How Seven's Boros AI Beats was drafted
Powermax Cube · Nov 13, 2026 · 9 drafters
Claude Opus 5.5, with the cube map drafted this seat from photos of each pack, and Seven built and played the deck. The reasons are its own, as it gave them at the table.
45 picks: each shows the card taken, why, and the rest of the pack. 24 of them made the main deck. When a pack comes back around, the page says what the other 8 took from it in between.
Pack 1
In the deckPick 1Mox Poison
A colorless zero-mana Mox that makes any color goes into every deck and keeps all my options open.
Passed (14)
In the deckPick 2Mox Diamond
It's colorless fast mana that makes any color, so it fits whatever deck I end up in and keeps me open.
Passed (13)
In the deckPick 3Skullclamp
Skullclamp is colorless and strong, so it keeps me open; it's a cheap artifact for the academy plan and an engine for aggro decks.
Passed (12)
In the deckPick 4Dismember
Efficient instant removal that any deck can cast by paying life, so it keeps me open while I'm still uncommitted.
Passed (11)
In the deckPick 5Lightning Bolt
This is the best card in the pack for an aggressive deck: one mana, any target, and it fits the fast-mana and Skullclamp start.
Passed (10)
In the deckPick 6Tersa Lightshatter
Tersa is the only card here for a red aggro deck: a 3-mana 3/3 with haste that loots, which beats the blue counterspell and the blue combo piece for my plan.
Passed (9)

Pick 7Skyclave Apparition
It's the best fit for a red aggro deck in this pack: a 3-drop body that also removes a cheap threat, and it points toward white as the second color.
Passed (8)

Pick 8Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp
It's red, it gives two cards in one (Stomp kills a creature or goes face, then a 4/3 for three), and it fits the aggro curve better than Copter or Adeline.
Passed (7)

Pick 9Cut Down
Cut Down is one-mana instant removal that kills almost every early threat, and it keeps black open as red's partner; Robber of the Rich and Archon of Emeria are easy to replace, and Inspiring Vantage only matters if I end up red-white.
Passed (6)
In the deckPick 10Laelia, the Blade Reforged
Red is my main color, and Laelia is a hasty threat that keeps growing and draws extra cards in an aggro deck.
Back around from pick 1. The others took Upheaval, Hymn to Tourach, Lavaspur Boots, Selfless Spirit, Urza's Saga, Blurry Beeble, Windswept Heath, Prismatic Vista.
Passed (5)

Pick 11Chandra, Torch of Defiance
This is the strongest red card in the pack: it wins games by itself, kills creatures, ramps, and gives an aggro deck a strong 4-drop.
Back around from pick 2. The others took Sneak Attack, Shadowy Backstreet, Sin, Spira's Punishment, Springheart Nantuko, Portal to Phyrexia, Glimmer Lens, April O'Neil, Hacktivist, Force of Negation.
Passed (4)

Pick 12Get Lost
This is cheap instant removal that also hits enchantments and planeswalkers, and it's the best card here for a red-white aggro deck.
Back around from pick 3. The others took Coalition Relic, Ouroboroid, Survival of the Fittest, Comet, Stellar Pup, Chromatic Star, Aether Spellbomb, Vindicate, Daze.
Passed (3)

Pick 13The Wandering Emperor
The Wandering Emperor is a strong 4-drop for a red-white aggro deck: it makes tokens, removes attackers and can flash in at instant speed. It's far better than a ritual or a 6-mana Elephant.
Back around from pick 4. The others took Lórien Revealed, Damn, Bloodstained Mire, Dragon's Rage Channeler, Hero of Bladehold, Gut, True Soul Zealot, Tireless Tracker, Damnation.
Passed (2)
In the deckPick 14Spectacular Spider-Man
My curve has five 3-drops and only one 2-drop, so a 2-mana 3/2 with flash fits red-white aggro better than another WW 3-drop.
Back around from pick 5. The others took Abhorrent Oculus, Tribal Flames, Death-Greeter's Champion, Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin, Currency Converter, Titania, Protector of Argoth, Doomsday, Archon of Cruelty.
Passed (1)

