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I should rename this segment "Going 1-1 in the 8-4's and losing to stupid UW decks With Mike." My last three drafts, I went 2-1, 1-1, and 1-1 with various different decks, always losing to a UW deck, Merfolk or Good Stuff. Tips on hidden gems that own UW would be appreciated, because I am getting wrecked by that combination. Or it might just be Mulldrifter. And Summon the School.

Draft:

Pack 1:

Fistful
of Force, Eyeblight's Ending, Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap,
Cloudcrown Oak, Oblivion Ring, Wanderer's Twig, Springjack Knight, Heal
the Scars, Inkfathom Divers, Boggart Birth Rite, Merrow Harbinger,
Battle Mastery, Glarewielder, Colfenor's Plans

Pick: Oblivion Ring

Pack 2:

Kinsbaile
Balloonist, Whirlpool Whelm, Boggart Loggers, Adder-Staff Boggart,
Fertile Ground, Moonglove Extract, Hillcomber Giant, Cenn's Heir,
Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Flamekin Spitfire, Captivating
Glance, Shelldock Isle

Pick: Moonglove Extract

Pack 3:

Woodland
Changeling, Springleaf Drum, Kithkin Healer, Footbottom Feast,
Axegrinder Giant, Lignify, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect's Will,
Mournwhelk, Zephyr Net, Scarred Vinebreeder, Vivid Meadow, Nectar Faerie

Pick: Vivid Meadow

Pack 4:

Surge
of Thoughtweft, Cloudcrown Oak, Tarfire, Wanderer's Twig, Avian
Changeling, Bog-Strider Ash, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Spring Cleaning,
Blind-Spot Giant, Wellgabber Apothecary, Flamekin Harbinger, Glen
Elendra Pranksters

Pick: Tarfire

Pack 5:

Gilt-Leaf
Ambush, Hillcomber Giant, Battlewand Oak, Nightshade Stinger, Blades of
Velis Vel, Elvish Handservant, Dawnfluke, Broken Ambitions, Vivid
Marsh, Sentry Oak, Ego Erasure

Pick: Vivid Marsh

Pack 6:

Paperfin
Rascal, Nath's Elite, Moonglove Extract, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Oaken
Brawler, Cenn's Heir, Ringskipper, Black Poplar Shaman, Shimmering
Grotto, Kithkin Mourncaller

Pick: Moonglove Extract

Pack 7:

Runed
Stalactite, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Faultgrinder,
Faerie Trickery, Warren-Scourge Elf, Lairwatch Giant, Battle Mastery,
Triclopean Sight

Pick: Inner-Flame Acolyte

Pack 8:

Axegrinder
Giant, Footbottom Feast, Lowland Oaf, Shields of Velis Vel, Fire-Belly
Changeling, Amoeboid Changeling, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Burrenton
Forge-Tender

Pick: Lowland Oaf

Pack 9:

Glimmerdust Nap, Wanderer's Twig, Springjack Knight, Heal the Scars, Boggart Birth Rite, Battle Mastery, Colfenor's Plans

Pick: Wanderer's Twig

Pack 10:

Hillcomber Giant, Cenn's Heir, Boggart Forager, Facevaulter, Hunt Down, Captivating Glance

Pick: Hillcomber Giant

Pack 11:

Footbottom Feast, Wellgabber Apothecary, Aquitect's Will, Zephyr Net, Scarred Vinebreeder

Pick: Footbottom Feast

Pack 12:

Wanderer's Twig, Kinsbaile Skirmisher, Spring Cleaning, Wellgabber Apothecary

Pick: Wellgabber Apothecary

Pack 13:

Nightshade Stinger, Elvish Handservant, Dawnfluke

Pick: Elvish Handservant

Pack 14:

Ringskipper, Black Poplar Shaman

Pick: Ringskipper

Pack 15:

Battle Mastery

Pick: Battle Mastery

Pack 16:

Stonybrook
Angler, Nameless Inversion, Fertile Ground, Moonglove Winnower, Plover
Knights, Whirlpool Whelm, Elvish Eulogist, Giant's Ire, Lairwatch
Giant, Spellstutter Sprite, Spiderwig Boggart, Inner-Flame Igniter,
Merrow Reejerey, Crib Swap, Forced Fruition

Pick: Nameless Inversion

Pack 17:

Hurly-Burly,
Plover Knights, Paperfin Rascal, Dreamspoiler Witches, Runed
Stalactite, Nath's Elite, Neck Snap, Nath's Buffoon, Faultgrinder,
Rootgrapple, Goldmeadow Dodger, Faerie Harbinger, Lammastide Weave,
Wanderwine Hub

Pick: Dreamspoiler Witches

Pack 18:

Silvergill
Douser, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Bog-Strider Ash, Tarfire, Herbal
Poultice, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Ingot Chewer, Amoeboid Changeling, Rebellion
of the Flamekin, Captivating Glance, Guardian of Cloverdell, Incendiary
Command, Mournwhelk

