[Metagame Breakdown] Syracuse 1k event - 19 July 2008

[konsultant]

I am astounded at how many completely unstable manabases are making top 8 in those large NE tournaments.

Still - nobody is making these three and four color decks pay for reaching.

I consider my mana base to be quite stable actually. Other than Krosan Grip/ Explosive's it's only a 2 color deck with 5 basic's, 4 Fetch's and the 2 Dragon's. My basic's sat in play almost all day, I believe that the decks that made top 8 all had a effective strategy for playing against Mana disruption and that is why the decks focused on mana disruption didn't make top 8.

[frolll]

Zach, major props for typing this up. :)
Thanks a lot guy !

[Omega]

congratulation to everyone.

And yet, unstable manabase still win the game because unstable manabase is sign of a good deck :) All good players know that when you dont know what to cut to fit in a good card, the obvious choice is cutting 1 mana. After all, what's the difference between 18 and 17? What is the difference between 17 and 16? What is the difference between 16 and 15? And so on

Anyone from Montreal going to those tournaments in the states? I could use some ride :(

Robert

[goobafish]

Anyone from Montreal going to those tournaments in the states? I could use some ride :(

Robert

We come down from Kingston, an easy bus ride from Montreal.

[GreenOne]

3 Enchantress Decks
It was enough that I got the mirror. I hate playing the mirror. Ugh.

We should prepare ourself packing Helix Pinnacle in the SB. Seriously.


Edit: Not seriously.

[FoolofaTook]

I am astounded at how many completely unstable manabases are making top 8 in those large NE tournaments.

Still - nobody is making these three and four color decks pay for reaching.

Blood Moon effects are coming soon in large numbers in this meta at the rate things are going. Just have to get away from mono-red to make it effective and more consistent. Dragon Stompy has too many fragile matchups to best exploit Moon against the meta.