Safra vs Kirblinx: 5C Sharzad Grid Draft No. 2

Grid Drafting - PM me if you want to draft this or another open Grid tonight.
Pack 1




Row 1:
1 Izzet Charm
1 Managorger Hydra
1 Green Sun's Zenith

Row 2:
1 Catacomb Sifter
1 Firebolt
1 Figure of Destiny

Row 3:
1 Goblin Guide
1 Expedition Map
1 Eidolon of Blossoms

Column 1:
1 Izzet Charm
1 Catacomb Sifter
1 Goblin Guide

Column 2:
1 Managorger Hydra
1 Firebolt
1 Expedition Map

Column 3:
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Eidolon of Blossoms

Pack 2




Row 1:
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Scrubland
1 Jeskai Elder

Row 2:
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Birthing Pod
1 Searing Blood

Row 3:
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Underground Sea
1 Student of Warfare

Column 1:
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Elspeth, Sun's Champion
1 Lotus Cobra

Column 2:
1 Scrubland
1 Birthing Pod
1 Underground Sea

Column 3:
1 Jeskai Elder
1 Searing Blood
1 Student of Warfare

Pack 3




Row 1:
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Tundra

Row 2:
1 Epochrasite
1 Temple of Malady
1 Temple of Malice

Row 3:
1 Jinxed Idol
1 Primal Command
1 Siege-Gang Commander

Column 1:
1 Bloodsoaked Champion
1 Epochrasite
1 Jinxed Idol

Column 2:
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Temple of Malady
1 Primal Command

Column 3:
1 Tundra
1 Temple of Malice
1 Siege-Gang Commander

Pack 4




Row 1:
1 Terminate
1 Rancor
1 Snapcaster Mage

Row 2:
1 Young Pyromancer
1 Curse of Predation
1 Athreos, God of Passage

Row 3:
1 Dismember
1 Windswept Heath
1 Priest of the Blood Rite

Column 1:
1 Terminate
1 Young Pyromancer
1 Dismember

Column 2:
1 Rancor
1 Curse of Predation
1 Windswept Heath

Column 3:
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Athreos, God of Passage
1 Priest of the Blood Rite

Pack 5




Row 1:
1 Whip of Erebos
1 Woodland Bellower
1 Stomping Ground

Row 2:
1 Mox Diamond
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Tragic Arrogance

Row 3:
1 Collected Company
1 Caller of the Claw
1 Boon Satyr

Column 1:
1 Whip of Erebos
1 Mox Diamond
1 Collected Company

Column 2:
1 Woodland Bellower
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Caller of the Claw

Column 3:
1 Stomping Ground
1 Tragic Arrogance
1 Boon Satyr

Pack 6




Row 1:
1 Obstinate Baloth
1 Xathrid Necromancer
1 Remove Soul

Row 2:
1 Stromkirk Noble
1 Gurmag Angler
1 Whirler Rogue

Row 3:
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Flooded Strand
1 Zurgo Bellstriker

Column 1:
1 Obstinate Baloth
1 Stromkirk Noble
1 Rakdos Cackler

Column 2:
1 Xathrid Necromancer
1 Gurmag Angler
1 Flooded Strand

Column 3:
1 Remove Soul
1 Whirler Rogue
1 Zurgo Bellstriker

Pack 7




Row 1:
1 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Flooded Strand

Row 2:
1 Remand
1 Badlands
1 Darkblast

Row 3:
1 Ral Zarek
1 Collected Company
1 Arc Trail

Column 1:
1 Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
1 Remand
1 Ral Zarek

Column 2:
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Badlands
1 Collected Company

Column 3:
1 Flooded Strand
1 Darkblast
1 Arc Trail

Pack 8




Row 1:
1 Volcanic Island
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Plateau

Row 2:
1 Ojutai's Command
1 Valorous Stance
1 Condescend

Row 3:
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Scatter to the Winds

Column 1:
1 Volcanic Island
1 Ojutai's Command
1 Chainer's Edict

Column 2:
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Valorous Stance
1 Misty Rainforest

Column 3:
1 Plateau
1 Condescend
1 Scatter to the Winds

Pack 9




Row 1:
1 Flamewake Phoenix
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper

Row 2:
1 Vryn Wingmare
1 Aurelia, the Warleader
1 Restoration Angel

Row 3:
1 Staff of Nin
1 Dig Through Time
1 Clan Defiance

Column 1:
1 Flamewake Phoenix
1 Vryn Wingmare
1 Staff of Nin

Column 2:
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Aurelia, the Warleader
1 Dig Through Time

Column 3:
1 Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper
1 Restoration Angel
1 Clan Defiance

