I made it to the final event of the Core 2020 draft weekend. I tried a draft strategy based on the first card I got and it didn't work. I opened a foil Mystic Forge and grabbed another (non-foil) one in pack two, so I figured that stockpiling artifacts was a good plan. Only later did I realize I took a bunch of Golems. Naturally, I was also heavily drafting the basic duals and Evolving Wilds (which combos really well with the Mystic Forge plan).
Here's the deck.
Unfortunately, it wasn't enough. I lost 0-2 to WUR Flying Weenies, 0-2 to UB, and finally 0-2 to UBG.
I even had some great openers...
Turn 3 Living the Dream: WUBRG and a big stomper.
But it wasn't enough. I only saw one Mystic Forge, and only in the final match and far too late in the game. I played two or three cards off of the top, but it was too little, too late. I never drew the Ceratops, so my deck never showed off it's green side. I never saw the Meteor Golem. A lot of things just didn't come together.
I think I should have gone harder into the Prismites after getting the Forge. They're pretty good anyways and I would have liked to have more throughout the matches.
I don't normally do a post after my first attempt (though maybe I should). However, I'm not really sure when I'm going to get to draft again, and there have been a bunch of sets released in recent months (or so it seems, anyways). So... this is what I've got.
I do think five colors is a viable strategy here. I really enjoyed it in Core 2019 after a few tries, and I hope I get the chance to do it again!