Pick: Incendiary Command

Pack 19:

Weed
Strangle, Kithkin Healer, Deeptread Merrow, Kithkin Daggerdare, Herbal
Poultice, Lace with Moonglove, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight,
Ponder, Vivid Crag, Boggart Shenanigans, Deathrender

Pick: Weed Strangle

Pack 20:

Stinkdrinker
Daredevil, Dreamspoiler Witches, Battlewand Oak, Oaken Brawler,
Pestermite, Giant's Ire, Dawnfluke, Spellstutter Sprite, Elvish
Eulogist, Faerie Tauntings, Crush Underfoot

Pick: Dreamspoiler Witches

Pack 21:

Oakgnarl
Warrior, Deeptread Merrow, Soaring Hope, Shimmering Grotto, Judge of
Currents, Lace with Moonglove, Blind-Spot Giant, Elvish Harbinger,
Goldmeadow Stalwart, Gilt-Leaf Palace

Pick: Gilt-Leaf Palace

Pack 22:

Thieving
Sprite, Kinsbaile Balloonist, Boggart Loggers, Spiderwig Boggart,
Boggart Forager, Ringskipper, Hunt Down, Guardian of Cloverdell,
Flamekin Bladewhirl

Pick: Thieving Sprite

Pack 23:

Oakgnarl
Warrior, Glimmerdust Nap, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Boggart Birth Rite, Zephyr
Net, Bog Hoodlums, Judge of Currents, Faerie Tauntings

Pick: Judge of Currents

Pack 24:

Moonglove Winnower, Elvish Eulogist, Giant's Ire, Lairwatch Giant, Spellstutter Sprite, Spiderwig Boggart, Forced Fruition

Pick: Moonglove Winnower

Pack 25:

Hurly-Burly, Nath's Elite, Nath's Buffoon, Faultgrinder, Goldmeadow Dodger, Lammastide Weave

Pick: Nath's Elite

Pack 26:

Herbal Poultice, Gilt-Leaf Seer, Ingot Chewer, Rebellion of the Flamekin, Captivating Glance

Pick: Rebellion of the Flamekin

Pack 27:

Herbal Poultice, Scarred Vinebreeder, Springjack Knight, Boggart Shenanigans

Pick: Herbal Poultice

Pack 28:

Dawnfluke, Elvish Eulogist, Faerie Tauntings

Pick: Faerie Tauntings

Pack 29:

Soaring Hope, Lace with Moonglove

Pick: Lace with Moonglove

Pack 30:

Boggart Forager

Pick: Boggart Forager

Pack 31:

Oakgnarl
Warrior, Lash Out, Hornet Harasser, Deeptread Merrow, Goldmeadow
Harrier, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel,
Mournwhelk, Needle Drop, Lys Alana Scarblade, Woodland Guidance,
Cloudgoat Ranger, Auntie's Hovel, Thieving Sprite

Pick: Lash Out

Pack 32:

Eyeblight's
Ending, Soulbright Flamekin, Glimmerdust Nap, Wanderer's Twig, Hornet
Harasser, Exiled Boggart, Ponder, Heal the Scars, Skeletal Changeling,
Giant Harbinger, Vivid Grove, Shriekmaw, Jace Beleren, Hamletback
Goliath

Pick: Shriekmaw

Pack 33:

Sentinels
of Glen Elendra, Smokebraider, Gilt-Leaf Ambush, Moonglove Winnower,
Kinsbaile Balloonist, Inner-Flame Acolyte, Wings of Velis Vel, Flamekin
Brawler, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Blades of Velis Vel,
Goatnapper, Ceaseless Searblades

Pick: Smokebraider

Pack 34:

Inner-Flame
Acolyte, Pestermite, Leaf Gilder, Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Thieving
Sprite, Nath's Buffoon, Caterwauling Boggart, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish
Handservant, Broken Ambitions, Fallowsage, Ashling's Prerogative

Pick: Pestermite

Pack 35:

Adder-Staff
Boggart, Wispmare, Consuming Bonfire, Boggart Loggers, Flamekin
Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Rootgrapple, Triclopean Sight, Ceaseless
Searblades, Squeaking Pie Sneak, Treefolk Harbinger

Pick: Boggart Loggers

Pack 36:

Soulbright
Flamekin, Kithkin Daggerdare, Surge of Thoughtweft, Weed Strangle,
Mudbutton Torchrunner, Inkfathom Divers, Needle Drop, Soaring Hope,
Elvish Branchbender, Ego Erasure

Pick: Soulbright Flamekin

Pack 37:

Fistful
of Force, Quill-Slinger Boggart, Bog Hoodlums, Protective Bubble,
Fire-Belly Changeling, Skeletal Changeling, Aquitect's Will, Goldmeadow
Stalwart, Hoarder's Greed

Pick: Skeletal Changeling

Pack 38:

