Pick 1

My Original Pick: Nekrataal

My Revised Pick: Nekrataal

After looking at the pack there are basically two choices for your first pick. Tidings a card that will greatly alter the tempo of any game, or Nekrataal a 2 power first strike creature that when played is basically a Dark Banishing. In my opinion, the Nekrataal is superior because its a Dark Banishing AND a creature that isn't half bad. Tidings is also a really good card but I'd rather start my draft with removal and a nice creature rather than card draw.

Pick 2

My Original Pick: Aven Windreader

My Revised Pick: Aven Windreader

Analyzing the pack, the person who passed this took a common.  There isn't much more we can learn from this unless we know the common print runs, which I haven't bothered to look into. The cards in this pack worth looking at are Aven Windreader and Anaconda. If I picked Hunted Wumpus last time, I may take the Anaconda, but the Aven Windreader is amazing. It has a more solid type of evasion, has the same power and toughness, costs 1 colored mana more, but also has a nice ability. I also like blue more than green in general, so the Windreader is my choice here.

Pick 3

My Original Pick: Pegasus Charger

My Revised Pick: Pegasus Charger

Here we have a rare and an uncommon gone, so not much help there for me. Cards that I'm looking at for this pick are Pegasus Charger, Llanowar Elves, Balduvian Barbarians, Boomerang, Blessed Orator and Giant Growth. Out of these I narrowed it down to Pegasus Charger, Blessed Orator and Llanowar Elves. At this point, I'm going to take the Charger because I've already passed too much good green and evasion is probably better this early.

Pick 4

My Original Pick: Wind Drake

My Revised Pick: Wind Drake

Here I have a dilemma between Wind Drake and Razortooth Rats. They both cost the same, but the Rats have fear and one less toughness, while the Drake flies and has one more toughness. I pick the Drake here because I like flying better than fear in most cases, and the extra toughness never hurts because it can block 1/Xs.

Pick 5

My Original Pick: Hollow Dogs

My Revised Pick: Hollow Dogs

This pick comes down to Hollow Dogs, Balduvian Barbarians or Boomerang. The Barbarians are worse than Hollow Dogs in my opinion, and Boomerang only stalls for one turn, or destorys an enchant creature that most likely shouldn't have been played in the first place. The Dogs are my pick here.

Pick 6

My Original Pick: Scathe Zombies

My Revised Pick: Glory Seeker

I'm not sure on my colors yet, most likely I'll be blue and black, but white is still a possibility. I originally picked the Scathe Zombies to stay in black, but Glory Seeker is strictly better, and that is why I revised this pick.

Pick 7

My Original Pick: Time Ebb

My Revised Pick: Time Ebb

Hmmmm I'm pretty sure I'm going to play blue, over a possible white, so I pick the Time Ebb here. I overvalue the Ebb sometimes but I think it was the right pick here.

Pick 8

My Original Pick: Serpent Warrior

My Revised Pick: Serpent Warrior

Nothing really in this pick, so I pick the Serpent Warrior.

Pick 9

My Original Pick: Enfeeblement

My Revised Pick: Enfeeblement

Looking back, 2 red, 2 blue and 3 green cards have left this pack since I picked. That hopefully means black is pretty open, which is good for me. The blue cards were pretty good, so I can see why they left the pack. From what is left here I take the Enfeeblement as removal to strengthen my black, and with this I pretty much commit to black and blue.

Pick 10

My Original Pick: Bog Imp

My Revised Pick: Bog Imp

Notable cards that are gone include Soul Feast which means someone else is interested in black, Anaconda showing someone is green, and Sleight of Hand which is of couse blue. From whats left I'd pick the Bog Imp as it is the most playable of these not likely to be played cards.

Pick 11

My Original Pick: Suntail Hawk

My Revised Pick: Balduvian Barbarians

All of the good cards but the Balduvian Barbarians were taken.

Pick 12

My Original Pick: Scathe Zombies

My Revised Pick: Scathe Zombies

Scathe Zombies are pretty close to unplayable, but I pick them just in case I'm desparate later on. I really wanted the Urza's Mine though.

Pick 13

My Original Pick: Suntail Hawk

My Revised Pick: Suntail Hawk

Playable > Unplayable.

Pick 14

My Original Pick: Kraken's Eye

My Revised Pick: Kraken's Eye

Mmmmm transparent floating eyeball... Emerson anyone? *Gags*

Pick 15

My Original Pick: Swamp

My Revised Pick: Swamp

Pick 16

My Original Pick: Confiscate

My Revised Pick: Confiscate

There is nothing in this pack first pick worthy in black, but there is in blue in Confiscate, white in Oracle's Attendants or Zealous Inquisitor, and Volcanic Hammer in red.

Pick 17

My Original Pick: Dark Banishing

My Revised Pick: Dark Banishing

The best card in this pack is probably Dark Banishing regardless of my colors. It is just way too good to pass if you're playing black unless something more amazing pops up. While there are many playable cards, the only other possible contender would be Anaba Shaman.

Pick 18

My Original Pick: Enfeeblement

My Revised Pick: Enfeeblement

This was a tough pick. The best card in the pack was probably Elvish Bard. I like Imaginary Pet but I don't expect my hand to be empty a lot in a black and blue deck (which is what I'm looking at right now). Enfeeblement is probably the best card in my colors, but Mana Leak is still a decent playable card.

