9/27 SSE Draft #2

This was an 8-4 SSE draft from Saturday night, 9/27/08.

Pack 1 pick 1:







I'm usually a Silkbind guy in this spot, but I had just lost to a 1630 player in the 4-3-2-2 queue (I'll post that draft later) playing a monored deck, and I felt like forcing the red here having just lost to it.

Pack 1 pick 2:







The Warcrawler is pretty good and I am continuing to pass some nice blue, but if I'm trying for monored, let's take the archetypical cards for it.


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I considered the witch as, at the very least, a 2/1 for 2 in red, but Cinder felt like the more useful pick for monored.


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The correct pick here is really Tatterkite I think, but I honestly missed it, was scanning for red and basically glossed over the solid artifact that gives monored some kind of air force.


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Love this card for monored, makes combat so difficult for opponents.


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I also love those red hill giants for monored. The ability is frequently relevant against exactly the decks you need it against.

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Should be worth throwing a couple swamps in the final build for this card.

Pack 1 pick 9:






A card I've been wanting to try. Seems good for the archetpye, plays nicely with Ember Gale, and a 1/4 wither when blocked or blocking isn't terrible, at least it chips away at opposing defenders when it doesn't hit for 4.

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Glad he came around, fantastic for the white matchup.

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Pack 2 pick 1:






A very tough pick. Rage reflection is pretty sick in monored, but revoval with a body seemed even better to me. Dropping some random threats 1-3 and then clearing away a blocker on turn four with Redcap is a recipe for winning in this archetype.


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Kinda weak for pick two, but it's the card.


Pack 2 pick 3:






I don't like passing the Oracle, but I can't worry about that staring at a Gouger.

Pack 2 pick 4:






Now passing a Prison Term. Heckuva white deck I'm passing.

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Pack 2 pick 9:

I disconnect until P3P1 at this point. There aren't many great wheel picks based on the packs the first time around, but still sucks, I at least want to cut opposing playables.

Pack 3 pick 1:






Thankfully I make it back on in time to snag this bomb for my deck.


Pack 3 pick 2:






Love me some Bandit. That clout will probably table, so I'm looking to snag UR mimics and hedge-mages, and of course a hatchling would be sick.

Pack 3 pick 3:






Pyromancer again is sick in this archetype, generally hitting the opponent for 1.5-2 per turn. If you can get a Flame Jab in the yard, it becomes a solid 2-per-turn minimum. Passing Bliss and Reap physically painnful, though.


Pack 3 pick 4:






I was feeling pretty good about my 4-drops, and a good sideboard card like this guy is great. He proved critical in my finals match.


Pack 3 pick 5:






Cutting the Cenn's might havee been correct here, but I have an Ember Gale to wipe 'em out. :)


Pack 3 pick 6:






Close call between this and the Hedge-Mage, but I felt I was better off getting the Mimic to cast ahead of the two nice three-drop UR cards in my pile.


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Pack 3 pick 9:






Sweet, I dared not hope he would table, but there he is for me. Now get me that Clout!



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Yoink!


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Perfect, I'm loving the UR component, here. Just missing a Hatchling.

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The Deck:

1 Crag Puca
1 Cinder Pyromancer
1 Giantbaiting
1 Slinking Giant
1 Sootwalkers
1 Mudbrawler Cohort
1 Intimidator Initiate
1 Heartlash Cinder
1 Crackleburr
1 Ashenmoor Gouger
1 Burn Trail
1 Rustrazor Butcher
1 Scuzzback Marauders
1 Clout of the Dominus
1 Mudbrawler Raiders
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Ember Gale
1 Cultbrand Cinder
1 Bloodmark Mentor
1 Torrent of Souls
1 Noggle Bandit
2 Riverfall Mimic
15 Mountain
2 Swamp

Relevant Sideboard
1 Battlegate Mimic
1 Crimson Wisps
1 Hotheaded Giant
1 Duergar Hedge-Mage
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Boggart Arsonists
1 Blight Sickle

I went 3-0 fairly handily, 2-0 in the first two matches, and 2-1 in a tough finals.