Also, bears are surprisingly good in sealed. This format was a LOT faster then I thought it was. Post your pool and I'll see if it was actually terrible or if you just built it wrong.
Yes, that was my conclusion as well. The format is a lot faster than many (myself included) expected it to be.
I'm going to have to get some practice in on MODO if I want any shot at the PTQ. I do respect Sealed (and limited in general) as a skill-intensive format. A lot of the board states can get complicated very quickly and that makes combat math difficult.
I'm going to try to
post what I remember from my pool off the top of my head.
That comes to 85 so factor in the five extra lands in the booster and that should be correct. If I'm missing one or two they weren't worth mentioning.
This is a tough pool, but I think you could make it work. If I were playing this, I would probably go G/W. Your pool is lacking bombs, not removal. White has your best removal, 2
Last Breath, 2
Divine Verdict, and 2
Vanquish the Foul. Green has a decent amount of enchantments and
synergy with
Setessan Griffin, which can end a game by itself if you can afford the +2/+2.
Your win cons for this sort of strategy is to build a large green board presence and make a giant
Reverent Hunter. The other is whacking an opponent with
Setessan Griffin for 5 a turn. Another is to make your own monster with cheap bestow in
Hopeful Eidolon and
Leafcrown Dryad with some enchantment back up from
Feral Invocation. Finally, if all that fails, you've got a low curve on your creatures. You can just weenie rush them and use your 6 removal spells to clear their big guys.
I'd probably run something like this:
[deck]
Creatures (14)
Favored Hoplite x1
Hopeful Eidolon x1
Leonin Snarecaster x1
[card]Setessan Battle
Priest[/card] x1
Leafcrown Dryad x1
Lagonna-Band Elder x2
Agent of Horizons x2
Satyr Piper x1
Nessian Courser x1
Reverent Hunter x1
[card]Nylea's Disciple[/card] x1
Setessan Griffin x1
Spells (9)
[card]Warriors' Lesson[/card] x1
Last Breath x2
Feral Invocation x2
Divine Verdict x2
Vanquish the Foul x2
Land (17)
Plainsx9
Forestx8
[/deck]