Draft 2 was pretty generic; I got timed out in the second round when I had to deal with a phone call and my opponent exploited some time tricks to make me burn a minute or two. :/
Pack 1 pick 1:
Armillary Sphere, Kranioceros, Faerie Mechanist, Absorb Vis, Valeron Outlander, Molten Frame, Rhox Bodyguard, Scattershot Archer, Infectious Horror, Worldly Counsel, Jhessian Balmgiver, Voices from the Void, Spore Burst, Voracious Dragon, Plains
My pick:
Voracious Dragon -- Duh. I like Voices and I like Sphere, but not so much to take over a dragon. This guy is the poster child for the 'blank text box' phenomenon; you can ignore all the business about devouring goblins, even ignore the Devour itself, and just say '4/4 flyer for 5'.
Pack 1 pick 2:
Sylvan Bounty, Canyon Minotaur, Traumatic Visions, Rhox Meditant, Zombie Outlander, Might of Alara, Valiant Guard, Esper Cormorants (FOIL), Goblin Outlander, Constricting Tendrils, Nacatl Hunt-Pride, Hellspark Elemental, Path to Exile, Mountain
My pick:
Path to Exile -- I like Hunt-Pride, but removal is still king. Elemental actually seems like it'd be good in CCC, but my real problem is that it competes with the landcycling you really want to be doing T2 in most decks.
Pack 1 pick 3:
Kranioceros, Faerie Mechanist, Absorb Vis, Valeron Outlander, Absorb Vis (FOIL), Molten Frame, Rhox Bodyguard, Scattershot Archer, Infectious Horror, Worldly Counsel, Corrupted Roots, Ignite Disorder, Plains
My pick:
Kranioceros -- in retrospect, either Absorb Vis or Mechanist might be better, but I've got a red card and a white card and this guy's still solid enough. The biggest strike against him is that he'll probably table; I should, at least, never have trouble finding one around a 7th-10th pick. Ignite Disorder's a possibility, but I hate taking a SB(ish) card this early.
Pack 1 pick 4:
Fiery Fall, Wretched Banquet, Esper Cormorants, Parasitic Strix, Aven Trailblazer, Kaleidostone, Yoke of the Damned, Vectis Agents, Quenchable Fire, Tukatongue Thallid, Scornful Æther-Lich, Mountain
My pick:
Fiery Fall -- I'm not sure whether this or Gleam is better, but most of the landcyclers are interchangeable anyway. Cormorants would've been the next pick; there's a good Esper deck here.
Pack 1 pick 5:
Aven Squire, Pestilent Kathari, Parasitic Strix, Matca Rioters, Bone Saw, Quenchable Fire, Rotting Rats, Asha's Favor, Nacatl Outlander, Spore Burst, Island
My pick:
Matca Rioters -- this is way later than they should be going, but no complaints here. Note Strix for the Esper deck.
Pack 1 pick 6:
Frontline Sage, Pestilent Kathari, Suicidal Charge, Maniacal Rage, Parasitic Strix (FOIL), Goblin Outlander, Court Homunculus, Ignite Disorder, Viashino Slaughtermaster, Swamp
My pick:
Viashino Slaughtermaster -- Another Strix if I was Esper; I don't know if this guy was the right pick even still, but he seems good enough. This pack's almost a blank for me anyway. Maybe Disorder?
Pack 1 pick 7:
Bone Saw, Canyon Minotaur, Grixis Illusionist, Lapse of Certainty, Scattershot Archer, Yoke of the Damned, Ignite Disorder, Voices from the Void, Forest
My pick:
Voices from the Void -- no way this should go 7th. I wouldn't feel bad about first-picking it.
Pack 1 pick 8:
Zombie Outlander, Sedraxis Alchemist, Beacon Behemoth, Unsummon, Tukatongue Thallid, Asha's Favor, Vectis Agents, Mountain
My pick:
Beacon Behemoth -- but look at how much good Esper is going by.
Pack 1 pick 9:
Kranioceros, Faerie Mechanist, Scattershot Archer, Infectious Horror, Worldly Counsel, Voices from the Void, Plains
My pick:
Voices from the Void -- two are better than one!
Pack 1 pick 10:
Canyon Minotaur, Zombie Outlander, Valiant Guard, Goblin Outlander, Constricting Tendrils, Mountain
My pick:
Goblin Outlander -- Zombie Outlander for the Esper deck...
Pack 1 pick 11:
Scattershot Archer, Infectious Horror, Worldly Counsel, Corrupted Roots, Plains
My pick:
Worldly Counsel
Pack 1 pick 12:
Vectis Agents, Tukatongue Thallid, Scornful Æther-Lich, Mountain
My pick:
Vectis Agents
Pack 1 pick 13:
Bone Saw, Quenchable Fire, Island
My pick:
Quenchable Fire
Pack 1 pick 14:
Suicidal Charge, Swamp
My pick:
Suicidal Charge
Pack 1 pick 15:
Forest
My pick:
Forest
Pack 2 pick 1:
Wretched Banquet, Sylvan Bounty, Canyon Minotaur, Traumatic Visions, Rhox Meditant, Might of Alara, Valiant Guard, Salvage Slasher, Goblin Outlander, Constricting Tendrils, Filigree Fracture, Dragonsoul Knight, Scornful Æther-Lich, Rakka Mar, Plains
My pick:
Dragonsoul Knight -- not a great pack, but I'll take the 5c guy. Banquet and Might are close. The Esper deck probably takes either Banquet or this guy.
