Daily Draft Debate- Matches 1-4

Daily Draft Debate

KrazyCaley

4 May 2010

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The format

This draft, for full educational goodness, will be played as a round robin. This means that every player will play a best 2 of 3 match against each other player; the winner will be the player with the best overall results at the end.

The players.

All players other than myself will be assigned pseudonyms.

1- Caley, pilot of the Tappedout deck, has been playing Magic since 1994 and estimates he has done about 100 drafts over his Magical career; he is a noted griefer, troublemaker, and ne'er-do-well.

2- "Bernard" says he's been playing "on and off since Mirrodin" and has only done "a couple" of drafts before this.

3- "Max" been playing since Alpha, now runs his own card shop. Easily the most experienced drafter of the group.

4- "P.T." has been playing since Kamigawa-block. He drafts only occasionally, but is a solid Magic player. Caley's rival for "Most blue player of this group."

5- "Elaine" has been playing Magic for about four years, but she can be found drafting every week. She "especially" likes ZEN-ZEN-WWK drafts for their speed.

6- "Sam" has never drafted ZEN-ZEN-WWK before; his usual game is legacy constructed. He has been playing Magic in general since Revised, with a long break from about 98-04.

7- "Manny" has only done one draft before, though it was a ZEN-ZEN-WWK draft. He has been playing since Shadowmoor came out.

8- "Guybrush" has been playing Magic since 2005. He has plenty of draft experience, though.

I will present the games so that you'll see exactly what each player saw, but at the time of the games, each player knew only what was in his own hand, etc. However, you will only see what I sideboarded in. Also, we'll finish out the rest of the games tomorrow, and at that time I'll show you the full results, plus a list of what was drafted and why, our fellow drafters' comments, etc.

Match 1, Game 1 - Tappedout vs. "Bernard"

Preliminaries

Caley wins the roll and elects to play first.

Caley keeps a hand of Plated Geopede, Searing Blaze, Cosi's Ravager, Island, Mountain, Mountain, Mountain

Bernard keeps a hand of Steppe Lynx, Explore, Seer's Sundial, Turntimber Basilisk, Fledgling Griffin, Forest, Plains

Turn 1

Caley plays a mountain and passes.

Bernard draws Baloth Woodcrasher. Then he plays a plains and casts Steppe Lynx. Then he passes.

Turn 2

Caley draws Burst Lightning. He plays a mountain and casts Plated Geopede, then passes.

Bernard draws Vastwood Gorger. He plays a Forest, then attacks with Steppe Lynx, which goes unblocked. (Bernard 20, Caley 18). Post-combat, he casts Explore. He draws Savage Silhouette, then passes.

Turn 3

Caley draws Island. Caley plays an Island, then attacks with Plated Geopede, which goes unblocked. (Caley 18, Bernard 17). Caley passes.

Bernard draws Graypelt Refuge. He plays it (Caley 18, Bernard 18). He attacks with Steppe Lynx, which hits. (Bernard 18, Caley 16). Then post-combat, he casts Fledgling Griffin. In the end step, Caley casts Burst Lightning and kills off Fledgling Griffin.

Turn 4

Caley draws Living Tsunami. He plays an Island, then attacks with Plated Geopede, which hits. (Caley 16, Bernard 15). Post-combat, he casts Living Tsunami, then passes.

Bernard draws a Forest. He plays it, then casts Turntimber Basilisk and passes.

Turn 5

Caley bounces an Island to Living Tsunami, then draws Burst Lightning. He plays an Island, attacks with everything, and it all hits. (Caley 16, Bernard 8). Then he passes.

Bernard draws Mold Shambler. He casts Savage Silhouette targeting Turntimber Basilisk. With that on the stack, Caley casts Burst Lightning targeting Turntimber Basilisk and kills it. Bernard passes.

Turn 6

Caley bounces an Island to Living Tsunami, then draws Teetering Peaks. Caley plays Teetering Peaks targeting Living Tsunami, then attacks with everything. Bernard blocks Plated Geopede with Steppe Lynx. Before damage, Caley casts Searing Blaze targeting Steppe Lynx. Bernard concedes.

Match 1, Game 2

Caley sideboards in a Claws of Valakut and removes Quicksand.

Bernard elects to play first.

Bernard keeps a hand of Khalni Gem, Territorial Baloth, Harrow, Fledgling Griffin, Khalni Garden, Arid Mesa, Forest.

Caley, after some thought, keeps a hand of Reckless Scholar, Walking Atlas, Lodestone Golem, Ruinous Minotaur, Claws of Valakut, Island, Mountain.

Turn 1

Bernard plays Khalni Garden and passes.

Caley draws Teetering Peaks, plays a mountain, and passes.

Turn 2

Bernard draws Grazing Gladehart. He plays Arid Mesa, activates it for a Plains, casts Fledgling Griffin, and passes.

Caley draws a mountain. He plays an Island and casts Walking Atlas, then passes.