Pack 10




Row 1:
1 Silent Departure
1 Loam Lion
1 Go for the Throat

Row 2:
1 Skaab Ruinator
1 Dragon Fodder
1 Hull Breach

Row 3:
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Goblin Heelcutter

Column 1:
1 Silent Departure
1 Skaab Ruinator
1 Garruk Wildspeaker

Column 2:
1 Loam Lion
1 Dragon Fodder
1 Inquisition of Kozilek

Column 3:
1 Go for the Throat
1 Hull Breach
1 Goblin Heelcutter

Pack 11




Row 1:
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Thragtusk
1 Phyrexian Reclamation

Row 2:
1 Tormenting Voice
1 Ash Zealot
1 Scavenging Ooze

Row 3:
1 Cryptic Command
1 Lightning Berserker
1 Shriekmaw

Column 1:
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Tormenting Voice
1 Cryptic Command

Column 2:
1 Thragtusk
1 Ash Zealot
1 Lightning Berserker

Column 3:
1 Phyrexian Reclamation
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Shriekmaw

Pack 12




Row 1:
1 Wasteland
1 Arachnogenesis
1 Mulldrifter

Row 2:
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Narset Transcendent
1 Courser of Kruphix

Row 3:
1 Monastery Swiftspear
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Coiling Oracle

Column 1:
1 Wasteland
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Monastery Swiftspear

Column 2:
1 Arachnogenesis
1 Narset Transcendent
1 Phantasmal Image

Column 3:
1 Mulldrifter
1 Courser of Kruphix
1 Coiling Oracle

Pack 13




Row 1:
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Grim Discovery
1 Perilous Myr

Row 2:
1 Windswept Heath
1 Augur of Bolas
1 Vendilion Clique

Row 3:
1 Tropical Island
1 Grafted Wargear
1 Profane Command

Column 1:
1 Liliana of the Veil
1 Windswept Heath
1 Tropical Island

Column 2:
1 Grim Discovery
1 Augur of Bolas
1 Grafted Wargear

Column 3:
1 Perilous Myr
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Profane Command

Pack 14




Row 1:
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Feeling of Dread

Row 2:
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Nightbird's Clutches

Row 3:
1 Taiga
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
1 Painful Truths

Column 1:
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Taiga

Column 2:
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar

Column 3:
1 Feeling of Dread
1 Nightbird's Clutches
1 Painful Truths

Pack 15




Row 1:
1 Drown in Sorrow
1 Sword of the Animist
1 Bayou

Row 2:
1 Flickerwisp
1 Pyromancer's Goggles
1 Myth Realized

Row 3:
1 Savannah
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Mayor of Avabruck

Column 1:
1 Drown in Sorrow
1 Flickerwisp
1 Savannah

Column 2:
1 Sword of the Animist
1 Pyromancer's Goggles
1 Avenger of Zendikar

Column 3:
1 Bayou
1 Myth Realized
1 Mayor of Avabruck

Pack 16




Row 1:
1 Varolz, the Scar-Striped
1 Karn Liberated
1 Mnemonic Wall

Row 2:
1 Breeding Pool
1 Dark Ritual
1 Journey to Nowhere

Row 3:
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Day of Judgment
1 Woodland Wanderer

Column 1:
1 Varolz, the Scar-Striped
1 Breeding Pool
1 Bloodstained Mire

Column 2:
1 Karn Liberated
1 Dark Ritual
1 Day of Judgment

Column 3:
1 Mnemonic Wall
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Woodland Wanderer
 

Kirblinx

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Just when you thought mono red couldn't get any better. Just splash every other colour and you get the most insane thing ever!
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Deck played very much like a voltron deck. Play a one-drop. Suit it up with rancor or various equipment. Burn everything out of the way and ride it to victory.

Only ever had white problems with the mana base and the Vryn Wingmare wasn't that great anyway, but I didn't have much else (maybe Obstinate Baloth?)

Cards that impressed me were Looming Spires as the first strike made combat hell for safra and made lightning beserker even better. Very happy with this ULD pick. Flamewake Pheonix as all my equipment managed to get it back really easy. Did a better Sulfuric Vortex impression than the Jinxed Idol (in saying that, it did have its moments).

Best play of the night had to be the Skaab Ruinator coming out of the Collected Company in our very last game. I got to say, I was not expecting it. Completely wrecked me after that. I got to Painful Truths for 3 in our very first game, which I also thought was pretty sweet.

Thanks again Safra. You need to tighten up your magic skillz if you want to beat me next time :p
 
How is Varolz for you in general? I want to give him a try but he seems a bit on the weak side for my environment.
 
How is Varolz for you in general? I want to give him a try but he seems a bit on the weak side for my environment.

He's a cool dude, albeit not really alone. What I like is that he's a pivot point between going wide and going tall, a creature-based sac outlet for combo, and sometimes he's just really hard to kill. Unfortunately, he's a bit slow, and I couldn't do anything with him those games, holding onto creatures in my yard for the Ruinator instead. I think he's a bit weak for you but there's nothing like dropping him late-game, scavenging a bunch and swinging for lethal
 
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