No those SCG people didn't put him under the camera all day, although I bet he got the fake feature matches i.e. off camera ones that don't really matter since he was undefeated the entire day. I hope he has camera feature matches in the top 8 though, that would be great. Better than watching some of these other decks...
I want to see Koby grapeshot some people though all things considered.
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Originally Posted by Vacrix
They just announced Koby beat Bant Maverick in the T8.
Here's the list:
13 Land
4 Gemstone Mine
2 Flooded Strand
2 City of Brass
2 Underground Sea
1 Polluted Delta
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Volcanic Island
47 Spells
4 Lion's Eye Diamond
4 Lotus Petal
4 Brainstorm
4 Dark Ritual
4 Silence
4 Duress
4 Gitaxian Probe
4 Infernal Tutor
4 Ponder
4 Rite of Flame
3 Chrome Mox
3 Burning Wish
1 Ad Nauseam
15 Sideboard
3 Chain of Vapor
2 Xantid Swarm
2 Abrupt Decay
2 Karakas
1 Diminishing Returns
1 Empty the Warrens
1 Grapeshot
1 Ill-Gotten Gains
1 Past in Flames
1 Tendrils of Agony
That list is wrapped in latex.
Sideboard
2 Grafdigger's Cage
2 Blood Moon
1 Mindbreak Trap
3 Red Elemental Blast
1 Spell Pierce
2 Stifle
2 Through the Breach
1 Wipe Away
1 Shattering Spree
Seriously... the fuck...
There was no way i would have won this match. Point one: Mindbreak Trap. Point two: Flusterstorm. Point thee: Griselbrand lifelink + bargain.
In short, the match was one for the viewers. Karakas is a boss.
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no wincon maindeck? strange
A summary of the differences that make this list notable from common lists:
//Main Deck
-1 Empty the Warrens
-1 Burning Wish
+1 Duress
+1 Fetch Land
//Sideboard
-3 Cabal Therapy
+3 Chain of Vapor
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Even with my limited experience, I'll come right out and say it - no win condition main deck seems like a flaw. I've won quite a few games off the back of a hand that can generate 6 mana, tutoring into an Empty the Warrens.
Also, anything that shuts off Burning Wish kills this list. True that protecting from blow-outs like Surgical Extraction/Meddling Mage/Runed Halo shouldn't be too difficult, particularly as these cards see little play, but there doesn't seem to be much of a reward for this risk. Running less than 4 copies of Burning Wish doesn't help this approach.
I guess my main point is:
I don't think any possible gain that the exclusion of a main deck win-condition offers would outweigh the variety of options that having this single card slot brings. I feel that including one has little detriment to the deck, but provides significant benefits.
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The exclusion of one Burning Wish is interesting. I doubt it is correct and I'm sure it would have been discussed before - but re-evaluating is rarely a bad thing. I'd be curious to hear other peoples opinions on this matter.
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I can certainly see a situational merit of having 3 Chain of Vapor over Cabal Therapy. I think they both do a similar job against some decks like Maverick, but I personally feel Therapy is more versatile against a variety of other decks instead of just against permanent based hate. One is proactive rather than reactive which is an important distinction.
Good job on the finish Jacob, I'd love to read a tournament report and hear your thoughts.
I'm against removing the EtW from the mainboard, because it's almost always a good card to draw, and it increases the strenght of Infernal Tutor. I don't really see a reason not to run it. The fact that the list can only win with Burning Wish is practically never an issue. Even if there's a Meddling Mage active, you can still Ad Nauseam and get the bounce/Decay you boarded in.
I have been playing with 3 Burning Wish for a very long time. I don't nearly like Wish as much as most people here. 80% of my Wishes go to EtW if they're not post-AdN. Drawing a second Wish is pretty much always bad, except when you want to go IGG (but then IT is still usually much better). I hate having to do Wish to Returns. I wouldn't cut Wish beyond 3 though, since the versatility of Wishtargets before combo is pretty relevant.
