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Tourny Report from Mike Dewey

I rarely play booster drafts. I want to state that up front.

I had wanted to draft a green/blue or a green/white deck, but that didn't happen after I was passed a Volcanic Winds for my second and third picks. Loose doesn't even begin to tell you how this draft table was. I ended up with an almost mono-red deck with a splash of green for 2 Snorting Gahrs, a Silverglade Elemental, a Horned Troll and a Rushwood Dryad.

First round vs. Mike (I think, sorry I'm not good with names.) Green/White

First game: I have a nearly sligh draw and proceed to pummel him. He did manage to drop a Hunted Wumpus which stalled me for a bit.

Second Game: I open with a hand of two forest, a Troll and all red cards. I kept it only because with a single mountain I was rockin'. He drops a Glittering Lynx, next turn he puts Joerael's Favor on it, then his next turn puts an Ancestal Mask on it. After that he puts another Favor on it. This is all while I'm at two Forests. I finally get a Montain and drop Flowstone Wall, but he drops a few more creatures and gets me down to one life. I recover with a Troll and a Flowstone Strike for his 1/1 idiot. I slowly work my way up in creatures and end up winning. It was a close game, and had he played it better he would have won.

Match Record 1-0
Game Record 2-0

Second Round vs. Billy (I think) White/Blue

First game: I go right to Spur Grappler beat down and get out a Citidel of Pain for the win.

Second game: I start off quick but can't find my fourth land. He mounts a defense and plays Rystic Circle. If I may take a side note: That card is damned annoying! Anyway, I get out a few more lands plus a Belbe's Armor to stop the flying beat down. I finally see a Volcanic Winds for the first time in four games, and blow up two of his three flyers. We both stall for a while until he gets out a Puffer extract. I'm at 12 life and he can come over for quite a bit with his Stormwatch Eagle, puffer it, then sac a land and return it to his hand. I think I'm toast, but he doesn't attack. I manage to draw my single Seal of Fire. The turn after he attacks, puffers the Eagle for 9. In responce I Seal it, and he puts it in the graveyard! Lucky me. I draw my second Winds and fry a few of his creatures, and go in for the win. Again, had he played better I would have lost for sure.

Match Record 2-0
Game Record 4-0

Third Round Pat "I'm going to kick you in the head" Albro

First Game: I serve big time. He makes a mistake with Rupture that he thinks cost him the game, and later I find out he was right. Close game, though.

Second Game: He gets out two Oxarids and shuts me down. He either counters or blows up my green creatures and winds easily.

Third Game: Same as the first except he puts down all three Oxarids (Who plays with 3 anyway?). We go on to play 3 more games and he wins all of them. I have to say, his had a formidable deck and was a very bad match up for me.

Match Record 2-1
Game Record 5-2

Here's the deck

  • Flint Golem
  • Well of Life
  • Chimeric Idol
  • Belbe's Armor (First pick over a Rupture. Rupture is hard to play and I thought that a scrub would draft it then blow up his own creatures. Also, I had no way to deal with fliers.)

  • 2 Snorting Gahr
  • Rushwood Dryad
  • Horned Troll
  • Silverglade Elemetal (First pick)

  • 2 Volcanic Winds (Second and third pick!)
  • 2 Flowstone Strike
  • 2 Spur Grappler
  • Fault Rider (Good card, I was surprised)
  • Keldon Beserker (Not as good as I thought)
  • Flowstone Wall
  • Citdel of Pain (This card goes so amazing well in this deck)
  • Bola Warrior (Needed an early drop)
  • Whip Sergent (Fairly good, but didn't work out as well as I thought it might)
  • Lesser Gargadon (First pick. Beef and then some)
  • Lightning Hounds
  • Gerrard's Irregulars (Could have played two, but I don't like a 2 toughness for 5)
  • Rystic Lightning (Not great but not bad)
  • Seal of Fire

  • 8 Forests
  • 8 Mountains
  • 2 Sandstone Needles


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