After my second Strixhaven draft, I can definitely say that it is an excellent format for five-color-drafting. I again pulled off a 5-color deck and was very seldom in trouble color-wise. I again drafted a ton of great cards. And I again went 1-2. I still think this went better and I nearly won both rounds I lost.
This time I kept my pulls in the order that I drafted them so you can see how that went. Here's my card pool (complete with my 5-color (d)rafting deckbox):
The first pack is the left column, with picks starting in the front. Some things to point out:
- My first five picks were all rares. That felt pretty weird.
- I went more heavily into lessons. They are real good. I will continue to do this if I get to draft Strixhaven again. I don't think I needed 3 Environmental Sciences, though.
- Learn cards are great. Pop quiz is an amazing card in draft. I should take it more highly in the future.
- I still managed to pull off 9 non-basic lands. I think I should keep track of how many I get next time, as more than 9 would probably be too much.
With the 9 non-basics and 9 lessons, I only had to cut 4 cards to get to 23 spells. (45 - 18 = 27) It was still pretty hard. Here was my deck:
Without Quintorius this week, Lorehold Excavation wasn't as amazing. Later on, I put Fuming Effigy in instead, which I probably should have done throughout. I will say that double Returned Pastcaller is really amazing.
Last week my deck was mostly Quandrix, this week it was definitely more of a Prismari-Lorehold mix, and that worked quite well. Although I missed the presence of a Bookwurm, I would be happy to get a pool similar to this again. I think I could play it better as well.
Happy Drafting!
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