Kirblinx vs AtlasPud: Non-Red Penny Pincer Grid Draft

[Kirblinx]

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Pack 1

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Vital Splicer
1 Fleshbag Marauder

Row 2:
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Azorius Arrester
1 Temple of Mystery

Row 3:
1 Dread Return
1 Temple of Deceit
1 Dismal Backwater

Column 1:
1 Temple of Plenty
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Dread Return

Column 2:
1 Vital Splicer
1 Azorius Arrester
1 Temple of Deceit

Column 3:
1 Fleshbag Marauder
1 Temple of Mystery
1 Dismal Backwater

Pack 2

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Zulaport Cutthroat
1 Longshot Squad
1 Sylvan Might

Row 2:
1 Tortured Existence
1 Perilous Research
1 Rusted Relic

Row 3:
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Emerge Unscathed
1 Mistfire Adept

Column 1:
1 Zulaport Cutthroat
1 Tortured Existence
1 Golgari Rot Farm

Column 2:
1 Longshot Squad
1 Perilous Research
1 Emerge Unscathed

Column 3:
1 Sylvan Might
1 Rusted Relic
1 Mistfire Adept

Pack 3

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Noxious Revival
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Utopia Sprawl

Row 2:
1 Rude Awakening
1 Entomber Exarch
1 Scoured Barrens

Row 3:
1 Hooting Mandrills
1 Mistblade Shinobi
1 Chromatic Star

Column 1:
1 Noxious Revival
1 Rude Awakening
1 Hooting Mandrills

Column 2:
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Entomber Exarch
1 Mistblade Shinobi

Column 3:
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Scoured Barrens
1 Chromatic Star

Pack 4

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Cadaver Imp
1 Remember the Fallen
1 Troll Ascetic

Row 2:
1 Thornwood Falls
1 Artisan of Kozilek
1 Bloodthrone Vampire

Row 3:
1 Gideon's Lawkeeper
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Seeker of the Way

Column 1:
1 Cadaver Imp
1 Thornwood Falls
1 Gideon's Lawkeeper

Column 2:
1 Remember the Fallen
1 Artisan of Kozilek
1 Krosan Tusker

Column 3:
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Bloodthrone Vampire
1 Seeker of the Way

Pack 5

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Into the Roil
1 Court Homunculus
1 Gurmag Angler

Row 2:
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Mycosynth Wellspring

Row 3:
1 Reclaim
1 Reclamation Sage
1 Courier's Capsule

Column 1:
1 Into the Roil
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Reclaim

Column 2:
1 Court Homunculus
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Reclamation Sage

Column 3:
1 Gurmag Angler
1 Mycosynth Wellspring
1 Courier's Capsule

Pack 6

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Halimar Depths
1 Kessig Cagebreakers
1 Stroke of Genius

Row 2:
1 Jeskai Elder
1 Ichor Wellspring
1 Bonesplitter

Row 3:
1 Wing Splicer
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Think Twice

Column 1:
1 Halimar Depths
1 Jeskai Elder
1 Wing Splicer

Column 2:
1 Kessig Cagebreakers
1 Ichor Wellspring
1 Eternal Dragon

Column 3:
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Bonesplitter
1 Think Twice

Pack 7

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Sejiri Steppe
1 Undying Evil
1 Lorescale Coatl

Row 2:
1 Sensor Splicer
1 Sylvok Lifestaff
1 Oona's Prowler

Row 3:
1 Blastoderm
1 Maul Splicer
1 Jeskai Sage

Column 1:
1 Sejiri Steppe
1 Sensor Splicer
1 Blastoderm

Column 2:
1 Undying Evil
1 Sylvok Lifestaff
1 Maul Splicer

Column 3:
1 Lorescale Coatl
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Jeskai Sage

Pack 8

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Voyaging Satyr
1 Pestermite
1 Galvanic Juggernaut

Row 2:
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Slaughter

Row 3:
1 Muddle the Mixture
1 Insidious Dreams
1 Dimir Aqueduct

Column 1:
1 Voyaging Satyr
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Muddle the Mixture

Column 2:
1 Pestermite
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Insidious Dreams

Column 3:
1 Galvanic Juggernaut
1 Slaughter
1 Dimir Aqueduct

Pack 9

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Needle Specter
1 Elephant Guide
1 Sunscape Familiar

Row 2:
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Temple of Silence
1 Simic Growth Chamber

Row 3:
1 Galepowder Mage
1 Chromatic Star
1 Arcane Denial

Column 1:
1 Needle Specter
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Galepowder Mage

Column 2:
1 Elephant Guide
1 Temple of Silence
1 Chromatic Star

Column 3:
1 Sunscape Familiar
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Arcane Denial

