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After my work day at EFRC, I showered and changed clothes and headed to the Gopher for FNM. The formats were Modern and DGR draft; I'm still trying to work with my Twin deck so I was playing Modern. I did a big trade just before the event started, and pulled some cards sitting in one of my half-made Legacy decks, along with a couple of other changes, so there are a number of changes since last time, but it didn't do all that well. ( deck and details )
Despite having been up since 6 and just having my ass kicked, I wanted to play more magic, so I stayed for afterdraft. No Modern Masters this week. I started off drafting my dragon's maze Golgari pack, from which I took an Abrupt Decay. Pick 2, I was handed the one MMA pack at the table, and I was pleased to take the Path to Exile that was still in it. In I think the very next pack I got an Ultimate Price. By the end of pack 1, I had like 6 removal spells ranging from decent to excellent and a bit of fixing for a junk colors deck. The next two packs weren't as amazing, but I was getting a lot of decent picks for the deck. I ended up with a pile that looked really good, which I assumed meant I was doomed because whenever I draft a deck I think is good, I draw horribly and lose. Match 1, I one game 1 in a half hour long grind, and then game 2 I mana flooded horribly. We went to time, and he dropped a Tricks of the Trade on a bear; I was at 9 life. I failed to draw any of my removal and lost on his final turn. Match 2, I got paired with James Manrique which I assumed was an auto loss -- James is a very good drafter. But he had a weaker deck than usual this time, mainly depending on putting a strong aura on a small creature. Both games, he made a Rakdos Drake really big with an aura, and then I hit it with Ultimate Price, and he never really had anything else. Match 3, I was playing a fairly interesting game, it seemed like I was winning, and my opponent said that he was too tired to keep playing so he conceded, and I ended up 1st on tiebreaks, so I got AVR, M13, M14 as my packs. Possibly my best afterdraft performance ever. I was pretty tired by the time I got to bed at 3:30 but it was fun.
Despite having been up since 6 and just having my ass kicked, I wanted to play more magic, so I stayed for afterdraft. No Modern Masters this week. I started off drafting my dragon's maze Golgari pack, from which I took an Abrupt Decay. Pick 2, I was handed the one MMA pack at the table, and I was pleased to take the Path to Exile that was still in it. In I think the very next pack I got an Ultimate Price. By the end of pack 1, I had like 6 removal spells ranging from decent to excellent and a bit of fixing for a junk colors deck. The next two packs weren't as amazing, but I was getting a lot of decent picks for the deck. I ended up with a pile that looked really good, which I assumed meant I was doomed because whenever I draft a deck I think is good, I draw horribly and lose. Match 1, I one game 1 in a half hour long grind, and then game 2 I mana flooded horribly. We went to time, and he dropped a Tricks of the Trade on a bear; I was at 9 life. I failed to draw any of my removal and lost on his final turn. Match 2, I got paired with James Manrique which I assumed was an auto loss -- James is a very good drafter. But he had a weaker deck than usual this time, mainly depending on putting a strong aura on a small creature. Both games, he made a Rakdos Drake really big with an aura, and then I hit it with Ultimate Price, and he never really had anything else. Match 3, I was playing a fairly interesting game, it seemed like I was winning, and my opponent said that he was too tired to keep playing so he conceded, and I ended up 1st on tiebreaks, so I got AVR, M13, M14 as my packs. Possibly my best afterdraft performance ever. I was pretty tired by the time I got to bed at 3:30 but it was fun.