Favorite Archetypes in Various Draft Formats

[Thomas David Baker]

ALA/CON/ARB - GWr Exalted taking Akrasan Squires very high with r for removal and Bull Ceredon only.

ZEN/ZEN/ZEN - RB little guys, obv.

ROE/ROE/ROE - The stupid five-color green thing with all the removals and some Eldrazi and Dreamstone Hedron and the color-filter artifact.

M11 - UW tempo fliers.  Preferably with multiple Scroll Thief and lots of bounce/removal.

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[Max Botten]

LLM-Gwb Treefolk
ROE/ROE/ROE- Grb tokens
M11-GB with gravediggers and spectres
SCR-Grixis control
ZZW-WB 1 drops
SSE-Monored giantbating was the only deck i could get to work.

[Daniel Royde]

TSP/TSP/TSP: Blink giant deck!
LLL: Giants!
SSM: that red deck
SSC: 5c control
ZZZ: Nothing!
M10/11: Nothing
RRR: Anything

[ross miles]

alara block - white blue fliers - talon trooper and the flying blade. splash some black for removal and zealous persecution.

zzz - anything with welkin tern in it.

roe - black red tokens

m11 - anything white

[Daniel Royde]

Somehow the first one doesn't surprise me

ross miles said:

alara block - white blue fliers - talon trooper and the flying blade. splash some black for removal and zealous persecution.

zzz - anything with welkin tern in it.

roe - black red tokens

m11 - anything white

[Kieran Symington]

ALA/ALA/ALA - RB Aggro with Goblin Deathraiders, Lightning Talons and Blister Beetles
ALA/ALA/CON - Naya decks with Wild Leotau and Ember Weaver
ALA/CON/REB - GR Aggro - ideally with Bloodbraid Elf!

ZEN/ZEN/ZEN - WU aggro fliers
ZEN/ZEN/WWK - UG or UB midrange
ROE/ROE/ROE - Mnemonic Wall decks or BU levelers or anything that wins via Lust for War

M11 doesn't have any interesting block mechanics so decks just aren't that fun to play. Scars can't come soon enough!

[Thomas David Baker]

I am contenting myself with drawing shitloads of bad cards and having fun. First pick Crystal Ball every time (unless there's a Fireball).

4-0'ed a Sealed yesterday ($10 entry, 23 packs prizes for 4-0 + ID the last round) with only 9 maindeck creatures including 2 x Rotting Legion and Phantom Beast.

Assassinate, 2 Quag Sickness, 2 Pacifism, Ice Cage, Jace's Ingenuity and 2 x Foresee gets there baby! Nothing like Ice Caging a Child of Night, having Foresee as your second play of the game and then Rotting Legion on turn 5 or 6. Don't ask me how I won 8 games out of 9 I have no idea!

Kieran Symington said:

M11 doesn't have any interesting block mechanics so decks just aren't that fun to play. Scars can't come soon enough!

[Charlie Grover]

TTP --> Blink
TPF --> RB removal/henchfiend aggro

LLL --> Kithkin
LLM --> UW Wizards

SSS --> GW (derp deck)
SSE --> Whatever was open that wasnt mono red, this is hte set I have the best draft record in and mono red I avoided like the plague..

Ala x 3 --> RB deathraiders aggro. Such a sick sick deck.
AAC --> Bad format, Esper w/red splash
ACR --> 5c or 4c nongreen

ZZZ --> RB/RG control (the secret best decks)
ZZW --> UW control

RRR --> Ur/b control with walls and shiz

M11 --> Im just bad at...

[Philip Dickinson]

five colour blue in MD5
blue/black ninja in CBS
three/four colour blue in RGD