Hiya, folks! Trying something a little new today. The “Pick of the Day” polls I’ve posted were fairly popular, so I thought it might be fun to do a community draft from start to finish so newer players can see some discussion on what more experienced players are picking, and why. I had some excess gems and have been playing mostly constructed, so thought I could give up some Competitive Draft bandwidth for this purpose. Feel free to discuss your reasoning in the comments. Mine is in a spoiler below the poll.

Coming Soon Which card do you choose for your M19 Pack 1, Pick 1? Elvish Clancaller Aethershield Artificer Gravedigger Arcane Encyclopedia Rustwing Falcon Essence Scatter Aven Wind Mage Cancel Snapping Drake Child of Night Infernal Scarring Shock Goblin Instigator Root Snare Essence Scatter Results Vote Which card do you choose for your M19 Pack 1, Pick 1? Elvish Clancaller 41 ( 5.64 % ) Aethershield Artificer 48 ( 6.6 % ) Gravedigger 262 ( 36.04 % ) Arcane Encyclopedia 68 ( 9.35 % ) Rustwing Falcon 5 ( 0.69 % ) Essence Scatter 26 ( 3.58 % ) Aven Wind Mage 32 ( 4.4 % ) Cancel 6 ( 0.83 % ) Snapping Drake 19 ( 2.61 % ) Child of Night 4 ( 0.55 % ) Infernal Scarring 0 ( 0 % ) Shock 201 ( 27.65 % ) Goblin Instigator 10 ( 1.38 % ) Root Snare 0 ( 0 % ) Essence Scatter 5 ( 0.69 % ) Back

Which card do you choose for your M19 Pack 1, Pick 1? Elvish Clancaller 41 ( 5.64 % ) Aethershield Artificer 48 ( 6.6 % ) Gravedigger 262 ( 36.04 % ) Arcane Encyclopedia 68 ( 9.35 % ) Rustwing Falcon 5 ( 0.69 % ) Essence Scatter 26 ( 3.58 % ) Aven Wind Mage 32 ( 4.4 % ) Cancel 6 ( 0.83 % ) Snapping Drake 19 ( 2.61 % ) Child of Night 4 ( 0.55 % ) Infernal Scarring 0 ( 0 % ) Shock 201 ( 27.65 % ) Goblin Instigator 10 ( 1.38 % ) Root Snare 0 ( 0 % ) Essence Scatter 5 ( 0.69 % ) Back

Spoiler For me the pick here is between Shock and Gravedigger. I tend to favor removal over creatures for early picks, so am landing on Shock, though I think Gravedigger would also be a fine choice. The other good cards in the pack are Essence Scatter, Goblin Instigator, Arcane Encyclopedia, and Aven Wind Mage. Aethershield Artificer can also be really good, but I wouldn’t take it highly unless we already have at least one artifact creature. [collapse]

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