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Draft:

Pack 1:

Blessed Breath, Sokenzan Bruiser, Hisoka's Guard, Serpent Skin, Nezumi Ronin, Hundred-Talon Kami, Battle-Mad Ronin, Psychic Puppetry, Joyous Respite, Soratami Rainshaper, Kodama's Reach, Samurai of the Pale Curtain, Lantern-Lit Graveyard, Thousand-legged Kami, Isamaru, Hound of Konda

Pick: Isamaru, Hound of Konda

Pack 2:

Orochi Sustainer, Indomitable Will, Uncontrollable Anger, Soratami Cloudskater, Humble Budoka, Nezumi Ronin, Rag Dealer, Ethereal Haze, Akki Rockspeaker, Frostwielder, Mystic Restraints, Kami of the Palace Fields, Jade Idol, Imi Statue

Pick: Frostwielder

Pack 3:

Reach Through Mists, Kami of the Hunt, Gibbering Kami, Soul of Magma, Counsel of the Soratami, Pious Kitsune, Unnatural Speed, Kami of Twisted Reflection, Befoul, Kitsune Riftwalker, Thief of Hope, Brothers Yamazaki, Cut the Tethers

Pick: Befoul

Pack 4:

Sokenzan Bruiser, Counsel of the Soratami, Kami of the Hunt, Scuttling Death, Blessed Breath, Hearth Kami, Joyous Respite, Midnight Covenant, Terashi's Cry, Order of the Sacred Bell, Waterveil Cavern, Feast of Worms

Pick: Scuttling Death

Pack 5:

Hearth Kami, Reach Through Mists, Serpent Skin, Villainous Ogre, Kitsune Diviner, Akki Avalanchers, Matsu-Tribe Decoy, Ashen-Skin Zubera, Quiet Purity, Moss Kami, Eerie Procession

Pick: Moss Kami

Pack 6:

Callous Deceiver, Commune with Nature, Devoted Retainer, Yamabushi's Storm, Eye of Nowhere, Quiet Purity, Ember-Fist Zubera, Lifted by Clouds, Guardian of Solitude, Otherworldly Journey

Pick: Ember-Fist Zubera

Pack 7:

Distress, Kami of the Painted Road, Soul of Magma, Hisoka's Defiance, Peer Through Depths, Jukai Messenger, Deathcurse Ogre, Mana Seism, Time of Need

Pick: Soul of Magma

Pack 8:

Kami of the Painted Road, Akki Avalanchers, Hisoka's Defiance, Distress, Vigilance, Desperate Ritual, Kumano's Pupils, Petals of Insight

Pick: Petals of Insight

Pack 9:

Sokenzan Bruiser, Hisoka's Guard, Serpent Skin, Battle-Mad Ronin, Psychic Puppetry, Joyous Respite, Lantern-Lit Graveyard

Pick: Serpent Skin

Pack 10:

Orochi Sustainer, Uncontrollable Anger, Humble Budoka, Rag Dealer, Ethereal Haze, Akki Rockspeaker

Pick: Orochi Sustainer

Pack 11:

Counsel of the Soratami, Pious Kitsune, Unnatural Speed, Kami of Twisted Reflection, Cut the Tethers

Pick: Counsel of the Soratami

Pack 12:

Joyous Respite, Midnight Covenant, Terashi's Cry, Feast of Worms

Pick: Feast of Worms

Pack 13:

Reach Through Mists, Serpent Skin, Eerie Procession

Pick: Serpent Skin

Pack 14:

Quiet Purity, Lifted by Clouds

Pick: Quiet Purity

Pack 15:

Mana Seism

Pick: Mana Seism

Pack 16:

Split-Tail Miko, Blademane Baku, Mistblade Shinobi, Gnarled Mass, Psychic Spear, Waxmane Baku, Floodbringer, Uproot, Call for Blood, Takeno's Cavalry, Kumano's Blessing, Tallowisp, Loam Dweller, Indebted Samurai, Enshrined Memories

Pick: Gnarled Mass

Pack 17:

Child of Thorns, Skullsnatcher, Moonlit Strider, Frost Ogre, Ribbons of the Reikai, Gnarled Mass, Floodbringer, Petalmane Baku, Blessing of Leeches, Heart of Light, Akki Blizzard-Herder, Shuko, Heed the Mists, Chisei, Heart of Oceans

