Eventide Prerelease

So I went to the Eventide Prerelease. Lots of fun, I would recommend it to anyone, new or experienced.
Anyway, I participated in 2 flights (Sealed, Shadowmoor Tournament pack+3 eventide boosters)
So here's how it went
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Flight 1
I look at my rares first I have Polluted Bonds, Isleback Spawn, Evershrike, Boartusk Liege and Necroskitter. The skitter is a card I have wanted to try since I saw it spoiled on MTGO Salvation and of course the Liege is amazing.
The rest of my pool is
White: Niveous Wisps, Balleynock Cohort, Kithkin Spellduster, x2 Suture Spirit, Apothecary Initiate, Strip Bare, Kithkin Shielddare
Blue: Wilderness Hypnotist, Idle Thoughts, Parapet Watchers, Merrow Wavebreakers, Oona's Grace x2, Dream Thief x2, Merrow Levitator, Talonrend, Cerulean Wisps, Briarberry Cohort
Black: Smoldering Butcher x3, Beseech the Queen, Gloomlance, Sickle Ripper, Aphotic Wisps, Ashenmoor Cohort
Red: Boggart Arsonists, Hothead Giant, Outrage Shaman, Intimidator Initiate, Pyre Charger, Puncture Blast x2
Green: Gleeful Sabotage, Monstrify, (Which BTW is a sorcery, I saw 3 seperate people try to play it as an instant) Crabapple Cohort, Hungry Spriggan
W/U: Plumeveil, Zealous Guardian
U/B: Wasp Lancer, Gravelgill Duo, Fatetransfer
B/R: Torrent of Souls, Traitor's Roar, Poison the Well
R/G: Mudbrawler Raiders: Runes of the Deus, Firespout
G/W: Shield of the Oversoul, Medicine Runner, Reknit, Raven's Run Dragoons, Barkshell Blessing
W/B: Beckon Apparition x2, Harvest Gwyllion x2
U/R: Unnerving Assault, Stream Hopper, Nucklavee, Noggle Bandit, Clout of the Dominus
B/G: Drain the Well, Rendclaw Trow x3, Hag Hedge Mage x2, Desecrater Hag, Woodlurcker Mimic, Noxious Hatchling
R/W: Battlegate Mimic
G/U: Groundling Pouncer, Slippery Boggle
Colorless: Lurebound Scarecrow, Wingrattle Scarecrow, Blight Sickle, Wicker Warcrawler, Revelsong Horn, Antler Skulkin x2, Elsewhere Flask

Wow! SHM-EVE has a lots of possiblities with all those hybrid cards. After staring at my 16 piles blankly for about 5 minutes I went to work. I find that the easiest way to deal with SHM-EVE is to decide which colors you WON'T be in rather than the other way around. I started looking at my piles and white seemed prety weak, Spellduster, Cohort and Suture Spirit aren't bad but they are nothing to write home about and while anteler skulkins are solid I didn't have many white creatures. In term of hybrid only Plumeveil, Battlegate Mimic and Shield of Oversoul really need white and although Plumeveil and Shield are both very good they can't make up for this color's lack of depth. So I cut white and moved all W/X hybrid cards into color X's pile as well as cutting unplayables like so

Blue: Wilderness Hypnotist, Idle Thoughts, Parapet Watchers, Merrow Wavebreakers, Oona's Grace x2, Dream Thief x2, Merrow Levitator, Talonrend, Cerulean Wisps, Briarberry Cohort, Zealous Guardian, Plumeveil
Black: Smoldering Butcher x3, Beseech the Queen, Gloomlance, Sickle Ripper, Aphotic Wisps, Beckon Apparition x2, Harvest Gwyllion x2
Red: Boggart Arsonists, Hothead Giant, Outrage Shaman, Pyre Charger, Puncture Blast x2
Green: Gleeful Sabotage, Monstrify, Crabapple Cohort, Hungry Spriggan, Shield of the Oversoul, Medicine Runner, Raven's Run Dragoons, Barkshell Blessing
U/B: Wasp Lancer, Gravelgill Duo, Fatetransfer
B/R: Torrent of Souls
R/G: Mudbrawler Raiders: Runes of the Deus, Firespout
U/R: Unnerving Assault, Stream Hopper, Nucklavee, Noggle Bandit, Clout of the Dominus
B/G: Rendclaw Trow x3, Hag Hedge Mage x2, Desecrater Hag, Woodlurcker Mimic, Noxious Hatchling
G/U: Groundling Pouncer, Slippery Boggle
Colorless: Lurebound Scarecrow, Wingrattle Scarecrow, Wicker Warcrawler, Elsewhere Flask
Next I tried to cut a second colors, looking at red I saw that firespout, and puncture blasts could easily be splashed and nothing else was really all that good. I am sad to lose some power on the runes of deus and the liege, as well as the chroma power of outrage shaman, but those cards just weren't enough to build a deck around. After my second round of cuts I am left with the following cards

