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Draft Analysis - ZNR Premier Draft #59

1/3/2021

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Here's the Draft Log for ZNR Draft #59:
Since they don't currently save P1P1, here it is:
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As always, here's my thoughts post draft but before playing a game:
  • P1P1. Don't like Ooze. Vine Gecko is the only uncommon I'd consider. For commons, Feed the Swarm or Rabid Bite - not worth taking over Vine Gecko. Not a great pack. 
  • P1P2. Big yuck. I had Malakir Rebirth picked until the end. Canopy Baloth or Blightblade. No good creatures here or spells. Had those good matches with Baloth, so ended up there.
  • P1P3. Visionary. Blood-Priest. Gloomhunter. Springmantle seems too expensive. Baloth again :D Packbeast seemed like the best option here. 
  • P1P4. Blackbloom Rogue - could pivot to Rogues. Feed the Swarm. Again, nothing else jumps out. 
  • P1P5. Another Vine Gecko. Haven't seen many kicker cards actually. Diviner or Blood-Priest are good cards and maybe Blood-Priest is my #2 pick. But let's see if we can make the kicker deck work. 
  • P1P6. Bubble snare - kicker card. Nothing else jumps out. If Bubble Snare not there, maybe Throne of Makindi.
  • P1P7. Gladly take Field Research here
  • P1P8. Nothing jumps out - I'll take another Baloth.
  • P1P9. Gnarlid Colony wheels. Better than second Field Research
  • P1P10. Debated Shell Shield or Blightblade Ended up with cheap creature.
  • P1P11. Cleric of Chill Depths. Can stall board until late game.
  • P1P12. Duelist - always a nice trick.
  • P1P13-14. To my sideboard
  • P2P1. Adventurer or Wizard. I have no Wizards, so I ended up with the Adventurer - if I pivoted to more party.
  • P2P2. Bubble Snare or Might of Murasa. I'll take the Bubble Snare for now. 
  • P2P3. Gladly take the Into the Roil, but wowzers on the Cleric of Life's Bond. 
  • P2P4. Gnarlid Colony #2. Nothing else jumps out.
  • P2P5. Could have taken the Squid. Probably should in hindsight now. Snare caster to block fliers. 
  • P2P6. Vine Gecko #3, wow. Kicker should be flowing.
  • P2P7. Canopy Baloth #3 for big brutes
  • P2P8. Skulker in case we go long with party. This is a mistake. Should have taken the Living Tempest for Flash and Flying
  • P2P9. Canopy Baloth #4. Have a lot of 2 drops, so skipped the squid.
  • P2P10. Plunder - maybe I'll play
  • P2P11. Stomper to pick up lands for the Baloths
  • P2P12-14. To the sideboard
  • P3P1. Nope, no Roost. Amulet seems like the wrong fit for this deck. Gnarlid Colony #3 helps with curve and kicker late. Nothing else interesting. I wonder if I should have considered the Living Tempest, as I don't have much to stop fliers in this deck. 
  • P2P2. Tazeem Roilmage. Debated the Scythecat. Don't have that many spells, also bringing out more land.
  • P2P3. I guess I'll take the Lullmage's Familiar and hope the Gnarlid Colony or Scythecat wheel. 
  • P2P4. Another Baloth sure
  • P2P5. Visionary helps draw than Baloth #6. 
  • P2P6. Roilmage Best option here. 
  • P2P7. Ruin crab almost makes it around. Riptide helps with body and can become a 5/5 with all these kickers
  • P2P8. Taunting Arbormage could help me win the game and it's a kicker
  • P2P9. Nectarpot can help stabilize board. Again, Living Tempest should have been under consideration. 
  • P2P10. To Sideboard
  • P2P11. Gnarlid Colony #4. 
  • P2P12. PIck-Axe could come in handy with land fall - but sadly I don't have any bring more land out cards
  • P2P13. To sideboard
  • P2P14. Glacial Grasp isn't bad option for last pick. 

Definitely think I could have taken a Living Tempest to block fliers. Might of Murasa would have been nice as well. Got a bit confused with the party focus. I think now that I've built my deck, definitely a few picks were wasted when I had a sense of which deck I was going. 

Scanning the draft for other possible directions - there really wasn't a WB Clerics deck even with the Cleric of Life's Bond as P2P3. Maybe there was a RW Warriors deck. But I think I did reasonable with this deck. Let's see how it plays 2-4 wins?
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