This event was my first actual draft tournament...ever. I made my first mistake of the night at the very beginning. Pack 1 consisted of various cards, but the first pick came down to being Lurking Predators or Mold Adder. Not thinking about how it would play in Limited, but rather considering it's playability in Constructed I chose the Lurking Predators. From there I went on to grab some big creatures (two each of Enormous Baloth and Craw Wurm). Then to ramp up quickly to play my initial pick I grabbed three Llanowar Elves. After that it was all about defending myself, two copies of fog, followed by a series of blue spells (Negate, Essence Scatter, Cancel, Unsummon, etc).
Lesson learned: never draft enemy colors in the new core set.
This combination ran me straight to a 1-4 record, finishing 29 out of 30. It seemed like most of the better decks were running the new soldiers. In particular, I saw quite a few Veteran Armorsmiths and Veteran Swordsmiths combined with Elite Vanguards. Add in Holy Strength and Lifelink and you get really big creatures really fast.
Another card that I enjoyed seeing as it proceeded to beat me to a bloody pulp was a little 3 CMC (1BB) 2/2 appropriately named Dread Wizard. And believe me, I dreaded every second of that creature being on the battlefield. Y'see the good wizard cannot be blocked by anything except a black creature. So bring him out, and one of his friends, slap on a Gorgon Flail and an Unholy Strength and you find yourself staring down the barrel of a very big gun.
All of those cards were great to see working, but I must say that I was most impressed by a little number in blue called Sleep. Hello Naya Charm that leaves your opponent's creatures tapped for an extra turn, leaving you the perfect opening to smack them in the face with a 7/7 beast-twice. At uncommon it's almost too good to be true, and I dare say that Sleep is currently my favorite card in all of the new core set.
I cannot wait to get a hold of some more Magic 2010 boosters and really dig into playing with all the new toys which R/D was kind enough to give us. Seeing how it's going to change my game in Standard is exciting, let's hope for the best! Deck list of fail to follow.
50 Cards
Creatures
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2x Enormous Baloth
2x Craw Wurm1x Elvish Visionary
1x Runeclaw Bear
3x Llanowar Elves
1x Mist Leopard
1x Horned Turtle
2x Zephyr Sprite
1x Wall of Frost
Other Spells
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1x Lurking Predators
2x Fog
1x Naturalize
1x Bountiful Harvest
3x Rampant Growth
2x Divination
2x Tome Scour
1x Essence Scatter
2x Negate
1x Jump
1x Cancel
1x Ponder
1x Unsummon
1x Sleep
1x Whispersilk Cloak
Land
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8x Forest
7x Island
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