11/3/2008 Draft Simulator > magicthegathering.com

2 years ago :: Nov 01, 2008 - 6:35AM #1
WotC_Monty Posts: 1,362 Date Joined: 11/05/03	This thread is for discussion of this week's Booster Draft Simulator, which goes live Monday morning on magicthegathering.com.
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2 years ago :: Nov 01, 2008 - 12:27PM #2
christrocker117 Posts: 1 Date Joined: 11/01/08	Hey guys, im new to magic and this was my first draft ever. I was wondering if you could tell me if this is a decent draft and if you could give me some pointers on how to draft better. thanks. Round 1: Bogardan Firefiend Dragon's Claw Duct Crawler Mountain Mountain Fear Lava Axe Dross Crocodile Smash Swamp Plague Beetle Unholy Strength Natural Spring Forest Mountain Round 2: Incinerate Karplusan Forest Spawning Pool Severed Legion Forest Swamp Highway Robber Shatterstorm Swamp Elvish Berserker Mountain Fear Stun Upwelling Island Round 3: Bogardan Firefiend Smash Cruel Edict Guerrilla Tactics Guerrilla Tactics Swamp Cruel Edict Tangle Spider Swamp Mountain Llanowar Sentinel Swamp Firebreathing Contaminated Bond Plains
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2 years ago :: Nov 01, 2008 - 7:47PM #3
Guest1236412520 Posts: 6 Date Joined: 11/01/08	christrocker117, welcome to magic. Drafting is alot of fun and I hope you find a good bunch of people to do it with. Regarding your draft, Bogardan Firefiend is a fine card although it is not usually the best card in the pack. Your next set of cards are fairly bad though, and basic lands should always go 15th (when you build your deck you are given the land for free so each basic in the booster is essentially a blank card). Draft decks are almost never mono-colourered cimply because there aren't enough playables. They are usually two coloured although as you can see from my draft below, I am splashing white for two powerful cards, Hail of Arrows and Ballista Squad. There are lots of advice articles on how to play magic well, and I highly reccommend the magic academy articles (the one on drafting is towards the end). http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/A … ademy/home Round 1: Hail of Arrows Stalking Tiger Giant Growth Giant Spider Skyhunter Patrol Elvish Champion Battlefield Forge Cloud Elemental Rampant Growth Peek Peek Overgrowth Natural Spring Firebreathing Mountain Round 2: Air Elemental Spined Wurm Rampant Growth Aggressive Urge Rampant Growth Spiketail Hatchling Rootwater Commando Aven Cloudchaser Primal Rage Cancel Rootwater Commando Suntail Hawk Holy Strength Robe of Mirrors Island Round 3: Ballista Squad Rootwalla Snapping Drake Civic Wayfinder Scion of the Wild Avatar of Might Phantom Warrior Tangle Spider Rootwater Commando Angelic Wall Llanowar Sentinel Tundra Wolves Firebreathing Rule of Law Plains The deck I would build with this is: Giant Growth Aggressive Urge Cancel Hail of Arrows Spiketail Hatchling Rootwalla Elvish Champion Cloud Elemental Civic Wayfinder Scion of the Wild Phantom Warrior Llanowar Sentinel Snapping Drake Stalking Tiger Giant Spider Ballista Squad Air Elemental Spined Wurm Tangle Spider Avatar of Might Rampant Growth Rampant Growth Rampant Growth 6 Island Plains 9 Forest
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2 years ago :: Nov 02, 2008 - 1:09PM #4
popcapking112 Posts: 1 Date Joined: 08/18/07	Round 1: Bogardan Firefiend Twitch Sky Weaver Twitch Faerie Conclave Cancel Lava Axe Rock Badger Smash Dragon's Claw Duct Crawler Crafty Pathmage Mountain Firebreathing Mountain Round 2: Incinerate Karplusan Forest Evacuation Sage Owl Stun Robe of Mirrors Wall of Fire Shatterstorm Demolish Aura Graft Shimmering Wings Goblin Sky Raider Forest Swamp Island Round 3: Bogardan Firefiend Mountain Uncontrollable Anger Spellbook Sift Rock Badger Unsummon Robe of Mirrors Swamp Soulblast Forest Swamp Island Swamp Plains
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2 years ago :: Nov 02, 2008 - 11:00PM #5
DarkSun2012 Posts: 3,899 Date Joined: 07/25/03	I tried uw on this one and it ended up being terrible... I thought it was nice with first pick puppeteer, second pick sift and I ended up with 2 story circles, but the packs quickly lack playables and I'd be hard pressed to get to a 40 card decks and I have absolutly nothing to kill my opponent... In other words, don't go uw!
