Hello,

I've been following this site since June when I started playing MTG again. I've run 3 of the ALA block pack drafts, and I'm having lots of fun doing it, and wanted to post some content for y'all to look at and comment on.

Here's the draft:

Event #: 898556
Time: 1/23/2010 2:35:55 PM
Players:
Holo
Serrated_Edge
Twanbon
Cambylobacter
tmoney846
--> SAuxiliary
huckf
RobotPirateNinja

------ CON ------

Pack 1 pick 1:
Cloudheath Drake
Elvish Visionary
Ethersworn Shieldmage
Windwright Mage
Bloodpyre Elemental
Captured Sunlight
Kaleidostone
Drag Down
Kathari Bomber
Jhessian Zombies
Viashino Slaughtermaster
Enlisted Wurm
Savage Lands
--> Rakka Mar
Plains

Real nice pack, enlisted wurm tempted me but I think Rakka Mar can be better
Pack 1 pick 2:
Excommunicate
Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Obelisk of Esper
Deadshot Minotaur
Bone Saw
Sedraxis Alchemist
Tukatongue Thallid
Trace of Abundance
--> Gorger Wurm
Sigil Captain
Seaside Citadel
Grixis Slavedriver
Island

Slavedriver or Gorger Wurm? The Wurm levaes me open to Jund or Naya, so I go with that

Pack 1 pick 3:
Obelisk of Bant
Kathari Screecher
Goblin Mountaineer
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Suicidal Charge
Rotting Rats
--> Sylvan Bounty
Grixis Sojourners
Hellspark Elemental
Etherwrought Page
Sacellum Godspeaker
Island

Pretty boring

Pack 1 pick 4:
Carrion Thrash
Court Archers
Rip-Clan Crasher
Onyx Goblet
Infectious Horror
Beacon Behemoth
--> Rhox Brute
Kathari Remnant
Rockcaster Platoon
Skyward Eye Prophets
Mayael the Anima
Forest

Maybe I'll just go two color. Mayael would have been ok, but I didn't know that until after this pick

Pack 1 pick 5:
--> Bloodpyre Elemental
Captured Sunlight
Resounding Silence
Bloodthorn Taunter
Deathgreeter
Constricting Tendrils
Sanctum Plowbeast
Flurry of Wings
Esper Charm
Cunning Lethemancer
Forest


Pack 1 pick 6:
--> Mosstodon
Shore Snapper
Architects of Will
Hindering Light
Ethercaste Knight
Court Homunculus
Vedalken Outlander
Godtracker of Jund
Swerve
Island

Curve is way too high, but what else do you take?

Pack 1 pick 7:
Obelisk of Jund
--> Blister Beetle
Soul's Grace
Quenchable Fire
Suicidal Charge
Unbender Tine
Exuberant Firestoker
Sangrite Surge
Plains

Lowering the curve

Pack 1 pick 8:
--> Carrion Thrash
Onyx Goblet
Infectious Horror
Beacon Behemoth
Violent Outburst
Rockcaster Platoon
Marrow Chomper
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 9:
Cloudheath Drake
Windwright Mage
Kaleidostone
Kathari Bomber
Jhessian Zombies
--> Viashino Slaughtermaster
Plains

Hard pick, but I've been really happy with Slaughtermaster

Pack 1 pick 10:
Excommunicate
--> Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Bone Saw
Tukatongue Thallid
Island

Pack 1 pick 11:
Goblin Mountaineer
--> Suicidal Charge
Grixis Sojourners
Sacellum Godspeaker
Island

Pack 1 pick 12:
--> Carrion Thrash
Onyx Goblet
Rockcaster Platoon
Forest

Late?

Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Bloodthorn Taunter
Constricting Tendrils
Forest

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Godtracker of Jund
Island

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Plains

------ CON ------

Pack 2 pick 1:
Bant Sureblade
Coma Veil
Dragon Fodder
Grixis Panorama
Savage Hunger
Valeron Outlander
Frontline Sage
Lapse of Certainty
Naya Sojourners
Stormcaller's Boon
Controlled Instincts
Giant Ambush Beetle
Necrogenesis
--> Goblin Razerunners
Forest

Nice, considered ambush beetle because I'm removal lite, but I figured it would come

Pack 2 pick 2:
Esper Sojourners
Excommunicate
Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Obelisk of Esper
--> Magma Spray (FOIL)
Yoke of the Damned
Matca Rioters
Valley Rannet
Jund Hackblade
Dawnray Archer
Nacatl Hunt-Pride
Jhessian Infiltrator
Forest

Obv

Pack 2 pick 3:
Vectis Silencers
Resounding Scream
Kederekt Creeper
--> Colossal Might
Godtoucher
Salvage Slasher
Nacatl Savage
Canyon Minotaur
Sigiled Behemoth
Scavenger Drake
Fire-Field Ogre
Soul's Majesty
Island

Nice with slaughtermaster

Pack 2 pick 4:
Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Obelisk of Esper
Deadshot Minotaur
Beacon Behemoth (FOIL)
Mana Cylix
Yoke of the Damned
Offering to Asha
--> Gorger Wurm
Stun Sniper
Sunseed Nurturer
Plains

At this point I hid the two carrion thrash

Pack 2 pick 5:
Incurable Ogre
Brainbite
Naturalize
Akrasan Squire
Viscera Dragger
Aven Trailblazer
Mana Cylix
--> Jund Battlemage
Hellkite Hatchling
Clarion Ultimatum
Plains

