Anusien's RGD #1

[Anusien]

I'm in a 4-3-2-2, and my card quality is really poor.  Help me see if I can salvage this deck, or how I should have built it (draft to follow when I have a moment).

1 Boros Garrison
6 Forest
3 Island
2 Mountain
2 Plains
1 Gather Courage
1 Seal of Fire
1 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
1 Terrarion
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Weight of Spires
1 Ghost Warden
1 Izzet Signet
1 Selesnya Guildmage
1 Train of Thought
1 Azorius First-Wing
1 Azorius Guildmage
1 Azorius Signet
1 Carom
1 Benevolent Ancestor
1 Civic Wayfinder
1 Gristleback
1 Absolver Thrull
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Ogre Gatecrasher
1 Simic Ragworm
1 Ogre Savant
1 Streetbreaker Wurm
1 Sky Hussar
1 Conclave Equenaut
1 Overrule

Sideboard:

1 Boros Fury-Shield
1 Caregiver
1 Cyclopean Snare
1 Enigma Eidolon
1 Frazzle
1 Grayscaled Gharial
1 Gruul Nodorog
1 Gruul Scrapper
1 Hissing Miasma
1 Lionheart Maverick
1 Runeboggle
1 Simic Initiate
1 Skyrider Trainee
1 Steeling Stance
1 Torpid Moloch
1 Viashino Slasher
1 Wojek Siren
1 Writ of Passage

[Apollyon]

Fury-Shield is a ridiculous swing. I'd run it over Weight of Spires.

Cyclopean Snare is solid, if quite expensive.

[Anusien]

I know Fury-Shield can be a kick in the junk, but I figured that Weight of Spires is removal, where Fury-Shield only helps me when I'm in a race.  I don't know about Cyclopean Snare; I'm trying really to make sure I have all the creatures I can fit.  Cyclopean Snare again seems to help only when I'm even or behind.

[Anusien]

Draft:

Pack 1:

Roofstalker Wight, Viashino Slasher, Golgari Rot Farm, Muddle the Mixture, Stinkweed Imp, Sparkmage Apprentice, Necromantic Thirst, Perplex, Dryad's Caress, Sell-Sword Brute, Elves of Deep Shadow, Selesnya Guildmage, Fl*, Keening Banshee, Dimir Doppelganger

Pick: Selesnya Guildmage

Pack 2:

Civic Wayfinder, Wojek Siren, Convolute, Surveilling Sprite, Dimir House Guard, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Golgari Brownscale, Conclave's Blessing, Quickchange, *, *, *, Vindictive Mob, Bloodbond March

Pick: Civic Wayfinder

Pack 3:

Gaze of the Gorgon, Plains, War-Torch Goblin, Boros Fury-Shield, Zephyr Spirit, Boros Recruit, Smash, Faith's Fetters, Golgari Signet, Instill Furor, Junktroller, Overwhelm, Chord of Calling

Pick: Faith's Fetters

Pack 4:

Torpid Moloch, Guardian of Vitu-Ghazi, Boros Garrison, Sparkmage Apprentice, Nightguard Patrol, Rain of Embers, Dryad's Caress, Dromad Purebred, Selesnya Evangel, Voyager Staff

Pick: Boros Garrison

Pack 5:

Barbarian Riftcutter, Terrarion, Votary of the Conclave, Sadistic Augermage, Goblin Fire Fiend, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Seed Spark, Cyclopean Snare

Pick: Terrarion

Pack 6:

Woodwrai*, Roofstalker Wight, Vedalken Entrancer, Gather Courage, Dimir Infiltrator, Grayscaled Gharial, Shred Memory, Conclave Phalanx, Life from the Loam

Pick: Gather Courage

Pack 7:

Goblin Spelunkers, Benevolent Ancestor, Sewerdreg, Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Blockbuster, Reroute, Nullmage Shepherd

Pick: Benevolent Ancestor

Pack 8:

Viashino Slasher, Muddle the Mixture, Necromantic Thirst, Perplex, Dryad's Caress, Sell-Sword Brute, Fl*

Pick: Viashino Slasher

Pack 9:

Wojek Siren, Convolute, Sabertooth Alley Cat, Conclave's Blessing, Quickchange, Vindictive Mob

Pick: Wojek Siren

Pack 10:

War-Torch Goblin, Boros Fury-Shield, Zephyr Spirit, Boros Recruit, Instill Furor

Pick: Boros Fury-Shield

Pack 11:

Strands of Undeath, Caregiver, Thoughtpicker Witch, Goliath Spider

Pick: Caregiver

Pack 12:

