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Post ContraEgo Alara Block Drafts
Just going to put them all in one thread like my sealed builds. I just played my first of one of these drafts and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Draft cap:

Event #: 898261
Time: 1/23/2010 4:44:25 PM
Players:
Gle8
h9q
dkhak
hansvonhammer
Boxamoto
--> ContraEgo
Limblis
dd_angel13

------ ARB ------

Pack 1 pick 1:
Banewasp Affliction
Esper Stormblade
Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Resounding Scream
Oblivion Ring
Rhox Bodyguard
Brackwater Elemental
Asha's Favor
Rhox Brute
Angelic Benediction
Sacellum Archers
Woolly Thoctar
--> Maelstrom Pulse
Forest

Well, obviously.

Pack 1 pick 2:
Bant Panorama
Rakeclaw Gargantuan
Undead Leotau
Gift of the Gargantuan
Angelsong
Spell Snip
Pestilent Kathari
Might of Alara
--> Dark Temper
Igneous Pouncer
Gloryscale Viashino
Metallurgeon
Sangrite Surge
Forest

Doesn't really branch in to another colour since if I am playing pulse I will be trying to be jund.

Pack 1 pick 3:
Cloudheath Drake
Elvish Visionary
Ethersworn Shieldmage
Windwright Mage
Bloodpyre Elemental
Pestilent Kathari
--> Wild Leotau
Vectis Agents
Monstrous Carabid
Vedalken Ghoul
Voices from the Void
Rockslide Elemental
Plains

Pack 1 pick 4:
Onyx Goblet
Marble Chalice
Cerodon Yearling
Druid of the Anima
Fiery Fall
Fleshbag Marauder (FOIL)
Rhox Meditant
--> Putrid Leech
Mistvein Borderpost
Rhox Charger
Ancient Ziggurat
Plains

Nice 4th pick, deck is looking pretty consistent.

Pack 1 pick 5:
Etherium Sculptor
Viashino Skeleton
Breath of Malfegor
--> Resounding Roar
Sedraxis Alchemist
Scattershot Archer
Veinfire Borderpost
Vedalken Ghoul
Dragon's Herald
Identity Crisis
Forest

Didn't notice that borderpost, would have picked that instead.

Pack 1 pick 6:
Cloudheath Drake
Elvish Visionary
Ethersworn Shieldmage
Windwright Mage
Infectious Horror
--> Jund Sojourners
Monstrous Carabid
Manaforce Mace
Vithian Renegades
Swamp

Struggled deciding if to take Sojourners or the Renegades. The Sojourners will tend to be more useful in general but renegades can mana screw opponents and be used as removal.

Pack 1 pick 7:
--> Magma Spray
Shadowfeed
Esper Sojourners
Excommunicate
Monstrous Carabid
Soul Manipulation
Hellkite Hatchling
Ardent Plea
Island

Pack 1 pick 8:
Shore Snapper
Hindering Light
Ethercaste Knight
--> Wild Nacatl
Vectis Silencers (FOIL)
Lapse of Certainty
Unbender Tine
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 9:
Banewasp Affliction
Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Resounding Scream
Rhox Bodyguard
--> Sacellum Archers
Forest

Pack 1 pick 10:
Bant Panorama
Angelsong
Spell Snip
--> Might of Alara
Sangrite Surge
Forest

Pack 1 pick 11:
Windwright Mage
--> Pestilent Kathari
Vectis Agents
Vedalken Ghoul
Voices from the Void

Voices was tempting but this bird tends to be useful.

Pack 1 pick 12:
Onyx Goblet
Marble Chalice
--> Rhox Meditant
Plains

Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Viashino Skeleton
Dragon's Herald
Forest

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Infectious Horror
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Island

------ ARB ------

Pack 2 pick 1:
Soul Manipulation (FOIL)
Cathartic Adept
Obelisk of Esper
Deadshot Minotaur
Deft Duelist
Esper Panorama
Sylvan Bounty
Toxic Iguanar
Sigiled Behemoth
--> Sangrite Backlash
Spore Burst
Unbender Tine
Esper Charm
Glory of Warfare
Island

Resisted the urge to splash white, which I had stayed open to thus far.

Pack 2 pick 2:
Blightning
Knight of the Skyward Eye
Obelisk of Naya
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Mosstodon
Aven Trailblazer
Mana Cylix
Wretched Banquet
Vectis Dominator
Sewn-Eye Drake
--> Bituminous Blast
Jungle Shrine
Ignite Disorder
Mountain

This deck is going to be good.

Pack 2 pick 3:
Jhessian Lookout
Dregscape Zombie
Gustrider Exuberant
Firewild Borderpost
Jungle Weaver
Valiant Guard
Kaleidostone
--> Jund Sojourners
Sanctum Plowbeast
Ancient Ziggurat
Tainted Sigil
Gather Specimens
Island

Happy to pick up a second one.

Pack 2 pick 4:
Skeletal Kathari
Lush Growth
Yoked Plowbeast
Cancel
--> Armillary Sphere
Pestilent Kathari
Might of Alara
Naya Sojourners
Bant Battlemage
Elder Mastery
Demonspine Whip
Swamp

Again, white beckoned with the Naya Sojourners but I went for something to make my deck even more consistent instead.

Pack 2 pick 5:
Jungle Weaver
Goblin Deathraiders
--> Obelisk of Jund
Etherium Abomination
Soul's Grace
Constricting Tendrils
Winged Coatl
Stormcaller's Boon
Scornful Æther-Lich
Inkwell Leviathan
Forest

Pack 2 pick 6:
Naturalize
Akrasan Squire
Coma Veil
--> Absorb Vis
Scattershot Archer
Molten Frame
Demonic Dread (FOIL)
Sanity Gnawers
Vedalken Heretic
Forest

Pack 2 pick 7:
--> Morbid Bloom (FOIL)
Jhessian Lookout
Gustrider Exuberant
Jungle Weaver
Esper Cormorants
Nacatl Savage
Quenchable Fire
Sanctum Plowbeast
Mountain

Only tend to play this when I have some big cyclers like the jundge weaver, which I was passing. Wish I had taken the weaver.

Pack 2 pick 8:
Banewasp Affliction
Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Resounding Scream
Salvage Slasher
--> Godtracker of Jund
Flurry of Wings
Swamp

Pack 2 pick 9:
Cathartic Adept
Esper Panorama
Sylvan Bounty
--> Toxic Iguanar
Spore Burst
Unbender Tine
Island

Felt like this low drop could help more than fixing.

Pack 2 pick 10:
Obelisk of Naya
--> Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Aven Trailblazer
Mana Cylix
Vectis Dominator
Mountain

Creature count has been looking kinda low.