Turn 3

Bernard draws a forest. He plays it, then attacks with Fledgling Griffin, which hits. (Bernard 20, Caley 18). Then he casts Grazing Gladehart and passes.

Caley draws Goblin Bushwhacker. He plays a mountain and casts Reckless Scholar, then passes.

Turn 4

Bernard draws Baloth Woodcrasher. He plays a forest, triggering Grazing Gladehart's ability. (Bernard 22, Caley 18). Then he attacks with Fledgling Griffin AND Grazing Gladehart. Caley blocks Grazing Gladehart with Walking Atlas. Before damage, Caley activates Walking Atlas, dropping Teetering Peaks targeting the Walking Atlas. As a response, Bernard casts Harrow, sacrificing a forest. He gets a Plains and a Forest, triggering Gladehart's ability twice. (Bernard 26, Caley 18). Damage occurs- the Gladehart and Atlas die, and Caley takes two from the Griffin. (Bernard 26, Caley 16). Bernard passes.

Caley draws Plated Geopede. He casts Lodestone Golem and passes.

Turn 5

Bernard draws Vines of Vastwood. He casts Khalni Gem, returning a forest and Khalni Garden. He replays Khalni Garden. Then he attacks with Fledgling Griffin, which hits. (Bernard 26, Caley 14). During the end step, Caley activates Reckless Scholar. He draws Island and discards Plated Geopede.

Caley draws Ruinous Minotaur. He plays an Island. He casts Claws of Valakut targeting Lodestone Golem. In response, Bernard casts Vines of Vastwood unkicked targeting Lodestone Golem. Claws of Valakut fizzles. Caley attacks with the Golem and the Scholar. The Golem gets chop-blocked by a plant token, but the Scholar hits. (Bernard 24, Caley 14). Caley passes.

Turn 6

Bernard draws Pitfall Trap. He plays a Forest, attacks with Fledgling Griffin, which hits (Bernard 24, Caley 12), then passes.

Caley draws Goliath Sphinx. He activates Reckless Scholar, drawing Permafrost Trap and discarding Ruinous Minotaur. Caley attacks with Lodestone Golem, which falls victim to Bernard's Pitfall Trap before it can hit. Caley casts Ruinous Minotaur and passes.

Turn 7

Bernard draws Khalni Gem. He casts it, returning Khalni Garden and a forest. He plays Khalni Garden again. Then he casts Baloth Woodcrasher, and attacks successfully with the Fledgling Griffin. (Bernard 24, Caley 10). Bernard passes.

Caley draws an Island. He activates Reckless Scholar, drawing a Searing Blaze and discarding Goblin Bushwhacker. Caley plays an Island, then successfully casts Searing Blaze targeting Fledgling Griffin, which dies. (Bernard 21, Caley 10).

Turn 8

Bernard draws Battle Hurda. He plays a Plains and attacks with Baloth Woodcrasher, which hits. (Bernard 21, Caley 2). Then he casts Territorial Baloth. During the end step, Caley casts Permafrost Trap targeting the two Baloths, which resolves.

Caley draws an Island. He casts Goliath Sphinx. Then he attacks with the Minotaur and the Scholar. The scholar hits, but the Minotaur gets chop blocked by a plant token. (Bernard 19, Caley 2). Caley sacrifices an Island to Ruinous Minotaur. Then he passes.

Turn 9

Bernard draws Steppe Lynx. He casts both the Lynx and Battle Hurda, then passes.

Caley draws mountain. He does nothing, and passes.

Turn 10

Bernard draws explore. He casts it and draws Ruin Ghost. He casts Ruin Ghost, thinks for a minute, then does nothing. In the end step, Caley activates Reckless Scholar, drawing a mountain and discarding a mountain.

Caley draws Into the Roil. Caley plays a mountain. He casts Into the Roil targeting Ruin Ghost, kicked two times. Caley draws Dispel and Burst Lightning. Then Caley passes.

Turn 11

Bernard draws Savage Silhouette. He casts Ruin Ghost, then attacks with a plant token, which goes unblocked and does no damage. Bernard then tries to cast Savage Silhouette targeting Ruin Ghost, but the ghost sucks a Burst Lightning. Bernard passes. In the end step, Caley activates Reckless Scholar, drawing a Living Tsunami and discarding Dispel.

Caley draws Claws of Valakut. He casts it targeting Reckless Scholar, then casts Living Tsunami, then passes.

Turn 12

Bernard draws Turntimber Basilisk, casts it, and passes.

Caley bounces and plays a land with Living Tsunami. He draws a Burst Lightning. He thinks for a minute, then does nothing.