Hurly-Burly,
Peppersmoke, Wispmare, Thieving Sprite, Wings of Velis Vel,
Caterwauling Boggart, Goldmeadow Dodger, Faerie Trickery

Pick: Peppersmoke

Pack 39:

Oakgnarl Warrior, Spring Cleaning, Exiled Boggart, Shields of Velis Vel, Needle Drop, Woodland Guidance, Thieving Sprite

Pick: Thieving Sprite

Pack 40:

Glimmerdust Nap, Wanderer's Twig, Exiled Boggart, Heal the Scars, Skeletal Changeling, Vivid Grove

Pick: Skeletal Changeling

Pack 41:

Moonglove Winnower, Flamekin Brawler, Facevaulter, Warren-Scourge Elf, Blades of Velis Vel

Pick: Blades of Velis Vel

Pack 42:

Boggart Sprite-Chaser, Nath's Buffoon, Tideshaper Mystic, Elvish Handservant

Pick: Boggart Sprite-Chaser

Pack 43:

Flamekin Brawler, Tideshaper Mystic, Rootgrapple

Pick: Tideshaper Mystic

Pack 44:

Needle Drop, Soaring Hope

Pick: Needle Drop

Pack 45:

Bog Hoodlums

Pick: Bog Hoodlums

Final Decklist:

1 Wanderer's Twig
1 Boggart Sprite-Chaser
2 Skeletal Changeling
1 Boggart Loggers
1 Pestermite
1 Thieving Sprite
1 Thieving Sprite [FOIL]
2 Dreamspoiler Witches
1 Lowland Oaf
1 Moonglove Winnower
1 Shriekmaw
1 Footbottom Feast
1 Incendiary Command
1 Lash Out
2 Moonglove Extract
1 Nameless Inversion
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Peppersmoke
1 Tarfire
1 Weed Strangle
1 Island
6 Mountain
1 Vivid Meadow
8 Swamp
1 Vivid Marsh

Sideboard:

1 Battle Mastery
1 Blades of Velis Vel
1 Bog Hoodlums
1 Boggart Forager
1 Elvish Handservant
1 Faerie Tauntings
1 Gilt-Leaf Palace
1 Herbal Poultice
1 Hillcomber Giant
1 Inner-Flame Acolyte
1 Judge of Currents
1 Lace with Moonglove
1 Nath's Elite
1 Needle Drop
1 Rebellion of the Flamekin
1 Ringskipper
1 Smokebraider
1 Soulbright Flamekin
1 Tideshaper Mystic
1 Wellgabber Apothecary

Draft recording done by Blargware's MTGO DraftCap. Support Blargware!

This draft was very interesting, in that I kept myself open for so long.   By the end of pack 1, I was loaded with removal, a Twig and two Vivids with two four-drop Giants, so I was looking to go WR Giants splashing for whatever good stuff I wanted.  I ended up getting more removal, and then when I get shipped a second Dreamspoiler I tried to get as greedy as I could.  Unfortunately, the two Boggart Sprite-Chasers I hoped to pick up later and round out the deck never came. The end list beat a ridiculous 5color good stuff off the back of the massive removal suite. Game 1 I use Skeletal Changeling to force him to overcommit while threatening his hand with Thieving Sprites and then Incendiary Command to get the 7-for-3. He casts Footbottom Feast, getting pack a Pestermite, Stonybrook Angler, Mulldrifter, and Amoeboid Changeling. I stay patient, manage to squeeze in one last hit off of a Boggart Loggers to burn my on-board Moonglove Extract and in-hand Tarfire to bring him to 0 the turn before he would take control. Game 2 was all about his Marsh Flitter. He casts it the first time, I Nameless Invert it and keep getting in through the air. He then Footbottom's for Mulldrifter and Marsh Flitter, and I manage to Tarfire + Dreamspoiler it. The third time is off of a Makeshift Mannequin, and I use Pestermite to tap it and Dreamspoiler a guy. At this point we play draw go, my 0/4 Boggart Loggers pretending to be a Treefolk and a Skeletal Changeling holding the fort against four 1/1 Goblin Rogues while my Dreamspoiler and Thieving Sprite get physical. He casts Imperious Perfect, but is a little too conservative with his attacks, afraid to suicide into my blockers. On his final alpha strike, I manage to fall to 2 and kill him in the air.

That same suite of Dreamspoiler and Instants almost got me there in Round 2 Game 1, but the combination of Mulldrifter into double Aethersnipe negated my card advantage and being mana light relative to my opponent cost me. Oh yeah, he also drew three cards off Jace and then played Galepowder Mage, forcing me to burn removal on the Mulldrifter. His triple Goldmeadow Harrier got me game two while I stuttered with two Swamps before finding lands again. By the time I could regain massive card advantage with my Dreamspoiler, he had Galepowder + double Aethersnipe again. If I could've snuck in two more points, I would've had him with Incendiary Command, but it was not to be.

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