Pack 2 pick 11:
Jhessian Lookout
Valiant Guard
--> Kaleidostone
Tainted Sigil
Island

Pack 2 pick 12:
Lush Growth
Yoked Plowbeast
--> Cancel
Swamp

Pack 2 pick 13:
Soul's Grace
--> Constricting Tendrils
Forest

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Coma Veil
Forest

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Mountain

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

Pack 3 pick 1:
Steward of Valeron
Guardians of Akrasa
Etherium Sculptor
Viashino Skeleton
Breath of Malfegor
Filigree Fracture (FOIL)
Rotting Rats
--> Nacatl Outlander
Quenchable Fire
Sanctum Plowbeast
Tainted Sigil
Bant Battlemage
Elder Mastery
Enigma Sphinx
Island

Gotta grab some dudes.

Pack 3 pick 2:
Architects of Will
Hindering Light
Ethercaste Knight
Wild Nacatl
Outrider of Jhess
Yoke of the Damned
Tukatongue Thallid
Valeron Outlander
Naya Hushblade
Wildfield Borderpost
Stun Sniper
Sunseed Nurturer
--> Malfegor
Swamp

This deck is going to be awesome.

Pack 3 pick 3:
Goblin Mountaineer
Crystallization
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Bone Saw
Wretched Banquet
Ember Weaver
Violent Outburst
Anathemancer
Thunder-Thrash Elder
--> Shambling Remains
Mindlock Orb
Plains

Pack 3 pick 4:
Call to Heel
Demonic Dread
Cavern Thoctar
Ridge Rannet
Dispeller's Capsule
--> Branching Bolt
Maniacal Rage
Valiant Guard
Sigiled Behemoth
Celestial Purge
Intimidation Bolt
Forest

Umm.. thanks?

Pack 3 pick 5:
Obelisk of Grixis
Jhessian Lookout
Dregscape Zombie
Kranioceros (FOIL)
Drag Down
Vectis Agents
Veinfire Borderpost
--> Grixis Grimblade
Hellspark Elemental
Etherwrought Page
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 6:
Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Obelisk of Esper
--> Deadshot Minotaur
Deft Duelist
Esper Panorama
Toxic Iguanar
Worldly Counsel
Corrupted Roots
Plains

Pack 3 pick 7:
Goblin Mountaineer
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Bone Saw
--> Wretched Banquet
Angel's Herald
Fusion Elemental
Esper Charm
Island

Pack 3 pick 8:
--> Carrion Thrash
Rip-Clan Crasher
Onyx Goblet
Suicidal Charge
Rotting Rats
Sylvan Bounty
Crucible of Fire
Forest

Pack 3 pick 9:
Etherium Sculptor
Viashino Skeleton
--> Breath of Malfegor
Rotting Rats
Quenchable Fire
Tainted Sigil
Island

Pack 3 pick 10:
Hindering Light
Outrider of Jhess
Tukatongue Thallid
--> Wildfield Borderpost
Stun Sniper
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 11:
Goblin Mountaineer
Bone Saw
--> Violent Outburst
Anathemancer
Plains

Pack 3 pick 12:
Call to Heel
--> Maniacal Rage
Valiant Guard
Forest

Pack 3 pick 13:
Jhessian Lookout
--> Etherwrought Page
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Cathartic Adept
Plains

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Island




Here's the deck:

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I won the draft, don't think I lost any games either. It was a 3(1)-2(1)-1-1, I think I will mostly play these since I prefer the payout to 4(2)-2(1), will go back to 8-4's when they are back.


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Sat Jan 23, 2010 6:03 pm
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Post Re: ContraEgo Alara Block Drafts
Man I don't know what it is lately but drafts seem so easy, like this draft I have no clue what is going on. P1P7 Magma Spray???

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Post Re: ContraEgo Alara Block Drafts
Did I say how much I am enjoying this format? I played a 4(2)-2(1) this time.

Draft cap:
Event #: 900293
Time: 1/24/2010 7:57:06 AM
Players:
Ryun
Morkje
Suff
elksta
Dolf hendrikx
ludoM
kelfalron59
--> ContraEgo

------ ARB ------

Pack 1 pick 1:
--> Crystallization
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Demonic Dread
Cavern Thoctar
Ridge Rannet
Fiery Fall
Faerie Mechanist
Rhox Meditant
Sangrite Backlash
Algae Gharial
Reliquary Tower
Vengeful Rebirth
Kederekt Parasite
Island

This can neutralize big threats, so I took it over the backlash.

Pack 1 pick 2:
Tortoise Formation
Blightning
--> Knight of the Skyward Eye
Obelisk of Naya
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Court Homunculus
Vedalken Outlander
Wild Leotau
Wildfield Borderpost
Glassdust Hulk
View from Above
Zealous Persecution
Grixis Charm
Forest

WG aggro I guess?

Pack 1 pick 3:
Druid of the Anima
Steward of Valeron
Guardians of Akrasa
Etherium Sculptor
Viashino Skeleton
Zombie Outlander
Maniacal Rage
Sanctum Plowbeast
Grixis Sojourners
Fleshbag Marauder
Filigree Fracture
--> Qasali Ambusher
Swamp

Was trying to decide between this and the Steward, I picked this because it is uncommon and useful. Steward is best in naya, which I think I was going to be avoiding.

Pack 1 pick 4:
Volcanic Submersion
Relic of Progenitus
Cloudheath Drake
Elvish Visionary
Ethersworn Shieldmage
Kaleidostone
Vectis Agents
Putrid Leech
Grixis Slavedriver
--> Rhox War Monk
Sages of the Anima
Swamp

Bant it is.. bant it is..

Pack 1 pick 5:
Coma Veil
Dragon Fodder
--> Grixis Panorama
Savage Hunger
Glaze Fiend
Frontline Sage
Lapse of Certainty
Goblin Outlander
Igneous Pouncer
Etherium Astrolabe
Mountain

In case I want to get greedy later, takes fixing away from others in any case.

Pack 1 pick 6:
Resounding Scream
Kederekt Creeper
Colossal Might
Godtoucher
Unsummon
Zombie Outlander
Scornful Æther-Lich
--> Jhessian Infiltrator
Invincible Hymn
Forest

Go go bant.

Pack 1 pick 7:
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Demonic Dread
--> Cavern Thoctar
Kranioceros
Traumatic Visions
Monstrous Carabid
Bant Battlemage
Island

I feel more secure with some fat for the long game.

Pack 1 pick 8:
Glaze Fiend
--> Resounding Wave
Soul's Might
Lightning Talons
Wandering Goblins
Rotting Rats (FOIL)
Mind Funeral
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 9:
Call to Heel
Demonic Dread
Ridge Rannet
--> Rhox Meditant
Reliquary Tower
Kederekt Parasite
Island

Pack 1 pick 10:
Tortoise Formation
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Court Homunculus
Glassdust Hulk
--> View from Above
Forest

The hulk is nice but this tends to be unexpected. I sided it in in the second match and it worked well.