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Guys. Doomsday decks have been going without a maindeck win condition for a while now. It isn't that unheard of. It makes your Ad Nauseum even better too. Not saying it is right or not, but apparently it isn't bad.
Almost completely missed that the sideboard I spoke about had no artifact removal (Hull Breach/Shattering Spree/Revoke Existence). This allowed an extra slot.
First things first, congratulations Jacob/Koby.
I'll have to watch your one feature match that was on camera once it's online.
Now, while I'm ecstatic that you performed as well as you did with T.E.S. (Also, Rueben actually called it The EPIC Storm!), I don't like the deck list. I share a lot of the concerns that vercadium posted. No main deck win condition makes the list really susceptible to hate cards as well as limiting the deck's ability. The deck can no longer combo off on turn one with only four mana floating with Infernal Tutor, it also loses the option of just plowing through counterspells into Empty the Warrens. Which is one of the deck's biggest strength's right now, it's actually why I added a second copy to the sideboard.
Burning Wish is the only business spell in your deck, I can't understand why anyone would run less than four, especially with no main deck win condition. You can't reliably ever use it for utility without running the risk of not finding another. Not to mention, you shouldn't be playing Diminishing Returns with only three Wish and no win condition. The exile ten actually comes relevant. There's no sideboard discard spell to make Burning Wish in multiples better, losing the ability to become a protection spell can hurt. With Chain over Therapy you gain the ability to be better against decks like Maverick but Maverick's numbers are already declining and you lose the option of additional protection against blue decks. The lack of additional protection and Empty really make your RUG/BUG match-ups much more difficult.
I do think one thing about the list is interesting and that's potential bounce spells over Hull Breach. Cutting Breach and Ill-Gotten Gains (This card isn't needed, simply a safety net) from my list for two bounce spells may not be bad. I wouldn't run Chain of Vapor though, in New York there's plenty of Chalice of the Voids - I would be playing Echoing Truth.
I probably missed some things, this post was rushed considering I'm at work. I'll check back in later.
Once again, good job.
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All credit to the list goes to Kirby. I had nothing to do with the list :D #throwsunderbus
I did get lucky with my pairings yesterday:
R1 dredge
R2 GW Mongos
R3 GW Mongos
R4 Rw Goblins
R5 BUG Still
R6 Belcher
R7 draw
R8 draw
Top 8 Bant with 2 fow main
I lost one game va Goblins to a whiff on DReturns. A second against BUG when I couldnt clear/Silence his hand of 2x Spell Snare. A third in Top 8 when I leaned on Xantid Swarm and my opponent Path'd it (? Previous leveled) ad had Safekeeper with Teeg going against Karakas. Then of course Sneak Show match, which from my testing with the deck comes down to one thing: Griselbrand is game for Storm.
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Some questions:
• Did you at any point want Hull Breach, Spree, or anything like that?
• How were the bounce spells next to Decay?
• Did you use Ill-Gotten Gains at all? (I rarely find myself wanting this card, it's only good in already good match-ups. I've gone through nine round events and never played it multiple times.)
I spent a good hour arguing with Kirby over facebook message about the list. Kid is hard to get through to.
Based on my matchups: I never wanted or needed artifact removal. abrupt Decay covers that sufficiently.
Bounce was great against Maverick to supplement ADecay against hatebears. One game went like this: Chain your Hierarch. chain your Hierarch. Karakas your Thalia and silence. Make 30 goblins
I used IGG once against Goblins to generate lethal storm from LED x 2 and BWish where PIF wouldnt work. I nevered wished for PIF in the tournament. PiF wouldnt have worked since I also had no Rituals to flashback.
Im def sure i misplayed and/or misboarded vs Sneak Show. I had no clue what to cut for karakas and xantid, was playing Magic for 12 hours at that point, tired, and had already split the Top 4. I want to review the tape to improve what went wrong there.
FWIW, i would have played 1 Tendrils main vs 1 Duress if I had more testing with the deck.
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