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Draft:

Pack 1:

Fertile Ground, Moonglove Extract, Hillcomber Giant, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Dreamspoiler Witches, Battlewand Oak, Elvish Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Boggart Forager, Shriekmaw, Incremental Growth, Scattering Stroke, Arbiter of Knollridge, Swamp

Pick: Shriekmaw

Pack 2:

Aethersnipe, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Cloudcrown Oak, Tarfire, Wanderer's Twig, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish Branchbender, Amoeboid Changeling, Merrow Commerce, Lys Alana Scarblade, Ceaseless Searblades, Incandescent Soulstoke

Pick: Aethersnipe

Pack 3:

Hurly-Burly, Peppersmoke, Consuming Bonfire, Wispmare, Thieving Sprite, Spellstutter Sprite, Spiderwig Boggart, Flamekin Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Pollen Lullaby, Vivid Creek, Familiar's Ruse, Wild Ricochet

Pick: Peppersmoke

Pack 4:

Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath's Buffoon, Caterwauling Boggart, Ceaseless Searblades, Ethereal Whiskergill, Lys Alana Scarblade

Pick: Ceaseless Searblades

Pack 5:

Battlewand Oak, Hurly-Burly, Plover Knights, Goldmeadow Dodger, Faerie Trickery, Nightshade Stinger, Blades of Velis Vel, Elvish Handservant, Tar Pitcher, Flamekin Bladewhirl, Thorn of Amethyst

Pick: Flamekin Bladewhirl

Pack 6:

Deeptread Merrow, Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Ingot Chewer, Amoeboid Changeling, Spring Cleaning, Flamekin Bladewhirl, Captivating Glance

Pick: Flamekin Bladewhirl

Pack 7:

Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Goldmeadow Harrier, Glimmerdust Nap, Soulbright Flamekin, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Lace with Moonglove, Scattering Stroke

Pick: Soulbright Flamekin

Pack 8:

Wanderer's Twig, Hornet Harasser, Axegrinder Giant, Kithkin Greatheart, Heal the Scars, Ingot Chewer, Hearthcage Giant, Heal the Scars

Pick: Hearthcage Giant

Pack 9:

Fertile Ground, Hillcomber Giant, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Elvish Handservant, Boggart Forager, Scattering Stroke, Swamp

Pick: Stinkdrinker Daredevil

Pack 10:

Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Wanderer's Twig, Shields of Velis Vel, Lys Alana Scarblade, Ceaseless Searblades

Pick: Ceaseless Searblades

Pack 11:

Hurly-Burly, Spiderwig Boggart, Flamekin Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Pollen Lullaby

Pick: Flamekin Brawler

Pack 12:

Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath's Buffoon, Lys Alana Scarblade

Pick: Lys Alana Scarblade

Pack 13:

Hurly-Burly, Goldmeadow Dodger, Nightshade Stinger

Pick: Hurly-Burly

Pack 14:

Herbal Poultice, Spring Cleaning

Pick: Herbal Poultice

Pack 15:

Soaring Hope

Pick: Soaring Hope

Pack 16:

Avian Changeling, Bog-Strider Ash, Eyeblight's Ending, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Ponder, Boggart Shenanigans, Crib Swap, Imperious Perfect, Dread

Pick: Dread

Pack 17:

Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Aethersnipe, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Cloudcrown Oak, Tarfire, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Mournwhelk, Needle Drop, Entangling Trap, Merrow Commerce, Auntie's Hovel

Pick: Tarfire

Pack 18:

Runed Stalactite, Nath's Elite, Neck Snap, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Smokebraider, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower, Dawnfluke, Broken Ambitions, Faultgrinder, Goatnapper, Entangling Trap, Crib Swap

Pick: Smokebraider

Pack 19:

Paperfin Rascal, Nath's Elite, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Smokebraider, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Cenn's Heir, Vivid Creek, Ghostly Changeling, Militia's Pride

