Drafting with the Fat Man

SOM #3: I didn’t have to read every card this time.

Dan Cato — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 21:22:30 +0000

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1 Plaguemaw Beast
1 Glistener Elf
1 Glissa’s Scorn
1 Metallic Mastery
1 Burn the Impure
1 Copper Myr
2 Razor Swine
1 Volt Charge
1 Pestilent Souleater
1 Artillerize
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1 Iron Myr
8 Forest
1 Saberclaw Golem
1 Shatter
1 Into the Core
1 Flameborn Hellion
1 Plague Myr
1 Assault Strobe
1 Creeping Corrosion
1 Cystbearer
1 Core Prowler
1 Unnatural Predation
1 Blightwidow

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1 Ezuri’s Archers
1 Viridian Harvest
1 Swamp
1 Exsanguinate
1 Crush
1 Kemba’s Legion
1 Swamp
1 Psychic Barrier
1 Swamp
1 Relic Putrescence
1 Flameborn Viron
1 Corrupted Resolve
1 Mindculling
1 Chained Throatseeker
1 Concussive Bolt
1 Blunt the Assault
1 Vulshok Heartstoker
1 Silverskin Armor
1 Blackcleave Goblin
1 Fuel for the Cause
1 Numbing Dose

No idea what I am doing, don’t even know the set’s abreviation. #1

Dan Cato — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 03:44:02 +0000

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Drafting with the Fat Man: ROE #3

Dan Cato — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:54:30 +0000

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1 Gloomhunter
1 Nirkana Cutthroat
3 Swamp
1 Sarkhan the Mad
2 Sporecap Spider
2 Emrakul’s Hatcher
1 Ondu Giant
1 Brimstone Mage
2 Evolving Wilds
1 Suffer the Past
5 Forest
1 Induce Despair
2 Traitorous Instinct
1 It That Betrays
1 Lust for War
7 Mountain
3 Spawning Breath
1 Lagac Lizard
1 Raid Bombardment
1 Growth Spasm
1 Nest Invader
1 Heat Ray

Sideboard
1 Hyena Umbra
1 Swamp
1 Swamp
1 Dormant Gomazoa
1 Shrivel
1 Nighthaze
2 Fissure Vent
1 Phantasmal Abomination
1 Student of Warfare
1 Perish the Thought
1 Goblin Tunneler
1 Contaminated Ground
2 Goblin Arsonist
1 Repay in Kind
1 Luminous Wake
1 Reinforced Bulwark
1 Skeletal Wurm
1 Makindi Griffin

Round 1:

I mulligan to 5 on the play. Eventually I draw my planeswalker. I then borrow his eldrazi with traitorous instinct and turn it into a dragon I can trust.

In game 2 I mull to 5 on the draw. This time its a little different than the game before in that I have two traitorous instincts and Sarhkan. Also he fails to play a large eldrazi this game. I might be the best.

Drafting with the Fat Man: ROE #2

Dan Cato — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:25:12 +0000

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Drafting with the Fat Man ROE #1

Dan Cato — Fri, 21 May 2010 22:46:52 +0000

Keep in mind I still haven’t seen every card in the set or read the spoiler. This is only my 4th draft with this set ever. Tell me what you think people who still play.

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DECK:

1 Kozilek’s Predator
1 Ondu Giant
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
2 Brood Birthing
1 Growth Spasm
2 Broodwarden
1 Pelakka Wurm
1 Sporecap Spider
10 Forest
1 Hand of Emrakul
1 Stomper Cub
1 Prey’s Vengeance
1 Spawning Breath
1 Kazandu Tuskcaller
2 Lavafume Invoker
1 Overgrown Battlement
7 Mountain
1 Boar Umbra
1 Awakening Zone
1 Bramblesnap
1 Might of the Masses
1 Heat Ray

I really wanted to play 18 lands. Before playing a game the card I am considering cutting is the boar umbra.

Drafting with the Fat Man ZEN #2

Dan Cato — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 03:25:04 +0000

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The vampire is prob better. However for some reason I’ve been taking red or black guys early alot lately and ending up with no removal. So I decided this guy would be fun to try. The vampire made it to Doug Procunier 3rd pick.

