Draft Report: Zabutan Nemonau vs. Shenanigans : Event Coverage : Daily MTG : Magic: The Gathering

Neither team was particularly happy with this CMU-Togit mirror match, since according to Osyp, "I thought we were supposed to meet in the finals." Unfortunately, that was what the pairings dictated, with Osyp kicking off in the B seat for Shenanigans.

Shenanigans
Seat A - Adam Horvath
Seat B - Osyp Lebedowicz
Seat C - Patrick Sullivan

Zabuton Nemonaut
Seat A - Mike Turian
Seat B - Gary Wise
Seat C - Eugene Harvey

Packs 1 through 6 and 13 through 18 from left to right, while packs 7 through 12 go from right to left. The first pick of each pack is denoted in bold.

.	Osyp	Pat Sullivan	Mike Turian	Gary Wise	Eugene Harvey	Adam Horvath
Pack 1	Betrayal of Flesh	Arrest	Terror	Copper Myr	Gold Myr	Frogmite
	.	.	.	.	Roar of the Kha	Goblin War Wagon
Pack 2	Thoughtcast	Betrayal of Flesh	Spikeshot Goblin	Vedalken Archmage	Viridian Longbow	Leonin Scimitar
	Clockwork Condor	.	.	.	.
Pack 3	Thoughtcast	Fangren Hunter	Betrayal of Flesh	Mask of Memory	Empyrial Plate	Vulshok Berserker
	Cobalt Golem	Blinding Beam	.	.	.
Pack 4	Nim Shrieker	Predator's Strike	Soldier Replica	Domineer	Skyhunter Patrol	Somber Hoverguard
	.	Slith Predator	Elf Replica	.	.
Pack 5	Thoughtcast	Clockwork Vorrac	Vulshok Berserker	Cobalt Golem	Raise the Alarm	Irradiate
	.	.	.	Slith Predator	.
Pack 6	Looming Hoverguard	Taj-Nar Swordsmith	Woebearer	Somber Hoverguard	Tel-Jilad Archers	Iron Myr
	.	.	.	Pyrite Spellbomb	.
Pack 7	Frogmite	Vulshok Gauntlets	Mask of Memory	Spikeshot Goblin	One Dozen Eyes	Triskelion
	Nim Shrieker	.	.	.	.
Pack 8	Aether Spellbomb	Fangren Hunter	Krark-Clan Grunt	Icy Manipulator	Skyhunter Cub	Disciple of the Vault
	.	.	.	.	.	Necrogen Spellbomb
Pack 9	Leaden Myr	Deconstruct	Mirror Golem	Leonin Sun Standard	Thirst for Knowledge	Nim Replica
	.	.	.	.	.	.
Pack 10	Silver Myr	Luminous Angel	Skeleton Shard	Great Furnace	Skyhunter Patrol	Goblin Replica
	.	.	.	Moriok Scavenger	Fireshrieker
Pack 11	Silver Myr	Mask of Memory	Titanium Golem	Cobalt Golem	Raise the Alarm	Vulshok Berserker
	.	.	.	.	Auriok Transfixer
Pack 12	Domineer	Tel-Jilad Exile	Copper Myr	Myr Enforcer	Tel-Jilad Archers	Clockwork Vorrac
	.	Rustspore Ram	Moriok Scavenger	.	.
Pack 13	Spire Golem	Loxodon Mystic	Essence Drain	Dismantle	Arcbound Stinger	Wirewood Hive
	.	.	.	.	Tangle Spider	Quicksilver Behemoth
Pack 14	Unforge	Pulse of the Forge	Emissary of Despair	Echoing Ruin	Talon of Pain	Grimclaw Bats
	Darksteel Citadel	.	.	.	Oxidda Golem
Pack 15	Spire Golem	Purge	Essence Drain	Leonin Bola	Loxodon Mystic	Nim Abomination
	Quicksilver Behemoth	Tangle Spider	.	.	.
Pack 16	Unforge	Whispersilk Cloak	Arcbound Bruiser	Echoing Ruin	Test of Faith	Vulshok War Boar
	.	.	.	.	.
Pack 17	Carry Away	Neurok Prodigy	Oxidda Golem	Mephitic Ooze	Surestrike Trident	Chittering Rats
	.	.	Krark-Clan Stoker	Whispersilk Cloak	.
Pack 18	Arcbound Bruiser	Emissary of Hope	Drill Skimmer	Blinkmoth Nexus	Tel-Jilad Wolf	Grimclaw Bats
	.	.	.	Darksteel Citadel	Darksteel Brute

According to the both teams, the drafted ended up a little strange, since each team was using the same draft strategy. Betrayal of Flesh was the pick for the first two players, but Turian's pack was ridiculous, as he grabbed yet another Betrayal for himself, leaving a Mask of Memory for Gary and an Empyrial Plate for Eugene, but there was still enough left to yield an incredible wheel of Fangren Hunter and Blinding Beam for Pat. Eugene continued to pick up solid cards throughout Mirrodin, ending up with three Raise the Alarm, two Skyhunter Patrol, and two Tel-Jilad Archers to go along with his Viridian Longbow and Empyrial Plate.

His teammates decks didn't end up being quite as deep, with Turian drafting some strong, colored removal spells and Skeleton Shard, but was forced to play platinum hits like Drill-Skimmer and the always-maligned Titanium Golem to fill out his creature slots. Gary's deck was also a bit creature deficient, with two Cobalt Golems, Elf Replica, and Wanderguard Sentry comprising a significant portion of his army. He had Icy Manipulator, Spikeshot Golem, and Leonin Bola to help slow Osyp down, but the overall quality of his deck was probably not as high as he would have wished.

The Shenanigans faired a little better in terms of creature depth, with Sullivan ending up with two Fangren Hunters, a Luminous Angel, and numerous other solid men. Horvath's men were unspectacular, but they were generally better than Turian's scrubby artifact creatures, and he played a bunch of them, opting to try and overpower Mike before he could setup Shard recursion. Osyp's flier depth definitely looked like they could be a problem for Gary, provided he could avoid being shut down by Wise's tap effects.

When asked about the draft afterwards, here's what the teams had to say:

Shenanigans
Osyp - I'm kind of slow and I don't have enough artifacts, but my deck isn't bad. If I had another Myr, I'd actually be pretty happy. Thankfully, Gary's on their team, and I'm sure he'll make plenty of mistakes to help me out. Nah, don't tell him I said that. Ah hell, go ahead… I love Gary.

Pat - We got out-opened pretty badly. The pick where I had to take Pulse of the Forge to keep it away from Mike was awful. If we had opened almost any other bomb rare at that point, I could have splashes it, but instead I got stuck with a hate draft.

Nemonaut
Gary - I have a pretty good matchup. Spikeshot is great against him, since it kills like half of his team. I only had two Equipment, and he ended up taking Carry Away over Mephitic Ooze just to try and counteract my Bola and Mask of Memory.

Mike - My draft went okay, but my creatures are pretty underpowered.

Adam Horvath

Round 10 Draft - A Seat