We need to grab 6-7 on colour creatures of possible pack 3.

I think out priority right now is at least one more gate. If a Boros or Rakdos gate comes our way it would take something great to warrant passing it up.

Here is my wish list for round 3:

2 more gates(hopefully boros & rakdos)

6-7 playable creatures, one of which is a bomb

2 Punish the Enemy(or something that triggers Blaze Commando)

Is that too greedy? : )

Probably :P

Ah crap. Guys I'm sorry, I messed up. I semi-autodrafted a pick too early. I hope you don't mind me picking the Boros Cluestone vs Lyev Decree , Opal Lake Gatekeepers and Pilfered Plans .

Seems fine. We might even play it...

No problem boss. It would've gotten my vote.

Ditto.

Hey RussischerZar, I've been meaning to ask your nationality. You mentioned the Euro time zones before. By your name, I might guess Russian. But you sure do sound American...which, I hope, doesn't sound like an insult. ; )

Nah, it's ok. I'm actually a German guy, currently living in Ireland, that watches too many american TV shows. I even have been asked by an Irish kid once if I'm American because of the way I speak :D

And my name actually means "Russian czar" in German. I don't have any Russian ancestors nor do I have any special affiliation or hatred for Russians.

I use the name since the early Starcraft 1 times (it's a bit of a longer story there) and kept it since it's very unique and easily identifiable.

The cluestone is perfectly fine!

The cluestone was probably the right pick anyway just in case the gates screw us over

Well then I guess I wasn't crazy. : )

Calling the crew for pack 3, pick 1: vic, thebeardedshuffler, tigersfan774, VRonin, anewsome, GoldGhost012, xXBantbladesXx

Legion's Initiative has a potentially game-breaking interaction with the Gatekeepers, if we can get them up. Also, we don't have ANY 2-drop yet. Apart from that I can only see us picking Rakdos Drake , Viashino Firstblade , or Armed / Dangerous , the latter as semi-hatedraft.

+1 Legion's Initiative

+1 Legion's Initiative.

I think we have to try it. The possibility of triggering the gatekeepers again is too good to pass up. Plus it lowers our curve. I know we need dudes, but we shouldn't pass this. We will, however, need to be very judicious as to when we pick non-creatures this round. Come on, two more gates!

Also it makes it harder for the opponent to use removal on our creatures. And if we can ever trigger Blaze Commando , his tokens are RW. It's really quite versatile for us.

+1 Legion's Initiative

The only other thing I see here that I like is the Firstblade.

Yup. Late game re-trigger all our gatekeepers is pretty huge. Or declare blockers once they swing and exile, getting all the value. Shame we can't just keep doing it over and over :P

+1 Legion's Initiative

+1 Legion's Initiative .

Beware of that war chant though. It can hurt.

Calling the crew for pack 3, pick 2: vic, thebeardedshuffler, tigersfan774, VRonin, anewsome, GoldGhost012, xXBantbladesXx

So, another Rakdos Drake or are we so desperate to get gates that we'll take the Selesnya one?

Gate. I think the more gates that have at least 1 of our colors the better. Plus its kind of a hatedraft for other players running G/W.

+1 Guildgate

I think I'd rank them in this order:

1. Drake
2. Maze Abomination
3. Gate

Our 6-slot is huge if you figure that ideally we want to play a red gatekeeper after playing the Maw on T5. I'll take the curve lowering flyer. Three of them could get hard to deal with. I think we can still get off-color gates in the next 3 picks. But I wouldn't risk any later than that.

Vote: Drake