Pick 15Green Sun's Zenith
It's the last card in the pack, so the pick is forced.
Back around from pick 6. The others took Boseiju, Who Endures, Bristly Bill, Spine Sower, Goryo's Vengeance, Flickerwisp, Brain Freeze, Glen Elendra Guardian, Thopter Foundry, Miscalculation.
Pack 2
In the deckPick 1Mana Vault
It's the strongest card in the pack, and a turn-1 Mana Vault into a 3-drop like Laelia, Chandra or Bonecrusher speeds up an aggro deck a lot, more than one dual land would.
Passed (14)

Pick 2Cogwork Librarian
This pack's best cards for me (Abrade, Starting Town) are only solid playables, so the Librarian is worth more: I can trade it later for a second first-pick card from a stronger pack.
Passed (13)
In the deckPick 3Jacked Rabbit
This pack has no premium red-white card, and Jacked Rabbit is a flexible white creature that can come down on turn 2 and keeps making tokens, which works well with Skullclamp.
Passed (12)
In the deckPick 4Chain Lightning
This is the second Lightning Bolt for red-white aggro, and it's the best card here for my deck; Figure of Destiny is good too, but neither is premium enough to spend the Librarian on.
Passed (11)
In the deckPick 5Elite Spellbinder
It's the best card for R/W aggro in this pack: an evasive 3-power threat that also taxes their best spell.
Passed (10)
In the deckPick 6Giver of Runes
It's the only cheap white creature here, and it protects Laelia and the other threats in my R/W aggro deck.
Passed (9)

Pick 7Embereth Shieldbreaker // Battle Display
I'm short on 2-drops (only 3) and already have six 3-drops, so I'm taking a cheap red creature whose adventure side also kills Moxen and Sol Ring.
Passed (8)
In the deckPick 8Suplex
Suplex is the only card here that fits R/W aggro: 2-mana removal that can also exile an artifact.
Passed (7)

Pick 9Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune is the strongest red card here, and an aggro deck that empties its hand early gets a full refill from it; Unholy Heat would usually deal only 2 damage in this deck.
Passed (6)

Pick 10Lion Sash
My R/W aggro deck has plenty of removal but needs 2-drop creatures, and Lion Sash grows itself while hating on the reanimator decks this pod tends to draft.
Back around from pick 1. The others took Mind Twist, Descendant of Storms, Keen-Eyed Curator, Karakas, Ziatora's Proving Ground, Zirda, the Dawnwaker, Forensic Gadgeteer, Sacred Foundry.
Passed (5)
In the deckPick 11Elspeth, Storm Slayer
It's the only white or red card in the pack, and it's a strong top-end threat: it makes two tokens every turn and kills a creature.
Back around from pick 2. The others took Yuffie, Materia Hunter, Bloodbraid Challenger, Starting Town, Bone Shards, Formidable Speaker, Abrade, Emperor of Bones, Painter's Servant.
Passed (4)

Pick 12Teferi, Time Raveler
Nothing here fits R/W aggro, so I'm taking the strongest card, which also keeps it from the blue drafters.
Back around from pick 3. The others took Mystical Tutor, Seething Song, Balance, Talisman of Conviction, Hullbreacher, Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow, Expedition Map, Nadu, Winged Wisdom.
Passed (3)
In the deckPick 13Emberwilde Captain
It's the only card here that fits R/W aggro: a 4-drop that makes me the monarch and keeps drawing me cards.
Back around from pick 4. The others took Figure of Destiny, Breach the Multiverse, Orcish Lumberjack, Sword of the Meek, Expressive Iteration, Figure of Fable, Exorcise, Talisman of Curiosity.
Passed (2)

Pick 14Remand
Neither card makes my R/W aggro deck, so I take the stronger card to keep it from a blue drafter.
Back around from pick 5. The others took Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel, Sentinel of the Nameless City, Torsten, Founder of Benalia, Malevolent Rumble, Memnarch, the Warden, Caustic Bronco, Containment Priest, Timetwister.
Passed (1)

