Crimson Vow Drafting

The latest set, Crimson Vow, is out! I participated in two types of drafts; below recaps both.

1) Traditional Draft

Here, you draft (with other players, not AI) and play three best-of-3 matches. This was my first time playing best-of-3 format; I prefer individual games. In my three matches, I went 1-2, but my overall game record was 4-5 (1-2, 1-2, 2-1). My white-blue deck wasn't very effective, though I always won the first game of a match.

1 Inspired Idea (VOW) 64

1 Valorous Stance (VOW) 42

1 Fleeting Spirit (VOW) 14

1 Heron-Blessed Geist (VOW) 19

1 Resistance Squad (VOW) 32

1 Vampire Slayer (VOW) 43

1 Scattered Thoughts (VOW) 74

2 Parish-Blade Trainee (VOW) 29

1 Estwald Shieldbasher (VOW) 11

2 Lunar Rejection (VOW) 67

1 Twinblade Geist (VOW) 40

1 Repository Skaab (VOW) 73

1 Stitched Assistant (VOW) 81

1 Cruel Witness (VOW) 55

1 Unholy Officiant (VOW) 41

1 Distracting Geist (VOW) 9

1 Soulcipher Board (VOW) 79

1 Gryff Rider (VOW) 15

1 Serpentine Ambush (VOW) 77

1 Syncopate (VOW) 83

1 Dreadlight Monstrosity (VOW) 57

1 Traveling Minister (VOW) 39

8 Island (VOW) 399

8 Plains (VOW) 398

2) Premier Draft

Here, you draft (with other players, not AI) and play individual games until you hit 3 losses. I prefer this format. I started strong (3-0) before flaming out and finishing 4-3. My black-red 'blood token' deck was pretty powerful, but apparently susceptible to green (my three losses where to GB, GW, and GU decks, respectively).

1 Hero's Downfall (VOW) 120

1 Falkenrath Celebrants (VOW) 156

3 Bloodcrazed Socialite (VOW) 96

1 Sanguine Statuette (VOW) 177

1 Blood Petal Celebrant (VOW) 146

2 Ragged Recluse (VOW) 127

1 Wedding Invitation (VOW) 260

1 Undying Malice (VOW) 134

1 Bloodvial Purveyor (VOW) 98

1 Falkenrath Forebear (VOW) 111

2 Persistent Specimen (VOW) 125

1 Lacerate Flesh (VOW) 166

1 Reckless Impulse (VOW) 174

1 Sure Strike (VOW) 179

1 Abrade (VOW) 139

1 Bleed Dry (VOW) 94

1 Doomed Dissenter (VOW) 106

1 Pointed Discussion (VOW) 126

1 Desperate Farmer (VOW) 104

1 Blood Fountain (VOW) 95

1 Bloody Betrayal (VOW) 147

7 Mountain (VOW) 401

8 Swamp (VOW) 400

Overall

The set seems fun for black, red, and green. I'm not sold on white and the 'training' ability. Blue seems good only when paired with black or green.