Draft 1: Raphael Levy    • Print Author Image  Levy may be
relatively young, but don't let that fool you- he's one of the
Pro Tours most accomplished veterans. The Frenchman made Top 8
at Worlds back in 1998, and had a Top 8 at Chicago 99 with a
deck that sported, among other things, Fire Whip/Quirion Ranger
technology. Yesterday he ran his somewhat unconventional
green/blue threshold deck to a 5-1 record, and sat down at the
draft table today in prime position to make a run for another
Worlds Top 8 four years after his last one.  The first pack
contained Flame Burst, Gravedigger, Syncopate and Second
Thoughts as viable picks. Despite the fact that Gravedigger and
Second Thoughts provide card advantage, Levy decided to force
red and took the Flame Burst. Since red is generally considered
to be the weakest color in Odyssey Block draft, this was a
calculated risk. Levy was hoping everyone else would avoid the
color, and it certainly paid off. Chainflinger came second,
Patriarch's Desire third, another Chainflin