Most common cards at GP Chicago Day 2

[georgjorge]

There's been talk about the GP Chicago Top 8, but I think that in general the Day 2 breakdown says a lot more about the format than the Top 8. Making Day 2 in a GP is like making Top 8 at a 100+ player tournament, it's a sure sign of a deck being competitive (though Byes distort the results somewhat).

EDIT: I had estimated some rough numbers about what were the most played cards on Day 2, but GreenOne took up the task of actually counting them, so I edited his numbers into this post (more detailed infos see some posts below)...

Out of 132 decks, there are

70 playing Wasteland
66 playing Force of Will
66 playing Brainstorm
54 playing Tarmogoyf
46 playing Daze
45 playing Sensei's Divining Top
43 playing Ponder
37 playing Counterbalance
34 playing Swords to Plowshares
33 playing Aether Vial
33 playing Dark Confidant
30 playing Thoughtseize
25 playing Spell Snare
24 playing Standstill


Popular cards who didn't make that list include Dark Ritual, Nimble Mongoose, Stifle (maindeck), or Life from the Loam.

So let's see...apart from Wasteland, that's

1. disruption (blue)
2. card draw (blue)
3. beater (green)
4. disruption (blue)
5. card draw (artifact)
6. card draw (blue)
7. permanent disruption (blue)
8. removal (white)
9. creature enabler (artifact)
10. permanent card draw (black)
11. disruption (black)
12. disruption (blue)
13. card draw (blue)


Interesting, isn't it ?