Happy 4th of July! All we have to do is stay inside, not look at fireworks, dwell on how to improve our nation. And maybe draft. Or remember how to draft. Or think about drafting.
Draft log
Tough Idol vs Siege? I took the aggressive card. Idol impressed me last game, but it’s more frosting rather than the cake itself. Mid-pack, no clear powerful signal so I keep ambling through white with a hint of UW fliers (my spirit animal deck for sure). In hndsight, I should have snagged Frost Breath at P1p9 over the Battalion and the Wall of Runes vs. Rousing Read at P3p6 is also an interesting contextual pick. Obviously the Read is the more powerful card, but I was dangerously low on ways to stay alive against aggro decks too.
Summary
First match I flooded out against a pretty fast BW (no lifegain, just beats). I almost pulled out game two, way behind on card advantage, with a Feat of Resistance to blow through their majority white defenders, but they played ooooone black creature to hold off on their final turn. That was a bit of a run-on sentence, but I feel the ‘near-win’ justifies that. I still go 0-2 and then trounce someone in the third round to salve my ego
Interesting Moments
I need to get better at snapping screenshots. I’m out of practice!
Benalish Dad 
can we talk about double strike for a moment? Yes we can!
I love double strike. Back when rancor was in standard (the ~2013 version) I would drop it on a 1/1 and the pop a selesnya charm on top to give +2/+2 and trample!@!!!
I am all in on Siege Striker, I don’t care what the meta says. That one time it lands it will be glorious. All hail the inner Jonny!
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Siege Striker is pretty solid in this format. The Seasoned Hallowblade (2-mana 3/1, discard a card to give it indestructible) is the real beater, just because good 2-drops are hard to find.
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