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2 years ago :: Nov 02, 2008 - 11:03PM #6
Kingritz Posts: 107 Date Joined: 11/04/06	I had UW that looked just fine. Anything will kill your opponent if you attach a Loxodon Warhammer to it.
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2 years ago :: Nov 02, 2008 - 11:23PM #7
RoadsArePoison Posts: 2,095 Date Joined: 07/24/07	Mono Black is the way to go. Round 1: Severed Legion Cruel Edict Mass of Ghouls Mass of Ghouls Story Circle Deathmark Knight of Dusk Ravenous Rats Unholy Strength Ravenous Rats Warrior's Honor Sleeper Agent Spineless Thug Wurm's Tooth Plains Round 2: Cruel Edict Severed Legion Consume Spirit Knight of Dusk Phage the Untouchable Ravenous Rats Faerie Conclave Boomerang Contaminated Bond Traumatize Stronghold Discipline Remove Soul Wall of Wood Plague Beetle Swamp Round 3: Loxodon Warhammer Lord of the Undead Festering Goblin Gravedigger Assassinate Coat of Arms Gravedigger Severed Legion Aggressive Urge Distress Mind Rot Bandage Wall of Wood High Ground Plains I probably should have grabbed the 2nd Story Circle going around, but whatever. I wish I could have gotten another Deathmark in pack 3 pick 1, but you can't not take Warhammer.
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2 years ago :: Nov 02, 2008 - 11:25PM #8
Neo_James Posts: 11 Date Joined: 12/24/06	Round 1: Puppeteer Phantom Warrior Hunted Wumpus Llanowar Elves Aggressive Urge Cancel Chromatic Star Naturalize Crafty Pathmage Cloud Sprite Skyshroud Ranger Forest Robe of Mirrors Wurm's Tooth Plains Round 2: Llanowar Elves Rushwood Dryad Remove Soul Time Stop Rampant Growth Femeref Archers Twitch Boomerang Regeneration Traumatize Swamp Remove Soul Shimmering Wings Mountain Swamp Round 3: Loxodon Warhammer Giant Growth Remove Soul Llanowar Elves Terramorphic Expanse Crafty Pathmage Cloud Sprite Dreamborn Muse Skyshroud Ranger Skyshroud Ranger Plains Aura Graft Fugitive Wizard Island Plains I know I wasn't suppose to pick lands, but I wanted to stick with a U/G deck but I don't think its that bad, what do you guys think?
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2 years ago :: Nov 02, 2008 - 11:31PM #9
Neo_James Posts: 11 Date Joined: 12/24/06	I probably should have grabbed the 2nd Story Circle going around, but whatever. I wish I could have gotten another Deathmark in pack 3 pick 1, but you can't not take Warhammer. Warhammer pick in a booster = YOIN wrote: Warhammer pick in a booster = YOINK!!! :D
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2 years ago :: Nov 02, 2008 - 11:31PM #10
Neo_James Posts: 11 Date Joined: 12/24/06	I probably should have grabbed the 2nd Story Circle going around, but whatever. I wish I could have gotten another Deathmark in pack 3 pick 1, but you can't not take Warhammer. Warhammer pick in a booster = YOINK!!! :D
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