[MTG] MSS Draft 3 - Picks and Discussion

[DonRoyale]

So here I am again with another draft. Hope you guys are enjoying these! :P

Pack 1 Pick 1:

Glissa the Traitor -
Nested Ghoul
Sphere of the Suns
Vedalken Infuser
Flensermite
Mirran Mettle
Shriekhorn
Fangren Marauder
Burn the Impure
Tangle Hulk
Training Drone
Myr Sire
Horrifying Revelation
Mountain
FOIL Razorfield Rhino

So I've had one previous draft where I opened Glissa and got fed ridiculous red, and when it comes to Glissa, you have to splash the black, IMO. It's very hard to play BG Dinos without Geth or enough artifacts to support 2-3 Bleak Coven Vampires, or just stupid removal and billions of Phyrexian Ragers. Glissa's a windmill slam first pick, but I have to be sure to keep my options open. From this pack, I'd love to see Fangren Marauder wheel, but it's extremely doubtful, given how awesome the card is.

Pack 1 Pick 2:

Spiraling Duelist
Treasure Mage
Kuldotha Flamefiend -
Mirran Spy
Kuldotha Ringleader
Gnathosaur
Phyresis
Blightwidow
Training Drone
Flensermite
Hexplate Golem
Spread the Sickness
Phyrexian Rager
Island

See, this is me going off of that fact. I got passed a ridiculous red card, I'm going to take it, build RG and splash black for Glissa. I mean, Spread the Sickness IS in the pack, but Besieged has few black creatures I'd pick up other than Phyrexian Rager and maybe Dross Ripper.

Pack 1 Pick 3:

Brass Squire
Leonin Relic-Warder
Gust-Skimmer
Caustic Hound
Tangle Hulk
Concussive Bolt
Horrifying Revelation
Tine Shrike
Priests of Norn
Ichor Wellspring -
Mirran Spy
Tangle Mantis
Island

I do need something to feed to my Flamefiend, and at worst I miss on a mana-intensive fat-ass.

Pack 1 Pick 4:

Metallic Mastery
Frantic Salvage
Dross Ripper
Burn the Impure -
Unnatural Predation
Concussive Bolt
Rot Wolf
Priests of Norn
Vivisection
Spire Serpent
Ichor Wellspring
Mountain

I have the opportunity to double up on Wellsprings, but I'd honestly rather just take a removal spell here.

Pack 1 Pick 5:

Leonin Relic-Warder
Gust-Skimmer
Koth's Courier
Tangle Hulk
Rally the Forces
Burn the Impure -
Leonin Skyhunter
Bladed Sentinel
Viridian Emissary
Virulent Wound
Island

Viridian Emissary is a very useful card for my deck, and I wouldn't even think of passing it...but unfortunately, Burn the Impure is in the pack, and has to be the pick.

Pack 1 Pick 6:

Bladed Sentinel
Training Drone
Horrifying Revelation
Vivisection
Koth's Courier
Mirran Spy
Gnathosaur -
Glissa's Courier
Phyrexian Digester
Island

A depressing pile, to say the least. I take the only card I possibly CAN play, under the circumstances.

Pack 1 Pick 7:

Caustic Hound
Shriekhorn
Hexplate Golem -
Razorfield Rhino
Priests of Norn
Steel Sabotage
Vivisection
Leonin Skyhunter
Mountain

Again, another depressing pack where I fish out something...mildly playable. Not being in blue with this guy just sucks, he's an awesome Treasure Mage target.

Pack 1 Pick 8:

Frantic Salvage
Phyresis
Fuel For the Cause
Hexplate Golem
Priests of Norn
Spire Serpent
Spin Engine -
Island

Sure, I love Spin Engine.

Pack 1 Pick 9:

Shriekhorn
Fangren Marauder -
Tangle Hulk
Training Drone
Horrifying Revelation
Mountain
FOIL Razorfield Rhino

...You've got to be kidding me. This guy is absolutely freakin' ridiculous. I don't know if any of you have played against this thing, it's a brickhouse and a half.

