James v Jason: Non-red 4C Grid Draft

Jason Waddell

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Okay, trying this with 16 packs. Will continue to trim pack count if needed. Some changes:

I made a spreadsheet that assigned a color identity to each card, then automatically remove from the draft pool the cards that have the color in question. In this case, that cut our pool from 360 cards to 276, which means 84 cards were cut.

I assigned the three Wastelands to colors W, B and R, so most grid drafts there will be a maximum of 2 Wastelands floating around.

In my code, I wrote it so that the shocklands are always in there. Fetches and dual lands are still random. Maybe I will seed one fetch from each color pair in there later. (Note that, unlike last time, there will be no off-color fetches. No Scalding Tarn in this draft).

Here is the (R) code, if anyone cares:
Code:
library(xlsx)
 
nPacks <- 16
 
fileName <- list.files(".", pattern = ".xlsx")
cubeDf <- read.xlsx(fileName, sheetIndex = 1)
colorIds <- as.vector(cubeDf[, 2])
cube <- as.vector(cubeDf[, 1])
 
 
# select colors
colorToOmit <- "R"  # sample(c("W", "U", "R", "B", "G"), 1)
 
colorList <- strsplit(colorIds, split = NULL)
rowsToKeep <- rep(1, length(cube))
for(i in 1:length(cube))
    if(colorToOmit %in% colorList[[i]])
        rowsToKeep[i] <- 0
 
cube <- cube[which(rowsToKeep == 1)]
 
# seed in shocklands
shocklands <- c("Blood Crypt", "Godless Shrine", "Overgrown Tomb",
        "Sacred Foundry", "Stomping Ground", "Temple Garden", "Breeding Pool",
        "Hallowed Fountain", "Watery Grave", "Steam Vents")
shockIds <- which(cube %in% shocklands)
 
gridPile <- cube[shockIds]
cube <- cube[-shockIds]
 
gridPile <- c(gridPile, sample(cube, size=9*nPacks - length(shockIds)))
gridPile <- sample(gridPile)
pack <- gridPile[1:9]
 
printPack <- function(pack, i) {
    cat("Pack", i, "\n", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
    cat("[spoiler][ci=small]", pack[1], "\n", pack[2], "\n", pack[3],
            "[/ci]", "\n", sep="", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
    cat("[ci=small]", pack[4], "\n", pack[5], "\n", pack[6],
            "[/ci]", "\n", sep="", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
    cat("[ci=small]", pack[7], "\n", pack[8], "\n", pack[9], "[/ci]", "\n",
            "\n", sep="", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
 
    cat("Row 1:\n1 ", pack[1], "\n1 ", pack[2], "\n1 ", pack[3], "\n \n",
            sep="", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
    cat("Row 2:\n1 ", pack[4], "\n1 ", pack[5], "\n1 ", pack[6], "\n \n",
            sep="", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
    cat("Row 3:\n1 ", pack[7], "\n1 ", pack[8], "\n1 ", pack[9], "\n \n",
            sep="", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
    cat("Column 1:\n1 ", pack[1], "\n1 ", pack[4], "\n1 ", pack[7], "\n \n",
            sep="", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
    cat("Column 2:\n1 ", pack[2], "\n1 ", pack[5], "\n1 ", pack[8], "\n \n",
            sep="", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
    cat("Column 3:\n1 ", pack[3], "\n1 ", pack[6], "\n1 ", pack[9],
            "\n[/spoiler]\n \n",
            sep="", file="gridDraft.txt", append=TRUE)
}
 
 
cat("Grid Drafting!", "\n", "\n", file="gridDraft.txt")
for(i in 1:nPacks) {
    pack <- gridPile[1:9 + (i-1)*9]
    printPack(pack, i)
}

And the draft!


Pack 1




Row 1:
1 Farseek
1 Mana Tithe
1 Carrion Feeder

Row 2:
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Wall of Omens

Row 3:
1 Counterspell
1 Flickerwisp
1 Polluted Delta

Column 1:
1 Farseek
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Counterspell

Column 2:
1 Mana Tithe
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Flickerwisp

Column 3:
1 Carrion Feeder
1 Wall of Omens
1 Polluted Delta

Pack 2




Row 1:
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Seeker of the Way
1 Kitchen Finks

Row 2:
1 Scatter to the Winds
1 Polluted Delta
1 Fact or Fiction

Row 3:
1 Gravecrawler
1 Underground Sea
1 Polluted Delta

Column 1:
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Scatter to the Winds
1 Gravecrawler

Column 2:
1 Seeker of the Way
1 Polluted Delta
1 Underground Sea

Column 3:
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Polluted Delta

Pack 3




Row 1:
1 Sultai Emissary
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Jinxed Idol

Row 2:
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Scrubland
1 Languish

Row 3:
1 Blasting Station
1 Far // Away
1 Day of Judgment

Column 1:
1 Sultai Emissary
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Blasting Station

Column 2:
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Scrubland
1 Far // Away

Column 3:
1 Jinxed Idol
1 Languish
1 Day of Judgment

Pack 4




Row 1:
1 Baleful Strix
1 Dark Confidant
1 Silverblade Paladin

Row 2:
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Squelch
1 Sphere of the Suns

Row 3:
1 Abyssal Persecutor
1 Life from the Loam
1 Malicious Affliction

Column 1:
1 Baleful Strix
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Abyssal Persecutor

Column 2:
1 Dark Confidant
1 Squelch
1 Life from the Loam

Column 3:
1 Silverblade Paladin
1 Sphere of the Suns
1 Malicious Affliction

Pack 5




Row 1:
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Ludevic's Test Subject
1 Hero of Bladehold

Row 2:
1 Flesh Carver
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Control Magic

