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Draft:

Pack 1:

Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Sidewinder Sliver, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Brine Elemental, Primal Forcemage, Sporesower Thallid, Sedge Sliver, Craw Giant

Pick: Sporesower Thallid

Pack 2:

Rift Bolt, Aether Web, Assassinate, Amrou Seekers, Temporal Eddy, Mogg War Marshal, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Subterranean Shambler, Telekinetic Sliver, Outrider en-Kor, Volcanic Awakening, Evangelize

Pick: Rift Bolt

Pack 3:

Strength in Numbers, Errant Doomsayers, Corpulent Corpse, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Search for Tomorrow, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout, Chronatog Totem, Deep-Sea Kraken, Fiery Justice

Pick: Fiery Justice

Pack 4:

Mana Skimmer, Coral Trickster, Benalish Cavalry, Feebleness, Ground Rift, Wormwood Dryad, Venser's Sliver, Clockspinning, Evil Eye of Urborg, Barbed Shocker, Phyrexian Totem, Disenchant

Pick: Benalish Cavalry

Pack 5:

Terramorphic Expanse, Empty the Warrens, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Ghitu Firebreathing, Brine Elemental, Academy Ruins, Spitting Slug, Plains

Pick: Terramorphic Expanse

Pack 6:

Flowstone Channeler, Spinneret Sliver, Flamecore Elemental, Molder, Children of Korlis, Viscid Lemures, Chronatog Totem, Spirit Loop, Premature Burial, Orcish Librarian

Pick: Spinneret Sliver

Pack 7:

Errant Doomsayers, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Thunder Totem, Return to Dust, Trickbind, Celestial Dawn

Pick: Errant Doomsayers

Pack 8:

Spinneret Sliver, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D'Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Harmonic Sliver, Durkwood Tracker, Urza's Factory

Pick: Spinneret Sliver

Pack 9:

Feebleness, Eternity Snare, Skulking Knight, Mwonvuli Acid-Moss, Viashino Bladescout, Primal Forcemage, Craw Giant

Pick: Primal Forcemage

Pack 10:

Aether Web, Mogg War Marshal, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Volcanic Awakening

Pick: Aether Web

Pack 11:

Ironclaw Buzzardiers, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Sprout

Pick: Sprout

Pack 12:

Ground Rift, Wormwood Dryad, Evil Eye of Urborg, Barbed Shocker

Pick: Wormwood Dryad

Pack 13:

Chameleon Blur, Ghitu Firebreathing, Plains

Pick: Chameleon Blur

Pack 14:

Children of Korlis, Spirit Loop

Pick: Spirit Loop

Pack 15:

Return to Dust

Pick: Return to Dust

Pack 16:

Midnight Charm, Saltfield Recluse, Synchronous Sliver, Citanul Woodreaders, Firefright Mage, Pallid Mycoderm, Uktabi Drake, Deadly Grub, Sunlance, Prodigal Pyromancer, Melancholy, Shivan Meteor, Kavu Predator, Molten Firebird, Chronozoa

Pick: Sunlance

Pack 17:

Ridged Kusite, Erratic Mutation, Battering Sliver, Reflex Sliver, Brain Gorgers, Fury Charm, Wistful Thinking, Simian Spirit Guide, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Healing Leaves, Jodah's Avenger, Waning Wurm, Null Profusion, Roiling Horror

Pick: Jodah's Avenger

Pack 18:

Cradle to Grave, Giant Dustwasp, Stingscourger, Synchronous Sliver, Utopia Vow, Evolution Charm, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Mana Tithe, Primal Plasma, Vampiric Link, Muck Drubb, Shivan Wumpus

Pick: Giant Dustwasp

Pack 19:

Ridged Kusite, Dawn Charm, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Aquamorph Entity, Seal of Primordium, Essence Warden, Brute Force, Kavu Predator, Riptide Pilferer, Body Double

Pick: Essence Warden

Pack 20:

Dawn Charm, Spitting Sliver, Mire Boa, Dust Corona, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes, Aquamorph Entity, Skirk Shaman, Healing Leaves, Revered Dead, Tidewalker