Pack 10

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Magus of the Candelabra
1 Thrashing Wumpus
1 Death Rattle

Row 2:
1 Mold Shambler
1 Unearth
1 Crib Swap

Row 3:
1 Trading Post
1 Doomed Traveler
1 Unburial Rites

Column 1:
1 Magus of the Candelabra
1 Mold Shambler
1 Trading Post

Column 2:
1 Thrashing Wumpus
1 Unearth
1 Doomed Traveler

Column 3:
1 Death Rattle
1 Crib Swap
1 Unburial Rites

Pack 11

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Apostle's Blessing
1 Temple of Enlightenment
1 Jhessian Thief

Row 2:
1 Rusted Relic
1 Battle Mastery
1 Regress

Row 3:
1 Somber Hoverguard
1 Quirion Dryad
1 Akroan Skyguard

Column 1:
1 Apostle's Blessing
1 Rusted Relic
1 Somber Hoverguard

Column 2:
1 Temple of Enlightenment
1 Battle Mastery
1 Quirion Dryad

Column 3:
1 Jhessian Thief
1 Regress
1 Akroan Skyguard

Pack 12

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Briarhorn
1 Wingsteed Rider
1 Aven Riftwatcher

Row 2:
1 Ghastly Demise
1 Sunlance
1 Simic Growth Chamber

Row 3:
1 Ghostly Flicker
1 Counterspell
1 Prison Term

Column 1:
1 Briarhorn
1 Ghastly Demise
1 Ghostly Flicker

Column 2:
1 Wingsteed Rider
1 Sunlance
1 Counterspell

Column 3:
1 Aven Riftwatcher
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Prison Term

Pack 13

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Feral Invocation
1 Reaping the Graves
1 Silumgar Sorcerer

Row 2:
1 Fertile Ground
1 Lumberknot
1 Darksteel Juggernaut

Row 3:
1 Devour Flesh
1 Abzan Falconer
1 Triclopean Sight

Column 1:
1 Feral Invocation
1 Fertile Ground
1 Devour Flesh

Column 2:
1 Reaping the Graves
1 Lumberknot
1 Abzan Falconer

Column 3:
1 Silumgar Sorcerer
1 Darksteel Juggernaut
1 Triclopean Sight

Pack 14

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Momentary Blink
1 Frantic Search
1 Phyrexian Rager

Row 2:
1 Repeal
1 Plaxcaster Frogling
1 Trinket Mage

Row 3:
1 Archaeomancer
1 Mnemonic Wall
1 Benevolent Bodyguard

Column 1:
1 Momentary Blink
1 Repeal
1 Archaeomancer

Column 2:
1 Frantic Search
1 Plaxcaster Frogling
1 Mnemonic Wall

Column 3:
1 Phyrexian Rager
1 Trinket Mage
1 Benevolent Bodyguard

Pack 15

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Executioner's Capsule
1 Crypt Rats
1 Master Splicer

Row 2:
1 Temple of Malady
1 Skaab Goliath
1 Scryb Ranger

Row 3:
1 Master Splicer
1 Augur of Skulls
1 Ninja of the Deep Hours

Column 1:
1 Executioner's Capsule
1 Temple of Malady
1 Master Splicer

Column 2:
1 Crypt Rats
1 Skaab Goliath
1 Augur of Skulls

Column 3:
1 Master Splicer
1 Scryb Ranger
1 Ninja of the Deep Hours

Pack 16

Spoiler

Row 1:
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Expedition Map
1 Tranquil Cove

Row 2:
1 Skeletal Vampire
1 Fangren Marauder
1 Porcelain Legionnaire

Row 3:
1 Quirion Ranger
1 Artificer's Epiphany
1 Moldervine Cloak

Column 1:
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Skeletal Vampire
1 Quirion Ranger

Column 2:
1 Expedition Map
1 Fangren Marauder
1 Artificer's Epiphany

Column 3:
1 Tranquil Cove
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Moldervine Cloak

 

[Kirblinx]

So this is a buddy of mine in real life. He wanted to give the cube a go and this is what we ended up with.
I focussed on black and ended up in my usual GB grindy big mana deck with a blue splash:

This was my opponents deck. He was heavy green early and had a decent amount of prowess guys and ended up as a sort of voltron/splicer deck:

He has only really played in SOM/INN/RTR standards so he had to get used to some of the cards. His use of MTGO was was also a learning experience, nearly taking the entire 25 minutes on his clock for each game. By the end he managed to get used to it and seemed keen to draft again some other time.