Row 3:
1 Augur of Bolas
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Deathrite Shaman

Column 1:
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Flesh Carver
1 Augur of Bolas

Column 2:
1 Ludevic's Test Subject
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Nevinyrral's Disk

Column 3:
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Control Magic
1 Deathrite Shaman

Pack 6




Row 1:
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Breeding Pool
1 Birthing Pod

Row 2:
1 Mirror Entity
1 Marsh Flats
1 Scavenging Ooze

Row 3:
1 Champion of the Parish
1 Forbidden Alchemy
1 Narset Transcendent

Column 1:
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Mirror Entity
1 Champion of the Parish

Column 2:
1 Breeding Pool
1 Marsh Flats
1 Forbidden Alchemy

Column 3:
1 Birthing Pod
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Narset Transcendent

Pack 7




Row 1:
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Executioner's Capsule
1 Hallowed Burial

Row 2:
1 Brindle Shoat
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Polukranos, World Eater

Row 3:
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Brainstorm
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror

Column 1:
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Brindle Shoat
1 Venser, Shaper Savant

Column 2:
1 Executioner's Capsule
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Brainstorm

Column 3:
1 Hallowed Burial
1 Polukranos, World Eater
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror

Pack 8




Row 1:
1 Nature's Claim
1 Brainstorm
1 Spectral Procession

Row 2:
1 Temple Garden
1 Putrid Leech
1 Engineered Explosives

Row 3:
1 Champion of the Parish
1 Loyal Cathar
1 Tundra

Column 1:
1 Nature's Claim
1 Temple Garden
1 Champion of the Parish

Column 2:
1 Brainstorm
1 Putrid Leech
1 Loyal Cathar

Column 3:
1 Spectral Procession
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Tundra

Pack 9




Row 1:
1 Hero's Downfall
1 Curse of Shallow Graves
1 Chief of the Edge

Row 2:
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Perilous Myr
1 Courser of Kruphix

Row 3:
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Primal Command
1 Misty Rainforest

Column 1:
1 Hero's Downfall
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
1 Overgrown Tomb

Column 2:
1 Curse of Shallow Graves
1 Perilous Myr
1 Primal Command

Column 3:
1 Chief of the Edge
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Misty Rainforest

Pack 10




Row 1:
1 Thoughtseize
1 Primeval Titan
1 Mulldrifter

Row 2:
1 Acidic Slime
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Nest Invader

Row 3:
1 Quarantine Field
1 Emeria Angel
1 Journey to Nowhere

Column 1:
1 Thoughtseize
1 Acidic Slime
1 Quarantine Field

Column 2:
1 Primeval Titan
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Emeria Angel

Column 3:
1 Mulldrifter
1 Nest Invader
1 Journey to Nowhere

Pack 11




Row 1:
1 Vorapede
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Gideon Jura

Row 2:
1 Rampaging Baloths
1 Grave Titan
1 Ophiomancer

Row 3:
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Angel of Serenity
1 Condescend

Column 1:
1 Vorapede
1 Rampaging Baloths
1 Garruk Wildspeaker

Column 2:
1 Treasure Cruise
1 Grave Titan
1 Angel of Serenity

Column 3:
1 Gideon Jura
1 Ophiomancer
1 Condescend

Pack 12




Row 1:
1 Tezzeret's Gambit
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Delver of Secrets

Row 2:
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Fabled Hero

Row 3:
1 Bloodghast
1 Brainstorm
1 Bone Shredder

Column 1:
1 Tezzeret's Gambit
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Bloodghast

Column 2:
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Brainstorm

Column 3:
1 Delver of Secrets
1 Fabled Hero
1 Bone Shredder

Pack 13




Row 1:
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Fencing Ace
1 Expedition Map

Row 2:
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Vendilion Clique

Row 3:
1 Xathrid Necromancer
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
1 Bayou

Column 1:
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Xathrid Necromancer

Column 2:
1 Fencing Ace
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
1 Bloodsoaked Champion

Column 3:
1 Expedition Map
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Bayou

Pack 14




Row 1:
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Memory Lapse
1 Steppe Lynx

Row 2:
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Brainstorm

Row 3:
1 Harrow
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Godless Shrine

Column 1:
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Harrow

Column 2:
1 Memory Lapse
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Snapcaster Mage

Column 3:
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Brainstorm
1 Godless Shrine

Pack 15




Row 1:
1 Fettergeist
1 Damnation
1 Bloodsoaked Champion

Row 2:
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben

Row 3:
1 Man-o'-War
1 Wall of Roots
1 Hushwing Gryff

Column 1:
1 Fettergeist
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Man-o'-War

Column 2:
1 Damnation
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Wall of Roots

Column 3:
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Hushwing Gryff

Pack 16




Row 1:
1 Marsh Flats
1 Mother of Runes
1 Coldsteel Heart

Row 2:
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Watery Grave
1 Edge of Autumn

Row 3:
1 Skinrender
1 Titania, Protector of Argoth
1 Search for Tomorrow

Column 1:
1 Marsh Flats
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Skinrender

Column 2:
1 Mother of Runes
1 Watery Grave
1 Titania, Protector of Argoth

Column 3:
1 Coldsteel Heart
1 Edge of Autumn
1 Search for Tomorrow
 

Jason Waddell

Administrator
Staff member
How did this turn out? I want my results analysis goddamnit *shakes fist*
I beat James 2-0, 2-0. Narset was pretty useless, but also kind of unkillable. Maybe she's lame.

Tezzeret's Gambit did some work. It proliferated my Jace AoT so I could -2 twice and still keep it on the board. This was a lot of Walkers to have in one deck, and I had enough filtering and acceleration to cover the early game.

Languish continues to be great.

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