https://www.17lands.com/history/09f3f6cf82b04f36bc9c6a26b9059955/1/0/265
[[Magmablood Archaic]] is my favorite rare of the set. Sure, cards like [[Together as One]] and [[Moment of Reckoning]] are fun and busted, and [[Brain Freeze]]/[[Mathemagics]] is always a hoot, but there's something about the feeling of invoking a magical blood rage in your creatures and swinging for the fences.
https://www.17lands.com/draft/26d902f3dd9942b9b923c699320939ed/1/1
Looked back at the draft and I could see picks here and there (such as Elite Interceptors and Last Gasps) that I could have went in more for WB earlier, but I felt like my picks (for soup) are pretty defensible or at least only slightly off. Without knowing how the draft was going to go, what should I have noticed that I should have been drafting WR or WB earlier in the draft?
I usually shy away from aggro decks in draft (I enjoy more controlling draft decks), but I don't say no to them if I think it's what's being passed. What is also weird in this set is that, if you draft white, you tend to draft aggro if black is getting passed, and more grind/control if red is getting passed, which is the opposite of my usual guideline for most sets.
The black at the end of pack 1 was a decent signal, but signals have felt weird this set so it's hard to know if they're a signal or if a particular pack had 4 good cards in the same color so some bled through. Any thoughts?
https://www.17lands.com/draft/f1401aba4b14440b9a85c69df9c8c2d9/1/1
A couple of punts resulted in a 5-3 record, but the deck really wasn't great. I was expecting a 1-3. I think Snarl Song was the right pick here, but it hurt to pass my baby Brain Freeze. What would you have picked?
https://www.17lands.com/draft/6691f6f43ab8438d9bcb180ff6dfd0d8
I assume [[Expressive Firedancer]] or even [[Bulk Up]]/[[Interjection]] would probably be a better fit. I have never been impressed by the [[Rehersed Debater]], not sure if I should run one here or not.
I had been mostly drafting Mardu, but my 2 most recent decks have shown me how fun it is to just go for it. I almost cut Moment of Reckoning due to how strained the mana was, but thought I'd go big or go home.
https://www.17lands.com/draft/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead
My favorite moment of each game:
OP discard 5 cards from [[Arcane Omens]] and mill 10, going down to 5 cards in library, again with Scrollsmith ready to be cast for more fun. https://www.17lands.com/history/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead/0/0/227
Casting [[Moment of Reckoning]] and getting it back with [[Practiced Scrollsmith]], casting it again the next turn after OP put 3 6/6 and 3 3/3 Fractals onto the board. https://www.17lands.com/history/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead/1/0/250
[[Molten Note]], tapping [[Sanar, Unfinished Genius]] before it resolves in order to get 2 treasures, then Scrollsmith to do it again the next turn. https://www.17lands.com/history/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead/2/0/37
OP had me discard 4 cards (but not 5), so was able to mill them out for the last 10 cards with plenty of life still. https://www.17lands.com/history/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead/3/0/131
Bouncing a [[Quandrix, the Proof]] to give me enough time to tutor for Moment of Reckoning to stabilize the board. https://www.17lands.com/history/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead/4/0/45 https://www.17lands.com/history/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead/4/0/163
Was an interesting fight, but they had their own Moment of Reckoning after I had them discard their hand and they had no board except for a Pest and I couldn't quite recover afterward. https://www.17lands.com/history/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead/5/0/133
Arcane Omens discard 4 hitting 3 draw spells [[Together as One]], [[Sylvan Library]], and [[Visionary's Dance]]. Opponent conceded at 20 life. https://www.17lands.com/history/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead/6/0/68
Outraced a Silverquill deck (definitely loose, I should have taken 1 turn off somewhere) but it made the game fun! https://www.17lands.com/history/2c7b334e44ab4dd881cfdec30adb0ead/7/0/86
https://www.17lands.com/draft/8104454a8de94c2cbb66486d722d6415
My P3P1 and P3P2 bugged out and they autopicked, sadly. Wanted to go with [[Foolish Fate]] and [[Unsubtle Mockery]].
https://www.17lands.com/draft/83df8b1dd4824166b9f112737a935cef/1/1
I honestly thought I was going to be combo'd out by giant over the top plays like I had several drafts now. However, this one just seemed more down to earth? Other than a single 7 mana spell a couple of games, none of them felt like turn after turn huge spells.
Woke up to this inside our house. We've had tiny ones plenty, but this is the largest seen.