Catowner convinced me I should stop making so many 3-0 deck threads, and since so far that is half of my M13 decks (with the other half being WWLs) I am inclined to agree with him. The first one I really thought I was going to get my first M13 6-0, but my round 3 opponent had two games in which he played T2: Flinthoof Boar, T3: Rancor, and when your opponent is on the play that is really difficult to get out from under. Here is how the draft went down:
Certainly light on removal, but a bunch of creatures and Predatory Rampage help to make up for that. Every game without fail was won on the strength of either the aformentioned rampage, Shimian Specter or evasion. The hardest deck by far was round 3's. He said he didn't have more than 1 rancor, but he played it every single game. Games 1 and 3 he played it on a T2 3/3 Flinthoof Boar, which was ridiculous. Game 1 it meant I took 15 damage from the boar alone. Game 3 it meant my deadly recluse died, I took 3 damage, and he replayed it on a 2/2. Luckily I did not get mana short in that game and eventually won. Game 2 was a blowout in my favor because he missed his second land drop, and would have been an interesting game otherwise because of course he had rancor in it as well.
As a sidenote, after seeing Shimian take 3 of my opponent's Public Executions from him... I am a fan.
It was revealed to me in a dream. All the cards were in my dream except for three slots which I plugged in as Vault Skirge.
FULL DISCLOSURE: The dream was post AVR so there was a copy of Slayer's Stronghold. I decided to keep it pre AVR in my post here.
EDIT: I just remembered. The Skirges might have been 2x Whipflare and 1x something else, probably War and Peace.
EDIT2: Currently 4-0 in my first four games with this. My opponents have been very angry. I fought off a Wurmcoil from Grixis for six turns before I found my second Dispatch. Jeez, I can do a lot of damage.
EDIT3: Streak broken. Lost to an unexpected Overrun. Cracking a Shrine for 10 wasn't enough.
I don't like being down on anyone's decks because 3-0 is, well, 3-0 but some of the options you had available to you shows how week MTGO Swiss drafting is. These picks really stood out as absured picks that should not have been there.
P2p8 - Giant Scorpion. The best black common creature in the set P2p10 - Harbor Bandit (note also the Show and Entrancer are also still in this pack) P2p11 - Ring and Tricks both of which are high picks
I'd take beast tracker over visionary if I had a sentinel spider. 1/1s are often just irrelevant.
I liked the Beast Tracker until I found out it puts the cards on the top of the deck, rather than in your hand. Now I don't try to target it unless I'm already solidly in green.
I don't like being down on anyone's decks because 3-0 is, well, 3-0 but some of the options you had available to you shows how week MTGO Swiss drafting is. These picks really stood out as absured picks that should not have been there.
P2p8 - Giant Scorpion. The best black common creature in the set P2p10 - Harbor Bandit (note also the Show and Entrancer are also still in this pack) P2p11 - Ring and Tricks both of which are high picks
P3p11 - Essence Scatter - this is first pickable
Certainly there were a lot of strong cards going late, but I wouldn't say they were going later than they would in an offline draft at my local store. The thing I noticed most about this draft was how many late cross-land creatures I was seeing, since I tend to like all of them quite a bit.
As for the P11 Essence Scatter, I don't think anyone was in blue, which would also help to explain the Ring, Tricks and Harbor Bandits.
Overall I would have picked 90% of the cards you did. I was a little surprised about the Harbor Bandits. You have a lot of double color cards in black and green. I would be terrified that I would be mana screwed because of my luck.
Overall I would have picked 90% of the cards you did. I was a little surprised about the Harbor Bandits. You have a lot of double color cards in black and green. I would be terrified that I would be mana screwed because of my luck.
Once the second one tabled I knew I had to try splashing for them. Worse case scenario they are Grey Ogres, best case they are unblockable 3/3s.
It was revealed to me in a dream. All the cards were in my dream except for three slots which I plugged in as Vault Skirge.
FULL DISCLOSURE: The dream was post AVR so there was a copy of Slayer's Stronghold. I decided to keep it pre AVR in my post here.
EDIT: I just remembered. The Skirges might have been 2x Whipflare and 1x something else, probably War and Peace.
EDIT2: Currently 4-0 in my first four games with this. My opponents have been very angry. I fought off a Wurmcoil from Grixis for six turns before I found my second Dispatch. Jeez, I can do a lot of damage.
EDIT3: Streak broken. Lost to an unexpected Overrun. Cracking a Shrine for 10 wasn't enough.
Overall I would have picked 90% of the cards you did. I was a little surprised about the Harbor Bandits. You have a lot of double color cards in black and green. I would be terrified that I would be mana screwed because of my luck.
Once the second one tabled I knew I had to try splashing for them. Worse case scenario they are Grey Ogres, best case they are unblockable 3/3s.
Agreed. In my last draft I needed one more creature and did include one without the land splash. It was fine. Out of curiosity, how often in your matches did the islands show up and make a difference?
Cracking a Shrine for 10 wasn't enough. 