Pack 2 pick 2:
Fiery Fall, Wretched Banquet, Esper Cormorants, Parasitic Strix, Aven Trailblazer, Kaleidostone, Grixis Illusionist, Yoke of the Damned, Vectis Agents, Quenchable Fire, Nacatl Hunt-Pride, Unstable Frontier, Esperzoa, Plains
My pick:
Fiery Fall
Pack 2 pick 3:
Sylvan Bounty, Aven Squire, Pestilent Kathari, Dark Temper, Parasitic Strix, Matca Rioters, Quenchable Fire, Rotting Rats, Asha's Favor, Nacatl Outlander, Shambling Remains, Sludge Strider, Mountain
My pick:
Matca Rioters -- I'm tempted by Shambling Remains, but I'm shifting from RBx to RGx at this point and I'd rather have Rioters than any other common creature in the set.
Pack 2 pick 4:
Rhox Meditant, Vedalken Outlander, Kranioceros, Yoke of the Damned, Nacatl Savage, Wandering Goblins, Brackwater Elemental, Gluttonous Slime, Dreadwing, Elder Mastery, Inkwell Leviathan, Island
My pick:
Wandering Goblins -- these guys are great, but they're great mostly because you can get them 11th pick. Leviathan maybe?
Pack 2 pick 5:
Sedraxis Alchemist, Vedalken Outlander, Wild Leotau, Scattershot Archer (FOIL), Aven Squire, Molten Frame, Rhox Bodyguard, Wandering Goblins, Voices from the Void, Goblin Razerunners, Plains
My pick:
Goblin Razerunners -- an unusual form of reach, but they break stalemates. And I need them more than I need another(!) Voices.
Pack 2 pick 6:
Kaleidostone, Sedraxis Alchemist, Beacon Behemoth, Darklit Gargoyle, Unsummon, Tukatongue Thallid, Asha's Favor, Vectis Agents, Vagrant Plowbeasts, Forest
My pick:
Beacon Behemoth -- it was this or Plowbeasts, and I wanted a slightly smaller drop. Not sure if this is right or not, though, strangely enough.
Pack 2 pick 7:
Sylvan Bounty, Canyon Minotaur, Rhox Meditant, Valiant Guard, Salvage Slasher, Goblin Outlander, Constricting Tendrils, Nacatl Hunt-Pride, Forest
My pick:
Sylvan Bounty -- I'm worried that I 'only' have two cyclers, so I try and grab more now. If I'd already had another I would've taken Hunt-Pride, but I was starting to worry about my fixing.
Pack 2 pick 8:
Sylvan Bounty, Aven Squire, Pestilent Kathari, Rotting Rats, Asha's Favor, Nacatl Outlander, Controlled Instincts, Swamp
My pick:
Sylvan Bounty -- Well then.
Pack 2 pick 9:
Sylvan Bounty, Canyon Minotaur, Valiant Guard, Salvage Slasher, Goblin Outlander, Constricting Tendrils, Plains
My pick:
Sylvan Bounty -- Regretting the Bounty-over-Hunt-Pride pick about here.
Pack 2 pick 10:
Esper Cormorants, Kaleidostone, Grixis Illusionist, Vectis Agents, Quenchable Fire, Plains
My pick:
Esper Cormorants -- how do these table?
Pack 2 pick 11:
Rotting Rats, Asha's Favor, Nacatl Outlander, Sludge Strider, Mountain
My pick:
Sludge Strider -- See Cormorants
Pack 2 pick 12:
Rhox Meditant, Nacatl Savage, Gluttonous Slime, Island
My pick:
Rhox Meditant
Pack 2 pick 13:
Molten Frame, Wandering Goblins, Plains
My pick:
Wandering Goblins -- see?
Pack 2 pick 14:
Vectis Agents, Forest
My pick:
Vectis Agents
Pack 2 pick 15:
Forest
My pick:
Forest
Pack 3 pick 1:
Sedraxis Alchemist, Vedalken Outlander, Wild Leotau, Dark Temper, Frontline Sage, Aven Squire, Molten Frame, Infectious Horror, Rhox Bodyguard, Wandering Goblins, Manaforce Mace, View from Above, Scarland Thrinax, Knight of the Reliquary, Forest
My pick:
Dark Temper -- maybe Mace would be better, but I gamble that it'll table and I want removal. Rare-drafting Knight may have been right.
