Hello all and welcome to a draft report by me vergil here at the emporium, yesterday was the first chance to draft Innistrad outside of the prerelease and let me tell you it was the bomb, let's show off the deck i managed to put together, while i wasn't forcing Green/White it's what i got for the draft
Deck - Green/White Aggro
Lands
11 Plains
6 Forest
Creatures
2 Doomed Traveler
1 Champion of the Parish
2 Village Bell-Ringer
1 Avacynian Priest
2 Elder Cathar
1 Spectral Rider
1 Selfless Cathar
1 Abbey Griffin
1 Chapel Geist
1 Slayer of the Wicked
1 Orchard Spirit
1 Grizzled Outcasts
1 Kindercatch
Spells
1 Spare from Evil
1 Paraselene
1 Rebuke
1 Caravan Vigil
1 Make a Wish
1 Inquisitor's Flail
1 Cobbled Wings
1 Sharpened Pitchfork
My remaining picks were as follows for this draft
1 Night Revelers
1 Rotting Fensnake
1 Moon Heron
1 Furor of the Bitten
1 Ghost Quarter
1 Armored Skaab
1 Infernal Plunge
1 Lost in the Mist
1 Silent Departure
1 Graveyard Shovel
1 Ghoulcaller's Bell
1 Silverchase Fox
3 Ranger's Guile
1 Prey Upon
1 Grave Bramble
1 Urgent Exorcism
Let's start with the recap of the four rounds shall we, round 1 was a doozy and didn't last very long for me but it went all three games.
Round 1 vs Blue/White Spirits
Game 1 went fast and the spirits player ended up dropping a bunch of weenies to interrupt my path of destruction, i managed to get out Champion of the Parish in the early game but couldn't finish it since my opponent hit me three times with a evasion 4/4 and it was pretty much game over, onto game 2. Game 2 was a decent fit and such, with me dropping all of my early drops quickly and quietly, getting enough damage past his land screw to move onto game 3. Game 3 was a barn burner, we traded blows via Inquisitor's Flail and eventually i ran out of steam, i managed to stop his Bonds of Faith via Paraselene but the on presence threats on the board were too much and i ended up scooping to a 10 damage attack after being at ten life with no way to block, onto round 2.
0-1 at this point
Round 2 vs Blue/White Humans
Game 1 was super fast with me dropping threat after threat, Champion of the Parish into Spectral Rider, my opponent was only able to drop 1 or 2 creatures prior to me swinging for lethal on turn 8 with a Rider equipped with the flail since he didn't have any creatures by that point, onto game 2. Game 2 was another fast one with again i dropped Champion and Rider in succession again luck i think not, after a turn 4 drop flail and equip putting it on the rider i swung for near lethal then the game stalled for a turn with him putting a Doomed Traveler onto the board which was dealt with rather quickly, i ended up taking my first 2-0 of the night via this match.
1-1 at this point in time.
Round 3 vs Blue/Green Mill
My opponent tried to mill me game 1, but had no defenses other then a Fortress Crab which couldn't do much but block my stronger creatures, eventually he dropped a Curse of the Bloody Tome enchanting it onto me of course but i quickly dealt with that via Paraselene, swinging for lethal 2 turns later, onto game 2. Game 2 was really slow, he had the crab again while i dropped turn 1 Champion, turn 2 Doomed Traveler into turn 3 Orchard Spirit which couldn't be blocked by him, eventually he scooped after i dropped flail and rider ending the match in another 2-0 sweep.
2-1 at this point still in prize contention.
Round 4 vs Black/Red Undead
This was a really fast paced match, i ended up getting overrun via Moan of the Unhallowed and Riot Devils while managing to deal with a Screeching Bat/Stalking Vampire via a Rebuke which lead to a game 1 defeat, game 2 ho!. Game 2 was a real quickie as well i managed to get all my big threats all he was able to drop was the bat and riot devils, i overran him for lethal, onto game 3. Game 3 went as fast as the first two, ended up dropping a Orchard Spirit and a Abbey Griffin along with my new favorite white card Chapel Geist however the evasion wasn't enough since i was overran via Brimstone Volley into another Moan of the Unhallowed and he even managed to bring out a Rage Thrower with me eventually scooping at the point in time, ending it in a 2-1 victory for my opponent.
2-2 after round 4
Overall the 4 rounds were pretty good, if i might say this, your bound to have a player whom rare drafts at your table and if you do get that type of thing well it's not that bad since drafting isn't all about the money rares such as Lillana of the Veil, etc. Instead go with something your familar with and run with it, even if it hurts you in the long run, your bound to get used to drafting Innistrad, if i might say this is actually a fun set to draft period you've got so much potential to draft in Innistrad it's not even funny, stay tuned next week when i do this all again for kicks, till next time this is vergil signing off.
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