Second draft recap
In my second draft I unfortunately lost in the first round, timing out. I'm still not completely used to MODO, and I'm sure I have several unnecessary stops, that cause me to lose time. When I got timed out it was Game 3 and I had a Mindleech Mass that was finally going to start hitting my opponent. Sigh...
Here's how the draft went:
Draft:
Pack 1:
Gaze of the Gorgon, Goblin Spelunkers, Greater Mossdog, Vedalken Entrancer, Golgari Rotwurm, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Seeds of Strength, Veteran Armorer, Flight of Fancy, Remand, Golgari Guildmage, Ribbons of Night, Chorus of the Conclave
Pick: Ribbons of Night
Pack 2:
Convolute, Golgari Rot Farm, Dogpile, Vedalken Dismisser, Dimir House Guard, Perplex, Dryad's Caress, Caregiver, Transluminant, Snapping Drake, Belltower Sphinx
Pick: Vedalken Dismisser
Pack 3:
Induce Paranoia, Roofstalker Wight, Torpid Moloch, Surveilling Sprite, Dimir House Guard, Forest, Perplex, Gate Hound, Siege Wurm, Peel from Reality, Recollect, Wojek Apothecary, Golgari Germination
Pick: Peel from Reality
Pack 4:
Mortipede, Dogpile, Selesnya Sanctuary, Vedalken Entrancer, Thundersong Trumpeter, Sundering Vitae, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Selesnya Evangel, Compulsive Research, Carven Caryatid, Festival of the Guildpact
Pick: Compulsive Research
Pack 5:
Viashino Slasher, Golgari Rot Farm, Surveilling Sprite, Clinging Darkness, Conclave's Blessing, Quickchange, Sewerdreg, Ethereal Usher, Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
Pick: Golgari Rot Farm
Pack 6:
Terrarion, Votary of the Conclave, Drift of Phantasms, Muddle the Mixture, Grayscaled Gharial, Shred Memory, Rain of Embers, Golgari Signet, Psychic Drain, Spawnbroker
Pick: Drift of Phantasms
Pack 7:
Barbarian Riftcutter, Greater Mossdog, Courier Hawk, Barbarian Riftcutter, Boros Recruit, Quickchange, Infectious Host, Transluminant, Selesnya Signet
Pick: Courier Hawk
Pack 8:
Wojek Siren, Convolute, Dimir Aqueduct, Sadistic Augermage, Infectious Host, Rally the Righteous, Elvish Skysweeper, Mindleech Mass
Pick: Mindleech Mass
Pack 9:
Goblin Spelunkers, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Seeds of Strength, Remand, Chorus of the Conclave
Pick: Remand
Pack 10:
Convolute, Golgari Rot Farm, Dogpile, Perplex, Dryad's Caress, Sins of the Past
Pick: Golgari Rot Farm
Pack 11:
Torpid Moloch, Forest, Perplex, Gate Hound, Wojek Apothecary
Pick: Torpid Moloch
Pack 12:
Dogpile, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Festival of the Guildpact
Pick: Caregiver
Pack 13:
Viashino Slasher, Conclave's Blessing, Ethereal Usher
Pick: Ethereal Usher
Pack 14:
Grayscaled Gharial, Rain of Embers
Pick: Rain of Embers
Pack 15:
Quickchange
Pick: Quickchange
Pack 16:
Coalhauler Swine, Dimir Aqueduct, Courier Hawk, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Gather Courage, Boros Fury-Shield, Dromad Purebred, Grayscaled Gharial, Necromantic Thirst, Brainspoil, Shambling Shell, Reroute, Nullmage Shepherd, Halcyon Glaze, Razia, Boros Archangel
Pick: Brainspoil
Pack 17:
Tattered Drake, Strands of Undeath, Barbarian Riftcutter, Bramble Elemental, Ordruun Commando, Nightguard Patrol, Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Dimir Infiltrator, Shambling Shell, Fiery Conclusion, Glass Golem, Congregation at Dawn, Sandsower
Pick: Fiery Conclusion
Pack 18:
Selesnya Sanctuary, Stasis Cell, Roofstalker Wight, Incite Hysteria, Scatter the Seeds, Benevolent Ancestor, Boros Recruit, Smash, Golgari Brownscale, Last Gasp, Galvanic Arc, Pollenbright Wings, Pariah's Shield
Pick: Last Gasp
Pack 19:
Wojek Siren, Terraformer, Consult the Necrosages, Gather Courage, Sparkmage Apprentice, Nightguard Patrol, Thoughtpicker Witch, Seismic Spike, Elvish Skysweeper, Golgari Thug
Pick: Terraformer
Pack 20:
Civic Wayfinder, Votary of the Conclave, Terraformer, War-Torch Goblin, Screeching Griffin, Drake Familiar, Thoughtpicker Witch, Goblin Fire Fiend, Golgari Signet
Pick: Civic Wayfinder
Pack 21:
Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Boros Garrison, Tattered Drake, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Benevolent Ancestor, Zephyr Spirit, Lurking Informant, Surge of Zeal, Vigor Mortis, Leashling
Pick: Lurking Informant
Pack 22:
Goblin Spelunkers, Woodwraith Strangler, War-Torch Goblin, Conclave's Blessing, Dimir Infiltrator, Necromantic Thirst, Stoneshaker Shaman, Root-Kin Ally, Empty the Catacombs
Pick: Dimir Infiltrator
Pack 23:
Gaze of the Gorgon, Coalhauler Swine, Centaur Safeguard, Dryad's Caress, Dromad Purebred, Dizzy Spell, Undercity Shade, Rolling Spoil
Pick: Undercity Shade
Pack 24:
Coalhauler Swine, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Boros Fury-Shield, Dromad Purebred, Grayscaled Gharial, Necromantic Thirst, Reroute
Pick: Sabertooth Alley Cat
Pack 25:
Tattered Drake, Barbarian Riftcutter, Ordruun Commando, Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Congregation at Dawn
Pick: Tattered Drake
Pack 26:
Stasis Cell, Roofstalker Wight, Incite Hysteria, Boros Recruit, Smash
Pick: Roofstalker Wight
Pack 27:
Wojek Siren, Consult the Necrosages, Thoughtpicker Witch, Seismic Spike
Pick: Consult the Necrosages
Pack 28:
Votary of the Conclave, Goblin Fire Fiend, Perilous Forays
Pick: Goblin Fire Fiend
Pack 29:
Zephyr Spirit, Surge of Zeal
Pick: Surge of Zeal
Pack 30:
Conclave's Blessing
Pick: Conclave's Blessing
Pack 31:
Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian's Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Repeal, Scab-Clan Mauler, Izzet Boilerworks, Ghost Warden, Orzhov Euthanist, Smogsteed Rider, Dryad Sophisticate, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Invoke the Firemind
Pick: Invoke the Firemind
Pack 32:
Gruul Signet, Pyromatics, Infiltrator's Magemark, Absolver Thrull, Scab-Clan Mauler, Gruul Turf, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster's Magemark, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind, Mortify, Martyred Rusalka
Pick: Mortify
Pack 33:
Benediction of Moons, Tin Street Hooligan, Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Blind Hunter, Bloodscale Prowler, Repeal, Ghost Warden, Izzet Signet, Orzhov Euthanist, Agent of Masks, Vacuumelt, Smogsteed Rider
Pick: Blind Hunter
Pack 34:
Petrahydrox, Guardian's Magemark, Gigadrowse, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Withstand, Douse in Gloom, Silhana Starfletcher, Orzhov Basilica, Gatherer of Graces, To Arms!
Pick: Douse in Gloom
Pack 35:
Castigate, Necromancer's Magemark, Gruul Signet, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Lionheart Maverick, Leap of Flame, Train of Thought, Beastmaster's Magemark, Sinstriker's Will, Conjurer's Ban
Pick: Lionheart Maverick
Pack 36:
Orzhov Basilica, Shrieking Grotesque, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Shattering Spree, Starved Rusalka
Pick: Shrieking Grotesque
Pack 37:
Ostiary Thrull, Orzhov Signet, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Wild Cantor, Cremate, Gruul Nodorog, Vertigo Spawn, Agent of Masks
Pick: Ostiary Thrull
Pack 38:
Fencer's Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Castigate, Orzhov Signet, Torch Drake, Vedalken Plotter
Pick: Torch Drake
Pack 39:
Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian's Magemark, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Orzhov Euthanist, Orzhova, the Church of Deals
Pick: Orzhov Euthanist
Pack 40:
Gruul Signet, Lionheart Maverick, Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind, Martyred Rusalka
Pick: Crystal Seer
Pack 41:
Benediction of Moons, Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Orzhov Euthanist, Vacuumelt
Pick: Vacuumelt
Pack 42:
Guardian's Magemark, Gigadrowse, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Gatherer of Graces
Pick: Guardian's Magemark
Pack 43:
Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster's Magemark, Conjurer's Ban
Pick: Conjurer's Ban
Pack 44:
Restless Bones, Runeboggle
Pick: Restless Bones
Pack 45:
Skyrider Trainee
Pick: Skyrider Trainee
Draft recording done by Blargware's MTGO DraftCap. Support Blargware!
