Draft Log

Terror of the Peaks is a pretty easy P1p1, a stone-cold bomb that’s worth fighting for. Interestingly, that choice came up with a quasi-empty pack a few picks later (see below). Some light green signals late in pack 1 gave me the fortitude to jump aggressively into green in pack 2. That proved to be the Right Decision.

Summary

Fun deck to play. Lost a heartbreaker when I completely misread Soul Sear and took far far far too much damage from a Seasoned Hallowblade. Almost came back to win it, but fell short by one life. The rest of the games I stomped in pretty straightforward fashion.

Interesting Moments

P1p4

Doesn’t feel great to have red be THAT empty in this pack. Still, Thrill of Possibility is perfectly playable and Terror of the Peaks is sufficiently bomb-y that there is going to be mountains in my deck no matter what.

P2p4

Okay, a tough choice facing Leafkin Avenger, a very powerful gold card or the Llanowar Visionary. Do I dare to wheel? I DARE BABY. This is a low-splash format and I’m pretty sure red and green are both reasonably open at the table. Result: it worked and I snapped up the Avenger P2p13. Felt. Amazing.

The pool

One delightful thing about really carving out your lane is an abundance of riches when it comes to playables. At first I had some higher curve with a Cultivate, but Raiderray on the LoL discord talked me into adding Sure Strike and going a little more lower curve. I eventually cut a 6-drop and went lower to the ground.

2-1

Should have been a 3-0; felt like I let the Terror of the Peaks down a little. Even though it only deigned to show up ONCE.