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 Post subject: Babies first BFZ draft
PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 8:19 am 
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i felt like i was being handed a monster. I'm pretty sure i was the only white drafter at the table which went great with my P1-1. Too early to feel the format personally but it feel like this may be a master piece. and that is with my decision to rare draft at any moment in the draft. you'll notice some bomb cards in the sideboard and that may be a mistake, ill include deck building theory and application below deck.

Creatures
1 Expedition Envoy
2 Reckless Cohort
1 Kor Castigator
2 Makindi Patrol
1 Chasm Guide
1 Munda, Ambush Leader P3-1
1 Kor Entanglers
1 Hero of Goma Fada P3-2
2 Shadow Glider
1 Courier Griffin
1 Ghostly Sentinel
non creatures
1 Lithomancer's Focus P3-14
2 Gideon's Reproach
1 Ondu Rising
2 Sheer Drop
1 Encircling Fissure
1 Planar Outburst P1-1
1 Turn Against P2-5
Sideboard card brought in
1 Ghostly Sentinel
1 Roil's Retribution
1 Serpentine Spike P1-4
1 Smite the Monstrous
Sideboard at the ready never got used
1 Felidar Cub
1 Ondu Greathorn
1 Fortified Rampart
1 Eldrazi Devastator
1 Sheer drop
1 Volcanic Upheaval

After a clear cut P1-1 Planar Outburst I felt like a control deck is what i want to draft, I value the Sheer Drop and Gideon's Reproach high, but would default to the best white creature in the pack, usually an Ally. I could of easily went Mono white and Reckless Cohort was my worst creature but after doing an ally count with the synergies I chose to keep them in. each other non ally had flying evasion. Through out the draft I had a deck identity crisis. Am I an Ally aggro deck, or a control deck with cards like Eldrazi Devastator. Normally would be my downfall in the draft but literally every white card I passed that i wanted wheeled. The turn against mid pack 2 wasn't as much a signal as i think passer undervaluing it or had a bomb red card ahead of it. I hadn't seen much red in either direction. That the point i decided red was the splash. I really wanted to play with that card. You'll notice cards most consider P1-1 Roil's Retribution and Serpentine strike (Cone of Flame on steroids) weren't main deck and I questioned it myself. I felt my other 5 drops were better and I didn't want to make my deck too clunky. I only needed bring them in once in finals.

If I learned anything it's you should probably just value Munda, Ambush Leader as a haste guy. his Rally trigger doesn't go to the hand. the game state needs to be very clear where your wanting to top deck ally's. In one game I had to quit playing ally's because i was digging to Planar Outburst and did a deck count of like 7 cards i haven't seen in my deck. Finally forced to play out ally chump blockers and choosing to miss the Rally trigger

went 4-0 and played pack wars after with winnings
Expedition Smoldering Marsh Behind a Kiora. Sweetest pack i think i've ever opened

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 03, 2015 12:37 pm 
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Great deck but it looks like it is going in >1 direction. Reckless Cohorts + Awaken/Outburst. I wonder if it would be better going heavy offense game 1 then defense game 2 (or vice versa) but you have too many good cards!

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