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Chat with Doug on facebook about what colors he was. He had a Hasty dragon and the vampire, so I decided I would steer clear. Right now I’m just taking the best card available.

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Wow the Blue keeps coming. I’m definatley blue. Not sure if I’m just splashing the white spells or what, but the Blue bank is open.

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Hoping the Hunter gets to Doug. It doesn’t.

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I’m going on the Fly Fly.

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How do these freaks get on our airplanes?

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Hello? I’d like to make a reservation.

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Oh no. One way. HAHAHA! Inside joke!

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My name? Joe… Thats J as in Jihad

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O… as in Overthrow your government.

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1   Gomazoa
3   Into the Roil
10   Island
2   Journey to Nowhere
1   Kor Skyfisher
1   Living Tsunami
1   Merfolk Seastalkers
2   Paralyzing Grasp
1   Pitfall Trap
6   Plains
1   Scalding Tarn
2   Sky Ruin Drake
1   Summoner’s Bane
2   Umara Raptor
4   Welkin Tern
1   Whiplash Trap
1   Windrider Eel
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1   Bladetusk Boar
1   Bold Defense
1   Caravan Hurda
1   Desecrated Earth
1   Expedition Map
1   Goblin War Paint
1   Graypelt Refuge
1   Into the Roil
1   Ior Ruin Expedition
1   Kraken Hatchling
1   Makindi Shieldmate
1   Ondu Cleric
1   Shoal Serpent
1   Sky Ruin Drake
1   Soaring Seacliff (all but one creature had flying)
1   Spidersilk Net
1   Sunspring Expedition
1   Swamp
1   Trapfinder’s Trick
1   Turntimber Ranger
1   Vines of Vastwood

The bonus of being the only person playing blue is you have like 30 playables. I decided to go heavy on the blue cards and just play a few choice white cards.

Round 1:

Bashed with Fliers.

Round 2:

Bashed with Fliers.

Round 3:

Bashed with Fliers.

I know really great match descriptions. I think it was the most descriptive I could be.

Did pull of Chet’s recommended trick off “Into the Roiling” my “Journey to Nowhere” with the remove trigger on the stack, for double the fun.

I avenged the idiot that beat Doug in Round one. The guy must have been really lucky against Doug. Cuz he basically just laid there and took it against me. This deck was, as the kids say, the stone blade.

Drafting with the Fat Man ZEN #1

Dan Cato — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:24:48 +0000

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Ok now I can play any card. Splash Hideous End anyone?

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1    Arrow Volley Trap
1    Baloth Woodcrasher
1    Burst Lightning
1    Cancel
1    Day of Judgment
2    Forest
1    Graypelt Refuge
1    Grazing Gladehart
1    Heartstabber Mosquito
1    Into the Roil
7    Island
1    Journey to Nowhere
1    Kabira Crossroads
1    Kazandu Refuge
2    Khalni Gem
2    Kraken Hatchling
2    Living Tsunami
1    Merfolk Seastalkers
1    Paralyzing Grasp
4    Plains
2    Reckless Scholar
1    Scute Mob
1    Sejiri Refuge
1    Shoal Serpent
1    Sky Ruin Drake
1    Vastwood Gorger
1    Windrider Eel

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1    Baloth Cage Trap
1    Bog Tatters
1    Crypt Ripper
1    Forest
1    Island
1    Mark of Mutiny
1    Mindless Null
1    Quest for Pure Flame
1    Seismic Shudder
2    Spell Pierce
2    Swamp
1    Tanglesap
1    Trapfinder’s Trick
1    Turntimber Grove
1    Windborne Charge

Round 1

I fail to find khalani gem, which makes some draws awkward. However I have 0/4 wall and Scute Mob both games. In game 2 Scute Mob achieves 21/21 status.

Round 2

My foe has a very sick mono red deck. I kill Molten Ravager, Plated Geopeed, and a 4/3 for 2RR with Day of Judgement, and was at 19 due to my sweet lands and an Antelope. However he had 4 creatures back and puts me down the three before I stabilize with Seastalkers and I start to attack with my Gorger. He draws a shortcutter to finish me. Thus enforcing my thoughts on Day of Judgment. I cast it very profitably and still managed to lose the game.