Pack 1 pick 11:
Etherium Sculptor
Viashino Skeleton
Maniacal Rage
--> Sanctum Plowbeast
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 12:
Volcanic Submersion
Kaleidostone
--> Sages of the Anima
Swamp

I don't find that this is playable.

Pack 1 pick 13:
Coma Veil
--> Savage Hunger
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Godtoucher
Forest

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Island

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

Pack 2 pick 1:
Tortoise Formation
Blightning
--> Knight of the Reliquary (FOIL)
Obelisk of Naya
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Absorb Vis
Scattershot Archer
Molten Frame
Qasali Pridemage
Grixis Grimblade
Grixis Battlemage
Gluttonous Slime
Naya Charm
Time Sieve
Plains

First I looked at the rare, meh. Then I looked at the Naya Charm and was tempted to splash red, then I looked at the Pridemage and decided to stay the course, then I saw something shimmering out of the corner of my eye...

Pack 2 pick 2:
Outrider of Jhess
Shadowfeed
Cloudheath Drake (FOIL)
Esper Sojourners
Gleam of Resistance
Mana Cylix
Yoke of the Damned
Singe-Mind Ogre
Naya Sojourners
Puppet Conjurer
--> Lorescale Coatl
Jund Battlemage
Brilliant Ultimatum
Swamp

Love this guy.

Pack 2 pick 3:
Excommunicate
Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Obelisk of Esper
--> Deft Duelist
Matca Rioters
Canyon Minotaur
Frontline Sage
Mana Cylix (FOIL)
Scarland Thrinax
Skyclaw Thrash
Clarion Ultimatum
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 4:
Colossal Might
Godtoucher
Executioner's Capsule
Nacatl Savage
Canyon Minotaur
Unsummon
Putrid Leech
Soul Manipulation
Ignite Disorder
--> Wall of Denial
Salvage Titan
Island

Pack 2 pick 5:
Steward of Valeron
Guardians of Akrasa
Viashino Skeleton
Breath of Malfegor
Wretched Banquet
Ember Weaver
Toxic Iguanar
Naya Hushblade
Dawnray Archer
--> Nacatl Hunt-Pride
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 6:
Relic of Progenitus
Bone Splinters
Cloudheath Drake
--> Esper Cormorants
Nacatl Savage
Quenchable Fire
Violent Outburst
Sangrite Backlash
Savage Lands
Island

Pack 2 pick 7:
Bloodthorn Taunter
Deathgreeter
Obelisk of Bant
Kathari Screecher
Goblin Mountaineer
Rotting Rats
Ardent Plea
--> Bant Charm
Plains

What every bant deck wants.

Pack 2 pick 8:
Rip-Clan Crasher
Onyx Goblet
Marble Chalice
Cerodon Yearling
Grixis Illusionist
--> Rhox Meditant
Jund Sojourners
Forest

Pack 2 pick 9:
Tortoise Formation
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Scattershot Archer
Molten Frame
--> Gluttonous Slime
Time Sieve
Plains

Pack 2 pick 10:
Outrider of Jhess
Shadowfeed
--> Yoke of the Damned
Singe-Mind Ogre
Brilliant Ultimatum
Swamp

Pack 2 pick 11:
Cathartic Adept
Canyon Minotaur
--> Frontline Sage
Mana Cylix (FOIL)
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 12:
Godtoucher
--> Nacatl Savage
Canyon Minotaur
Island

Pack 2 pick 13:
Viashino Skeleton
--> Breath of Malfegor
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Quenchable Fire
Island

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Plains

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

Pack 3 pick 1:
Bant Panorama
Rakeclaw Gargantuan
Undead Leotau
Gift of the Gargantuan
Angelsong
Fiery Fall
Constricting Tendrils
--> Aven Trailblazer
Putrid Leech
Magefire Wings
Drumhunter
Esperzoa
Sanity Gnawers
Cloven Casting
Plains

It probably should have been the panorama. I was trying to grab as many fliers as possible.

Pack 3 pick 2:
Breath of Malfegor
Agony Warp
Resounding Roar
Deny Reality
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Arsenal Thresher
Valiant Guard
--> Qasali Pridemage
Singe-Mind Ogre
Morbid Bloom
Angel's Herald
Fusion Elemental
Retaliator Griffin
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 3:
Outrider of Jhess
Magma Spray
Shadowfeed
Esper Sojourners
Excommunicate
Gleam of Resistance
Bone Saw
View from Above (FOIL)
Jund Sojourners
Reborn Hope
Dreadwing
--> Rhox War Monk
Forest

Pack 3 pick 4:
--> Fieldmist Borderpost
Banewasp Affliction
Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Resounding Scream
Aven Squire
Armillary Sphere
Scourge Devil
Jhessian Balmgiver
Thopter Foundry
Cunning Lethemancer
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 5:
--> Courier's Capsule
Onyx Goblet
Cerodon Yearling
Sylvan Bounty (FOIL)
Grixis Illusionist
Rhox Meditant
Veinfire Borderpost
Anathemancer
Thunder-Thrash Elder
Memory Erosion
Swamp

Some card draw should be nice in this deck. At this point I was thinking the green fixing wouldn't be fixing much and I don't need another Rhox.

Pack 3 pick 6:
Fieldmist Borderpost
Banewasp Affliction
Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Resounding Scream
Salvage Slasher
Jund Hackblade
Mighty Emergence
--> Aerie Mystics
Plains

Pack 3 pick 7:
Fieldmist Borderpost
Constricting Tendrils (FOIL)
Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Armillary Sphere
Pestilent Kathari
--> Might of Alara
Grizzled Leotau
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 8:
Volcanic Submersion
Bone Splinters
--> Elvish Visionary
Nacatl Savage
Quenchable Fire
Spore Burst
Unbender Tine
Plains

Pack 3 pick 9:
--> Rakeclaw Gargantuan
Undead Leotau
Angelsong
Constricting Tendrils
Sanity Gnawers
Cloven Casting
Plains

Pack 3 pick 10:
Breath of Malfegor
--> Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Valiant Guard
Morbid Bloom
Angel's Herald
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 11:
Outrider of Jhess
Shadowfeed
--> Gleam of Resistance
Bone Saw
Forest

Was hoping to get this back.

Pack 3 pick 12:
Banewasp Affliction
--> Steelclad Serpent
Resounding Scream
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 13:
Grixis Illusionist
--> Memory Erosion
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Resounding Scream
Plains

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Swamp

The deck I built:

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Almost lost to mana screw round 1 but I managed to pull it out. Round 2 was very very close, ended up losing 1-2.


Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:53 am
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Post Re: ContraEgo Alara Block Drafts
Probably just me, but in a very creature heavy deck, sages is pretty awesome (even better with evasion and good low drops). Being able to dig for your War Monks, Reliquary, etc. There are times that it can be bad, but I've liked it in the right deck (which I think you have actually) It's not that great if you have to TD crystallization or charm, but those odds aren't the best anyway. Almost always drawing a creature or two is typically enough to win if he sticks around.


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It usually practically assures me the win when an opponent plays it. They normally don't get the swingy spells to grab the game. That tends to happen though, one person's experience with a card is very different from another's.


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I think sages is a card that is only good when you are ahead. Of course, when you are playing 18+ creatures, it is a worthy consideration.


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First Draft
P1P4 I take Fiery Fall over Putrid Leech every time I don't expect to be base G/B afterall.
P1P5 Borderpost obviously
P1P6 Vithian Renegades and I don't really think its close as its just a lot more powerful and I want to keep black to a splash.
P1P7 I have no idea what that magma spray is doing in the pack
P1P11 hmm This one could go either way but I think I might lean towards the voices as its a better splash then the Kathari.

P2P5 I'd rather have the Jungle Weaver or Deathraiders here then a obelisk I don't see you playing at this point.
P2P7 Definately the weaer and note thats a late Esper Cormorants
P2P9 I'd take the Panorama I don't see you playing the Toxic Iguanar
P2P10 I'd likely grab the Trailblazer here

P3P2 I'm not a big Malfegor fan expecially not in your deck but you do need guys. I'd really have to consider the hushblade and Nactl here though as Malfegor will be hard to cast and you have a lot of removal.
P3P3 hmm its between Ember Weaver and Shambling Remains I might take the weaver to keep more R/G though.
P3P5 I'm not sure on your multicolored perm count at this point but I think I'd take the drag down even with how creature light you are.
P3P7 that Fusion Elemental is tempting with all the fixing.
P3P10 I'd rather cut the stunsniper as your not splashing white.
P3P11 I'd take the Anathemancer as you still might need random guys

Draft 2

P1P1 I'd generally take Vengeful Rebirth here but if it was bugged at the time I might take Fiery fall as it leaves me more open.
P1P2 I'd follow up fiery fall with the Grixis Charm or the Vengeful rebirth with the knight
P1P3 Fleshbag if I'm still heading for grixis. Ambusher if I'm going the naya route
P1P4 Slavedriver for the Grixis route and warmonk considering gw based 5 color.
P1P5 Panorama either way
P1P6 Zombie outlander or Creeper for Grixis and Colossal might for the naya build
P1P7 Traumatic Visions for the Grixis and Thoctar for the 5c build.
P1P8 Mind funeral is tempting as a plan B for Grixis but wave might be right either way.
P1P9 Nice Meditant wheeled I'll go with your picks from now on.
P1P10 100% Hulk here it Cyclesif you can't cast it and I'm never running view from Above
P1P12 Sages is certainly playable in the right deck Bant being creature heavy and removal light is exactly the deck this shines in.

P2P1 I like money
P2P3 with the Coatl Pick I'd much rather have the Rioters as it will be a 3/3 most times I could cast the duelist anyway.

P3P1 the Trailblazer would have been fine if you stuck to G/W splash blue but at this point your basically straight 3 color and likely need the fixing.
P3P3 I hear 2 monks is good.
P3P5 I kind of disagree here Mediant is a 2/4 body and 1 card while capsule is 2 random cards. They are both basically the same amount of mana and I want to have less blue in the final deck so I take the Meditant here.
P3P6 I'd take the borderpost as Aerie Mystics is quite underwhelming
P3P7 if I didn't take the previous borderpost I'd definately take this one over a might


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Post Re: ContraEgo Alara Block Drafts
Did an 8-4 and a swiss. The 8-4 I think I made some errors while drafting, with the swiss I think I a had a much better deck. Won the swiss, came second in the 8-4.

8-4:

Event #: 935864
Time: 2/6/2010 11:53:30 AM
Players:
kalebas
Arachnid
aerendir1
team allan oca
MobStar
Azulah
--> ContraEgo
Henklem2

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

Pack 1 pick 1:
Viashino Skeleton
Breath of Malfegor
--> Agony Warp
Resounding Roar
Deny Reality
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Asha's Favor
Sedraxis Alchemist
Scattershot Archer
Putrid Leech
Shield of the Righteous
Skeletonize
Corrupted Roots
Blitz Hellion
Swamp

Reasonably strong pack. I have been playing with agony warp in a constucted deck recently and it has been fun, it was either that or skeletonize though.

Pack 1 pick 2:
Etherium Abomination
Blister Beetle
Soul's Grace
Carrion Thrash
Nacatl Savage
Court Homunculus (FOIL)
Exploding Borders
Sigiled Behemoth
Veinfire Borderpost
Flurry of Wings
Celestial Purge
Intimidation Bolt
--> Font of Mythos
Plains

There were better options, but nothing really good to go with my first pick and 2 tix is good.

Pack 1 pick 3:
--> Ethersworn Shieldmage
Windwright Mage
Bloodpyre Elemental
Captured Sunlight
Bant Sojourners
Suicidal Charge
Darklit Gargoyle
Pestilent Kathari
Vedalken Ghoul
Pale Recluse
Dragon's Herald
Vagrant Plowbeasts
Forest

Time to esper.

Pack 1 pick 4:
Knight of the Skyward Eye
Obelisk of Naya
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Mosstodon
Yoke of the Damned
Matca Rioters
Canyon Minotaur
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
Messenger Falcons
--> Blood Cultist
Giltspire Avenger
Swamp

Should have been falcons, I didn't notice it until the button was pressed.

Pack 1 pick 5:
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Shore Snapper
Hindering Light
--> Ethercaste Knight
Brackwater Elemental
Asha's Favor
Magefire Wings
Mage Slayer
Protomatter Powder
Puppet Conjurer
Island

Pack 1 pick 6:
Fieldmist Borderpost
Banewasp Affliction
Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Scattershot Archer
Molten Frame
Singe-Mind Ogre
--> Mistvein Borderpost
Aerie Mystics
Island

Pack 1 pick 7:
Skeletal Kathari
Lush Growth
Yoked Plowbeast
Cancel
Mana Cylix
--> Wretched Banquet
Beacon Behemoth
Lorescale Coatl
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 8:
Bant Sojourners
Bloodthorn Taunter
Obelisk of Bant
--> Molten Frame
Grixis Illusionist
Jhessian Balmgiver
Behemoth's Herald
Plains

Hate.

