Before we jump into this draft (which I really felt like i butchered up) what do you do with the premium alara packs? Do you just crack them or do you sell them or what?

Pack 1 pick 1:
Esper Panorama, Skeletal Kathari, Lush Growth, Yoked Plowbeast, Cancel, Soul's Fire, Yoke of the Damned, Tukatongue Thallid, Naya Sojourners, Stormcaller's Boon, Shambling Remains, Bituminous Blast, Blood Cultist, Dauntless Escort, Forest

My pick:
Bituminous Blast

for me this came down to escort vs bit blast and I LOVE bit blast and escort only is worth like 1.5 tix so I went with the removal

Pack 1 pick 2:
Kederekt Creeper, Colossal Might, Godtoucher, Executioner's Capsule, Tortoise Formation, Rhox Bodyguard, Grixis Illusionist, Offering to Asha, Gorger Wurm, Ancient Ziggurat, Tainted Sigil, Bant Battlemage, Memory Erosion, Plains

My pick:
Executioner's Capsule

Removal is removal

Pack 1 pick 3:
Elvish Visionary, Windwright Mage, Bloodpyre Elemental, Captured Sunlight, Scattershot Archer, Wandering Goblins, Parasitic Strix, Vedalken Ghoul, Pale Recluse, Rockcaster Platoon, Skyward Eye Prophets, Tidehollow Sculler, Mountain

My pick:
Bloodpyre Elemental

nothing to really push me away from red and black yet

Pack 1 pick 4:
Bant Panorama, Rakeclaw Gargantuan, Undead Leotau, Gift of the Gargantuan, Angelsong, Spell Snip, Tukatongue Thallid, Valeron Outlander, Naya Hushblade, Ignite Disorder, Paleoloth, Swamp

My pick:
Ignite Disorder

i spent a good minute trying to think this one through and finally decided on staying the course instead of branching into other colors but would appreciate input (the worst part is I never sided ignite in)

Pack 1 pick 5:
Shore Snapper, Architects of Will, Hindering Light, Outrider of Jhess, Matca Rioters, Canyon Minotaur, Frontline Sage, Fleshformer, Angelic Benediction, Sages of the Anima, Plains

My pick:
Matca Rioters

So I really wanted to stay in one shard and since there was no blue flowing i kinda felt like i should be in jund and i felt that if i end up going 3c-4c the rioters would be better while fleshformer is only good in 5c

Pack 1 pick 6:
Steelclad Serpent, Vectis Silencers, Resounding Scream, Absorb Vis, Scattershot Archer, Talon Trooper, Ardent Plea, Algae Gharial, Necrogenesis, Island

My pick:
Necrogenesis

why are you still here annoyingly overpowered token generator?

Pack 1 pick 7:
Obelisk of Jund, Etherium Abomination, Soul's Grace, Carrion Thrash, Lapse of Certainty, Jhessian Zombies, Protomatter Powder, Puppet Conjurer, Swamp

My pick:
Carrion Thrash

staying the course

Pack 1 pick 8:
Captured Sunlight, Rotting Rats, Quenchable Fire, Stormcaller's Boon, Sacellum Archers, Anathemancer, Thunder-Thrash Elder, Mountain

My pick:
Sacellum Archers

I don't really like thunder thrash so maybe naya splash black?

Pack 1 pick 9:
Skeletal Kathari, Lush Growth, Yoked Plowbeast, Cancel, Yoke of the Damned, Tukatongue Thallid, Forest

My pick:
Skeletal Kathari

Pack 1 pick 10:
Godtoucher, Tortoise Formation, Grixis Illusionist, Bant Battlemage, Memory Erosion, Plains

My pick:
Bant Battlemage

Pack 1 pick 11:
Captured Sunlight, Scattershot Archer, Vedalken Ghoul, Rockcaster Platoon, Mountain

My pick:
Captured Sunlight

I'm cool with naya/b

Pack 1 pick 12:
Gift of the Gargantuan, Angelsong, Tukatongue Thallid, Swamp

My pick:
Tukatongue Thallid

Pack 1 pick 13:
Hindering Light, Outrider of Jhess, Plains

My pick:
Hindering Light

Pack 1 pick 14:
Scattershot Archer, Island

My pick:
Scattershot Archer

Pack 1 pick 15:
Swamp

My pick:
Swamp

Pack 2 pick 1:
Court Archers, Rip-Clan Crasher, Courier's Capsule, Onyx Goblet, Marble Chalice, Forest (FOIL), Kaleidostone, Drag Down, Vectis Agents, Jund Sojourners, Metallurgeon, Controlled Instincts, Bull Cerodon, Blood Tyrant, Forest

My pick:
Bull Cerodon

Oh god do I go 5c?! Its calling to me but I resist the urge and take the almost as good bomb

