Well, we know he has the former, and I'm pretty sure he has the latter, so I'm putting my money on Nassif.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nihil Credo
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Well, we know he has the former, and I'm pretty sure he has the latter, so I'm putting my money on Nassif.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nihil Credo
I feel pretty confidant the winner of Andy VS Rietzl is going to win the whole thing.
^^^Agreed^^^ I don't think Gab is expecting this harsh of a match-up. Also, I would bet he could have gone the entire tournament without playing against the deck yet. Im betting on Mink.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ectoplasm
Much depends on whether Dragon Stompy decides to take a dump on him now or not.
I know, I first saw him on a photo over at TMD (coverage of a tournament, don't ask which one it was) before he waltzed through the competition at US nationals where I saw his picture again and thought "holy cow a Vintage player is going to win US nationals" XDQuote:
Originally Posted by Eldariel
Does anyone know how Kowal lost, was it that BS about not revealing with Confidant? Then he crumbled to turn 1 Moon or something? I think he had the best deck in the top 8.
Never said he was. I said Nassif was totally clueless about what to side-board, so he loaded it up with random one-ofs hoping that he'd have something for any given match-up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eldariel
LSV and Nassif are two of the best players in the world. They aren't idiots, but that doesn't mean the side-board of Nassif's deck is a perfectly-tuned metagame smasher with a precisely planned strategy. It's got a little graveyard hate, a little artifact hate, some aggro hate, and a single enlightened tutor (which can grab more than half the cards in the board). That to me is a sign that the builder of the side-board wasn't particularly decisive about what he wanted or needed. This isn't a brilliant plan that us non-pros can't understand; it's a bad side-board.
Text from my brother: "Nassif kept a hand of 2 top, stp, 4 lands on the draw. turn 1 chalice, turn 2 magus, turn 3 slogger"
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Originally Posted by KillemallCFH
YES! Fricken awesome. Couldn't have been better for Mink.Quote:
Originally Posted by KillemallCFH
qft! Thats gotta hurt .Quote:
Originally Posted by nastynate
Btw, the official coverage suxx big time atm :(
I'm going to die a little inside if Dragon Stompy wins the whole thing.
EDIT: Text from my brother: "Nassif boarded out a swords and a goyf and left CB in"
why? seems like a perfect deck against counter top..Quote:
Originally Posted by KillemallCFH
OMG, if Nassif really boarded like that he HAS no clue :(
Why? It's gonna be awesome and a proverbial fart in the face of the WotC coverage which has been hyping 'counterbalance decks' all week.Quote:
Originally Posted by KillemallCFH
I mean, they even asked people about 'the best 2-drop in the format' just so they could put a picture of LSV there saying 'counterbalance'. How random is that question :rolleyes: Dragons carrying swords will be a nice contrast to this.
I love Nassif, but DS winning this event would be just too beautiful.
/facepalm.
Corrected. As much as I love the deck, I don't want people to start thinking it's generally a good choice in legacy.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ectoplasm
LOL.Quote:
Originally Posted by KillemallCFH
Because I have talked so much shit about that deck and would've placed it pretty near the bottom of "decks I would predict to win the GP."Quote:
Originally Posted by Ectoplasm
We're talking about dragons here.Quote:
Originally Posted by Maëlig
Carrying swords