Drafting Modern Horizons

Hello everyone,

I usually make Draft with Hareruya Pros article where 4 different pros comment the first 8 picks of a draft and we can compare their choices, but today I decided to make my own draft article and comment the 8 first picks of every single pack of the draft.

Pack 1

Pick 1

My Pick: 《Pyrophobia》

《Faerie Seer》 is the best one drop for UB Ninja but it mainly good in UB and not great in other blue decks. 《Savage Swipe》 and 《Springbloom Druid》 are also 2 cards I like but I’m going for 《Pyrophobia》 here. The card can deal with many stuff including 《Ninja of the New Moon》.

Pick 2

My Pick: 《Man-o’-War》

《Man-o’-War》 is probably the best common in the set, since the uncommon and the rare are not great and there is no red card, it’s a pretty easy pick.

Pick 3

My Pick: 《Igneous Elemental》

I am a big fan of 《Igneous Elemental》. The card is just a 2 for 1 most of the time and having it early in the draft allows you to pick some ways to decrease the mana cost.

Pick 4

My Pick: 《Orcish Hellraiser》

《Bogardan Dragonheart》 is combo with 《Goatnap》 and both are very easy to get. I think it’s too early to pick it and 《Eyekite》 and 《Orcish Hellraiser》 are better options. Since I have already 2 good red card, I go with Orcish even if it’s not very ambitious.

Pick 5

My Pick: 《Mob》

《Changeling Outcast》 has the same problem as 《Faerie Seer》, very powerfull in UB and medium in other decks. I just go for this very late 《Mob》. Maybe black is open.

Pick 6

My Pick: 《Snow-Covered Mountain》

《Answered Prayers》 is the best card in the pack but I have the feeling that the card doesn’t work with my previous picks. It can be strange but I’m going to pick the 《Snow-Covered Mountain》 here. It works well with 《Rime Tender》 if I end up green and/or 《Winter’s Rest》 if I end up blue.

Pick 7

My Pick: 《Igneous Elemental》

This is a very strong pack for a 7th pick. I’m going for the second 《Igneous Elemental》 but I am very sad to pass a 《Springbloom Druid》.

Pick 8

My Pick: 《Springbloom Druid》

Nevermind I got an other one. At this point, I am thinking about playing RG Splash blue.

Pack 1 Pick 9 to Pick 15

Pack 2

Pick 1

My Pick: 《Wall of Blossoms》

It is a very close choice between 《Genesis》 and 《Wall of Blossoms》. At this point, I don’t have way to abuse 《Genesis》 so I go for the 《Wall of Blossoms》 but it can be a wrong decision. I played against 《Genesis》 a couple times before and it was a strong card.

Pick 2

My Pick: 《Rime Tender》

《Rime Tender》 is the reason why I picked Snow-Covered Basics. It’s just super strong if you can use the ability. Remember that it also untaps snow creatures.

Pick 3

My Pick: 《Man-o’-War》

Another 《Man-o’-War》 is a good reason to focus on the blue splash plan in my deck. Very happy to see the best common in the pick 3.

Pick 4

My Pick: 《Lonely Sandbar》

I’m still looking for ways to put lands in my gravayard here and 《Lonely Sandbar》 does the job. Also, I’m probably not really looking for 2 blue sources in play with my deck and it might just be the extra one I’m happy to Cycle.

Pick 5

My Pick: 《Trumpeting Herd》

Even if I want to put lands in my gravayard, 《Trumpeting Herd》 is a much better card than 《Nantuko Cultivator》. It’s also another 2 for 1 card.

Pick 6

My Pick: 《Springbloom Druid》

A second 《Springbloom Druid》 is exactly what I was looking for to fix both my blue splash and my 《Igneous Elemental》. I really needed more and 2 is the minimum number for the deck.

Pick 7

My Pick: 《Pyrophobia》

A very late 《Pyrophobia》 looks like red is super open and players on our left understood signal from first pack. Remember, it was my P1P1 and now I have it P2P7.

Pick 8

My Pick: 《Reap the Past》

Wow. 《Reap the Past》 is an other super great way to make card advantage and it’s in our main colors. Super reward to have it as the 8th pick, I could have first pick it.

Pack 2 Pick 9 to Pick 15

Pack 3

Pick 1

My Pick: 《Soulherder》

《Soulherder》 is pure combo with my 2 《Man-o’-War》, 2 《Springbloom Druid》, 2 《Igneous Elemental》, 《Wall of Blossoms》… I already have a 《Snow-Covered Plains》 and I might just splash it as an only white card because it’s too powerful.

Pick 2

My Pick: 《Trumpeting Herd》

An other 《Trumpeting Herd》, best green common, I believe it’s better than 《Urza’s Rage》 for our deck.

Pick 3

My Pick: 《Winter’s Rest》

This is a super difficult pick between 《Abominable Treefolk》, 《Conifer Wurm》 and 《Winter’s Rest》. They are all snow cards but I believe I’m looking for removals dealing with big guy. So I go for 《Winter’s Rest》 here. it’s also the card which needs the less snow permanent to be good.

Pick 4

My Pick: 《Icehide Golem》

The pack is not exiting for us, I just go with the 2/2 for 1, but I am probably not going to play it in this deck.

Pick 5

My Pick: 《Squirrel Nest》

《Squirrel Nest》 is a strong card by its own, generating board presence and card advantage every turn. it’s a card you have to play if you play green.

Pick 6

My Pick: 《Webweaver Changeling》

《Webweaver Changeling》 is the best card for our deck. We are not going to have the three creatures required easily but it’s already good to have reach creature with decent stats in a green deck.

Pick 7

My Pick: 《Trumpeting Herd》

How many 《Trumpeting Herd》 is too many? I am sure the answer is not 3 so we can pick this one too.

Pick 8

My Pick: 《Thornado》

《Thornado》 is an important sideboard card against UR spells or Ninja deck with 《Smoke Shroud》.

Pack 3 Pick 9 to Pick 15

Final Decklist and Conclusion

Here is the deck I finally submit:

As you can see I’m running 4 colors but with enough fixing. It’s little hard to play double green and double red + with 《Island》 and 《Plains》 but I choose to play all the best card I had. The deck still have 10 green sources + the Mage which can search for the 《Talisman of Resilience》. Then, I can get the red with the help of 《Springbloom Druid》.

I end with a easy 3-0 with the deck beating 3 UB Ninjas on the way.

Drafting Modern Horizons feel like drafting Cube sometime and I love it.

Thank you for reading,

Jeremy (Twitter / Twitch)