In game two I finaly draw a khalani gem. However It is coupled with about 10 other lands. My opponent attacked me for 7 on turn 3. Geopede + Adventures Gear + +2/+0 Land. I was on the backfoot the whole game and ended the game with 6 land in play and 5 land plus gem in play.

Overall I think that that this one of the best possible outcomes for a control deck in the draft format. It also illustrates the old Dave Price adage: “There are no wrong threats, only wrong answers.” I think that is a very telling way to draft this format.

Until next time… Courage.

1	Arrow Volley Trap
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1	Burst Lightning
1	Cancel
1	Day of Judgment
2	Forest
1	Graypelt Refuge
1	Grazing Gladehart
1	Heartstabber Mosquito
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1	Scute Mob
1	Sejiri Refuge
1	Shoal Serpent
1	Sky Ruin Drake
1	Vastwood Gorger
1	Windrider Eel

Drafting with the Fat Man M2010 #3

Dan Cato — Sat, 22 Aug 2009 02:59:22 +0000

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Deep pack, I’ll take the bomb.

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Some would argue for the Craw Wurm, to solidify color. The Strike or Wind Drake could be acceptable. I like playing black and when you are green, you can splash this easily.

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1 Drudge Skeletons
1 Child of Night
2 Dread Warlock
3 Looming Shade
2 Bog Wraith
2 Gravedigger
1 Nightmare
2 Doom Blade
1 Assassinate
1 Gorgon Flail
1 Diabolic Tutor
1 Rise from the Grave
2 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Unholy Strength
2 Sign in Blood
16 Swamp

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1 Ant Queen
1 Borderland Ranger
2 Swamp
1 Mind Rot
1 Fabricate
1 Merfolk Sovereign
1 Wurm’s Tooth
1 Giant Growth
1 Island
1 Wall of Faith
1 Swamp
1 Excommunicate
1 Wall of Frost
1 Angel’s Feather
1 Horned Turtle
2 Disentomb
2 Soul Bleed
1 Forest
1 Island

Round 1:

G1:

I play Nightmare. He deals with it. I Rise it from the Grave. He deals with it. I Gravedigg it. He cannot deal with it.

G2: He is getting his beat on, whilst I get my severed legion in there. I cast a timely Tendrils and then finish him with Sign in Blood. First time I’ve done that.

Round 2:

G1:

He leads with llanowar elf. I run out a turn two child of night. He plays Boarderland Ranger. I doom blade it and Unholy strength my Child. I win with over 20 life.

G2:

This game was starting similarly. However he negated my Unholy Strength and Signed my self in blood. Tendrils allowed me to race with my dread warlock. I eventually murdered an air elemental and made it ARISE CHICKEN. CHICKEN ARISE!

Round 3:

G1: I doom blade his air elemental and I am well on my way to winning the game with Warlock and a pair of shades. However he draw Armored Ascention and is able to chump block while Attacking me for 5 twice. Tendrils was on top at the end of this game.

G2: I have Black Knight with Gorgon Flail holding of his curve of Armorsmith, Swordsmith, Pikemaster. I begin whittleing with a Warlock. Diabolic Tutor for Nightmare. He has Divine Verdict for the Nightmare. He searched for a mountain with his expanse. So it is no surprise when he fireballs my Black Knight. I terror his Pikemaster when he ships. I hold back my only creature and go all in on it with Unholy Strength and Gorgons flail equip, emptying my hand. He ships with the team and Divine Verdicts when I block. Putting me to four life. I draw swamp, conceed and then look at the tendrils on top of my deck.

Drafting with the Fat Man M2010 #2

Dan Cato — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 04:29:53 +0000

Pack 1 pick 1:

My Pick:

Pack 1 pick 2:

My Pick:

Let it be known that I was not that big of a fan of this guy, however if you can get him early enough he can fit into your deck. I am also very partial toward monoblack (or black with fireball splash) in this format. If you can cut black hard enough cards like Tendrils will make it too you very late in pack three.

