9/11/09 FNM Booster Draft results

[Rob Silva]

Today we had 18 players for our Friday Night Magic booster draft. Congratulations to Daniel Tretsven for going undefeated in all four rounds. Here are the final standings:

 
20090911 FNM Booster Draft, Standings after round 4

 

                                            Tie 1    Tie 2    Tie 3  Matches

Rank Name                         Points     OMW%     PGW%     OGW%  P/W/D/B



   1 Tretsven, Daniel J               12  52.0833  80.0000  54.8611  4/4/0/0

   2 Andrews, Kristopher               9  60.4167  75.0000  53.3333  4/3/0/0

   3 Sano, Reid                        9  58.3333  66.6667  54.8611  4/3/0/0

   4 Pitzer, Brandon                   9  56.2500  54.5455  53.1566  4/3/0/0

   5 Juarez, Byron                     9  52.0833  66.6667  52.5000  4/3/0/0

   6 Hiromoto, Cory                    9  47.9167  63.6364  45.8586  4/3/0/0

   7 Mulcare, Jared A                  6  75.0000  44.4444  63.9394  4/2/0/0

   8 Pottenger, Sean I                 6  60.4167  60.0000  53.3333  4/2/0/0

   9 Valencia, Elson                   6  60.4167  55.5556  57.5758  4/2/0/0

  10 Jahlion, Ryan                     6  54.1667  50.0000  48.6364  4/2/0/0

  11 Andrews, Daniel                   6  47.9167  54.5455  41.4141  4/2/0/0

  12 Sharp, Sean                       3  75.0000  40.0000  64.5455  3/0/0/1

  13 Ganiko, Travis                    3  58.3333  25.0000  57.9924  4/1/0/0

  14 Boyer, Thor                       3  50.0000  33.3333  50.0000  2/0/0/1

  15 Bloch, Eric                       3  45.8333  30.0000  50.8586  4/1/0/0

  16 Ogorchock, Robert                 3  33.3333 100.0000  33.3333  1/1/0/0

  17 Graham, Andrew                    0  75.0000  20.0000  65.0000  2/0/0/0

  18 Fritz, K                          0  52.0833  20.0000  53.2197  4/0/0/0

[Travis Ganiko]

did any one find a blue white deck in it? it had a glacial fortress....., blue plastics

[Jeff]

grats dan.
i 4-0'd last night, too. played against 3 super good decks, gave 3 people their only loss. had to beat a deck that had 2 magebane armor, platinum angel, whispersilk cloak, 2 fabricate, kalonian behemoth...a deck that had 3 blinding mage, 2 pacifism, mind control, serra angel, sleep...and a deck that had overrun, cudgel troll, ant queen, jace beleren, air elemental, mind control, fireball. got lucky, i suppose.
for reference, my deck was:
llanowar elves
elvish visionary
deadly recluse
3 runeclaw bear
borderland ranger
centaur courser
2 kelinore bat
warpath ghoul
giant spider
cudgel troll
stampeding rhino
2 giant growth
doom blade
assassinate
whispersilk cloak
might of oaks
2 overrun
howl of the night pack
terramorphic expanse
12 forest
4 swamp

props:
James for mind controlling someone's baneslayer angel then strapping whispersilk cloak on it
James for not blocking my 4/4 when he was at 14 and getting might of oaked + giant growthed
James for having 3 forests in play and somehow letting me assassinate his cudgel troll
James for mind controlling my tapped runeclaw bear
slops:
the two people directly on my right that were both in green and still shipped me this deck
silly freshman for having jace + chandra + 2 fireballs and not winning

[The Franchise]

Oh my God, someone is resurrecting props and slops!
What's magebane armor?

