I've been playing drafts most Fridays for almost six weeks now, and I finally won one last night. It was only a pool of 16 players, but I ultimately went 4-0 with 8 wins 1 loss. Two of us went 3-0 both of us 6-1 so we had a final round to determine first place.
We were playing Theros/Born of the Gods and I drafted blue splashing for red. Had tons of counters/removal for low mana (Dissolve, 3x Nullify, 2x Magma Jet, Lightning Strike, etc) to control the board until I could drop Precient Chimeras, a Spellheart Chimera, a Benthic Giant or a Sealock Monster. Flitterstep Eidolon and Nimbus Naiad were always cast for Bestow for further evasion. Bident of Thassa was my first pull, the reason I ran blue and I never drew it in nine games.
I've only a half dozen drafts and even less Standard FNM play under my belt but I finally feel like I'm getting the hang of things. It felt good to place higher than third or fourth, and I felt all but a game or two were very competitive.
It's the opposite in drafts for me. I've been doing pretty terribly lately and need to bounce back. I havent figured out BTT yet.
[QUOTE="God's Beard!";103620086]Ordeals?
I played against R/W burn first round with my Esper control yesterday, a really scary 2-0 for me. If it weren't for me sideboarding in Blind Obedience and the Blood Barons, it would have been almost impossible.
I wound up losing to my girlfriend in the last round, she plays Golgari which is basically invincible against control. Everything's pro-blue and can't be countered, and she golgari charms against supreme verdict. Abrupt decay vs Detention Sphere and Ashiok. -_-
I usually play draft though, I have a 75% win ratio for the last dozen or so drafts, never going below top 3. But I play standard when I go with my cousins and girlfriend as a kind of get-together.[/QUOTE]
I edited my previous post. I meant to say T2 Ordeal of Heliod.
Yeah, Blood Baron and Stormbreath Dragon can be a problem against my deck. Fortunately, I was already so far ahead, had a Skullcrack, or had a Satyr Firedancer and a 4 dmg spell to redirect the dmg to the prowhite creatures. I have one Wear/Tear in the sb for enchantments but I haven't had enough problems to include one more in the sb. If my local meta shifts to more enchantments, I may put two.
It's pretty crazy though. Another store I went to had such a different meta. 90% of the players played U/W/x.
