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Recap: On Sat. night, I hosted a Chaos draft. The packs involved can be found in my previous thread, so I'll skip those. Below, I have prepared visual decks that each player constructed, sans basic lands. I hope you all find it interesting! I am personally very pleased with how I drafted, although I did wind up going 1-1 due to flooding. Somewhat disappointing, but I had a lot of fun, and that's what counts. Without further ado:
Brad Costillo
Will Wajert
Niki Patterson (1st place Champion!)
Israel Tapia
Richard Patterson
Anthony Burley
Abraham Sloves (Me!)
Jeff Pate
I am very pleased with how I drafted, and how my deck turned out. Considering that I frankly could use a lot of drafting practice, this made me quite happy. My first pick was Omnath out of zendikar, my second was Cloudgoat Ranger out of Modern masters. There were a few cards that I regretted passing, but overall I feel that I made a majority of the right decisions, and wound up with a powerful curve, good removal, good fixing and more than one bomb.
Round One:
I lost to Richard Patterson's Gruul deck in the first round. Game 1, I crushed him with a double activation of Selvala's charge, into Courser's Accord. Game two was extremely close, but he managed to stall out, and I got flooded, drawing six lands in a row and allowing him to take the game. Game three, I kept a hand with three lands, Mercy Killing, Chrome Mox, Temporal Isolation and Kanzandu Blademaster. I exiled Mercy killing to the Mox to play the Blademaster on Turn 1. I then proceeded to draw eight lands (my only draws the entire game
) allowing him to kill my blademaster, and slowly overrun me.
Round Two:
I won against Anthony's Grixis deck. There was nothing much to say about it; Selvala's Charge, Courser's Accord and Cloudgoat Ranger are all excellent cards. He later told me that he opened Sedris, the Traitor King in his first pack which he felt forced him into Grixis' colors.
Biggest disappointment (aside from the mana flooding): I never drew Omnath during the entire tournament.
Biggest play: Anthony killed one of my three kithkins on a full board to keep me from swinging for lethal. I used courser's accord to populate them, and promptly swung for lethal.
Biggest Pull: Israel Tapia cleaned house, pulling both a Chalice of the Void from his Modern Masters pack, and a Sacred Foundry from is Original Ravnica pack! Nobody came close to that kind of money.
Let me know what you think! Would you like me to do another write up the next time I host one of these things? Any suggestions for formatting, etc?
Recap: On Sat. night, I hosted a Chaos draft. The packs involved can be found in my previous thread, so I'll skip those. Below, I have prepared visual decks that each player constructed, sans basic lands. I hope you all find it interesting! I am personally very pleased with how I drafted, although I did wind up going 1-1 due to flooding. Somewhat disappointing, but I had a lot of fun, and that's what counts. Without further ado:
Brad Costillo
| ones (2) 1 Intimidator Initiate 1 Bull rush Twos (7) 1 Immolating souleater 1 Sunflare shaman 1 Stingscourger 1 Boros guildmage 1 Jeering instigator 1 Fury charm 1 Carnage altar Threes (7) 1 Scourge of the nobilis 1 Goblin replica 1 Pilgrim’s eye 1 Inner-flame igniter 1 Guttersnipe 1 Lightning talons 1 dead//gone Fours (4) 1 Embermage Goblin 1 Lightning hounds 1 Stingmoggie 1 Grinning totem Fives (2) 1 Fomori nomad 1 Spire barrage Sixes (3) 1 Ainok Tracker 1 Bogardan rager 1 Hellkite charger | Lands (1) 1 Boros garrison (0) |
Will Wajert
| Ones (2) 1 Vapor Snag 1 Piracy Charm Twos (6) 1 Riftsweeper 1 Cyclonic Rift 1 Nest Invader 1 Somnomancer 1 Everflowing Chalice 1 Ashcoat Bear Threes (6) 1 Aether Tradewinds 1 Shadow Sliver 1 Growth Spasm 1 Rishadan Airship 1 Fertilid 1 Kathari Screecher Fours (4) 1 Rishadan Footpad 1 Latchkey Fairie 1 Shell Skulkin 1 Aethertow Fives (4) 1 Farsight Mask 1 Sporoloth Ancient 1 Sprout Swarm 1 Incremental Growth Sixes (1) 1 Mistform Mutant (0) |
Niki Patterson (1st place Champion!)
