Seven's Boros AI Beats

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

  1. Mox PoisonIn the deck

    Pick 1Mox Poison

    A colorless zero-mana Mox that makes any color goes into every deck and keeps all my options open.

    Passed (14)

    • Shallow Grave
    • Upheaval
    • Path to Exile
    • Hymn to Tourach
    • Lavaspur Boots
    • Selfless Spirit
    • Urza's Saga
    • Corpse Dance
    • Blurry Beeble
    • Mawloc
    • Windswept Heath
    • Raugrin Triome
    • Laelia, the Blade Reforged
    • Prismatic Vista
  2. Mox DiamondIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Overgrown Tomb
    • Concealed Courtyard
    • Sneak Attack
    • Shadowy Backstreet
    • Salt Vampire
    • Sin, Spira's Punishment
    • Springheart Nantuko
    • Portal to Phyrexia
    • Glimmer Lens
    • Chandra, Torch of Defiance
    • Spara's Headquarters
    • April O'Neil, Hacktivist
    • Force of Negation
  3. SkullclampIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Coalition Relic
    • Ouroboroid
    • Get Lost
    • Survival of the Fittest
    • Comet, Stellar Pup
    • Chromatic Star
    • Aether Spellbomb
    • Thespian's Stage
    • Soul-Guide Lantern
    • Prismatic Ending
    • Vindicate
    • Daze
  4. DismemberIn the deck

    Pick 4Dismember

    Efficient instant removal that any deck can cast by paying life, so it keeps me open while I'm still uncommitted.

    Passed (11)

    • The Wandering Emperor
    • Lórien Revealed
    • Damn
    • Bloodstained Mire
    • Dragon's Rage Channeler
    • Oliphaunt
    • Hero of Bladehold
    • Pyretic Ritual
    • Gut, True Soul Zealot
    • Tireless Tracker
    • Damnation
  5. Lightning BoltIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Spectacular Spider-Man
    • Abhorrent Oculus
    • Tribal Flames
    • Death-Greeter's Champion
    • Cecil, Dark Knight // Cecil, Redeemed Paladin
    • Enduring Innocence
    • Currency Converter
    • Titania, Protector of Argoth
    • Doomsday
    • Archon of Cruelty
  6. Tersa LightshatterIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Green Sun's Zenith
    • Boseiju, Who Endures
    • Bristly Bill, Spine Sower
    • Goryo's Vengeance
    • Flickerwisp
    • Brain Freeze
    • Glen Elendra Guardian
    • Thopter Foundry
    • Miscalculation
  7. Skyclave Apparition

    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)

    • Reckoner Bankbuster
    • Horizon Canopy
    • Sylvan Library
    • Snapcaster Mage
    • Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
    • Grindstone
    • Wrath of Leknif
    • Six
  8. Bonecrusher Giant // Stomp

    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)

    • Smuggler's Copter
    • Molten Collapse
    • Vibrance
    • Thundertrap Trainer
    • Adeline, Resplendent Cathar
    • Fire Covenant
    • Esika's Chariot
  9. Cut Down

    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)

    • Archon of Emeria
    • Robber of the Rich
    • Mine Collapse
    • Inspiring Vantage
    • Breeding Pool
    • Talisman of Progress
  10. Laelia, the Blade ReforgedIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Path to Exile
    • Corpse Dance
    • Mawloc
    • Raugrin Triome
    • Shallow Grave
  11. Chandra, Torch of Defiance

    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)

    • Salt Vampire
    • Spara's Headquarters
    • Overgrown Tomb
    • Concealed Courtyard
  12. Get Lost

    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)

    • Soul-Guide Lantern
    • Prismatic Ending
    • Thespian's Stage
  13. The Wandering Emperor

    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)

    • Pyretic Ritual
    • Oliphaunt
  14. Spectacular Spider-ManIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Enduring Innocence
  15. Green Sun's Zenith

    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

  1. Mana VaultIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Mind Twist
    • Descendant of Storms
    • Lion Sash
    • Sage of the Skies
    • Bitter Triumph
    • Council's Judgment
    • Deep-Cavern Bat
    • Keen-Eyed Curator
    • Karakas
    • Multiversal Passage
    • Ziatora's Proving Ground
    • Zirda, the Dawnwaker
    • Forensic Gadgeteer
    • Sacred Foundry
  2. Cogwork Librarian

    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)

    • Yuffie, Materia Hunter
    • Loot, the Pathfinder
    • Bloodbraid Challenger
    • Starting Town
    • Bone Shards
    • Traumatic Critique
    • Formidable Speaker
    • Abrade
    • Elspeth, Storm Slayer
    • Emperor of Bones
    • Painter's Servant
    • Stern Scolding
    • Tendrils of Agony
  3. Jacked RabbitIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Bolas's Citadel
    • Lush Portico
    • Mystical Tutor
    • Seething Song
    • Balance
    • Talisman of Conviction
    • Hullbreacher
    • Witch Enchanter // Witch-Blessed Meadow
    • Expedition Map
    • Nadu, Winged Wisdom
    • Teferi, Time Raveler
    • Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth
  4. Chain LightningIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Figure of Destiny
    • Leyline Binding
    • Emberwilde Captain
    • Breach the Multiverse
    • Orcish Lumberjack
    • Sword of the Meek
    • Expressive Iteration
    • Figure of Fable
    • Time Spiral
    • Exorcise
    • Talisman of Curiosity
  5. Elite SpellbinderIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel
    • Sentinel of the Nameless City
    • Torsten, Founder of Benalia
    • Malevolent Rumble
    • Memnarch, the Warden
    • Remand
    • Caustic Bronco
    • Containment Priest
    • Talisman of Unity
    • Timetwister
  6. Giver of RunesIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Lim-Dûl's Vault
    • Meticulous Archive
    • Fatal Push
    • Dauthi Voidwalker
    • Temple Garden
    • Blooming Marsh
    • Haywire Mite
    • Vivi Ornitier
    • Unexpectedly Absent
  7. Embereth Shieldbreaker // Battle Display

