M10 Draft Walkthrough #3
September 5, 2009 | Posted by Dee
This is from a triple M10 draft in the Swiss queue on Magic Online.
Pack 1 pick 1:
Deadly Recluse, Dread Warlock, Canyon Minotaur, Essence Scatter, Excommunicate, Borderland Ranger, Doom Blade, Snapping Drake, Centaur Courser, Looming Shade, White Knight, Awakener Druid, Undead Slayer, Underworld Dreams, Island
My pick:
Doom Blade
Pack 1 pick 2:
Seismic Strike, Craw Wurm, Wind Drake, Siege Mastodon, Assassinate, Viashino Spearhunter, Pacifism, Coral Merfolk, Jackal Familiar, Phantom Warrior, Inferno Elemental, Flashfreeze, Howling Mine, Swamp
My pick:
Assassinate
I was trying the “force black” strategy since heavy blacks decks can be very powerful. However, now I think forcing a color is not that good of a strategy. Staying open with my colors and reading signals especially the late picks has led to better decks. Therefore, I should’ve taken Pacifism. Assassinate is a solid enough removal spell, but Pacifism is miles better. The white enchantment is one of the best removal spells in the whole format.
Pack 1 pick 3:
Seismic Strike, Deadly Recluse, Island (FOIL), Wall of Faith, Entangling Vines, Burning Inquiry, Jump, Mind Rot, Bramble Creeper, Wurm’s Tooth, Rhox Pikemaster, Mold Adder, Forest
My pick:
Mind Rot
Again, I was forcing black in this draft, but Rhox Pikemaster would’ve been a nice addition if I had taken Pacifism in the previous pick.
Pack 1 pick 4:
Siege Mastodon, Fiery Hellhound, Unsummon, Kelinore Bat, Wall of Faith, Entangling Vines, Burning Inquiry, Jump, Prodigal Pyromancer (FOIL), Bramble Creeper, Rod of Ruin, Swamp
My pick:
Kelinore Bat
This is where I should’ve taken Prodigal Pyromancer even though I wanted to draft black since Kelinore Bat is mediocre in M10. There are too many common cards that can stop the black flyer like Sparkmage Apprentice, Zephyr Sprite, Deadly Recluse, Weakness, Sage Owl, and Deadly Recluse.
Pack 1 pick 5:
Rampant Growth, Sparkmage Apprentice, Wind Drake, Divine Verdict, Burst of Speed, Runeclaw Bear, Lifelink, Zombie Goliath, Prodigal Pyromancer, Gargoyle Castle, Mountain
My pick:
Gargoyle Castle
No need to switch colors when there is a colorless 3/4 flyer for five mana.
Pack 1 pick 6:
Canyon Minotaur, Giant Growth, Burning Inquiry, Jump, Mind Rot, Serpent of the Endless Sea, Holy Strength, Gorgon Flail, Wall of Bone, Island
My pick:
Gorgon Flail
I already had a Mind Rot and there are many good defensive creatures like Wall of Bone that I can pick up later.
Pack 1 pick 7:
Lightning Elemental, Divine Verdict, Fiery Hellhound, Zombie Goliath, Swamp (FOIL), Duress, Regenerate, Telepathy, Mountain
My pick:
Divine Verdict
This seemed like a white signal and Zombie Goliath is not exciting.
Pack 1 pick 8:
Llanowar Elves, Griffin Sentinel, Unholy Strength, Firebreathing, Disorient, Levitation, Open the Vaults, Mountain
My pick:
Griffin Sentinel
More white.
Pack 1 pick 9:
Deadly Recluse, Canyon Minotaur, Essence Scatter, Excommunicate, Centaur Courser, Undead Slayer, Island
My pick:
Undead Slayer
This should’ve been Essence Scatter to stay open to blue since Undead Slayer is best as a sideboard card.
Pack 1 pick 10:
Craw Wurm, Viashino Spearhunter, Coral Merfolk, Jackal Familiar, Inferno Elemental, Swamp
My pick:
Inferno Elemental
This underrated creature allowed me to stay open to red.
Pack 1 pick 11:
Burning Inquiry, Jump, Bramble Creeper, Wurm’s Tooth, Forest
My pick:
Bramble Creeper
Pack 1 pick 12:
Burning Inquiry, Jump, Bramble Creeper, Swamp
My pick:
Bramble Creeper
Pack 1 pick 13:
Burst of Speed, Runeclaw Bear, Mountain
My pick:
Runeclaw Bear
Pack 1 pick 14:
Burning Inquiry, Island
My pick:
Burning Inquiry
Pack 1 pick 15:
Mountain
My pick:
Mountain
Pack 2 pick 1:
Excommunicate, Viashino Spearhunter, Giant Spider, Ponder, Veteran Swordsmith, Kelinore Bat, Kindled Fury, Bountiful Harvest, Tome Scour, Runeclaw Bear, Demon’s Horn, Act of Treason, Enormous Baloth, Siege-Gang Commander, Plains
My pick:
Siege-Gang Commander
With this bomb, my colors were set, black/red.