| Ones (4) 1 Executioner's Capsule 1 Typhoid Rats 1 Disfigure 1 Ghoulcaller’s Chant Twos (4) 1 Bloodthrone Vampire 1 Sootstoke Kindler 1 Nameless Inversion 1 Shepherd of Rot Threes (6) 1 Nether Spirit 1 Ichor Slick 1 Sickleslicer 1 Dead Reveler 1 Dross Prowler 1 Moonglove Changeling Fours (3) 1 Tendrils of Corruption 1 Mirri the Cursed 1 Jagswasp Swarm Fives (4) 1 Sapling of Colfenor 1 Gravelgill Axeshark 1 Reaper of Sheoldred 1 Corpse Connoisseur Sixes (2) 1 Rite of the Serpent 1 Dread Sevens (1) 1 Phantasmagorian |
Israel Tapia
| Ones (2) 1 Dead-Iron Sledge 1 Flayer Husk Twos (7) 1 Cathedral Membrane 1 Eel Umbra 1 Diplomatic Immunity 1 Revoke Existence 1 Inquisitor’s Snare 1 Vedalken Aethermage 1 Angelsong Threes (4) 1 Crippling Chill 1 Merfolk Thaumaturgist 1 Laboratory Maniac 1 Steel of the Godhead Fours (8) 1 Abbey Griffin 1 Loyal Gyrfalcon 1 Malach of the Dawn 1 Wakestone Gargoyle 1 Protective Bubble 1 Sage Aven 1 Soulsworn Spirit 1 Paradise Plume Fives (1) 1 Glassdust Hulk Sixes (2) 1 Conclave Equenaut 1 Volition Reins | Lands (4) 1 New Benalia 1 Paliano, the High City (Esper colors) 1 Seat of the Synod 1 Vivid Meadow (0) |
Richard Patterson
| Ones (4) 1 Lightning Axe 1 Hunger of the Howlpack 1 Brute Force 1 Burst Lightning Twos (4) 1 Viashino Slasher 1 Boneyard Wurm 1 Smoke Teller 1 Brightearth Banneret Threes (8) 1 Petrified Plating 1 Battlewand Oak 1 Keldon Marauders 1 Goblin Roughrider 1 Gloomwidow 1 Snakeform 1 Mage Slayer 1 Sickleslicer Fours (4) 1 Lizard Warrior 1 Grab the Reins 1 Feral Contest 1 Hammerheim Deadeye Fives (3) 1 Rotted Hystrix 1 Burn Away 1 Crabapple Cohort |
Anthony Burley
Abraham Sloves (Me!)
| Zeros (1) 1 Chrome Mox Ones (3) 1 Awe Strike 1 Thrill of the hunt 1 sunlance Twos (7) 1 Kazandu Blademaster 1 Forced Worship 1 Apostle’s Blessing 1 Temporal Isolation 1 Cloistered Youth 1 Farseek 1 Puncturing Light Threes (6) 1 Omnath, Locus of Mana 1 Loxodon Wayfarer 1 Sigil of the Nayan Gods 1 Blinding Beam 1 noble vestige 1 Mercy Killing Fours (1) 1 Hillcomber Giant Fives (4) 1 Selvala's Charge 1 Cloudgoat Ranger 1 Iona's Judgment 1 Ghost Tactician Sixes (1) 1 Coursers' Accord Sevens (1) 1 Krosan Tusker | Lands (3) 1 Bant Panorama 1 Blossoming Sands 1 Selesnya Guildgate |
Jeff Pate
| Ones (2) 1 Doomed Traveler 1 Explorer’s Scope Twos (6) 1 Call of the Conclave 1 Knight of the Holy Nimbus 1 Moment of Heroism 1 Moment of Heroism 1 Copper Myr 1 Suture Priest Threes (7) 1 Elvish Harbinger 1 Primal Forcemage 1 Nantuko Shaman 1 Alloy Myr 1 Citanul Woodreaders 1 Palladium Myr 1 Burrenton Bombardier Fours (4) 1 Voracious Hatchling 1 Snorting Gahr 1 Leonin Armorguard 1 Resounding Silence Fives (1) 1 Lucent Liminid Sixes (2) 1 Noble Templar 1 Dreamstone Hedron | Lands (2) 1 Secluded Steppe 1 Zoetic Cavern (0) |
I am very pleased with how I drafted, and how my deck turned out. Considering that I frankly could use a lot of drafting practice, this made me quite happy. My first pick was Omnath out of zendikar, my second was Cloudgoat Ranger out of Modern masters. There were a few cards that I regretted passing, but overall I feel that I made a majority of the right decisions, and wound up with a powerful curve, good removal, good fixing and more than one bomb.
Round One:
I lost to Richard Patterson's Gruul deck in the first round. Game 1, I crushed him with a double activation of Selvala's charge, into Courser's Accord. Game two was extremely close, but he managed to stall out, and I got flooded, drawing six lands in a row and allowing him to take the game. Game three, I kept a hand with three lands, Mercy Killing, Chrome Mox, Temporal Isolation and Kanzandu Blademaster. I exiled Mercy killing to the Mox to play the Blademaster on Turn 1. I then proceeded to draw eight lands (my only draws the entire game
) allowing him to kill my blademaster, and slowly overrun me.Round Two:
I won against Anthony's Grixis deck. There was nothing much to say about it; Selvala's Charge, Courser's Accord and Cloudgoat Ranger are all excellent cards. He later told me that he opened Sedris, the Traitor King in his first pack which he felt forced him into Grixis' colors.
Biggest disappointment (aside from the mana flooding): I never drew Omnath during the entire tournament.
Biggest play: Anthony killed one of my three kithkins on a full board to keep me from swinging for lethal. I used courser's accord to populate them, and promptly swung for lethal.
Biggest Pull: Israel Tapia cleaned house, pulling both a Chalice of the Void from his Modern Masters pack, and a Sacred Foundry from is Original Ravnica pack! Nobody came close to that kind of money.
Let me know what you think! Would you like me to do another write up the next time I host one of these things? Any suggestions for formatting, etc?