Pick: Smokebraider

Pack 20:

Footbottom Feast, Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Lace with Moonglove, Vivid Meadow, Sylvan Echoes, Sentry Oak

Pick: Footbottom Feast

Pack 21:

Oaken Brawler, Hurly-Burly, Lys Alana Huntmaster, Consuming Bonfire, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Giant's Ire, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Sylvan Echoes

Pick: Consuming Bonfire

Pack 22:

Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Rootgrapple, Triclopean Sight, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder, Faerie Trickery, Sylvan Echoes

Pick: Faultgrinder

Pack 23:

Herbal Poultice, Kithkin Greatheart, Deeptread Merrow, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Ingot Chewer, Spring Cleaning, Woodland Guidance

Pick: Ingot Chewer

Pack 24:

Bog-Strider Ash, Oakgnarl Warrior, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Boggart Shenanigans

Pick: Bog-Strider Ash

Pack 25:

Surge of Thoughtweft, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Needle Drop, Entangling Trap, Merrow Commerce

Pick: Surge of Thoughtweft

Pack 26:

Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Dawnfluke, Faultgrinder, Goatnapper, Entangling Trap

Pick: Gilt-Leaf Ambush

Pack 27:

Paperfin Rascal, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Cenn's Heir

Pick: Paperfin Rascal

Pack 28:

Soaring Hope, Lace with Moonglove, Sylvan Echoes

Pick: Sylvan Echoes

Pack 29:

Hunt Down, Dawnfluke

Pick: Dawnfluke

Pack 30:

Sylvan Echoes

Pick: Sylvan Echoes

Pack 31:

Wanderer's Twig, Silvergill Douser, Avian Changeling, Bog-Strider Ash, Eyeblight's Ending, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer, Kithkin Mourncaller, Boggart Shenanigans, Knight of Meadowgrain, Sunrise Sovereign

Pick: Eyeblight's Ending

Pack 32:

Kinsbaile Balloonist, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Peppersmoke, Paperfin Rascal, Nath's Elite, Moonglove Extract, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Wings of Velis Vel, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Changeling Hero, Kithkin Mourncaller, Doran, the Siege Tower

Pick: Changeling Hero

Pack 33:

Hurly-Burly, Plover Knights, Paperfin Rascal, Dreamspoiler Witches, Runed Stalactite, Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager, Sentry Oak, Makeshift Mannequin, Boggart Harbinger, Thousand-Year Elixir

Pick: Dreamspoiler Witches

Pack 34:

Wispmare, Stonybrook Angler, Thieving Sprite, Hillcomber Giant, Streambed Aquitects, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Wings of Velis Vel, Caterwauling Boggart, Vivid Marsh, Burrenton Forge-Tender

Pick: Vivid Marsh

Pack 35:

Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Blind-Spot Giant, Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Skeletal Changeling, Captivating Glance, Boggart Harbinger

Pick: Skeletal Changeling

Pack 36:

Kithkin Greatheart, Footbottom Feast, Lowland Oaf, Lignify, Aquitect's Will, Scarred Vinebreeder, Burrenton Forge-Tender, Vivid Meadow, Thorntooth Witch, Cenn's Heir

Pick: Lowland Oaf

Pack 37:

Goldmeadow Harrier, Fistful of Force, Soulbright Flamekin, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Mournwhelk, Needle Drop, Hunter of Eyeblights, Squeaking Pie Sneak

Pick: Mournwhelk

Pack 38:

Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath's Buffoon, Caterwauling Boggart

Pick: Adder-Staff Boggart

Pack 39:

Wanderer's Twig, Bog-Strider Ash, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Boggart Birth Rite, Ingot Chewer, Boggart Shenanigans

Pick: Wanderer's Twig

Pack 40:

Inner-Flame Acolyte, Nath's Elite, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter

Pick: Inner-Flame Acolyte

Pack 41:

Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant, Spiderwig Boggart, Boggart Forager, Sentry Oak

Pick: Sentry Oak

Pack 42:

Wispmare, Elvish Eulogist, Caterwauling Boggart, Burrenton Forge-Tender

Pick: Caterwauling Boggart

Pack 43:

Herbal Poultice, Exiled Boggart, Heal the Scars

Pick: Exiled Boggart

Pack 44:

Aquitect's Will, Scarred Vinebreeder

Pick: Aquitect's Will

Pack 45:

Shields of Velis Vel

Pick: Shields of Velis Vel

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

2 Ceaseless Searblades
1 Dread
2 Flamekin Bladewhirl
1 Flamekin Brawler
1 Inner-Flame Acolyte
1 Mournwhelk
1 Shriekmaw
2 Smokebraider
1 Soulbright Flamekin
1 Aethersnipe
1 Hearthcage Giant
1 Caterwauling Boggart
1 Changeling Hero
1 Skeletal Changeling
1 Dreamspoiler Witches
1 Consuming Bonfire
1 Eyeblight's Ending
1 Footbottom Feast
1 Peppersmoke
1 Tarfire
1 Vivid Marsh
7 Swamp
9 Mountain

Sideboard:

1 Adder-Staff Boggart
1 Aquitect's Will
1 Bog-Strider Ash
1 Dawnfluke
1 Exiled Boggart
1 Faultgrinder
1 Gilt-Leaf Ambush
1 Herbal Poultice
1 Hurly-Burly
1 Ingot Chewer
1 Lowland Oaf
1 Lys Alana Scarblade
1 Paperfin Rascal
1 Sentry Oak
1 Shields of Velis Vel
1 Soaring Hope
1 Stinkdrinker Daredevil
1 Surge of Thoughtweft
2 Sylvan Echoes
1 Wanderer's Twig

Pick 2: For me the decision is between Aethersnipe and Incandescent Soulstoke. I choose the solid and safe Aethersnipe, as Blue/Black is a nice color combination. Aethersnipe is very good, and if you happen to play some guys and then turn 5 Shriekmaw, turn 6 Aethersnipe you're probably winning. But I timed out on this pick, as I really wanted to pick Incandescent Soulstoke, lord of the elementals... Shriekmaw is one too, and we can probably table back one elemental from this pack, maybe Fire-Belly Changeling.

Pick 4: Ethereal Whiskergill is the only card I consider picking at this point from this booster for Blue/Black. There's also Ceaseless Searblade. I decided to pick it, because I've been passed some really good stuff for the elemental deck, so I hoped it wasn't too late to go for it. So far I have Shriekmaw, Aethersnipe, and Peppersmoke, all of them will be played if I end up Elementals, and if I don't and go back to Blue/Black, I've only lost an Ethereal Whiskergill.

With two consecutive Flamekin Bladewhirl and a second Ceaseless Searblades that tabled back, I was rewarded by gambling on the Searblade over Ethereal Whiskergill.

After waiting 45 minutes for the server to go online again, what always happens is I lose two quick games in 5 minutes... and this time was no exception.

I played versus a Red/Black Giants deck.

I mulligan game 1 and keep an aggressive start, playing turn 1 Flamekin Bladewhirl and turn 2 Soulbright Flamekin, but he stopped them with Stinkdrinker Daredevil, and then killed my side with Thundercloud Shaman. I evoked Mounrwhelk, trying to balance the card parity, which he thanked since it allowed his Warren Pilferers to have haste. I still played Dread, which he killed at the expense of his creatures. I had to block because my life total wasn't high, and after that his second Pilferers finished me off.

I mulligan again game 2, and kept a hand with Swamps, Skeletal Changeling, and Dread. The Skeletal bought me some time until I had six mana to play the Dread, but he just threw two burn spells at it, and continued attacking me until I was dead.

See you next week!

Tiago

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