Pack 2 pick 6:
Angelsong
Spell Snip
--> Naya Panorama
Dreg Reaver
Infectious Horror (FOIL)
Constricting Tendrils
Offering to Asha
Mage Slayer
Protomatter Powder
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 7:
Resounding Scream
Kederekt Creeper
Godtoucher
Darklit Gargoyle
Salvage Slasher
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
Behemoth's Herald
--> Viashino Slaughtermaster
Mountain

nice

Pack 2 pick 8:
Naturalize
Shadowfeed (FOIL)
Yoke of the Damned
Sigiled Behemoth
--> Singe-Mind Ogre
Bant Battlemage
Elder Mastery
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 9:
Coma Veil
Dragon Fodder
Savage Hunger
Lapse of Certainty
Naya Sojourners
--> Necrogenesis
Forest

What the what?

Pack 2 pick 10:
Esper Sojourners
Cathartic Adept
Yoke of the Damned
Dawnray Archer
--> Nacatl Hunt-Pride
Forest

Haters gonna hate

Pack 2 pick 11:
Vectis Silencers
Resounding Scream
Godtoucher
--> Canyon Minotaur
Island

Pack 2 pick 12:
Cathartic Adept
--> Yoke of the Damned
Sunseed Nurturer
Plains

Pack 2 pick 13:
--> Incurable Ogre
Hellkite Hatchling
Plains

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Spell Snip
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Mountain

------ ALA ------

Pack 3 pick 1:
Soul's Fire
Bant Panorama
Forest (FOIL)
Undead Leotau
Gift of the Gargantuan
Salvage Slasher
Goblin Outlander
Maniacal Rage
Soul Manipulation
Wildfield Borderpost
Grixis Battlemage
Gluttonous Slime
Stun Sniper
--> Broodmate Dragon
Mountain

Wow, nice opens

Pack 3 pick 2:
Jund Panorama
Fieldmist Borderpost
Banewasp Affliction
Esper Stormblade
Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Wandering Goblins
Nacatl Outlander
Wildfield Borderpost
Monstrous Carabid
Etherium Astrolabe
Illusory Demon
--> Nemesis of Reason
Plains

This was tough, I needed the fixing, but nemesis is a bmomb, and I just lose to it

Pack 3 pick 3:
--> Soul's Fire
Bant Panorama
Rakeclaw Gargantuan
Undead Leotau
Gift of the Gargantuan
Frontline Sage
Court Homunculus
Salvage Slasher
Soul Manipulation
Topan Ascetic
Grixis Charm
Master Transmuter
Forest

Pack 3 pick 4:
Carrion Thrash
--> Court Archers
Rip-Clan Crasher
Courier's Capsule
Pestilent Kathari
Wild Leotau
Vectis Agents
Nacatl Hunt-Pride (FOIL)
Igneous Pouncer
Dreadwing
Cumber Stone
Plains

Lower the curve, ccccombe with slaughtermasters

Pack 3 pick 5:
Obelisk of Jund
Etherium Abomination
Blister Beetle
Soul's Grace
Wandering Goblins
--> Mistvein Borderpost
Sanctum Plowbeast
Corpse Connoisseur
Knotvine Mystic
Kederekt Parasite
Swamp

I can play nemesis? Form now on I pick fixing

Pack 3 pick 6:
--> Executioner's Capsule
Tortoise Formation
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Nacatl Savage
Canyon Minotaur
Unsummon
Talon Trooper
Dragon Appeasement
Nyxathid
Plains

wow

Pack 3 pick 7:
Carrion Thrash
Rip-Clan Crasher
Onyx Goblet
Pestilent Kathari
--> Wild Leotau
Vectis Agents
Vedalken Ghoul
Tainted Sigil
Mountain

Why the thrash hate?

Pack 3 pick 8:
Glaze Fiend
Resounding Wave
Soul's Might
Lightning Talons
--> Exploding Borders
Wandering Goblins
Double Negative
Mountain

Nemesis?

Pack 3 pick 9:
Forest (FOIL)
Undead Leotau
--> Gift of the Gargantuan
Salvage Slasher
Maniacal Rage
Gluttonous Slime
Mountain

At this point I am really thinking about running nemesis

Pack 3 pick 10:
Banewasp Affliction
--> Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Etherium Astrolabe
Illusory Demon
Plains

Pack 3 pick 11:
Undead Leotau
Gift of the Gargantuan
Salvage Slasher
--> Grixis Charm
Forest

...

Pack 3 pick 12:
Carrion Thrash
--> Pestilent Kathari
Dreadwing
Plains

Early drop and flying defense, which I need more than another 5 drop

Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Obelisk of Jund
Wandering Goblins
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 14:
Tortoise Formation
--> Plains

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Mountain

Here's my build


Decided against splashing the blue

First round won against an unearth jund deck, with broodmate. Took three games with a first game loss due to mana screw.

Second round won against defensive esper. Lived the dream with a 4th turn slaughtermaster pump+ collosal might. Would have lost this match without flying defense.

Going to 3rd round now

Lost in final round to a five color deck. Soul's fire can't target opp, ect.

Bordered into nemesis in second game vs five color, but it didn't show up.

Nice build + deck, only thing I would have done differently would have been Slavedriver over gorger, I would rather go Jund or Gixis than Jund or Naya.