Having had a crap sealed deck run, I drafted ARB ARB ARB last night. Here’s how I drafted.

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Well, there’s a lot to pick in this deck, but the three that stand out are the Dragon, Cascade Elf and Terminate.



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So I went with good, reliable removal over the bomb. The Dragon is just a little overcosted for ARB ARB ARB, and though I love the Bloodbraid Elf, Terminate is just so strong.

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BR removal to go with Terminate. I’ve found recently I’ve been missing picking up good removal, and Backlash is okay, and a bit more flexible late game as well.

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Solid beater.

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I went with manafixing, though was tempted by Sewn-Eye Drake and Rhox Brute.

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I really like Mage Slayer, it’s the primary opposite to Behemoth Sledge.

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I’m now at the point where I rarely hit with Single Minded Ogre for less than 4, so he’s a good pick for me.

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Trace is OK, but I prefer the posts.

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Another interesting pack to open; another Dragon, and other Cascade Elf, plus a Putrid Leech for laughs. In the end Bloodbraid Elf just felt like the right move.



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Now, look at this pack and ask yourself; What did the player pick instead of both Terminate and Bloodbraid Elf. I can only figure it was Maelstrom Pulse. So what should I pick?



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Ok, I could have had three Bloodbraid by now with no Terminates, but two Terminates with a Bloodbraid seems strong as well.

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Having drafted so many incidental Blue cards, I thought I might need to splash blue. I didn’t.

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Is anyone in this draft in Esper?

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Twinclaws is a solid, solid pick. I’ve seen them win various games.

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Of course, two is better.

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Picked so I have a set of four. I shoulda taken the Brute or Drake.

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Gorger Wurm was the other pick, but I was aiming for quick games where 5/5s would never be seen.

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Here’s what I ended up with:

1 Kathari Bomber
2 Violent Outburst
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Naya Hushblade
2 Marisi's Twinclaws
1 Morbid Bloom
2 Breath of Malfegor
1 Igneous Pouncer
2 Terminate
1 Mage Slayer
1 Jund Hackblade
1 Sewn-Eye Drake
1 Singe-Mind Ogre
1 Sangrite Backlash
1 Putrid Leech
2 Monstrous Carabid
2 Jund Sojourners

1 Firewild Borderpost
1 Veinfire Borderpost
5 Swamp
5 Forest
5 Mountain

Match 1: G1: I mulligan to 6 and keep a slow hand. I end up using Violent Outburst twice to stall for time. Finally I drop a Jund Sojourners and a Mage Slayer. My opponent drops double Rhox followed up by Leonin Armorguard, but crazily holds back one of his 5/5s. I take the 5, dropping to 11 with my opponent on 13.
I have a Sangranite Backlash, a Terminate, and a Breath of Maelfagor in hand. I drop the Backlash on the Armorguard, Terminate the Rhox and swing for 6, dropping him down to 7. My opponent attacks again with the Rhox, dropping me to 7. He then drops a couple of creatures, tapping out to do so. I respond to attacking with the Sojourner, and with the Mage Slayer on the stack hit with Breath of Malfegor, for lethal once damage resolves.

G2: I can’t really remember this game, other than hitting for Four with Singe Minded Ogre and Bloodbraid Elf being brutal. Won in 7 turns.

Match 2: G1: He lays down four consecutive Ethercaste Knight. Seriously. Turn four he’s swinging in with a 4/6 and I have nothing to stop it. I manage to get a Sojourner and a Mage Slayer on the board, and find a Terminate to stop a Knight midst Exalted swing. The Sojourner hits a couple of times, and then Breath of Malfegor mops up while Putrid Leech pretends to be a wall.

G2: A tense game. My opponent gets out Qasali Pridemage and Glory of Warfare, after I’ve hit a couple of times with a Mage Slayer. Luckily for me a Sewn-Eye Drake, a Singe Mind Ogre and a Breath of Malfegor stitch him up before he can play enough people to take me out.

Match 3: G1: I mull to 6, get stalled on two lands and die to a Bloodbraid Elf into Violent Outburst into one of the Blades.

G2: He plays two Bant Sureblades, a Mayael’s Aria and a Gorger Wurm. I watch hopelessly as waits a few turns then overwhelms me, seeing zero removal. Oh well.

For a deck with no true “bombs” it played surprisingly well, only dying when I got landscrewed and then my opponent drew the stone cold nuts. Perhaps I’ll draft again tonight.