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His deck is sweet! The Trap, Dynavolt Tower, Animation Module, 2x Empyreal Voyagers, and energy creatures like a Sentry or Turtles, also Drakes for more damage.
What it missed, sadly, were the commons G creatures (what a surprise!) so it looks like he couldn't just play a "slam a couple threats then just produce energy and kill/tap blockers" style.

Game 1 he missed his 4th land drops two turns in a row, digging for the 4th with Aether Theorist. He could still play stuff but it gave me the time to durdle, and Weaponcraft Enthusiast is pretty good at powering a turn 5 Serpent (my deck could do it on turn 4 in theory). A couple misreads/plays later (Dynavolt tower needs 5 E, not 4, and the Serpent doesn't fly so the 4/3 Whale can't block it). Unblockable Serpent and drawing Underhanded Designs to just drain the last couple points rather than risk a bounce spell blowout.

Game 2 he had a better start (I was slow too) with a Turtle that he quickly grew, but I managed to hold and gum up the ground abit. I kept a Serpent back to hold and finished him with a Skyff (Subtle Strike removed a thopter and accelerated my clock too).

If he draws his Empyreal Voyagers earlier or manages to get more energy going his deck looks like it can do some sweet sweet things with all his outlets though.

The guy who got passed some very good G into "after picking inferior stuff we'll just force whatever G we see" and got forced into BR by the asshat (late Eliminate put him in B, then he had to go in R by default, which is his most disliked colour). According to him pack 3 was a trainwreck too on his side.

He starts a bit slow game 1 (drops Lathnu Hellion turn 3, but no additional energy to keep it up), and Weaponcraft Enthusiast -> Snare Thopter -> t5 Serpent (he held mana for Welding Sparks and kills the Thopter, but too late). The second Serpent comes down two turns later and he concedes.
Game 2 is closer but because I kept a hand that only started on turn 3 vs Thriving Rats, Lawless Broker, and then a mix of 2-drops (Embraal Bruiser, other Rats) and a fuckton of removal I couldn't stabilise and lost (Sparks, Die Young, Unlicensed Disintegration). Malfunction is too slow against all the 2-drops, and when I can play a creature + hold Essence Extraction he just hijacks the creature so I'm dead anyway.

Game 3 I mull to 6, keep a 2-lander with islands, Aether Theorist, Subtle Strike, Curio Vendor, Embral Bruiser, scry Eliminate Competition bottom.
I hold as I can but my first swamp is the 17th card (including the Theorist+mulligan scries), so that game was over before it started.
Won't lie, I'm salty, and it showed. Got forced into the control-y UB that I didn't want to start the format, didn't receive much in terms of 2-drops (maybe I passed a Dhund Operative in pack 1, and a Curio Vendor, other than that it's Curio/Bruiser/Theorist and that's all I have/saw), and they can't even trade with Rats or Salivating Gremlins or most stuff buffed by Lawless Broker's death trigger, and on top of that I didn't get to play game 3 lost 100% to variance.

I'm paired up against the pod's best deck, just like yesterday, after getting screwed over by mana. Not my week.
We discussed earlier how Oviya isn't an absolute bomb and I believe she's good and upgrades your late game, but shouldn't impact turns 2~5 if your draft already has a decent curve (her 2nd ability starts producing big stuff around when it's 4/4 for 5 that don't cost you a card, so considering G commons' quality she dosen't really improve stuff before that), guy kinda looked at me funny since he believes she' a straight bomb.

He was my right neighbour at the draft, somehow ended up with a bunch of G despite the people to his right, partly because of all the good stuff I passed him pack 2.

Game 1 I get the Copter for the first time tonight, and thanksfully I'm on the play because he drops a t2 Cub. Copter on t4 makes him consider a bunch, and the game slows down a bit (Propeller with counter to be able to block, I play Snare Thopter and he trades, following turn when I try to crew the Copter it takes a Skywhaler's Shot).
Game then becomes hard because I have flyers left but I'm fighting Peema Outriders and other stuff too big for me, being 2+ cards down between on the play, mulligan (6-lander) and scries.
In the end I'm chumping with my ground forces while getting in for 4 with Skiff + Drake, but I end up having to chump with the Skiff's potential pilot... so opponent is at 4, I'm at 1 (thanks Pillarbug), if I topdeck a creature I can crew the Skiff and win... and I don't. Welp. Still a lot closer than I'd have expected, so I can't complain.

Game 2 is him dropping Oviya turn 1, then using her a bit with a slower start from both sides. Weldfast Wingsmith could hit for a lot as I've got 3 artifacts in hand, but it eats a Skywhaler's Shot. On the good side, it means the Copter I topdeck sticks, and even becomes a 4/4 later (opponent plays Highspire Artisan as 1/4 reach, then swings with Oviya biggie and I block with Lawless Broker so the Copter gets big enough).
I start hitting him but I don't loot because I have 6+ lands but only one island, and a Serpent in hand... and my topdecks are generally useful (Malfunction on Oviya, etc.) so I don't want to loot them away.
Then I hit Elminate Competition which lets me trade a pacified Mastodon and couple Servos for all his big Oviya constructs. He can't kill me on board before the Copter gets him, I finally hit a 2nd island next turn to block anything he has left and he doesn't topdeck Appetite so he scoops.

Game 3 starts with 3 minutes left on clock, and it ends up in a race for survival since I know I can't win that fast anyway.
He makes a big Rhino and I have to take bad trades because most of my stuff is high-P/low-T or the reverse, and it's starting to look grim for me... but I finally pick up a 5th land (thanks Theorist scries, shoved bottom twice) after 3 turns of Eliminate Competition sitting in my hand, and thanksfully I didn't chump too much of my dudes that I can't remove enough of his board to survive the very last turn.

It didn't change anything in the end (10-man pod and being paired up/down at 1-1 and 2-0 means that draw or me losing is me 6th and him 2nd. Let's call it pride or something?