Pack 1 pick 9:
Viashino Skeleton
Breath of Malfegor
Asha's Favor
Scattershot Archer
--> Shield of the Righteous
Corrupted Roots
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 10:
Soul's Grace
Nacatl Savage
--> Court Homunculus (FOIL)
Sigiled Behemoth
Flurry of Wings
Plains

Pack 1 pick 11:
Captured Sunlight
--> Bant Sojourners
Vedalken Ghoul
Dragon's Herald
Forest

Pack 1 pick 12:
--> Matca Rioters
Canyon Minotaur
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 13:
Magefire Wings
--> Protomatter Powder
Island

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Banewasp Affliction
Island

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Swamp

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

Pack 2 pick 1:
Outrider of Jhess
Magma Spray
Shadowfeed
Vithian Stinger
Esper Sojourners
Excommunicate
Goblin Outlander
Maniacal Rage
Jund Hackblade
Godtracker of Jund
Drumhunter
Esperzoa
Sanity Gnawers
--> Magister Sphinx
Plains

Pack 2 pick 2:
Sighted-Caste Sorcerer
Arsenal Thresher
Volcanic Submersion
Relic of Progenitus
Bone Splinters
Cloudheath Drake
Suicidal Charge
--> Darklit Gargoyle
Pestilent Kathari
Sewn-Eye Drake
Sigil Captain
Seaside Citadel
Swerve
Island

Threshers go late, I try to get as many little quick dudes as possible in esper.

Pack 2 pick 3:
Viashino Skeleton
Breath of Malfegor
--> Agony Warp
Resounding Roar
Deny Reality
Rotting Rats
Nacatl Outlander
Quenchable Fire
Stormcaller's Boon
Violent Outburst
Nulltread Gargantuan
Countersquall
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 4:
Banewasp Affliction
Steelclad Serpent
Vectis Silencers
Resounding Scream
Court Homunculus
Vedalken Outlander
Wild Leotau
Singe-Mind Ogre
Mistvein Borderpost
Illusory Demon
--> Unscythe, Killer of Kings
Mountain

I keep underestimating this card and getting owned by it. If you can't beat them, join them!

Pack 2 pick 5:
Arsenal Thresher
Volcanic Submersion
Relic of Progenitus
Bone Splinters
Cloudheath Drake
Quenchable Fire
Veinfire Borderpost
Sigiled Paladin
Scarland Thrinax
--> Skyclaw Thrash
Mountain

Looking back, I wanted a bone splinters here.

Pack 2 pick 6:
Breath of Malfegor
Resounding Roar
--> Faerie Mechanist
Rotting Rats
Sanctum Plowbeast
Zealous Persecution
Demon's Herald
Unstable Frontier
Ad Nauseam
Plains

Passing that persecution was a very difficult decision.

Pack 2 pick 7:
Colossal Might
Godtoucher
Tortoise Formation
Grixis Illusionist
Gleam of Resistance
Mana Cylix
Cumber Stone
--> Metallurgeon
Island

Wish I could have grabbed Cumber Stone but oh well.

Pack 2 pick 8:
Steward of Valeron
Guardians of Akrasa
Kranioceros
--> Traumatic Visions
Grixis Sojourners
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
Etherium Astrolabe
Plains

Pack 2 pick 9:
Outrider of Jhess
Shadowfeed
--> Esper Sojourners
Goblin Outlander
Maniacal Rage
Sanity Gnawers
Plains

Pack 2 pick 10:
Arsenal Thresher
Relic of Progenitus
--> Cloudheath Drake
Suicidal Charge
Swerve
Island

Pack 2 pick 11:
Viashino Skeleton
Breath of Malfegor
Rotting Rats
--> Stormcaller's Boon
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 12:
Banewasp Affliction
Vectis Silencers
--> Resounding Scream
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 13:
--> Arsenal Thresher
Relic of Progenitus
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Demon's Herald
Plains

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Island

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

Pack 3 pick 1:
Coma Veil
Dragon Fodder
Grixis Panorama
Savage Hunger
--> Sanctum Gargoyle
Glaze Fiend
Nacatl Savage
Canyon Minotaur
Glassdust Hulk
Rhox Brute
Topan Ascetic
Scornful Æther-Lich
Bull Cerodon
Mycoloth
Forest

w00t.

Pack 3 pick 2:
Glaze Fiend
Sigil Blessing
Resounding Wave
Soul's Might
Lightning Talons
Unsummon
--> Zombie Outlander
Absorb Vis
Godtracker of Jund
Sigiled Behemoth
Naya Battlemage
View from Above
Jhessian Infiltrator
Forest

Pack 3 pick 3:
Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Obelisk of Esper
Deadshot Minotaur
Deft Duelist
Esper Sojourners (FOIL)
Naya Sojourners
Igneous Pouncer
--> Infest
Dragonsoul Knight
Fleshformer
Identity Crisis
Mountain

Not really goo in this deck, but I like having the option.

Pack 3 pick 4:
Court Archers
Rip-Clan Crasher
Onyx Goblet
Marble Chalice
Cerodon Yearling
--> Kaleidostone
Infectious Horror
Winged Coatl
Stormcaller's Boon
Dawnray Archer
Nacatl Hunt-Pride
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 5:
Shore Snapper
--> Architects of Will
Hindering Light
Wild Nacatl
Frontline Sage
Court Homunculus
Salvage Slasher
Vedalken Ghoul
Leonin Armorguard
Controlled Instincts
Forest

Pack 3 pick 6:
Brainbite
Naturalize
Viscera Dragger
Worldly Counsel
Aven Squire
Grixis Sojourners
Winged Coatl
--> Wall of Denial
Kederekt Leviathan
Island

Pack 3 pick 7:
Blightning
Knight of the Skyward Eye
Obelisk of Naya
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Tukatongue Thallid
Wildfield Borderpost
Aerie Mystics
--> Glory of Warfare
Plains

May play it if i splash red.

Pack 3 pick 8:
Sigil Blessing
Soul's Might
Lightning Talons
Unsummon
--> Zombie Outlander
Pale Recluse
View from Above
Forest

Pack 3 pick 9:
Coma Veil
Dragon Fodder
Savage Hunger
--> Glaze Fiend
Nacatl Savage
Canyon Minotaur
Forest

Pack 3 pick 10:
--> Glaze Fiend
Sigil Blessing
Lightning Talons
Godtracker of Jund
View from Above
Forest

Pack 3 pick 11:
Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
--> Obelisk of Esper
Fleshformer
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 12:
--> Marble Chalice
Infectious Horror
Winged Coatl
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Salvage Slasher
Vedalken Ghoul
Forest

Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Grixis Sojourners
Island

Deck:

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Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:36 pm
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Post Re: ContraEgo Alara Block Drafts
Here's the swiss. I think I drafted a bit better here. Well.. not that well now that I think about it. I keep getting tempted by splash colours.

Event #: 937320
Time: 2/6/2010 10:28:00 PM
Players:
Shifter69
kidb
Cloudfire
Respenfears
--> ContraEgo
HoChi
mflanaga
Doffen

------ ARB ------

Pack 1 pick 1:
Crystallization
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Demonic Dread
Cavern Thoctar
Spellbreaker Behemoth (FOIL)
Aven Trailblazer
Kaleidostone
Grixis Sojourners
Qasali Pridemage
Fleshformer
Angelic Benediction
Sacellum Archers
--> Lightning Reaver
Island

I love this card. It is fantastic. Plus the only good BR I am passing is Grixis Sojourners, which is likely to table.

