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Draft:

Pack 1:

Lys Alana Huntmaster, Consuming Bonfire, Wispmare, Stonybrook Angler, Thieving Sprite, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Blades of Velis Vel, Marsh Flitter, Fodder Launch, Turtleshell Changeling, Favor of the Mighty, Wanderer's Twig

Pick: Marsh Flitter

Pack 2:

Tarfire, Wanderer's Twig, Avian Changeling, Bog-Strider Ash, Eyeblight's Ending, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Ponder, Hearthcage Giant, Merrow Commerce, Vivid Creek, Epic Proportions

Pick: Eyeblight's Ending

Pack 3:

Avian Changeling, Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of Currents, Giant Harbinger, Scattering Stroke, Ghostly Changeling, Windbrisk Heights

Pick: Ghostly Changeling

Pack 4:

Adder-Staff Boggart, Wispmare, Consuming Bonfire, Boggart Loggers, Lys Alana Huntmaster, Boggart Forager, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Triclopean Sight, Nath's Buffoon, Treefolk Harbinger, Nova Chaser

Pick: Lys Alana Huntmaster

Pack 5:

Hurly-Burly, Paperfin Rascal, Runed Stalactite, Nath's Buffoon, Faultgrinder, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Wings of Velis Vel, Fodder Launch, Merrow Commerce, Mosswort Bridge

Pick: Mosswort Bridge

Pack 6:

Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Wanderer's Twig, Scarred Vinebreeder, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble, Ingot Chewer, Entangling Trap, Jagged-Scar Archers, Nath's Buffoon

Pick: Jagged-Scar Archers

Pack 7:

Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Black Poplar Shaman, Elvish Eulogist, Prowess of the Fair

Pick: Battlewand Oak

Pack 8:

Kithkin Healer, Axegrinder Giant, Lignify, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Boggart Birth Rite, Zephyr Net, Bog Hoodlums, Woodland Guidance

Pick: Lignify

Pack 9:

Wispmare, Hillcomber Giant, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Blades of Velis Vel, Favor of the Mighty, Wanderer's Twig

Pick: Wanderer's Twig

Pack 10:

Wanderer's Twig, Bog-Strider Ash, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Merrow Commerce

Pick: Bog-Strider Ash

Pack 11:

Surge of Thoughtweft, Ingot Chewer, Soaring Hope, Scattering Stroke, Windbrisk Heights

Pick: Windbrisk Heights

Pack 12:

Wispmare, Boggart Forager, Hunt Down, Nath's Buffoon

Pick: Nath's Buffoon

Pack 13:

Nath's Buffoon, Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger

Pick: Rootgrapple

Pack 14:

Gilt-Leaf Seer, Protective Bubble

Pick: Gilt-Leaf Seer

Pack 15:

Elvish Eulogist

Pick: Elvish Eulogist

Pack 16:

Neck Snap, Sentinels of Glen Elendra, Smokebraider, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Blades of Velis Vel, Tar Pitcher, Benthicore, Woodland Guidance, Wanderwine Prophets

Pick: Gilt-Leaf Ambush

Pack 17:

Mudbutton Torchrunner, Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Goldmeadow Harrier, Glimmerdust Nap, Soulbright Flamekin, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble, Fire-Belly Changeling, Skeletal Changeling, Vivid Grove, Hunter of Eyeblights, Flamekin Spitfire, Purity

Pick: Skeletal Changeling

Pack 18:

Quill-Slinger Boggart, Bog-Strider Ash, Aethersnipe, Herbal Poultice, Kithkin Greatheart, Judge of Currents, Inkfathom Divers, Needle Drop, Soaring Hope, Elvish Branchbender, Ego Erasure, Veteran of the Depths, Colfenor's Plans

Pick: Elvish Branchbender

Pack 19:

Runed Stalactite, Neck Snap, Pestermite, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Thieving Sprite, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Seedguide Ash, Flamekin Spitfire, Veteran of the Depths, Thorn of Amethyst

Pick: Seedguide Ash

Pack 20:

Hurly-Burly, Consuming Bonfire, Wispmare, Stonybrook Angler, Wings of Velis Vel, Goldmeadow Dodger, Faerie Trickery, Nightshade Stinger, Pollen Lullaby, Glen Elendra Pranksters, Thousand-Year Elixir

Pick: Thousand-Year Elixir

Pack 21:

Paperfin Rascal, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Rootgrapple, Triclopean Sight, Nightshade Stinger, Faultgrinder, Ethereal Whiskergill, Treefolk Harbinger

Pick: Treefolk Harbinger

Pack 22:

Fistful of Force, Aethersnipe, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Spring Cleaning, Wellgabber Apothecary, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Faerie Tauntings, Burrenton Forge-Tender

Pick: Fistful of Force

Pack 23:

Axegrinder Giant, Kithkin Greatheart, Footbottom Feast, Lignify, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Lammastide Weave

Pick: Footbottom Feast

Pack 24:

Moonglove Winnower, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Benthicore, Woodland Guidance, Wanderwine Prophets

Pick: Moonglove Winnower

Pack 25:

Springleaf Drum, Oakgnarl Warrior, Glimmerdust Nap, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble, Hunter of Eyeblights

Pick: Hunter of Eyeblights

Pack 26:

Herbal Poultice, Inkfathom Divers, Needle Drop, Soaring Hope, Ego Erasure

Pick: Inkfathom Divers

Pack 27:

Thieving Sprite, Tideshaper Mystic, Broken Ambitions, Thorn of Amethyst

Pick: Thieving Sprite

Pack 28:

Goldmeadow Dodger, Nightshade Stinger, Pollen Lullaby

Pick: Pollen Lullaby

Pack 29:

