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You've seen Guildpact in action; now it's time to see the print runs. I prefer sixty card formats, so I'm not going to offer any analysis for these, making for a short but sweet article.
If you aren't familiar with print runs, here is how they work in Guildpact. Each pack contains eleven commons*; six from the ‘Scissors' print run and five from the ‘Rock' print run. The cards are an in-order slice from the print run, so if you know the print runs then you can tell what people to your sides are taking in draft. For example:
You are in a triple-Guildpact draft, and are passed a pack with Izzet Signet, Orzhov Euthanist, Silhana Starfletcher, Pyromatics, Orzhov Basilica, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, three useless uncommons and a bad rare. Form these remaining commons, you can deduce that the missing card is Pillory of the Sleepless from the Scissors print run.
The print run is a circle, so if you reach the ‘end' then you just continue from the beginning. The ‘Scissors' cards tend to be the best and the ‘Rock' cards tend to be solid; these names originated in the article “An Analysis of Common Print Runs in Champions of Kamigawa (What Every Drafter Should Know About Their Commons)” by Luke Hagerling, Scott Mayer, and myself.
Without further ado:
- Rock -
Fencer's Magemark - Wee Dragonauts - Skarrgan Pit-Skulk - Lionheart Maverick - Burning-Tree Bloodscale - Crystal Seer - Cry of Contrition – Beastmaster's Magemark - Izzet Chronarch - Skyrider Trainee - Crystal Seer - Wild Cantor - Cremate - Gruul Nodorog - Petrahydrox - Benediction of Moons - Gigadrowse - Burning-Tree Bloodscale - Cremate - Skarrgan Pit-Skulk - Benediction of Moons - Izzet Chronarch - Tin Street Hooligan - Gigadrowse - Silhana Ledgewalker - Restless Bones - Petrahydrox - Skyrider Trainee - Runeboggle - Mourning Thrull - Cry of Contrition - Tin Street Hooligan - Lionheart Maverick - Leap of Flame - Train of Thought – Beastmaster's Magemark - Wild Cantor - Poisonbelly Ogre – Guardian's Magemark - Wee Dragonauts - Runeboggle - Gruul Nodorog – Fencer's Magemark - Poisonbelly Ogre - Leap of Flame – Guardian's Magemark - Silhana Ledgewalker - Mourning Thrull - Train of Thought - Restless Bones
- Scissors -
Bloodscale Prowler - Repeal - Ghost Warden - Izzet Signet - Orzhov Euthanist - Pillory of the Sleepless - Silhana Starfletcher - Pyromatics - Orzhov Basilica - Steamcore Weird - Shrieking Grotesque - Castigate – Necromancer's Magemark - Gruul Signet - Ghor-Clan Savage - Ogre Savant - Repeal - Scab-Clan Mauler - Izzet Boilerworks - Ghost Warden - Orzhov Euthanist - Wildsize - Castigate - Orzhov Signet - Torch Drake - Shrieking Grotesque – Necromancer's Magemark - Gruul Scrapper - Gruul Turf - Pillory of the Sleepless - Torch Drake - Absolver Thrull - Douse in Gloom - Izzet Signet - Ghor-Clan Savage - Streetbreaker Wurm - Bloodscale Prowler – Infiltrator's Magemark - Izzet Boilerworks - Withstand - Ostiary Thrull - Streetbreaker Wurm - Gruul Scrapper - Gruul Signet - Pyromatics – Infiltrator's Magemark - Absolver Thrull - Scab-Clan Mauler - Gruul Turf - Ostiary Thrull - Wildsize - Ogre Savant - Blind Hunter - Orzhov Signet - Steamcore Weird - Withstand - Douse in Gloom - Silhana Starfletcher - Orzhov Basilica - Blind Hunter
For providing data, I'd like to thank:
Greg Degi
Karen Degi
Kevin Degi
Luke Hagerling
ChrisWolf on the StarCityGames boards from the “Guildpact Print Runs” thread
I'd also like to thank Scott Mayer for advice on naming the print runs.
*Uncommon print runs need lots of data to generate – post your data in the forums.