Just an FYI: pack 35 was a misclick. I intended to take Train of Thought but my cat brushed up against me as I was clicking, :-).
Here's the final deck:
1 Lurking Informant
1 Roofstalker Wight
1 Dimir Infiltrator
1 Drift of Phantasms
1 Orzhov Euthanist
1 Shrieking Grotesque
1 Terraformer
1 Restless Bones (ugh...)
1 Blind Hunter
1 Ostiary Thrull
1 Torch Drake
1 Tattered Drake
1 Vedalken Dismisser
1 Mindleech Mass
1 Last Gasp
1 Peel From Reality
1 Compulsive Research
1 Douse in Gloom
1 Mortify
1 Vacuumelt
1 Invoke the Fireman
1 Ribbons of Night
1 Brainspoil
2 Golgari Rotfarm
2 Mountain
3 Plains
5 Swamp
5 Island
Relevant SB:Nothing.
I have a ton of removal, but a lack of good dudes. I was playing Restless Bones, for pete's sake...
Nothing much to say about the games. In Game 1 I drew really well and smashed him with removal and random dudes. In Game 2 my opponent actually chose to draw and I didn't realize it, and I blindly hit OK thinking that it was one of my stops on his turn. I in fact so blindly hit OK that I clicked through my first and second main phases, and as such my opponent got the benefit of playing first and drawing first. Sigh... He won that game with Entrancer, but it was really close. In Game 3 I mull to 5 but am still able to play Mindleech Mass while still on 20 life. He gang-blocks and I kill 3 of his guys, but Vertigo Spawn taps down my Mass, giving him a turn to find an answer in Ghosts of the Innocent. I'm able to kill it, but I have to waste my Invoke the Firemind, that could've domed my opponent for 10 or so if I'd drawn a Brainspoil/Vacuumelt/Dismisser for the Ghosts. Game 2 took too long, and as such I got timed out when I was in a favorable position. I think I would've won had I had another 3-4 turns, but oh well.
I'm sure I made some horrible picks, so ask away and educate me about my mistakes.
All you MODO veterans: what stops should I have set for drafts?
Luis
Here's how the draft went:
Draft:
Pack 1:
Gaze of the Gorgon, Goblin Spelunkers, Greater Mossdog, Vedalken Entrancer, Golgari Rotwurm, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Seeds of Strength, Veteran Armorer, Flight of Fancy, Remand, Golgari Guildmage, Ribbons of Night, Chorus of the Conclave
Pick: Ribbons of Night
Pack 2:
Convolute, Golgari Rot Farm, Dogpile, Vedalken Dismisser, Dimir House Guard, Perplex, Dryad's Caress, Caregiver, Transluminant, Snapping Drake, Belltower Sphinx
Pick: Vedalken Dismisser
Pack 3:
Induce Paranoia, Roofstalker Wight, Torpid Moloch, Surveilling Sprite, Dimir House Guard, Forest, Perplex, Gate Hound, Siege Wurm, Peel from Reality, Recollect, Wojek Apothecary, Golgari Germination
Pick: Peel from Reality
Pack 4:
Mortipede, Dogpile, Selesnya Sanctuary, Vedalken Entrancer, Thundersong Trumpeter, Sundering Vitae, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Selesnya Evangel, Compulsive Research, Carven Caryatid, Festival of the Guildpact
Pick: Compulsive Research
Pack 5:
Viashino Slasher, Golgari Rot Farm, Surveilling Sprite, Clinging Darkness, Conclave's Blessing, Quickchange, Sewerdreg, Ethereal Usher, Sunhome, Fortress of the Legion
Pick: Golgari Rot Farm
Pack 6:
Terrarion, Votary of the Conclave, Drift of Phantasms, Muddle the Mixture, Grayscaled Gharial, Shred Memory, Rain of Embers, Golgari Signet, Psychic Drain, Spawnbroker
Pick: Drift of Phantasms
Pack 7:
Barbarian Riftcutter, Greater Mossdog, Courier Hawk, Barbarian Riftcutter, Boros Recruit, Quickchange, Infectious Host, Transluminant, Selesnya Signet
Pick: Courier Hawk
Pack 8:
Wojek Siren, Convolute, Dimir Aqueduct, Sadistic Augermage, Infectious Host, Rally the Righteous, Elvish Skysweeper, Mindleech Mass
Pick: Mindleech Mass
Pack 9:
Goblin Spelunkers, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Zephyr Spirit, Seeds of Strength, Remand, Chorus of the Conclave
Pick: Remand
Pack 10:
Convolute, Golgari Rot Farm, Dogpile, Perplex, Dryad's Caress, Sins of the Past
Pick: Golgari Rot Farm
Pack 11:
Torpid Moloch, Forest, Perplex, Gate Hound, Wojek Apothecary