Pack 2 pick 2:
Obelisk of Esper, Deadshot Minotaur, Veinfire Borderpost (FOIL), Esper Panorama, Skeletal Kathari, Might of Alara, Fiery Fall, Constricting Tendrils, Grizzled Leotau, Singe-Mind Ogre, Marrow Chomper, Etherium Astrolabe, Shard Convergence, Plains

My pick:
Fiery Fall

love this card, removal or cycling tyvm

Pack 2 pick 3:
Volcanic Submersion, Relic of Progenitus, Bone Splinters, Cloudheath Drake, Fiery Fall, Faerie Mechanist, Rhox Meditant, Magefire Wings, Leonin Armorguard, Sanity Gnawers, Infest, Grixis Charm, Forest

My pick:
Fiery Fall

woot

Pack 2 pick 4:
Naya Panorama, Dreg Reaver, Incurable Ogre, Frontline Sage, Lapse of Certainty, Goblin Outlander, Wildfield Borderpost, Putrid Leech, View from Above, Blood Cultist, Mayael's Aria, Forest

My pick:
Putrid Leech

wow really good pack for me with 2 fixers, pro bear, leech and aria. I kinda ruled out the fixers for now and felt that bears arent as good as leech or aria and then finally decided aria is too conditional and could just be a terribly dead/win-more card

Pack 2 pick 5:
Cathartic Adept, Obelisk of Esper, Deadshot Minotaur, Esper Panorama, Goblin Outlander, Maniacal Rage, Brackwater Elemental, Godtracker of Jund, Sigiled Behemoth, Sigil Captain, Swamp

My pick:
Esper Panorama

fixing my splashier colors, maybe coulda got the bear instead

Pack 2 pick 6:
Goblin Mountaineer, Welkin Guide, Call to Heel, Demonic Dread, Cavern Thoctar, Pestilent Kathari, Wild Leotau, Fleshbag Marauder, Archdemon of Unx, Island

My pick:
Wild Leotau

love me some leotaus

Pack 2 pick 7:
Bant Sojourners, Bloodthorn Taunter, Deathgreeter, Obelisk of Bant, Kathari Screecher, Naya Sojourners, Flurry of Wings, Celestial Purge, Island

My pick:
Naya Sojourners

eh this or the sideboardable card, i'll take the playable trick(y) creature

Pack 2 pick 8:
Hindering Light, Outrider of Jhess, Mind Funeral (FOIL), Brackwater Elemental, Soul Manipulation, Wildfield Borderpost, Dragon Appeasement, Swamp

My pick:
Wildfield Borderpost

sexy fixing

Pack 2 pick 9:
Onyx Goblet, Marble Chalice, Forest (FOIL), Kaleidostone, Metallurgeon, Controlled Instincts, Forest

My pick:
Kaleidostone

cycle cycle and helps fix a potential bomb

Pack 2 pick 10:
Constricting Tendrils, Grizzled Leotau, Singe-Mind Ogre, Marrow Chomper, Etherium Astrolabe, Plains

My pick:
Singe-Mind Ogre

this card has grown on me, normally hitting for like 4+ and/or revealing tricks

Pack 2 pick 11:
Volcanic Submersion, Relic of Progenitus, Magefire Wings, Leonin Armorguard, Forest

My pick:
Leonin Armorguard

Pack 2 pick 12:
Incurable Ogre, Lapse of Certainty, View from Above, Forest

My pick:
Incurable Ogre

Pack 2 pick 13:
Maniacal Rage, Godtracker of Jund, Swamp

My pick:
Godtracker of Jund

may end up with lotsa 5 power (which I did and this sucker won me the draft and i normally hate this gray ogre)

Pack 2 pick 14:
Goblin Mountaineer, Island

My pick:
Goblin Mountaineer

Pack 2 pick 15:
Island

My pick:
Island

Pack 3 pick 1:
Resounding Thunder, Naya Panorama, Waveskimmer Aven, Dreg Reaver, Incurable Ogre, Valiant Guard, Drag Down, Exploding Borders, Wildfield Borderpost, Monstrous Carabid, Gluttonous Slime, Stun Sniper, Tower Gargoyle, Ethersworn Canonist, Island

My pick:
Resounding Thunder

HOLY WTF AWESOME PACK! Like 7 playables for me and of those 7, 3 are first pickable. I end up narrowing it down to resounding thunder and drag down. Drag down may be -4/-4 but it also may be -2/-2 while thunder is a consistent 3 and can cycle which is awesome. I debated over this a while but i luv me some thundah

Pack 3 pick 2:
Lush Growth, Yoked Plowbeast, Cancel, Soul's Fire, Bant Panorama, Aven Trailblazer, Mana Cylix, Wretched Banquet, Naya Sojourners, Stormcaller's Boon, Jhessian Balmgiver, Behemoth's Herald, Scepter of Fugue, Mountain