Torpid Moloch, Dryad's Caress, Perilous Forays

Pick: Torpid Moloch

Pack 13:

Goblin Fire Fiend, Cyclopean Snare

Pick: Cyclopean Snare

Pack 14:

Grayscaled Gharial

Pick: Grayscaled Gharial

Pack 15:

Ghor-Clan Savage, Streetbreaker Wurm, Bloodscale Prowler, Infiltrator's Magemark, Izzet Boilerworks, Guardian's Magemark, Gigadrowse, Burning-Tre*, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Harrier Griffin, Gristleback, Conjurer's Ban, Spelltithe Enforcer

Pick: Streetbreaker Wurm

Pack 16:

Necromancer's Magemark, Gruul Signet, Ghor-Clan Savage, Ogre Savant, Repeal, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Silhana Ledgewalker, Mourning Thrull, Train of Thought, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind, Frazzle, Bioplasm

Pick: Ogre Savant

Pack 17:

Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Wild Cantor, Cremate, Gruul Nodorog, Petrahydrox, Torch Drake, Absolver Thrull, Douse in Gloom, Izzet Signet, Goblin Flectomancer, Caustic Rain, Feral Animist

Pick: Izzet Signet

Pack 18:

Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian's Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Runeboggle, Gruul Nodorog, Fencer's Magemark, Orzhov Basilica, Shrieking Grotesque, Castigate, Sinstriker's Will, Primeval Light, Mimeofacture

Pick: Gruul Nodorog

Pack 19:

Withstand, Orzhov Basilica, Bloodscale Prowler, Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Mourning Thrull, Cry of Contrition, Tin Street Hooligan, Gristleback, Orzhov Guildmage, Shattering Spree

Pick: Gristleback

Pack 20:

Scab-Clan Mauler, Ghost Warden, Castigate, Restless Bones, Fencer's Magemark, Wee Dragonauts, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Lionheart Maverick, Hissing Miasma

Pick: Ghost Warden

Pack 21:

Lionheart Maverick, Leap of Flame, Train of Thought, Beastmaster's Magemark, Wild Cantor, Izzet Signet, Thunderheads, Hissing Miasma, Parallectric Feedback

Pick: Train of Thought

Pack 22:

Crystal Seer, Cry of Contrition, Beastmaster's Magemark, Necromancer's Magemark, Gruul Scrapper, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind, Skarrg, the Rage Pits, Goblin Flectomancer

Pick: Gruul Scrapper

Pack 23:

Guardian's Magemark, Gigadrowse, Burning-Tre*, Cremate, Skarrgan Pit-Skulk, Benediction of Moons, Conjurer's Ban

Pick: Skarrgan Pit-Skulk

Pack 24:

Necromancer's Magemark, Poisonbelly Ogre, Leap of Flame, Benediction of Moons, Nivix, Aerie of the Firemind, Frazzle

Pick: Frazzle

Pack 25:

Skyrider Trainee, Gigadrowse, Cremate, Absolver Thrull, Caustic Rain

Pick: Absolver Thrull

Pack 26:

Poisonbelly Ogre, Guardian's Magemark, Runeboggle, Primeval Light

Pick: Runeboggle

Pack 27:

Skyrider Trainee, Runeboggle, Cry of Contrition

Pick: Skyrider Trainee

Pack 28:

Fencer's Magemark, Lionheart Maverick

Pick: Lionheart Maverick

Pack 29:

Hissing Miasma

Pick: Hissing Miasma

Pack 30:

Ocular Halo, Aquastrand Spider, Freewind Equenaut, Azorius Chancery, Psychotic Fury, Beacon Hawk, Overrule, Utvara Scalper, Plumes of Peace, Soulsworn Jury, Vision Skeins, Skyscribing, Azorius Guildmage, Brain Pry, Omnibian

Pick: Azorius Guildmage

Pack 31:

Taste for Mayhem, Street Savvy, Vigean Hydropon, Beacon Hawk, Enemy of the Guildpact, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Rakdos Carnarium, Cytospawn Shambler, Carom, Seal of Fire, Gnat Alley Creeper, Skullmead Cauldron, Pure / Simple, Pride of the Clouds

Pick: Seal of Fire

Pack 32:

Sandstorm Eidolon, Simic Signet, Steeling Stance, Simic Growth Chamber, Aquastrand Spider, Delirium Skeins, Kill-Suit Cultist, Azorius First-Wing, Simic Initiate, Vision Skeins, Riot Spikes, Crypt Champion, Flash Foliage

Pick: Azorius First-Wing

Pack 33:

Entropic Eidolon, Utopia Sprawl, Rakdos Ickspitter, Simic Signet, Ogre Gatecrasher, Riot Spikes, Taste for Mayhem, Simic Initiate, Vigean Hydropon

Pick: Utopia Sprawl

Pack 34:

Kill-Suit Cultist, Street Savvy, Azorius First-Wing, Writ of Passage, Vesper Ghoul, Coiling Oracle, Simic Ragworm, Steeling Stance, Carom, Nightcreep

Pick: Simic Ragworm

Pack 35:

Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Freewind Equenaut, Azorius Signet, Whiptail Moloch, Writ of Passage, Plumes of Peace, Haazda Exonerator, Brace for Impact, Vigean Graftmage

Pick: Azorius Signet

Pack 36:

Delirium Skeins, Vision Skeins, Enigma Eidolon, Shielding Plax, Macabre Waltz, Simic Signet, Rix Maadi, Dungeon Palace, Slithering Shade

Pick: Enigma Eidolon

Pack 37:

Psychotic Fury, Overrule, Utvara Scalper, Soulsworn Jury, Vision Skeins, Skyscribing, Brain Pry

Pick: Overrule

Pack 38:

Street Savvy, Beacon Hawk, Slaughterhouse Bouncer, Carom, Gnat Alley Creeper, Skullmead Cauldron

Pick: Carom

Pack 39:

Sandstorm Eidolon, Steeling Stance, Delirium Skeins, Simic Initiate, Vision Skeins

Pick: Simic Initiate

Pack 40:

Ogre Gatecrasher, Simic Initiate, Nettling Curse, Palliation Accord

Pick: Ogre Gatecrasher

Pack 41:

Whiptail Moloch, Overrule, Weight of Spires

Pick: Weight of Spires

Pack 42:

Street Savvy, Steeling Stance

Pick: Steeling Stance

Pack 43:

Writ of Passage

Pick: Writ of Passage

Final Decklist:

Maindeck:

1 Boros Garrison
6 Forest
3 Island
2 Mountain
2 Plains
1 Gather Courage
1 Seal of Fire
1 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
1 Terrarion
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Weight of Spires
1 Ghost Warden
1 Izzet Signet
1 Selesnya Guildmage
1 Train of Thought
1 Azorius First-Wing
1 Azorius Guildmage
1 Azorius Signet
1 Carom
1 Benevolent Ancestor
1 Civic Wayfinder
1 Gristleback
1 Absolver Thrull
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Ogre Gatecrasher
1 Simic Ragworm
1 Ogre Savant
1 Streetbreaker Wurm
1 Sky Hussar
1 Conclave Equenaut
1 Overrule

Sideboard:

1 Boros Fury-Shield
1 Caregiver
1 Cyclopean Snare
1 Enigma Eidolon
1 Frazzle
1 Grayscaled Gharial
1 Gruul Nodorog
1 Gruul Scrapper
1 Hissing Miasma
1 Lionheart Maverick
1 Runeboggle
1 Simic Initiate
1 Skyrider Trainee
1 Steeling Stance
1 Torpid Moloch
1 Viashino Slasher
1 Wojek Siren
1 Writ of Passage

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[Klep]

For the most part I think you drafted alright.  The only things where I strongly disagree with what you took is when you took a Terrarion over a Seed Spark and a Signet over a Torch Drake. I might also have taken the Evangel over the bounceland, given that I'd have already drafted a Selesnya Guildmage and would be looking to pump out lots of guys to take advantage of him.

EDIT: Oh wow I totally missed the Nullmage Shepherd. That is the right pick there by a mile.

[Matt]

Pack 5:
Barbarian Riftcutter, Terrarion, Votary of the Conclave, Sadistic Augermage, Goblin Fire Fiend, Sundering Vitae, Leave No Trace, Seed Spark, Cyclopean Snare
Pick: Terrarion

Oof, Seed Spark by a mile.

Goblin Spelunkers, Benevolent Ancestor, Sewerdreg, Seismic Spike, Stone-Seeder Hierophant, Blockbuster, Reroute, Nullmage Shepherd
Pick: Benevolent Ancestor

Nullmage is probably much better?

Pack 8:
Viashino Slasher, Muddle the Mixture, Necromantic Thirst, Perplex, Dryad's Caress, Sell-Sword Brute, Fl*
Pick: Viashino Slasher

Uh, Brute  >>>> Shlasher, even when you don't want either.

1st Pick: Streetbreaker Wurm

Oof, heavily disagree. You were in WG for sure and you're throwing Dissension away by going red (or 4c)? I would be looking to force blue at this point, but your pack sucks for blue. I would have taken Spelltithe or Harrier over this, then Ghor-Clan in pack 2.