Pack 2 pick 2:
Lightning Bolt, Elvish Visionary, Pacifism, Coral Merfolk, Disorient, Holy Strength, Drudge Skeletons, Lava Axe, Wall of Faith, Entangling Vines, Black Knight, Act of Treason, Guardian Seraph, Swamp
My pick:
Lightning Bolt
Pack 2 pick 3:
Stampeding Rhino, Looming Shade, Elvish Visionary, Yawning Fissure, Zombie Goliath, Negate, Duress, Regenerate, Convincing Mirage, Cudgel Troll, Diabolic Tutor, Megrim, Island
My pick:
Diabolic Tutor
I didn’t know if black was going to be my main color, so I took the tutor over Looming Shade. The tutor fetches my bomb and is uncommon while Looming Shade is common so there was a good chance of seeing another one.
Pack 2 pick 4:
Dragon’s Claw (FOIL), Griffin Sentinel, Convincing Mirage, Soul Warden, Yawning Fissure, Acolyte of Xathrid, Mist Leopard, Negate, Ornithopter, Sleep, Celestial Purge, Forest
My pick:
Sleep
Hate draft.
Pack 2 pick 5:
Siege Mastodon, Fiery Hellhound, Unsummon, Kelinore Bat, Blinding Mage, Angel’s Mercy, Soul Bleed, Bountiful Harvest, Yawning Fissure, Ignite Disorder, Mountain
My pick:
Kelinore Bat
Pack 2 pick 6:
Centaur Courser, Tome Scour, Soul Warden, Acolyte of Xathrid, Regenerate, Kindled Fury, Negate, Wurm’s Tooth, Mold Adder, Forest
My pick:
Centaur Courser
The packs were not looking good for me. This is why I don’t recommend forcing a color. If the person you’re passing to in pack one doesn’t read your signals like you intend, you could end up with a poor pack two. In pack one, it’s better to analyze the cards being passed to you and figure which colors are open.
Pack 2 pick 7:
Burning Inquiry (FOIL), Divination, Divine Verdict, Horned Turtle, Soul Bleed, Mist Leopard, Convincing Mirage, Act of Treason, Swamp
My pick:
Act of Treason
This card is best in an aggro deck. Unfortunately, my deck was very aggressive at this point. I hoped to see Stone Giant or Vampire Aristocrat to make Act of Treason better.
Pack 2 pick 8:
Cancel, Horned Turtle, Kindled Fury, Bountiful Harvest, Tome Scour, Yawning Fissure, Ornithopter, Forest
My pick:
Kindled Fury
Pack 2 pick 9:
Excommunicate, Ponder, Kindled Fury, Bountiful Harvest, Tome Scour, Demon’s Horn, Plains
My pick:
Excommunicate
I’m not happy to play Kindled Fury in my maindeck, so drafting two of them was not going to happen when I could hate a playable card.
Pack 2 pick 10:
Coral Merfolk, Disorient, Holy Strength, Lava Axe, Wall of Faith, Swamp
My pick:
Lava Axe
Pack 2 pick 11:
Yawning Fissure, Negate, Duress, Convincing Mirage, Island
My pick:
Duress
Pack 2 pick 12:
Convincing Mirage, Yawning Fissure, Ornithopter, Forest
My pick:
Convincing Mirage
Pack 2 pick 13:
Angel’s Mercy, Yawning Fissure, Mountain
My pick:
Angel’s Mercy
Pack 2 pick 14:
Regenerate, Forest
My pick:
Regenerate
Pack 2 pick 15:
Swamp
My pick:
Swamp
Pack 3 pick 1:
Assassinate, Goblin Piker, Ice Cage, Veteran Swordsmith, Deadly Recluse, Dread Warlock, Merfolk Looter, Silvercoat Lion, Stampeding Rhino, Looming Shade, Armored Ascension, Angel’s Feather, Nature’s Spiral, Djinn of Wishes, Plains
My pick:
Assassinate
Pack 3 pick 2:
Rampant Growth, Sparkmage Apprentice, Wind Drake, Fog, Trumpet Blast, Zephyr Sprite, Palace Guard, Disentomb, Emerald Oryx, Whispersilk Cloak, Levitation, Megrim, Elvish Archdruid, Swamp
My pick:
Sparkmage Apprentice
Pack 3 pick 3:
Veteran Swordsmith, Deadly Recluse, Canyon Minotaur, Weakness, Trumpet Blast, Bramble Creeper, Disorient, Holy Strength, Demon’s Horn, Mold Adder, Gorgon Flail, Manabarbs, Plains
My pick:
Canyon Minotaur
Pack 3 pick 4:
Razorfoot Griffin, Craw Wurm, Dread Warlock, Goblin Piker, Divination, Sign in Blood, Berserkers of Blood Ridge, Stormfront Pegasus, Stampeding Rhino, White Knight, Wall of Fire, Island
My pick:
Dread Warlock
Pack 3 pick 5:
Divine Verdict, Goblin Piker, Ice Cage, Veteran Swordsmith, Angel’s Mercy, Zombie Goliath, Runeclaw Bear, Convincing Mirage, Mold Adder, Warp World, Forest
My pick:
Zombie Goliath
Pack 3 pick 6:
Illusionary Servant, Warpath Ghoul, Excommunicate, Viashino Spearhunter, Solemn Offering, Entangling Vines, Firebreathing, Serpent of the Endless Sea, Stone Giant, Plains
My pick:
Warpath Ghoul
This should’ve been Stone Giant. I was afraid of the double red in the casting cost since my deck was looking to have more black than red. I should’ve realized that I didn’t have any cards that required a lot of black mana, so Stone Giant would’ve been fine.
