4/4 Draft

I lost this one - we went to game 5 - through the awesome decision to NOT include a black source in my deck game 1. I found that out when I went to fetch a land in preparation for my Mana Drain-fueled turn 5 Thrax. Le sigh.

Here's me:



And JT:



I believe Justin directly won two games with Mindslaver. Yay Mindslaver!

3/22/10 Draft 2

I'm almost positive Justin won this one.

Look at his deck- doesn't it look rad:



I remember Dominus being the MVP, and Obsidian Fireheart is a ridiculous badass.


Mine:

03/22/10 Draft One

Ok, I'm trying something new here. After our draft last night, Justin and I took some pictures of our decks and made some notes about them. I'm hoping this is entertaining, but it would also be cool to eventually do some data mining... I'm not sure exactly what. If you have any thoughts about what would be interesting or useful to keep track of, let me know!


Here is Justin's deck:




and here is the decklist (minus basic lands, which I'll try to write down in the future)

and here is mine:



and here is the decklist

I won the series, largely of the back of Library. I think the series went to game 5, but my deck definitely performed exceptionally well- I had Reveillark shenanigans, aether vial-into-mirri, and recurring Nekrataals all over.

Mock Interview:

What was your first pick?
J: Day of Judgement. I started in blue as well, but moved into green when that dried up. Call of the Herd was the first green card I took intentionally (Note: we do a "Let's Make a Deal" draft. Basically, you put one card in three piles, then the person who goes first looks at the first card. They can either take it, or add one card from the stack to the pile and move to the next pile. If you don't like any cards you see, you take one off the top. I like this format a lot because you get signals and have the ability to hate out something you just can't deal with, but there is an element of luck as well.)
T: Bane of the Living. I got Laquatus's Champ soon after, and then Baneslayer to put me in white.

What were your MVPs?
J: Time Walk and Austere. Austere won a game where I had tokens and Thea was at 3 with a bunch of huge blockers.
T: Library! Also Ob Nixilis was rad. I think I Necromancy-ed for Laquatus to win once. Yay Necromancy!

What is the one card you wish you had had in your deck?
J: Library.
T: Divinity of Pride, of course.

2/23/10 Draft

I had a very "whatever I need, when I need it" couple of games with this deck- I won the series but it probably wasn't that representative of what should have happened. Aether Vial is pretty much the best ever though. This was a debut for Thunderblust and he was awesome. Oh, I also had LD on turn 4 every game. Yikes.

My deck:



Justin's:

2/22 Draft 2

Yuckers. This is one of the worst decks I've drafted in the cube:



And Justin decided to prove why mono-red-hybrid is the raddest:



I don't like to say blowout, but there we are.

2/22 Draft 1

How many times will Nemesis of Reason destroy me? Enough. Library doesn't hurt either.


My deck:



And Justin's:

2/19 Draft

Alright, so turns out a month and a half later all I remember is whose decks were whose. SPOILER ALERT: This deck is jerkier than the other one so it was probably mine. I think I one this series, although it is by no means obvious since Justin's deck is also rad.

Here's mine:



And here is Justin's:



If I'm remembering correctly, the deal was that Sarkhan never ever showed up for Justin. Has anyone else tried the Persecutor in the cube? Thoughts? I'm sold on it, but I think I might be the only one.