Draft log
Well started with a bomb. Firja’s Retribution is a ridiculous card in an weaker color combination. But it’s almost a certain 2-for-1, gifting a Serra Angel for 4-mana and then a quasi-punch effect. So with that I buckle on and, as long as black/white is moderately open, I plan to stay and fight in that lane.
Which it turned out to be, somewhat. White was a little light in my seat, but when the next picks went powerful BW land, W removal, B removal, I was in. I did try to play around a little to see if I could snag some snow to see if I could make that work, but I couldn’t.
deck
game plan
This deck is on the control spectrum, utilizing a *lot* (six) of removal to buy time until 4/4 angels are thundering around the battlefield. Not a lot of card advantage aside from forcing some discard. So play slow, don’t blow removal on medium threats. The only other source of recurring card advantage is a deathtouch rune and two pieces of equipment.
round 1
Game 1
A little heavy on lands, but I can attack their hand and a for-sure good 5-drop. Sadly they turboed out 5/5 dragons on turn four with the Sculptor of Winter and that, as they say, was that.
game 2
(A little slow on the screenshot but you can see a totally decent hand)
Yikes. So not only turboing out 5/5 dragons, but also has Path, Cosmos Elixir and tons of snow lands. Needless to say, I lost pretty badly. Not fast enough to punish 5C snow.
round 2
Game 1
Not great lacking black mana, but at least I have a play before turn four so I kept. Curve out and go find those angels.
Under pressure from the Chariot and folded to it.
game 2
Lost the screenshots due to a toddler on the lap. But I sideboarded in artifact hate, nuked the chariot and eventually an army of angels swept me to victory.
game 3
Ugh, again with the four drops. Still, I have my best card in hand and they’re not that fast so it’s a keep. If I knew I was facing a curve-out aggro deck, this is a mull.
aaaaand they curve out perfectly (note the 4/4 Bloodline Pretender). I cast a desperation Frija, but the King Harald’s Revenge blows right though it as I get run over.
round 3
Game 1
Now this is gold!
Skipped a few turns in there, but oppo played enchantment removal that allowed me to sacrifice to make angels QUITE happily. They then afk’d for the loss.
Benalish Dad 