Pick: Torpid Moloch
Pack 12:
Dogpile, Caregiver, Dizzy Spell, Festival of the Guildpact
Pick: Caregiver
Pack 13:
Viashino Slasher, Conclave's Blessing, Ethereal Usher
Pick: Ethereal Usher
Pack 14:
Grayscaled Gharial, Rain of Embers
Pick: Rain of Embers
Pack 15:
Quickchange
Pick: Quickchange
Pack 16:
Coalhauler Swine, Dimir Aqueduct, Courier Hawk, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Gather Courage, Boros Fury-Shield, Dromad Purebred, Grayscaled Gharial, Necromantic Thirst, Brainspoil, Shambling Shell, Reroute, Nullmage Shepherd, Halcyon Glaze, Razia, Boros Archangel
Pick: Brainspoil
Pack 17:
Tattered Drake, Strands of Undeath, Barbarian Riftcutter, Bramble Elemental, Ordruun Commando, Nightguard Patrol, Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Dimir Infiltrator, Shambling Shell, Fiery Conclusion, Glass Golem, Congregation at Dawn, Sandsower
Pick: Fiery Conclusion
Pack 18:
Selesnya Sanctuary, Stasis Cell, Roofstalker Wight, Incite Hysteria, Scatter the Seeds, Benevolent Ancestor, Boros Recruit, Smash, Golgari Brownscale, Last Gasp, Galvanic Arc, Pollenbright Wings, Pariah's Shield
Pick: Last Gasp
Pack 19:
Wojek Siren, Terraformer, Consult the Necrosages, Gather Courage, Sparkmage Apprentice, Nightguard Patrol, Thoughtpicker Witch, Seismic Spike, Elvish Skysweeper, Golgari Thug
Pick: Terraformer
Pack 20:
Civic Wayfinder, Votary of the Conclave, Terraformer, War-Torch Goblin, Screeching Griffin, Drake Familiar, Thoughtpicker Witch, Goblin Fire Fiend, Golgari Signet
Pick: Civic Wayfinder
Pack 21:
Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Boros Garrison, Tattered Drake, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Benevolent Ancestor, Zephyr Spirit, Lurking Informant, Surge of Zeal, Vigor Mortis, Leashling
Pick: Lurking Informant
Pack 22:
Goblin Spelunkers, Woodwraith Strangler, War-Torch Goblin, Conclave's Blessing, Dimir Infiltrator, Necromantic Thirst, Stoneshaker Shaman, Root-Kin Ally, Empty the Catacombs
Pick: Dimir Infiltrator
Pack 23:
Gaze of the Gorgon, Coalhauler Swine, Centaur Safeguard, Dryad's Caress, Dromad Purebred, Dizzy Spell, Undercity Shade, Rolling Spoil
Pick: Undercity Shade
Pack 24:
Coalhauler Swine, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Boros Fury-Shield, Dromad Purebred, Grayscaled Gharial, Necromantic Thirst, Reroute
Pick: Sabertooth Alley Cat
Pack 25:
Tattered Drake, Barbarian Riftcutter, Ordruun Commando, Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Congregation at Dawn
Pick: Tattered Drake
Pack 26:
Stasis Cell, Roofstalker Wight, Incite Hysteria, Boros Recruit, Smash
Pick: Roofstalker Wight
Pack 27:
Wojek Siren, Consult the Necrosages, Thoughtpicker Witch, Seismic Spike
Pick: Consult the Necrosages
Pack 28:
Votary of the Conclave, Goblin Fire Fiend, Perilous Forays
Pick: Goblin Fire Fiend
Pack 29:
Zephyr Spirit, Surge of Zeal
Pick: Surge of Zeal
Pack 30:
Conclave's Blessing
Pick: Conclave's Blessing
Pack 31:
Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian's Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Repeal, Scab-Clan Mauler, Izzet Boilerworks, Ghost Warden, Orzhov Euthanist, Smogsteed Rider, Dryad Sophisticate, Orzhova, the Church of Deals, Invoke the Firemind
Pick: Invoke the Firemind
Pack 32:
Gruul Signet, Pyromatics, Infiltrator's Magemark, Absolver Thrull, Scab-Clan Mauler, Gruul Turf, Lionheart Maverick, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster's Magemark, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind, Mortify, Martyred Rusalka
Pick: Mortify
Pack 33:
Benediction of Moons, Tin Street Hooligan, Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Blind Hunter, Bloodscale Prowler, Repeal, Ghost Warden, Izzet Signet, Orzhov Euthanist, Agent of Masks, Vacuumelt, Smogsteed Rider
Pick: Blind Hunter
Pack 34:
Petrahydrox, Guardian's Magemark, Gigadrowse, Burning-Tree Bloodscale, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Withstand, Douse in Gloom, Silhana Starfletcher, Orzhov Basilica, Gatherer of Graces, To Arms!