Turn 13

Bernard draws Graypelt Refuge. He plays it. With landfall on the stack, Caley casts Burst Lightning and kills Turntimber Basilisk. Bernard attacks with everything but a plant token. Caley blocks Baloth Woodcrasher with Goliath Sphinx, Steppe Lynx with Reckless Scholar, Battle Hurda with Living Tsunami, Territorial Baloth with Ruinous Minotaur. The Baloth Woodcrasher, Steppe Lynx, and Battle Hurda die on Bernard's side. Caley loses Goliath Sphinx and Ruinous Minotaur. Caley takes no damage. Bernard passes.

Caley bounces a mountain with the Tsunami. Caley draws Burst Lightning. He attacks with the Living Tsunami, which hits. (Bernard 15, Caley 2). Caley passes after replaying his mountain.

Turn 14

Bernard draws Seer's Sundial. He casts it and does nothing else.

Caley bounces a mountain with the tsunami. Caley draws an Island. He attacks with Living Tsunami successfully (Bernard 11, Caley 2), then passes after replaying a mountain.

Turn 15

Bernard draws Graypelt Refuge. He plays it, activating Seer's Sundial. Sundial draws him Loam Lion. He attacks with Territorial Baloth. Caley casts a kicked Burst Lightning onto the Baloth, then blocks it with Reckless Scholar, which uses its Claws of Valakut to first strike the poor Baloth to death. Bernard casts Loam Lion and passes. During the end step, Caley activates Reckless Scholar, drawing a mountain and discarding an island.

Caley bounces a mountain to the Tsunami. He draws another Living Tsunami. He attacks with everything. The plant token chop blocks Reckless Scholar, but the Tsunami hits. (Bernard 7, Caley 2). Caley plays a Living Tsunami.

Turn 16

Bernard draws a Plains and concedes.

Match 2, Game 1- Tappedout vs. "Max"

Max wins the roll and elects to play first.

Max mulligans a hand of Brink of Disaster, Kitesail, Heartstabber Mosquito, Ruthless Cullblade, Malakir Bloodwitch, Swamp, and Piranha Marsh.

Caley keeps a hand of two Burst Lightnings, Goliath Sphinx, Claws of Valakut, Into the Roil, Mountain, Island.

Max keeps a hand of Pulse Tracker, Hideous End, [[Brink of Disaster], Hearstabber Mosquito, and two Swamps.

Turn 1

Max plays a swamp, casts Pulse Tracker, and passes.

Caley draws a mountain, plays it, and passes.

Turn 2

Max draws Ruthless Cullblade. He attacks with Pulse Tracker, which hits. (Max 20, Caley 19). Max plays a swamp and casts Ruthless Cullblade, which immediately sucks a Burst Lightning. However, Caley takes a damage thanks to Pulse Tracker. (Max 20, Caley 18) Max passes.

Caley draws a Burst Lightning. He plays an Island and passes.

Turn 3

Max draws a swamp. He plays it, then attacks with Pulse Tracker, which gets hit with a Burst Lightning before it can hit. Max passes.

Caley draws Goblin Bushwhacker. He plays it kicked and attacks with it. (Caley 18, Max 18). Caley passes.

Turn 4

Max draws Mire Blight. He passes.

Caley draws Welkin Tern. He attacks with the goblin. (Caley 18, Max 17). Caley casts Welkin Tern and passes. At the end of the turn, Max casts Hideous End targeting Welkin Tern, which dies. (Max 17, Caley 16).

Turn 5

Max draws Heartstabber Mosquito. He passes.

Caley draws Ruinous Minotaur. He attacks with Goblin Bushwhacker, which hits. (Caley 16, Max 16). Then Caley passes.

Turn 6

Max draws Blood Seeker. He casts it, then passes.

Caley draws an Island. He plays it. Then he attacks with Goblin Bushwhacker, which gets blocked by Blood Seeker. Both creatures die. Then Caley casts Ruinous Minotaur and passes.

Turn 7

Max draws a Swamp. He plays it, then casts Heartstabber Mosquito and passes.

Caley draws Walking Atlas. He does nothing and passes.

Turn 8

Max draws Guul Draz Specter. He casts it and passes. The Specter gets a Burst Lightning at the end of the turn.

Caley draws Goblin Bushwhacker. He does nothing.

Turn 9

Max draws a Swamp and plays it. He attacks with Heartstabber Mosquito, which hits. (Max 16, Caley 14). Then he casts Brink of Disaster targeting Ruinous Minotaur. Caley responds with Into the Roil kicked once on the Minotaur, which resolves. Caley draws an Island. Brink of Disaster fizzles. Max passes.

Caley draws Reckless Scholar. He plays an Island, then casts the Scholar and the Walking Atlas. Caley passes.

Turn 10

Max draws Caustic Crawler. He plays it and passes.

Caley draws Burst Lightning. He attacks with Ruinous Minotaur, which gets blocked by Heartstabber Mosquito. Both die. Then Caley kicks the Burst Lightning into the Caustic Crawler, prompting a "How many of those do you have " from Max. Caley passes.