Pack 1 pick 2:
Goblin Mountaineer
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Demonic Dread
--> Cavern Thoctar
Aven Trailblazer
Kaleidostone
Infectious Horror
Stormcaller's Boon
Stun Sniper
Sunseed Nurturer
Hellspark Elemental
Immortal Coil
Plains

NOTHING. The thoctar is fat though.

Pack 1 pick 3:
Brainbite
Naturalize
Akrasan Squire
--> Viscera Dragger
Scattershot Archer
Molten Frame
Vectis Dominator (FOIL)
Glassdust Hulk
Naya Hushblade
Reliquary Tower
Woolly Thoctar
Prince of Thralls
Mountain

Yes, I passed the prince of thralls. It doesn't seem that good, and this guy is more consistent.

Pack 1 pick 4:
Esper Panorama
Skeletal Kathari
Lush Growth
Yoked Plowbeast
Cancel
Soul's Fire
Pestilent Kathari
--> Grixis Grimblade
Mage Slayer
Protomatter Powder
Puppet Conjurer
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 5:
Knight of the Skyward Eye
Obelisk of Naya
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Mosstodon
Constricting Tendrils
Aven Trailblazer
Mana Cylix
--> Igneous Pouncer
Cumber Stone
Metallurgeon
Swamp

Look at that 5th pick knight...

Pack 1 pick 6:
Deny Reality
Wild Leotau (FOIL)
Grixis Illusionist
Rhox Meditant
Zombie Outlander
--> Grixis Slavedriver
Mind Funeral
Mighty Emergence
Crucible of Fire
Plains

Pack 1 pick 7:
Outrider of Jhess
Shadowfeed
Esper Sojourners
Excommunicate
Lapse of Certainty
Grizzled Leotau
--> Kathari Bomber
Morbid Bloom
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 8:
Shore Snapper
--> Architects of Will
Hindering Light
Ethercaste Knight
Kranioceros
Faerie Mechanist
Valiant Guard
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 9:
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Cavern Thoctar
Aven Trailblazer
Kaleidostone
--> Grixis Sojourners
Island

See?

Pack 1 pick 10:
Call to Heel
--> Demonic Dread
Infectious Horror
Sunseed Nurturer
Immortal Coil
Plains

Pack 1 pick 11:
--> Brainbite
Molten Frame
Glassdust Hulk
Reliquary Tower
Mountain

I likes, I likes a lot.

Pack 1 pick 12:
Yoked Plowbeast
--> Cancel
Protomatter Powder
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 13:
--> Constricting Tendrils
Mana Cylix
Swamp

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Crucible of Fire
Plains

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Mountain

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

Pack 2 pick 1:
Ethersworn Shieldmage
Windwright Mage
Bloodpyre Elemental
Captured Sunlight
Bant Sojourners
Parasitic Strix
Valiant Guard
Hindering Light (FOIL)
Sewn-Eye Drake
Offering to Asha
Drastic Revelation
Sphinx's Herald
Esper Charm
--> Archdemon of Unx
Forest

I really wasn't sure what to do here. I didn't want to pass another "bomb" though and I like to able to end on a high note in any case.

Pack 2 pick 2:
Druid of the Anima
Steward of Valeron
Guardians of Akrasa
Etherium Sculptor
Viashino Skeleton
Wild Leotau
Vectis Agents
Worldly Counsel
Monstrous Carabid
Vedalken Ghoul
Jhessian Balmgiver
Thopter Foundry
--> Necrogenesis
Island

Distractions.

Pack 2 pick 3:
Gustrider Exuberant
Jungle Weaver
Goblin Deathraiders
Obelisk of Jund
Faerie Mechanist
Rhox Meditant
Rotting Rats
--> Sangrite Backlash
Veinfire Borderpost
Flurry of Wings
Celestial Purge
Punish Ignorance
Swamp

Pack 2 pick 4:
Shore Snapper
Architects of Will
Hindering Light
Ethercaste Knight
Valeron Outlander
Frontline Sage
Offering to Asha
Gorger Wurm
Aerie Mystics
--> Slave of Bolas
Rhox War Monk
Swamp

I was grinning from ear to ear.

Pack 2 pick 5:
Resounding Silence
Bloodthorn Taunter
Deathgreeter
Kathari Screecher
Nacatl Savage
Quenchable Fire
Exploding Borders
--> Grixis Grimblade
Winged Coatl
Grixis Battlemage
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 6:
Resounding Wave
Soul's Might
Lightning Talons
--> Jund Panorama
Fieldmist Borderpost
Sedraxis Alchemist
Tukatongue Thallid
Magefire Wings
Scornful Æther-Lich
Island

Pack 2 pick 7:
Etherium Abomination
--> Blister Beetle
Hissing Iguanar
Carrion Thrash
Quenchable Fire
Vedalken Ghoul
Corpse Connoisseur
Double Negative
Plains

Pack 2 pick 8:
Windwright Mage
Captured Sunlight
Bant Sojourners
Traumatic Visions
Lapse of Certainty
--> Veinfire Borderpost
Controlled Instincts
Forest

Pack 2 pick 9:
Ethersworn Shieldmage
Valiant Guard
--> Sewn-Eye Drake
Offering to Asha
Drastic Revelation
Sphinx's Herald
Forest

Pack 2 pick 10:
Viashino Skeleton
Vectis Agents
--> Worldly Counsel
Vedalken Ghoul
Jhessian Balmgiver
Island

Pack 2 pick 11:
Gustrider Exuberant
--> Goblin Deathraiders
Obelisk of Jund
Rotting Rats
Swamp

Pack 2 pick 12:
Shore Snapper
--> Architects of Will
Hindering Light
Swamp

Pack 2 pick 13:
Deathgreeter
--> Grixis Battlemage
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Scornful Æther-Lich
Island

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Plains

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

Pack 3 pick 1:
Coma Veil
Dragon Fodder
Grixis Panorama
Savage Hunger
Sanctum Gargoyle
Glaze Fiend
Gleam of Resistance
Bone Saw
Wildfield Borderpost
Putrid Leech
Dawnray Archer
Nacatl Hunt-Pride
--> Fire-Field Ogre
Blitz Hellion
Forest

One of my favourite unearth creatures.

Pack 3 pick 2:
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Demonic Dread
Cavern Thoctar
Constricting Tendrils
Suicidal Charge
Rotting Rats
Naya Hushblade
--> Terminate
Volcanic Fallout
Dragon Appeasement
Filigree Sages
Mayael's Aria
Mountain

Check.

