I snagged an Erebos, God of the Damned along with Archtype of Finality (all creature gain death touch) so immediately went to work on a black devotion deck. Then I saw Prognostic Sphinx and immediately tried to force blue into my deck because I read online that B/U is good. This was my mistake.
In match 1 I went 1-1 against a red deck with a splash of green. I was actually shocked because I wasn't expecting to win a single game. The rubber match was a wipe though, he played Purphoros, God of the Forge and that was it. Had it not been for Purphoros, I feel like I could have beaten him. Even my first loss to him was because of a missed block. Live and learn though.
Match 2 was a route. This gentleman played a green/blue deck, heavy on the green. Whereas the first game I lost because of mistakes I made, this guy was just a better player and outplayed me. I think he won it all too. He didn't even have any bombs, he just synergized perfectly and wrecked me. I lost 0-2 and now hate centaurs.
Going into match 3, I was just happy that I got one game win. I was matched against the only other 0-2 player so I felt a little more at ease. Game 1 took a long time because he was using a B/W deck and had life gain abilities but late game I managed start hitting him for more life then he was gaining. Game 2 I got mana flooded and still didn't have a playable card by turn 5 so I conceded with 8 health left. Game 3 was insane and I did my deck's best combo.
My oponent and I were evenly matched but he had a ton of creatures on the board. I pulled out Psychic Intrusion and forced him to exile Hythonia the cruel. I then payed Hythonia's cost putting it on my side. The next turn I went monstrous, destroying everyone on the field except for my indestructible Erebos. I then played a cheap creature. Next turn he plays some cheap creature. I play Rescue from the Underworld, sac my cheap creature and bring back my the 2/2 flyer with lifelink whose name I forgot. This bring my black devotion to 5, and Erebos can attack. Then he conceded.
It was quite possibly the best play I could have done. It also gave me my only match win, so in matches I went 1-2 and in games I went 3-5.
So, I took all the cards I drafted, and since I play a W/G deck online anyway, I sold them along with the Erebos, netting me 5 tix with which I bought a Theros booster. I also won an additional Theros booster for having 1 match win, so I was pleased with that.
Now I have the itch for events, but they're so fucking expensive. I have enough to do either another Swiss draft or a 4 booster sealed event, which I'm currently leaning more towards since I feel like that'll give me a better grasp on deck building.
Oh and an interesting note, the gentleman who lost to me was the only person to go 0-3. I was so happy that it wasn't me.
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