Pack 1 Pick 10:

Spiraling Duelist
Mirran Spy
Kuldotha Ringleader -
Gnathosaur
Phyresis
Island

I don't mind Berserkers of Blood Ridge in RG Dinos.

Pack 1 Pick 11:

Caustic Hound
Horrifying Revelation
Tine Shrike -
Mirran Spy
Island

I know white Infect guys aren't that great, but it's that or Mirran Spy.

Pack 1 Pick 12:

Frantic Salvage
Vivisection -
Spire Serpent
Mountain

Pack 1 Pick 13:

Tangle Hulk -
Bladed Sentinel
Island

Pack 1 Pick 14:

Mirran Spy -
Island

Pack 1 Pick 15:

Mountain -

Pack 1 was strong, picking up two bombs and two quality removal spells. I unfortunately didn't pick up any Viridian Emissaries, which are key to any three-color deck, but going into Scars, I have two duals, Horizon Spellbomb and Myr for colorfixing. I'm hoping to pick up at least one Leaden Myr.

Pack 2 Pick 1:

Skithyrx, the Blight Dragon -
Necrogen Scudder
Rust Tick
Auriok Edgewright
Neurok Invisimancer
Turn to Slag
Disperse
Sylvok Replica
Assault Strobe
Lumengrid Drake
Flameborn Hellion
Echo Circlet
Nihil Spellbomb
Tumble Magnet
Swamp

I suppose it wouldn't be THAT greedy to try my luck here. Skittles gets it in, and the picks get significantly weaker from here. Turn to Slag is fine, but I'd rather take the creature you have to answer or just die to.

Pack 2 Pick 2:

Asceticism
Clone Shell
Exsanguinate
Ichorclaw Myr
Bladed Pinions
Bleak Coven Vampires
Chrome Steed -
Origin Spellbomb
Lumengrid Drake
Panic Spellbomb
Glimmerpost
Bonds of Quicksilver
Saberclaw Golem
Mountain

I'm not playing Infect, so Asceticism is quite weak here. This whole pack is pretty weak in general, so I take my chances on a Chrome Steed, hoping to pick up artifacts to work with.

Pack 2 Pick 3:

Blackcleave Cliffs -
Infiltration Lens
Darksteel Sentinel
Glimmerpost
Necrogen Censer
Golem Foundry
Alpha Tyrannax
Snapsail Glider
Blade-Tribe Berserkers
Horizon Spellbomb
Blight Mamba
Melt Terrain
Plains

I'm confident I'll wheel the Tyrannax, and a Cliffs is just what the doctor ordered for this deck.

Pack 2 Pick 4:

Dissipation Field
Necropede -
Vector Asp
Ferrovore
Moriok Replica
Accorder's Shield
Bladed Pinions
Nihil Spellbomb
Seize the Initiative
Saberclaw Golem
Plague Stinger
Island

An early Moat-esque creature is just what this deck needs. I'm quite disappointed by the lack of mana Myr in the packs, but I guess I just have to roll with it.

Pack 2 Pick 5:

Grindclock
Halt Order
Lifesmith
Psychic Miasma
Lumengrid Drake
Cystbearer
Horizon Spellbomb -
Vulshok Replica
Seize the Initiative
Copperhorn Scout
Mountain

An unexciting pack, but a Spellbomb is useful here, especially with Skittles the Mana-Intensive Unicorn likely finding its way into my deck.

Pack 2 Pick 6:

Halt Order
Glint Hawk Idol
Vedalken Certarch
Dross Hopper
Cystbearer -
Auriok Replica
Kuldotha Rebirth
Ichorclaw Myr
Goblin Gavaleer
Swamp

The picks have gotten this pathetic. I'm in (three) colors, and I can't find anything mildly useful out of nine nonland cards. Ridiculous.

