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Drafted on a whim tonight---old store introduced Wed. night drafts but none of their other nights have been firing so I didn't expect anything tonight either--lo and behold I was wrong. 7 people but hey, we fired.

I don't normally do draft reports on regular ones but this one was FUCKING special.

P1P1 was Dead Weight (over Ever after)---and I had no idea where to go from there. Black was decently open it seemed but my second colour was nowhere in sight. I got passed Mad Prophet and Breakneck Rider so I figured R was open. WRONG. Got passed the U looter dude, Into the Fold, stitched mangler and a couple U build around enchantments so I figured U was open. WRONG. Got a bunch of amazing G cards in P3---didn't even pick them because it was way too late at that point. Opened a Mindwrack Demon P3 and got passed Triskaidekaphobia...again. So that was nice, I guess.

I hadn't been this lost in an SOI draft since the first couple weeks I tried it, or people were signalling really friggin' badly. In any case, B/R seemed the way to go maybe, so I built:
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/br-stupid-draft-part-1/

Match 1: vs Jund(?) delirium
Dude never had mana issues and his deck was solid enough. G1 I smacked into him a few times with a 2/2 then dropped Triskaidek for the win. G2 he curved out REALLY well and had me low. Was able to drop Mindwrack and Triskaidek again for the win eventually. G2 he knew Trisk was a thing and dropped Sinister concoction, but used it a little too early to keep the pressure off. 1 extra damage to drain yourself away from 13 wouldn't exactly have won him the game necessarily because I can make him gain life but I still think it was likely a mistake.

Now THIS is where it gets nuts.

Match 2: vs B/W GY recursion/drain
I have never seen a B/W deck in this format come together as well as his did. TWO Pious Evangels. Ghoulcaller's Accomplices. TWO Sanitarium Skeletons. Gryff's Boon. If it recurred/gained him life/drained, he had it. Oh also, SORIN. G1 I got absolutely crushed when he dropped Sorin on me that he was hanging onto all game (I drew Pick the Brain the next turn )

Now, before G2, I thought to myself: 'With his recursion/drain/lifegain engine there is no way in hell I'll ever be able to keep him near 13 life, so I figured I'd side out Trisk. Also, I sided out RED in its entirety.I had drafted a couple of the build-around mill cards in U but never got the really good stuff (Startled Awake for example). Could have taken Tamiyo's Journal if I felt more dedicated to the mill strategy but I didn't feel good about it during the draft. I still didn't going into G2, but I figured I had a better chance versus his deck than shitty B/R midrange + Trisk. Hell maybe I could mill Sorin.
http://tappedout.net/mtg-decks/br-stupid-draft-part-2/

G2 - Stall out a whole bunch as he's drawing cards with Skeleton key, recurring Skeletons and flying them over my head, doing stuff. I drop Mindwrack Demon, he instantly drops Sorin to kill it, I kill Sorin next turn. His crucial mistake, however, was not ridding the board of my lowly 0/3 Manic Scribe, who proceeded to mill him for 15+ over a whole bunch of turns for the game win.

G3 - Kept a very slow and risky hand. Had only U mana in hand and only Fleeting Memories and black cards. He started looting with Skeleton Key and a Ghoulcaller immediately, taking me down pretty low and filtering as he pleased. Drops two Pious Evangels. I dropped two Stallions and Mindwrack to pressure him from 23 life (I was at 8 or 9). The Manic scribe went down and I managed to mill Sorin. Then, time was called. We were onto turns. It looked like it would be a draw. My board was too huge for him to kill me flat out if I didn't play stupidly, and I couldn't mill him out enough in the 2-3 turns I had left. He gained a ton of life with Grotesque Mutation and ate my only creature capable of beating a 2-power skulk, but the ability to pump my Stallions and hit him the air for 4 every turn meant I was able to win on my LAST turn.


Match 3:---F that, we ID'ed so I could continue the streak and we could go home (my games lasted a long time).

It may not be a 3-0 but a 2-0-1 given the awful deck(s) I drafted and the fact that I SWITCHED OUT AN ENTIRE COLOUR MID-MATCH, and the fact that I still prized highly is more than good enough for me (and I'm still technically infinite over my last 5 drafts :D)

I'm convinced I can do no wrong in this set and now I'm getting afraid to keep going as I know the streak is gonna drop soon (even though I figured this would've been the time).