Kai Draft #5 (8-4)

After finally getting internet at my new house, I settled down to draft another RRR 8-4 for your viewing pleasure.



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Splinter Twin has applications as a semi-lock with Mnemonic Wall and is pretty sweet with certain bombs. I chose to take the always solid Hatcher instead.
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Someone is on a plan...and it's not the guy on my right.
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Better than Oracle given the Fall and Insight. Also at this point was considering being Grixis.dec.
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No need for more win cons.
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Unsure what archetype I want to be in at this point. All I know is I'm splashing Assassin and most likely going to get some late blue in pack 3.
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Hard choice between this and the Predator. However given the fixing I picked up and the fact I have nothing to ramp into at the moment Heat Ray is the better pick.
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No need for more win cons when I have the Keening Stone. Artisan is unnecessary.
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Taking this over Staggershock values consistency over power. I'm not sure if this pick was correct. The deck was sorely lacking early removal at this point.
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Have little use for Rapacious One's token creation.
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The Deck:

Round 1:
G1: He plays Ikrail Outrider which is met by my Halimar Wavewatch. I Regress his creatures once they are enchanted in the midgame. Pelakka Wurm and the 8 cards from Recurring Insight easily finish him.

I boarded out Keening Stone for Sporecap Spider. His deck is extremely weak to Tuskcaller and Assassin, so winning should not be a problem. Staying alive may be.
G2: He plays Halimar Wavewatch into Venerated Teacher. He's stuck on three for few turns so I get some breathing room. Distortion Strike catches him up quickly and I die to the Wavewatch when he has Deprive for my Regress.
G3: He plays 3 plains and dies to Tuskcaller.

Round 2:
G1: His first play is Merfolk Skyscout on 4, matched by my Ondu Giant. He enchants his guy with Hyena Umbra and plays Makindi Griffin. I Recurring Insight him for 3, and on his turn he casts Regress on my land and plays Lighthouse Chronologist. My rebound draws me 1 card, and I mainphase Heat Ray on Chronologist and play Tuskcaller after attacking for 2. His next turn brings the heat, followed up by Totem Guide Hartebeest for Drake Umbra. I play Pelakka Wurm on my turn, which was wrong. I should've held up regress and leveled Tuskcaller instead. This way I avoid the Drake Umbra landing and crushing me. I eventually set up Momentous Fall on my Wurm but the Consuming Vapors I eventually find is too slow to save me. I note he also has Linvala in his deck.

I board in 2 Sporecap Spider and Gravity Well for Keening Stone, Emerakul's Hatcher, and Frostwind Invoker.

G2: He plays Cryptologist on 1. I have Heat Ray after he levels once. His Chronologist goes uncontested and I die to his free time walks.

This deck lacked early efficient removal which in the end was its downfall. Another Regress would've also been very good as both decks I played featured a lot of umbras. The Staggershock would've saved me a lot of grief and been excellent with Mnemonic Wall. Hindsight is 20/20.