Pack 1 pick 3:

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Pack 1 pick 4:

My Pick:

I love Shade in the black deck, but I have been able to get them very late.

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Pack 1 pick 10:

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Very nice.

Pack 1 pick 11:

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Pack 1 pick 12:

My Pick:

Gifts!

Pack 1 pick 13:

My Pick:

Unreal, I didn’t mean this late.

Pack 1 pick 14:

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My Pick:

Pack 2 pick 1:

My Pick:

If I was planning on playing more than a few mountains, the Capricious Efreet would have been put right into my pile. The Efreet has always been good to me and my opponents.

Pack 2 pick 2:

My Pick:

I really dislike Nantuko Husk in this format, but he is a Vampire.

Pack 2 pick 3:

My Pick:

DING!

Pack 2 pick 4:

My Pick:

Pack 2 pick 5:

My Pick:

Probabaly should have went with the Tutor. However it would turn out that none of these would have made the final cut.

Pack 2 pick 6:

My Pick:

Gifts!

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Pack 2 pick 11:

My Pick:

Late.

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Pack 2 pick 15:

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Pack 3 pick 1:

My Pick:

Must be nice.

Pack 3 pick 2:

My Pick:

Is real.

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Pack 3 pick 7:

My Pick:

DING!

Pack 3 pick 8:

My Pick:

DONG!

Pack 3 pick 9:

My Pick:

… uh… DITCH!

Pack 3 pick 10:

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Pack 3 pick 15:

My Pick:

1 Earthquake
1 Black Knight
2 Sign in Blood
3 Child of Night
2 Assassinate
1 Consume Spirit
1 Rise from the Grave
2 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Dread Warlock
4 Looming Shade
1 Gravedigger
1 Fireball
1 Fireball
1 Howling Banshee
1 Vampire Nocturnus
14 Swamp
3 Mountain

Sideboard
1 Shatter
2 Mind Rot
1 Weakness
1 Pyroclasm (yeah, this wasn’t good enough. Only brought it in for the finals.)
1 Fog
1 Yawning Fissure
2 Goblin Piker
2 Mountain
1 Warpath Ghoul
1 Ignite Disorder
1 Panic Attack
1 Holy Strength
1 Duress
1 Trumpet Blast
1 Mountain
1 Vampire Aristocrat
1 Drudge Skeletons
1 Lava Axe
1 Demon’s Horn
1 Forest

Round 1:

G1: Black Knight on two. Draw two on three. Vampire Nocturnus on 4. Fly in on 5. Play Child of Night. Flip black card and fly in for the win.

G2: This one was close. I didn’t get a relevant guy down until turn 5. He had some tricks and removal, but a timely Tendrils kept me in the game. Also I kept up by Rising my Gravedigger from the Grave (he brought his friend Looming shade back to the party). My opponent had a Prized Unicorn and Stampeding Rhino in play. I take him to 13 with a shade. Play down Child and Howling Banshee to go with my gravedigger. He is on 10, I am on 9. He plays Awakener Druid. Ships with his squad, putting me to 3, taking out the Child of the Night. I send a lethal attack forcing Awakener Druid to leave the party. I sit at 3 with Gravedigger untapped and Swamp in hand, but he draws a blank and scoops. No X spells for me in round one.

Round 2:

G1: Children and their Daddy + Revealing Tendrils!

G2: My opponent ran out Awakener Druid on three, animating his only forest. ASSASSINATE!!! (Daaaad, there’s poop in my FANNY PACK!) He never played another Forest. He made me work for it, but I had Black Knight, he had plains. I had two looming shades, he had none. This little piggy had roast beef.

Round 3:

G1: He was at 14. So I fireballed him for 7… TWICE!

G2: Got too greedy with earthquake. He also played, and regrew, an Ant Queen this game. I could have drawn the game with Earthquake at one point, but I decided to play for the win and came up short.