Turn 11

Max draws Quag Vampires kicked twice. Then he passes, but first Caley uses Reckless Scholar, drawing and discarding Dispel.

Caley draws Bladetusk Boar. He casts it and passes.

Turn 12

Max draws a swamp. He plays it, then thinks for a minute and does nothing.

Caley draws an Island. He plays it, puts a Claws of Valakut on the Boar, then attacks with the Boar, which hits for 5. (Caley 14, Max 11). Caley passes.

Turn 13

Max draws Marsh Flats. He plays it, sacs it for a swamp, then casts a kicked Heartstabber Mosquito to kill Bladetusk Boar. He attacks with Quag Vampires, which go unblocked. (Caley 11, Max 11). The he passes. Caley activates Reckless Scholar, drawing a mountain and discarding Goblin Bushwhacker.

Caley draws Living Tsunami. He plays a mountain and casts Living Tsunami, then attacks with Reckless Scholar, which hits. (Caley 11, Max 9). Caley passes.

Turn 14

Max draws a swamp. He plays it. He casts Mire Blight on the Tsunami. Then he passes.

Caley bounces a mountain with Living Tsunami. He plays it, then attacks with the Living Tsunami. It gets blocked by Heartstabber Mosquito and both die. Then Caley plays Goliath Sphinx, and Max says "I hate you, Caley." Caley passes.

Turn 15

Max draws Vampire Lacerator. He plays it and passes. End step, Caley activates Reckless Scholar, drawing and discarding a Mountain.

Caley draws Permafrost Trap. He casts it targeting the vampires, and Max scoops.

Match 2, Game 2

Caley sideboards out one Ruinous Minotaur for Halimar Excavator.

Max keeps a starting hand of Hideous End, Mire Blight, Disfigure, Piranha Marsh, and three swamps.

Caley keeps a starting hand of Goliath Sphinx, Into the Roil, Burst Lightning, Ruinous Minotaur, two Islands, and a Mountain.

Turn 1

Max plays Piranha Marsh (Max 20, Caley 19) and passes.

Caley draws Living Tsunami, plays a mountain and passes.

Turn 2

Max draws Guul Draz Vampire, plays a swamp, then casts the GDV and passes.

Caley draws an Island, plays an Island, and passes.

Turn 3

Max draws Vampire Lacerator. He attacks with Guul Draz Vampire, which hits. (Max 20, Caley 18) Then he plays a swamp, casts the Lacerator, and passes, but first the Lacerator gets Burst Lightning'd.

Caley draws a mountain. He casts Ruinous Minotaur, which takes a Disfigure and dies. Caley passes.

Turn 4

Max draws a Heartstabber Mosquito. He attacks with the Guul Draz Vampire and hits. (Max 20, Caley 17). Max plays a swamp, casts the Heartstabber Mosquito and passes.

Caley draws another Living Tsunami. He plays an Island, casts one of the Tsunamis and passes.

Turn 5

Max draws Butcher of Malakir. He casts Hideous End on the Living Tsunami. (Max 20, Caley 15). Then he attacks with everything and hits. (Max 20, Caley 12). Max passes.

Caley draws an Island. He plays it and casts the other Living Tsunami, then passes.

Turn 6

Max draws a Swamp. He puts a Mire Blight on the Living Tsunami and attacks with everything, and everything hits. (Max 20, Caley 9). Max passes.

Caley draws Goblin Bushwhacker. He plays an Island and passes.

Turn 7

Max draws Vampire Lacerator and attacks with everything. Living Tsunami blocks Heartstabber Mosquito, then before damage Caley casts Into the Roil on the Tsunami kicked twice. Caley draws Burst Lightning and Claws of Valakut. Caley takes 3 from GDV. (Max 20, Caley 6). Max casts the Lacerator and passes.

Caley draws Quicksand. He plays it and recasts Living Tsunami. Then he passes.

Turn 8

Max draws Marsh Flats. He draws it and sacs it for a swamp. (Max 19, Caley 6). Then he attacks with the Guul Draz Vampire, which dies to a sac'd Quicksand. Max passes.

Caley draws Teetering Peaks. He puts Claws of Valakut on Living Tsunami and passes. He casts Goblin Bushwhacker kicked, then plays Teetering Peaks targeting the Bushwhacker and attacks with everything. Everything gets through. (Max 8, Caley 6). Caley passes.

Turn 9

Max draws Ruthless Cullblade. He attacks with Lacerator only, which hits hit. (Max 8, Caley 4). Max passes after casting the Cullblade.

Caley draws Burst Lightning. He attacks with Living Tsunami, which is blocked by Heartstabber Mosquito. Mosquito dies.

Turn 10

Max draws Heartstabber Mosquito. He attacks with everything. Ruthless Cullblade is blocked by Goblin Bushwhacker and the goblin dies. The Lacerator hits. (Max 8, Caley 2). Max casts Heartstabber Mosquito. Caley casts Burst Lightning at the Mosquito and it dies.