    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)

    • Talisman of Creativity
    • Inquisition of Kozilek
    • Steam Vents
    • Blood Crypt
    • Eternal Witness
    • Mana Tithe
    • Anointed Peacekeeper
    • Lingering Souls
  8. SuplexIn the deck

    Pick 8Suplex

    Suplex is the only card here that fits R/W aggro: 2-mana removal that can also exile an artifact.

    Passed (7)

    • Teferi, Hero of Dominaria
    • Simian Spirit Guide
    • Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver
    • Sunfall
    • Talisman of Hierarchy
    • Displacer Kitten
    • Subtlety
  9. Wheel of Fortune

    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)

    • Creeping Tar Pit
    • Unholy Heat
    • Third Path Iconoclast
    • Faerie Mastermind
    • Brainstorm
    • Spell Pierce
  10. Lion Sash

    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)

    • Bitter Triumph
    • Deep-Cavern Bat
    • Multiversal Passage
    • Council's Judgment
    • Sage of the Skies
  11. Elspeth, Storm SlayerIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Traumatic Critique
    • Stern Scolding
    • Loot, the Pathfinder
    • Tendrils of Agony
  12. Teferi, Time Raveler

    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)

    • Lush Portico
    • Ulvenwald Oddity // Ulvenwald Behemoth
    • Bolas's Citadel
  13. Emberwilde CaptainIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Leyline Binding
    • Time Spiral
  14. Remand

    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)

    • Talisman of Unity
  15. Temple Garden

    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

  1. The One RingIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Spellseeker
    • Enlightened Tutor
    • Wrenn and Six
    • Night's Whisper
    • Traveling Chocobo
    • Oath of Druids
    • Tidehollow Sculler
    • Hallowed Fountain
    • Goblin Bombardment
    • Deathrite Shaman
    • Coveted Jewel
    • Phyrexian Revoker
    • Arwen, Mortal Queen
    • Candelabra of Tawnos
  2. Swords to PlowsharesIn the deck
    Fable of the Mirror-Breaker // Reflection of Kiki-JikiIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Palantír of Orthanc
    • Voltaic Key
    • Ephemerate
    • Ponder
    • Faithless Looting
    • Consult the Star Charts
    • The Mightstone and Weakstone
    • Cryptic Command
    • Through the Breach
    • Stock Up
    • Stomping Ground
    • Sensei's Divining Top
  3. Voice of VictoryIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Scrawling Crawler
    • Consider
    • Memory Lapse
    • Reprieve
    • True-Name Nemesis
    • Arena of Glory
    • Geist of Saint Thalia
    • Preacher of the Schism
    • Eagles of the North
    • Urza's Bauble
    • Counterspell
    • The Fantasticar
  4. PyrogoyfIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Delighted Halfling
    • Alpha Deathclaw
    • Zuran Orb
    • Mystic Confluence
    • Thieving Skydiver
    • Shifting Woodland
    • Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
    • Thassa's Oracle
    • Blackcleave Cliffs
    • Celestial Colonnade
    • Avacyn's Pilgrim
  5. Carnage Interpreter

    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)

    • Utopia Sprawl
    • Polluted Delta
    • Shelldock Isle
    • Zagoth Triome
    • Ghost Vacuum
    • Xander's Lounge
    • Tishana's Tidebinder
    • Generous Ent
    • Leovold, Emissary of Trest
    • Llanowar Elves
  6. OustIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Nissa, Who Shakes the World
    • Bloodtithe Harvester
    • Nurturing Pixie
    • Nethergoyf
    • Touch the Spirit Realm
    • Regrowth
    • Scythecat Cub
    • Misty Rainforest
    • Squandered Resources
  7. White Plume AdventurerIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • No More Lies
    • Talisman of Impulse
    • Lion's Eye Diamond
    • Bilbo, Thief in the Night
    • Goldspan Dragon
    • Witherbloom Apprentice
    • Pentad Prism
    • Tundra
  8. Palace JailerIn the deck

    Pick 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)

    • Demonic Consultation
    • Llanowar Elves
    • Elves of Deep Shadow
    • Entomb
    • Baleful Mastery
    • Loran of the Third Path
    • Etali, Primal Conqueror // Etali, Primal Sickness
  9. Saheeli, Sublime Artificer

    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)

    • Feywild Caretaker
    • Occult Epiphany
    • Dark Confidant
    • Tear Asunder
    • Echo of Eons
    • Unearth
  10. Goblin Bombardment

    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)

    • Enlightened Tutor
    • Night's Whisper
    • Traveling Chocobo
    • Oath of Druids
    • Arwen, Mortal Queen
  11. Ephemerate

    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)

    • Consult the Star Charts
    • Ponder
    • Cryptic Command
    • Faithless Looting
  12. Cogwork Librarian

    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)

    • Consider
    • True-Name Nemesis
    • Memory Lapse
  13. Blackcleave Cliffs

    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)

    • Shifting Woodland
    • Golos, Tireless Pilgrim
  14. Llanowar Elves

    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)

    • Utopia Sprawl
  15. Squandered Resources

    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.