Pack 3 pick 7:
Unsummon, Veteran Armorsmith, Vampire Aristocrat, Lightning Elemental, Lifelink, Horned Turtle, Righteousness, Mirror of Fate, Forest
My pick:
Vampire Aristocrat
I was so glad to see this because of the Act of Treason in my pile.
Pack 3 pick 8:
Fiery Hellhound, Ponder, Sparkmage Apprentice, Horned Turtle, Soul Bleed, Convincing Mirage, Wall of Fire, Forest
My pick:
Sparkmage Apprentice
Pack 3 pick 9:
Goblin Piker, Ice Cage, Merfolk Looter, Silvercoat Lion, Angel’s Feather, Nature’s Spiral, Plains
My pick:
Goblin Piker
Pack 3 pick 10:
Rampant Growth, Trumpet Blast, Zephyr Sprite, Levitation, Megrim, Swamp
My pick:
Rampant Growth
Pack 3 pick 11:
Trumpet Blast, Disorient, Holy Strength, Demon’s Horn, Plains
My pick:
Trumpet Blast
Pack 3 pick 12:
Goblin Piker, Berserkers of Blood Ridge, Wall of Fire, Island
My pick:
Berserkers of Blood Ridge
Pack 3 pick 13:
Goblin Piker, Convincing Mirage, Forest
My pick:
Goblin Piker
Pack 3 pick 14:
Firebreathing, Plains
My pick:
Firebreathing
Pack 3 pick 15:
Forest
My pick:
Forest
| Red/Black Pile | |||||||||||
Creatures (14) | Spells (9)
Lands (17) Notable Sideboard Cards (2) |
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I was not too excited about the deck. Two Goblin Piker and Lava Axe is not my idea of awesomeness. I usually leave those cards in the sideboard but I needed cards to fill out my deck.
Match 1 vs Newbie
He played Howling Mine, Megrim, Spellbook, Angel’s Mercy, Angel’s Feather, and Underworld Dreams.
Limited rating change: +5 (1695 to 1700)
Match 2 vs Red/White
G1: He chose to play and kept his opening seven. I mulliganed:
3 Mountain
Swamp
Diabolic Tutor
Siege-Gang Commander
Zombie Goliath
And kept:
Kelinore Bat
Assassinate
Zombie Goliath
Mind Rot
2 Mountain
I had Kelinore Bat when he played Prodigal Pyromancer. Luckily, I topdecked Sparkmage Apprentice. However, he followed up with Rod of Ruin and took out my flyer.
I played Dread Warlock but he had a second Prodigal Pyromancer. He played some other creatures, but I drew removal to deal with them. Also, I had a huge Mind Rot when his only two cards in hand were Ajani Goldmane and Goblin Artillery.
He played Rhox Pikemaster while I had no cards in hand and no creatures on the battlefield but I topdecked Gargoyle Castle. The 3/4 flyer + Gorgon Flail finished him off.
G2: He had a fast start while I was stuck on four land with a bunch of expensive cards in hand. His creatures were bigger than mine and Ajani Goldmane sealed the deal.
G3: This was an interesting game where he had the advantage early with Wall of Fire to stop my early beats and then Rod of Ruin to kill my small guys. However, I found removal to stop his most dangerous creatures and he ran out of removal. Gorgon Flail + my bigger guys were able to finish him off.
Inferno Elemental + Gorgon Flail is a slow but very powerful combo. You get a one-sided The Abyss every time it attacks or blocks.
Limited rating change: +9 (1700 to 1709)
Match 3 vs Black/White
G1: I made a mistake by killing Blinding Mage instead of Kelinore Bat when I was losing the race and had no flying blockers. Fortunately, I drew Vampire Aristocrat and killed his flyer with Act of Treason.
After that, I drew my own bat and Siege-Gang Commander. He didn’t find anything to deal with my bomb.
G2: We kept the battlefield clear by trading and using removal. We were both low in cards when I drew Siege-Gang Commander. Again, he couldn’t deal with it. That card is insane.
Limited rating change: +9 (1709 to 1718)
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I thought you would have easily been in white/red. Doom blade was completely the right pick, but the pacifism should have been natural. You have 2 colors to shoot for setting yourself to hit that pikemaster.
That shoulda been a windmill slam of double Pyromancer, then double or single gorgon flail. You could have had 1 to 2 palace guards with double divine verdict.
Your deck would have been amazing. Especially with that late pick Blinding Mage