Nothing awe-inspiring about this pack, and straight off the bat it leaves us with a decision to make. The three most powerful cards are Dark Withering, Search for Tomorrow, and Fledgling Mawcor. There's not too much power difference between these cards, so it can often come down to color preference. You could run the black gambit and go with the Withering, but I feel that Fledgling Mawcor edges the others out slightly in power, and I like blue to boot.

Pick: Fledgling Mawcor

A very poor booster. Here we have the option of Terramorphic Expanse or Celestial Crusader. Early on in a draft, I like to pick cards with potential. A powerful Might Sliver or Psionic Sliver in an empty pack will often shape the draft. This normally leads to my first few picks being in different colors, but it means that I have the highest chance for a high-power deck, whilst also getting the most out of the color signals of the drafter on the right. With this in consideration, the oft-overrated Celestial Crusader is our pick of choice.

Pick: Celestial Crusader

Another weak pack, but this time bringing a tight choice. The potential and synergy of our two options are both high. Either the Cloudchaser Kestrel to follow the heavy white theme of the Crusader or the Telekinetic Sliver to open the doors to the powerful white-blue Sliver archetype. This pick took me a lot of time and I eventually decided on the Kestrel. I haven't seen any solid blue cards since my Fledgling Mawcor, and it is likely that it is being cut.

Pick: Cloudchaser Kestrel

Several options here. Penumbra Spider is a more powerful card than Hailstorm or Strength in Numbers and Momentary Blink is more powerful than Snapback. This narrows it down a little, but leaves us once more with a conundrum. Blink and Spider are of similar power levels but the problem is that I haven't had any particularly strong signals for either color to use as a guideline. I have yet to take a green card, and the only signal so far was the Telekinetic Sliver, so I take the Blink to try and bring my Fledgling Mawcor back into focus.

Pick: Momentary Blink

Looks like green is open. Scryb Ranger is a very powerful card and easily good enough to take over the far weaker Temporal Eddy. Success in this format seems to be determined by a good reading of the signals. Let's just hope this one is right.

Pick: Scryb Ranger

This pack is a joyful sight but comes with mixed blessings. It shows that both of our colors, green and white, are open. The Kestrel is the strongest card here, especially given that we already have a Crusader. The only problem is that we are passing three green cards, giving poor signals to the guy on our left. This is normally never a strong enough reason to not pick the best card for you. I do not expect to see much green from the left, having passed Strength in Numbers, Hailstorm, and Penumbra Spider on top of the cards in this pack.

Pick: Cloudchaser Kestrel

An easy pick as Thrill of the Hunt is just so powerful, but it is yet again a pity to be shipping another green card so late.

Pick: Thrill of the Hunt

It should be noted that the Corpulent Corpse indicates that black might be open, but as we saw no early strength in that color and are now happily entrenched in our colors, we can safely ignore it. Here we are offered a choice in two drops. White-green favors aggression over defense, and the Errant Doomsayers is better in this department.

Pick: Errant Doomsayers

I'm normally never a fan of Icatian Crier, but given that we already have a Celestial Crusader, it is easy to pick over the potential sideboard card – Avoid Fate.

Pick: Icatian Crier

Wow, have we had poor luck in opening packs. Our options are either to take one of the two very weak green cards, or hate one of the powerful black rares that our white-green deck will have difficulty dealing with. Note: I seldom advocate hating if you can take a card that will make your main deck, but I'm doubtful about whether either of these cards will. Since we might end up playing the Icatian Crier and we already have the Doomsayers and Srcyb Ranger, I grudgingly pick the Pendelhaven Elder.

Pick: Pendelhaven Elder

Jasmine Boreal and Amrou Scout are our options. Rebels are one of the few sources of card advantage in this archetype, and I'm hoping the legend will wheel as the pack is pretty deep, so I opt for the common.

Pick: Amrou Scout

Gemhide Sliver is pretty weak in white-green, where you are normally more concerned with hitting an aggressive curve than accelerating to your few expensive threats. This leaves us with the option of Squall Line versus Thrill of the Hunt. I think most people would slam the Squall Line with a sheepish grin on their face, but it is inferior to the Thrill of the Hunt. Thrill is an incredibly powerful card when you can easily play it twice, and I pick it here for that very reason.

