Draft 030 1-3

1st picked Dragonbreath over nothing. 2nd picked Purify over nothing close. 3rd picked Library Phoenix over nothing. 4th picked Battle Tested Stranger over Praxis Banner. 5th picked Oathkeeper over Roosting Owl.

One of the hardest drafts I’ve had to navigate. Everything was open at different times except for Shadow, which sucked since I opened Memory Dredgers and Umbren Reaper. Fire was definitely open as I received multiple late Rakano Outlaws. Time and Justice dried up so I reverted to Primal.

The confusing draft led to a bipolar final deck. Half of the cards were really good and the other half was terrible filler. I anticipate 3 wins off of drawing the better half of the deck and 3 losses off of the other half.

G1: My opponent timed out.
G2: Traded back and forth. Eventually I played a Hunter’s Harpoon on to a Dusthoof Brawler. I used Dragonbreath to kill his Highwind Glider, but was too hasty attacking with the Library Phoenix as I had forgotten about the card draw from Hunter’s Harpoon. I mentored the Dusthoof Brawler on the next turn to give it flying and was blown out by Bring Down. Meanwhile he built up a Stonepowder Alchemist with Emerald Ring, which I had no answer to or a way to race.
G3: Crazy race. I started with Snowcrusted Yeti into Rakano Outlaw into Cobalt Acolyte. He had Argentport Soldier into Longhorn Sergent with a bunch of weapons. I was greedy and played Hunter’s Harpoon instead of a blocker because I was 1 turn ahead in the race. When I finally played a blocker, he had Torch.
G4: My opponent started double Oathkeepers and Crownwatch Longsword. I was far behind. Double Rabblerousers forced chump blocks. My counterattack killed 3 of his units, but he managed to destiny all 3 of them the next turn.

I got punished badly for my aggression in 2 of those games, but this deck needed to be aggressive. Unfortunately 2 of my opponents were even more aggressive than my 2 of my best draws. Oh well, I had been lucky with my draws relative to my opponent’s for previous 3-4 drafts. Eventually that had to reverse for a bit.

Gold Paid = 4250
Shiftstones Gained = 676 (dust)
Base = 0.340 shiftstones/gold
Shiftstones Profit = - 769
Pack Profit = - 2.26