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Draft:

Pack 1:

Mogg War Marshal, Temporal Isolation, Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Momentary Blink, Greenseeker, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Calciform Pools, Opaline Sliver, Yavimaya Dryad, Hivestone, Valor, Snapback

Pick: Temporal Isolation

Pack 2:

Coal Stoker, Durkwood Baloth, Coral Trickster, Ivory Giant, Deathspore Thallid, Errant Ephemeron, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Venser's Sliver, Clockspinning, Spell Burst, Dementia Sliver, Sudden Shock, Orcish Librarian

Pick: Errant Ephemeron

Pack 3:

Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Aetherflame Wall, Detainment Spell, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Scryb Ranger, Chronatog Totem, Dralnu, Lich Lord, Vhati il-Dal

Pick: Vhati il-Dal

Pack 4:

Drudge Reavers, Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Weatherseed Totem, Careful Consideration, Plated Pegasus, Lim-Dul the Necromancer, Celestial Dawn

Pick: Careful Consideration

Pack 5:

Fathom Seer, Chromatic Star, Gorgon Recluse, Herd Gnarr, D'Avenant Healer, Glass Asp, Ground Rift, Eternity Snare, Fool's Demise, Harmonic Sliver, Sprite Noble

Pick: Fathom Seer

Pack 6:

Spinneret Sliver, Ivory Giant, Grapeshot, Mindstab, Traitor's Clutch, Plunder, Eternity Snare, Molder, Return to Dust, Evil Eye of Urborg

Pick: Ivory Giant

Pack 7:

Gaze of Justice, Coral Trickster, Venser's Sliver, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D'Avenant Healer, Chronatog Totem, Funeral Charm

Pick: Coral Trickster

Pack 8:

Aether Web, Drudge Reavers, Sage of Epityr, Divine Congregation, Mindlash Sliver, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Jhoira's Timebug, Spell Burst

Pick: Jhoira's Timebug

Pack 9:

Think Twice, Ashcoat Bear, Pit Keeper, Divine Congregation, Calciform Pools, Opaline Sliver, Yavimaya Dryad

Pick: Opaline Sliver

Pack 10:

Deathspore Thallid, Dream Stalker, Clockspinning, Spell Burst, Dementia Sliver, Orcish Librarian

Pick: Dream Stalker

Pack 11:

Cancel, Detainment Spell, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Chronatog Totem

Pick: Cancel

Pack 12:

Drudge Reavers, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Plated Pegasus

Pick: Plated Pegasus

Pack 13:

Glass Asp, Fool's Demise, Harmonic Sliver

Pick: Fool's Demise

Pack 14:

Traitor's Clutch, Eternity Snare

Pick: Eternity Snare

Pack 15:

Sangrophage

Pick: Sangrophage

Pack 16:

Flowstone Channeler, Herd Gnarr, Trespasser il-Vec, Amrou Scout, Grapeshot, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D'Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Primal Forcemage, Gustcloak Cavalier, Sulfurous Blast, Swarmyard, Disenchant

Pick: Amrou Scout

Pack 17:

Tendrils of Corruption, Think Twice, Penumbra Spider, Errant Doomsayers, Aether Web, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Duskrider Peregrine, Wipe Away, Saltcrusted Steppe, Ib Halfheart, Goblin Tactician, Feldon's Cane

Pick: Duskrider Peregrine

Pack 18:

Flowstone Channeler, Trespasser il-Vec, Fortify, Flamecore Elemental, Watcher Sliver, Plunder, Skulking Knight, Return to Dust, Spell Burst, Ghostflame Sliver, Ith, High Arcanist, Orgg, Mountain

Pick: Ith, High Arcanist

Pack 19:

Icatian Crier, Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Zealot il-Vec, Thallid Shell-Dweller, Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Premature Burial, Clockwork Hydra, Volcanic Awakening, Pandemonium

Pick: Clockwork Hydra

Pack 20:

Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Icatian Crier, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Cavalry Master, Vampiric Sliver, Trickbind, Willbender

Pick: Willbender

Pack 21:

Snapback, Pentarch Ward, Jhoira's Timebug, Chameleon Blur, Subterranean Shambler, Cyclopean Giant, Screeching Sliver, Tectonic Fiend, Angel's Grace, Unstable Mutation

Pick: Snapback

Pack 22:

Slipstream Serpent, Venser's Sliver, Children of Korlis, Sangrophage, Viashino Bladescout, Mystical Teachings, Dementia Sliver, Gauntlet of Power, Squire

Pick: Gauntlet of Power

Pack 23:

Deathspore Thallid, Tolarian Sentinel, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Volcanic Awakening, Pendelhaven

Pick: Tolarian Sentinel

Pack 24:

Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D'Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Mystical Teachings, Swarmyard, Disenchant

Pick: D'Avenant Healer

Pack 25:

Think Twice, Aether Web, Cyclopean Giant, Brass Gnat, Screeching Sliver, Feldon's Cane