Caley draws Welkin Tern. He casts Burst Lightning kicked at Max, hitting. (Max 6, Caley 2). Caley attacks with Living Tsunami and Max loses the game. "Christ," Max says. "Burst Lightning."

Match 3, Game 1- Tappedout vs. "P.T."

P.T. wins the roll and keeps a starting hand of Sphinx of Jwar Isle, Enclave Elite, Halimar Depths, and four Islands.

Caley keeps Dispel, Goblin Bushwhacker, Searing Blaze, Quicksand, and three Mountains.

Turn 1

P.T. plays Halimar Depths and sees Island, Island, Merfolk Seastalkers. He puts the Seastalkers on top and the Islands below, then passes.

Caley plays a Mountain, casts Goblin Bushwhacker, and passes.

Turn 2

P.T. draws his Island, plays it, and passes.

Caley draws Plated Geopede attacks with Goblin Bushwhacker and hits (Caley 20, P.T. 19), then plays a mountain and casts the Geopede. Caley passes.

Turn 3

P.T. draws another Island, plays it, casts [[Enclave Elite] unkicked, and passes.

Caley draws Walking Atlas. He plays a Mountain, casts the Atlas, and attacks with the Plated Geopede, which goes unblocked. (Caley 20, P.T. 16). Caley passes.

Turn 4

P.T. draws Cancel. He thinks for a moment, then does nothing.

Caley draws Searing Blaze. He attacks with Plated Geopede, which goes unblocked. P.T. decides not to block the Geopede with the Elite. (Caley 20, P.T. 15). Caley does nothing else and passes.

Turn 5

P.T. draws an Island. He plays it and casts Merfolk Seastalkers. He passes, whereupon Caley activates Walking Atlas to drop Quicksand, then casts Searing Blaze to kill the Seastalkers. (Caley 20, P.T. 12).

Caley draws an Island. He plays it and attacks with the Geopede, which hits. (Caley 20, P.T. 12). Caley passes.

Turn 6

P.T. draws yet another Island and casts Sphinx of Jwar Isle, then passes.

Caley draws an Island, but does nothing and passes.

Turn 7

P.T. draws Ior Ruin Expedition. He casts it, then plays an Island. Then he attacks with Sphinx of Jwar Isle. (Caley 15, P.T. 12).

Caley draws Teetering Peaks. He plays it, targeting Goblin Bushwhacker. Then he attacks with everything except Walking Atlas. Max blocks nothing. Caley uses Walking Atlas to drop an Island, pumping Plated Geopede. (Caley 15, P.T. 3). Caley passes.

Turn 8

P.T. draws Into the Roil. He casts it kicked once on Plated Geopede. Caley responds with Dispel. Dispel resolves. P.T. plays an island and passes.

Caley draws Burst Lightning. He immediately tries to kick it into P.T.'s face, but it gets Cancelled. Caley passes.

Turn 9

P.T. draws AEther Tradewinds. He attacks with Enclave Elite. Caley sacrifices Quicksand to kill it, but P.T. casts AEther Tradewinds targeting Enclave Elite and Plated Geopede, then passes.

Caley draws Living Tsunami. He casts it and Plated Geopede, and passes.

Turn 10

P.T. draws Wind Zendikon. He casts it on Halimar Depths, then passes.

Caley bounces a mountain. Caley draws Mountain. He passes.

Turn 11

P.T. draws Paralyzing Grasp. He attacks with Sphinx of Jwar Isle, which goes unblocked. (Caley 10, P.T. 3). He casts Enclave Elite kicked twice, then passes. Caley uses Walking Atlas to drop a mountain.

Caley bounces a mountain with Living Tsunami. Then he draws Living Tsunami and casts it. He passes after replaying his mountain.

Turn 12

P.T. draws Cancel. He passes.

Caley bounces two mountains to the Tsunamis. He draws Ruinous Minotaur. He plays a Mountain, casts the Minotaur, which gets Cancelled, and then does nothing else and passes.

Turn 13

P.T. draws a Wind Zendikon. He plays it on an Island. Then he attacks with Halimar Depths. It gets blocked by Living Tsunami and dies. He replays the depths and sees Island, Windrider Eel, Windrider Eel. He puts the Island lowest and passes.

Caley bounces two mountains to the tsunamis. He draws Reckless Scholar. He plays a Mountain and attacks with Plated Geopede, which gets blocked by the Island with Wind Zendikon on it. The Island dies and goes back to P.T.'s hand. Caley passes, but first P.T. activates Ior Ruin Expedition and draws two Windrider Eels.

Turn 14

P.T. draws an Island. He plays it and casts two Windrider Eels, then passes. Caley puts down a mountain with Walking Atlas and passes.

