Drafting Ravnica Allegiance with Jeremy

Introduction

Hello guys! Today, I am going to review a draft with comments.

I am enjoying Ravnica Allegiance (RNA) limited a lot. There are many options and possibilities in the format. Here, I am going to show you an interesting draft.

Pack 1

Pack 1 Pick 1

My Pick: 《Zegana, Utopian Speaker》

I think that the best 4 cards in the pack are gold, 2 from the Rakdos Guild, 1 from Orzhov and 1 from Simic. 《Zegana, Utopian Speaker》 is not only the non black card between those 4 but also probably the most powerful. Two good arguments to pick it.

Pack 1 Pick 2

My Pick: 《Dovin's Acuity》

《Galloping Lizrog》 is not that powerful unfortunately. Even if it’s not a Simic card, 《Dovin's Acuity》 is very strong. Anyway it still shares a color with the first pick and allows us to eventually play a Bant deck. Also, 《Sphinx's Insight》 can potentially come back to us.

Pack 1 Pick 3

My Pick: 《Azorius Skyguard》

We have 4 gold cards that we can play in a Bant deck! 《Applied Biomancy》 is strong but mainly in a 17 creatures deck and this doesn’t very match well with 《Dovin's Acuity》. Between the 2 uncommons, I prefer picking the one with an easy mana cost to pay in a three color deck. 《Azorius Skyguard》 is a very strong creature, especially against decks using the Afterlife mechanic.

Pack 1 Pick 4

My Pick: 《Sky Tether》

《Sky Tether》‘s power level has a big variance depending on the kind of deck you are playing. If you plan to attack with non flying creatures, the card is obviously bad, but if your plan is to have many flying creatures or not attack at all, the card is actually comparable to 《Swords to Plowshares》.

Pack 1 Pick 5

My Pick: 《Senate Griffin》

According to our previous pick, we definity need flying. Note that I love to have some 《Expose to Daylight》 in the sideboard to fight all these 《Ill-Gotten Inheritance》 decks.

Pack 1 Pick 6

My Pick: 《Screaming Shield》

As I said, you have many options in the format and you can make decks that don’t need to attack. 《Screaming Shield》 is a win condition by itself and the +3 toughness is very relevant too in a defensive strategy.

Pack 1 Pick 7

My Pick: 《Grasping Thrull》

Since we only took 1 Simic card, the other possibility with Azorius cards is to play Esper. Here is a very good flying creature for the deck which also gives you back some life points, always important in a defensive deck.

Pack 1 Pick 8

My Pick: 《Sphinx's Insight》

Here was a very difficult choice between 《Azorius Guildgate》 and 《Sphinx's Insight》. We are not sure yet if all the 《Sphinx's Insight》 we saw will come back or if somebody picked them. Retrospectively, I would have taken the 《Guildgate》 but I believe that 《Sphinx's Insight》 is so important that I didn’t want to take the risk.

Pack 1 Pick 9 to Pick 15

Pack 2

Pack 2 Pick 1

My Pick: 《Trollbred Guardian》

The booster is a little weak but I believe that 《Trollbred Guardian》 is an insane card. Even if I have only 1 green card for now the powerlevel is so high that it could be a plan by itself.

Pack 2 Pick 2

My Pick: 《Gyre Engineer》

Here again the booster is a little weak. 《Gyre Engineer》 is a decent card if we finish with a Bant deck and with the 4 《Sphinx's Insight》 it could be very strong to have extra mana with it.

Pack 2 Pick 3

My Pick: 《Sky Tether》

I don’t think 《Simic Ascendancy》 is a great card in a three color deck. At this moment of the deck our main plan is still to have a defensive deck and the best card for it is 《Sky Tether》.

Pack 2 Pick 4

My Pick: 《Depose // Deploy》

I love this card so much. 《Depose // Deploy》 has just about everything: instant, makes a flyer, gains life…It can also deal with a big guy or search your third or fourth land by Cycling it. Also, it is an instant which can be played at sorcery speed for 《Dovin's Acuity》.

Pack 2 Pick 5

My Pick: 《Dovin's Acuity》

Things become interesting. A second 《Dovin's Acuity》 in our 4 《Sphinx's Insight》 deck.

Pack 2 Pick 6

My Pick: 《Thought Collapse》

《Thought Collapse》 is a counterspell but also helpful for your winning game plan. 《Screaming Shield》 needs some help to be faster.

Pack 2 Pick 7

My Pick: 《Faerie Duelist》

I believe that 《Faerie Duelist》 is a good defensive creature against Afterlife decks.

Pack 2 Pick 8

My Pick: 《Mammoth Spider》

If I finish with a Bant deck and want to not attack, 《Mammoth Spider》 is clearly good with this plan.

Pack 2 Pick 9 to Pick 15

Pack 3

Pack 3 Pick 1

My Pick: 《Frilled Mystic》

Not much for our deck here. A second 《Screaming Shield》 is not so important in the deck. There is still a chance to play green so I go for 《Frilled Mystic》 knowing that we are unlikely to play it.

Pack 3 Pick 2

My Pick: 《Ministrant of Obligation》

《Ministrant of Obligation》 is a very strong three drop, very good at defending. You can consider it as a flying creature because of Afterlife 2. Very good creature to play a turn before a 《Sphinx's Insight》.

Pack 3 Pick 3

My Pick: 《Trollbred Guardian》

I could have an argument about it but let’s be clear. I truly believe that 《Trollbred Guardian》 is an insane card but here, at this moment of the draft, I should have realized that my deck will probably not support green cards well and I should have picked 《Lawmage's Binding》 instead. Being open is something important but at Pack 3 Pick 3 it’s time to follow a plan.