Pick: Gnarled Mass

Pack 18:

Goblin Cohort, Shimmering Glasskite, Sakura-Tribe Springcaller, Takenuma Bleeder, Kami of False Hope, Minamo's Meddling, Traproot Kami, Blessing of Leeches, Takeno's Cavalry, First Volley, Loam Dweller, Shuriken, Sosuke's Summons

Pick: Shuriken

Pack 19:

Goblin Cohort, Teardrop Kami, Harbinger of Spring, Kami of False Hope, Blademane Baku, Veil of Secrecy, Matsu-Tribe Sniper, Stir the Grave, Mending Hands, Ire of Kaminari, Body of Jukai, Kitsune Palliator

Pick: Matsu-Tribe Sniper

Pack 20:

Skullmane Baku, Waxmane Baku, Frostling, Teardrop Kami, Roar of Jukai, Veil of Secrecy, Vital Surge, Bile Urchin, Mending Hands, First Volley, Empty-Shrine Kannushi

Pick: Frostling

Pack 21:

Quillmane Baku, Hundred-Talon Strike, Shinka Gatekeeper, Phantom Wings, Petalmane Baku, Crawling Filth, Terashi's Grasp, Akki Blizzard-Herder, Stream of Consciousness, Pus Kami

Pick: Petalmane Baku

Pack 22:

Moonlit Strider, Shinka Gatekeeper, Skullmane Baku, Hundred-Talon Strike, Toils of Night and Day, Matsu-Tribe Sniper, Bile Urchin, Crack the Earth, Kaijin of the Vanishing Touch

Pick: Matsu-Tribe Sniper

Pack 23:

Kami of Tattered Shoji, Ribbons of the Reikai, Sakura-Tribe Springcaller, Minamo's Meddling, Uproot, Stir the Grave, Kumano's Blessing, Gods' Eye, Gate to the Reikai

Pick: Sakura-Tribe Springcaller

Pack 24:

Split-Tail Miko, Blademane Baku, Psychic Spear, Uproot, Call for Blood, Takeno's Cavalry, Kumano's Blessing

Pick: Blademane Baku

Pack 25:

Frost Ogre, Ribbons of the Reikai, Petalmane Baku, Blessing of Leeches, Akki Blizzard-Herder, Heed the Mists

Pick: Frost Ogre

Pack 26:

Goblin Cohort, Sakura-Tribe Springcaller, Kami of False Hope, Minamo's Meddling, Blessing of Leeches

Pick: Sakura-Tribe Springcaller

Pack 27:

Harbinger of Spring, Mending Hands, Ire of Kaminari, Body of Jukai

Pick: Harbinger of Spring

Pack 28:

Veil of Secrecy, Vital Surge, Mending Hands

Pick: Vital Surge

Pack 29:

Quillmane Baku, Crawling Filth

Pick: Crawling Filth

Pack 30:

Toils of Night and Day

Pick: Toils of Night and Day

Pack 31:

Spiraling Embers, Minamo Scrollkeeper, Nightsoil Kami, Sink into Takenuma, Kitsune Loreweaver, Sokenzan Spellblade, Dosan's Oldest Chant, Deathknell Kami, Plow Through Reito, Glitterfang, Ideas Unbound, Feral Lightning, Kiri-Onna, Descendant of Masumaro, Kami of the Crescent Moon

Pick: Spiraling Embers

Pack 32:

Inner Calm, Outer Strength, Kagemaro's Clutch, Kitsune Loreweaver, Shinen of Fury's Fire, Descendant of Soramaro, Elder Pine of Jukai, Rending Vines, Shinen of Fear's Chill, Spiritual Visit, Path of Anger's Flame, Dreamcatcher, Hail of Arrows, Kashi-Tribe Elite, Burning-Eye Zubera

Pick: Elder Pine of Jukai

Pack 33:

Oppressive Will, Fiddlehead Kami, Kami of Empty Graves, Moonwing Moth, Akki Underling, Moonbow Illusionist, Matsu-Tribe Birdstalker, Death of a Thousand Stings, Curtain of Light, Ronin Cavekeeper, Oboro Breezecaller, O-Naginata, Trusted Advisor

Pick: Akki Underling

Pack 34:

Shinen of Flight's Wings, Fiddlehead Kami, Death Denied, Shinen of Stars' Light, Minamo Scrollkeeper, Rending Vines, Gnat Miser, Kitsune Bonesetter, Glitterfang, Cut the Earthly Bond, Dense Canopy, Soratami Cloud Chariot

Pick: Shinen of Flight's Wings

Pack 35:

Raving Oni-Slave, Torii Watchward, Shinen of Fury's Fire, Moonbow Illusionist, Promised Kannushi, Shinen of Fear's Chill, Curtain of Light, Into the Fray, Dreamcatcher, Exile into Darkness, Inner-Chamber Guard

Pick: Moonbow Illusionist

Pack 36:

Torii Watchward, Barrel Down Sokenzan, Descendant of Soramaro, Shinen of Life's Roar, Moonwing Moth, Dosan's Oldest Chant, Gnat Miser, Inner Fire, Murmurs from Beyond, Kami of the Tended Garden

Pick: Barrel Down Sokenzan

Pack 37:

Akki Drillmaster, Freed from the Real, Deathmask Nezumi, Cowed by Wisdom, Akki Underling, Death of a Thousand Stings, Path of Anger's Flame, Ideas Unbound, Sokenzan Renegade

Pick: Akki Underling

Pack 38:

Deathmask Nezumi, Kitsune Dawnblade, Promised Kannushi, Deathknell Kami, Spiritual Visit, Inner Fire, Oboro Breezecaller, Shifting Borders

Pick: Shifting Borders

Pack 39:

Minamo Scrollkeeper, Sink into Takenuma, Dosan's Oldest Chant, Deathknell Kami, Glitterfang, Ideas Unbound, Descendant of Masumaro

Pick: Descendant of Masumaro

Pack 40:

Shinen of Fury's Fire, Descendant of Soramaro, Rending Vines, Shinen of Fear's Chill, Path of Anger's Flame, Dreamcatcher

Pick: Rending Vines

Pack 41:

Oppressive Will, Fiddlehead Kami, Death of a Thousand Stings, Oboro Breezecaller, Trusted Advisor

Pick: Fiddlehead Kami

Pack 42:

Rending Vines, Gnat Miser, Kitsune Bonesetter, Cut the Earthly Bond

Pick: Rending Vines

Pack 43:

Shinen of Fear's Chill, Into the Fray, Dreamcatcher

Pick: Dreamcatcher

Pack 44:

Dosan's Oldest Chant, Inner Fire

Pick: Dosan's Oldest Chant

Pack 45:

Ideas Unbound

Pick: Ideas Unbound

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

2 Akki Underling
1 Barrel Down Sokenzan
1 Blademane Baku
1 Ember-Fist Zubera
1 Frostling
1 Frostwielder
1 Frost Ogre
1 Spiraling Embers
1 Descendant of Masumaro
1 Elder Pine of Jukai
1 Fiddlehead Kami
2 Gnarled Mass
1 Matsu-Tribe Sniper
1 Moss Kami
1 Orochi Sustainer [FOIL]
2 Sakura-Tribe Springcaller
2 Serpent Skin
1 Shuriken
10 Forest
8 Mountain

Sideboard:

1 Befoul
1 Counsel of the Soratami
1 Crawling Filth
1 Dosan's Oldest Chant
1 Dreamcatcher
1 Feast of Worms
1 Harbinger of Spring
1 Ideas Unbound
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Mana Seism
1 Matsu-Tribe Sniper
1 Moonbow Illusionist
1 Petalmane Baku
1 Petals of Insight
1 Quiet Purity
2 Rending Vines
1 Scuttling Death
1 Shifting Borders
1 Shinen of Flight's Wings
1 Soul of Magma
1 Toils of Night and Day
1 Vital Surge

This draft went rather poorly, partially because it took me so long to figure out my colors. Looking back at the draft, it seems the only way for me to have had a good deck would have been to play White, but it would have been difficult to get into White since I got passed next to none in the first pack. I lost the first game by drawing three Mountains, a Forest, and every card in the deck I couldn't cast with those lands, and lost the second to a Hail of Arrows that I guess I could have played around. It wasn't the one I passed. I quite enjoy drafting CBS, so if I see the queue filling up again I'll get another set and get in there.

Until tomorrow,

Rich

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