Draft and Auction winnings

I went to my LGS last night for a regular FNM draft of HOU. (if you play Magic, those three letter things should be fine for you)

The store I go to is small, so small in fact that during the day they are a computer repair shop. In the evenings it becomes a Magic shop. They don't have a ton of product on hand, and that was evident last night. Twelve people showed up to draft, so they had to break it up in to two pods of 6. On top of that, they were short on AMK, it turned in to a triple HOU draft. Ugh. That makes for a VERY interesting draft. You will see a TON of commons in your colors to support your effort. That also means you will miss out on some of the extra material from AMK to supplement the theme you are going for.
I started out in B/U, but quickly shifted to U/R as black was being cut hard. I had 3 Firebrand Archers. Plenty of synergy with non-creature spells. At one point I did 6 damage from a Blur of Blades.
I dropped the land count down to 16... The decked seemed primed for some good interactions. However, land was not being my friend all night. I have no clue... no worries, I will fess up to losing, but man, some beats occurred. I had answers in forms of counters, direct damage, etc. But if you can't cast it- meh. Maybe I should have gone with 17, but I thought my curve was relatively low enough to support it. Oh well.

Match 1- Guy had a W/B wall deck? Was able to gain life, but I was able to control his threats, and fly over for both wins. Second game I had only three lands most of the game. Thank goodness for Aerial Guide!

Match 2- Against, arguably, the best drafter and player in the store. He does love green ramp, and last night was no exception. I got CRUSHED by a turn two Rhonas's Last Stand. *sigh*
Game two I put him on the ropes and sealed the deal. It was a pleasant victory.
The third game was close, but my land problem just completely thwarted my plans of victory. He cast Sifter Wurm at the worst time- basically I'm tapped out with answers sitting useless.
Damn.

Match 3- First game took forever, but my lands were the opposite. They flooded me out... thankfully the other player did the same, but he found his answers faster than I could. Oh well.
Second game I kept the WORST hand all night.. I was tired, didn't care at that point, scooped, and went home. Oh well.

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I won these cards in an on-line auction in mid-July. They finally got to my via VERY kind old neighbor who forwarded them on my way. *stupid moving*

The Rhystic Study alone paid for the entire lot. Everything else was gravy. Very happy with the basic pickups of:
Brainstorm
Portent
Ponder
Gitaxian Probe

I upgraded some versions in my real card collection, the rest went in to the trade bin. Nice!