Pack 3 pick 2:
Beacon Behemoth, Zombie Outlander, Matca Rioters, Darklit Gargoyle, Fiery Fall, Maniacal Rage, Nacatl Outlander, Nacatl Savage, Valiant Guard, Grixis Illusionist, Ignite Disorder, Voices from the Void, Sacellum Archers, Forest
My pick:
Matca Rioters -- better than Fall here since I've got 5 cyclers now.
Pack 3 pick 3:
Zombie Outlander, Kaleidostone, Sedraxis Alchemist, Beacon Behemoth, Darklit Gargoyle, Unsummon, Tukatongue Thallid, Asha's Favor, Rupture Spire, Vectis Agents, Unstable Frontier, Esperzoa, Plains
My pick:
Beacon Behemoth -- Esperzoa? Someone is having a field day...
Pack 3 pick 4:
Aven Squire, Pestilent Kathari, Parasitic Strix, Bone Saw, Quenchable Fire, Rotting Rats, Asha's Favor, Nacatl Outlander, Manaforce Mace, View from Above, Inkwell Leviathan, Forest
My pick:
Manaforce Mace -- Nothing else in the pack for me so I gladly grab this one.
Pack 3 pick 5:
Wild Leotau, Frontline Sage, Pestilent Kathari, Maniacal Rage, Rotting Rats, Goblin Outlander, Court Homunculus, Worldly Counsel, Jhessian Balmgiver, Nacatl Hunt-Pride, Swamp
My pick:
Nacatl Hunt-Pride -- maybe Leotau would've been better, but I'm removal-light and this guy's a sort of removal.
Pack 3 pick 6:
Zombie Outlander, Kaleidostone, Sedraxis Alchemist, Beacon Behemoth, Tukatongue Thallid, Asha's Favor, Rupture Spire, Vectis Agents, Skyward Eye Prophets, Forest
My pick:
Skyward Eye Prophets -- card advantage, and I feel like I have enough fixing to play them.
Pack 3 pick 7:
Toxic Iguanar, Faerie Mechanist, Bone Saw, Tukatongue Thallid, Lapse of Certainty, Constricting Tendrils, Vagrant Plowbeasts, Dreadwing, Island
My pick:
Vagrant Plowbeasts
Pack 3 pick 8:
Frontline Sage, Pestilent Kathari, Maniacal Rage, Rotting Rats, Court Homunculus, Worldly Counsel, Controlled Instincts, Island
My pick:
Worldly Counsel
Pack 3 pick 9:
Vedalken Outlander, Frontline Sage, Molten Frame, Infectious Horror, Wandering Goblins, View from Above, Forest
My pick:
Wandering Goblins
Pack 3 pick 10:
Beacon Behemoth, Zombie Outlander, Nacatl Savage, Valiant Guard, Grixis Illusionist, Forest
My pick:
Zombie Outlander
Pack 3 pick 11:
Kaleidostone, Darklit Gargoyle, Asha's Favor, Vectis Agents, Plains
My pick:
Kaleidostone -- hating it away from whoever has the Esperzoas
Pack 3 pick 12:
Bone Saw, Quenchable Fire, View from Above, Forest
My pick:
Bone Saw
Pack 3 pick 13:
Rotting Rats, Worldly Counsel, Swamp
My pick:
Worldly Counsel
Pack 3 pick 14:
Vectis Agents, Forest
My pick:
Vectis Agents
Pack 3 pick 15:
Island
My pick:
Island
Deck
3 Matca Rioters
1 Dragonsoul Knight
3 Wandering Goblins
1 Goblin Razerunners
1 Beacon Behemoth
1 Voracious Dragon
1 Skyward Eye Prophets
1 Nacatl Hunt-Pride
1 Path to Exile
3 Sylvan Bounty
2 Fiery Fall
2 Worldly Counsel
1 Dark Temper
1 Manaforce Mace
2 Voices from the Void
6 Mountain
6 Forest
2 Swamp
2 Plains
1 Island
Sideboard
3 Vectis Agents
1 Viashino Slaughtermaster
1 Worldly Counsel
1 Esper Cormorants
1 Kaleidostone
1 Kranioceros
1 Vagrant Plowbeasts
1 Sludge Strider
1 Goblin Outlander
1 Rhox Meditant
1 Quenchable Fire
1 Zombie Outlander
1 Bone Saw
1 Suicidal Charge
2 Beacon Behemoth
In retrospect, I probably ran one Goblin too many; Plowbeast might have been a better choice. Overall, though, this is pretty close to what I want my CCC decks to look like; 2 Voices from the Void, 4-5 cyclers, a handful of Matca Rioters, a few good high-end guys and a bunch of miscellaneous good stuff as filler. I breeze through the first two rounds, then run into a solid 5cEsper deck in the third round; I beat him with turn 5 Voices for 5 in the first game, then draw mediocre in both of the other games while he finds Thornling(!) and crushes me with it.
CCC game record when opponent doesn't play Thornling: 13-1
CCC game record when opponent plays Thornling: 1-4
You'd think a bomb Mythic would be a little rarer than that...
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