Pick: Douse in Gloom
Pack 35:
Castigate, Necromancer's Magemark, Gruul Signet, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Lionheart Maverick, Leap of Flame, Train of Thought, Beastmaster's Magemark, Sinstriker's Will, Conjurer's Ban
Pick: Lionheart Maverick
Pack 36:
Orzhov Basilica, Shrieking Grotesque, Restless Bones, Petrahydrox, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Shattering Spree, Starved Rusalka
Pick: Shrieking Grotesque
Pack 37:
Ostiary Thrull, Orzhov Signet, Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Wild Cantor, Cremate, Gruul Nodorog, Vertigo Spawn, Agent of Masks
Pick: Ostiary Thrull
Pack 38:
Fencer's Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Castigate, Orzhov Signet, Torch Drake, Vedalken Plotter
Pick: Torch Drake
Pack 39:
Wild Cantor, Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian's Magemark, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Orzhov Euthanist, Orzhova, the Church of Deals
Pick: Orzhov Euthanist
Pack 40:
Gruul Signet, Lionheart Maverick, Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind, Martyred Rusalka
Pick: Crystal Seer
Pack 41:
Benediction of Moons, Crystal Seer, Silhana Ledgewalker, Orzhov Euthanist, Vacuumelt
Pick: Vacuumelt
Pack 42:
Guardian's Magemark, Gigadrowse, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Gatherer of Graces
Pick: Guardian's Magemark
Pack 43:
Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster's Magemark, Conjurer's Ban
Pick: Conjurer's Ban
Pack 44:
Restless Bones, Runeboggle
Pick: Restless Bones
Pack 45:
Skyrider Trainee
Pick: Skyrider Trainee
Draft recording done by Blargware's MTGO DraftCap. Support Blargware!
Just an FYI: pack 35 was a misclick. I intended to take Train of Thought but my cat brushed up against me as I was clicking, :-).
Here's the final deck:
1 Lurking Informant
1 Roofstalker Wight
1 Dimir Infiltrator
1 Drift of Phantasms
1 Orzhov Euthanist
1 Shrieking Grotesque
1 Terraformer
1 Restless Bones (ugh...)
1 Blind Hunter
1 Ostiary Thrull
1 Torch Drake
1 Tattered Drake
1 Vedalken Dismisser
1 Mindleech Mass
1 Last Gasp
1 Peel From Reality
1 Compulsive Research
1 Douse in Gloom
1 Mortify
1 Vacuumelt
1 Invoke the Fireman
1 Ribbons of Night
1 Brainspoil
2 Golgari Rotfarm
2 Mountain
3 Plains
5 Swamp
5 Island
Relevant SB:Nothing.
I have a ton of removal, but a lack of good dudes. I was playing Restless Bones, for pete's sake...
Nothing much to say about the games. In Game 1 I drew really well and smashed him with removal and random dudes. In Game 2 my opponent actually chose to draw and I didn't realize it, and I blindly hit OK thinking that it was one of my stops on his turn. I in fact so blindly hit OK that I clicked through my first and second main phases, and as such my opponent got the benefit of playing first and drawing first. Sigh... He won that game with Entrancer, but it was really close. In Game 3 I mull to 5 but am still able to play Mindleech Mass while still on 20 life. He gang-blocks and I kill 3 of his guys, but Vertigo Spawn taps down my Mass, giving him a turn to find an answer in Ghosts of the Innocent. I'm able to kill it, but I have to waste my Invoke the Firemind, that could've domed my opponent for 10 or so if I'd drawn a Brainspoil/Vacuumelt/Dismisser for the Ghosts. Game 2 took too long, and as such I got timed out when I was in a favorable position. I think I would've won had I had another 3-4 turns, but oh well.
I'm sure I made some horrible picks, so ask away and educate me about my mistakes.
All you MODO veterans: what stops should I have set for drafts?
Luis