DTBF Philosophy & Deck Selection

[Peter_Rotten]

September 2008 Update

In Legacy news: First, you may notice the relatively “low” number of Thresh decks. Only 14 for this month :;):. What you may find more interesting, though, is that the second most Top8ing deck is NOT Landstill or Goblins but AggroLoam! Next – from out of nowhere – everyone and his brother top8ed with GoyfSligh. That deck is propelled to DtB status for at least month. Also, those darn Europeans finally stopped playing TheRock and its presence is almost unseen in August T8s. The most popular combo deck for August is Painter while Ichorid, Belcher, and Aluren make a small blip on the radar; however, I have noticed NO storm combo! Lastly, you may notice that Little Blue Men and Women are running rampant in many forms – from Merfolk to Fairies to Fish.

August had 14 recorded Legacy tournaments of 33 or more players. A deck needed to top-8 7 times for DTB status and 4 times for DTW status.

8/3/08 – Iserlohn, Germany
8/8/08 - Hassloch / Germany
8/9/08 - Milford 500, Connecticut
8/9/08 - Magic Corporation, Paris, France
8/15/08 - GenCon 08, Indy
8/16/08 - Off the Wall Games, Hadley, Mass
8/16/08 - UK Legacy, Gloucester (UK)
8/17/08 - Sommerferien-Legacy, Rostock (Germany)
8/24/08 - AMC #39, Japan
8/24/08 - Trader-Liga Legacy, Germany
8/24/08 - Dragonsleague Cividale, Cividale del Friuli, (UD) - Italy
8/30/08 - Tropical Summer Event, Syracuse, NY
8/31/08 - German Legacy Champs, Hannover, Germany
8/31/08 - Legacy Italia #2, Piacenza

Germany – 5
USA – 4
Italy - 2
Japan - 1
UK - 1
France – 1
Spain – 0??
Belgium – 0

* as always, changes in italics.

IN
DTB
Threshold – 15 (variants include 5 Ugr, 3 Ugw, 5 Ugb, Ugbw, NQGw)
Aggro Loam – 10 (8 Rgb, Rgbw, Gbw)
Landstill – 9 (colors include 4C, 4 UWb, Vorosh, 2 Uwg)
Goblins– 8 (splashes include 2 mono-colored, 2w, b, 2g, bgw)
GoyfSligh - 7 (includes 1 creature heavy version, 1 Confidant version, and 5 more traditional builds)
Little Blue men and women – 10 (although this is not even a true archetype, I think it may be important to note that between, Merfolk, Fairies, and Fish, we have 10 top8 decks. Maybe we can create a Little Blue Tempo thead :;):)

DTW
DreadStill & StifleNaught Variants – 6 (3 Ug, Ugr, Uw, Ubw Fish, Ubg Fish)
Painter Varients – 5 (2 UBg, UR, Imperial, UBgr Trinket) We could use some good threads for the other variants besides Imperial, no?

ATW
Landstill – 9


OUT
Elf Variants – 3 (Elves!, Elf Staff, Gw)
Survival – 3
Ichorid - 3
BWG Rock Variants – 2
Aluren – 2
Storm Variants – 0!
Sui Variants – 2
Belcher – 1
DragonStompy - 2
MUC - 1
RG Beats – 1 (+7 Goyf Sligh)
Enchantress - 1