhume

Pack 16

Row 1:
1 Bone Shredder
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Nettle Sentinel

Row 2:
1 Warren Weirding
1 Wingsteed Rider
1 Maul Splicer

Row 3:
1 Thrashing Wumpus
1 Shambling Shell
1 Jungle Hollow

Column 1:
1 Bone Shredder
1 Warren Weirding
1 Thrashing Wumpus

Column 2:
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Wingsteed Rider
1 Shambling Shell

Column 3:
1 Nettle Sentinel
1 Maul Splicer
1 Jungle Hollow

Kirblinx · Jan 17, 2016

Time to put the pedal to the metal and get aggressive:

Deck had some explosive draws but also suffered from the threats/protection ratios thanks to the MTGO shuffler. Petravark was solid. Jor was a house and Feat of Resistance was probably my MVP.

Also, for those reading. Check out pack 10 above. It was my pick and the whole pack was insane. What would you pick?

Grillo_Parlante · Jan 17, 2016

That first pack was pretty tough. I felt that the column that you took (3) offered the best change of a synergistic deck, but column 1 had a bomby card (persecute) and good cards to stay open with. I kind of think it was the wrong pick, because persecute would be less good against a a fast metal craft deck (which your picks supported) and because sunscape has no blue cards to work with.

On pack 10, I really thought you were just going to hate draft the vampire.

My picks were all over the place, and I was really struggling with deck identity. I originally wanted to play black, but the black cards didn't really show up until later in the packs, and by that time I should have been B/W, but had passed up all of the great B/W gold cards. My deck had great fixing, but was lighter on removal than it should have been, and had an awkward bulge at the 3 drop spot.

I know you were wondering about my pack 14 pick (column 3), where I passed on a rude awakening, a giant bomb. I was pretty desperate for early interaction at that point, as I knew I would be taking a controlling stance. I also suspected I would need to run the throat slitter I had picked earlier, just to get a reasonable removal density, and the khalani token would help get me the body mass I needed to sneak the rats in.

So I ended up in this sort of rampy deck with a value recursion plan, and some dredge elements to hopefully shift fatties into the yard to unburial rites. The lifegain would hopefully come online in time for me to start regaining the life I would be hemorrhaging in the early game, due to the unattractive curve, and inconsistent interaction. It was a pretty rocky gameplan, but it seemed to work well enough.

M1g2, I actually made a pretty big play mistake, I wasn't thinking about what ghastly demise does, for some reason I thought it was CC, not toughness, and pointed it at your isamaru with 1 card in the yard, but I think you assumed I must have known what I was doing, and pointed that feat of resistance at it!

I think my favorite plays were ninjutsu bouncing pelakka wurm back to my hand, and that play you made in the second match where you waited for my blastoderm to die on my upkeep, and than brimstone volleyed my fangren marauder. I don't think you could have won that game otherwise.

That was so satisfying though, grinding down jor with all of those wurm recasts. Now you know what its like