Pack 3 pick 3:
Ridge Rannet
Dispeller's Capsule
--> Branching Bolt
Obelisk of Grixis
Jhessian Lookout
Dregscape Zombie
Sylvan Bounty
Fiery Fall
Sanctum Plowbeast
Violent Outburst
Manaforce Mace
Necrogenesis
Forest

DISTRACTIONS.

Pack 3 pick 4:
Sigil Blessing
Resounding Wave
Soul's Might
Lightning Talons
--> Jund Panorama
Canyon Minotaur
Soul Manipulation
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
Esper Battlemage
Voices from the Void
Blood Cultist
Plains

Pack 3 pick 5:
Lush Growth
Yoked Plowbeast
Cancel
Soul's Fire
Bant Panorama
Darklit Gargoyle
Armillary Sphere
Swamp (FOIL)
Rhox Brute
--> Grixis Charm
Forest

Pack 3 pick 6:
Courier's Capsule
Onyx Goblet
Marble Chalice
Suicidal Charge
Darklit Gargoyle
--> Pestilent Kathari
Naya Sojourners
Scavenger Drake
Qasali Ambusher
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 7:
Kederekt Creeper
Godtoucher
Executioner's Capsule
Tortoise Formation
--> Fiery Fall
Valley Rannet
Marrow Chomper
Etherium Astrolabe
Island

Pack 3 pick 8:
Brainbite
Naturalize
Grixis Illusionist
Gleam of Resistance
Vectis Dominator
--> Sewn-Eye Drake
Lich Lord of Unx
Plains

I just wanted to be able to beat face. The drake does this better.

Pack 3 pick 9:
Coma Veil
Savage Hunger
Glaze Fiend
Gleam of Resistance
Bone Saw
--> Wildfield Borderpost
Forest

Pack 3 pick 10:
Cavern Thoctar
Constricting Tendrils
--> Suicidal Charge
Rotting Rats
Dragon Appeasement
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 11:
Ridge Rannet
Obelisk of Grixis
Jhessian Lookout
--> Dregscape Zombie
Forest

Pack 3 pick 12:
Lightning Talons
Canyon Minotaur
--> Soul Manipulation
Plains

Pack 3 pick 13:
--> Cancel
Darklit Gargoyle
Forest

Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Suicidal Charge
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Island


Deck:

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I decided against the green, but it was a tough decision. Worked out well, came first.


Sat Feb 06, 2010 10:45 pm
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Post Re: ContraEgo Alara Block Drafts
I apologize for the swiss-es but I have managed to basically play them at will because it is easy to open money and the packs are cheap. I am going to make this snort when it is nix tix. Plus I win more. :)
I am posting this one because it was weird. Skip to P1P9 to see what I am talking about.

The draft:
Event #: 953319
Time: 2/12/2010 9:37:42 PM
Players:
Giant Power
--> ContraEgo
Bragg
ximmikex
Ragoo1090
Callahan
edgewalker2244
judgement

------ ARB ------

Pack 1 pick 1:
Windwright Mage
Bloodpyre Elemental
Captured Sunlight
Bant Sojourners
Resounding Silence
Wandering Goblins
Parasitic Strix
Valeron Outlander
--> Sewn-Eye Drake
Igneous Pouncer
Scavenger Drake
Kathari Remnant
Esper Charm
Filigree Angel
Island

I love the drake. There were other picks, some would argue better picks, in the same colours, but I love the drake. Something usable should wheel.

Pack 1 pick 2:
Oblivion Ring
Kederekt Creeper
Colossal Might
Godtoucher
Executioner's Capsule
Darklit Gargoyle
Armillary Sphere
Salvage Slasher
Naya Hushblade
--> Kathari Bomber
Sigiled Paladin
Scarland Thrinax
Skyclaw Thrash
Mountain

I looked back at this pick and asked myself "why?" and honestly I am not sure. Consistency I guess?

Pack 1 pick 3:
Tortoise Formation
Blightning
Knight of the Skyward Eye
Obelisk of Naya
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
Mosstodon
--> Dark Temper
Unsummon
Soul Manipulation
Wildfield Borderpost
Controlled Instincts
Giant Ambush Beetle
Forest

Wish I could have that beetle too.

Pack 1 pick 4:
Deathgreeter
Obelisk of Bant
Kathari Screecher
Goblin Mountaineer
--> Pestilent Kathari
Wild Leotau
Vectis Agents
Naya Sojourners
Winged Coatl
Mask of Riddles
Arcane Sanctum
Forest

Was tempted by the fixing but I have come to really appreciate the kathari.

Pack 1 pick 5:
Esper Panorama
Skeletal Kathari
Lush Growth
Cancel
--> Soul's Fire
Tukatongue Thallid
Brackwater Elemental
Trace of Abundance
Etherium Astrolabe
Shard Convergence
Plains

Pack 1 pick 6:
Obelisk of Grixis
Jhessian Lookout
Dregscape Zombie
Gustrider Exuberant
Firewild Borderpost
--> Zombie Outlander
Plains (FOIL)
Kathari Bomber
Behemoth's Herald
Mountain

Outlanders can win games.

Pack 1 pick 7:
Excommunicate
Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Obelisk of Esper
Bone Saw
--> Sedraxis Alchemist
Infest
Fleshformer
Mountain

Infest is not good anymore. Not in this deck in any case.

Pack 1 pick 8:
Courier's Capsule
Cerodon Yearling
--> Tidehollow Strix
Aven Trailblazer
Stormcaller's Boon
Scornful Æther-Lich
Sangrite Surge
Forest

Lovely to get this so late.

Pack 1 pick 9:
--> Bloodpyre Elemental
Resounding Silence
Wandering Goblins
Igneous Pouncer
Scavenger Drake
Esper Charm
Island

WHAT IS THIS DOING IN HERE WITH SILENCE?!?!

Pack 1 pick 10:
--> Kederekt Creeper
Godtoucher
Darklit Gargoyle
Salvage Slasher
Scarland Thrinax
Mountain

Grixis is wayyy open.

Pack 1 pick 11:
Tortoise Formation
Obelisk of Naya
Thorn-Thrash Viashino
--> Controlled Instincts
Forest

Pack 1 pick 12:
Deathgreeter
--> Obelisk of Bant
Goblin Mountaineer
Forest

Pack 1 pick 13:
Cancel
--> Brackwater Elemental
Plains

Nice

Pack 1 pick 14:
--> Plains (FOIL)
Mountain

Pack 1 pick 15:
--> Mountain

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

Pack 2 pick 1:
Soul's Grace
Hissing Iguanar
Carrion Thrash
Court Archers
Rip-Clan Crasher
Courier's Capsule
Kaleidostone
--> Drag Down
Offering to Asha
Rhox Brute
Path to Exile
Messenger Falcons
Fire-Field Ogre
Hell's Thunder
Swamp

It was hard not to pick up the fire-field ogre. He has been good to me.

