Drafting with JT: AAC #4

I drafted this over a week ago but did not have the time to edit or post it. Anyway, better late than never.

2x Shards of Alara, 1x Conflux.
Drafted on Thursday, April 23, 2009 at a Magic Online 4-3-2-2 queue.

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This one was easy.

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Open for Naya, Bant, or simply GW.

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Rakeclaw is cool, but this one keeps my options open.

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I was a bit decided on going GW at this point.

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GW it is.

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There was nothing else in here, I took the splashable card.

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An early drought.

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Another possible splash.

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Nice late pick.

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Just in case, but probably not.

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Another nice splashable card; GWr.

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GW exalted is sure to produce 5-power guys, this will be nice.

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I wont be using any of these cards, counterdraft time.

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There isn't much to choose from here.

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Something to smoothen my curve.

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1st strike is always good when combined with exalted.

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Something to help me play the splashed cards.

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It came back!

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A potential troublemaker.

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My final deck:


Round 1 vs 5-color: Win 2-0
Round 2 vs 5-color: Lose 1-2

My very first decent (published) draft loses on the second round due to mana flood. I drew over 10 lands in those 2 games that I lost; how disappointing.