Oct 19
Oct 19’s Draft
I was at Superstars for this morning’s draft. It went pretty well. I drafted an Esper theme… artifacts. The packs were good, and other than a Tower Gargoyle that Josh hate drafted from me, I had good options. Here’s the build I went with:
| 17 Land: | 12 Creatures: | 11 Other Spells: |
| 6 Island | 2 Etherium Sculptor | 2 Executioner’s Capsule |
| 5 Plains | 2 Thoughtcutter Agent | 1 Agony Warp |
| 6 Swamp | 3 Tidehollow Strix | 2 Courier’s Capsule |
| 1 Tidehollow Sculler | 1 Hindering Light | |
| 1 Windwright Mage | 1 Obelisk of Esper | |
| 2 Cloudheath Drake | 2 Resounding Wave | |
| 1 Steelclad Serpent | 1 Covenant of Minds | |
| 1 Scourglass |
Rather annoyingly, we had 9 people drafting and I got stuck with the bye in the first round. I did well second round, with a decisive 2-0 showing. Third round was against one of the stronger players in the area. Games 1 & 2 both went to him, although they were both hard won victories for him and enjoyable games. I made a few misplays in game 2 that would probably finished it in my favor leading to game 3 and a potential 3-0 record. I’ll take 2-1 though. Far better than my drafting record a couple months ago.
Next weekend is the local Pro Tour Kyoto qualifier at Superstars (go Jon & crew… you guys are rocking!). I’ll be there. I don’t really expect to top-8, but anything is possible. A ProTour appearance is definitely in my plans for next year.