M1G1: I drop a Porcelain Legionnaire who continually beats in until a Hooting Mandrills comes down to stop the assault. I get stuck on 4 lands and keep drawing all my 6+ spells and then get to this board state:

So I block the mandrills let first strike damage go through then Crypt Rats for 3 wipingthe board and knocking Atlas to 1. He then drops Maul Splicer :eek:
I drop a Gurmag Angler and block one of the golem tokens that swing in. Then a Mistfire Adeptcomes to the party :/ I manage to rip my sixth land to drop Skeletal Vampire. He gets to Repeal one of my bats and swing in, but I have enough life to take it and swing back with the two flyers.

This game could have been much different if he was more MTGO efficient. He wasn't sure how to Ninjutsu his Scryb Sprite on turn 3, he also didn't time his Pestermite correctly to untap his Hooting Mandrills to ambush my attacking Porcelain Legionnaire. It was all a learning experience.

M1G2:
The newness would continue with a turn 1 bounceland :\
I just passed my turn to give him a chance for his mistake. I then play Zulaport Cutthroat into Galvanic Juggernaut while my opponent plays Troll Ascetic. I try and Consuming Vapors the Troll away, but a Scryb Sprite flashes in the take the sacrifice. A Reclamation Sage then comes to blow up the Juggernaut and die to the rebounded vapors. So I cast a Gurmag Angler and pass. He suits up his Troll with an Elephant Guide :O
Then decides to swing in, which seemed strange due to the life totals of 12(him)/20(me) at this point. I take it plus a Sylvan Might to also be on 12. I drop the Skeletal Vampire and all he can do is repeal a token and die to my army next turn.

Vampire too stronk.

M2G1: I cycle then Dread Return a Krosan Tusker, which is swiftly met by a Vital Splicer and a Moldervine Cloak on the Token. We both beat each other down and he follows up with a Mistfire Adept and decides to sit back. I can only drop Magus of the Candelabra due to my strain on black at the moment and pass. A Maul Splicer decides to come down and I am looking at a grim situation.
I get to go nuts with Magus and bounce lands to get a Stroke of Genius for 6. I then untap, get every piece of mana I can and see what I can do:

I Consuming Vapors first, which kills the Vital Splicer. I then Ghastly Demise the Mistfire Adept, only to have Noxious Revival come to give it prowess, fizzle the spell and put the splicer back on top of his library. So I just drop the Oona's Prowler and the Legionnaire and pass.
He recasts the splicer, then attacks with all the golems I block the the Legionnaire (First Strike + Regen = No Damage) and the big one with the tusker to mitigate the damage. I can then cast Artisan of Kozilek to get the Tusker back and still look like I have a chance until:

o_O Yeah, well, it happens.

M2G2:
Nothing happens until turn 4 when Atlas drops the Vital Splicer on Turn 4. I drop Thrashing Wumpus, Kessig Cage Breakers, Skeletal Vampire while he just keeps suiting up the golem with Elephant Guide and Bone Splitter. By the time he gets another creature or bounce my board is too large and dies to an alpha swing.

M2G3:
I keep a two land hand, and stupidly keep the two-drop on top with my scryland and don't hit my third land drop when the voltron deck does its thing:

I thought it was supposed to be a speed bump o_O
I try and hold on my my regenerator, but it is quickly followed by a Vital Splicer and the Bonesplitter goes over to the Golem and I still can't draw my 4th land.

MVPs

The splicers are what made his deck tick. I am so glad that he didn't pick the Wing Splicer as I may have been in way more trouble. Having 3/3 trampling regenerators with +3/+3 enchantments was really scary. Needed more spot removal as splicers also interact poorly with edicts :\
Skeletal Vampire is still nuts. Won every game it came down.
Crypt Rats is still a sweet sweeper, especially with the Cuttroat out. The thing I have now noticed that it doesn't work as well with Thrashing Wumpus as it will just die with the first activation, unlike the rats where it will die with everything else. My early game was really lacking, which is why these probably pulled more weight then they should have.

My deck should have culled some of the top end. I got green-screwed too often and never hit 6 mana quickly enough. More thoughts on deckbuilding for next time.

 

[Grillo_Parlante]

Nice, I was wondering who atlaspud was.

A few things, since safra asked about this card.



it was a little awkward commenting in chat, but mistfire is a good card, just a bit clunky.

It takes a little bit of work to get it into position, but it can generate some serious damage out of nowhere by granting evasion to whatever random giant beater happens to be around.

I really liked his deck, and it was a pretty decent example of how a U/G deck is supposed to function, where its basically just jamming with suited up evasive monsters, and trying to disrupt the opponent with counters or bounce. Elephant guide and moldervine cloak are no joke in those decks.

I'm guessing you're missing skeletal's older, weaker, place holder