What is the purpose of the DTBF forum?
The DTBF exists for a few reasons. Primarily, its purpose is to give new and veteran Legacy players an idea of the current state of the metagame. It is not only for highlighting tier one decks, but is also reflective of current trends in a constantly changing metagame. Ideally, the DTBF should provide a reasonably accurate model for creation of a testing gauntlet when preparing for an unknown metagame at a large, competitive tournament.
How is the DTBF structured to meet these goals?
The DTBF is broken down into two sections. This thread with the information it contains and the decks inside the forum.
A DTB is typically (but not always) considered to be Tier 1. These decks are the most popular, prevalent decks in the format, and in many ways they help to define the rest of the metagame. These decks should absolutely be taken into consideration when preparing a gauntlet for a tournament.
A Former DTB is a deck which has proven itself recently but lacked the numbers to hold its place in the forum for the current cycle.
So how are decks selected for the DTBF?
Rather than relying on arbitrary selection or decision-making based on conjecture which can be tainted by personal bias, decks are selected for the DTBF based on their performance at recent, large, competitive Legacy tournaments. Decks which make up a very large portion of the metagame are considered DTB's.
The data used for selection is based upon information gathered and compiled by The Council. On the 15th of each month (Give or take a few days) the results of the last month's events are tallied. Then of the total, the top 4.6% of decks enter the DTBF for the following month. The decks from the month before that are pushed out are also listed to give a more complete picture of the meta.
What makes a DTB?
A Deck to Beat is a deck which is in the top 4.6% of the previous months total deck tally as found at The Council.
Final Notes:
We recognize that this system is neither perfect nor infallible. By analyzing incomplete data, we do not necessarily create an accurate or full representation of the decks that make up the metagame. However, we feel this system will produce reasonably accurate results using a relatively simple, bias-free method.
The DTB Spreadsheet with all data I use can be found here. The sheet will be updated less often than this thread.
Updated 10/4 for the new qualifications
-PR
Updated 10/29 for new standards.
-PR
Updated 12/25 for current standards.
-NC
Update 23/01/16 to reflect changes made to the section.
-Dice
Last edited by Dice_Box; 07-28-2016 at 01:39 PM.
The last six 50+ person tournaments include the following:
- December Bazaar of Wonders Tournament
- January Iserlon Legacy Tournament
- Running Gagg
- Feb Iserlohn Legacy Tournament
- Mana Leak Open Day 1
- Mana Leak Open Day 2
More information about those tournaments can be found in the Historical T8 thread maintained by Anwar.
Well. That didn't last too long. We have new information about the last 6 tournaments.
Currently the last 6 tournaments are
- Running Gagg
- February Iserlohn Legacy Tournament
- Mana Leak Open Day 1
- Mana Leak Open Day 2
- March Iserlohn Legacy Tournament
- March Bazaar of Wonders Tournament
So...
In:
Goblins - 8 - DTB
Thresh - 6 - DTB
Enchantress - 3 - DTW
Red Death - 2 DTW
Aluren - 3 DTW
TES - 2 - DTW
Survival - 5 - ATW
Landstill - 3 ATW
Out:
Faerie Stompy - 1 - Open
Life From The Loam - 2 Open
Also worth noting is Fish and Spring Tide T8ing twice but only in European tournaments. We'll be making the changes before Saturday.
May Update
Unchanged:
Goblins - DTB - 7 placements in the 6 past 50+ ppl tournies
Thresh - DTB - 7
Enchantress - DTW - 2
TES - DTW - 2
Aluren - DTW - 2
Survival - ATW - 4
Landstill -ATW - 3
In
RGBSA - DTW - 2
Out
F-Stompy - Former DTW - 1
Red Death - Former DTW - 1
June Update
Even though May had three 50+ player tournies (one each in America, Japan, and Germany), we will not be making any updates to the LMF for this month due to the Flash errata removal and then banning.
June Update
*Please note that any Tournies including Flash were ignored.
**Changes in Italics
3/3/07 - TML2 Day 1 (USA)
3/4/07 - TML2 Day 2 (USA)
3/18/07 - Bazaar of Wonders (Euro)
3/25/07 - March Iserlohn (Euro)
4/28/07 - Kaddy's Dual Land Draft III (USA)
4/21/07 - Pro-Tour Yokohama Legacy Side Event (Asia)
This discounts any tournament where Flash was played (at least to our knowledge). Here is my tally based on these 6 tournaments -
IN
DTB
Vial Goblins - 9
Threshold - 6
DTW
TES - 2
Enchantress - 2
Faerie Stompy - 2
RGbSA - 2
ATW
Life from the Loam - 5
Survival - 2
Landstill - 2
OUT
Aluren - 1
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