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Draft:

Pack 1:





Fog, Pyric Salamander, Teferi's Curse, Sabertooth Cobra, Dwarven Nomad, Civic Guildmage, Urborg Panther, Wild Elephant, Searing Spear Askari, Thirst, Pacifism, Favorable Destiny, Roots of Life, Chariot of the Sun, Brushwagg

Pick: Pacifism


Pack 2:





Ritual of Steel, Binding Agony, Tranquil Domain, Uktabi Faerie, Dwarven Nomad, *, Sandbar Crocodile, Alarum, Teferi's Drake, Femeref Knight, Decomposition, Soul Rend, Wildfire Emissary, Soul Echo

Pick: Femeref Knight


Pack 3:





Firebreathing, Sapphire Charm, Divine Offering, Crash of Rhinos, Lightning Reflexes, Dirtwater Wraith, Giant Mantis, Raging Spirit, Teferi's Drake, Ekundu Griffin, Tidal Wave, Mangara's Blessing, Warping Wurm

Pick: Ekundu Griffin


Pack 4:




Choking Sands, Serene Heart, Agility, Wall of Roots, Blistering Barrier, Memory Lapse, Ward of Lights, Fetid Horror, Incinerate, Ray of Command, Lead Golem, Superior Numbers

Pick: Ray of Command


Pack 5:




Divine Offering, Serene Heart, Lightning Reflexes, Raging Spirit, Kukemssa Serpent, Disenchant, Ekundu Cyclops, Ray of Command, Igneous Golem, Spatial Binding, Suq'Ata Firewalker

Pick: Ray of Command


Pack 6:




Cloak of Invisibility, Disempower, Mtenda Lion, Blistering Barrier, Village Elder, Burning Shield Askari, Power Sink, Dream Cache, Consuming Ferocity, Femeref Archers

Pick: Dream Cache


Pack 7:




Pyric Salamander, Soar, Prismatic Circle, Sabertooth Cobra, Goblin Elite Infantry, *, Azimaet Drake, Aleatory, Harmattan Efreet

Pick: Azimaet Drake


Pack 8:



Merfolk Raiders, Mtenda Herder, Soulshriek, Uktabi Faerie, Stone Rain, Dream Fighter, Zhalfirin Knight, Shauku's Minion

Pick: Zhalfirin Knight


Pack 9:



Pyric Salamander, Teferi's Curse, Sabertooth Cobra, Dwarven Nomad, Civic Guildmage, Roots of Life, Chariot of the Sun

Pick: Chariot of the Sun


Pack 10:



Binding Agony, Tranquil Domain, Uktabi Faerie, Dwarven Nomad, Alarum, Decomposition

Pick: Alarum


Pack 11:



Firebreathing, Sapphire Charm, Divine Offering, Crash of Rhinos, Teferi's Drake

Pick: Teferi's Drake


Pack 12:


Choking Sands, Serene Heart, Agility, Ward of Lights

Pick: Ward of Lights


Pack 13:


Serene Heart, Kukemssa Serpent, Spatial Binding

Pick: Kukemssa Serpent


Pack 14:


Cloak of Invisibility, Disempower

Pick: Disempower


Pack 15:


Pyric Salamander

Pick: Pyric Salamander


Pack 16:





Tranquil Domain, Goblin Tinkerer, Soar, Jolt, Wall of Resistance, Bone Harvest, Ward of Lights, Urborg Panther, Gibbering Hyenas, Shadow Guildmage, Armor of Thorns, Floodgate, Afterlife, Karoo Meerkat, Uktabi Wildcats

Pick: Afterlife


Pack 17:





Ivory Charm, Choking Sands, Regeneration, Shaper Guildmage, Femeref Healer, Skulking Ghost, Viashino Warrior, Sandbar Crocodile, Disenchant, Enfeeblement, Mana Prism, Unyaro Griffin, Charcoal Diamond, Yare

Pick: Unyaro Griffin


Pack 18:





Mtenda Herder, Wall of Corpses, Regeneration, Reality Ripple, Dazzling Beauty, Grave Servitude, Viashino Warrior, Memory Lapse, Noble Elephant, Dark Banishing, Vigilant Martyr, Bad River, Purraj of Urborg

Pick: Dark Banishing


Pack 19:




Sandstorm, Goblin Tinkerer, Teferi's Curse, Shaper Guildmage, Healing Salve, Restless Dead, Femeref Scouts, Sewer Rats, Drain Life, Stalking Tiger, Patagia Golem, Grim Feast

Pick: Patagia Golem


Pack 20:




Wall of Corpses, Seedling Charm, Builder's Bane, Alarum, Grave Servitude, Kukemssa Serpent, Noble Elephant, Fetid Horror, Shadow Guildmage, Blinding Light, Shauku's Minion

Pick: Alarum


Pack 21:




Ebony Charm, Sandstorm, Builder's Bane, Merfolk Seer, Benevolent Unicorn, Skulking Ghost, Alarum, Gravebane Zombie, Enfeeblement, Zombie Mob

Pick: Merfolk Seer


Pack 22:




Chaos Charm, Bay Falcon, Prismatic Circle, Boomerang, Dazzling Beauty, Breathstealer, Feral Shadow, Cadaverous Knight, Sirocco

Pick: Boomerang


Pack 23:



Sapphire Charm, Disempower, Soulshriek, Femeref Healer, Bone Harvest, Sea Scryer, Windreaper Falcon, Crystal Golem