Pick 15Temple Garden
It's the only card left in the pack, and it can at least make white if we need it.
Back around from pick 6. The others took Lim-Dûl's Vault, Meticulous Archive, Fatal Push, Dauthi Voidwalker, Blooming Marsh, Haywire Mite, Vivi Ornitier, Unexpectedly Absent.
Pack 3
In the deckPick 1The One Ring
The One Ring is the strongest card in the pack by far, and as a colorless card it gives our red/white deck card advantage and a turn of protection; nothing else here is worth using the Librarian on.
Passed (14)
In the deck
In the deckPick 2Swords to Plowshares, Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-Jiki
Two cards from one pack: a Cogwork Librarian went into the pack in their place.
This pack has two premium red/white cards, Swords and Fable, so it's the right place to spend the Cogwork Librarian.
Passed (12)
In the deckPick 3Voice of Victory
It's a white 2-drop that attacks well, works with Skullclamp, and keeps opponents from countering or flashing in removal during my turn.
Passed (12)
In the deckPick 4Pyrogoyf
Pyrogoyf is the only strong red card in the pack: a 4-drop that hits hard and burns something when it enters.
Passed (11)

Pick 5Carnage Interpreter
Its hybrid cost can be paid with red alone, so it's a strong 3-drop for the R/W deck: a 5/5 menace that also makes four Clues. Nothing else in the pack fits R/W.
Passed (10)
In the deckPick 6Oust
One-mana white removal is the best card for my R/W aggro deck here; Nurturing Pixie is a weak 1-drop by comparison.
Passed (9)
In the deckPick 7White Plume Adventurer
This is a 3-mana white creature that takes the initiative, and it's the best card in the pack for an R/W aggro deck.
Passed (8)
In the deckPick 8Palace Jailer
It removes a creature and makes me the monarch, which is the best payoff in this pack for R/W aggro.
Passed (7)

Pick 9Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
Its hybrid cost can be paid with red mana, so it's the only card here my R/W deck can cast, and it makes Servo tokens to feed Skullclamp.
Passed (6)

Pick 10Goblin Bombardment
This is the only red card in the pack. It's a sacrifice outlet and a source of reach for my token makers (Jacked Rabbit, Voice of Victory, Elspeth, Fable), and it works well with Skullclamp.
Back around from pick 1. The others took Spellseeker, Wrenn and Six, Tidehollow Sculler, Hallowed Fountain, Deathrite Shaman, Coveted Jewel, Phyrexian Revoker, Candelabra of Tawnos.
Passed (5)

Pick 11Ephemerate
A 1-mana white spell that replays the effects of Palace Jailer, White Plume Adventurer, Skyclave Apparition and Elite Spellbinder, and comes back free the next turn; Looting costs an aggro deck cards.
Back around from pick 2. The others took Palantír of Orthanc, Voltaic Key, The Mightstone and Weakstone, Through the Breach, Stock Up, Stomping Ground, Sensei's Divining Top, Cogwork Librarian.
Passed (4)

Pick 12Cogwork Librarian
The other three cards are all blue, so the colorless 3/3 is the only card my R/W deck could play.
Back around from pick 3. The others took Scrawling Crawler, Reprieve, Arena of Glory, Geist of Saint Thalia, Preacher of the Schism, Eagles of the North, Urza's Bauble, Counterspell, The Fantasticar. New in it: Cogwork Librarian.
Passed (3)

Pick 13Blackcleave Cliffs
None of these cards really fits my deck, but the Cliffs at least gives an untapped red source early, while Golos is a slow 5-drop and Shifting Woodland makes only green.
Back around from pick 4. The others took Delighted Halfling, Alpha Deathclaw, Zuran Orb, Mystic Confluence, Thieving Skydiver, Thassa's Oracle, Celestial Colonnade, Avacyn's Pilgrim.
Passed (2)

Pick 14Llanowar Elves
Neither card fits R/W, so I'm taking the higher-rated one and keeping the Librarian, which is a colorless 3/3 my deck can play.
Back around from pick 5. The others took Polluted Delta, Shelldock Isle, Zagoth Triome, Ghost Vacuum, Xander's Lounge, Tishana's Tidebinder, Generous Ent, Leovold, Emissary of Trest.
Passed (1)

Pick 15Squandered Resources
It's the only card left in the pack, so I have to take it, and it doesn't fit my R/W deck.
Back around from pick 6. The others took Nissa, Who Shakes the World, Bloodtithe Harvester, Nurturing Pixie, Nethergoyf, Touch the Spirit Realm, Regrowth, Scythecat Cub, Misty Rainforest.
Card images from Scryfall.