Blue: Wilderness Hypnotist, Idle Thoughts, Merrow Wavebreakers, Oona's Grace x2, Dream Thief x2, Merrow Levitator, Talonrend, Briarberry Cohort, Plumeveil, Noggle Bandit
Black: Smoldering Butcher x3, Beseech the Queen, Gloomlance, Sickle Ripper, Harvest Gwyllion x2
Red (Splash): Puncture Blast x2
Green: Gleeful Sabotage, Monstrify, Crabapple Cohort, Hungry Spriggan, Shield of the Oversoul, Medicine Runner, Raven's Run Dragoons, Barkshell Blessing, Mudrawler Raider's
U/B: Wasp Lancer, Gravelgill Duo, Fatetransfer
B/R (Splash): Torrent of Souls
R/G (Splash): Firespout
B/G: Rendclaw Trow x3, Hag Hedge Mage x2, Desecrater Hag, Woodlurcker Mimic, Noxious Hatchling
G/U: Groundling Pouncer
Colorless: Lurebound Scarecrow, Wingrattle Scarecrow, Wicker Warcrawler

Blue has a bunch of great cards but B/G has a great hybrid combination going. Do I go B/G or B/G/U and should I splashe red?
After a lot of pondering I finally decide that IMO while Blue has a lot going for it, B/G will make a more consistent deck so I cut Blue leaving me with the following

Black: Smoldering Butcher x3, Beseech the Queen, Gloomlance, Sickle Ripper, Harvest Gwyllion x2, Wasp Lancer, Gravelgill Duo, Fatetransfer
Red (Splash): Puncture Blast x2
Green: Gleeful Sabotage, Monstrify, Crabapple Cohort, Hungry Spriggan, Shield of the Oversoul, Medicine Runner, Raven's Run Dragoons, Barkshell Blessing, Mudrawler Raider's, Groundling Pouncer
B/R (Splash): Torrent of Souls
R/G (Splash): Firespout
B/G: Rendclaw Trow x3, Hag Hedge Mage x2, Desecrater Hag, Woodlurcker Mimic, Noxious Hatchling
Colorless: Lurebound Scarecrow, Wingrattle Scarecrow, Wicker Warcrawler

I decide that since I have Neckroskitter and a lot of good black cards with wither I should focus on that and that leads me to splash red for the puncture blasts which are insanse with 'skitter on the board.

My final 2 questions: Should I run the liege even though I have no red creatures (yes, glorious anthem with a body is still really good) and what will my mana base be (check the decklist)

My Final Decklist:

Creatures 15:

Neckroskitter
Rendclaw Trow x3
Smoldering Butche x3
Hag Hedgemage x2
Desecrator Hag
Boartusk Liege
Wicker Warcrawler
Noxious Hatchling
Sickle Ripper
Woodlurcker Mimic

Spells 8:

Fate Transfer
Puncture Blast x2
Fire Spout
Barkshell Blessing
Gloomlance
Beseech the Queen
Torrent of Souls

Lands 17:

Mountain x4
Forest x5
Swamp x8

I ended up going 2-2 which means no prizes :( but I still had a blast

How would you have built with this pool? Would you have included Blue, or splashed Red. Do you think the liege is too clunky? Tell me what you think

Still an inquiring mind, still wanting to know
-Squest

P.S. Later today or tomorrow I will post my second flight's pool and deckbuilding process