Pick: Sea Scryer


Pack 24:



Tranquil Domain, Goblin Tinkerer, Soar, Jolt, Bone Harvest, Ward of Lights, Floodgate

Pick: Bone Harvest


Pack 25:



Ivory Charm, Choking Sands, Shaper Guildmage, Femeref Healer, Skulking Ghost, Mana Prism

Pick: Femeref Healer


Pack 26:



Wall of Corpses, Regeneration, Dazzling Beauty, Noble Elephant, Vigilant Martyr

Pick: Noble Elephant


Pack 27:


Sandstorm, Restless Dead, Femeref Scouts, Sewer Rats

Pick: Femeref Scouts


Pack 28:


Wall of Corpses, Noble Elephant, Fetid Horror

Pick: Noble Elephant


Pack 29:


Ebony Charm, Builder's Bane

Pick: Builder's Bane


Pack 30:


Dazzling Beauty

Pick: Dazzling Beauty


Pack 31:





Fireblast, *, Sun Clasp, Emerald Charm, Wake of Vultures, Mystic Veil, Resistance Fighter, Wicked Reward, Feral Instinct, Funeral Charm, Vision Charm, Blanket of Night, Hulking Cyclops, Elephant Grass, Flooded Shoreline

Pick: Sun Clasp


Pack 32:





King Cheetah, Sun Clasp, Cloud Elemental, Infernal Harvest, Suq'A*, Warthog, Parapet, Vision Charm, Emerald Charm, Dwarven Vigilantes, Inspiration, Brood of Cockroaches, Viashino Sandstalker, Kyscu Drake

Pick: Cloud Elemental


Pack 33:





Impulse, Crypt Rats, Raging Gorilla, Coercion, Righteous Aura, Mystic Veil, Song of Blood, Python, Mortal Wound, Uktabi Orangutan, Teferi's Honor Guard, Dream Tides, Pillar Tombs of Aku

Pick: Teferi's Honor Guard


Pack 34:




Raging Gorilla, Giant Caterpillar, Man-o'-War, Infernal Harvest, Solfatara, Hearth Charm, Spider Climb, Goblin Swine-Rider, Dark Privilege, Teferi's Honor Guard, Prosperity, Necromancy

Pick: Man-o'-War


Pack 35:




Shrieking Drake, Feral Instinct, Warrior's Honor, Song of Blood, Emerald Charm, Quirion Ranger, Freewind Falcon, Keeper of Kookus, Keeper of Kookus, Heat Wave, Honorable Passage

Pick: Honorable Passage


Pack 36:




Python, Wicked Reward, Hope Charm, Vanishing, Tremor, Sisay's Ring, Jamuraan Lion, Urborg Mindsucker, Shimmering Efreet

Pick: Shimmering Efreet


Pack 37:



Elven Cache, Gossamer Chains, Death Watch, Panther Warriors, Knight of Valor, Impulse, Tar Pit Warrior, Peace Talks

Pick: Gossamer Chains


Pack 38:



Emerald Charm, Mystic Veil, Wicked Reward, Funeral Charm, Vision Charm, Blanket of Night, Elephant Grass

Pick: Elephant Grass


Pack 39:



Sun Clasp, Vision Charm, Emerald Charm, Dwarven Vigilantes, Inspiration, Brood of Cockroaches

Pick: Inspiration


Pack 40:



Coercion, Righteous Aura, Mystic Veil, Song of Blood, Mortal Wound

Pick: Mystic Veil


Pack 41:


Raging Gorilla, Hearth Charm, Goblin Swine-Rider, Dark Privilege

Pick: Raging Gorilla


Pack 42:


Warrior's Honor, Keeper of Kookus, Heat Wave

Pick: Heat Wave


Pack 43:


Righteous Aura, Goblin Swine-Rider

Pick: Goblin Swine-Rider


Pack 44:


Hope Charm

Pick: Hope Charm


Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Afterlife
1 Alarum
1 Alarum [FOIL]
1 Ekundu Griffin
1 Femeref Knight
1 Gossamer Chains
1 Pacifism
1 Sun Clasp
1 Teferi's Honor Guard
1 Unyaro Griffin
1 Zhalfirin Knight
1 Azimaet Drake
1 Breezekeeper
1 Cloud Elemental
1 Dream Cache
1 Inspiration
1 Kukemssa Serpent
1 Man-o'-War
1 Merfolk Seer
2 Ray of Command
1 Sea Scryer
1 Patagia Golem
8 Island
9 Plains


Sideboard:

1 Bone Harvest
1 Boomerang
1 Builder's Bane
1 Chariot of the Sun
1 Dark Banishing
1 Dazzling Beauty
1 Disempower
1 Elephant Grass
1 Femeref Healer
1 Femeref Scouts
1 Goblin Swine-Rider
1 Heat Wave
1 Honorable Passage
1 Hope Charm
1 Mystic Veil
2 Noble Elephant
1 Pyric Salamander
1 Raging Gorilla
1 Shimmering Efreet
1 Teferi's Drake
1 Ward of Lights


I'm not a big fan of White cards in this format, but Pacifism was by far the best card in the pack I opened, and it was clearly open from the next few packs. The draft became kind of a joke when I got fourth and fifth pick Ray of Commands. I won two rounds very easily, and managed to win a very close match against a double Kaervek's Torch, Volcanic Geyser deck. The Unyaro Griffin was pivotal, countering a Torch in each of the games.

Until Monday,

Rich

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