G3: I got to ‘clasm two of his men away on turn 5 and ship with a fully aroused Vampire Nocturnus. I pressed my advantage with a Child and a pair of Looming Shades. On of the Shades got pumped to 7/7 when a Oakenformed Giant Spider got in the way and my other Shade perished (he was gravedugg later). He eventually got to UU and Mind Controlled my Vampire. I got him to 7 with my second Shade before he Mind Controlled it as well. I knew he had both Essence Scatter and Negate in his deck, but with the Vampire Still playing for my team, by showing me everyone of his draws, I was able to wait for the coast to clear before fireballing him for 7 once more.

What a rediculous deck I had. I am sure I pissed off some of my opponents. 4x X Spells. Vampire on turn 4 many games, with Child already to go. Assassinating Forests that never attacked. I had it all. This deck was just stupid good.

Drafting with the Fat Man M2010 #1

Dan Cato — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 23:55:17 +0000

ack 1 pick 1:

My Pick:

No bomb rare in this pack, but Mind Control is great. The only other cards of note are Lightning Bolt and the now Uncommon Red Tim. The tim is awesome, however both these cards are red. I think red is the worst color in M10 draft. The best cards are better with more mountains (Seismic Strike, Fiery Hellhound) however it is very tough to go mono red. Splashing with these cards severely limits them.

Pack 1 pick 2:

My Pick:

Another Tim. This pack is not great otherwise, going to try and stick with my Control Magic.
Pack 1 pick 3:

My Pick:

Wow! Now an Artillery! The flail would be my pick here regardless, but can you imagine having 2 Tims and a gorgan flail 4 picks into the draft. Build your own assassin indeed

Pack 1 pick 4:

My Pick:

These packs have been good so far. I like the oakenform on blue guys as a way to put presure on early.

Pack 1 pick 5:

My Pick:

Seems Green is open.
Pack 1 pick 6:

My Pick:

Tempted to cut the windstorm, but two drops are important in the format.
Pack 1 pick 7:

My Pick:

Getting this early can help enable splashes later.

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Pack 2 pick 1:

My Pick:

I can splash this, or if red continues to come play it over my three blue cards.

Pack 2 pick 2:

My Pick:

Red is looking sexier, still splashable.

Pack 2 pick 3:

My Pick:

GIFTS!!! this is the first time I have seen the rest of this pack.

Pack 2 pick 4:

My Pick:

Pack 2 pick 5:

My Pick:

GIFTS AGAIN! Green was way open.
Pack 2 pick 6:

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Pack 2 pick 8:

My Pick:

This is close between the Recluse and the Rhino, but I already have alot of fat.
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Pack 3 pick 1:

My Pick:

Another Planar Cleansing. I took the Dragon as a win condition. I also left three good green commons, odds being I can table one.
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Pack 3 pick 11:

My Pick:

Took the Naturalize because of all the Pacifisms I’ve shipped.

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Pack 3 pick 15:

My Pick:

1 Entangling Vines
1 Pyroclasm
1 Cudgel Troll
3 Rampant Growth
1 Gorgon Flail
1 Giant Growth
1 Centaur Courser
1 Regenerate
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Sparkmage Apprentice
1 Runeclaw Bear
1 Overrun
1 Dragon Whelp
1 Elvish Visionary
2 Deadly Recluse
3 Craw Wurm
1 Oakenform
1 Fireball
1 Goblin Artillery
8 Forest
8 Mountain
Sideboard
1 Mist Leopard
1 Silvercoat Lion
1 Naturalize
1 Alluring Siren
1 Mind Control
1 Firebreathing
1 Mountain
1 Berserkers of Blood Ridge
1 Safe Passage
1 Coral Merfolk
1 Panic Attack
1 Plains
1 Holy Strength
1 Excommunicate
1 Essence Scatter
1 Enormous Baloth
1 Island
1 Swamp
1 Regenerate
1 Lifelink
1 Swamp

Round One:

G1: I mull into a hand with pyroclasm. I kill Snapping Drake, Merfolk Looter, Coral Merfolk, and Llanowar Elf with it. I lose my Elvish Visionary. I oakenform a grizzly bear and win.

G2: I Oakenform a Deadly Recludse on 3. He Ice Cages it. I rip Gorgon’s Flail. I would have won the game eventually anyway, but I fireballed him for 5 to finish it.

Round Two:

G1:

Captain of the Night-watch.

G2:

See Game one. =(