Triclopean Sight, Nightshade Stinger

Pick: Triclopean Sight

Pack 30:

Spring Cleaning

Pick: Spring Cleaning

Pack 31:

Weed Strangle, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Lash Out, Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Needle Drop, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Boggart Birth Rite, Veteran of the Depths, Nectar Faerie, Incremental Growth, Guile, Goldmeadow Stalwart

Pick: Incremental Growth

Pack 32:

Oakgnarl Warrior, Lash Out, Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Goldmeadow Harrier, Fistful of Force, Eyeblight's Ending, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect's Will, Mournwhelk, Zephyr Net, Elvish Harbinger, Crush Underfoot, Benthicore

Pick: Eyeblight's Ending

Pack 33:

Kinsbaile Balloonist, Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart, Fertile Ground, Cenn's Heir, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Giant's Ire, Knight of Meadowgrain, Flamekin Harbinger, Thieving Sprite

Pick: Fertile Ground

Pack 34:

Dreamspoiler Witches, Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler, Hurly-Burly, Peppersmoke, Faultgrinder, Goldmeadow Dodger, Flamekin Brawler, Inner-Flame Igniter, Vivid Grove, Ashling's Prerogative, Heal the Scars

Pick: Dreamspoiler Witches

Pack 35:

Stonybrook Angler, Fertile Ground, Moonglove Winnower, Plover Knights, Whirlpool Whelm, Leaf Gilder, Faerie Trickery, Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant, Spiderwig Boggart, Knucklebone Witch

Pick: Leaf Gilder

Pack 36:

Lowland Oaf, Fistful of Force, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Surge of Thoughtweft, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly Changeling, Elvish Branchbender, Amoeboid Changeling, Prowess of the Fair, Ceaseless Searblades

Pick: Elvish Branchbender

Pack 37:

Thieving Sprite, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Stinkdrinker Daredevil, Blades of Velis Vel, Elvish Handservant, Dawnfluke, Broken Ambitions, Inner-Flame Igniter, Boggart Harbinger

Pick: Gilt-Leaf Ambush

Pack 38:

Kithkin Daggerdare, Mudbutton Torchrunner, Aquitect's Will, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Spring Cleaning, Blind-Spot Giant, Wellgabber Apothecary, Boggart Shenanigans

Pick: Kithkin Daggerdare

Pack 39:

Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal Poultice, Needle Drop, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Boggart Birth Rite, Nectar Faerie

Pick: Kithkin Daggerdare

Pack 40:

Oakgnarl Warrior, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect's Will, Mournwhelk, Zephyr Net, Crush Underfoot

Pick: Mournwhelk

Pack 41:

Cenn's Heir, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Giant's Ire

Pick: Facevaulter

Pack 42:

Faultgrinder, Goldmeadow Dodger, Flamekin Brawler, Ashling's Prerogative

Pick: Ashling's Prerogative

Pack 43:

Moonglove Winnower, Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant

Pick: Moonglove Winnower

Pack 44:

Quill-Slinger Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel

Pick: Quill-Slinger Boggart

Pack 45:

Blades of Velis Vel

Pick: Blades of Velis Vel

Final Decklist:

9 Forest
7 Swamp
1 Dreamspoiler Witches
2 Elvish Branchbender
2 Eyeblight's Ending
1 Fistful of Force
1 Footbottom Feast
1 Ghostly Changeling
2 Gilt-Leaf Ambush
1 Gilt-Leaf Seer
1 Incremental Growth
1 Jagged-Scar Archers
2 Kithkin Daggerdare
1 Leaf Gilder
1 Lignify
1 Lys Alana Huntmaster
1 Marsh Flitter
2 Moonglove Winnower
1 Mosswort Bridge
1 Seedguide Ash
1 Skeletal Changeling

Sideboard
1 Fertile Ground
1 Swamp
1 Ashling's Prerogative
1 Battlewand Oak
1 Blades of Velis Vel
1 Bog-Strider Ash
1 Elvish Eulogist
1 Facevaulter
1 Hunter of Eyeblights
1 Inkfathom Divers
1 Mournwhelk
1 Nath's Buffoon
1 Pollen Lullaby
1 Quill-Slinger Boggart
1 Rootgrapple
1 Spring Cleaning
1 Thieving Sprite
1 Thousand-Year Elixir
1 Treefolk Harbinger
1 Triclopean Sight
1 Wanderer's Twig
1 Windbrisk Heights

Pick 2: Epic Proportions is a nice card, but I've been faced with this pick before... Epic Proportions versus good common removal. I've been picking the removal, and this time it happens to be in the same color as Pick 1.

Pick 4: Huntmaster or Consuming Bonfire? I think Huntmaster is a better card, even though I have passed one Huntmaster Pick 1 and one Epic Proportions Pick 2... it's more important what you are being passed than what you pass.

Pick 5: I don't like Fodder Launch outside Red/Black Goblins.

Pick 7: I have 3 Green and 3 Black cards, and I have no reasons to believe Blue will be coming, even if this was a Douser. Most of the times this means they are overpowered packs, so I did not take the Sentinels of Glen Elendra.

In the second booster I felt the cards were simply not there. My first picks were very weak, and the rest of them very unspectacular.

Pick 31: Maybe I should've picked Weed Strangle since I was lacking removal.

Round 1 I playeved versus Green/White Treefolk.

Game 1 I lost to a Bog-Strider Ash I had no way to stop.

Game 2 he mulliganed to five but had a good draw: Goldmeadow Harrier and two Dauntless Dourbarks that were very large. I drew no removal.

See you tomorrow!

Tiago

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