Caley bounces Teetering Peaks and a mountain to his hand with Living Tsunamis. He draws an Island. He plays an Island and attacks with Plated Geopede. It gets blocked by a Windrider Eel, which dies. Caley uses Walking Atlas to drop another Mountain. He activates Reckless Scholar, drawing a Burst Lightning and discarding a mountain. He casts a kicked Burst Lightning at P.T.'s face, and wins.

Match 3, Game 2

Caley makes no changes from the sideboard.

P.T. chooses to play first and mulligans a hand of Wind Zendikon, Windrider Eel, Sphinx of Jwar Isle, Umara Raptor, Welkin Tern, Cancel, and an Island.

Caley keeps a hand of Living Tsunami, Reckless Scholar, Ruinous Minotaur, Quicksand, Teetering Peaks, an Island and a Mountain.

P.T. keeps a hand of two Welkin Terns, a Walking Atlas, Into the Roil, and two Islands.

Turn 1

P.T. plays an Island and passes.

Caley draws Goblin Bushwhacker, plays a mountain, and casts the Bushwhacker. Then he passes.

Turn 2

P.T. draws an Island, plays it, casts Walking Atlas, and passes.

Caley draws a mountain. He attacks with Goblin Bushwhacker, which gets through. He plays Quicksand and passes.

Turn 3

P.T. draws an Island. He plays it and attacks with Walking Atlas. Caley activates Quicksand targeting the Atlas. P.T. responds by using the Atlas to drop a land, then he casts Into the Roil kicked once on his Atlas. He draws Umara Raptor.

Caley draws Goliath Sphinx. He plays Teetering Peaks targeting Goblin Bushwhacker and attacks. (Caley 20, P.T. 17). Then he passes.

Turn 4

P.T. draws Island. He plays it, then casts Umara Raptor and Walking Atlas. He passes.

Caley draws Goblin Bushwhacker. He plays an Island and casts Reckless Scholar. Then he passes.

Turn 5

P.T. draws Merfolk Wayfinder. He plays an island and casts it. He sees Island, Merfolk Seastalkers, and AEther Tradewinds. The last two go to the bottom of the deck. He passes.

Caley draws a mountain. He plays it and casts Ruinous Minotaur. Then he passes, but first P.T. uses Walking Atlas to drop an Island.

Turn 6

P.T. draws an Island. He plays it and casts two Welkin Terns. Then he attacks with Merfolk Wayfinder. (Caley 18, P.T. 17). Then he passes.

Caley draws Plated Geopede. He casts it and a kicked Goblin Bushwhacker and then attacks with everything. P.T. blocks Ruinous Minotaur with Umara Raptor, and Reckless Scholar with Walking Atlas. Then before damage, P.T. activates Walking Atlas to drop an Island. When damage is dealt, Reckless Scholar and Ruinous Minotaur die on Caley's side. Umara Raptor and Walking Atlas die on P.T.'s side. P.T. takes seven damage from unblocked creatures. (Caley 18, P.T. 10). Caley passes.

Turn 7

P.T. draws an Island. He attacks with both Welkin Terns. (Caley 14, P.T. 10). Then he passes.

Caley draws Permafrost Trap. He passes.

Turn 8

P.T. draws Enclave Elite. He plays an Island, and then plays the Elite kicked three times. He attacks with the Welkin Terns (Caley 10, P.T. 10) and passes.

Caley draws a mountain. He passes.

Turn 9

P.T. draws an island. He attacks with Welkin Terns and passes. (P.T. 10, Caley 6).

Caley draws Into the Roil. He casts it targeting Enclave Elite. Then he plays his mountain and attacks with Plated Geopede, which gets blocked by Merfolk Wayfinder. The Wayfinder dies.

Turn 10

P.T. draws another island. He attacks with everything. Caley chop blocks Elite with a Bushwhacker and takes the rest (P.T. 10, Caley 2).

Caley draws an Island. He plays it and casts Permafrost Trap targeting the two Welkin Terns. He attacks with Plated Geopede and hits. (P.T. 7, Caley 2). Caley passes.

Turn 11

P.T. draws yet another island. He attacks with Enclave Elite, which gets chopped by a Goblin Bushwhacker. Then P.T. passes.

Caley draws Goblin Bushwhacker and concedes.

Match 2, Game 3

Caley removes Quicksand and puts in a Magma Rift from the sideboard.

Caley chooses to play first and keeps a hand of two Burst Lightnings (good of you guys to finally show up), Living Tsunami, Magma Rift, a mountain, and two islands (good of YOU guys to finally show up as well).

P.T. keeps a hand of Welkin Tern, Summoner's Bane, Paralyzing Grasp, AEther Tradewinds, and three islands.

Turn 1

Caley plays a mountain and passes after casting Goblin Bushwhacker.

P.T. draws an island, plays an island, and passes.

Turn 2

Caley plays an island and attacks for one (Caley 20, P.T. 19). Then he passes.

P.T. draws Cancel, plays an Island, and casts Welkin Tern, which gets a Burst Lightning. P.T. passes.

