Probably horribly outing myself as a Paper Boomer here, but *man* there is not enough time being spoiler season and drafting full-bore. I think the LR set review dropped a day or two before drafting opened up on Arena. I am a gentleman of leisure! I need to listen in my armchair with a snuffer of brandy

Draft log

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Hmm, that rare looks like a very unreliable sweeper (probably bonkers in constructed). I’ve heard everyone raving about the flip-lands so I take that.

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Vastwood Surge looks pretty solid (splash, landfall, and cast a really big Overrun later). But if the flip-lands are good once, they’re good twice! Stayed in red.

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Here I make a mistake. I think the Fledgling actually is powerful enough to take over a flip-land. Close though!

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I think this is a close choice. I think they’re both B-/B cards, so the Geopede gets the nod with the two red flip-lands.

Summary

Round one oppo had Mirror Jace. that’s a lot of scrying! But not that impressive. Second round had oppo on color screw that I rapidly ran over. Third opponent had a pretty solid deck, but the Pick-Axe applies a lot of pressure. Both games I used the Treachery effect to get oppo down within range.

Interesting Moments

To Wheel?

So I successfully wheeled the RG Brushfire elemental in pack 2. Do I get greedy and try it again! I did! But for some reason this time it didn’t work. Bah.

Keep or mull

A beautiful spread of cards… with no action until a turn 4 Zendikon (which can’t even block). Felt bad, but mulled it.

This felt terrible the other direction, but this I kept. Removal + a 3 drop is enough early board presence. Plus kicking the Sproutling can bring back an early Roil Eruption cast, which is pretty much living the dream there.

3-0

Okay, well this deck seriously overperformed. But it applied a lot of pressure and didn’t give opposing decks second chances. Dropping two lands at instant speed is BONKERS.