Pick: Thrill of the Hunt

This is a rare surprise in a 4-3-2-2, although we did do a very good job of cutting the normally underdrafted white so it shouldn't be too much of a surprise. Sacred Mesa fell into my pile with a more-than-sheepish grin plastered on my face.

But this is not all we learn from this booster. Most people see the Mesa, click on it, and miss the rest of the information that this pack provides. There are nine other solid playables in the pack, meaning we will when this pack returns to us, it might have another present for us. Out of Spinneret Sliver, Fortify, Watcher Sliver, Saltcrusted Steppe, and Primal Forcemage, I expect the last two to return, both of which combo well with the Mesa. I'm hoping the Forcemage will come back as we already have Havenwood Wurm, Scryb Ranger, and Celestial Crusder, so I keep this info in mind.

Pick: Sacred Mesa

Fortify is an amazing trick for white-green, but Benalish Cavalry is one of white-green's best friends. It's the most aggressive common two drop available and we already have two Thrill of the Hunts, so I take the beater.

Pick: Benalish Cavalry

Fathom Seer should never go this late. The card is almost certainly better than Looter il-Kor and is one of the best commons in the set. Herd Gnarr is the only playable for us, and a welcomed one at that.

Pick: Herd Gnarr

The second Gnarr means we can start things synergy. With the Mesa, two Flash guys and the prospect of a wheeling Forcemage, our Icatian Crier will almost certainly make the maindeck now. I will also be looking out for Uktabi Drakes and Giant Dustwasps to help enforce the strategy.

Pick: Herd Gnarr

We now have a Forcemage, irrelevant of whether the other wheels or not, so all systems go.

Pick: Primal Forcemage

A weak pack, but instead of hating the Slipstream Serpent I will take the Gaze of Justice for the sideboard, given that I have an Amrou Scout and a Crier, though it is unlikely I will board it unless I see something like a Fortune Thief.

Pick: Gaze of Justice

Magus of the Tabernacle is a power card. It is a card that this deck definitely does not wish to face. But it is far better suited at home in a white-blue or white-black control deck than here. Giant Dustwasp, however, finds a happy home. It's a pity to see the Sulfur Elemental as it is particularly devastating against our deck, but such things happen.

Pick: Giant Dustwasp

Lots of playables here – Saltfield Recluse, Deadwood Treefolk, Evolution Charm, Shade of Trokair, and Magus of the Library. The same that was said about the Gemhide Sliver goes for the Magus – this deck has no splash, so the Charm can also be dismissed, and the Shade is not close enough in power to the other two to warrant too much thought. The Treefolk is an awesome card, but we don't actually have too many stand out creatures that we wish to be returned, and we already have an Amrou Scout with few Rebels to find. The Recluse is also an awesomely powerful card. Also to be noted whilst playing, there is another Sulfur Elemental...

Pick: Saltfield Recluse

Shade is an oft-underrated card and works very well the Gnarrs and Forcemage. We also have a lot of two drops already, decreasing the Mire Boa's still stellar value. This is still a close pick, and I, mistakenly, went with the traditional choice of the Boa. I missed the synergy the Shade had with the deck – oops.

Pick: Mire Boa

We have a deck with lots of small beaters and two token generators. Hey Gaea's Anthem!

Pick: Gaea's Anthem

Another tough decision – Giant Dustwasp, Uktabi Drake, and Malach of the Dawn. Lots of things to factor in here. The Malach is white, so it goes along with the Crusader and also provides us with some much-needed defense. The Drake is great and goes with all of the synergy, as does the Dustwasp, which is better in this deck due to its size as we are lacking in formidable bodies. Now, looking back at how well the synergy of the deck came together I think the Dustwasp was the correct pick, but I was concerned with being overrun before I had a chance to get to my Mesa or establish a controlling board position, so I took the Malach.

Pick: Malach of the Dawn

A disappointing selection after the previous loaded pack. None of the on-color cards will make our maindeck, nor are they worth taking for sideboard options, so we have to resort to hating. The Erratic Mutation is better than the Cradle to Grave and, if we pick up a late Evolution Charm, will give us the option of sideboarding it and the Mawcor in a match where the removal is needed.

Pick: Erratic Mutation

Another blank pack, so I snatch the Aquamorph Entity as it is the card I would least like to face.

Pick: Aquamorph Entity