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Draft:

Pack 1:

Selesnya Sanctuary, Wojek Siren, Terraformer, Nightguard Patrol, Vedalken Dismisser, Rally the Righteous, Elvish Skysweeper, Conclave's Blessing, Boros Signet, Selesnya Signet, Veteran Armorer, Peregrine Mask, Putrefy, Indentured Oaf, Gleancrawler

Pick: Gleancrawler

Pack 2:

Induce Paranoia, Mortipede, Torpid Moloch, Golgari Rotwurm, Tidewater Minion, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Thoughtpicker Witch, Galvanic Arc, Selesnya Evangel, Faith's Fetters, Selesnya Guildmage, Flow of Ideas, Light of Sanction

Pick: Selesnya Guildmage

Pack 3:

Courier Hawk, Stasis Cell, Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Screeching Griffin, Muddle the Mixture, Perplex, Gate Hound, Zephyr Spirit, Sell-Sword Brute, Skyknight Legionnaire, Selesnya Sagittars, Mausoleum Turnkey, Copy Enchantment

Pick: Mausoleum Turnkey

Pack 4:

Gather Courage, Woodwraith Strangler, Drift of Phantasms, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Gather Courage, Seismic Spike, Elvish Skysweeper, Boros Recruit, Wojek Embermage, Dowsing Shaman, Goliath Spider, Scion of the Wild

Pick: Dowsing Shaman

Pack 5:

Consult the Necrosages, Barbarian Riftcutter, Greater Mossdog, Clinging Darkness, Dimir Infiltrator, Necromantic Thirst, Goblin Fire Fiend, Dimir Signet, Svogthos, the Restless Tomb, Chant of Vitu-Ghazi, Duskmantle, House of Shadow

Pick: Greater Mossdog

Pack 6:

Viashino Slasher, Boros Garrison, Sadistic Augermage, Thundersong Trumpeter, Ordruun Commando, Surge of Zeal, Sundering Vitae, Seeds of Strength, Greater Forgeling, Dark Heart of the Wood

Pick: Boros Garrison

Pack 7:

Coalhauler Swine, Boros Fury-Shield, Quickchange, Infectious Host, Rain of Embers, Selesnya Signet, Conclave Phalanx, Cyclopean Snare, Dimir Machinations

Pick: Selesnya Signet

Pack 8:

Woodwraith Strangler, Incite Hysteria, Sadistic Augermage, Zephyr Spirit, Surge of Zeal, Ivy Dancer, Mnemonic Nexus, Flickerform

Pick: Ivy Dancer

Pack 9:

Selesnya Sanctuary, Wojek Siren, Rally the Righteous, Conclave's Blessing, Boros Signet, Selesnya Signet, Peregrine Mask

Pick: Selesnya Sanctuary

Pack 10:

Induce Paranoia, Mortipede, Torpid Moloch, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Light of Sanction

Pick: Mortipede

Pack 11:

Stasis Cell, Muddle the Mixture, Perplex, Gate Hound, Zephyr Spirit

Pick: Perplex

Pack 12:

Woodwraith Strangler, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Seismic Spike, Boros Recruit

Pick: Woodwraith Strangler

Pack 13:

Necromantic Thirst, Goblin Fire Fiend, Svogthos, the Restless Tomb

Pick: Svogthos, the Restless Tomb

Pack 14:

Surge of Zeal, Dark Heart of the Wood

Pick: Dark Heart of the Wood

Pack 15:

Infectious Host

Pick: Infectious Host

Pack 16:

Ghor-Clan Savage, Streetbreaker Wurm, Bloodscale Prowler, Infiltrator's Magemark, Izzet Boilerworks, Withstand, Cremate, Gruul Nodorog, Petrahydrox, Guardian's Magemark, Gigadrowse, Conjurer's Ban, Agent of Masks, Gatherer of Graces, Quicken

Pick: Ghor-Clan Savage

Pack 17:

Ogre Savant, Blind Hunter, Orzhov Signet, Steamcore Weird, Withstand, Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Lionheart Maverick, Leap of Flame, Starved Rusalka, Sinstriker's Will, Sanguine Praetor

Pick: Orzhov Signet

Pack 18:

Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Izzet Chronarch, Ostiary Thrull, Gruul Scrapper, Gruul Signet, Infiltrator's Magemark, Scorched Rusalka, To Arms!, Agent of Masks, Petrified Wood-Kin

Pick: Agent of Masks

Pack 19:

Wee Dragonauts, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Crystal Seer, Gruul Scrapper, Gruul Signet, Infiltrator's Magemark, Absolver Thrull, Ghor-Clan Bloodscale, Schismotivate, Battering Wurm

Pick: Gruul Signet

Pack 20:

Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Absolver Thrull, Scab-Clan Mauler, Vacuumelt, Smogsteed Rider, Shattering Spree, Leyline of the Meek

Pick: Silhana Ledgewalker

Pack 21:

Orzhov Basilica, Bloodscale Prowler, Repeal, Train of Thought, Beastmaster's Magemark, Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian's Magemark, Conjurer's Ban, Smogsteed Rider

Pick: Orzhov Basilica

Pack 22:

Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster's Magemark, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Wild Cantor, Droning Bureaucrats, Frazzle, Goblin Flectomancer, Siege of Towers

Pick: Droning Bureaucrats

Pack 23:

Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster's Magemark, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Wild Cantor, Martyred Rusalka, Vertigo Spawn, Leyline of Lightning

Pick: Beastmaster's Magemark

Pack 24:

Cremate, Gruul Nodorog, Guardian's Magemark, Gigadrowse, Conjurer's Ban, Gatherer of Graces, Quicken

Pick: Gruul Nodorog

Pack 25:

Runeboggle, Cry of Contrition, Lionheart Maverick, Starved Rusalka, Sinstriker's Will, Sanguine Praetor

Pick: Sanguine Praetor

Pack 26:

Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, To Arms!, Petrified Wood-Kin

Pick: Petrified Wood-Kin

Pack 27:

Lionheart Maverick, Crystal Seer, Ghor-Clan Bloodscale, Battering Wurm

Pick: Battering Wurm

Pack 28:

Crystal Seer, Restless Bones, Smogsteed Rider

Pick: Smogsteed Rider

Pack 29:

Poisonbelly Ogre, Conjurer's Ban

Pick: Poisonbelly Ogre

Pack 30:

Cry of Contrition

Pick: Cry of Contrition

Pack 31:

Enigma Eidolon, Shielding Plax, Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage, Plumes of Peace, Simic Growth Chamber, Azorius Signet, Simic Ragworm, Steeling Stance, Wrecking Ball, Sandstorm Eidolon, Trial / Error, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Ignorant Bliss, Crime / Punishment

Pick: Crime / Punishment

Pack 32:

Beacon Hawk, Enemy of the Guildpact, Riot Spikes, Taste for Mayhem, Simic Initiate, Aquastrand Spider, Macabre Waltz, Silkwing Scout, Assault Zeppelid, Carom, Might of the Nephilim, Trial / Error, Prahv, Spires of Order, Omnibian

Pick: Aquastrand Spider

Pack 33:

Utvara Scalper, Thrive, Shielding Plax, Vesper Ghoul, Enigma Eidolon, Gobhobbler Rats, Macabre Waltz, Simic Initiate, Guardian of the Guildpact, Ignorant Bliss, Ghost Quarter, Paladin of Prahv, Dread Slag

Pick: Guardian of the Guildpact

Pack 34:

Simic Ragworm, Entropic Eidolon, Aurora Eidolon, Soulsworn Jury, Vision Skeins, Coiling Oracle, Whiptail Moloch, Thrive, Haazda Exonerator, Palliation Accord, Blessing of the Nephilim, Vigean Graftmage

Pick: Simic Ragworm

Pack 35:

Sandstorm Eidolon, Steeling Stance, Simic Growth Chamber, Vesper Ghoul, Coiling Oracle, Taste for Mayhem, Street Savvy, Vigean Hydropon, Spell Snare, Hellhole Rats, Slithering Shade

Pick: Simic Growth Chamber

Pack 36:

Vigean Hydropon, Nettling Curse, Beacon Hawk, Overrule, Utvara Scalper, Plumes of Peace, Ogre Gatecrasher, Aurora Eidolon, Rakdos Carnarium, Magewright's Stone

Pick: Aurora Eidolon

Pack 37:

Verdant Eidolon, Psychotic Fury, Overrule, Gobhobbler Rats, Delirium Skeins, Sporeback Troll, Valor Made Real, Nightcreep, Fertile Imagination

Pick: Sporeback Troll

Pack 38:

Utopia Sprawl, Freewind Equenaut, Valor Made Real, Nettling Curse, Kill-Suit Cultist, Street Savvy, Writ of Passage, Stoic Ephemera

Pick: Utopia Sprawl

Pack 39:

Shielding Plax, Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage, Steeling Stance, Sandstorm Eidolon, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Ignorant Bliss

Pick: Shielding Plax

Pack 40:

Beacon Hawk, Taste for Mayhem, Simic Initiate, Might of the Nephilim, Trial / Error, Prahv, Spires of Order

Pick: Might of the Nephilim

Pack 41:

Utvara Scalper, Shielding Plax, Simic Initiate, Ignorant Bliss, Ghost Quarter

Pick: Shielding Plax

Pack 42:

Vision Skeins, Whiptail Moloch, Haazda Exonerator, Blessing of the Nephilim

Pick: Whiptail Moloch

Pack 43:

Steeling Stance, Taste for Mayhem, Slithering Shade

Pick: Slithering Shade

Pack 44:

Utvara Scalper, Magewright's Stone

Pick: Magewright's Stone

Pack 45:

Valor Made Real

Pick: Valor Made Real

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Boros Garrison
7 Forest
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
4 Swamp
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Gruul Signet
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Selesnya Guildmage
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Silhana Ledgewalker
1 Aquastrand Spider
1 Might of the Nephilim
1 Droning Bureaucrats
1 Greater Mossdog
1 Mausoleum Turnkey
1 Mortipede
1 Smogsteed Rider
1 Aurora Eidolon
1 Guardian of the Guildpact
1 Simic Ragworm
1 Sporeback Troll
1 Agent of Masks
1 Dowsing Shaman
1 Ghor-Clan Savage
1 Crime/Punishment
1 Gleancrawler
1 Gruul Nodorog
1 Battering Wurm
1 Sanguine Praetor

Sideboard:

1 Beastmaster's Magemark
1 Cry of Contrition
1 Dark Heart of the Wood
1 Infectious Host
1 Ivy Dancer
1 Magewright's Stone
1 Perplex
1 Petrified Wood-Kin
1 Poisonbelly Ogre
2 Shielding Plax
1 Slithering Shade
1 Svogthos, the Restless Tomb
1 Valor Made Real
1 Whiptail Moloch
1 Woodwraith Strangler

I really wasn't sure about this first pick. I took the full amount of time to decide on Gleancrawler, mostly because it has felt like Blue has been overdrafted on MTGO lately. The pros I asked seemed to agree upon taking Vedalken Dismisser there. From there I think my picks were relatively simple. I feel like I got screwed by the packs, since there was no Gruul or Orzhov after my third pick, and no Rakdos whatsoever. I lost in the first round when I mulliganed into a slow draw and he curved out well in game 1, and then double mulliganed and didn't cast a spell in game 2.

Until tomorrow,

Rich

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