
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:

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