Jeff said:

grats dan.
i 4-0'd last night, too. played against 3 super good decks, gave 3 people their only loss. had to beat a deck that had 2 magebane armor, platinum angel, whispersilk cloak, 2 fabricate, kalonian behemoth...a deck that had 3 blinding mage, 2 pacifism, mind control, serra angel, sleep...and a deck that had overrun, cudgel troll, ant queen, jace beleren, air elemental, mind control, fireball. got lucky, i suppose.
for reference, my deck was:
llanowar elves
elvish visionary
deadly recluse
3 runeclaw bear
borderland ranger
centaur courser
2 kelinore bat
warpath ghoul
giant spider
cudgel troll
stampeding rhino
2 giant growth
doom blade
assassinate
whispersilk cloak
might of oaks
2 overrun
howl of the night pack
terramorphic expanse
12 forest
4 swamp

props:
James for mind controlling someone's baneslayer angel then strapping whispersilk cloak on it
James for not blocking my 4/4 when he was at 14 and getting might of oaked + giant growthed
James for having 3 forests in play and somehow letting me assassinate his cudgel troll
James for mind controlling my tapped runeclaw bear
slops:
the two people directly on my right that were both in green and still shipped me this deck
silly freshman for having jace + chandra + 2 fireballs and not winning

[Jeff]

magebane armor is arguably the best rare in the set for limited

[The Franchise]

It's big, it walks, it can get 187'd, it absorbs a chump.
Eh.

Jeff said:

magebane armor is arguably the best rare in the set for limited

[l\l l l/l]

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/twtw/55

Stark: No. Every season players seem to complain the Sealed formats are too "bomb-laden," but if you read the coverage from Niigata, you'll notice some clever in-depth analysis of the format from the Japanese. When I asked Watanabe what card he most wanted to open in his Sealed pool, he answered, "Magebane Armor." To that point, and since, I have not heard someone echo that sentiment and, judging by his Top 8s, he's right on. There weren't any complaints from the people I interviewed at the event that the Sealed format was any worse than in years previous.

Yes Jeff, I read that article too...

Jeff said:

magebane armor is arguably the best rare in the set for limited

[Jeff]

i liked magebane armor since the set released, had nothing to do with that article

[Jeff]

there's only 2 non-mythic rares i would take over it first pick, first pack if i was playing to win (assuming one was foil so they came in the same pack): earthquake and djinn of wishes. nothing against planar cleansing, ant queen, etc., just personal preference.
would just rather have a card that guarantee makes the final deck, doesn't have any color commitments, and turns every creature into a threat. i only say djinn of wishes because i like blue in this format, it's underdrafted.

[l\l l l/l]

Brian Hacker is turning in his Magic grave.

The Franchise said:

Oh my God, someone is resurrecting props and slops!

[The Franchise]

I thought you weren't a reader.
Now you opine tech!
I didn't read any article. :(


l\l l l/l said:

http://www.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/twtw/55

Stark: No. Every season players seem to complain the Sealed formats are too "bomb-laden," but if you read the coverage from Niigata, you'll notice some clever in-depth analysis of the format from the Japanese. When I asked Watanabe what card he most wanted to open in his Sealed pool, he answered, "Magebane Armor." To that point, and since, I have not heard someone echo that sentiment and, judging by his Top 8s, he's right on. There weren't any complaints from the people I interviewed at the event that the Sealed format was any worse than in years previous.

Yes Jeff, I read that article too...

Jeff said:

magebane armor is arguably the best rare in the set for limited

[The Franchise]

Additionally, Keoni had this discussion with Matt. I forgot if it was pre-release or release.

Jeff said:

i liked magebane armor since the set released, had nothing to do with that article

[Matty the Squid]

I must be seeing things. Danny-boy is winning FNM's? Danny-boy is playing Magic again? You leave for a few months and the world goes crazy.

Keoni and I did have the Magebane discussion at the pre-release I think. I still don't believe it's the most powerful rare pound for pound, but I do have to admit that it has the nice advantage of being an auto-in no matter what the rest of your sealed/draft looks like, and that versatility does push it up a few notches. On the other hand, Earthquake is only slightly harder to splash, and I still believe it has a bigger impact on a game.

However, I haven't exactly had a ton of free time to draft since coming up here, so this is mostly still based in theory. Take it with a grain of salt.

Hope you find your deck, Travis.