Pack 2 Pick 7:

Plated Seastrider
Disperse
Alpha Tyrannax -
Lumengrid Drake
Tel-Jilad Defiance
Blackcleave Goblin
Scoria Elemental
Oxidda Daredevil
Island

This is better. I pick up another top-curve monster to wreck my opponents with.

Pack 2 Pick 8:

Razorverge Thicket
Golem Foundry
Blunt the Assault
Stoic Rebuttal
Turn Aside
Auriok Replica
Carapace Forger -
Swamp

Again, an unexciting pick. I'm not taking a Thicket on the off-chance I pick up an Arrest. I'm not THAT greedy.

Pack 2 Pick 9:

Neurok Invisimancer
Disperse
Assault Strobe
Lumengrid Drake
Flameborn Hellion -
Echo Criclet
Swamp

Hellion is my favorite SOM dino, second overall only to Fangren Marauder. 5 hasty power attacking out of nowhere can really shift a board state in your favor due to how your opponent will have to block.

Pack 2 Pick 10:

Exsanguinate
Bleak Coven Vampires
Glimmerpost
Bonds of Quicksilver
Saberclaw Golem -
Mountain

The Vampires seem like the more solid card, but I'm not getting tricked into going down that road.

Pack 2 Pick 11:

Glimmerpost
Golem Foundry
Alpha Tyrannax -
Melt Terrain
Plains

Pack 2 Pick 12:

Dissapation Field
Vector Asp
Nihil Spellbomb -
Island

Pack 2 Pick 13:

Psychic Miasma
Copperhorn Scout -
Mountain

Pack 2 Pick 14:

Kuldotha Rebirth -
Swamp

Pack 2 Pick 15:

Island -

Pack 2 was ridiculously weak. Ridiculously. I got Skittles, a card I'm going to have to strain my mana base with, a couple of late-pick dorks, no mana Myr, and no removal. This is looking grim. I need Myr, and I need them now.

Pack 3 Pick 1:

Engulfing Slagwurm -
Bellowing Tanglewurm
Trigon of Infestation
Furnace Celebration
Razorfield Thresher
Bonds of Quicksilver
Vulshok Heartstoker
Vector Asp
Lumengrid Drake
Kemba's Skyguard
Psychic Miasma
Carapace Forger
Whitesun's Passage
Sky-Eel School
Forest

Having both Wurms in the same pack is quite a depressing prospect, however I suppose I'm not all too worried. I take the game-ending Slagwurm.

Pack 3 Pick 2:

Molten Psyche
Slice in Twain -
Darksteel Sentinel
Neurok Replica
Contagious Nim
Ferrovore
Fume Spitter
Flameborn Hellion
Saberclaw Golem
Glimmerpost
Vedalken Certarch
Shatter
Golden Urn
Island

Solid removal? You don't have to ask me twice.

Pack 3 Pick 3:

Golem's Heart
Lifesmith
Neurok Invisimancer
Ferrovore
Kuldotha Rebirth
Turn to Slag
Relic Putrescence
Tainted Strike
Iron Myr -
Ghalma's Warden
Accorder's Shield
Forest

I need Myr so badly that I have to pass on a Turn to Slag.

Pack 3 Pick 4:

Myr Resevoir
Chrome Steed -
Withstand Death
Bonds of Quicksilver
Scrapdiver Serpent
Vulshok Heartstoker
Glint Hawk Idol
Lumengrid Drake
Blunt the Assault
Plated Seastrider
Golden Urn
Island

4 picks in and the pack's already almost dry, wtf. Regardless, Steed it is.

Pack 3 Pick 5:

Trigon of Mending
Neurok Invisimancer
Fume Spitter -
Loxodon Wayfarer
Kuldotha Rebirth
Horizon Spellbomb
-a bunch of stuff I forgot-

I was in the middle of writing down what was in the pack when I misclicked on the Fume Spitter; I meant to take the Horizon Spellbomb.

