Drafting a 5-color deck is weird to me (I haven’t been around in Invasion block), so I decided to try and aim for a Domain deck too see how if feels.
This means I picked the best spells from all colors, with emphasis on playability/splashability, starting from Shards (and of course aimed for Domain spells in Conflux).
Pack 1
Pick 1
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The best card in the pack and highly light on mana requirements.
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Pick 2
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I prefer to stay closer to red so I don't take Resounding Silence.
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Pick 3
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Not sure if Charm > Dragger, but Dragger is highly more splashable and its cycling is blessed.
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Pick 4
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Yes, this is starting to look like a domain deck. Good splashable spells.
Really, I'm mostly valuing splashability and raw power over building a consistent deck here. This means I have to keep my eyes open for mana fixers.
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Pick 5
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Usually the gargoyle is way better, but I won't have that many artifacts and fixers are a must.
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Pick 8
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I still prefer the fixer over a playable card in this deck.
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Pack 2
Pick 1
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Not much chance of picking Akrasan Squires in this draft.
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Pick 3
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Not splashable, but I can't ignore its bomb-ness.
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Pick 5
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:)
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Pick 6
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This could be useful, as I don't mind discarding the cards I won't be able to cast because I won't have the mana, if it forces my opponent to discard playable cards.
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This walkthrough contained too little text for my taste, one of the reasons is technical difficulties displaying the image for Scornful Æther-Lich. It’s been about two weeks between the draft and now, and I’m lazying off about writing more about it (plus I don’t remember it by now). Will try to make it up in my next walkthrough.
It’s a very good question, and I’m not sure my pick is the right now – but consider that in a deck like mine, the knight has an excellent chance of being a 7/3 trampler first-striker. More often than not he’s a must-kill creature and will trade for a removal (although usually a sub-par removal).
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17/2/09, 21:36Effovex:
Dragonsoul Knight over Banefire? Really?
REALLY?
19/3/09, 9:25ripper234:
It’s a very good question, and I’m not sure my pick is the right now – but consider that in a deck like mine, the knight has an excellent chance of being a 7/3 trampler first-striker. More often than not he’s a must-kill creature and will trade for a removal (although usually a sub-par removal).
Why do you think Banefire >> Dragonsoul Knight ?
19/3/09, 11:05bob:
Because banefire wins games…
28/5/09, 1:42ripper234:
I rarely get enough mana to power banefire to actually win a game, but usually I end up using it as a rather costly removal spell.
28/5/09, 7:17