Random Thoughts

Clearly I should have been grateful for yesterday's rout, as today's was far worse.

I should have known that things weren't going to go well when I picked up another True Conviction in the first booster, and then didn't find hardly any other useful white cards. While waiting for the white cards, I did again attempt my strategy of KILL ALL ARTIFACTS, but this time I was going to attempt a Red-White deck. So I picked up a Turn to Slag, and proceeded to fill out the red side of my deck. For the rest of the draft.

Well, until the rare artifacts started going around. I did pick up two Kuldotha Forgemasters, which I attempted to combine with a Myr Propagator. My idea was to pull out equipment, of which I had found a Livewire Lash, and was desperately hoping for a Sword of Vengenace or Argentum Armor. But my wish was not granted.

So I started the first game against a chap named Raid who proceeded to destroy me with a Green Black Poison Artifact deck. I lost horribly both times. The first time, I drew 1 mana on the initial hand, so I took a mulligan. And proceeded to pull 5 mana. Clever, you know? Anyway, it did not go well. The second game I just could get enough creatures out to deal with his poison. God damn 10 counter deaths - I hate them.

The second game I played was against a blue red deck played by a pleasant fellow who actually chit-chatted through the game, which is kind considering I'm usually losing in a horribly embarrassing manner, and the conversation is a nice distraction from my inevitable demise. Anyhow, this game lasted considerably longer than the previous. I actually managed to pull out my Myr Propagator - Kuldotha Forgemaster combo, but alas. There was no artifact to pull that could save me from his flying creatures.

The third game they gave me the bye, so I went home.

Get Stuff Fast
2 Assault Strobe
2 Barrage Ogre
1 Blade-Tribe Berserkers
2 Bloodshot Trainee
1 Ferrovore
1 Melt Terrain
1 Molten Psyche
1 Ogre Geargrabber
1 Saberclaw Golem
2 Scoria Elemental
3 Shatter
1 Tunnel Ignus
1 Turn to Slag

1 Horizon Spellbomb
2 Kuldotha Forgemaster
1 Kuldotha Rebirth
1 Livewire Lash
1 Echo Circlet
1 Myr Propagator
1 Origin Spellbomb
1 Strider Harness
1 Vulshok Replica

20 Mountains

On the plus side, I did manage to pick up 9 rares - those above as well as a Grand Architect and True Conviction, which didn't obviously make it into the Red deck.