When I saw the lists, I wondered if everyone had forgotten about Chancellor until I reminded them last week.
I've had double Chancellor + Grist on my list since Round 1, but it never looked good. First Fury kept it in check, then I thought it would be Vengevine and even other aggro. I don't think it looked good in myThe Arboreal Grazer seemed better since playing Grist on turn 2 is almost better since it's less vulnerable to attacks and the 0/3 reach blocker is nice. I'm surprised both by its popularity and by its success, but I guess that's why I'm not winning. :tongue:
My results are actually really straight forward:
3 points against Grist strategies,
1 point against Sidisi's Faithful strategies,
6 points against the rest.
If we have a minute before the next round, I was late in my results for round 8 and I have some mismatches. I looked through other people's scores, but they just said WL without any math. I initially missed how dte leveraged Sheltered Valley to win instead of draw, so maybe I'm missing something here, but my suspicion is that people didn't look too closely at the "remove a time counter" effect of Gargadon's ability.
silkster: Mountain, Dunes of the Dead, Akki Blizzard-Herder, Greater Gargadon
FTW: Saprazzan Skerry, Rainbow Vale, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver
I think this is WD. On the draw:
Skerry; Mountain, Suspend-10.
Reaver, passing the Vale; S-9, Dunes, Herder.
Reaver attacks into Herder, and I sacrifice Mountain, Dunes, Vale, and Herder (S-5, make a 2/2); S-4.
Reaver attacks into 2/2 (sacrificed, S-3); S-2.
Hit for 6; S-1.
Hit for 6; Gargadon. But it takes 3 hits to win and I die in 2, so we stare.
RoosterCocoa: Tendo Ice Bridge, Saprazzan Skerry, Vedalken Plotter, Plague Reaver WD
Same math as against FTW, except that you don't give me a land to sacrifice, so you get 1 more hit in, but I hold the fort at 2 life.