Pick: Mire Boa

Pack 21:

Cradle to Grave, Dust Corona, Reality Acid, Piracy Charm, Primal Plasma, Seal of Primordium, Serra's Boon, Timebender, Dunerider Outlaw, Life and Limb

Pick: Serra's Boon

Pack 22:

Poultice Sliver, Wistful Thinking, Keldon Marauders, Dash Hopes, Vitaspore Thallid, Mana Tithe, Cautery Sliver, Mantle of Leadership, Fatal Frenzy

Pick: Cautery Sliver

Pack 23:

Reflex Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Fa'adiyah Seer, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Psychotrope Thallid, Frozen Aether, Retether, Merfolk Thaumaturgist

Pick: Psychotrope Thallid

Pack 24:

Midnight Charm, Synchronous Sliver, Firefright Mage, Pallid Mycoderm, Uktabi Drake, Deadly Grub, Melancholy

Pick: Pallid Mycoderm

Pack 25:

Reflex Sliver, Brain Gorgers, Wistful Thinking, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Healing Leaves, Waning Wurm

Pick: Healing Leaves

Pack 26:

Synchronous Sliver, Pallid Mycoderm, Brain Gorgers, Mana Tithe, Vampiric Link

Pick: Pallid Mycoderm

Pack 27:

Ridged Kusite, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Seal of Primordium

Pick: Seal of Primordium

Pack 28:

Spitting Sliver, Vitaspore Thallid, Dash Hopes

Pick: Vitaspore Thallid

Pack 29:

Dust Corona, Timebender

Pick: Timebender

Pack 30:

Dash Hopes

Pick: Dash Hopes

Pack 31:

Putrid Cyclops, Augur il-Vec, Ichor Slick, Petrified Plating, Bogardan Lancer, Venser's Diffusion, Sporoloth Ancient, Grave Scrabbler, Lumithread Field, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp, Arcanum Wings, Snake Cult Initiation, Emblem of the Warmind, Daybreak Coronet

Pick: Sporoloth Ancient

Pack 32:

Sprout Swarm, Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Infiltrator il-Kor, Cutthroat il-Dal, Flowstone Embrace, Nessian Courser, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sarcomite Myr, Death Rattle, Homing Sliver, Imperiosaur, Ramosian Revivalist, Second Wind

Pick: Sprout Swarm

Pack 33:

Samite Censer-Bearer, Putrid Cyclops, Rift Elemental, Llanowar Empath, Marshaling Cry, Mass of Ghouls, Lucent Liminid, Thornweald Archer, Flowstone Embrace, Frenzy Sliver, Witch's Mist, Boldwyr Intimidator, Phosphorescent Feast

Pick: Llanowar Empath

Pack 34:

Grave Peril, Marshaling Cry, Kavu Primarch, Emberwilde Augur, Nessian Courser, Grave Scrabbler, Henchfiend of Ukor, Whip-Spine Drake, Lymph Sliver, Bloodshot Trainee, Nacatl War-Pride, Aven Mindcensor

Pick: Nacatl War-Pride

Pack 35:

Unblinking Bleb, Lost Hours, Wrap in Vigor, Knight of Sursi, Mesmeric Sliver, Patrician's Scorn, Sarcomite Myr, Henchfiend of Ukor, Thornweald Archer, Narcomoeba, Muraganda Petroglyphs

Pick: Knight of Sursi

Pack 36:

Gathan Raiders, Llanowar Augur, Augur of Skulls, Samite Censer-Bearer, Lymph Sliver, Blind Phantasm, Virulent Sliver, Street Wraith, Storm Entity, Spellwild Ouphe

Pick: Gathan Raiders

Pack 37:

Bogardan Lancer, Wrap in Vigor, Mass of Ghouls, Vedalken Aethermage, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sporoloth Ancient, Grinning Ignus, Zoetic Cavern, Bogardan Lancer

Pick: Sporoloth Ancient

Pack 38:

Leaden Fists, Gift of Granite, Augur of Skulls, Lost Hours, Petrified Plating, Blind Phantasm, Grinning Ignus, Mistmeadow Skulk

Pick: Mistmeadow Skulk

Pack 39:

Putrid Cyclops, Augur il-Vec, Bogardan Lancer, Arcanum Wings, Snake Cult Initiation, Emblem of the Warmind, Daybreak Coronet

Pick: Daybreak Coronet

Pack 40:

Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Cutthroat il-Dal, Flowstone Embrace, Sarcomite Myr, Ramosian Revivalist

Pick: Flowstone Embrace

Pack 41:

Samite Censer-Bearer, Putrid Cyclops, Frenzy Sliver, Boldwyr Intimidator, Phosphorescent Feast

Pick: Boldwyr Intimidator

Pack 42:

Grave Peril, Marshaling Cry, Henchfiend of Ukor, Bloodshot Trainee

Pick: Marshaling Cry

Pack 43:

Unblinking Bleb, Lost Hours, Patrician's Scorn

Pick: Unblinking Bleb

Pack 44:

Llanowar Augur, Samite Censer-Bearer

Pick: Llanowar Augur

Pack 45:

Bogardan Lancer

Pick: Bogardan Lancer

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Benalish Cavalry
1 Errant Doomsayers
1 Knight of Sursi
1 Marshaling Cry
1 Mistmeadow Skulk
2 Pallid Mycoderm
1 Sunlance
1 Gathan Raiders
1 Rift Bolt
1 Essence Warden
1 Giant Dustwasp
1 Llanowar Empath
1 Mire Boa
1 Nacatl War-Pride
2 Spinneret Sliver
1 Sporesower Thallid
2 Sporoloth Ancient
1 Sprout Swarm
1 Fiery Justice
9 Forest
1 Mountain
7 Plains
1 Terramorphic Expanse

Sideboard:

1 Aether Web
1 Bogardan Lancer
1 Boldwyr Intimidator
1 Cautery Sliver
1 Chameleon Blur
1 Dash Hopes
1 Daybreak Coronet
1 Flowstone Embrace
1 Healing Leaves
1 Jodah's Avenger
1 Llanowar Augur
1 Primal Forcemage
1 Psychotrope Thallid
1 Return to Dust
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Serra's Boon
1 Spirit Loop
1 Sprout
1 Timebender
1 Unblinking Bleb
1 Vitaspore Thallid
1 Wormwood Dryad

This deck ended up pretty good thanks to Fiery Justice solidifying me in the right colors. With the Sporesower Thallid I decided to go with a bit of a Thallid theme to take advantage of the Pallid Mycoderms, which are excellent in the archetype. I changed the deck slightly from the deck that's posted here. I played Psychothrope Thallid instead of Mistmeadow Skulk. I figured since I was playing eighteen lands to support the colored mana costs in the deck, then Psychothrope would be a better fit since he may be able to draw me out of mana floods, and my deck was pretty aggressive so the Skulk wasn't really necessary.

Round 1 I played against another White/Green deck. He had a quick start in the first game, with Thornweald Archer and Hedge Troll, but I was able to stabilise with Mycoderm, Ancient, and a Sprout Swarm which he had no way around. Game 2 I again stabilised quickly and drew the Sprout Swarm that he just couldn't handle.

Round 2 I played against a Green/White/Red sliver deck. Game 1 I had a really good curve, topped with Nacatl War-Pride, and he didn't have an answer for it. 2 two his draw was pretty slow, and I was swarming three times a turn before he could mount an offense.

My opponent didn't want to split the finals, and although my deck wasn't overly powerful, I was fine with battling. Game 1 he had a quick start, but I was able to stabilise and then win with War-Pride. Game 2 he had 2 two Kavu Predator, and used Healing Leaves to make it big on turn 3. It eventually traded with Benalish Cavalry, Gathan Raiders, and Essence Warden (discarded to the Raiders). He also had Fledgling Mawcor for my Wormwood Dryad, but after that he ran out of gas while I played some big guys, and eventually the War-Pride killed him again

Until tomorrow,

Rich

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