M11 Casual Draft Results

Many thanks to everyone who attended the casual Magic event! Both the mentors and the drafters did a great job, and it seemed like everybody had a lot of fun. Hopefully this event will help everybody feel more practiced and confident going into the Scars of Mirrodin limited events in the coming weeks (more on this in the near future). Since a lot of time and discussion went into the draft, the players just played two rounds for half league points. All mentors also received one league point. Here were the top finishers, with some more new names this week!

9/18/10 Top Finishers: M11 Draft #3

1. 2-0 Rb Midrange by Haren Lalchand

2. 2-0 GB Midrange by Andrew Capik

3. 1-1 UB Control by Glen Parker

4. 1-1 UB Control by Aaron Macy

I don't have winning decklists this time, but I did mentor both 2-0 finishers as they drafted, so I can tell you roughly what they were playing. Haren's deck was almost mono-red, featuring plenty of burn spells, but he was splashing black for Grave Titan and Gravedigger main and a couple other cards out of the sideboard. Andrew's deck featured a pretty even balance of green and black cards, featuring a pretty nice removal package and green fatties (including a Primeval Titan) and Nightwing Shades as win conditions. Yes, pulling titans usually does make your deck better, but don't attribute it all to luck, as they both had solid decks even if you ignore their respective 6/6 bombs.

As I mentioned previously, all the mentors and drafters who did worse than 1-1 received a league point. 1-1 records got 2 points, and 2-0 records got 3 points, which was roughly half of what would normally be awarded, since not everyone was eligible to participate. Here are the latest league standings:

0*. 31 - Dominic Casali (8 events)

1. 24 - Michael Smith (6)

2. 21 - Emile Paul (6)

3. 18 - Skye Kutner (4)

4. 16 - Hunter Garrett (4)

4. 16 - Joe Hammond (6)

4. 16 - John Kreinbring (7)

7. 12 - Dan Hooghkirk (3)

8. 10 - Bryant Benson (6)

8. 10 - Scott Record (2)

10. 9 - Brent Kollinger (4)

10. 9 - Haren Lalchand (5)

12. 6 - Ben Monge (2)

13. 5 - Kevin Crowley (2)

13. 5 - Liz DiGangi (4)

13. 5 - Alycia Johnson (3)

13. 5 - Glen Parker (4)

13. 5 - Will Sturges (2)

13. 5 - Matt Wills (4)

19. 4 - Michael Carney (3)

19. 4 - Helen Croce (2)

19. 4 - Michelle Karl (4)

22. 3 - Andrew Capik (1)

22. 3 - Nick Catalfano (2)

22. 3 - Stephen Kwokchoon (3)

22. 3 - Krystal Lutz (3)

22. 3 - Nikita Nikolayev (3)

27. 2 - Shawn Brabant (2)

27. 2 - John Chandler (2)

27. 2 - David Chesnutt (2)

27. 2 - Kareem Elashmawy (2)

27. 2 - Anna Hallihan (1)

27. 2 - Aaron Macy (1)

27. 2 - Jennifer Mori (2)

27. 2 - Ethan Pepmiller (2)

27. 2 - Noah Senzel (2)

36. 1 - Michael Cambata (1)

36. 1 - Thomas Fitch (1)

36. 1 - Greg Lovell (1)

36. 1 - Mike Mooty (1)

36. 1 - Steven Nelson (1)

36. 1 - Dane Newton (1)

36. 1 - Hannah Sharp (1)

*Dom is not eligible for the invitational event, yadda yadda yadda you all know this already.

Thanks to everybody who came and check back in a couple days for information about the Scars of Mirrodin pre-release events at the local Melbourne/Palm Bay gaming stores. There will also be information about how you can earn league points just for going! Thanks for reading and enjoy the rest of your weekend!

- Dom