Magic 2012 Draft 3

I wasn't planning on posting this draft so I didn't note any of the game numbers down, but Matt asked for the decklist on Facebook so I figured the best way would be to load up the draft file. As such I don't really have game replays to go over. As a spoiler, I won this draft, and I did so mostly on the back of making creature drops on turns 1, 2, and 3. I didn't actually have many 2 drops but I did draw them an awful lot of the time. I also cast my first pick from pack 2 in practically every game and he was a complete blowout every time. I only drew my first pick from pack 1 once and it turned a game from a sure loss to a win as my opponent had tempo advantage on me and chumpers for my P2P1 dude.

I'm really starting to agree with Sthenno about this format in that focusing on one colour seems strong. Most of the cards are just dorks you trade 1 for 1 anyway, so a second colour tends to not actually add much in terms of power but can screw you out of your pack 3 bombs or just on mana colours. Garruk's Wildspeaker is mediocre in a 2 colour deck but a real beating in mono-green because you'll always cast him on turn 2 if he's in your opener. I had a BG deck that had a black one drop and him in it, along with forest, forest, swamp, but couldn't play them both as a result of the double mana.

Curving out also seems to be really important. Even with this deck the game I lost was when my opponent was on the play and curved out better than I did. (I think Aether Adept was involved. Playing him on turn 3 after having made a 1 and a 2 drop is such a beating.) The problem is there's pretty much no good way to get back from a creature disadvantage. There are no sweepers except wrath. There are no big removal spells that kill 2 dudes. You're pretty much always safe just throwing out more dorks, especially if you have a spell to deal with one big blocker. (Note: Some Planeswalkers and Titans can often deal with multiple dudes in one spell and that's a lot of why they're so overpowered in this format I think.)

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16 Forest
1 Dungrove Elder
1 Lurking Crocodile
1 Overrun
1 Arachnus Web
2 Titanic Growth
1 Giant Spider
3 Garruk's Companion
1 Sacred Wolf
1 Arachnus Spinner
1 Vastwood Gorger
2 Stampeding Rhino
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Lure
2 Runeclaw Bear
2 Rampant Growth
1 Acidic Slime
1 Gladecover Scout
1 Carnage Wurm

Sideboard
1 Kite Shield
2 Diabolic Tutor
1 Kraken's Eye
1 Goblin Grenade
1 Combust
1 Demon's Horn
1 Harbor Serpent
3 Flashfreeze
1 Swamp
1 Angel's Mercy
1 Wurm's Tooth
1 Plummet
1 Island
1 Forest
1 Guardians' Pledge
1 Incinerate
1 Deathmark
1 Hideous Visage

I sided in plummet every match. I didn't side in Wurm's Tooth but I feel like I should point out that in another mono-green draft that I 3-0ed I did side it in against another heavy green deck and it definitely won me a game.