Hiya, folks! Due to the popularity of the M19 Community Draft I hosted, and people asking for another one, here’s another one for GRN (if I have enough time, I’ll try to do at least two of these). We’ll do a community draft from start to finish so newer players can see some discussion on what more experienced players are picking, and why. Feel free to discuss your reasoning in the comments. Mine is in a spoiler below the poll.

Without further ado, here is the first pick:

Coming Soon Which card do you choose for your GRN Pack 1, Pick 1? Ritual of Soot Conclave Tribunal Crush Contraband Glaive of the Guildpact Skyline Scout Disdainful Stroke Devious Cover-Up Hired Poisoner Veiled Shade Rubblebelt Boar Portcullis Vine Ironshell Beetle Fresh-Faced Recruit Skyknight Legionnaire Izzet Guildgate Results Vote Which card do you choose for your GRN Pack 1, Pick 1? Ritual of Soot 69 ( 32.09 % ) Conclave Tribunal 126 ( 58.6 % ) Crush Contraband 1 ( 0.47 % ) Glaive of the Guildpact 1 ( 0.47 % ) Skyline Scout 0 ( 0 % ) Disdainful Stroke 0 ( 0 % ) Devious Cover-Up 0 ( 0 % ) Hired Poisoner 2 ( 0.93 % ) Veiled Shade 0 ( 0 % ) Rubblebelt Boar 0 ( 0 % ) Portcullis Vine 0 ( 0 % ) Ironshell Beetle 0 ( 0 % ) Fresh-Faced Recruit 2 ( 0.93 % ) Skyknight Legionnaire 12 ( 5.58 % ) Izzet Guildgate 2 ( 0.93 % ) Back

Which card do you choose for your GRN Pack 1, Pick 1? Ritual of Soot 69 ( 32.09 % ) Conclave Tribunal 126 ( 58.6 % ) Crush Contraband 1 ( 0.47 % ) Glaive of the Guildpact 1 ( 0.47 % ) Skyline Scout 0 ( 0 % ) Disdainful Stroke 0 ( 0 % ) Devious Cover-Up 0 ( 0 % ) Hired Poisoner 2 ( 0.93 % ) Veiled Shade 0 ( 0 % ) Rubblebelt Boar 0 ( 0 % ) Portcullis Vine 0 ( 0 % ) Ironshell Beetle 0 ( 0 % ) Fresh-Faced Recruit 2 ( 0.93 % ) Skyknight Legionnaire 12 ( 5.58 % ) Izzet Guildgate 2 ( 0.93 % ) Back

Spoiler For this pick, the safe choice is Conclave Tribunal. Unconditional removal is King, and I’m picking this all day. The other two cards that jump out at me from this pack are Ritual of Soot and Skyknight Legionnaire. If Conclave Tribunal wasn’t in the pack, I’d probably take Ritual of Soot…it’s a bit unfortunate that we’re passing the best Boros common along with another Boros card, which might send a signal we don’t want to send, but at this point we just want to take the best card. [collapse]

I’ll probably poll the first five or so picks from pack one before finishing it off and moving to pack 2. Feel free to discuss here, or in the comments on Reddit!

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