ZNR Premier Draft #54

Here's the Draft log for ZNR Draft #54.

Since they don't log P1P1, here's the image

Written before the games

• P1P1 - Pathway Rare. UNC: Concerted Defense, Shadow Stinger, Lullmage's Familiar. Commons of note: Expedition Diviner, Fissure Wizard, and maybe Nahiri's Binding. Very bad pack. Stinger gives options of Rogues/Party, Mill. 
• P1P2 - Into the Roil is tempting but I had passed the Lullmage's Familiar, so already passed that kicker card. Debated Into the Roil to open that path, but also felt like I might be fighting a kicker person to my left. 
• P1P3 - Tempted by Khalni Ambush, but Vanquish the Weak is good. Nothing else jumped out as worthy of committing to a color. A bit bitten by recent BG deck to be a bit gun shy about BG - Ambush or Baloth
• P1P4 - Could have chosen Warrior for starting some BR party. It's not THAT strong, so I chose the Rogue/Mill option and leave myself open to read the signals. 
• P1P5 - No blue is interesting in this pack. Vampire seems replacement value. Moss-Pit Skeleton would pull into green but also we have no counter stuff going on. Scion of the Swam - no life gain/cleric at the moment. Haven't seen good clerics either. Looked at Scorch Rider for some RG party possibility but thought pack beast would be better if going down that party route. 
• P1P6 - Blood Beckoning to bring back from graveyard. Debated Sneaking Guide to start the RG party route, as well as combo with Shadow Stinger.
• P1P7 - Lots of blue now. Two kicker cards - weird up/down for packs. Skydancer seems to work well for my pack. 
• P1P8 - Debated Sneaking Guide, took the Gloomhunter for Lifelink/Kicker/Flying
• P1P9 - Okay let's get into Red. Fissure Wizard wheeled. Lullmage's Familiar as well - wow, I guess I could have gone kicker, maybe
• P1P10 - Fissure Wizard again
• P1P11-14 - All to my sideboard. Ha, Moss-Pit Skeleton wheeled to 13th pick. Nobody wants it
• P2P1 - Good red options here for BR party. Rebuke for good removal. Bug-Catcher could have been really good here in this deck. Ambusher would fit as well. Will Moss-Pit wheel?
• P2P2 - Wowzers. More good stuff for our BR party. Blackbloom Rogue is MDFC and Mill reward. Another Thundering Rebuke is probably too much creature removal. Scorch Rider, Feed the Swarm, Skitter-Sneak are all cards I hope to wheel. 
• P2P3 - Yes please, I'll take the Nighthawk Scavenger. Ha another Stinger. 
• P2P4 - I briefly thought about Skydiver but snapped back. Nothing something worth splashing. Sneaking Guide, Ravager's Mace, Teeterpeak Ambusher, Skitter-Sneak all possible for the wheel. 
• P2P5 - Thwart the Grave or Acquisition Expert. Bringing back cards is good. Not sure how much party is going to be in my deck for Acquisition Expert. I just noticed that 4 commons have been picked from this pack. Rogues/black party looks open.
• P2P6 - Again 5 commons taken from this pack and they left a Skyclave Shade. Yes I'll take that. No white, no blue. 
• P2P7 - Looked at the Sorcerer and didn't see many Wizards. Cinterclasm - looked at many of my creatures, many are 1 toughness. Happy to take my first Feed the Swarm (wow Pick 7 - lots of white drafters)?
• P2P8 - What would possibly make my deck - Uncommon sure. Not really playing any of these. 
• P2P9 - Mind drain could be useful. Mill/Life. Could have taken Teeterpeak Ambusher
• P2P10 - Feed the Swarm #2 or Skitter-Sneak. 
• P2P11 - I wonder if I saw previous P3, I would have thought maybe Skitter-Sneak would have wheeled for both P10 and P11 and taken the Feed the Swarm. Don't really need another Skitter-Sneak. Not enough party to take Silencer. 
• P2P12 - Sneaking Guide seems useful. 
• P2P13 - Blood Price - going to sideboard
• P2P14 - Ravager's Mace - useful in this BR - happy to take it as last pick
• P3P1 - Night-Runner seems to fit this deck very well. Deadly Alliance don't need a 2nd one. Night-Runner could go well with Sneaking guide. 
• P3P2 - Um don't need another Deadly Alliance. Thundering Sparkmage was tempting but the biggest temptation is Felidar Retreat. Can I splash this? I thought White was being drafted!
• P3P3 - Um. Emeria's Call is basically just a plains (see previous pick) BUT my eyes jump to Roil Eruption. Come to papa. 
• P3P4 - Could I use the splash for Cleric of Life's Bond, but wait I don't have any clerics. Molten Blast doesn't do much. Grab the Marauding Blight-Priest, I have a few lifelink creatures. 
• P3P5 - Zof Consumption. Scion is interesting but not enough BW Clerics/life gain. Already have a blood beckoning. The three red cards aren't enough to pull me away from Zof.
• P3P6 - I have enough Red/Black removal now, Need more features. If there was a 2 mana creature, probably would have taken it here. Skydancer with mill/flash/flying will do.
• P3P7 - Sneaking Guide is the only choice really and happy to take it here.
• P3P8 - Stinger _could_ get played but it's the only choice. I guess I could have taken Blight for fixing for felidar. Maybe that's what I should have done.
• P3P9 - MDFC Black, would I want this more than a swamp, probably. Have found it to be a bit clunky and marginally effective.
• P3P10 - Fine, I guess I'll take my 2nd Deadly Alliance. Guess NOBODY wants it. Wowzers. I guess I chose the right lane.
• P3P11 - Black Warrior card -let's see if it can help
• P3P12 - 14 - all going to sideboard
  
  

I think this was a successful draft. Clearly my lane was open and I got a lot of good black cards. I'm curious how this will play out I need to figure out what to do here. Should I splash for Felidar Retreat? How much do I focus on party? How much do I push on Mill? What is my deck trying to do. 

Starting with this deck. I call is RB Rogues + Friends