Pack 3 Pick 6:

Clone Shell -
Neurok Replica
Fume Spitter
Soul Parry
Steady Progress
Blunt the Assault
Psychic Miasma
Blistergrub
Stoic Rebuttal
Swamp

My GOD, I'm getting killed here...I suppose Clone Shell is a way to mise value off of Flamefiend, and it's even on-curve with it.

Pack 3 Pick 7:

Trigon of Thought
Soul Parry
Flameborn Hellion -
Loxodon Wayfarer
Vulshok Heartstoker
Salvage Scout
Screeching Silclaw
Revoke Existence
Mountain

More unexciting durdles. I suppose that's what this deck is, but I'd honestly rather this be a Molder Beast, even...

Pack 3 Pick 8:

Trigon of Thought
Bonds of Quicksilver
Soliton -
Lumengrid Drake
Kemba's Skyguard
Plated Seastrider
Origin Spellbomb
Plains

So nobody's drafting blue. COOLSTORYBRO.

Pack 3 Pick 9:

Razorfield Thresher -
Bonds of Quicksilver
Vector Asp
Lumengrid Drake
Psychic Miasma
Whitesun's Passage
Forest

And this, my friends, is how you know you are royally screwed...

Pack 3 Pick 10:

Molten Psyche
Flameborn Hellion -
Saberclaw Golem
Glimmerpost
Golden Urn
Island

Probably should've taken the Saberclaw Golem, but whatever.

Pack 3 Pick 11:

Golem's Heart
Lifesmith -
Relic Putrescence
Glimmerpost
Forest

Pack 3 Pick 12:

Scrapdiver Serpent -
Blunt the Assault
Plated Seastrider
Island

Pack 3 Pick 13:

Trigon of Mending
Loxodon Wayfarer -
Island

Pack 3 Pick 14:

Soul Parry -
Swamp

Pack 3 Pick 15:

Mountain -

Yeah, this draft went pretty poorly, but you know what, it's fine; if the nuts draw from an Infect deck doesn't steamroll me, I'm in the clear, and can just drop massive monsters that eat their poisonous little critters.

The other people at the table drafted:

UW Skies - RG Dinos - BW (Infect?) - Me (GRb Dinos) - BR (Infect?) - BG Infect - UR - UG

So yeah, half the table was in red and in green, so I was pretty screwed over regardless.

Here's how I constructed this pile:

1 Skithiryx, the Blight Dragon
1 Kuldotha Ringleader
1 Kuldotha Flamefiend
2 Flameborn Hellion
1 Fangren Marauder
1 Alpha Tyrannax
1 Tangle Hulk
1 Spin Engine
1 Necropede
1 Iron Myr
1 Clone Shell
2 Chrome Steed
1 Saberclaw Golem
1 Glissa, the Traitor

2 Burn the Impure
1 Slice in Twain
1 Ichor Wellspring
1 Horizon Spellbomb
1 Blackcleave Cliffs

8 Forest
7 Mountain
2 Swamp

I have a nice curve; 1-1, 5-2, 2-3, 3-4, 5-5, 5-6. Yeah, I would've just had amazingly bad hands. Swamp, Mountain, Forest, 4 of the 10 dinos. SNAP KEEP BRO. Guess I can't always live the dream.

Let me know what you think! =)

 

[Cirrus]

Amazingly hilarious and quite interesting.

Misclick Fume Spitter must have sucked. : x

 

[DonRoyale]

I played RGb Dinos again in an IRL draft tonight. I drafted 0 Fangren Marauders and 3 Sylvok Replicas. It was sad, to say the least. =(

I got a Green Sun's Zenith, a Blue Sun's Zenith, a foil Flayer Husk and a foil Panic Spellbomb out of it, though, so I can't really complain. Pretty foils...:3