Mark TPF Draft #8

Pack 1:

Rift Bolt, Pentarch Ward, Bonesplitter Sliver, Dark Withering, Viscerid Deepwalker, Ashcoat Bear, Greenseeker, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Phthisis, Foriysian Totem, Spell Burst, Magus of the Candelabra, Auratog

Pick:

Phthisis

Pack 2:

Urborg Syphon-Mage, Cloudchaser Kestrel, Thallid Germinator, Terramorphic Expanse, Snapback, Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Premature Burial, Wipe Away, Paradise Plume, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy, Sol'kanar the Swamp King

Pick:

Urborg Syphon-Mage

Pack 3:

Gemhide Sliver, Feebleness, Castle Raptors, Chromatic Star, Tolarian Sentinel, Flowstone Channeler, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Watcher Sliver, Thrill of the Hunt, Molten Slagheap, Pendelhaven Elder, Sudden Spoiling

Pick:

Sudden Spoiling

Pack 4:

Amrou Seekers, Corpulent Corpse, Cancel, Empty the Warrens, Subterranean Shambler, Mindlash Sliver, Havenwood Wurm, Chameleon Blur, Flickering Spirit, Cavalry Master, Spirit Loop, Moonlace

Pick:

Corpulent Corpse

Pack 5:

Icatian Crier, Bonesplitter Sliver, Tendrils of Corruption, Errant Doomsayers, Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell, Psychotic Episode, Tectonic Fiend, Tivadar of Thorn, Grinning Totem

Pick:

Tendrils of Corruption

Pack 6:

Ivory Giant, Clockspinning, Bogardan Rager, Sangrophage, D'Avenant Healer, Wormwood Dryad, Spell Burst, Dementia Sliver, Urza's Factory, Plains

Pick:

Urza's Factory

Pack 7:

Gaze of Justice, Flamecore Elemental, Sidewinder Sliver, Viscid Lemures, Two-Headed Sliver, Blazing Blade Askari, Ignite Memories, Skittering Monstrosity, Eron the Relentless

Pick:

Eron the Relentless

Pack 8:

Trespasser il-Vec, Amrou Scout, Scarwood Treefolk, Mystical Teachings, Two-Headed Sliver, Clockspinning, Primal Forcemage, Gustcloak Cavalier

Pick:

Trespasser il-Vec

Pack 9:

Pentarch Ward, Foriysian Interceptor, Basal Sliver, Drifter il-Dal, Spell Burst, Magus of the Candelabra, Auratog

Pick:

Auratog

Pack 10:

Savage Thallid, Screeching Sliver, Momentary Blink, Ancient Grudge, Paradise Plume, Mishra, Artificer Prodigy

Pick:

Paradise Plume

Pack 11:

Feebleness, Chromatic Star, Shadow Sliver, Ophidian Eye, Pendelhaven Elder

Pick:

Chromatic Star

Pack 12:

Mindlash Sliver, Chameleon Blur, Spirit Loop, Moonlace

Pick:

Moonlace

Pack 13:

Ghitu Firebreathing, Bewilder, Detainment Spell

Pick:

Detainment Spell

Pack 14:

Clockspinning, Sangrophage

Pick:

Sangrophage

Pack 15:

Skittering Monstrosity

Pick:

Skittering Monstrosity

Pack 16:

Synchronous Sliver, Utopia Vow, Dawn Charm, Spitting Sliver, Evolution Charm, Shade of Trokair, Fury Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Rathi Trapper, Fa'adiyah Seer, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Stonecloaker, Timebender, Riptide Pilferer, Retether

Pick:

Rathi Trapper

Pack 17:

Mire Boa, Aven Riftwatcher, Cradle to Grave, Dead / Gone, Dash Hopes, Reality Acid, Citanul Woodreaders, Healing Leaves, Simian Spirit Guide, Gossamer Phantasm, Hunting Wilds, Frenetic Sliver, Heroes Remembered, Veiling Oddity

Pick:

Dead / Gone

Pack 18:

Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Spitting Sliver, Veiling Oddity, Pallid Mycoderm, Keldon Marauders, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Bog Serpent, Revered Dead, Healing Leaves, Jodah's Avenger, Calciderm

Pick:

Jodah's Avenger

Pack 19:

Reflex Sliver, Dreamscape Artist, Poultice Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Fury Charm, Evolution Charm, Simian Spirit Guide, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Healing Leaves, Deadwood Treefolk, Serra's Boon, Pyrohemia

Pick:

Pyrohemia

Pack 20:

Mire Boa, Battering Sliver, Aven Riftwatcher, Erratic Mutation, Deadly Grub, Aquamorph Entity, Firefright Mage, Mana Tithe, Circle of Affliction, Lavacore Elemental, Dunerider Outlaw

Pick:

Dunerider Outlaw

Pack 21:

Dawn Charm, Stingscourger, Dust Corona, Reality Acid, Blightspeaker, Skirk Shaman, Healing Leaves, Revered Dead, Deadwood Treefolk, Magus of the Bazaar

Pick:

Blightspeaker

Pack 22:

Midnight Charm, Saltfield Recluse, Needlepeak Spider, Brain Gorgers, Ghost Tactician, Wistful Thinking, Piracy Charm, Primal Plasma, Seal of Primordium

Pick:

Midnight Charm

Pack 23:

Ridged Kusite, Reflex Sliver, Reality Acid, Deadly Grub, Citanul Woodreaders, Melancholy, Darkheart Sliver, Porphyry Nodes

Pick:

Melancholy

Pack 24:

Synchronous Sliver, Fury Charm, Vitaspore Thallid, Fa'adiyah Seer, Merfolk Thaumaturgist, Timebender, Retether

Pick:

Fury Charm

Pack 25:

Dash Hopes, Healing Leaves, Simian Spirit Guide, Gossamer Phantasm, Frenetic Sliver, Heroes Remembered

Pick:

Simian Spirit Guide

Pack 26:

Reflex Sliver, Spitting Sliver, Dust Corona, Uktabi Drake, Healing Leaves

Pick:

Spitting Sliver

Pack 27:

Reflex Sliver, Poultice Sliver, Ghost Tactician, Healing Leaves

Pick:

Poultice Sliver

Pack 28:

Deadly Grub, Firefright Mage, Lavacore Elemental

Pick:

Firefright Mage

Pack 29:

Healing Leaves, Revered Dead

Pick:

Revered Dead

Pack 30:

Ghost Tactician

Pick:

Ghost Tactician

Pack 31:

Petrified Plating, Judge Unworthy, Leaden Fists, Gathan Raiders, Quiet Disrepair, Vedalken Aethermage, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sporoloth Ancient, Grinning Ignus, Whip-Spine Drake, Mass of Ghouls, Utopia Mycon, Haze of Rage, Dakmor Salvage, Shimian Specter

Pick:

Shimian Specter

Pack 32:

Cutthroat il-Dal, Gathan Raiders, Llanowar Augur, Augur of Skulls, Sprout Swarm, Samite Censer-Bearer, Ghostfire, Fomori Nomad, Patrician's Scorn, Logic Knot, Nessian Courser, Skirk Ridge Exhumer, Sparkspitter, Cyclical Evolution

Pick:

Ghostfire

Pack 33:

Aven Augur, Ichor Slick, Bogardan Lancer, Knight of Sursi, Grave Peril, Grave Scrabbler, Henchfiend of Ukor, Lymph Sliver, Homing Sliver, Sporoloth Ancient, Even the Odds, Mystic Speculation, Bitter Ordeal

Pick:

Ichor Slick

Pack 34:

Wrap in Vigor, Samite Censer-Bearer, Putrid Cyclops, Rift Elemental, Grave Scrabbler, Mesmeric Sliver, Deepcavern Imp, Flowstone Embrace, Stronghold Rats, New Benalia, Shivan Sand-Mage, Shah of Naar Isle

Pick:

Flowstone Embrace

Pack 35:

Venser's Diffusion, Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Fomori Nomad, Logic Knot, Vedalken Aethermage, Virulent Sliver, Frenzy Sliver, Ravaging Riftwurm, Lost Auramancers, Delay

