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Drafting with JBoots – M10 draft #1

Adding to our collection of writers, we’ve got Jon Boutin, one of the top Magic players in Canada. He’s currently ranked #4 in the DCI rankings for Canada, he’ll be playing at Worlds as a member of the Canadian Team, and he’ll be contributing M10 draft videos here for ManaNation.

Here we see “JBoots” draft a rather astonishing mono-black deck that I know I definitely wouldn’t want to face. He does a great job explaining his picks and his logic behind them, so sit back and watch as he drafts and builds this Magic 2010 draft.

Pack 1

Deathmark
Tendrils of Agony
Dread Warlock
Weakness
Sign in Blood
Terramorphic Expanse
Looming Shade
Disentomb
Unholy Strength
Kindled Fury
Shatter
Panic Attack
Shatter
Spellbook
Megrim

Pack 2

Nightmare
Dread Warlock
Zombie Goliath
Deathmark
Dread Warlock
Kelendor Bats
Zombie Goliath
Lightning Elemental
Duress
Celestial Purge
Duress
Angel’s Mercy
Regenerate
Burning Inquiry
Bountiful Harvest

Pack 3

Magebane Armor
Cemetary Reaper
Drudge Skeleton
Looming Shade
Consume Spirit
Gorgan Flail
Vampire Aristocrat
Looming Shade
Child of Night
Fiery Hellhound
(unnamed Blue Uncommon)
Disentomb
Gravedigger
Burning Inquiry
Swamp

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JBoots or Jon Boutin, is a top Canadian player. He was a member of the 2009 Canadian National Team and is a regular on the Pro Tour.
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  1. What program is he using for the drafts? Is that MTGO?

    WrekTaFyr | October 9, 2009, 8:12 am | #
  2. dread warlock over whispersilk = soso bad

    sphinxofJwarIsle | October 9, 2009, 12:01 pm | #
  3. Yep he’s drafting on MTGO, but I do not know what program he is recording it with.

    ManaNation | October 9, 2009, 2:11 pm | #
  4. dread warlock over whispersilk cloak is the right call. You draft really slow so I couldnt watch the rest though

    ward | October 10, 2009, 7:30 pm | #
  5. How did the matches turn out?

    ABBABu | October 11, 2009, 5:55 am | #
  6. The Warlock vs Cloak pick was pretty close and either pick would have been fine.
    I would like to go back and pick the Cloak after the fact, but that might be because I didn’t take down the draft. :P

    @ABBABu: Here is a link to the playlist for the draft and the games:

    http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=54B692A71A9D1795

    Keep the comments coming so I can make the drafts/videos better going forward.

    JBoots | October 11, 2009, 8:48 am | #
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