Pick 19

My Original Pick: Drudge Skeletons

My Revised Pick: Pacifism

Man right now I wish I was in white. Pacifism is just too good to pass. It is possible that I could splash white for it but we will have to wait and see. There was nothing of that caliber or anywhere near it in black or blue so I really had to pick the Pacifism.

Pick 20

My Original Pick: Bog Wraith

My Revised Pick: Temporal Adept

My original pick Bog Wraith is a really good and playable card, but Temporal Adept is just amazing. I'm pretty sure I'm in blue, but I'm not sure I'm that heavy. However if this hits and I have 3 blue it is amazing. It should be possible later in the game when it would be needed.

Pick 21

My Original Pick: Aven Windreader

My Revised Pick: Aven Windreader

This pack was a very clear choice. Aven Windreader is normally a 1-3 pick I think because it is a 3/3 flier and there aren't many of those. I also like its ability and being the 6th pick in the pack I have to take it.

Pick 22

My Original Pick: Spineless Thug

My Revised Pick: Spineless Thug

There is nothing amazing in this pack regardless of color. Goblin Chariot is probably the best main deck card here, but I'm picking Spineless Thug because it is in my colors.

Pick 23

My Original Pick: Looming Shade

My Revised Pick: Looming Shade

Looming Shade is really good in a black heavy deck and OK is half black decks as well. I believe my deck will be at least half black so I pick it here. Lumengrid Warden is playable, and nice to have a kinda cheap small blocker, and Exhaustion is ok but really dependent on finding the right time to play it.

Pick 24

My Original Pick: Hollow Dogs

My Revised Pick: Hollow Dogs

Hollow Dogs is the best card in the pack. While it is more expensive it had 3 toughness which avoids cards like Shock and Pyroclasm and it gets 5 power when it attacks, which can kill most blockers.

Pick 25

My Original Pick: Lumengrid Warden

My Revised Pick: Lumengrid Warden

Best card in the pack here, a nice cheaper blocker.

Pick 26

My Original Pick: Urza's Tower

My Revised Pick: Urza's Tower

I love my urzatron!

Pick 27

My Original Pick: Samite Healer

My Revised Pick: Samite Healer

Playables over unplayables.

Pick 28

My Original Pick: Fugitive Wizard

My Revised Pick: Fugitive Wizard

Junk

Pick 29

My Original Pick: Sea Monster

My Revised Pick: Sea Monster

This is actually nice for me, a big blocker and if my opponent has an Island a nice attacker too, and I didn't waste a pick on it.

Pick 30

My Original Pick: Swamp

My Revised Pick: Swamp

Pick 31

My Original Pick: Grave Pact

My Revised Pick: Grave Pact

I really thought about taking the Time Ebb here because it is just too good to pass up... JUST KIDDING! Grave Pact is a bomb and I should be able to support it. No other possible pick here already being in black.

Pick 32

My Original Pick: Dark Banishing

My Revised Pick: Dark Banishing

Dark Banishing is some of the best removal in 9th edition. The only other card in this pack that would possibly even be considered is Sift, because it is nice card advantage, but removal is king.

Pick 33

My Original Pick: Sift

My Revised Pick: Sift

Here is that Sift I wanted in this last pack. In my colors it is the only outstanding card.

Pick 34

My Original Pick: Hollow Dogs

My Revised Pick: Festering Goblin

Normally I would take the Hollow Dogs here (as I did in the original draft), if I didn't already have four 5CC creatures. My deck is looking expensive so I probably should take the Festering Goblin. The goblin is a lot better than it looks because of all of the nifty tricks you can do with its ability.

Pick 35

My Original Pick: Aven Windreader

My Revised Pick: Aven Windreader

Speaking of expensive creatures Aven Windreader is just too good to pass up. Zombify is also good, but it won't win you games without good creatures in your graveyard that probably shouldn't have gotten there in the first place.

Pick 36

My Original Pick: Gravedigger

My Revised Pick: Gravedigger

And then there was Gravedigger which was a close call between that and the really good Gluttonous Zombie which was too expensive. Plus, Gravedigger can resurrect one of those creatures that should never make it to the graveyard (except by removal of course).

Pick 37

My Original Pick: Dehydration

My Revised Pick: Dehydration

Nothing really good in this pack, but the (Dehyrdation) could potentially prove useful, at least moreso than anything else in this pack.

Pick 38

My Original Pick: Diabolic Tutor

My Revised Pick: Diabolic Tutor

Diabolic Tutor is really nice as it can fetch anything you need at the time. Read about my games for a truely interesting use of it.

Pick 39

My Original Pick: Plague Beetle

My Revised Pick: Plague Beetle

Yuck, nothing useful here. Plague Beetle is playable in dire circumstances, other than that Goblin Brigand is the only other playable card.

Pick 40

My Original Pick: Kami of Old Stone

My Revised Pick: Kami of Old Stone

I don't want that thing blocking me when I attack, and nothing else here is amazing.

Pick 41

My Original Pick: Contaminated Bond

My Revised Pick: Contaminated Bond

In dire circumstances only should this card make a deck.

Pick 42

My Original Pick: Storm Crow

My Revised Pick: Storm Crow

Read last pick

Pick 43

My Original Pick: Ley Druid

My Revised Pick: Ley Druid

Oooo uncommon.

Pick 44

My Original Pick: Fugitive Wizard

My Revised Pick: Fugitive Wizard

The land is gone. That is what happens when an 1800+ is sitting two seats away from you.

Pick 45

My Original Pick: Honor Guard

My Revised Pick: Honor Guard

Once again...