Turn 3

Caley draws Cosi's Ravager. He plays an island and attacks for one. (Caley 20, P.T. 18). Then he passes.

P.T. draws an island and plays it. He passes.

Turn 4

Caley draws Lodestone Golem and attacks for one. (Caley 20, P.T. 17). Then he passes.

P.T. draws Enclave Elite. He plays an island and casts the Elite unkicked. The Elite gets a Burst Lightning. Then P.T. passes.

Turn 5

Caley draws Searing Blaze. He attacks for one. (Caley 20, P.T. 16). Caley passes.

P.T. draws an island. He plays it and passes.

Turn 6

Caley draws Claws of Valakut. He attacks for one. (Caley 20, P.T. 15). Caley passes.

P.T. draws an island. He passes.

Turn 7

Caley draws Island. He plays it. He attacks for one. (Caley 20, P.T. 14). Then he casts Lodestone Golem, but runs into Summoner's Bane.

P.T. draws Windrider Eel. He attacks with the Illusion token (Caley 18, P.T. 14) and passes.

Turn 8

Caley draws Burst Lightning. He attacks with the Goblin (Caley 18, P.T. 13). He casts Burst Lightning on the illusion token, but it gets Cancelled. Caley passes.

P.T. draws Hedron Crab. He casts Windrider Eel and the Crab. He attacks with the Illusion token (Caley 16, P.T. 13).

Turn 9

Caley draws Dispel. He casts Cosi's Ravager and passes.

P.T. draws Expedition Map. He casts it and sacs it. Caley mills away Permafrost Trap and Walking Atlas. P.T. attacks with Windrider Eel only. (P.T. 13, Caley 12). P.T. passes.

Turn 10

Caley draws Teetering Peaks and plays it. (P.T. 12, Caley 12) He targets Goblin Bushwhacker. He attacks with both creatures. P.T. blocks Cosi's Ravager with the Illusion token, both die. P.T. takes 3 damage from the goblin. (Caley 12, P.T. 9). Caley casts Living Tsunami and passes.

P.T. draws Ior Ruin Expedition. He plays it and passes.

Turn 11

Caley bounces Island to the Tsunami. He draws Goblin Bushwhacker. He replays Island. He casts Searing Blaze on Windrider Eel, but P.T. responds with AEther Tradewinds on the Eel and Living Tsunami. Caley responds with Dispel. Eel dies and P.T. takes 3 (Caley 12, P.T. 6). Caley casts Claws of Valakut on the Tsunami, then attacks with it. P.T. takes 5. (Caley 12, P.T. 1). Caley passes.

P.T. draws Island. He casts Paralyzing Grasp on the Tsunami. He plays the Island, and Caley mills away two islands. Caley shows P.T. the Goblin Bushwhacker in his hand, and because he has an empty hand, P.T. concedes.

Match 4, Game 1- Tappedout vs. "Elaine"

Caley wins the roll and chooses to play first. He mulligans a hand of Walking Atlas, Searing Blaze, Burst Lightning, Plated Geopede, Goblin Bushwhacker, Ruinous Minotaur, and Island.

Elaine keeps a hand of Hada Freeblade, Tajuru Archer, Savage Silhouette, three plains and a forest.

Caley keeps a hand of Cosi's Ravager, Goblin Bushwhacker, Claws of Valakut, an island and two mountains.

Turn 1

Caley plays a mountain and casts Goblin Bushwhacker. He passes.

Elaine draws Explore. She plays a plains and casts Hada Freeblade and passes.

Turn 2

Caley draws an island. He plays an island, attacks with Bushwhacker, which goes unblocked. (Caley 20, Elaine 19). Caley passes.

Elaine draws Vastwood Zendikon. She plays a forest and casts Explore. She draws Frontier Guide. She plays a plains and passes.

Turn 3

Caley draws Quicksand. He plays a mountain, casts Claws of Valakut on the Goblin Bushwhacker and attacks with it; it isn't blocked. (Caley 20, Elaine 16). Caley passes.

Elaine draws Graypelt Hunter. She plays a plains and casts it. She passes.

Turn 4

Caley draws Goblin Bushwhacker. He plays Quicksand and casts Cosi's Ravager. He attacks with Goblin Bushwhacker, which goes unblocked. (Caley 20, Elaine 13). Caley passes.

Elaine draws Tajuru Archer. She plays it. She attacks with Graypelt Hunter, which goes unblocked. (Caley 15, Elaine 13). Elaine passes.

Turn 5

Caley draws Burst Lightning. He plays a mountain. (Caley 15, Elaine 12). He casts Burst Lightning kicked on the Hunter, which dies. He attacks with the Bushwhacker, which isn't blocked. (Caley 15, Elaine 8). Caley passes.

Elaine draws Arbor Elf. She casts Tajuru Archer and passes.

