Draft Review - ZNR Premier #58

Here's the Draft Log for ZNR Draft #58:

Since they don't currently save P1P1, here it is:

As always, here's my thoughts post draft but before playing a game (though after drafting this I wanted to go into the game ASAP). 

• P1P1. Clear Zagras. Okay, so I'm like I really want to go all-in RB Party and draft "the Easy Way".
• P1P2. The pain. The ROOST! Drafting the Hard Way says I should take it but what about Zagras!!! Okay, I'm going to try and draft RB as much as possible and see what happens. Taking a Blood-Priest over Roost, what am I thinking!!! Debated the Pelakka Predation as MDFC but Zagras is a Rogue and we're going all-in on Party!
• P1P3. Expedition Skulker best RB. Again, Predation was tempting but went for creatures.
• P1P4. Feed the Swarm is good removal for creature or enchantment (looking at you Roost). Spellcraft would be nice if Feed wasn't here.
• P1P5. Marauding Blight-Priest, nothing else speaks to me
• P1P6. Skitter-Sneak isn't the best pick, but it's a Rogue. 
• P1P7. Kazuul's Fury is very useful in this deck. Ambusher and Skitter-Sneak are just replacements. 
• P1P8. Charger is a nice low end Warrior. Sneaking Guide is in consideration. 
• P1P9. Let's see what wheels. Electromancer is good for Wizards!
• P1P10. Predation wheeled! Happy to take it now. 
• P1P11. Colossus - Warrior, Party and Big creature.
• P1P12. Ambusher is fine at this point. 
• P1P13-P1P14. Just what we get
• P2P1. Deadly Alliance removal. Skydancer and Blight-Priest are in consideration. Geopede not. 
• P2P2. Cinderclasm and Sneaking Guide. Sneaking Guide is useful with Grotag Bug-Catcher and full party
• P2P3. Speaking of which, here's our first Grotag Bug-Catcher. 
• P2P4. Scorch Rider is Warrior. Gloomhunter nice but not party.
• P2P5. Was thinking of taking Scion of the Swarm and maybe I should have, as I already had an Ambusher and wasn't likely to play 2. 
• P2P6. Not sure what to do for this deck. Golem? But ended up with Sentinel as flyer.
• P2P7. Don't want another Feed the Swarm but a second Fury can work, always end up as tapped land worse case. Sneaking guide works well as party, 1 mana, and can get things through a stalemate, with Bug-Catcher being able to be buffed past 2 power.
• P2P8. Tormenting Voice - going straight to sideboard
• P2P9. Tuktuk also to sideboard
• P2P10. Cinderclasm wheels, I'll take that.
• P2P11. Mind Drain has potential, while I have found that Treachery isn't as useful. 
• P2P12-14. All going to sideboard.
• P3P1. Grotag Bug-Catcher #2. I was tempted to take Blackbloom Rogue. Electromancer is in consideration but Bug-Catcher makes this work.
• P3P2. Debated over and over of Hazard vs Goma Fada Vanguard. Have some limited removal, so I went with the Hazard (also MDFC). Vanguard is tough with me having so many Warriors already. 
• P3P3. Gladly take the Thundering Rebuke. Nothing else noteworthy for RB.
• P3P4. Why hello there Roil Eruption!
• P3P5. Zof Consumption. MDFC and I have found these really useful. Sneaking Guide is the only other card worth taking here.
• P3P6. Grotag Bug-Catcher #3. Scion is still hanging out but need to skip.
• P3P7. Not much good here. Just took the Skitter-Sneak.
• P3P8. Again Zof Consumption vs Sneaking Guide. 
• P3P9. Electromancer wheels!
• P3P10-11 - going straight to sideboard
• P3P12. Rage is useful as a combat trick up my sleeve, especially with Bug-Catcher
• P3P13-14. Also going straight to the sideboard.

Wish we had a Stonework Packbeast. And I had said "a Roil Eruption" early in P3 but it came in P3P4! After Cinderclasm and Thundering Rebuke. A few close choices, like P3P2, where if I had know the direct damage cards coming, I would have taken the Goma Fada Vanguard which would have been useful. Okay, I have high hopes for this deck.

Out of curiosity, let me roughly see what would have happened if I took the Roost with P1P2. 

• P1P3 Into the Roil, though Relic Amulet is tempting.
• P1P4. would have probably taken Feed the Swarm still but Riptide is best kicker card? 
• P1P5. Bubble Snare
• P1P6. Skyclave Squid
• P1P7. Probably would have taken the Fury, given no kicker cards
• P1P8. Riptide again? Charger might have.
• P1P9. Electromancer to give options for blue/Red wizards
• P1P10. Field Research. Interesting this wheeled with the Roost out there
• P2P1. Into the Roil 
• P2P2 Cinderclasm
• now we're just guessing mostly
• P2P4. Roilmage
• P2P5 Lullmage's Familiar
• P3P1. Geysermage
• P3P2. Verazol. 
• P3P3 Lullmage's Familiar/Into the Roil
  

Would have been interesting, obviously I don't know if I had taken Roost what would have flowed my way. There did seem to be options. But let's see how Zagras plays out.