R2R Sealed

[JediCheese]

So, I played in a Return to Ravnica PTQ this weekend. Sadly, I went 2-2 and dropped. But I'm curious what you thought of my pool (and did I build it right). It had a ton of high power cards, but spread the power across several colors that had little other support.

White:
Trostani's Judgment
Soul Tithe
Rootborn Defenses
Phantom General
Keening Apparition
Fencing Ace
Eyes in the Skies
Ethereal Armor
x2 Concordia Pegasus

Blue:
x2 Crosstown Courier
2x Inaction Injunction
Downsize
Paralyzing Grasp
Dispel
Runewing
Skyline Predator
Soulsworn Spirit
Inspiration
Sphinx of the Chimes
Jace, Architect of Thought
Cyclonic Rift

Black:
Drainpipe Vermin
x2 Cremate
Tavern Swindler
Grim Roustabout
Launch Party
Orge Jailbreaker
Grave Betrayal

Red:
x2 Electrickery
x2 Traitorous Instinct
x2 Cobblebrute
x2 Batterhorn
Pursuit of Flight
Pyroconvergence
x2 Tenement Crasher
Vandalblast
Annihilating Fire
Gore-House Chainwalker

Green:
Slime Molding
Axebane Stag
Brushstrider
Archweaver
Druids Deliverance
Seek the Horizon
Korozda Monitor
Giant Growth
Drudge Beetle
Chorus of Might

Gold:
Treasured Find
Trestle Troll
Dramatic Rescue
Heroes' Reunion
Risen Sanctuary
Selesnya Charm
Hussar Patrol
Chemister's Trick
Golgari Longlegs
Vassal Soul
x2 Spawn of Rix Maadi
Frostburn Weird
Rakdos Ragemutt
Goblin Electromancer
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Carnival Hellsteed

Artifacts:
Rakdos Keyrune
Chromatic Lantern

Lands:
Foil Swamp
Azorius Guildgate
Izzet Guildgate
x2 Transguild Promenade

[JediCheese]

I ended up playing U/R/b. My decklist:

Blue:
Cyclonic Rift
Jace, Architect of Thought
Sphinx of the Chimes
Inspiration
Soulsworn Spirit
Skyline Predator
Runewing
Vassal Soul (effectively blue because I'm not running any white)

Blue/Red:
Frostburn Weird
Goblin Electromancer

Red:
Gore-House Chainwalker
x2 Annihilating Fire
Traitorous Instinct

Red/Black:
x2 Spawn of Rix Maadi
Rakdos Ragemut
Rakdos, Lord of Riots
Carnival Hellsteed

Black:
Launch Party
Grim Roustabout

Artifacts:
Chromatic Lantern
Rakdos Keyrune

Land:
Swamp
Izzet Guildgate
2x Transguild Promenade
6x Island
7x Mountain

[Travis Lannoye]

First thing to do is sort by all the rares (and pat yourself on the back for opening a Jace). I see the following:
- Jace
- Sphinx of the Chimes
- Cyclonic Rift
- Rakdos
- Chromatic Lantern
- Carnival Hellsteed

In other words, you have three straight blue rares and two Rakdos rares. Seems like a pretty clear-cut direction to take at that point. All you need is some removal and cheap bodies to throw under the bus until your big guns can come to play. Also, your green and white cards aren't very good.

Not sure if you had one or two Annihilating Fires (your first list says one, second list says two), but those are obvious.

The problem I see is that your Rakdos rares favor a more aggressive strategy, whereas your blue rares seem to play the control game a lot more. That division of strategy likely hurt you a little. I might have also tried to fit Inaction Injunctions in your list somewhere. Other than that, I don't see any problems with your choices.