Turn 6

Caley draws Mountain. He plays it. (Caley 15, Elaine 7) Then he casts a kicked Goblin Bushwhacker and attacks with everything. Tajuru Archers block the 2/1 Goblin Bushwhacker and Cosi's Ravager. The other goblin gets through (Caley 15, Elaine 2). The two archers, the 2/1 Goblin, and Cosi's Ravager all die. Caley passes.

Elaine draws a plains and plays it. She puts Savage Silhouette on Hada Freeblade and passes.

Turn 7

Caley draws Walking Atlas. He plays an Island and casts it, then passes.

Elaine draws a plains. She casts Arbor Elf and passes.

Turn 8

Caley draws Burst Lightning. He casts it kicked at Elaine and the game is over.

Match 4, Game 2

Caley sideboards out Quicksand and Dispel for two Magma Rifts.

Elaine chooses to play first. She keeps a hand of Kazandu Blademaster, Joraga Bard, Ondu Cleric, Arbor Elf, Tajuru Archer, Plains and Forest.

Caley mulligans a hand of Claws of Valakut, Dispel, 2x Goblin Bushwhacker, Goliath Sphinx, and two islands.

Caley keeps a hand of Burst Lightning, Goblin Bushwhacker, Goliath Sphinx, Living Tsunami, Island, Mountain.

Turn 1

Elaine plays a forest and casts Arbor Elf, then passes.

Caley draws Reckless Scholar. He plays a mountain for Goblin Bushwhacker and passes.

Turn 2

Elaine draws a plains. She plays it and casts Ondu Cleric. (Elaine 21, Caley 20). The Cleric immediately eats a Burst Lightning. Elaine passes.

Caley draws [[Magma Rift]. He plays an island and attacks with Goblin Bushwhacker. It goes unblocked. (Elaine 20, Caley 20). Caley passes.

Turn 3

Elaine draws Strength of the Tajuru. She plays a plains and casts Kazandu Blademaster, then passes.

Caley draws an Island. He plays it and casts Reckless Scholar, then passes.

Turn 4

Elaine draws Expedition Map. She casts it and activates it, getting and playing a forest. She attacks with Blademaster and hits. (Elaine 20, Caley 18). Then she passes.

Caley draws Welkin Tern and casts it. He attacks with the goblin and hits. (Elaine 19, Caley 18).

Turn 5

Elaine draws Frontier Guide. She casts it. Then she uses Arbor Elf to untap a forest and casts Tajuru Archer. Welkin Tern dies. She attacks with Blademaster and hits. (Elaine 19, Caley 15). She passes. Caley uses the scholar, draws Permafrost Trap and discards it.

Caley draws an Island. He plays it and casts Living Tsunami. Then he passes.

Turn 6

Elaine draws a plains and plays it. She casts Joraga Bard. She attacks with Kazandu Blademaster. (Elaine 19, Caley 11). She passes.

Caley draws Walking Atlas and casts it. He passes.

Turn 7

Elaine draws a plains. She casts Strength of the Tajuru kicked three times for X = 3, using Arbor Elf in the process. The targets are the three allies. Caley concedes.

Match 4, Game 3

Caley leaves his sideboarded Magma Rifts in and makes no other changes.

Caley chooses to play first. He keeps a hand of Searing Blaze, Living Tsunami, Burst Lightning, Walking Atlas, two islands and a mountain.

Elaine keeps a hand of Ondu Cleric, Kazandu Blademaster, Joraga Bard, Expedition Map, two forests and a plains.

Turn 1

Caley plays a mountain and passes.

Elaine draws Narrow Escape. She plays a forest and casts Expedition Map, then passes.

Turn 2

Caley draws a mountain. He plays an island and casts Walking Atlas, then passes.

Elaine draws Strength of the Tajuru. She plays a plains and casts Ondu Cleric. (Elaine 21, Caley 20). She passes.

Turn 3

Caley draws Bladetusk Boar. He plays a mountain, and also an Island with Walking Atlas. He casts Living Tsunami, then passes.

Elaine draws a plains. She casts it and activates Expedition Map, finding a Forest. She plays a plains and passes.

Turn 4

Caley bounces Island with the Tsunami. He draws Claws of Valakut and replays the Island. He attacks with the Tsunami (Caley 20, Elaine 17) then casts Bladetusk Boar and passes.

Elaine draws a plains. She plays a plains, then casts Kazandu Blademaster and passes.

Turn 5

Caley bounces Island with the Tsunami. He draws a mountain. He plays the mountain, and casts Searing Blaze on the Blademaster, killing it. (Caley 20, Elaine 14). He attacks with the Tsunami and Boar, hitting on both. (Caley 20, Elaine 7). Caley passes.

Elaine draws a forest and concedes.

Summary

4-0! Woo! Took some luck and a couple of crafty plays, but we pulled it out. Tomorrow I do battle with the remaining three players. I'll let you know the results tomorrow, plus I'll post the full overview of what was drafted by everyone/why/comments from fellow drafters/results/etc.