Pick: Think Twice

Pack 26:

Plunder, Skulking Knight, Return to Dust, Spell Burst, Mountain

Pick: Spell Burst

Pack 27:

Bewilder, Call to the Netherworld, Cyclopean Giant, Volcanic Awakening

Pick: Bewilder

Pack 28:

Chameleon Blur, Bewilder, Detainment Spell

Pick: Detainment Spell

Pack 29:

Chameleon Blur, Screeching Sliver

Pick: Screeching Sliver

Pack 30:

Sangrophage

Pick: Sangrophage

Pack 31:

Dark Withering, Goblin Skycutter, Crookclaw Transmuter, Strength in Numbers, Zealot il-Vec, Urborg Syphon-Mage, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Scryb Ranger, Outrider en-Kor, Paradise Plume, Evangelize, Spitting Slug, Sage of Epityr

Pick: Outrider en-Kor

Pack 32:

Errant Ephemeron, Strangling Soot, Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Ophidian Eye, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Molten Slagheap, Fallen Ideal, Thunder Totem, Sudden Spoiling

Pick: Errant Ephemeron

Pack 33:

Scarwood Treefolk, Orcish Cannonade, Amrou Scout, Keldon Halberdier, Mana Skimmer, Durkwood Baloth, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor's Clutch, Durkwood Tracker, Ignite Memories, Hunting Moa

Pick: Amrou Scout

Pack 34:

Urborg Syphon-Mage, Aether Web, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Brass Gnat, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Phantom Wurm, Brine Elemental, Walk the Aeons, Sindbad

Pick: Momentary Blink

Pack 35:

Mana Skimmer, Nantuko Shaman, Brass Gnat, Dream Stalker, Watcher Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Glass Asp, Firewake Sliver, Locket of Yesterdays, Wipe Away, Chronosavant

Pick: Chronosavant

Pack 36:

Orcish Cannonade, Gemhide Sliver, Mindstab, Viscid Lemures, Ground Rift, Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad, Brine Elemental, Primal Forcemage, Dodecapod

Pick: Brine Elemental

Pack 37:

Dark Withering, Ashcoat Bear, Psychotic Episode, Jedit's Dragoons, Sprout, Foriysian Interceptor, Fungal Reaches, Reiterate, Stupor

Pick: Dark Withering

Pack 38:

Temporal Eddy, Ancient Grudge, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Urza's Factory, Skittering Monstrosity, Uncle Istvan

Pick: Temporal Eddy

Pack 39:

Dark Withering, Strength in Numbers, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Aetherflame Wall, Paradise Plume, Spitting Slug

Pick: Dark Withering

Pack 40:

Mindstab, Gaze of Justice, Molder, Children of Korlis, Ground Rift, Fallen Ideal

Pick: Mindstab

Pack 41:

Scarwood Treefolk, Thrill of the Hunt, Shadow Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Traitor's Clutch

Pick: Thrill of the Hunt

Pack 42:

Aether Web, Brass Gnat, Screeching Sliver, Sindbad

Pick: Sindbad

Pack 43:

Brass Gnat, Glass Asp, Locket of Yesterdays

Pick: Locket of Yesterdays

Pack 44:

Dream Stalker, Wormwood Dryad

Pick: Dream Stalker

Pack 45:

Psychotic Episode

Pick: Psychotic Episode

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

2 Amrou Scout
1 Chronosavant
1 Duskrider Peregrine
1 D'Avenant Healer
1 Ivory Giant
1 Momentary Blink
1 Outrider en-Kor
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Willbender
1 Brine Elemental
1 Careful Consideration
1 Coral Trickster
1 Dream Stalker
2 Errant Ephemeron
1 Fathom Seer
1 Snapback
1 Temporal Eddy
1 Clockwork Hydra
1 Jhoira's Timebug
1 Ith, High Arcanist
1 Opaline Sliver
9 Island
8 Plains

Sideboard:

1 Bewilder
1 Cancel
2 Dark Withering
1 Detainment Spell
1 Dream Stalker
1 Eternity Snare
1 Fool's Demise
1 Gauntlet of Power
1 Locket of Yesterdays
1 Mindstab
1 Plated Pegasus
1 Psychotic Episode
2 Sangrophage
1 Screeching Sliver
1 Sindbad
1 Spell Burst
1 Think Twice
1 Thrill of the Hunt
1 Tolarian Sentinel
1 Vhati il-Dal

Another frustrating draft, although this time my deck happened to be very good. I decided not to play the Gauntlet, despite its praise being sung in the forums, because my deck was split so evenly between the two colors and it didn't seem like pumping my creatures slightly would be all that relevant.

In the first game I lost because I had six Islands and one Plains, with D'Avenant Healer in hand, while I died to his Trespasser Il-Vecs. In the second game it looked like I was going to beat his Stronghold Overseer, until he played the second one. Right. Whatever.

Until next week,

Rich

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