Pick:

Fomori Nomad

Pack 36:

Gift of Granite, Augur of Skulls, Lost Hours, Lymph Sliver, Blind Phantasm, Virulent Sliver, Mass of Ghouls, Cloudseeder, Skirk Ridge Exhumer, Llanowar Reborn

Pick:

Mass of Ghouls

Pack 37:

Lost Hours, Wrap in Vigor, Blade of the Sixth Pride, Sarcomite Myr, Death Rattle, Homing Sliver, Cyclical Evolution, Chronomantic Escape, Cloud Key

Pick:

Death Rattle

Pack 38:

Emberwilde Augur, Putrid Cyclops, Bogardan Lancer, Blind Phantasm, Grinning Ignus, Pooling Venom, Tolaria West, Nix

Pick:

Emberwilde Augur

Pack 39:

Petrified Plating, Leaden Fists, Quiet Disrepair, Grinning Ignus, Mass of Ghouls, Utopia Mycon, Dakmor Salvage

Pick:

Grinning Ignus

Pack 40:

Cutthroat il-Dal, Llanowar Augur, Augur of Skulls, Samite Censer-Bearer, Patrician's Scorn, Skirk Ridge Exhumer

Pick:

Augur of Skulls

Pack 41:

Bogardan Lancer, Grave Scrabbler, Homing Sliver, Even the Odds, Mystic Speculation

Pick:

Grave Scrabbler

Pack 42:

Samite Censer-Bearer, Putrid Cyclops, Rift Elemental, Grave Scrabbler

Pick:

Putrid Cyclops

Pack 43:

Oblivion Crown, Saltskitter, Frenzy Sliver

Pick:

Frenzy Sliver

Pack 44:

Lost Hours, Virulent Sliver

Pick:

Virulent Sliver

Pack 45:

Lost Hours

Pick:

Lost Hours

Maindeck:

1 Augur of Skulls
1 Blightspeaker
1 Corpulent Corpse
1 Dunerider Outlaw
1 Ichor Slick
1 Mass of Ghouls
1 Phthisis
1 Putrid Cyclops
1 Rathi Trapper
1 Shimian Specter
1 Sudden Spoiling
1 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Trespasser il-Vec
1 Urborg Syphon-Mage
1 Eron the Relentless
1 Emberwilde Augur
1 Firefright Mage
1 Flowstone Embrace
1 Fomori Nomad
1 Grinning Ignus
1 Pyrohemia
1 Ghostfire
1 Dead // Gone
8 Mountain
9 Swamp

Sideboard:

1 Auratog
1 Chromatic Star
1 Death Rattle
1 Detainment Spell
1 Frenzy Sliver
1 Fury Charm
1 Ghost Tactician
1 Grave Scrabbler
1 Jodah's Avenger
1 Lost Hours
1 Melancholy
1 Midnight Charm
1 Moonlace
1 Paradise Plume
1 Poultice Sliver
1 Revered Dead
1 Sangrophage
1 Simian Spirit Guide
1 Skittering Monstrosity
1 Spitting Sliver
1 Urza's Factory
1 Virulent Sliver

New Joint Draft!

Brian and I did a draft together. He was sitting three places to my right (and the bastard took some of my red).

This draft was by far the worse I have experienced in terms of color confusion. I think this is due to the fact that there were 3 people at the table who we sub-1550 rank. I knew I was going to go into blue with the strong signaling in the first pack, and that's about all the signaling I got for the entire draft. I later learned that the guy two seats to my right went monoblack, which explains why that dried up. It was of some consolation to me that he drafted one of the worst decks I have ever seen. Green and red also dried up quickly, which confused me since at certain points both colors seemed to be open.

I ended up going U/G/r and it all worked out, although I would have preferred to get more solid green. Brian and I both made it to the second round. I'm not sure who he lost to, but the guy that beat me was ranked 1850 and had an amazing deck, so I don't feel too bad about the loss.

Overall, I think this draft illustrates very well what happens when you put a bunch of drafting newbies together: blue gets left alone and everything else goes to high hell.