Pack 2 pick 2:
Bant Panorama
Rakeclaw Gargantuan
Undead Leotau
--> Branching Bolt (FOIL)
Angelsong
Rhox Bodyguard
Brackwater Elemental
Asha's Favor
Wildfield Borderpost
Putrid Leech
Marrow Chomper
Etherium Astrolabe
Ooze Garden
Mountain

One of the reasons I love BR is because you can grab the really good removal cards from jund and grixis.

Pack 2 pick 3:
Brainbite
Naturalize
Akrasan Squire
Viscera Dragger
Bant Sureblade
Aven Trailblazer
Mana Cylix
--> Jund Hackblade
Godtracker of Jund
Ignite Disorder
Wall of Denial
Naya Battlemage
Island

Also liked the dragger or bite here.

Pack 2 pick 4:
Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Deadshot Minotaur
Gleam of Resistance
Mana Cylix
Yoke of the Damned
Jund Sojourners
--> Volcanic Fallout
Dragon Appeasement
Filigree Sages
Soulquake
Island

Probably won't main deck but it can be a nice surprise.

Pack 2 pick 5:
Obelisk of Grixis
Jhessian Lookout
Dregscape Zombie
Gustrider Exuberant
Bone Saw
Wretched Banquet
Ember Weaver
Vectis Dominator
Gorger Wurm
--> Inkwell Leviathan
Forest

Should have taken the Gorger Wurm or even a zombie or something. Considered playing it.

Pack 2 pick 6:
Call to Heel
Demonic Dread
Cavern Thoctar
Ridge Rannet
Dispeller's Capsule
Beacon Behemoth
--> Molten Frame
Grixis Illusionist
Pale Recluse
Island

Pack 2 pick 7:
Resounding Roar
Deny Reality
Volcanic Submersion
--> Fiery Fall
Veinfire Borderpost
Dragon's Herald
Thoughtcutter Agent
Immortal Coil
Forest

Pack 2 pick 8:
Welkin Guide
Call to Heel
Demonic Dread
Dispeller's Capsule
Dispeller's Capsule (FOIL)
Monstrous Carabid
--> Voices from the Void
Swamp

My deck needed a tail end but I love voices too much to pass it.

Pack 2 pick 9:
Soul's Grace
--> Carrion Thrash
Court Archers
Rip-Clan Crasher
Courier's Capsule
Kaleidostone
Swamp

Pack 2 pick 10:
Rhox Bodyguard
--> Brackwater Elemental
Wildfield Borderpost
Etherium Astrolabe
Ooze Garden
Mountain

Pack 2 pick 11:
Naturalize
Mana Cylix
Godtracker of Jund
--> Ignite Disorder
Island

Pack 2 pick 12:
--> Cylian Elf
Cathartic Adept
Dragon Appeasement
Island

Pack 2 pick 13:
--> Jhessian Lookout
Gustrider Exuberant
Forest

Pack 2 pick 14:
--> Grixis Illusionist
Island

I am so desperate for fixing that I would play this. I am actually now wondering if he isn't actually good in a heavy blue deck, he either fixes mana or he absorbs a removal spell most of the time.

Pack 2 pick 15:
--> Forest

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

Pack 3 pick 1:
Relic of Progenitus
--> Bone Splinters
Cloudheath Drake
Elvish Visionary
Ethersworn Shieldmage
Windwright Mage
Rhox Meditant
Rotting Rats
Nacatl Outlander
Vedalken Ghoul
Unbender Tine
Exuberant Firestoker
Naya Charm
Child of Alara
Plains

I like this, especially with that goblin maker and unearth creatures.

Pack 3 pick 2:
--> Charnelhoard Wurm (FOIL)
Resounding Thunder
Naya Panorama
Waveskimmer Aven
Dreg Reaver
Incurable Ogre
Fiery Fall
Constricting Tendrils
Vedalken Ghoul
Leonin Armorguard
Viashino Slaughtermaster
Savage Lands
Aven Mimeomancer
Plains

This card is house.

Pack 3 pick 3:
Outrider of Jhess
--> Magma Spray
Shadowfeed
Vithian Stinger
Esper Sojourners
Molten Frame
Gleam of Resistance
Grizzled Leotau
Singe-Mind Ogre
Rockcaster Platoon
Skyward Eye Prophets
Marrow Chomper
Swamp

Going for a more controlling build here. Took it even though I am full up on removal already.

Pack 3 pick 4:
Agony Warp
Resounding Roar
Deny Reality
Kranioceros
Traumatic Visions
Asha's Favor
Magefire Wings
Leonin Armorguard
Vengeful Rebirth
Corpse Connoisseur
--> Necrogenesis
Swamp

Lavs it.

Pack 3 pick 5:
Undead Leotau
Gift of the Gargantuan
Angelsong
Asha's Favor
Absorb Vis
Might of Alara
Sigil of the Nayan Gods
Anathemancer
Thunder-Thrash Elder
--> Shambling Remains
Swamp

I needed fixing but I also needed more consequential threats to put on the board.

Pack 3 pick 6:
Coma Veil
Dragon Fodder
--> Grixis Panorama
Savage Hunger
Sanctum Gargoyle
Kranioceros
Faerie Mechanist
Igneous Pouncer
Zealous Persecution
Forest

Pack 3 pick 7:
--> Architects of Will
Hindering Light
Brackwater Elemental (FOIL)
Unsummon
Offering to Asha
Ancient Ziggurat
Tainted Sigil
Wargate
Mountain

Pack 3 pick 8:
Godtoucher
Tortoise Formation
Nacatl Outlander
Dragon's Herald
--> Vagrant Plowbeasts
Thoughtcutter Agent
Invincible Hymn
Forest

Do NOT want to see him.

Pack 3 pick 9:
Relic of Progenitus
--> Cloudheath Drake
Rhox Meditant
Rotting Rats
Nacatl Outlander
Unbender Tine
Plains

Pack 3 pick 10:
--> Waveskimmer Aven
Incurable Ogre
Constricting Tendrils
Vedalken Ghoul
Leonin Armorguard
Plains

Pack 3 pick 11:
Shadowfeed
--> Molten Frame
Gleam of Resistance
Marrow Chomper
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 12:
--> Traumatic Visions
Magefire Wings
Corpse Connoisseur
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 13:
Undead Leotau
--> Absorb Vis
Swamp

I really don't know how these cards go so late.

Pack 3 pick 14:
--> Savage Hunger
Forest

Pack 3 pick 15:
--> Mountain


The deck:
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Yes.. I know I am not playing necrogenesis. Why? I honestly don't know. But a voice just told me.. "don't play necrogenesisssss" and I listened.

Went 3-0


Fri Feb 12, 2010 9:04 pm
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