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12 Forest
5 Mountain
Boartusk Liege
Hungry Spriggan
Burn Trail
Morselhoarder
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Raven's Run Dragoon
Medicine Runner
Crabapple Cohort
Tattermunge Duo
Mudbrawler Raiders
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Juvenile Gloomwidow
Barkshell Blessing
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Snakeform
Puncture Blast
Desecrator Hag
Aerie Ouphes
Nettle Sentinel
Wickerbough Elder
Noxious Hatchling
Woodlurker Mimic
Wickerbough Elder
I should've taken Firespout first. I wasn't sure, and the first person I asked said Liege so I went with it. The Firespout simply fits my playstyle better and leaves me with more options than the Liege. I did try to draft the mono Red deck for once, wasting a pick on Intimidator Initiate, but nothing materialized after that and I got stuck with a bunch of Green cards. If I took Firespout I would've taken Plumeveil second, but looking back it seems the rest of pack 1 would have been pretty miserable and I wouldn't have had a direction for pack 2.
I won the first game against a Black Red deck. My opponent made a few mistakes and neither game was particularly close or interesting.
Round 2 my opponent played Ghastlord of Fugue on turn 4 game 1, and turn 5 game 2. Perhaps I could've won game 1 if I didn't attack my Liege into a double block with Glamer Spinners and Scuttlemutt. I figured his trick was Consign to Dream or Aethertow when he passed the turn with 5 Islands and a Scuttlemutt up. Game 2 I kept a hand with 3 Mountains, Tattermunge Duo, Burn Trail and the Liege. He played the Ghastlord again and I didn't draw another land. Good old Magic: the Gathering.
Until tomorrow...
Rich
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