My pick:
Soul's Fire

even though its buggy I still like it

Pack 3 pick 3:
Court Archers, Rip-Clan Crasher, Onyx Goblet, Marble Chalice, Nacatl Savage, Quenchable Fire, Offering to Asha, Rhox Brute, Scarland Thrinax, Skyclaw Thrash, Dragon's Herald, Blitz Hellion, Plains

My pick:
Rhox Brute

i really love thrinax but don't think my deck has anything to offer it so I go with the easier to cast solid 4 drop

Pack 3 pick 4:
Soul's Might, Lightning Talons, Jund Panorama, Banewasp Affliction, Might of Alara, Dark Temper, Offering to Asha (FOIL), Grizzled Leotau, Igneous Pouncer, Woolly Thoctar, Punish Ignorance, Forest

My pick:
Woolly Thoctar

sweet, I really needed something at the lower end of my curve and this guy is such a ridic 3 drop

Pack 3 pick 5:
Cerodon Yearling, Druid of the Anima, Steward of Valeron, Guardians of Akrasa, Etherium Sculptor, Exploding Borders, Kaleidostone, Vagrant Plowbeasts, Drastic Revelation, Sphinx's Herald, Mountain

My pick:
Vagrant Plowbeasts

5 power all the way!

Pack 3 pick 6:
Kederekt Creeper, Colossal Might, Godtoucher, Tortoise Formation, Blightning, Molten Frame, Valley Rannet, Jund Hackblade, Reliquary Tower, Swamp

My pick:
Colossal Might

dang, i really like the landcycler, hackblade, and trick. I think my deck needs some sort of trick though to snatch the game so i grab the might and pray i get some other blade or cycler

Pack 3 pick 7:
Bant Sojourners, Bloodthorn Taunter, Deathgreeter, Obelisk of Bant, Kathari Screecher, Suicidal Charge, Sewn-Eye Drake, Sangrite Surge, Forest

My pick:
Sewn-Eye Drake

I just realized I have no way to deal with fliers, time to get at least one!

Pack 3 pick 8:
Ridge Rannet, Dispeller's Capsule, Worldly Counsel, Bone Saw, Vectis Dominator, Valley Rannet, Morbid Bloom, Mountain

My pick:
Valley Rannet

yahooooo

Pack 3 pick 9:
Naya Panorama, Waveskimmer Aven, Incurable Ogre, Valiant Guard, Wildfield Borderpost, Gluttonous Slime, Island

My pick:
Naya Panorama

WOOHOOO

Pack 3 pick 10:
Lush Growth, Mana Cylix, Stormcaller's Boon, Jhessian Balmgiver, Behemoth's Herald, Mountain

My pick:
Stormcaller's Boon

Pack 3 pick 11:
Rip-Clan Crasher, Marble Chalice, Quenchable Fire, Dragon's Herald, Plains

My pick:
Rip-Clan Crasher

Pack 3 pick 12:
Soul's Might, Lightning Talons, Banewasp Affliction, Forest

My pick:
Soul's Might

Pack 3 pick 13:
Cerodon Yearling, Sphinx's Herald, Mountain

My pick:
Cerodon Yearling

Pack 3 pick 14:
Godtoucher, Swamp

My pick:
Swamp

Pack 3 pick 15:
Forest

My pick:
Forest


-build removed temporarily-

my deck ended alot more solid than I thought it would be and I am looking for opinions and criticism here cause i felt i coulda done a few things here and there to change the draft

matches:
r1 vs an esper deck with VERY few fliers, my removal takes them down and I stomp his face with fatties while he has no removal for my guys. 2-0

r2 vs a mirror. the first game i just remember it was really close and I lucked out. the 2nd game it was close too until I bit blasted one of his 2 deadshot minotaurs and cascaded into wild leotau who I rode on ftw. 2-0

r3 vs a pretty ridiculous naya deck. game 1 he hoses me especially when he gets ajani going and I can't shoot it cause of souls fire bug. Game 2 he gets mana hosed and i luck out. Game 3 I get a god draw with godtracker into leotau into naya sojourners into bull cerodon with a bloodpyre for removal. 2-1

So yeah I think i just lucked out but wanna see what you guys think

Regarding your query about the foil packs:

Make sure you aquire 6 of them in any way, as that is the entry fee needed for the Foil Showdown on the 30th Jan. Its a really good tourney, so I would recommend for anyone to save their packs towards that.

Also, if possible, try to change your layout so that one doesnt have to sidescroll to see entire packs during the draft, or to see the final build. Personally, its something I find really annoying, and is something that may just make me skip reading. No offense meant here.

Edited now for easy reading

Don't crack the packs, I have 5 now and will be selling any that I get after I get my 6th.