《Swift Warden》 is a really strong pick for strong archetype and 《Bombard》 is a super good removal. I think 《Ravenous Chupacabra》 is the best uncommon in the set and I am happy to start with it in my picks.

This is my first draft in this meta. Looks like a cheap cost removal, and looks like it can make card advantage and tempo which is a first pick with no complains! We don’t have a strategy or a vision for your deck, so this looks like the most simple and best pick.

It is likely the best uncommon in the set by a decent margin. The Rare will probably win the game when it resolves, but it costs 8 mana so thats high risk.

《Ravenous Chupacabra》 for sure. At this point it’s probably the “Mythic Uncommon” for this draft format. 《Zetalpa, Primal Dawn》 is just too expensive at 8 mana.

I can’t pick Merfolks after my pick 1. If I have a strong pick here, and 《Bombard》 is.

Probably the top pick for the red commons. Rivals of Ixalan has lots of small and middle size creatures and auras that supports looks very valuable. So, I pick this. The mana support looks good in this meta, and I think this card will be seen often as a splash to their deck.

Very efficient removal at instant speed, happy to pick this up. Pack seems mediocre otherwise.

I think it’s the most powerful card in the pack and being that it’s single red. It can easily be splashed if we don’t end up in red.

I don’t know yet how good is the 《Golden Demise》 is, and a 2/4 deathtouch with an upside with 4cc I like.

It’s still the beginning of the draft so I prioritize card power and I pick this. When played, looks like your opponent will have a hard time dealing with it. Its strong to small creatures and will trade off with huge creatures as a great blocker. When you are in a grindy match up, it will survive the battle or can be a magnificent top deck.

Strong card even without ascend and once that is on, it becomes a nightmare.

With as good as aggro has looked so far, this is a huge pickup as there are a lot of good 1 and 2 drops in this set.

Is a little expensive for a 2/2, but I think UB with a few treasures can reach 10 permanents and a 《Phantom Warrior》 is always good. The other card is the 2/1 menace which is a good 2 drop but I think blue is more open from the right.

I feel like using an uncommon now. Looking at our picks, we are aiming to a mid to slow speed deck so perfect to have it as a blocker and a finisher. In our Ixalan pick, if we can pick《Mark of the Vampire》, we would be lucky!

Unexciting pack for any color, strong 2 drop if we want to go RB Pirates.

This might be a bit high of a pick here, but I’m always a fan of a 《Raise Dead》 that draws a card as well. This deck is looking more like a midrange/control type deck so not super interested in 《Voracious Vampire》 or 《Goblin Trailblazer》.

Here we regret 《Goblin Trailblazer》, but I think 《Dire Fleet Neckbreaker》 is incredibly good in a RB Pirates aggro deck with 6-7 two drops and 5-6 three drops.

If you are not on the aggro plan, looks decent. Blue Black ascend midrange-control looks like the deck we are aiming. We want to pick 《Sailor of Means》 which will make 2 permanents and they are in both packs which we can wish it comes around.

Very strong card for RB Pirates, with another good red Pirates in the pack.

OK I know I just said this is more of a midrange/control deck, but this is the best card to take out of this pack I feel. I don’t want to be in BR and pass a RB gold card this late perhaps making my neighbors to the left think it’s open.

Missing more 《Goblin Trailblazer》 pick 4.

We pick him again. It might be an issue that it is our 4th four mana creature but this will definitely go in our deck and it can give us advantage so I think it’s OK!

Not the best card, but with enough Pirates it can be good.

Perhaps we can now move towards drafting a RB Pirates deck.

I don’t like the card but maybe if we are short in playable can fill in the deck.

Comparing with the 3rd horse, flying is better(probably better in the first place).

Nothing we really want here and splashing the complimentary Pirates color can have its advantages, especially since we already have a card to splash.

There were a couple of RB cards to choose from, but I feel there’s more upside in taking a UR dual here. Opens us up to splashing or maybe even moving into UR if we get cut-off black.

At this point we are “open” to any combination of Pirates.

Very happy about this pick. High offence with a decent defence also. We can trade him with your opponent in the beginning and after we can make lots of him and recover as we progress the board.

4 mana 3/4 is very anemic while we could still be UR/b or straight UR depending and 2/1 flying essentially is decent.

A 《Welkin Tern》 that can block ground creatures! Huge fan of this card and pretty happy to get it 8th pick. Looks to me like blue may very well be open.