GP Vegas Thread

[tescrin]

It remains to be seen, but I suspect the Top ban will prove to demote Miracles from tier-0.5 to regular tier-1.

I know Lands is much better against the new build, hopefully it will have some other tough MUs and be kept in check.

It will. Just regular Stoneblade style decks are similar grindiness while Deathblade types have the token cards and CA to deal with it. Worst case scenario, Blossom is still house against it IME, and it's a great card against most of the format anyway IMO. The problem before was that your only design had to stretch the manabase to 4 colors and play awkward garbage to get around CTop; now it's just a value deck that you grind against. They get 2-for-1s and you try to get your own.

For instance, Lily is much better against the new one because they can't actually have a 3-card hand despite your lily, they have to brainlock or ponder-lock themselves without a fetch, and even then, they now need another card to find another card. Much better than before since you're not blanking 1/3 of your deck on lands and a 1/2 your deck on 1/2 drops.

[LOLWut]

[Mad Mat]

So:

Lands
Grixis delver
Grixis delver
Rug delver
czech pile
???
??
?

[RhoxWarMonk]

So:

Lands
Grixis delver
Grixis delver
Rug delver
czech pile
???
??
?

Wasnt' Zach Koch 12-0? How on earth did he miss top 8?

[RhoxWarMonk]

Death and Taxes is one more

[jandax]

Playing 5 Berserks?

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[Mad Mat]

Anybody knows what Daniel Cathro and Jonathan Semeyn are playing?

[JamieW89]

Anybody knows what Daniel Cathro and Jonathan Semeyn are playing?

Chapin mentioned Delver vs Sneak 'n Show being another QF. So I assume Cathro is playing Sneak 'n Show.

[CptHaddock]

So:

Lands
Grixis delver
Grixis delver
Rug delver
czech pile
???
??
?

Lands
Grixis delver
Grixis delver
Rug delver
czech pile
Skill and Show
D&T
???

I think the last deck might also be Grixis Delver.

[Barook]

Decklists have arrived!

[RhoxWarMonk]

U/R Delver is another

[Mad Mat]

So, basically now:

Lands - won
Grixis delver - won
Grixis delver - lost
Rug delver
czech pile
Sneak and Show - lost
D&T
UR Delver

[RhoxWarMonk]

So, basically now:

Lands - won
Grixis delver - won
Grixis delver - lost
Rug delver
czech pile
Sneak and Show - lost
D&T
UR Delver

DnT and UR Delver won. Rug Delver and 4c Leo lost.

[jimmythegreek]

Same decks as always.....fucking yawn. In a big tournament it comes down to how many nerds play the same internet decks that are predominantly blue. This format is stale as far as competitive magic goes in a large arena.

[Aggro_zombies]

No, in a big tournament it comes down to consistency. The Cantrip Cartel provide you that. Even if the increase in consistency is only 1-2% per game, if you're playing two or three games every round and 10+ rounds, it's a pretty noticeable bump.

Legacy has long been like this. If you want to break blue's hold, you need to ban Brainstorm and one or possibly both of Ponder and Preordain, but that will never happen because I think WotC likes Legacy as the Brainstorm Format.

[supremePINEAPPLE]

Life from the Loam > Punk Ass Brainstorm

[jandax]

I still don't get how a moon-chalice deck didnt run tables in a field like this.

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[jimmythegreek]

No, in a big tournament it comes down to consistency. The Cantrip Cartel provide you that. Even if the increase in consistency is only 1-2% per game, if you're playing two or three games every round and 10+ rounds, it's a pretty noticeable bump.

Legacy has long been like this. If you want to break blue's hold, you need to ban Brainstorm and one or possibly both of Ponder and Preordain, but that will never happen because I think WotC likes Legacy as the Brainstorm Format.

Alright. Same fucking internet decks.

[supremePINEAPPLE]

Alright. Same fucking internet decks.

Those darn netdeckers!

[Hanni]

I think the more interesting question is what the field looked like. It's no surprise that Delver decks are dominating now that Top (and therefore Counterbalance) is gone, but I'm curious what the rest of the meta looked like. I'm also surprised to see no Stoneblade decks in feature matches, considering how much Delver there was.